Happy Dia de los muertos. Just got back from a crazy Halloween party and I realized that my month is up. I got back on facebook and I spent a good 20 minutes looking at the pictures of a complete stranger. Maybe I'm not over my addiction just yet. But at least my week is slow.
I'll post pictures once I get my margarita!
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Now what?
So my very busy week is done. My no facebook experiment made it less stressful, but not that I'm back with my routine, I have nothing to do.
Three more days until I can have facebook (if I decide to get it back) and my margarita.
Any suggestions to keep me busy until then?
Three more days until I can have facebook (if I decide to get it back) and my margarita.
Any suggestions to keep me busy until then?
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
What to do with all this extra time...
The last two weeks have been dedicated to midterms, so I apologize for almost abandoning you all. I do have some good news, however. Thanks to my no facebook experiment, I have all this extra time in my hands to do things like, well...study.
As a journalism student, I live by deadlines. I'm good at multitasking and setting priorities, but only when I have to. This week, I definitely had to.
On Monday I had 2 papers and a midterm, Tuesday a research paper and about 200 pages of reading, Wednesday another paper and about 100 other pages and for tomorrow...ta da, my COM LAW exam. Between this week and last week from hell I should be celebrating. Combine it with the fact that it's Halloween, only my favorite holiday EVER and you have a recipe for disaster.
But before I get to rock my costume (it's a surprise!) , I need to finish work. Guess what? Having no facebook had left me stressed free.
That seven page paper that I handed in today? It would have taken me at least half a day to do--if I was lucky. It took me a total of three hours to get it done once I finished doing all the reading (which might have taken me half a day, but that's debatable).
And why I'm I not stressing out over my COM Law exam? probably because after I finished my six-page paper that's due tomorrow (which I did in about three hours also, normally, in which I skyped with my friends from home) I had some time to review my notes and get my questions straightened before I really start cramming tomorrow.
I still have to work on that whole getting started way in advance. Maybe I will once I actually miss a deadline, which has yet to happen. But if this keeps up, I might not get back on facebook until the semester ends.
How many margaritas do you think I can I get out of that bet?
As a journalism student, I live by deadlines. I'm good at multitasking and setting priorities, but only when I have to. This week, I definitely had to.
On Monday I had 2 papers and a midterm, Tuesday a research paper and about 200 pages of reading, Wednesday another paper and about 100 other pages and for tomorrow...ta da, my COM LAW exam. Between this week and last week from hell I should be celebrating. Combine it with the fact that it's Halloween, only my favorite holiday EVER and you have a recipe for disaster.
But before I get to rock my costume (it's a surprise!) , I need to finish work. Guess what? Having no facebook had left me stressed free.
That seven page paper that I handed in today? It would have taken me at least half a day to do--if I was lucky. It took me a total of three hours to get it done once I finished doing all the reading (which might have taken me half a day, but that's debatable).
And why I'm I not stressing out over my COM Law exam? probably because after I finished my six-page paper that's due tomorrow (which I did in about three hours also, normally, in which I skyped with my friends from home) I had some time to review my notes and get my questions straightened before I really start cramming tomorrow.
I still have to work on that whole getting started way in advance. Maybe I will once I actually miss a deadline, which has yet to happen. But if this keeps up, I might not get back on facebook until the semester ends.
How many margaritas do you think I can I get out of that bet?
Thursday, October 22, 2009
What I would be tweeting if I could...
Everyone should watch CNN's special Latino in America. The second part of the series airs tonight at 9p.m.
I would have been tweeting about how great it was all night, but I couldn't. This doesn't count, does it?
I would have been tweeting about how great it was all night, but I couldn't. This doesn't count, does it?
Saturday, October 17, 2009
I'd love to take you out, but I can't find you on facebook
Friday night at Chuck's bar. It was the typical crowd of Yankee sports fans (the game was on) and college students. If you are hoping to see people that you haven't seen in a long time, there is a really good chance that they are here.
Case in point: lawyer boy. I'm not going to disclose anyone's name if I'm not saying anything positive about them. Especially when they are in law school and they could find a way to sue me for presenting them under a false light.
Lawyer boy and I had been facebook chatting for a few days before I I disabled the social network. He is, in fact, one of the many reasons why I did it in the first place. I was getting tiered of meeting guys and not having actual conversations with them. I figured (maybe inspired by watching He's Just Not That Into You) that if he really was interested, he would find out about my no facebook experiment and find my phone number from one of our mutual friends. He didn't and I put him in the he's just not that into you shelf (Yep, there is a shelf and I have no problem adding people to it).
But lawyer boy was at Chuck's and the first thing that comes out of his mouth when he sees me is: When are you getting back on facebook? Obviously, he had cared enough to ask why my profile no longer appeared when he searched for me.
"Excuse me? You could have just called," was all I could say.
"I couldn't. I don't have your number."
Whatever. My mistake. I thought you had to be smart to get into law school. I left Chuck's laughing. He never asked for my number, but it' fine. Let's face it. I'm not that into him either. And I have no intention of seeing anyone who doesn't know how to use the phone.
Case in point: lawyer boy. I'm not going to disclose anyone's name if I'm not saying anything positive about them. Especially when they are in law school and they could find a way to sue me for presenting them under a false light.
Lawyer boy and I had been facebook chatting for a few days before I I disabled the social network. He is, in fact, one of the many reasons why I did it in the first place. I was getting tiered of meeting guys and not having actual conversations with them. I figured (maybe inspired by watching He's Just Not That Into You) that if he really was interested, he would find out about my no facebook experiment and find my phone number from one of our mutual friends. He didn't and I put him in the he's just not that into you shelf (Yep, there is a shelf and I have no problem adding people to it).
But lawyer boy was at Chuck's and the first thing that comes out of his mouth when he sees me is: When are you getting back on facebook? Obviously, he had cared enough to ask why my profile no longer appeared when he searched for me.
"Excuse me? You could have just called," was all I could say.
"I couldn't. I don't have your number."
Whatever. My mistake. I thought you had to be smart to get into law school. I left Chuck's laughing. He never asked for my number, but it' fine. Let's face it. I'm not that into him either. And I have no intention of seeing anyone who doesn't know how to use the phone.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Sunday, October 11, 2009
10 things that you can use as an excuse to procrastinate when you don't have facebook
1. This blog
2. Your friend's blog
3. Paris Hilton getting killed in Supernatural
4. The rest of Thursday night TV
5. The rest of the week's TV shows. On DVR.
6. The latest issues of Glamour and Marie Claire arriving this week.
7. Weekly issues of Entertainment Weekly and New York Magazine
8. Skype
9. Netflix
10. Swine Flu
2. Your friend's blog
3. Paris Hilton getting killed in Supernatural
4. The rest of Thursday night TV
5. The rest of the week's TV shows. On DVR.
6. The latest issues of Glamour and Marie Claire arriving this week.
7. Weekly issues of Entertainment Weekly and New York Magazine
8. Skype
9. Netflix
10. Swine Flu
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