julesabohland

Didn't wait as long thit time

2008-10-31T00:47:50Z

So I didn't wait nearly as long to post another up date.

Last weekend I went to a one day event of a NERO derivative. It was a good time. I had not played in a really long time and it was way good to get out and play. I now have NERO fever though, and can't wait until I can go play again. I was tossing around the idea of going to NPC a game that is this week at the Hartford chapter. The camp site is only about 20 minuets from my apartment, and from what I have heard they run a really good game. The other really nice thing is cause it is so close I figured I would just go for Saturday and come home when plot closes and sleep in my own bed :-) (I am getting to old to sleep on cots at the camp site) Alas, when I told my better half I wanted to go play again he got the wow-your-a-nerd look and told me he would take me to New York instead. I have to say I am very torn about what to do. In the end we decided to go check out New York, but I have a game weekend in Mid November that I am going to go to. It is not a NERO LARP but they run a good game and the system is pretty easy to learn, and the people are really cool, so I am looking forward to it.

I am still trying to figure out when I can make it back to WAR for a game. I have set aside $300 for a ticket to fly in to Columbus for a game next year. SO some game in 2009 Uices will just wander into town *wink* and be looking for a bed. My guess is I will shoot for a Vargus game just cause that camp is closest to Columbus and I know I won't be able to get in before about 10pm if I try to fly out after work. I will most likely need a ride from the airport and will post on the boards to track one down.

Well work is going well too. I dont have to travel again until mid-November. I am going to go to Raleigh NC for a three day seminar of TYCO splices and terminals. I think it will be interesting.

Well I am working on baking cookies so I best pay attention to that or I will end up burning them all to nothing (and potential taking my apartment down with the cookies).

OH and HAPPY Halloween every one!

julesabohland @ 2007-05-01T22:06:00

2007-05-02T03:06:42Z

I am board out of my mind. How sad is that. On shore with nothing really to do. I was supposed to go offshore on Monday but dew to bad weather that did not happen. Looks like I’ll be leaving Friday… What a teas..

I have decided that I like off shore exponentially more then on. I think it is cause off shore I have people I can talk with on a regular basis and see day after day. Some of the rig hands are close to my age so I have people to chat with. When I am on shore I so play the loner card. The people I do like running with ether work at the SLB so it is hit or miss if they are around, or they live ungodly far away so getting together for a beer is not really an option. It kind of sucks. I guess that this whole thing though is part of moving away and starting over. I think back to what college was like and it was not nerly as hard adjusting to college life as it is adjusting to real life. Adjusting to college was easy, this is hard.

Home bound

2007-04-14T10:13:12Z

So I am officially, on the manifest now for the 16th. This means I actually get to go back to dry land. When I finally get home I will have spent 26 days off shore. That is a long time to be working. A really long time. 26 days of 12-18 hour shifts. Crazy. I figured it out and in march looking at just my salary I made about 16$/hour. I figure that's not to bad. I need to get my first promotion though. Then I get rig days and that will be great!

I am so looking forward to the 20th. I am heading to the MTN event. I know Gally is that weekend too. I wish I could be in two places at once. I will have to settle though for the MTN event. I'll be bouncing around with a group of guys I meet at the Legends event last month. It should be a good time. They promised to keep Uisce from getting killed. Hey if things go well Uisce maybe showing up to Vargus with a pair of bunnies. That is a huge if though so please don't get to pumped. Odds are better that a pair of bunnies will be showing up with no gypsy.

I got a cloak for the event it is supposed to be in the 50's and my blood has so thinned from being down here. No luck on a new bodice though *grumbles*. Guess that will have to wait for another time. When I get home I have some serious packet making to do. I only have a hand full and those are my supper good ones I use for practicing in the house. *Grins*

I NEED NERO HELP

2007-04-08T19:37:56Z

Ok so I am going to appeal to you all for some help. Mostly the people who take a look at my live journal are NERO people so where better then to ask for not aid. I am hoping to go a NEROing the weekend of the 20th in the MTN chapter (any one want to go Uisce will be there). They are holding a 3 or 4 day event. Well I want to get a new costume together for this thing. I know, I know, I did not leave myself with much time but then again I am bad at planning. I really, really, really, really, (get the idea) want to find just a plane black leather waist cincher. I have been looking on line now for two days and can find nothing!! Does anyone have any idea a good place to look? I know that some one has to make them I just can’t find who it is!! Thanks for any help!!!

crazyness

2007-04-04T11:27:32Z

So the strangest thing happened today. There was a pair of finches on the deck of the rig. Now this may not sound too odd until you realizes that I am out in 7000 ft deep water. They looked so out of place it was ridiculous. I felt bad for them as well. If a bird could have a deer in the head light look on there faces these two most certainly did. I kind of sympathizes with them. I am not so hot with this idea of not know when I am going to see dry land again. Kind of makes me a little leery.

It is the weirdest thing looking out over the water. It just goes on for ever. There are no distinguishing land marks, just wide open blueness that stretches for eternity. I wonder if this is what being in water world would be like. No land anywhere just the open blueness forever and ever. It is a beautiful sight to behold, awesome really, and so very humbling.

When you think about it this man made floating island holds so many engineering marvels it is crazy. There is a thruster positing system keeping us to a fixed latitude and longitude to the seconds place. We are drilling, drilling, some 22,000ft into the ground which is 7000ft below sea level at rates of penetration of close to 150 ft per hour. Now you need to understand something about our drilling. We have a large pipe that runs from the drill floor to the sea floor that dose not waver more the few degrees. Inside this pipe is our drill string. Though this pipe we transport mud, cutting, our signal (for all the realtime measurements, you don’t even want to get me started with that and how crazy it is). On board there is one of the submersible robots (you know the ones you see no the discovery channel). This really is a floating city that at any time has at least 100 residents. It is just crazyness.

And when you stop to think about it this place is humbling too. (Don’t worry I won’t get all “fear the higher powers” on you that is just not my style) When you look out over the blue it is painfully obvious just how small you really are. It is frighten just how easy you can be swept away and lost to the blue. There would be no way to find you once you were lost to it either. The blue is all encompassing and never ending. Yet you can see so clearly though it to depths that is surprising and empowering. The sea is not the only one to provide you with an overwhelming experience. The sun rises and set are always a sight to behold. I only wish I could get a few snap shots of it. I know though, a picture could never do the brilliance of the living portraits justice. The colors of crimsons reds, warm purples, burning oranges could never really be caught on camera. I pain to know what the start would look like out here. You can’t see them because this man made floating city is so well illuminated it blots out the timidly twinkling lights of the sky. It is all so amazing. I never would have guesses this is where I would be at 24.

Message in a bottel

2007-03-26T15:35:59Z

Hello there,

Its been a long time since I last jumped on here to keep tabs on those of you who I keep tabs on. It has been even longer since I last poseted so those of you who keep tabs on me can do so. So I have some free time here and I though I would toss up something to stay in touch and what not. I would have done it sooner but things have been crazy of late. I guess that is how it will just about always be though and I just have to get used to it.

I spent last week out on Costal-22. It is a barge rig that is under construction. That was kind of weird to be out there for that. For one barge rigs are usually in very shallow water, no deeper then about 15ft. Also barge rigs usually do not have accommodation for women so it is very rare that we (being women) get sent out to them. They wanted us to come out to do a rig up, but because of the construction going on it took a whole lot longer then it should have. It was a good learning experience though because I had never been on a rig up before.

After getting back from Costal-22 I found myself doing the ‘hurry up and wait game’. It took a few days and I was shipped off to Ensco 7500. I really like it out here. This is considered a deep water rig as we are in 7000ft of water. The water is so crazy blue I can’t hardly believe it. It was kind of weird being out here the first few days because the rig floats. As a result it kind of bobs with the waves and it took me a while before I could walk around with out kind of stumbling about. I got used to it though and now can ever run on the tread mill without losing my balance. I count myself lucky that I didn’t get sea sick. We haven’t had any really bad weather yet. I’ll be interested to see how much the rig will bob around in a strong storm when the water is good and choppy.

Once I got out there things kind of slowed down. We aren’t drilling yet so it is a lot of hurry up and wait. They are in the porcess of caping off the last well that was drilled. We are then going to take a short cruse, like about 60-100ft from where we are now, to positoin ourselves over then next well head. We should be picking up BHA some time late tongith early tomarrwo morning. With all this down time I am getting a good chance to refresh myself with what I need to do when out here. I found I kind of forgot most of the usefully stuff I learned before going to school. Guess that is how it goes though.

Well I hope all is well. Take care
Always

julesabohland @ 2007-03-26T10:27:00

2007-03-26T15:27:59Z

Geuss this stuff kind of sticks with you even if you try to forget it.

You scored as Roman Catholic. You are Roman Catholic. Church tradition and ecclesial authority are hugely important, and the most important part of worship for you is mass. As the Mother of God, Mary is important in your theology, and as the communion of saints includes the living and the dead, you can also ask the saints to intercede for you.

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Hello all,

2007-02-12T14:32:41Z

I know it has been a while but things have been hectic. Of course it seems thing are ALWYAS hectic. I guess that is part of growing up.... There is never enough time...

Classes are plugging along. Two more weeks, or 11 more days, or approximately 77 hours, or 4620 minutes or 277200 seconds... Geuss it all depends how you want to look at it. I king of think the 11 days is the easiest to swallow. But I don't want to give you the impression that I am counting... Cause I am not I just have 77 hours of class. I am really looking froward to seeing my patents. I haven't seen them since the funeral and will be good to see them on happier terms. The other great thing is in another 4620 minutes I will have my SLB diploma and be one step closer to my first promotion. Ya for that!!

Well I have to get set up for class.... Ya for only having 277200 seconds left.

Love you all..
Jules

Oh and check this out. I know that they have gone main stream a bit but they are still fun.
http://www.purevolume.com/snowpatrol

Firefly!!

2007-01-31T00:40:35Z

So today was such a cool day. WE went to Frys over lunch and I found Firefly! I latterly jumped up and down and squealed when I found it. I was so excited.

This week as a whole will be kind of crazy. We have a test of Friday and we wont start the material until tomorrow!! Such crazyness. Well I am going to cut this supper short so I can watch some Firefly!!! Ya for DVDs!!

julesabohland @ 2007-01-25T16:13:00

2007-01-25T22:13:42Z

Things are so much better today then they have been in weeks. The sun finally came out. We had 13 days straight of rain. I really wasn't to sure if I could take that much more of rain, and then... The sun came out to shine... My mood has improved 1000s times fold... I love the sun.

I am still trying to figure out how to get to a park... I am strongly considering renting a car a SUV of some kind and going camping in it. Screw the tent the SUV should be comfy enough to sleep in...

On a random note....I am also considering investing in a sewing machine... I like sewing, I am not good at it but I like doing it. And if I did get one I could work on a new dress for Llewella (don't know when I'll play her again, but when I do I want a new dress) I also could start working on a costume for my new character for down here.

I am again playing a stone elf (I know I should be divers but I really really like playing stone elfs.) I am leaning toward making her a rouge or templar. Probaly a rouge just for grins. I figure I will need to NPC a little befor I can get this character approved. She is going to have some real issues which will make for great role play. I plan to write her as an ex-slave.. I dont think I will have her had been broken entirly but she will most defiantly have issues as a result of her slave hood... Well I gota get back to work. I am getting far to good at killing time on line!!!

julesabohland @ 2007-01-23T13:02:00

2007-01-23T19:13:54Z

Things are chugging along for me. It seems to be that way a lot lately. I have to say I am not a fan of the weather here in TX along the gulf. It is rainy and cold. It has been drizzling for almost a week. I just wish the sun would come out. I really wish I could con people into heading out of town to and go to a nice park some place just to commune with nature. The concrete jungle that is Houston is a depressing place. Guess that is how it goes though.

I am really looking forward to school ending and getting back to Lafayette. Lafayette is a concrete jungle too, but at least there it is not as bad, and when I get back to Lafayette I will be getting a car and then I really will be able to go out and commune with nature.

I never really though of myself as a tree hugger but the longer I am trapped in this city the more tree huggerish I get. I would do just about anything for a tent or a tree house out in the middle of the woods right about now. I really am not a partier. I would rather have smores over a fire then a beer at a club, or a night under the start rather then one under a disco ball. The things you learn as you get older.

On a side note I have been watching FarScape on Fox lately. I am going to have to find it on DVD it is a way good series.

julesabohland @ 2007-01-20T00:24:00

2007-01-20T06:24:34Z

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julesabohland @ 2007-01-19T12:57:00

2007-01-19T18:57:46Z

Well I have survived another week of class. This means five down and only five to go. Being at the half way point feels pretty good. It is only a half way point as far as the time line goes. We have not hit the half way point for test yet and that is what really matters. The class is getting a lot harder. They need to get some one to fail out and that hasn't happened yet. In the class ahead of us they had 3 guys fail out with one week to go. Odds are they are all going to lose there jobs. The thing that is rough is that when you fail out they send you back to district and your district decides if you get to keep your job or not. In my district you do not get to keep your job if you fail out of school. It is so crazy. The positive is we are at the half way point and I am a firm believer that you can complete anything if that task has a set end.

This weekend will be spent behind the computer preparing for our REAL TIME log exam. It is not hard stuff to learn, but there are a lot of places you can make little mistakes. For each part you can make up to three mistakes and then you fail that part. The kind of shady part is you need a 80% to pass this exam. Right now I have a 91% avg on the test, so as long as I don't get to cock-ie I should be good to pass (assuming the grade trend holds)

Well that is about all for me. I hope all are well. Take care! Jules

julesabohland @ 2007-01-14T19:21:00

2007-01-15T01:37:52Z

Ahh!
I am officially going though hard core NERO with drawl. It is bad enough I almost want to cry. I think what I am really missing is a chance to just kick back with the great people who come to game who are all cool with letting me be just me. I am not all that comfortable around the people I am working with and as a result I don't get to be me. I have to keep my normal monologue internal and it is killing me. The few times I did open up to the group I was told I was just how weird I was. Not such a good impression. I really miss being able to go out to the woods and just decompress. How silly is that I am an adult who misses playing make believe! *Sigh* This growing up stuff sucks...
It's not that the new group I have to run with are bad people. They are all very nice, but they are all far to normal to be any real fun. (I made the mistake of trying to explain NERO to one of them once...Let's just say I don't think I'll find anyone to go to a game with me, if I ever make it to one) Their highlight is going out to the bar and getting trashed. Call me crazy but I though I was though with that when I graduated from college. This pass weekend we all went out and I did not want to drink. Ever 30 min someone from the group asked me if I wanted anything to drink and then promptly though a fit when I said no. Heaven forbid some one not drink. All I wanted to do was go to the bar and see a live band play. If it weren’t for the fact that a taxi ride is 25$ one way I would just go on my own, but I really didn't feel like paying 50$ to go watch a free band.
I am very much leaning toward renting a car and going and hiding in the woods next weekend. I might even go get some white face paint and black lipstick just for kicks.... Shoot... I miss you all so much. Next time your all at a game be sure to beat up on some NPC (or PC depending what side of the fence your on) for me... I miss you all

Jules

julesabohland @ 2007-01-09T14:24:00

2007-01-09T19:24:53Z

Hello all,
Class is plugging along like always. We had a SlimPulse exam on monday. Ya for having one more down and one fewer to go. This week we will have our Telemetry practical, our PowePulse practical, our Telemetry and PowerPulse exam. It will be a very busy week but once it is over I will have completed three more exams and have three fewer to go. I can't wait for Friday.
This weekend was crazy. I am leaving it at that. I was so bummed that the Buckeyes lost. I'll admit it I cried. Yes I cried over a football game.... It was really depressing for me, and seeing as how I am now in hard core SCC country I am not going to hear the end of my team losing for a long time.
Well I hope all is well. I will try to get another post up sooner rather then later but I always say that..
Take care Jules

julesabohland @ 2007-01-02T17:33:00

2007-01-02T22:33:59Z

Hello all,
I know it has been a while. Things are chugging along. I am now in Houston TX in class. I have been here for about two weeks. It is such craziness in many ways. I guess that is part of the 'real world' learning to juggle work social and every thing else. It is a lot trickier then I though it would be. I am looking forward to completing ENG-1 (that's the school I am at) and then heading back to Lafayette LA. While Lafayette dose not yet feel like home I am looking forward to making it home. Weird how it all works eh?

I hope your all well and that you all had a very Happy New Year. Take care. Jules

Just a forwarning

2006-11-28T06:19:24Z

hey all. Just wanted to toss up a warning. If you see me on AIM fell free to say hello. But be warned. I may disappear if things get crazy in the unit. Also if I disappear inertly it is proably because we lost our V-sat (the satellite we use for internet) and it will be a while before I get back up on line. So it is not that I don't love you all. It is that our internet has a bad habit of sucking. Take care all!

julesabohland @ 2006-11-21T12:16:00

2006-11-21T17:16:42Z

so right now i am reading EATS SHOOTS AND LEAVES it is a book on punctuation and how it effects communications i love it it is one of the funnest books i have read in a long time in honor of said book i am now typing w/o punctuation just to see how messed up i can make things

so the last week was a bit crazy i had to go home (yes back north to toledo) for a furneral it was really hard but funerals are always that way the only good part was i got to spend some time with my sisters who i miss terribly i never though i would miss them as much as i do guss that is irony for you

i am now back at work i took my pre-entrance test yesterday and did just fine i needed a 75 to pass and did so now i have to take the entrance exam for school again i need a 75 to pass wish me luck i am a little nervous because everyone i have spoke to said the test is hard the really rough part is you only get two chances to pass then it is a 3000$ fine and i run a really good chance to loosing my job my boss well one of my bosses told us yesterday that we are in fact expendabule i never though of an engineer as expendabule but here in NGC we are how crazy

i was hoping ot get off shore by thanskgiving but i doughting that will work out so i am going to make a thanksgiving dinner for those of us who are stuck here it should be a good time i just gotta get some one to take me to the store so i can get the food ya for cooking for lots of ppl

hello from the wild blue younder

2006-11-10T05:09:09Z

Wow another full day or work has kept me on my toes. Last night we pulled our tools out of the hole. I had never seen that before so I stayed up for it. It was really cool to watch. Once we pulled our tool out of the holes we had to down link it. When our tool is in the hole it records data and stores that data on the hard drive of the tool. Once the tool comes out of the hole we have to take all the data off of it and transfer the data to our computers so we can analyze it. The process of taking that data off the tool is called down linking. I got to help down link our tool. I also got to help prep the next set of tools that then went back down. It was really interesting to see our tools come out of the hole and then to send a second set back in. We are now working on cleaning out (also called reaming) the hole. We have to send a new bit into the hole to make sure that there are no places in the hole that have collapsed in on its self. After the hole is through being reaming casing will be ran down the hole. We do not have anything to do with the casing run, so odds are pretty good that I’ll go back to shore for a few days while they do that.

On a separate note I saw dolphins the other day. It was so cool to watch then play along side of the rig. There was a tone of them. I tried to count them all but that was kind of hard to do. I think I saw close to 25 of them in the water. They were so pretty to watch. I was really surprised to see them all that close to the rig. I would think that the noise the rig makes would scar them away. One of the rig hands went fishing yesterday too. He caught some pretty big fish. I have decided though if the galley serves fish I am not eating it. Nothing caught next to an oil rig can be good. I think it would be like fishing next to a nuclear power plant… just not a good idea.

Well that is about it for me. I hope your well. Take care. Love. Julie A Bohland

were on a boat in ocean..in the middle of the sea

2006-11-07T06:22:47Z

Hello again.. I have since been moved off of days and on to nights. Things really aren’t any different except it is a good deal more windy at night and the sun is missing for most of my shift. I like nights. It can be hard to stay awake but that is what coffee and diet cokes are for right? Once I get out of training in February I will be working nights. The new guy gets to be the night hand so I might as well get as much practice in now as a night hand then have to wait and try to figure things out once though training. Well I am keeping this one short. Missing you all! Julies

on the sea

2006-11-04T20:42:21Z

Hey everyone,
I am going to keep this short and sweet because I am at work
I have finally gotten off shore. I love it out here. It is so pretty and I really feel like I am at the end of the world. I look out of my ‘office’ window and all I see is sea (and a few other rigs a good ways off and every now and then a boat passes by. There is one other woman on this rig with me. Ironically as it sounds she to is named Julie. It kind a funny in the what-the-hell-is-the-chance-of-that kind of way. They foods not bad, it is not as good as my cooking (of course) but it is not bad ether. I got really luck and got put on the day shift. I work from 6am-6pm. It is good times.

The rig I am on is considered a vertical rig. There are 127 steps that take me from the galley and my sleeping room to the unit where I work. This also means that every time I want to pee I is 127 steps down to the ONE women’s restroom and then 127 steps back up. Let me tell you I am getting my work out. Our unit is really close to the draw works. Basically the drawl works is a way large spool of cable that aids in the raising a lowering of the Kelly. The Kelly is a big peace of equipment that supports the drill stand, helps rotate it. Well anyway this location (close to the drawl works) means the unit shakes like crazy. It is almost like the unit in on a swing and the closer we get to Kelly down the hared we swing. It makes things interesting for sure.

I don’t know how long I’ll be out here. Could be until Sunday or Wednesday or until December. I really don’t know. I wouldn’t much mind staying here till December. I am learning a lot and it is way cool.

The guys on the rig are way nice. It makes me chuckle because they ALL call me Miss Julie. Guess I get my kicks pretty easy. Well hey It is back to work for me. Take care all!

A piggon from far far away

2006-10-23T13:11:37Z

hey all of Yall...
yah I figgure I get to use the term YALL now that I am offically living in the south. It has taken me some time to get settles but now that I have set some roots I fuggure I should let you all know hows things have been going on my end.

I have been running around these past few weeks like crazy, and I have coverd a lot of distance when running. One week in Houston TX, one week in Tulsa OK, and now I have settled down in Laffayette LA. I'll be in Laffayette untill mid December then it is back to Houstion TX for a few monthns then back to Laffayette. Ya still more running in the works but I figgure I can hack it.

I've done some crazy stuff thus far too. I had a deffencive driving class... Turns out I am not NEARLY as bad a driver as I though I was. In fact I am a really good driver comparted to most of the people I have been snagging rides from. I also survided an off water survial class. If I am ever in a hellocopeter and have to ditch in the ocan and it flips over I know whow to get out of it and live... Well I have a card that says I know how to get out of it and live. Just incase you ever find yourself in that kind of postion remember....
1. Be ready to hold your breath b/c your going under water....
2. Wait untill the violence stops... In other words; wait untill the cabin fills full of water and your really wet
3. Push your window out...
4. Unbuckel your 4 point harness
5. Swim out... Ya swim...like you have been under water through all the steps above..
Beleive it or not I had to DO THIS... 4 times in order to pass the class. It was a real blast.

Now I am spending my tiem studing and goign to work... yes studying.. seeing as how I know nothing about Feild Engineering I have a lot to lear. If all goes well I'll get to go out off shore in a 3 weeks or so. I'll be sur eto keep you all updated on how things are going. Really I will this time *sheepish grin*

I hope you all have a good time at Ashton this weekend. I'll be throwing some packets at the local stray cats and a target I strapped to a tree outsied my apartment just to keep up. LOL... I miss you all and hope your doing well.
Love you guys! Jules

julesabohland @ 2006-06-27T13:51:00

2006-06-27T17:47:57Z

I Am A: Neutral Good Half-Elf Druid

Neutral Good characters believe in the power of good above all else. They will work to make the world a better place, and will do whatever is necessary to bring that about, whether it goes for or against whatever is considered 'normal'.

Half-Elves are a cross between a human and an elf. They are smaller, like their elven ancestors, but have a much shorter lifespan. They are sometimes looked down upon as half-breeds, but this is rare. They have both the curious drive of humans and the patience of elves.

Druids are a special variety of Cleric who serves the Earth, and can call upon the power in the earth to accomplish their goals. They tend to be somewhat fanatical about defending natural settings.

Find out What D&D Character Are You?, courtesy of NeppyMan!

julesabohland @ 2006-06-09T22:36:00

2006-06-10T02:50:22Z

Ah! Yesterday was such craziness. I went on Senior Crawl Yesterday. It is a tradition for graduating seniors (and just about the rest of the 21 and up populous at OSU) to hit up every bar down high street and the surrounding campus area. The idea is you hit each bar and have at least one drink at all the bars. Well needless to say by the end of the night your crawling home. I think the count of local bars is like 25 or so. Well anyway I wasn’t all about crawling, however I was not going to pass up a good party. So I opted to hit up Panies early enough to get a booth and watched the other drunks all night long. It was way entertaining. I ran into a lot of people I knew too witch always makes things fun. I really think I saw Joel Garrard, a guy I used to go to middle school with too. So crazy. I had a blast and will really miss the college bar scene... I just always find it enjoyable! If anything else it is always entertaining.

I had rehearsal for graduation today. It is so weird to think on Sunday I am going to get my degree. I have been in school for the better part of my life and now I am done. I know I will always have training and such for work, but I am down with school as I kwon it. It is just so crazy to think that! Cool, but crazy!

Well I am going to go be a good nerd now and see how far I can't get in Orson Scott Card's Earthborn.

julesabohland @ 2006-06-07T00:05:00

2006-06-07T04:13:31Z

Ok so it hs been a while at best. It is not that i fell off the face of the planet or anything crazy like that. I've just been a bit busy with this whole trying to graduate thing. I currently have one final standing between me and my diploma. Part of me is petrified about it and part of me is saying, but you on ly need a 55% to pass the class.... Well the whole thing will go down at 11:30 tomorrow morning. SO wish me luck I am sure I'll let you know how it goes. Oh and if you in C-bus on June 11th comw to commencement! It starts at 1:00 and should be over my about 4:00. I'll be having cake at my apt (until about 5-5:30) after as well. All are invited to come. uh just let me know so I know how much cake to buy/bake..