Tuesday, July 28, 2015

I want to be with you but I also want to be with Netflix

WHOOO Road Trip Time to SAN JAPAN 2015!! Only 2 more days of this shitty internship in the way (x __ x)

Ahh. I don't really want to do the driving part since its going to be 8 hours. I drink 5 hour energy to stay awake though. ( ̄◇ ̄;) s--should be fine....
No jk I'm pretty good at driving long distances. I've got thissss ( •̀ᄇ• ́)ﻭ

I washed my car this weekend to get it nice and ready for the trip. I forgot to vacuum the trunk though so there's still quite a bit of sand in there from when I went to White Sands. I am admittedly a little worried about all the weight in the car. Its only a V4 engine and....one of the people I'm taking is pretty heavy. The other I've never met and she might be heavy too
( ・᷄ ︵・᷅ )シ hmm...
BUT the passengers are the ones paying for gas so it won't really be much more cost for me than the miles I'd be putting on the car. The hotel is free too and I am going to be fed haha.

While I was washing my car my little sister came home from tennis practice. She came back outside sat on a skateboard next to the dog in the shade watching Scooby Doo. When I asked her why she was outside watching Netflix she replied "I want to be with you but I also want to be with Netflix". lol (ᗒᗨᗕ)

P.S. The organizer people apparently "okay"ed wearing cosplay while volunteering but now its too late for me to make one so I'll be doing a custom character for half of it and the other half of the time I'll be DANBOORU GUNDAM!!

I'll also be giving out free ice pops because the temperature is supposed to reach into the 100s and as a volunteer I should be concerned with the safety of the attendees. (*^v^*)

Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Haha...am I quitter?

Internships are supposed to be about exploring a field you want to go in and gaining some valuable guidance from a senior in that field. Sometimes those professionals are really nice and friendly and do as much as they can to help you...other times well, no one really wants to tell those stories.
Imagine you're learning how to swim would you prefer a teacher who gives you arm floaties and gently shows you how to float on your back in the shallow water? Or one who pops your floaties and tosses you into the deep end?

I got the latter type of supervisor... so I decided.

(ノ^ヮ^)ノ*:・゚✧Fuck this shit.  

All I've really learned from this internship is that I never NEVER never want to work in local government. There so much back and forth between departments, red tape and in general everyone with an once of power is on edge about budgeting. Please tell me this isn't what the corporate world is like. I had no idea this internship would be so bad but a week in I was already getting some queues.

Anyway, I've given my notice as per my contract for the end of next week. Its honestly one of the best feelings in the world to stop doing something you hate. I've wanted out since around week 3. How I managed to push myself to continue until this point is amazing. I had been going on road trips and weekend adventures with my friend from undergrad who is interning in a city 4 hours away. I think its that "light at the end of the tunnel" that really helped me get through the week. That and I started watching Running Man on Wednesdays instead of on the weekends.

Another reason I wanted to end it early is because I'm going to go visit my twin in San Francisco. She is interning there and I have been wanting to visit, see silicon valley, go to a cat cafe (despite my allergy), etc. We're going to drive down to Los Angeles for the weekend and go see the LCS quarter finals o(≧∇≦o)

I can't wait to meet TSM and Team Liquid <3

P.S. I don't think you can call it quitting when it increases your quality of life. I'm much better off not being in that place.

Monday, July 20, 2015

I really need to learn to actually speak Spanish.

I have one month left of my summer internship and since week one the only thing I've wanted to do was quit. I absolutely hate working at this place. I feel like its sucking the life out of me. (つ﹏<)・゚。

I'm not sure why I hate it so much. Its relatively easy its just my stress level is really high from working there. I've never dealt with this much stress before and its eating away at me. I had a job before that I needed to quit. It in Illinois which is a right to work state. I gave a one week notice but not everyone seemed to have understood I wasn't coming back until the last day. I simply left. For this internship I have to give 5 days notice. I imagine after giving notice, my supervisor will not give me a good recommendation. What I don't get is why I am getting a recommendation from her at all.

She mentioned that one of my final tasks would be basically to write my own letter of recommendation and that she would sign it. I didn't and still don't really want one from her even after she mentioned it. I think its a little fucked up that I'd write my own recommendation letter....I mean what the fuck do I know about writing them? And the point isnt for me to recommend myself its for her to express her thoughts about me.

Either way I really REALLY really want to give my notice and leave August 8th. I wonder if she'll take it well. Honestly I'm not sure how to break it to her. God I wish I knew what to say..... Should I fake that my grandmother is dying? Its not like I'll ever see my supervisor again anyways. (。•́︿•̀。)

P.S. I was thinking today that I really need to put more effort into speaking Spanish. I know how to write and type in Spanish well enough but I have no confidence in speaking it. Hell I had never spoken to my own grandmother (who only speaks Spanish) until this summer when she visited for a few days. And even then it was half broken because I didn't have the time to think about what I wanted to say....Literally everyone in El Paso speaks Spanish. I had a bit of culture shock when I first came over because so many people speak Spanish. I came to resent it for a while. Thinking things like "why do they talk to me in Spanish? This isn't Mexico, it's the USA. We speak English here" type things. Thats not a very good way to view the world. I should embrace the culture and learn to speak Spanish better while I have the chance. So that's what I've resolved to do. I'm going to join a club and try speaking mostly Spanish around town. ( •̀ᄇ• ́)ﻭ✧

P.P.S. What got me thinking about all this Spanish business was a picture from reddit haha

Sunday, July 19, 2015

I fucking hate doing laundry.

I haven't posted in a while as a result. Not that anyone is following me but I kind of like talking like this. I have had a written diary before thought.
I kept it all of about a week. ( ̄◇ ̄;)....

Iirc there was something about a pecan pie in that entry as well. (Don't judge me because that's the only thing I remember (< ~<))

Anyways, I liked reading the posts I made earlier. Got me feeling all nostalgic about my undergrad years. I really miss my old friends and the big school feel. My school now is small and my class is only about 10 people big.

Right now its summer. I just finished my first year of grad school. I'm getting an MBA with a focus in International Business. Why an MBA? My dream is to start a network of language schools around Japan! Focusing on preparation for college in the USA probably. I need to know business to get that going but thus far I can't help but feel like what I'm learning isn't much related to my end goal. I plan on being more active next semester! I just have to figure out how to network first.

Everyone says there is nothing in El Paso but theres so many people here! Surely there can't be nothing.... That applies to both my education and my personal life.

I've been trying to find people to hang out with since I first got here. My sister has a ton of friends from class. I try too but my classmates kind of suck. They're so boring. Their personalities are made up of alcohol and football. I can't seem to find anyone at all that clicks with me... I'll keep trying though!

There is much more on my mind but this post is kind of long already.
I'll keep coming back here and writing though!! ( ´ ▽ ` )ノ


P.S. I only remembered this blog because I was thinking about writing a blog of my thoughts but they would probably be a bunch of one liners like "I fucking hate doing laundry" instead. (*cough* which is actually what I came to write since I'm folding a month's worth of laundry(< ~<)) On that note, I think I'll use the post title box for my one liner thoughts. Sooo disclaimer: my actual post will have nothing to do with the title most of the time. ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ