Quote of the Day

"Aaaaahhh, I love being a corporate whore!"
-Shannon in Abercrombie & Fitch yesterday

Early Friday

I declared today (Thursday) an early Friday and skipped 2 of my 3 classes. I feel like such a rebel. But it felt good to sit in Starbucks and read the Wall Street Journal and drink some coffee. Man, I love being a yuppie.

Tomorrow I will be sending off the second letter to o2 begging them to cancel my cell phone contract. Okay, not really BEGGING....but since the "I'm-an-American-exchange-student-going-home" approach didn't work, this time I'm taking advantage of my last name and going for the "I'm-a-German-with-a-funny-first-name-who-has-moved-overseas" approach. Short and sweet. I've moved abroad, please cancel the contract. I'll pay the penalty fees. Please be praying that this all gets worked out soon. I'm very confused because every time I talk with o2 on the phone about this I get a different answer and it's very frustrating. I don't want my credit in Germany ruined.

Wednesday

Supply Chain Management test today in t-minus 3 hours, which I still need to study for. I slept horribly last night and for some reason feel nauseated this morning. I HATE waking up like this. Last-minute cramming for this exam wouldn't be so bad if I at least didn't feel like I was going to vomit.

At least the worst part of the week is over once I get this test done.

Dieses Leben

Tolle Liedtexte aus Julis neuen Single:

Denn ich liebe dieses Leben
Ich liebe den Moment, in dem man fällt
Ich liebe dieses Leben
Ich liebe diesen Tag,
Ich liebe diese Welt

September is so last month

So here we are: the last week of September. Today is Monday. I hate Mondays.

Is it sad that the only reason I really want it to be October is so that I can take down the whiteboard calendar above my desk, wipe it clean, and put up all my due dates and events for the next month? I think that's sad.

Weekend

I love my schedule this semester. Thursday my classes taper off nicely, and I finish at 3pm, followed by a Friday with no classes. It's always the perfect end to the week. I get an extra day to do whatever I want to do.

Today I slept in till 9:30am. It's 11 now, and I think I'm going to go and take a shower. Today feels like a good day to get some non-school related stuff done. It's a day for doing non-school related work in coffee shops. I love days like this; the entire day is out in front of you, waiting to be used....and you have all the time in the world to work and relax in your favorite coffee shop. Write a scholarship essay, maybe read a book. That is my ultimate favorite way to unwind, because it's simultaneously productive and relaxing.

I'm applying for internships in Germany this summer. One with the State Department (imagine working at the U.S. Embassy in Berlin!) and another with a company based in Frankfurt/Düsseldorf. I'm wicked excited.

I can't stop listening to The Perishers. Their song Weekend is such a great song for Fridays. And for working in coffee shops. Three Roots, anyone?

Missing Link?

So they've apparently found an early human child fossil, aged over 3 million years old. They've dubbed it "Lucy's daughter" and claim that the discovery could "fill an important gap in understanding human evolution." Researchers also developed a 3D reconstruction of the skull and face to see what the "child" may have looked like. Oddly enough - and you can verify this for yourself in the photo - the "girl" bears a STRIKING resemblance to a monkey...Researchers were also puzzled by her "surprisingly long gorilla-like arms."

They have GOT to be joking.

Any idiot with half a brain can see that what they've found here is nothing more than a small monkey. Yet just months from now, this "groundbreaking" discovery will be in every science textbok you can find in our public schools. Mark my words.

It's happened, folks. The evolutionary scientific community, in its last-ditch efforts to find a missing - and nonexistent - link between apes and humans, has now actually moved past baseless conjecture (i.e. the Cambrian explosion) and transitioned straight into flat-out denial.

And as the photo here shows, kids, denial is an ugly, ugly thing.