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| Communicate! So I couple of weeks ago I find out that Sallie Mae is capitlizing interest on my loans even though I am still technically a full time student. I call USC and find out that Financial Aid doesn't know that I'm still a student, in fact their records show that I graduated May 2008! Hence they never passed the information on to Sallie Mae.
Today I realize that I was charged a student health center fee for the summer (this charge occured before the sallie mae problem above, I only caught it just now). I call, they say that because I am a student it's a mandatory cost. However, it's only a mandatory cost for students who are enrolled for credits and I am technically enrolled for 0 credits (it's a thesis thing, work with me), hence I should not be charged.
So one part of USC has me as a student while at the SAME TIME the other part of USC has me as graduated.
You guys can't talk to each other? What is this?
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| Malibu Creek State ParkYesterday Anthony and I and our friend Sarah went hiking in Malibu Creek State Park. From everything I'd read, it was suppose to be a really easy hike, and it would have been, except it was FREAKING HOT!! But it was ok because we were hiking to a lake! Except we missed the turn that takes us to the lake (it was NOT properly visible) and finally this guy guided us to the lake, but it was the wrong side of the lake (you can't really get in from that side) so then we had to go back and FINALLY we got to where we could get into the lake, and then someone pointed out "Lake water = infections you know where" and I was like oh crap, you're right. So no one got in the lake. The hike back was rather hot again as well. But we finally made it to the car.
Anthony then was determined to run into the ocean because it was so hot and whatnot, so then we drove down the PCH looking for a parking spot (because it was packed of course). And we finally found one. I still refused to get in the water because of my fear of "infections you know where" but Sarah and Anthony did and they seemed to have a good time. And then we went home.
I had to do a little writing, and then we watched Star Trek 6 (I have now seen all the Star Trek movies except for the first one, and LOVE them) and we had dinner, wonderful leftover leek, mushroom, and lemon risotto which Anthony made.
It was awesome. Yay for 4 day week!
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| Resurrect the Electric Car!So, I am watching the documentary "Who killed the Electric Car?" For those of you who have never heard of this film, it essentially tells the story of how mass-marketable electric cars were built and marketed by GM....and then killed off purposely by a combination of Automakers, Oil, and lax government. I've been putting off watching this movie for a while because I knew it would enrage me. And it has. Which is why I'm writing this blog entry.
But rather than go into a rant about everything that is wrong with the Government/Big Business reltaionships in this country I will just say that the only thing that makes me feel a little better is the fact that the car companies are now in bankruptcy. While I feel horrible for the job loss, I REALLY hope all the executives at the top are going "I think we were really really stupid by killing the electric car. I hate myself."
Obama, will you please bring back the electric car? I really hope that it's on the agenda for all the restructuring plans. I would buy one in a second. Anything to decrease my gas costs which are way too much. Yes hybrids are great too, but I think your problems in the Middle East and Afghanistan/Pakistan would be greatly decreased if you could make half the car-owning population of the US own an electric car.
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| It's just wrongI scratched myself doing yoga today. With my toenail. It just seems wrong to get hurt doing yoga. I mean, pulling a muscle is fine, but scratching should not be part of the equation. It hurt so much I couldn't even finish the routine.
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| yet another downside to the recessionIs anyone else getting really depressed from all the news stories about tragic deaths, homicides, and unbelievable acts of violence that seem to be populating the news more and more. Seriously, like every single day I read two new stories about someone doing something unimagineabley horrible to someone else, usually a family member, and I think to myself "How can anyone possibly thing that's a good idea?"
I know that the recession is obviously a contributing factor, but honestly I don't know how much more of it I can take reading about. Just seeing the headlines it's like "woah! can they possibly mean that? there's no way THAT actually happened!" (turns out it did).
Uggh.
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