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Name: Betty
Location: Columbus, Ohio, United States
Birthday: 8/10/1983
Gender: Female
Interests: Going out, meeting new people, trying new things, dancing, singing (when I know the lyrics), walking in the snow (while it's snowing...lightly), walking around campus, dressing up, working out, changing hair color, traveling, sometimes being on my own, looking for treasures, watching indie films
Expertise: marketing, logistics, french, fun
Occupation: Student
Industry: Business
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AIM:  blee0810
Member Since:
1/24/2006
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| Today, I had my last class of my undergraduate career. Hip hop was extremely laid-back and energetic today. After hip hop, went over to the RPAC. Then it hit me.... I may never come back to this beautiful campus again! If I do decide to buy a membership at the RPAC (which won't be anytime soon because I'll be 2 hrs away :( ), I'm going to be one of those old, flabby people that you see in the mix of the young, tight-abbed, 20-somethings. I will feel too old to step on the nice green mowed lawn of Fisher's campus. If I ever do decide to walk through campus, I'll probably dress in business professional or something, so that students will think that I'm a recruiter and kiss my ass. That would be great!
During gyming, my employer at Marathon called to check up on my drug test (which I took yesterday where the test center took a huge chunk of my hair out ugh.), and without getting a second full sentence in, my phone cuts out.... ugggggggggggh, I find myself yelling "i hate you" at my phone everytime it cuts out. So I spilled water on it two weeks ago and the antenna got ruined. BUT, yesterday the manager I'll be reporting to had told me that they'll be providing me with a cell phone for work Ooooooh!
So, I finally found out my position. I'm going to be a Pricing Analyst! They told me that they don't usually get a college grad for this position and usually prefer someone with a few years of experience in the field, but they said that looking at my credentials that I'll be a good fit for the job  . So, what I'll be doing is "pricing transportation fuel through 65 terminal networks", "keeping the Speedway SuperAmericas supplied and work on the pricing of the merchandise and also forecast their demand". Wow. (I'll be able to explain more about this once I get my feet wet... right now, I don't know exaaaaactly what I'll be doing) I'll be exposed to both marketing & logistics (thank goodness for OSU allowing students to double major!). I'll still be in the marketing department and working with four other team members. Whoa. My work day is going to be 8:00-4:45... interesting huh? I'm so excited! This is going to be too much fun....
Speaking of fun, last night, Tracie and I made lots of jello shots. While aiming for 400, I think we ended the night at 150 because the friggin cups started leaking the jello/liquor mix, ugh. The Disney Dixie cups started to get too hot from the liquid and became permeable. Poor cups. The floor of my fridge is totally sticky and covered with gelatin. yummy! The pizza delivery guy looked inside and saw our jello shot operations. I said to him, "I swear we're not doing anything illegal!" he responded, "you probably have a meth lab in the back huh?" o buddy. I think I'm going to make some more jello shots now.... it's so much fun!
Ohhhh it was so good to hear from Dan last night. They're working my baby to death! j/k he's handling it pretty well for having 12 hr work days... he's going to be a great investment banker!  I can't wait for a taste of NYC in the summer! Miss you lots Dan!!!
Anyways, I'm heading to Giant Eagle to get supplies for more jello shots!
I keep telling Tracie, we should start charging $1 for each jello shot.... that's what they do at Skye!
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| I have finally realized how strained my bank account is right now. Awesome, and only three days til rent's due? To top things off, I had to buy books today, and I still have three French books to buy... and of course I can't find them anywhere, not UBX, SBX, or College Town. I gave up after that. although it's the beginning of a new quarter, i feel like the end is coming real soon. sooner than three months. no, i'm not going to end a life or anything, it's just the sad feeling of ending college that's hovering over me. i'm trying to live it up how i can.
Maybe this whole spaced-out feeling is because I didn't really have a relaxing spring break. sure, I went to New Orleans to clean up... but it wasn't a week of comfort. I still haven't completely unpacked from that trip. I've done all the laundry from it, but the clean clothes are still in the laundry basket, unfolded, heavily wrinkled i'm sure. So many little things are scattered across my coffee table from the trip: bug spray, Purell, gum, beads, pocket tissue, floss, two boxes of matches from Mama Rosa's. Mmm, Mama Rosa's.
One of the volunteers who went on the trip forwarded Gary's gumbo recipe. Sounds good right now actually. Today was actually the first day my stomach didn't hurt as much. awesome. I also noticed something else today. I kept smelling the same scent everywhere. the nice, pleasant, relaxing smell. hmm.
This online diary thing isn't working out. i can't really confess anything on here without worrying. yes, i care about what people know. back to paper and pen.
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| omg... i'm so depressed.... it's the last day of my finals and why don't i feel happy? because i think i failed my exam....not cool... i've invested sooo much time into it, that it just doesn't feel fair.  going out for a drink. goodnight.
p.s. so the 630 exam was double-booked with an O-chem exam in IH 100....delayed the exam by half an hour... wtf?
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| So, I just read my dear Tracie Chan's away msg, and it appears that she got an offer from AmeriCorps.... CONGRATULATIONS TRACIE CHAN!!! i'm so glad to have a friend who has a heart for volunteerism. i hope you don't have to leave cbus... actually i think she did mention that she'd stay in cbus for this position.... yay.... however, it seems that so many of my dear friends are leaving... but for great opportunities. I congratulate all of them, but I get sad when I think about it. 
I was thinking about joining the peace corps... but i think that's one of those things that I think to myself, "hmm, that would be so much fun and great to do" but don't actually think about how long two years is, and how disconnected from my family and friends I will be when I'm over in another country helping the less fortunate rebuild/improve their lives. Actually, I don't see any downside to that at all! I know that my family and friends would be bummed out and stuff, but, you know, you can't grow unless you get yourself out there. May it be Africa or India, you've got to expose yourself to new things, other people, new ideas, new places, etc. I know so many homebodies who would not leave their houses for anything.
Today, some of my co-workers were talking about marriage. YIKES!! Jenilee was talking about how her b/f keeps asking her to marry him, but wouldn't want to marry him for a couple years. Costa was talking about how much of a romantic he (Costa) is, and totally laughed when I said that I wouldn't want to get married for a looong time.
I've found myself to be quite the heartbreaker. I just won't lead people on. Nope, can't do it. I get selective at times though  . lol.... who knows what the future will hold? I'd rather think about today and tomorrow, and what I'm doing the week after June (BRAZIL). I mean, when talking about business, I think long-term.... life on the other hand? I'm trying to live it up one day at a time. lol. because you know what I've learned from some people? they would set things up, then never get back to you. COLD. whether it be a friend saying, "yeah, we should get together this weekend and chat over coffee" or whatever, or a boy saying to me, "do you think you'll be interested in dinner thursday night?"... I like do-ers, not talk-ers. For some people, I've learned to never hold them to their words, because they always "forget". In some cases, it's fear from the other person, possibly thinking, "hm, maybe she didn't mean what she said". Oh no, I always mean what I say. I'm not the sugar-coater, hide the truth kind of person. That's why I'm a heartbreaker lol. to some people. Not proud of it, but I don't like to live with lies.
Do what you say you will do.
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| Disgusting how there are women today who still allow themselves to be abused (either physically or mentally)... either by their significant others or just anyone in general. Many keep their mouths shut on issues like these in order to "keep the peace" or try to shrug it off as if, "ehh he/she'll change" or "it doesn't bother me". Makes me wonder where the line between a strong and a weak women falls. I have so many girlfriends, past and present who weren't/aren't the "do-ers" running their lives. It's either their mom/dad, boyfriend, a "friend", or somebody else that hovers over them, watching their every move, or influencing them to make moves for them (make sense?). Many times I find myself irk in disgust as a witness, or even when I bring up the topic and the person just will never "get it", I just sigh in disbelief.
Is there a certain situation currently happening that made me sprout this discussion? no. I was just reading tracie chan's xanga and it sparked interest and had me thinking on a tangent.
Here's an example. A girlfriend of mine from a few years back was dating a guy with a different religion than her's. He's a Christian, herself.... (for her protection, we'll say she's) Hindu. So they've been dating since high school and have fallen in love ever since then. Currently a Senior in college and still dating the "man of her dreams", they both begin talking about marriage and stuff. Both sides of the family didn't like how they are mixing religions (in other words, his family doesn't like that he's not dating a Christian). So, therefore, he tries to convert her. She refuses. She complains to him how she doesn't like how he tries to convert her, he apologizes, but yet still does it again in the future. She then cries, he breaks up with her, she begs for him to not end it by crying a lot, he forgives her and they're back together again. Such a horrible cycle! Her emotions run on him. If he decides not to be nice one day, he ends up making her cry. Not cool. Oh, and she's also controlled by her parents too. Always watching her every move to see if she's still dating the Christian. A secret relationship! Sounds romantic and Romeo-and-Juliet-ish, but is the "tears and heartbreak cycle" worth it?
Another example of out-of-control people exerting their "greatness" on weaklings appeared in a friend of the past too. (lost contact and poor relations actually, due to judgement on her end). So here's a girl, we'll call her Julia. She has a best friend, Midge, and a boyfriend Albert. First off, she's a weak character, can never decide what's best for herself, always needing someone's opinion and advice. Midge and Albert are control freaks. They loooove to play tug-o-war with Julia, telling her what to and what not to do in her life, everything from what to wear to what job to take to what to say to someone to who she should listen. It was pretty funny watching from the peanut gallery everytime something like this happens, because Midge and Albert always have conflicting ideas to tell their pet, Julia. All the questions that Julia ask on "what's best to do" are always those questions that you hear moms say, "You need to decide that on your own"... So whenever asking me questions, and I feel it's "one of those questions", instead of saying it all corny like that, I would rephrase it like, "Do whatever you want." maybe that just sounded too carefree and non-directional. and maybe that's why she went to Midge and Albert. poor kid.
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