I nearly got kicked out for low GPA and alcohol violations. Twice.

[clevermanka]

I did my resistance/weight activity last night after mckitterick left for his talk downtown. I wrapped up around 7pm. And of course, had problems sleeping through the night. I'm uncertain why I need to learn this particular lesson on multiple occasions. No heavy exercise after 5pm. And even that might be pushing it. Why is this so difficult for me to remember?

jayhuck pointed out to me yesterday that the person who shares my name added a tidbit to her bio that includes the fact that she's married to someone named Chris. THIS IS WEIRD YOU GUIZ.

I reblogged this on Tumblr and am posting it here as well. For reasons.




YES PLEASE

One of the graduate students gave me four tickets to this Friday's show at the Crossroads with Josh Turner. Even if you don't like country music, this man has an amazing voice. With my current level of busy, though, there is no way I can attend. Does anyone want to claim these tickets? I'll put them in the mail to you today if you're in KC and they should arrive by Friday's show.

With the FSE (First and Second Year English) secretary moved to the (notorious and despised) Shared Service Center here at KU, I'm on first-contact phone duty for the English department since my work load is lighter in the summer than it is for the other remaining secretary. That means I'm getting all the phone calls from new incoming freshman. The calls usually go something like this:

Caller: Hi. I'm going to be a freshman this fall and I'm in the honors program and I'd like to switch my class to this other time but there's only one space and it's not letting me enroll for some reason.
Me: You need to contact M*** K*** who is in charge of the English honors program. She's not holding regular office hours during the summer, but you can reach her at her email address, m****@ku.edu.
Caller: Is there any way I can get her phone number? There's only one seat open.
Me: She is not holding office hours during the summer, so giving you her office phone number won't really help since she's not there. Email really is your best option.
Caller: But what if the class is full before she contacts me?
Me: Welcome to college, where you are not a special snowflake and you don't always get exactly everything you want. Consider this is your first learning experience in higher education. Technically, you haven't even paid for it yet, so congratulations.

Was I ever that entitled presumptous young? I don't think so. I remember choosing my college classes with a sense of despair and resignation. That should have been an indicator that I wasn't cut out for the whole university student gig. I mean, I made it through (barely, after a long struggle), but the only positive things I got out of college were the parties and social stuff. That subject line for this post? That's not a quote from a movie. That was my freshman year.

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[kalimeg.livejournal.com]

what I got out of college was pretty much a case of amnesia. I hardly remember it, which is pretty disconcerting.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

[redheadfae.livejournal.com]

her ever tolerant husband, Chris

BWAHAHAHA! Priceless, that.

(wow, she's a falconer!)

...

Some people's kids! I don't understand it either, and it makes me feel very old at times, when I'm not simply feeling pissy about it.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

her ever tolerant husband, Chris

I know, right? I mean, THE SIMILARITIES.

[pennswoods.livejournal.com]

My first semester at university, oh so long ago, we actually had to physically stand in lines to register for classes. The following semester they introduced phone registration. I do wonder if people called the professors back then. I never would have but that's because I don't like bother people for special privileges.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

My first semester at university, oh so long ago, we actually had to physically stand in lines to register for classes

KU didn't have anything other than stand-and-wait registration until the mid-90s. And even then, you filled out your wish list and then handed it to someone who typed in your requests to see if you got what you wanted. If you didn't have enough courses listed in your alternates section to make minimum enrollment, you had to come back at a later date (when there were even fewer options available) to attempt it again.

I remember the lines so long they ran outside the giant auditorium where the data-entry people sat (with one sad little chair beside each monitor), out into the main hallway, and up the stair well.

The whole system seems absolutely ridiculous, now.

I don't remember if we ever had a phone registration system. That might have happened during the years between my dropping out and returning, though.

I never would have but that's because I don't like bother people for special privileges

People like you make life tolerable. Thank you.

[etcet.livejournal.com]

That sounds like how we did it at my school, too. I was fortunate enough to get into the honors program, which meant that I'd be able to more or less avoid getting bumped and have to apply for additional filler classes if stuff outside my major packed, so I was spared many of the headaches, but my first couple semesters... there were some weird damn classes.

... and my last couple, too, because I jumped from a Mechanical Engineering/Philosophy double major to English, so suddenly all my electives were accounted for, and I could explore goofy-ass shit and take a bunch of phys ed courses.... to make up for discovering the joys of adult beverages. ahem.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

See, now, that's why you wanna discover the adult beverages as a freshman. Get that learning curve (and the Freshman Fifteen) out of the way early.

[stuology.livejournal.com]

KU didn't have anything other than stand-and-wait registration until the mid-90s. And even then, you filled out your wish list and then handed it to someone who typed in your requests to see if you got what you wanted. If you didn't have enough courses listed in your alternates section to make minimum enrollment, you had to come back at a later date (when there were even fewer options available) to attempt it again.

I still have dreams about this entire process. *sigh*

[jayhuck.livejournal.com]

Dreams? You mean nightmares right? I remember that process as well. ((((shudder))))

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Maybe Stu had the good sense to be drunk in the registration lines.

[gretchystretchy.livejournal.com]

Oh lord, KU enrollment was the worst. Tbh the only reason I did the Honors Program was so I could get priority enrollment and get into decent courses, ha.

(Side note: M*** K*** is fucking awesome. XD)

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

She really, really is.

[aprilstarchild.livejournal.com]

Gah, at least you finished. I failed out twice and gave up sevral more times. I attended classes off and on from 1997 to 2004 and still am a term short of two years' worth of actual classes.

ADHD can kiss my ass.

On the other hand, unlike most of my friends, I am not burdened with student loans.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

College isn't for everyone, and if I'd been counseled well or given alternatives, I'm sure I would have done better in a trade school or something along those lines.

Ah, well.

[grnvixen.livejournal.com]

Fortunately mine seem a little better trained by the time I get to deal with them. My biggest problems are the ones with a language challenge that figure if they act helpless someone will just do it for them. Nope, caught on to that trick.

No SSC here yet, but we keep hearing rumors......

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

I would hope that medical students are somewhat less likely to engage in these shenanigans, yes.