12.26.2003

not much, just wanted to show everybody my BEAUTIFUL cousin taytum alexa riethmiller. she's SOOOOO cute!!! i LUV those big eyes! she was born on nov 17. congrats bridge!!! LUVYA!!
posted by Janell Ostrander on 4:57 PM

12.23.2003

WOO HOO!!! okay i finally did it, i switched to my wonder woman blog skin. i also organized my webspace into folders so i can distinguish what's what on my space MUCH easier when im uploadin & that. i can ALSO (w/ this skin that is) add pics to my posts. like this.

oh yeah & that's the first padme pic released from ep 3 if ya were clueless.

so ANYWAY...im ALL done with my first term. we dont get our "official grades till 2 weeks into the next, but i got straight a's. (WOO HOO!!) well, back to my playin round on here to see what else i can find.
posted by Janell Ostrander on 8:03 PM

12.13.2003

well, it's been a while, i KNOW, BUT ive been SOOOOOO busy with school, that i havent had time for too much of anything. then the week i thought id be able to breathe cause we'd just had a network test (that i studied my ASS off for), mr k decides to throw another one at us after only 2 chapters. it's cause of the fuckers in the back of the room. he doesnt want them in his class next term (of course all but 1's failin, but he's one of the worst when it comes to actin like a child). he thought if he threw this test in, theyd have more of a chance to pass cause theyd have 2 more chances instead of just 1. then OF COURSE the one's who'r passin with NO prob AT ALL (ENTIRE study group & jim got perfect's on the last WOO HOO!!!!) have to suffer through yet ANOTHER test. & we have the last test this wed comin up. so that's 3 weeks of studyin r asses off, not to mention havin our hardware/software & our math test on this wed too. it's just not fair. then could we've gotten the study guide for the next test on wed? OF COURSE NOT!! that would give us the whole weekend to study instead of pretty much do nothin but read the chapters over & over & over. oh & did i mention that on that last "pop" test, that EVERYBODY (includin jackie this time cause she came to mcd's with us this time) from the group (& jim cause he's been joinin us a coupla times now) got a perfect? so that's STILL only one that ive missed on ANY test that ive had in ANY class (cept for that 1 in hardware/software that the bonus made up for). yeah i know, im cool as shit.

oh well. ive had a ball in school & with the study group. everybody's so nice, cool, fun & supportive of each other. now if we could only get the children to quit or fail so they wouldnt be with us next term...

i mean NOT all of them r THAT bad. if amanda & mark would get away from the fools, theyd have a chance. we invited them both to the study group cause they tried REAL hard on the last test. theyre just not in the best of company which distracts them. honestly we believe if they werent with them, theyd be passin with no prob.

im SOOOO happy for my "husband" (it's a study group thing, ya wouldnt understand) cause he's TOTALLY redeemed himself from the first test. not only is he passin, but with the extra test thing, he has the potential to get an 'A' if he gets a perfect on the last test.

well, only 4 days of school left for the term, then on to the next phase. it's bout damn time too!!! lol im sick of these classes, bring on the next ones!
posted by Janell Ostrander on 4:16 AM

10.8.2003

im FINALLY happy REALLY truly happy, first time in a LONG time.
i LUV school. im FINALLY gonna be able to do somethin that i luv & get paid for it & not little $s either. & im FINALLY gonna be able to move to chicago (MAJOR place im gonna try for a job once i get close to graduatin, which is WAY sooner that it was gonna be if i continued the liberal arts thing that i STILL was clueless bout what i could do afterwards). it ALSO helps lots that the na's r a small but close-knit group (already after just a week of classes) that is in EVERY class together. we have fun, but we also help each other out when somebody's clueless. plus the fact that there r ppl in the school that i know & of all ppl to be one of my teachers, kristen chase is my keyboard teacher! the guilt of not keepin in touch with her after i saw her last is gone & we talk every day of classes. i dont wanna lose touch this time cause we always had so much fun in hs & she was a really good friend that would listen when ya just needed to talk. she seems REALLY happy & healthy (MUCH better than the last time i saw her). i just hope that the danger's behind her & she stays healthy & happy for the rest of her life. well, on to watch the rest of my soaps & then read my networkin (which i ACTUALLY understand & it's the BIG one first term)

& yes everybody who was worried bout me. im REALLY good & happy & im gonna do okay now that ive found somethin that i REALLY want. i luved wvu & if it had what im learnin now in the way that im doin it, id be there in a sec, EVERYBODY knows that, BUT if i have to do it another way, this is the best way for me.




posted by Janell Ostrander on 7:56 PM

9.13.2003

okay, so MUCH has happened since i last posted. so i guess just start at the beginnin...

so im MUCH better now with havin everything workin out now. im goin to penn-commercial to be a network administrator. they way that happened was REAL quick. mom was tellin me places around here to go to school & mentioned damn penn-commercial that my gram ALWAYS did. she couldnt get it through her head that i didnt wanna go there cause all they had when she would always tell me was medical asst stuff, secretary & air conditioner crap. just cause she went there to learn how to use a machine for work, didnt mean that id want to go there. well, i decided to humor my mom & looked at the webpage to see what they had & that's when i saw it...WEBMASTER. ive been lookin EVERYWHERE for a webmaster program that wasnt just frontpage. didnt even pay attention to the other stuff cause i had no clue what it was. so i signed up to ask for info. next day round noon i get a phone call from them. the dude says that not many ppl r interested in it anymore & interest has dropped off big time, BUT the one that everybody was lookin for was network administrator. so he says he has an appt for 11 am the next day to come in & talk to him, tour, & find out what it was about. turns out, it was my interview to get in (didnt tell me that before). turns out this network administrator thing is stuff that i wanted to do as a comp science major (at least from the titles of the classes). so NOW, that's what im doin & im actually REALLY excited about it. one thing though, from lookin in at the classes that were goin on at the time, i saw NO chicks. whaddafuck?? well, this WILL be interestin if im the only one, but it just means that im gonna have to work harder cause if im the only chick, there is NO way im gonna be happy with bein the best. i am TOTALLY gonna thrive on this! so now, im bored off my ass waitin till sept 25 for orientation to find out my classes & stuff. then school starts on the 29. oh & the kicker...i get home from my interview & there's a card from ccac. they send ya one of those all the time when a class is cancelled. the comp class that i already knew bout from the phone call was listed, ALONG with the film class. so id have 1 class this semester. that's when i knew that ccac is fuckin crap & i was DEFINITELY goin with penn-commercial.

im also gettin ready to go to indiana (leavin wed 17) for eric's weddin. that's gonna be WAY weird cause mel & ash cant come cause of school, so it's mom, dad & me. im happy that there's gonna be more space in the van (no little spot that i have to squeeze in & outta, but other than that, it's gonna be WAY weird.

oh & the foot...went to the doc last wed. ive been released (WOO HOO!!) but i do have to continue to wear the rollerblade till i wean myself off of it & to the brace i used to wear when i had surgery. im not gonna really do that though until after the trip cause there's gonna be QUITE a bit of walkin mom said & should wear it those days. if there's that much walkin, then the sprain's gonna be hurtin & when it hurts, i put on the blade anyway, so ill just wear it all the time then like i have been when i go anywhere.

well...everything's good, probably wont be anything new on here till i get back from indy & after orientation, but HOPEFULLY ill have lots to tell then.
posted by Janell Ostrander on 2:27 AM

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