Happy To Help

Today has been interesting. I have had several people ask me for help with various things throughout the day. I was even held up after my nutrition class because some people were asking me to tutor them. O_o I was shocked because I suck at math, and in this nutrition class we have been doing a lot of math problems. Surprisingly, I'm good at math so long as it involves animals. Therefore, people in my class want me to tutor them. They even offered to pay me. I told them no of course. If I were in their position (and I have been) I would want help without the stress of "Can I afford it?"

So, it's been a weird day for me.

On a side note it's supposed to get absolutely freezing here tonight. The high tomorrow, last I checked, is 26. It's going to be a rough morning for everyone. There might be snow though so I think that deserves a "YAYYYYY!"For kicks, here's a shot of Ariel in her winter blanket. That's Vampire Bat in the background.

a little annoyed

Why is it so easy to write down a list of what you should do, but so hard to actually get it done?
Which isn't really why I'm a little annoyed. I'm a little annoyed because I'm taking 17 hours of classes, need to write 4 ten-page papers and need a part-time job like it's going out of style.
And people keep telling me different things. My professors say that I shouldn't get a job right now because I need to focus on schoolwork. But I can't stay in school if I don't pay for it, which I know, which is what my family is telling me.
And here I am submitting applications and not getting hired and watching my savings dwindle.
And to this whiny blah-fest all I can think to say is,
"Welcome to real life. Please take a number and we'll get your complaint filed in 90 years,"

Finally happened to me

It finally happened to me!
Really it did, I had an animal encounter! (I feel so accomplished now.)
I was heading back from a meeting with my professor, and there at the crosswalk was a black kitten, staring at the passersby with a very friendly expression. I got off my bike and started talking to the cat, he was rubbing his face all up and down the concrete, but didn't want to actually be touched. So I was following him along, trying to get him to come to me, and wishing that I had some kind of food with me- because he was really skinny.
As I was doing this, a guy came up and the kitty got spooked- somewhere along the way I started calling him Mal. Even though he was now in hiding, I couldn't forget it so I grabbed a piece of lunchmeat from my dorm (since FruitBat and her magical truck of cat food were not t the campus) and hoofed it back to where I saw the cat. I didn't see him there anymore, but left the meat anyway. I will confess that I felt pretty depressed that he wasn't there...
Anyway when FB got back I told her about the kitten and after dinner/studying we went back to where he'd been on our walk- Fruit Bat brought along a can of wet food, and we popped that sucker open and settled down to wait.
Let me tell you, seeing a black cat on a dark night, is not easy. But Mal did show up, and we then hoofed it over to the dorm to grab FB's truck and trap... we tried to get him into the big trap- but he was too clever and light to trigger the switch! So we caught him in the trap meant for rabbits and squirrels... lol.
I swear, Mal is adorable, and I feel wonderfully/horribly overprotective. We've got him at the lady who'd taken care of Mamma-kitty earlier. He let us pet him! He's really horrible at being feral... He let us hold him and fuss over him, and even when he wasn't happy that we held him he didn't claw or bite at us, he just squirmed.
Of course... none of us can keep him... but... I love him anyway.
My first animal rescue!

Mini-rant: it's FUN SIZE!

This is going to be quick, because I'm supposed to be studying for a test tomorrow.
This is... a rant on dual standards, particularly racism. I'm white, and as a white person I am very aware that there are things I can't say or do because they are racist.
But last night I went down to the laundry room with Fruit Bat, and there was Hispanic girl there loudly telling the entire room (about six of us) that she just can't get along with white people.
Wow.
That's just... wow. Four people in the room were white.
Doesn't she think that we might find that a little offensive? That she's stereotyping us like that? Of course, we can't say anything though, because heaven forbid that we ever get past our ancestors mistakes in dealing with people of other races. Everyone knows that white people are racist, it's impossible for any other "minority" race to be considered racist.
It just really bugs me- why should it matter? We're never going to get past this nasty racism thing if we can't all just ignore skin color- and I'm preaching to myself here too.
That girl could have said- "I don't get along with my roommate" (the basis for her claim.)
And then I wouldn't have been annoyed and looked over to see what ethnic background she was from. And all that jazz. And annoyance.
Also- I found out from Fruit Bat that apparently all Catholics believe that it is against God to spay and neuter their animals- which is news to her, since she's a Catholic. Yay uneducated stereotypes.
(No, it is not against God to spay/neuter animals, and catholics don't believe that it is.)
But anyway, back to studying.

Sooo embarasssing!

Gah! I totally did not mean to spend my Sunday doing this.
Okay, so I've got an account on DeviantART, (as longtime readers will know) and today I was looking around at some stuff on there and came across some Pok'e'mon stuff.
*Wince*
As a kid, I was pretty into the show. I'll tell anyone who'll listen stories about how I woke up at 5 on Saturdays to watch "cartoons" that didn't start until 8. "Cartoons" really being code for two main shows, and any number of smaller ones. The two I cared most about?
Recess and Pokemon. And Pokemon was the one I liked more.
But it's a silly show, it's a KIDS show, it's been going on for 14 years and the main character is still 10 years old. So even though I saw these pictures and had a moment of nostalgia, there was no way that I was going to actually WATCH THE SHOW.
Yeah... right.
So this is what's really embarrassing- not that I went back and watched the first episode anyway (because I still watch a lot of cartoons), not even that when the theme song started playing some part of my brain (damaged no doubt from watching infomercials for three hours waiting for my shows to start) remembered to get excited and a goofy grin stretched across my face, but that I watched the show.
And I enjoyed it.
ADGGHADOSIBGAWSE!
Just two or three years ago I watched the first episode again and it seemed inane and stupid and I couldn't stop mocking it and had to turn it off before I finished because I couldn't handle it!
Today I sat and watched it and laughed at all the ridiculous parts and couldn't believe I was watching it, couldn't turn it off, couldn't stop smiling!
And I'm going to watch the second episode!
If this keeps up, Fruit Bat may have to hold an intervention.

I'm Baaaaack!

greetings earthlings!
My computer is back from the grave, and it doesn't complain as much now either!
Anyone who's worked in the same room as my gray matter will testify that the fan runs a lot, and very VERY loudly. But since we got the new hardrive, I haven't heard a peep out of my mechanical brain.
I'm also back from a weekend back home, there have been some difficulties in re-obtaining employment at my previous location, so I don't have my job back quite yet. This just meant that for the three day weekend I got to go home, ostensibly to get my computer fixed and meet Hodgins, the newest addition to the family.
My dad was in the parking lot at a GoodWill when he came across a kitten. A starved, oil-spattered, 4-5 week old kitten. So he took it back home with him, he's been taken to the vet, checked out, and is now being spoiled to within an inch of his little loud-purring life.

Cents and Skunks

Today was our first full day back at the dorm. I rolled out from my house at around 8:35 yesterday fro the 3.5 hour drive to San Angelo- thankfully my parents got me a nice audiobook to listen to on the way- it makes the trip more bearable.
Yesterday was spent making the dorm look lived in once more, this year, Fruit Bat and I didn't have any help- her family didn't come this time, though they wanted to.
We managed, though our arms are embarrassingly sore today.
Anyway, this post was supposed to be about today... we stopped by our respective former (current, in Fruit Bat's case,) places of employment. I asked for my job back and received positive overtones in return- so they do seem to want me back. At least my manager does... hope she still feels that way when she sees my availability... XP
Also while we were out and about, we saw a garage sale, and it was suggested that we stop. We went shopping yesterday, and found ourselves in need of a bowl to mix things in. The garage sale was really a godsend, we found just what we needed for only 50 cents! The man running the show was really very nice, and we were really glad that we found what we needed so cheap.

And, I know you can't tell... but its been a while since I started this post, and now I can't remember exactly where I was going with it- except to say that we've seen Momma-kitty and Abel, as well as... a little skunk. Like a baby skunk that's been eating the cat food... That's not good. Fruit Bat's already considering ways to trap it without getting sprayed...