Still poking away at college, still having trouble with certain people I live with... nothing terribly new in those areas. I'm angry at my college right now for putting me in a class that was way beyond my mathematical skills and then when I finally got the guts up to complain about this problem and suggest they raise the mathematical requirements, the Dean of Math and Science pretty much told me, tough luck. The class in question happens to be a Physics class where the core seems to be trig... which I am no where near taking and the official requirements suggests only algebra level skills. The Dean told me, oh, it "assumes" - his exact word - that you've taken trig at some point in time and have just "forgotten it." *growls* You know what they say about 'assume?' You make an 'ass' out of 'u' and 'me,' not to mention waste my time and precious little money that I have. I had to drop the class because it was not only way out of my skills, but it was ridiculously difficult even for those who were at the proper math level. This class seemed more interested in giving you a 'C' and pushing you along, whether you learned something or not.

Frustrations at school aside, life hasn't been pleasant in recent months. My cat disappeared on Feb. 13th... and I really miss her... I just hope she is happier wherever she may be... *tries to be positive....* I have a photo of her in my scraps... my beautiful Rogue Princess....

Eric's mentally unbalanced step-brother got out of jail in December sometime, I think, and has been living here since. The police have been regular visitors at least once every month because of physical fights... people have finally gotten to the point where they call the police BEFORE a fight starts now - what a revelation! - and why the creature's parole hasn't been violated yet from all the complaints and attacks on others persons in the house is beyond me. Apparently he needs to murder someone in order for something like that to happen.

Other school things bothering me: Registration for summer and fall semesters begins next week, and the college isn't offering any useful classes that I need for summer... I feel like community college is seriously lacking in its support of students wanting to major in science... it's getting annoying.

I went to the eye doctors today - nearly spending $300 on new frames and lenses. *sobs* My eyes have actually IMPROVED since my last eye exam almost 4 years ago! I was amazed... I also had blood vessels growing over my corneas those 4 years ago and those have turned into ghost vessels so I can wear contacts again with severely limited use, not that I can afford them. I also have a very slight astigmatism(?) in one of my eyes. I'm not sure how long it will take for the new lenses to come in and be ready. I chose plastic frames this time; the doctor was saying they won't hurt the bridge of my nose as much as the metal ones.

There's really nothing all that big going on besides that which was previously mentioned... oh, our car got broken into and the radio that doesn't even work was stolen (joke's on them) a couple hours ago. But yeah, let's wait and see how it can get any more miserable. I'm sure something can be figured out.

I miss my kitty....

Not really been feelings all that great the last few months (the main reason why I haven't updated here for awhile). I've been stressed out from real life trials and tribulations, and because of that I've been having medical problems. Now, with school started back up again (since Jan.28th I believe), this doesn't really help things either and said problems are getting worse... so I'm going to the school doctor's on Thursday to see if anything can be done, or more accurately if I can afford to have anything done.
Anyways, this is the beginning of my second year in college (woo!) and this semester I'm taking Economics, English 1C, and a horrible math class with a teacher that is awful, AKA Math 13. This teacher is just ... I dunno, I don't really see the point in going to his classes since he wants us to read the book ourselves and figure everything out on our own (why is he being paid??). He almost seems to have OCD based on his corrections of every little things on our tests.. including criticizing our HANDWRITING. He wants us to write our 9's and 4's in specific ways as well as be totally nit-picky on our showing our work and answers ... uggh. The other classes aren't that bad in comparison. The English class has a heavy work load, and the Economics class is a little depressing to see how the US economy works... makes me want to move out of this country (Mainly upset over the fact that the government takes very close to 50% of all the money you make every year, and that your family looses out on your social security if you die before you reach whatever age it is you have to live to in order to start receiving it. Oh, and the government keeps raising that age... use to be 65, but now its 67 for my age group). Evil knowledge
That's about it, I guess... I have a bad headache right now....

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School is back in session.. and it seems these classes are a bit more difficult than the ones in the last 2 semesters.. *joy* I'm taking Introduction to Algebra *gag* 4 times a week, Introduction to Ethnic Studies twice a week, and English 1A twice a week. School started on Tuesday and already the math homework is plentiful.

My poor computer had a fit last week and refused to go online.. so it had to be reinstalled. Its kind of nice.. all clean and organized now *cheers*

Hmm... tired... can't think of anything else worth printing... *shrugs*

Eeep.. I'm so lazy when it comes to updates...

Well, school has begun once more for summer semester and I'm taking Survey of Renaissance to Present day art which is incredibly fascinating! Its a lot of reading but the textbook has such beautiful detailed photos, even though most of them are of a religious nature and I'm not really into that. It just gives you a totally different perspective on art and its history and the people that have made art what it is today. Its a six week class and next week we get to go to an art museum where we need to choose a piece to write a report on. I haven't been to any museums here in CA so I hope this will be a fun activity. The museum is in Palo Alto (?) about 30 minutes from here I'm told... I have no clue.. I'm not familar with this area at all even if I have been living here for like 5 years.


The little kitten I spoke about in the last update had to go to the humane society today... Athena brought it over this morning for me to look at, hoping I knew what was wrong with it. He was shaking and shivering and not able to control his body very well, but otherwise seemed okay. I guessed it was something neurological messed up and agreed that she should take him to the humane society since she cannot afford to take him to the vet. She only wanted to raise him to an age where the society would put him up for adoption unlike the previous kitten we brought them. I spoke with Athena after I got back from school and she told me they said he was of perfect weight and age for adoption but they had no idea what was wrong with him. They agreed it might be something neurological and that they would take him to the vet. Athena was worried that her kids had roughed him up and hurt him... but maybe not ... I'm a bit sad and I really hope everything goes well for the little Waffle.


My boyfriend finally got a DA page! Go give him a

Wow.. finals are all done with! *so happy* I know 2 out of the 3 class results too and I'm very happy with them. It's the math class that worries me. I think I did okay but not wonderful... Now I have 3 weeks of nothing until Summer semester starts. I don't know how that time will go.. I really hate being at this house and being around the people that live with us.

On Monday, we received an urgent IM (our phone is broken) from Eric's niece that she has found a kitten wandering about the apartment complex where they live. They have a horde of feral cats living in that area so it must have been left behind as mommy said, Be back later, or something. But she scooped the little bugger up, worried that something might eat him (which I didn't know.. opossums and raccoons eat kittens! they loose points in cuteness for that.. sick little... *grrrs*) and called up several people asking for advice on what to do with the little creature. She IM'ed us and we gave the same answer everyone else gave her - that it to the Humane Society, they rehab kittens and they get adopted out real quick. She didn't know where it was so we volunteered to go with her to show her. We got a little lost but found it eventually (this was around 10pm and I knew they had a button for night drop offs). We go in, fill out paperwork as to where the kitten was found, and the woman attendent tells us the kitty will most likely be put to sleep because it is too young to be adopted out, there are no foster homes open, and it has an upper respitory (?) infection. That was kind of crushing because you always see on the Animal Planet channel the kittens getting better care than that... then the woman was like.. well..if you take him to a vet and keep him, nurse him back to health, he might make it... none of us have time or housing that allows pets.. that was so horrible leaving the kitty behind because no one could take care of it and we left it to die. I cried.. and was very upset...

So Wednesday rolls around and another IM pops up on our computer screen... she found another kitten. So we stop by and take a look. This one doesn't look as sickly as the other one, and they want to keep it at least until it is old enough to adopt out. So we make a run to the pet store, kitty in tow. The store clerk says the kitty looks fine and that we need to just get all the fleas off of him. We buy some formula and wet food and a flea comb for it and head back to the niece's house, drop the kitty off and head home.

The next day, the niece tells us they put the kitty back outside with the other wild cats because of too many fleas, even after a bath.

This morning, someone knocks on the door bright and early, and say here! Kitty sit for us! *groans* we had plans for today.. that was the only reason I didn't want to... so the kitty slept in our room while we went out for errands and went to see X-Men 3, which I enjoyed for the most part. I was all stressed out worry about the kitty, because he was all covered in burs and one of his eyes doesn't open all the way now.. I don't know what happened to him when they tossed him outside if the other kitties beat him up or what.. We been feeding him wet food and formula when he feels like eating. He's been sleeping all day pretty much... the store said he was 3-4 weeks old.. so if any one knows any tips on kitten care.. that would be greatly appreciated!