Cry therapy

When I'm stressed and frustrated I want to cry. I don't know how to deal with anger so instead it makes me emotional in a totally different way. I can't stand that people think they can bully their way into a situation. People, I may look like a pushover but I'm not. I can turn on the bitch when I need to but secretly it makes me want to cry. I also can't stand having to force my boss into taking care of a situation I can't rectify but sometimes it's beyond what I can do. Why do people have to make things so difficult?

Trying to keep it under control

So I'm flying to San Diego tomorrow morning. Actually I think my plane departs before sunrise so is that really morning? Out of curiosity I checked the flight status to see what gates the arrival and departures will be at Dulles, my layover location. Typically I land at the furthest gate in one terminal and have to do a combination of running and catching the monorail/people mover, etc. to get to the furthest gate at the furthest terminal. Don't even get me started about running through Heathrow on a trip home from Kenya. That was unpleasant. Anywhoodle, as of right now I arrived at gate C17 and depart again from gate C20. THIS NEVER HAPPENS TO ME! Now, I understand air travel and know full well that that gate could change even as we're taxiing towards it tomorrow morning. But for now I'm thrilled at the prospect of not getting sweaty between flights.

Beyond that I'm really excited about Geek Mecca this year. Even though the Twihards have to ruin everything for everyone else (read: get in line 24 hours before their presentation) I think it'll be a good year. Dana and I have this all figured out and even if it doesn't work out right, I have my new Blackberry to keep me company. Speaking of which, email me often over the next few days. I have an unlimited plan and want to get the most out of it. Oh and email either my work address or uhlisa88@aol.com. I'll be posting on the movie blog nightly (if I can get Dana to give up her laptop for 5 minutes) so check that as well.

Oh and Ashley, provided my layover on the way there works out, I'm fully expecting my layover on the way home to get totally messed up. I'm hoping you guys will be around on Sunday the 26th because you might be getting a phone call from me!

Movie Monsters are scary!

I never thought of King Kong as being short.

Good times, good times

I seem to love being excited about things more than the things themselves. Does that make sense? I'm excited about seeing HP6 on Friday. I'm super, insanely excited about Geekfest next week. And I'm excited about my classes ending. HP6 will be great, I'm sure of it. But the excitement will fade the minute the lights go down. Geekfest will be good but there will be plenty of bad with it as well. So as soon as I'm in my first 2-hour line to get into a large room to see clips from upcoming movies, that excitement will slip away quickly. The school thing will last a bit longer. I have to get through a presentation tomorrow night and I HATE getting up in front of people to talk. Once that's over the rest of the semester should go pretty smoothly. But the excitement of having a master's degree cannot compare to the excitement of never having to take another class ever again.

Expert in international affairs

I got an A in my Global Perspectives class and an A in my International Terrorism class. I'm taking two classes right now: U.S., India, Pakistan, Afghanistan as well as a psychology class, Counseling and Personality Theories. I'm thinking I might get a B in the latter but that's ok. Geeze, I can't wait to be done! Plus I'll be finishing with at least a 3.5 which is way better than I did in undergrad. Overall I'm proud of me. I just can't wait for it to be over!