I haven't been posting lately because I've been lazy, and whenever I'm online I'm too tired to post. So today will be short too. Sprint made me mad. They totally messed up our bill, the plan they had us on was not even remotely close to the one we requested. And the service isn't very good around here. So we took the phones back. At first I felt bad because I know they work on commision, but when I saw how wrong the bill was I decided I didn't really care. Anyway, we went with alltel again. I got an Audiovox 8410 or 8140--I can't remember which. I like it so far and we know the serive here is good.
I'm still really nervous about my interview with Mercer and hoping that someone will surf by and help me out by telling me what I should expect. I've looked all over the internet but I would feel more comfortable if I heard it from the "horses mouth," or one of those other cliches (stick an accent on that e for me).
We got a bunch of stuff done today besides getting our phones arranged. So I'm tired and going to bed now. 'Night.
So, I'm still wondering if anyone has any words of wisdom/advice/insight/knowledge of my interview with Mercer Souther School of Pharmacy on April 7? If anyone knows what goes on, whether it's open or closed file, how many interviewer, or what it is exactly that takes the three hours, I would really appreciate it if you could let me know. Please.
I dropped my phone a couple days ago. At the time the whole thing came apart but I put it back together and everything seemed fine. But the next day I realized that the antennae was broken, it came out and I couldn't get it to stay in or pick up a good signal. So since the contract was out we went cell phone shopping today. We decided to go with sprint because alltel (the company we used to have) doesn't give as good a deals to current customers. They give new customers preference. So I got one of the new camera phones and I get vision for 2 months. It's really cool. And even after the two months I can still take pictures and use them as the screen saver or for caller ID. It was on sale--so the price wasn't too bad. It took me a while though to figure out how to make it ring and vibrate at the same time--but I figured it out. It's harder to figure out than my Nokia 5185 was, but it also has way cooler features. Mom got the samsung that they had on sale and figured it out faster than I figured mine out. I think she was worried at first because she wasn't sure if it would be easy to work, but the girl that sold us the phones said it was easy, and I think mom is happy with it.
Tomorrow we are going to drive around to make sure the service is good around here. We have two weeks to be sure that everything is okay.
I have voice mail for the first time ever--so YAY!
NEWS, NEWS, NEWS!!!
I got a letter today. Guess what it says. No, guess first. Okay, fine. I got an interview at Mercer Southern School of Pharmacy. So I will be in Atlanta on April 7. YEA!!! Of course I know that this doesn't mean I'm in or anything, and I know that this is late in the game and most of their spaces are full so I have to be amazing in the interview. But I'm really happy that I heard something and that they thought I was good enough to get an interview. I've been reading all these possible interview questions. My only real concern is the essay. Does anyone have any ideas what the essay might be on? I can probably do most current affairs. The war, Martha, Same-sex marriage, abortion, etc... My worry is that they'll ask me to write an essay on professionalism. I've seen that question in a couple places and I'm not really sure what I would say about. It is what it is. What is it that they want to hear about it?
So does anyone know? Anyone have any tips on what I should expect? Anything I should have with me, or find out ahead of time? General words of wisdom and the like? I'll take anything.
YEA!!!
I'm bored. Suddenly I've stopped the majority of the worrying I've been doing. It's as if I've gotten used to the horrible in between place I've been in for the past year. I finally realize what I've been trying to tell myself for a long time. There is nothing I can do about it now, I just have to wait and see. There are still times when I am either sure that I will get in or sure that I won't, but it's different now. I'm bored. Occassionally I worry about a class, but even that is not the same as it used to be. I'm worried that this stint at community college is going to seriously hurt me in the long run. I will forget how to be a student at a real school.
So, to be completely clear, I haven't heard anything back from any schools. Except Mercer, they sent an e-mail saying they are reviewing my application. Since the deadlines just passed for two of the schools I figure it might still be a while until I hear anything. I just want to know. And when I say that I mean I just want to know that I got in.
I figured out one of my bugs in microbio today. One is Staph epi (I hope) and I'm waiting on the VP test to find out what the other is. Hopefully I did everything correctly.
I have a big take-home test and two term papers to do over spring break. Whoopee! I didn't have any plans anyway.
I dropped my cell phone the other day and at first I thought it would be okay--everything went back together like it was supposed to, but the next day the antennae came out. So I'm going to have to get a new one. My contracts up but I'm on a family plan with my mom and Nikky, and Nikky's contract still have a month on it. Anyway this weekend I'm going to go with mom to pick out a new plan/contract/phone. We'll probably just let Nikky use up her contract and add her next month, but we're going to try to stay with a family plan because if all goes the way I want it we will all be in different places next year and it will be nice to be able to talk to each other for free anytime. But I need a new phone, 'cause a cell phone isn't any good without service.
I got this idea from Brook. And I'm not linking to her because I don't know if she would mind. Anyway--do a google image search for your name and pick the three images you like best.
I linked them all to the site that where I found them. The first one is from a web-site that is entirely in Japanese (or Chinese, or Korean, etc...) except for the text in the picture. The second picture a pastel by a 13 year old. Isn't that amazing?
PS. Still no news on the pharm school front. Cross your fingers and eat a curly chip for me. Thanks.
Today is my blogiversary. I expect presents from someone. Big presents. I'm very picky.
So it's been one whole year. I'm surprised how long it has been. I hope that I can make it through the next year. And maybe some day when I'll be able to look back and laugh at the last year of my life. I think the one thing people never think about when starting a blog is that years from now we'll be able to go back and read over what we were thinking. And we'll be able to read what other people were thinking at the same periods of time.
Okay--that's enough for now. Send presents.
I suppose it's time for me to weigh in on the subject. Gay Marriages. Do I think they should be legal? Yes. I don't see any reason why they shouldn't and can find at least a few reasons why they should. I think I should probably note that I am speaking from a heterosexual standpoint. And would like to say that I am glad that fighting for the right to be married to the person I love will never be an issue for me.
Who does gay marriage harm? No one. It makes no difference to me whether I live next door to a same sex married couple. I wouldn't want to see them having sex in the front yard, but I gotta say I wouldn't want to see a heterosexual couple having sex in either.
Who does insuring the illegalization of gay marriage harm? It hurt very good people who will never be allowed to fully commit to their partners. I can't think of a worse thing than to be prevented from completely committing to the person I have chosen as my partner in life. When I finally find that one person I want to be able to commit to him in every way possible, and I wouldn't prevent someone that same privilege.
I would also like to point out that, for the most part, the only arguments you hear against same sex marriage have to do with the Bible. In this country we have a separation of church and state. A very wise decision on the part of our fore fathers. Why is it acceptable to make an amendment to the UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION that is based on religious beliefs? I can understand if a Catholic priest refuses to marry a couple of the same sex, but I do NOT think it is acceptable for the government of
my country to make a similar decision based on the same beliefs.
Also, considering all of the other things that are going on in this country and world wide--a good example would be the war--I am offended that the current administration would choose this as a running platform. I am offended for the entire country. They chose this topic as a smoke screen to make Americans forget about all the other issues we should be concerned about. It's as if they are saying, "Our harmful environmental policies, our lies to the public in the 'State of the Union address', the issues with Haliburton, and the war are of no concern to anyone when put up against the fact that people of the same sex are being allowed to marry." It would be a completely different thing if we didn't have all of these huge issues facing our country, if we weren't facing the deaths of many of our youths, and the alienation of the entire world. The fact is we are facing these issues and it scares me that they have chosen this platform. What scares me the most is that I am afraid a great many Americans will fall for it because all they will see is that the word of the Bible is being upheld.
I meant to post last night but I didn't get around to it. I was tired and I wanted to complete an online anatomy test. So I decided posting would have to wait. Today we started testing for our unknowns in microbio lab. I put my gram negative rod on McConkey's. I hope it grows because when I put them both on it when they were mixed nothing grew. Of course I'm afraid that when I did that I might not have put any of the unknown on the agar at all. I think I might have missed a step between flaming the loop and streaking the agar. Well at least I hope that what happened. Because if not then nothing will grow and then that might mean that I don't have a gram negative rod. Which means I did everything WRONG.
I got an e-mail from Mercer a few days ago. It said that my file was now complete (I guess that means they got my PCAT scores) and that it was now under review and I would be getting a letter in the mail soon. I was a little confused though because their deadline was Feb. 1 and they accept on a rolling admissions so they probably have a full class by now anyway. I had already figured that I missed the deadlines because of my problems with CFCC and getting them to send my transcripts. So I was surprised to get that e-mail. I figured they would just ignore my stuff since it was late. But maybe they really will review it since I submitted my application to pharmCAS before the feb. 1 deadline. Who knows? Maybe I'll be in Atlanta next year.
I like doing the oil painting. It's fun. But I'm not very good at it.
I really wish someone would leave me a comment.
I've taken up oil painting. Well, actually I got all the supplies and I painted one painting and I'm not even sure if it's done yet--so I don't know if I can officially say I've taken up painting yet. Or if my one and only painting will survive the most probable fate of being painted over when I run out of canvases. In any case I think it is fun. Tomorrow I think I will set up my "studio" in the back garage. Hopefully it will be ventilated enough and I won't kill myself with paint remover or make myself a vegetable by breathing in all those fumes.
Just a couple seconds ago I was traipsing through the blogosphere when I tripped on
this. Everyone must watch it. It only takes a few seconds to load. Trust me I have about the slowest server in the world. So thanks to
styrofoamkitty, I'm glad I stumbled on your site.
So in the now immortal words of Mark Spittle, "Don't be an asshole, Vote Democratic in 2004."
The nail biting continues
So my PCAT scores have gotten me thinking. First I wonder how many people took the test. Because if a million people took it and I scored better than 91 percent of them there are still 90,000 people who scored better than I am, and I don't think there are that many open spots in the country. Of course I can't find anywhere that says how many people took the test, but I did find that in 2002 (I think) just under 10,000 people took the exam, and the number has been increasing a lot over the last couple years. Also, from what I'm reading the scores are standardized across test forms and dates. So I didn't actually do better than 91%, I just did better than the statistics say 91% of the people should have done. At least that is what that little explanation seems to lead me to believe. So if, for some reason, the forms we took on that date were really hard (or really easy I can't decide which it would be--hard I think) then everyone's percentile is high and it could be misleading to me. Also I'm really disappointed in psychological corporation for their lack of information. I was a psych major. One of the first things you learn about reporting statistics is reporting n (the sample size). It is also really important to include how you measured things, otherwise you statistics are meaningless. So I want to know exactly what it is that they do to standardize across dates and forms. And I want to know how many people I was up against. Their web-site tells me nothing.
Of course, I also know that I am over analyzing this. But I really am nervous about this. I really want to get in. And I'm really worried that I won't. I can think of a bunch of reasons why my application wouldn't be good enough to get in and then I can think of a bunch of others that should make a good candidate. This is important to me and the waiting and wondering and worrying is getting to me. Since I don't have any influence over the admissions committees the only thing left for me to do is worry. And I guess I'll be worrying for the next couple months. And waiting.
I got my PCAT scores today. I knew that I probably would. Guess what I got. No, you have to guess first. Okay, fine, I scored in the 91st percentile (composite). I'm pretty happy with myself. It helps to know that I did well. Of course, I'm still afraid to get my hopes up. I would hate to get stomped on again. But it helps.
I really hate it when the people whose blogs I read don't post. But then I don't post every day either. I would like to post everyday. Unfortunately, my life is boring and I have nothing to post about. Also, I'm not creative enough to make my boring stuff interesting. Luckily, I know that no one reads this so it's not like I'm disappointing anyone. So any news? No. But I'll tell you about it anyway.
1) My PCAT scores arrived at pharmcas but I haven't received them yet. Pharmcas won't tell me what I got and I really want to know--I'm considering a tantrum.
2) I colored my hair. Red. It's different kinds of red depending on what I put in it, if it's wet, and if I'm in the sun. From the reaction I got from my aunt it is apparently nearly offensive in the sun. In regular light most people barely notice.
3) I'm tired of waiting to hear if I got into school. My mom is sickeningly optimistic. She holds firm to the idea that since I did well in college I should get in. I know that the entire universe is working against me.
4) Classes are going well. Of course they are. I'm going to a teeny-tiny community college. After 4 years at a 4 year university I should be able to pass every single class they have without breaking a sweat.
5) I have a hard time getting to sleep, and then I have a hard time getting up.
6) I wouldn't vote for Bush even if it meant I would have to shave my head for the rest of my life.
7) Tomorrow or maybe the next day or the next day or the next day I'm going to write political messages in chalk on the road in front of my house. I hope the neighbors don't insist on talking to me.
8) The Jehova's witnesses came to my house today. I was nice to them. Next time I might yell at them.
9) I'm not going to see "The Passions of Christ" while it's in the theater, but I
might rent it when it comes out.
10) People keep getting here by searching "giddeon Yago girlfriend." Why? Who cares about his girlfriend? Should I know who she is? Do people consider him SO hot that they absolutely must know who he is attached to? Am I missing something? This has been going on for a while.
That's it.
