Studying for the big test

Rather than just buying flash cards with vocabulary words on them, I decided to up the study time efficiency and go ahead and get flash cards with vocab AND math!!! I know it blew my mind too!! It turns out I remember nothing about math, the good news, my vocab isn't as bad as I originally thought. So as I am reading these math flash cards, I start reading about polynomials, binomials and monomials and I am hoping that whatever they are talking about isn't contagious when I realize this is all stuff I am supposed to know. I wish I had my professor from college back because I know I learned all this stuff from him and he was great. Now I am left wondering what I did with all those notes from school, I know I kept them somewhere!!!

No worries though because while I was buying the flash cards I also purchased a few books, because I can't resist. So now my one week of study/prep time will be split between reading and actually studying!! **Note to self, try and focus on one thing, multi-tasking only slows you down..
I picked up a couple books, but one of them was "The Alchemist" which I have heard of and was excited it ended up right in front of my face, so that I could remember I wanted to read that (haha).

And finally on a political note I believe I have finally figured out who I am going to vote for. Lets just hope this person makes it on the ballot. I don't know if you guys have voted in your local primaries or if they have happened yet but it is pretty big news that Oregon is even holding its primary let alone that people are actually paying attention. I regrettably will not be partaking in this event seeing as how Oregon has a closed (or open) primary which means that only registered Dem., or Rep. can vote in the primary and seeing as how I am not registered as either I am waiving my chance to vote. So I am entrusting others with this decision, because well lets face it I think I know who I like but anyone is better than what we have now!!!!!!

Ok against ALL odds I have somehow managed to post a picture!! I can hear your applause thank you, thank you!! Now in this picture you won't see ANY of the people I went to visit in South Africa or the cutest baby that I fell in love with. But you will see the lovely Kathy who is on the right sitting next to me, and Leslie sitting on the left. Kathy was nice enough to take me out on the town to NuBar where I met a TON of new people. Including the nice ladies in black sitting with us at the table. Julien who is a very attractive rugby player, sorry ladies Kathy called dibs on him. I met many many more people however I don't remember all their names. But it was a great evening and I had loads of fun!!!!

GRE

Ok so first of all I want to say I don't think that I was meant to ever post pictures on my blog. That being said I am NOT going to give up. First it was the web browser that I was using in South Africa, then it was me ALWAYS forgetting my camera cord to hook it up to my computer, now blogger says there is an error!! That sound you hear is my head hitting the desk, over and over again!!

where was I? Oh ya..........

So yesterday I did it, after two years (actually ALOT more) of talking about it and and putting it off, weighing my options, wondering what I wanted, blah blah blah, I finally bit the bullet and registered for the GRE. This is the first step in a long line of steps in order to get me on the road to my masters. I think this is just the thing I need to push past the mental block that has kept me in the waffling stages. I am most worried about my vocabulary (wait is there a math part, crap that is what I am most worried about), sometimes my vocabulary leaves me .........wanting a bit more. So if your in the mood to help or you get the urge to try and stump me, go ahead and send me an email with a word of the day. You don't even have to know what the word means. When I bought my first GRE study books (yes it was when I was living in Denver) I made up note cards and posted them around my apartment with the vocab they said I would need to know. Lets just say, I will not Abate the importance of this test even though I Abhor standardized test taking.... Ya, I didn't get past the middle of the "A's". I am sure I will be fine though. I still have a solid 3 weeks before my test.

Wish me luck....

Huh??

I was only gone for a little over three weeks and I come back and Miley Cyrus is now being played on the radio?? What the heck is that all about. I mean sure she is great for the tweens but it seems every time I want to indulge in a little pop radio I am faced with Miley Cyrus and her one line hooks, and 3 line verses, SHAME!!!!

Luckily I surround myself with good music (when I am not indulging in mindless pop). I have found a few new groups that have sparked my interest. If you have some time they are worth checking out: Duffy- her song "Mercy" is on my myspace. Glen Hansard- his song "falling slowly" is great. Kate Nash- her CD is awesome, it is so fun and very great to sing along too, I just found out she is coming to Portland so I will have to check out that show for sure!!! My cousin who has introduced me to alot of great bands gave me a CD of a local DC band who is also great listening, "Jukebox the Ghost". I am always open to music suggestions and I love all kinds of music so don't be shy!!

***Also on a side note, I just recently lost one of the skeletons in my closet. It is a surprise that I wouldn't have seen coming and certainly wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes. But it is something that happens rarely and I just wanted to let you all know to keep your head up and keep moving forward because you never know when it will happen to you. So when you go out this weekend, or when you're home alone some time, raise a glass, not to me, but to the fact that you CAN still clean out your proverbial closet, and if you are lucky enough to actually clean it out, recognize that, and appreciate how special that is. Because it is so much more than closing a door and ending a chapter, it is a whole new beginning.