this is a post of dubious humor value to the rest of the world, but it seems pretty funny right now while P and i are sitting in the FIU library. he's preparing some work for a class tomorrow, and i am doing some research, and until a few minutes ago there were two girls at the table behind us talking very loudly about getting plastered, being stubborn, and their relationships with boys. to relieve our annoying chatter-induced stress, we started making fun of them on IM. here is a slightly edited transcript of our exchange, cuz it was even dumber in its original form. D is me, and P, is well, you know, P.
D says: (8:26:42 PM) SHUT UP, DRUNK GIRL!!!
P says: (8:26:56 PM): She got in a fight at the UM game
D says: (8:27:09 PM) “like, i spent a whole weekend with damian and…”
P says: (8:27:16 PM) don't forget SPACE (Ed. note: SPACE is a popular miami club)
P says: (8:27:19 PM) they went to space
P says: (8:27:26 PM) let's adlib - take a phrase and we will invent an ending
D says: (8:27:44 PM) OK…
D says: (8:28:13 PM) "sandy was like, she does not like him...don't be talking crap"
D says: (8:28:22 PM) drunk girl is not habitually like that
P says: (8:28:37 PM) "What is it that he told Sandy: I have hemorrhoids, but I love you. So stop talking crap and put some of that preparation H on my hemorrhoids so we can do something on Valentine's Day"
D says: (8:28:37 PM) she just likes to go to space and get plastered and talk really loud in the FIU library
P says: (8:29:16 PM) "He's just pissed off because the hemorrhoids came back and we were all there and William found out and he trusted me."
D says: (8:29:17 PM) "and after that so many people talked trash about me..
P says: (8:29:44 PM) People that I thought were my friends told him that girl is going to use you..."
D says: (8:29:45 PM) "people that i thought were my friends went on larry king live and said i was a whore who messes up any recipe she tries to cook...
P says: (8:29:55 PM) and the hemorrhoids will come back and no one will go out with you"
P says: (8:30:02 PM) "and you will be an alcoholic for a year"
D says: (8:30:03 PM) "then i drank a whole can of aqua net"
P says: (8:30:13 PM) "I was going through the whole thing with thomas...
D says: (8:30:26 PM) he turned out to be a baboon"
P says: (8:30:29 PM) "people don't know my life"
D says: (8:30:30 PM) "i mean, like, really a baboon"
P says: (8:30:38 PM) that's extremely messed up
D says: (8:31:04 PM) "the way i figure...like...everyone tells me this and i was like no it's not true--but i have a second head growing out of my neck and i need to acknowledge it...
D says: (8:31:23 PM) and if that second head is enough for him to break up with you
D says: (8:31:44 PM) then he's just looking for excuses and you need to find a guy who will like, accept that second head, you know?"
P says: (8:32:59 PM) "I was with him every single nanosecond -
D says: (8:33:31 PM) and i was like the same way, and i was like, this is kind of weird"
P says: (8:33:41 PM) "he tried imitating my parents, dressing like my mom and wearing my dads speedo...
P says: (8:33:56 PM) But then next blue whale"
D says: (8:34:02 PM) "like, i'm not saying everything that happened to me happened to you...down to the stumpy leg and everything"
is silly code for insurance, which we do not currently have, which is really bad.
car insurance, that is. it is very bad not to have car insurance in miami. i have been driving all kinds of places, like every day, all the time, despite this. how dumb is that?
we also had a lapse in coverage, so getting a new policy is going to be a nightmare. i really try hard to stay on top of things, sometimes, i think, i try.
and i am really tired, and am staying up late for no reason. i think p. fell asleep.
on an entirely different note than that last dreary entry--
I FINISHED!! FINALLY!!!
i thought i still had to wrap up some incomplete coursework--i had submitted my petition to graduate in november, hadn't heard anything, and figured i would just have to wait until may to be a real former graduate student.
but i got a mysterious-looking envelope from my school in the mail last night. i shuffled through two pages of an unofficial transcript before finding a letter saying that i had completed all necessary coursework and had graduated as of january 31, 2005! it looks like maybe my advisor and i had miscalculated the amount of units i still needed to graduate last semester, and i actually took 42 units instead of the necessary 39.
for anyone who has not been following the saga, i have been working on my M.A.in Media Studies for four years. during this time i have had several Stressful Major Life Events, most of which took place during the last two years. i got married, moved twice, bought an apartment, left my job of three and a half years, started a business, had about a year's worth of health problems, experienced a major drop in our household income, got off a medication that was really hard to get off of, switched congregations, and became mom to two dogs. (not necessarily all in that order.)
i'm the first person in my immediate family, and parts of my extended family, to have a college degree--and now a master's degree. and yes, i'm really proud!
and happy, and relieved. and now maybe i can get paid a little more. hopefully.
and i'm sorry i abandoned this blog for awhile. but i thought this was nice news.
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