I'm doing it. I'm changing my major. I wish you all could have seen me yesterday; I was on cloud nine. 
I've haven't been this excited to do something in a long time. Who would have thought that such a simple change could be such a big deal. No longer will I have to endure the headache of 8am organic chemistry labs or of impossible...
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I've haven't been this excited to do something in a long time. Who would have thought that such a simple change could be such a big deal. No longer will I have to endure the headache of 8am organic chemistry labs or of impossible... Read More
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Revelation: I could change my major, and be happy. OR continue to struggle and stress myself out.
I've always pushed the idea of changing majors aside, thinking that I would disappoint people. Everyone thought that it was the greatest thing to go to school for forensic science, and at one time, so did I. Actually, it is something that I've been interested in for a...
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I've always pushed the idea of changing majors aside, thinking that I would disappoint people. Everyone thought that it was the greatest thing to go to school for forensic science, and at one time, so did I. Actually, it is something that I've been interested in for a...
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decayingyouth:
I think you should change you major. You dont seem happy with your current line of study and you should get a job doing something that you can at lease some what enjoy. I hope your parent understand your desire to change majors, good luck.
slipinsin:
You can do a tremendous amount with an english degree! Knowing how to communicate effectively in writing is a highly valuable skill. One of my friends graduated from the english program here, and is now making a pretty good amount of money working near D.C. in the public relations department of a publishing company. Also, many people get english degrees in preparation for law school. The analytic, writing, and critical thinking skills that english majors develop are perfectly suited for studying law. Those same skills are also valuable for studying business-management. The MBA program at WVU is designed for people with non-business undergraduate degrees. I've been told that knowing how to write a well though-out and properly edited paper is a must-have skill to do well in it.
I've been thinking about getting an english minor. I took 262 (Brit Lit 2) with Dr. Stewart this semester. If you do switch to english, you'll have to take this class, as it's a required course; see if you can get it with him. He's become one of my favorite professors! His lectures are insightful, and a lot of fun to listen to. The class requirements -while involving a lot of reading and writing (of course)- are not unreasonable. He's not teaching it next semester, but he probably will again in the Fall. Stay away from Dr. Ward though. I tried taking the same course with him a few semesters ago. I dropped it, as he is the most unbelievably boring lecturer I have ever met. Next semester I'm taking 258 (Popular American Culture). I was told that one of novels I'll be required to read is Fight Club. Very cool!
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I've been thinking about getting an english minor. I took 262 (Brit Lit 2) with Dr. Stewart this semester. If you do switch to english, you'll have to take this class, as it's a required course; see if you can get it with him. He's become one of my favorite professors! His lectures are insightful, and a lot of fun to listen to. The class requirements -while involving a lot of reading and writing (of course)- are not unreasonable. He's not teaching it next semester, but he probably will again in the Fall. Stay away from Dr. Ward though. I tried taking the same course with him a few semesters ago. I dropped it, as he is the most unbelievably boring lecturer I have ever met. Next semester I'm taking 258 (Popular American Culture). I was told that one of novels I'll be required to read is Fight Club. Very cool!
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I had a great day today, for the most part. It was the last day of classes, which excites me because it means winter break is oh so close.
Being the last day of classes, the coaches in my bowling class gave out awards to some of the kids on their teams. I got "most improved"
I'm very proud. I really have improved too. It...
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Being the last day of classes, the coaches in my bowling class gave out awards to some of the kids on their teams. I got "most improved"
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decayingyouth:
I happy to hear that you had a great day; Id kill to have a great day. I have one more week of classes before break begins. Im not sure if Im looking forward to it. Winter break just means more time for me to kill.
What school do you go to that has bowling classes? Its always nice to have someone find you attractive.
What school do you go to that has bowling classes? Its always nice to have someone find you attractive.
I'm ok everyone. No need to worry. I'll get out of my funk soon as finals are done, and I can go home to my friends and family. Thank you for the concern though. It's nice to know people care when you feel like crawling into a hole and never coming out.
love, ali
love, ali
flamesofhades:
Well thats good to know.. I want my Happy Ali back!!!
Suck it up kid,get through it,be proud of it...
HAdeS
Suck it up kid,get through it,be proud of it...
HAdeS
decayingyouth:
I hope your finals go well. Ive been thinking about boycotting my finals, Im not just sure how well my teachers would take it. Well, if you ever do decide on crawling in a hole and never coming out, will you let me know. Ill keep you company. I personally lock my room, turn off the lights and crawl under my bed.
On a side note the last time I was under my bed the dust puppies were trying to kick me out, it was rather embarrassing
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On a side note the last time I was under my bed the dust puppies were trying to kick me out, it was rather embarrassing
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I want to go home. 
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thedevice:
I'm sorry I've been absent lately... I'm still here for you anytime you need me.
Love always,
JP
Love always,
JP
slipinsin:
Are you that sick of school? Or is it something else?
If it's school... Don't worry, the semester's almost over! Yay!
I live here. So, once I'm done with finals, I get to go nowhere... And when the students leave for the winter break, this place becomes a ghost town (it's not so bad in the summer, since something like 5,000 students stay to take classes). One of my roomates, and most of my friends, will be heading home. My sister (who is my other roomate), will probably spend 99% of her time at her boyfriend's place. I'm going to be so lonely! ...sniffle... ...sniffle...
If I don't talk to you over AIM before next week: Good luck on all of your exams, have a safe trip home, and have a very merry Christmas and a Happy, drunk New Year!
Still, I can't wait until the moment that I walk out of my last final! This semester has sucked... a lot.
If it's school... Don't worry, the semester's almost over! Yay!
I live here. So, once I'm done with finals, I get to go nowhere... And when the students leave for the winter break, this place becomes a ghost town (it's not so bad in the summer, since something like 5,000 students stay to take classes). One of my roomates, and most of my friends, will be heading home. My sister (who is my other roomate), will probably spend 99% of her time at her boyfriend's place. I'm going to be so lonely! ...sniffle... ...sniffle...
If I don't talk to you over AIM before next week: Good luck on all of your exams, have a safe trip home, and have a very merry Christmas and a Happy, drunk New Year!
Still, I can't wait until the moment that I walk out of my last final!
This semester has sucked... a lot. Sorry for that depressing and mopey entry the other day. I was not having a very good day, and just needed to feel sorry for myself for a bit.
School really kicks my ass, which gets to me sometimes, because I know that I have it in me to do extremely well, and yet I don't put the effort into it like I should. I...
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School really kicks my ass, which gets to me sometimes, because I know that I have it in me to do extremely well, and yet I don't put the effort into it like I should. I...
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slipinsin:
I'm fine. I just lost it a bit last night, that's all... 
Have you thought about switching majors to something completely different (not just from forensics to chem)? Maybe you're in the wrong field? Maybe that's why you haven't been, as you wrote, putting forth the effort in your classes? Right now that is what's happening to me. I've realized that I'm not in the right program, and consequently, I don't give a good fuck about any of my classes. I'm half-assing everything this semester, even though, on those few occasions that I've actually put forth some effort, I've done well, and could continue to do well if I would just decide to consistently care. But that's the problem- I don't.
It's too late for me though. I'm only several credits away from being a senior, and I've finished most of the requirements for the major. Switching now would waste more than half of the classes I've taken... But, if I remember correctly, you're a sophomore, right? You have plenty of time to switch.
And if you do, don't think of it as "I can't reach my goals in this program, so I'm going to bail out of it". That's not what's happening. Instead, think "these weren't the goals that I was intended to finish, I'll be happier and more enthusiastic doing something else; and when I do find out what that right-thing for me is, I will be very successful doing it". I know that might sound a little cosmic, but it's very practical. Think about this: when you started college, you were 18, right? How many 18 year-olds really know what they should major in, much less know what they should to do with the rest of their lives. No one does... Or should... And if your parents put pressure on you to stay in this program if you decide that you don't want to, tell them to that it's not their life (as hard as that may be; I know my parents, even though I'm 25, can be pretty demanding).
I hope this helped. Maybe it wasn't relevant to your situation at all? If so, sorry for wasting all the space. LOL. It's just that, when an intelligent person (and you seem very bright) puts little effort into something they're doing, that lack of effort is because they'd really rather not be doing it, and not because they can't do it... Or, at least, I think so.
Hmm, I'm going to go shave my legs too... And my balls, while I'm at it.
(That was just a joke... I seem to be pissing people off lately with my comments. I don't want to do that to you.)
Have you thought about switching majors to something completely different (not just from forensics to chem)? Maybe you're in the wrong field? Maybe that's why you haven't been, as you wrote, putting forth the effort in your classes? Right now that is what's happening to me. I've realized that I'm not in the right program, and consequently, I don't give a good fuck about any of my classes. I'm half-assing everything this semester, even though, on those few occasions that I've actually put forth some effort, I've done well, and could continue to do well if I would just decide to consistently care. But that's the problem- I don't.
It's too late for me though. I'm only several credits away from being a senior, and I've finished most of the requirements for the major. Switching now would waste more than half of the classes I've taken... But, if I remember correctly, you're a sophomore, right? You have plenty of time to switch.
And if you do, don't think of it as "I can't reach my goals in this program, so I'm going to bail out of it". That's not what's happening. Instead, think "these weren't the goals that I was intended to finish, I'll be happier and more enthusiastic doing something else; and when I do find out what that right-thing for me is, I will be very successful doing it". I know that might sound a little cosmic, but it's very practical. Think about this: when you started college, you were 18, right? How many 18 year-olds really know what they should major in, much less know what they should to do with the rest of their lives. No one does... Or should... And if your parents put pressure on you to stay in this program if you decide that you don't want to, tell them to that it's not their life (as hard as that may be; I know my parents, even though I'm 25, can be pretty demanding).
I hope this helped. Maybe it wasn't relevant to your situation at all? If so, sorry for wasting all the space. LOL. It's just that, when an intelligent person (and you seem very bright) puts little effort into something they're doing, that lack of effort is because they'd really rather not be doing it, and not because they can't do it... Or, at least, I think so.
Hmm, I'm going to go shave my legs too... And my balls, while I'm at it.
(That was just a joke... I seem to be pissing people off lately with my comments. I don't want to do that to you.)
fireball2004:
Organic huh? Ummmm, I'm in medical school, and I'm an organic whiz, as you might imagine from being in medical school. I was actually number 2 in my class in college, out of 165 people, both in orgo I and orgo II. Okay, enough bragging. Organic is still big in medical school, at least during the first year, after that its not. Best of the best of luck to you with your finals.
Is there a guy named Aaron Funk ("funk") in your class. And a girl named Randy? They are great friends of mine. Tell them hi for me if they are in your class.
Yeah, my finals strat Friday and end Wed. they are all cumulative, anf at this point, due to the dizzying breadth and encycopedic volume of material, all you can do is breath in and out, not think about it too much, and just rely on how well you learned it all during the semester. Thats it. I'll be fine. And then, on to SC. yeah baby!
damn girl, I love flavor-ice too.
Well, again, do well and please don't go nuts and psychotic about it. When all else fails and it gets cruch time, don't worry about trying to "get it all", just start to narrow it all down and focus on the things that the most important and that you know 100% will be on the exam. Hey, get point where you can right?
Well, take care babe!
adam
Is there a guy named Aaron Funk ("funk") in your class. And a girl named Randy? They are great friends of mine. Tell them hi for me if they are in your class.
Yeah, my finals strat Friday and end Wed. they are all cumulative, anf at this point, due to the dizzying breadth and encycopedic volume of material, all you can do is breath in and out, not think about it too much, and just rely on how well you learned it all during the semester. Thats it. I'll be fine. And then, on to SC. yeah baby!
damn girl, I love flavor-ice too.
Well, again, do well and please don't go nuts and psychotic about it. When all else fails and it gets cruch time, don't worry about trying to "get it all", just start to narrow it all down and focus on the things that the most important and that you know 100% will be on the exam. Hey, get point where you can right?
Well, take care babe!
adam
today's one of those days. you know the type where you want to crawl in a hole and never come out.
i was feeling pretty great last night for about 20 minutes. then it went downhill from there.
i like this school and everything but sometimes i think that shael is the only reason i'm staying here. i mean, it's not like i'm going to...
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i was feeling pretty great last night for about 20 minutes. then it went downhill from there.
i like this school and everything but sometimes i think that shael is the only reason i'm staying here. i mean, it's not like i'm going to...
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slipinsin:
I'm not having the greatest school-experience myself. In fact, I (seriously) think that I might drop out after this semester. My not-very-prectical social science degree is going to be worthless... If I'm going to end up with a shitty, low-paying job, then I'd rather just jump into it now instead of racking-up another two semester's worth of student loans. Yes, I'm only a year away from graduation. I should just finish. Maybe I will, maybe I won't... Oh, I also fucking hate Morgantown. I've lived here since I was ten. It's too damn small...
Hope tomorrow is better for you...
I've lived here since I was ten. It's too damn small...
Hope tomorrow is better for you...
Vacation is wrapping up. Heading back to Shael's tomorrow, then Sunday we will drive back to school. Then two more weeks of classes, a week of finals, and I'll be home again. The next three weeks are going to be hell. The amount of studying that I have to do is unbelievable.
Winter break is shaping out to be pretty good though. I'll be working...
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Winter break is shaping out to be pretty good though. I'll be working...
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AHHHHHH!!!! 
I think my blood is boiling. Shael's mother drives me CRAZY!!! If I end up marrying him, I will be one of the many people who dislike their mother in-law. Here's what just happened:
Shael and I have been talking about getting him plane tickets to come visit over our winter break. I looked at the calendar and saw that New Year's Eve would...
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I think my blood is boiling. Shael's mother drives me CRAZY!!! If I end up marrying him, I will be one of the many people who dislike their mother in-law. Here's what just happened:
Shael and I have been talking about getting him plane tickets to come visit over our winter break. I looked at the calendar and saw that New Year's Eve would...
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slipinsin:
I can empathize. That sounds like something my Mom would do. In fact, when I was 22, my Mom freaked-out when I told her that I was going on a plane-trip with a few cousins. "He's never been on a plane without me" (the last time I flew was when I was three and she and I went to Florida). I was sooo fucking mad when she said that (not to mention embarrassed- she said it to several family members). She pitched such a fit that I ended up giving in and not going (I was living at home then, and it was hard to avoid her bitching and screaming)...
I love my Mom, but, she treats me like I'm ten...
As for your comment "it's clear to see that most of the problems he has now stem from his childhood and the way they parented him, that strikes a cord with me as well... Not that I know exactly what you're referring to, but...... Ah hell, it's 4 AM, I need to get some sleep... Have a nice Thanksgiving.
I love my Mom, but, she treats me like I'm ten...
As for your comment "it's clear to see that most of the problems he has now stem from his childhood and the way they parented him, that strikes a cord with me as well... Not that I know exactly what you're referring to, but...... Ah hell, it's 4 AM, I need to get some sleep... Have a nice Thanksgiving.
I'M HOOOOOME
I got in tonight at about 6:30, went to Uno's with my parents, and now I'm just sitting around... in MY room! Not in a shitty little dorm room where I am constantly irritated by something, whether it is my suitemates who always shit up the bathroom (literally), or the cigarette stench coming in the window from the cafe workers taking their breaks,...
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I got in tonight at about 6:30, went to Uno's with my parents, and now I'm just sitting around... in MY room! Not in a shitty little dorm room where I am constantly irritated by something, whether it is my suitemates who always shit up the bathroom (literally), or the cigarette stench coming in the window from the cafe workers taking their breaks,...
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fireball2004:
Hey there, wow, it must be nice to be home. Ilmm be at my home, in SC, in ummmm, about 24 hours. I have to take a board exam in the morning, and then off I go, on the 9 hour drive. Sunny weather, all high school friends, my dog, my sister, warm meals, being able to relax, ahhhhh, they all await me!!!
I didn't know you lived in a dormroom at WVU. Do you have a car in Morgantown? I live by the other campus, the health science-evansdale area, literally right across the street from the big Ruby hospital, and a few blocks from the big student gym.
Anyway, have a nice thanksgiving, and enjoy yourself. I sure as hell know I will.
Talk to you later,
adam
I didn't know you lived in a dormroom at WVU. Do you have a car in Morgantown? I live by the other campus, the health science-evansdale area, literally right across the street from the big Ruby hospital, and a few blocks from the big student gym.
Anyway, have a nice thanksgiving, and enjoy yourself. I sure as hell know I will.
Talk to you later,
adam
flamesofhades:
Hey your home!!! look out VERMONT!!! How was Philly??? did you go??have you reached a conclusion about the SG question?? Well have fun on vacation Happy thanksgiving!!
Yay for Danielle and Manko!!!! YAY!!!! 
slipinsin:
An even better thought: Yay for Danielle and Manko together... 
An even better better thought than that: Yay for Danielle and Manko together with me in the middle...
Oh wait, this is your journal-page... How about: Yay for Danielle and Manko together with you in the middle...
...And me video-taping...
Just kidding. Sort of...
...Sorry, I'm just in one of those moods. It was probably brought on by pic #19 in Danielle's new set... God damn that girl looks fucking HOT in those fish-nets and high-heels!!!
Have a nice Thanksgiving break...
An even better better thought than that: Yay for Danielle and Manko together with me in the middle...
Oh wait, this is your journal-page... How about: Yay for Danielle and Manko together with you in the middle...
...And me video-taping...
Just kidding. Sort of...
...Sorry, I'm just in one of those moods. It was probably brought on by pic #19 in Danielle's new set... God damn that girl looks fucking HOT in those fish-nets and high-heels!!!
Have a nice Thanksgiving break...
My predictament:
My application photos were accepted. So I'm on my way to becoming a full-fledged Suicide Girl. I really want to do this. But I can't help but worry about someone (my parents in particular) finding out and their heads exploding with anger/disappointment/disbelief or whatever other reactions they could have. There's no way on Earth they would be supportive of displaying my naked butt...
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My application photos were accepted. So I'm on my way to becoming a full-fledged Suicide Girl. I really want to do this. But I can't help but worry about someone (my parents in particular) finding out and their heads exploding with anger/disappointment/disbelief or whatever other reactions they could have. There's no way on Earth they would be supportive of displaying my naked butt...
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slipinsin:
Hello again...
You're parents will never find out. Even if someone who knows them happens to see the pics, chances are they wouldn't tell them...
I'm not your friend anymore? Aww...
You're parents will never find out. Even if someone who knows them happens to see the pics, chances are they wouldn't tell them...
I'm not your friend anymore? Aww...
persona:
You've probably already made up your mind to do it. So just do it, be confident in yourself as it sounds like you are. Worry about someone finding out if they find out. They wouldn't dis-own you right
and hi! thanks for being my friend. I look forward to many little chats 
and hi! thanks for being my friend. I look forward to many little chats
Glad you're so happy! Your parents rock!