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Sunday, August 27th, 2006
4:05 am	The Crashmores strike again Yesterday, backing out of my Rochester driveway on my way home to Buffalo, I tore the fender off the Jetta with the tow on the van parked a little too close to my driveway. Today, backing out of our Buffalo driveway on the way to pick people up for the Darien Lake church trip, my brother crashed into somebody and smashed in the trunk and basically entire back of the Camry. My family has issues. With cars. Seriously. So now we're down to one car, I'm in Rochester, he's in Buffalo, and we both have to move everything we own to campus this week. Mrs. Penna called this weekend an Empty Nest Celebration. My mother agreed. Yeah, so summer is over, I haven't started packing, and I cannot believe how undecided my schedule is for this semester. I have to take care of a lot of things when I get back, between frat stuff and making sure my cluster still counts so I can graduate... and things. My suite should be fun, though. I think that's all. Now I should either study for the GRE or sleep, and I think I'm going to sleep. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, May 31st, 2006
3:18 pm	me avoiding productivity I had dinner with my dentist Ming Shih last night. (She is the crazy old-ish lady who tried to save my real teeth and about whom I wrote my college essay.) My mom said that it has been a third of my life since I was hit by a car (7 years), which for some reason made me feel really old. I guess it's because I don't think of it being that long ago, or at least I don't think of myself as being a lot younger when it happened- but it has been a while. It was good to see Ming. We went to Siena's, and I ate way too much. Now I'm putting off packing because it is ridiculously hot. I'm sitting in front of the computer and the fan, coming up with websites to check so that I can avoid packing more. (Hence the rare LJ entry.) I'm moving back to Rochester tomorrow to live with Angie and Nate for the summer. I have a few random psych-ish jobs plus volunteering at the Rochester Presbyterian Home. I'm seeing Marti soon. I'm glad the Sabres won. Oh, one highlight of my dinner with Ming was when she brought up Mr. Malcolm- she was like, "I have seen that your teacher is in trouble for fraternizing with student?" Hehe... something like that. She is cool. Ok. Time to get my laundry. And stop eating Fritos. I am so glad my apartment this summer is air conditioned. Current Mood: sick (Comment on this)
Monday, May 15th, 2006
4:43 pm	well... we had a hell of a 14 years. Rest in peace, little white cat. There will never be another quite like you. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, October 7th, 2005
11:15 pm	Yeah So, I just read in the paper yesterday that another kid from my Sunday School class (back in 8th grade) died. It's a really short article: "A 20-year-old Buffalo man was gunned down Sunday morning on Hagen Street, Homicide Squad detectives said. Antwon Little, of 92 Hagen, was pronounced dead at the scene. Homicide Squad Detective Michael Acquino said a motorist drove by the crime scene at about 1:10 a.m. and called 911, reporting that a man was lying on the grass on Hagen Street, near Lang Avenue. Officers said Little had been shot several times." WTF? I don't even know what to think. I wasn't really friends with him, like I was with Andrew, but I just remember him being this really nice, quiet kid. He wasn't at our church for long. Just 8th grade, I think, the same time as Andrew. That really sucks... I don't even know. So yeah. In other news, you should all watch Jeopardy on 11/11. One of my frat brothers is in the college tournament. Five of us drove to North Carolina last weekend to see the taping, which was really cool. They tape a week of shows per day, so we watched about 7 hours of Jeopardy. Alex Trebek does question-and-answer during commercial breaks and gets all sarcastic with people. It was at the RBC Center at NC State, and the place was huge, but we had "contestant guest" tickets, so we got to sit in the first few rows. It was a good time. I have my frat retreat tomorrow, and then there's a good chance I'll go to a party at my friends' suite. I might try to stay up tonight and get some work done. I had a horrible economics exam yesterday, just because I didn't do much of the reading and had missed a bunch of classes. Oh well, life goes on. I think I should try to catch up now, though. Or whatever. (Comment on this)
7:25 pm	OK, some are kinda funny. (I'm stealing it from Lyndsay.) Google "[your name] needs" then post interesting results. -Lady Eleanor needs to calm the hell down. -Eleanor needs to contact her therapist not us for advise and support. -Eleanor needs something to fill her emptiness she feels emotionally deprived. And that makes them a terrible couple. -Eleanor needs to go back and do her homework. -My Eleanor needs stay in her usual place - back in her closet with a deadbolt. -Eleanor needs a Tom Arma monkey costume. -Perhaps "Eleanor" needs the Church of Scientology to whip her into shape. -Maybe all Eleanor needs is this one moment to be free. -Eleanor needs a weapon capable of defeating the demon. -Eleanor needs to go to Dragon Cave, next. -Eleanor needs a big mixer at home because she also does baking for various customers. -Abbot Suger thinks Eleanor needs some maturity - she's too young and ambitious. (Comment on this)
Wednesday, June 22nd, 2005
9:41 pm	Mount Stuff Andrew and I went to the Mount's last graduation last night. It was weird. There were reporters, of course. Mrs. Connor was there. And obviously, Mrs. Czuprynski, Missert, Haueise. And random other people. I think Mr. Kingston was glad to see us. He started crying when he got to the part in his speech where he says a memory of each kid, and by the end of the speech he was really crying. It was nice though. Except Al kept talking about how Mr. Kingston has been at this school for so long, so that made me feel old. I guess a bunch of the now-8th grade class is going to the Oracle charter school next year? That's the one with my high school English teacher. Should be interesting. We walked around the school for a while after. I hadn't really been there for more than a few minutes in a while. The library was funny, because the most recent encyclopedia is from 1998, and all the Baby-Sitters Club books are on the exact same shelf as they were in 3rd grade. And it just hasn't changed in general. Another thing that hasn't changed since we were there - they still haven't learned how to distribute awards. There were 16 kids graduating, and way more than 16 awards, but it seemed like they all went to the same few people. Oh well. They have awards for EVERY class now, including gym. Ha, maybe I would have gotten that. Also, since I haven't been there recently, I didn't realize the whole field (and our cemetery walk) behind the playground is a parking lot now. That was a little depressing. So, that was last night. In general, I'm working a lot. Well, I'm going there and putting piles in order, at least. I had to call 35 data managers last week to tell them they still needed to get consent from their patients to use their specimens in experiments, and a bunch had no idea what I was talking about. "I'm very confused. Why would you need that?" I love people. Dad and Andrew and I are doing the Ride for Roswell on Saturday. Only the 9 mile one. I haven't been on a bike in so many years, but you're not supposed to forget how to ride one, right? It shouldn't be bad. And I can't think of anything else to say. (Comment on this)
Saturday, June 11th, 2005
12:54 am	RIP Mt. St. Joe's :( (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, December 6th, 2004
3:07 pm	you know you're in college when. You come back to your room after quality time with your co-ed frat, and when you open the door you hit a video camera. All the lights are off, and your roommate is dressed up in Christmas lights. Keith G. is videotaping her walking across the room. Katrina is following to make sure my roommate stays plugged in (?). This repeats several times. All this for the Perception Circus, if that's what it's called. Exams Tuesday and Wednesday, projects Thursday and Friday (that one will be bad), three exams plus SJCI concert next week. Home on the 20th. Christmas. Must go to class and must start sleeping at night instead of at Common Ground. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, November 23rd, 2004
5:33 pm	You scored as Buddhist. You are a Buddhist You basically get lost in the sea of conflicting ideas as your mind hasn't been developed to discern truth from halftruth. You entertain many philosophical ideas that don't apply to your daily life or actually fulfill you in any way. Maybe you didn't have a strong background of faith and morality growing up, which is why you have basically no convictions whatsoever. Follow your heart, it will guide you to the obvious truth and its simplicity will astonish you. Tarot cards, astrology, and witchcraft will be a temptation for you. Be careful. </td> Buddhist 80% Christian 65% Anarchist 60% Catholic 50% Jewish 50% Cult 35% Religion created with QuizFarm.com Wow, I totally suck at life. Damn. (Comment on this)
Wednesday, November 17th, 2004
11:51 pm	Hey Buffalo (Mount) people... do you guys have a couple hours next week, like Friday or Saturday or something, and maybe we can do what we did last year? We went to Manhattan Bagel last year. We could do that or somewhere else. Just to catch up. Oh yeah, and Ray is not coming anymore. So I forgot I had stats homework tonight, which is dumb, since it's been due every Thursday for the whole semester. Oh well. I need to read a long book for ASL and write a 6-8 page paper about it, and it's worth something like 2.5% of my grade. I hate that. But at least I (probably) get to go to the SJCI Christmas concert again this year. Those are fun. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, October 16th, 2004
7:41 pm	if you do this I'll buy you a pony I have a favor to ask you all. I recently found out that I need to collect data for one of my stats classes a LOT sooner than I thought. So, I am trying to get as much as possible, and if you could fill out my questionnaire, I will owe you forever. Here's some background: I am studying how much sleep college students get and why they get so much/little. (Not too original, but hey, there are lots of variables.) If you are in college, I can and will use your answers. The questions seem to take about 10 minutes. I don't think any are really intrusive or anything, but if you don't want to answer one, just skip it (or lie- I know I shouldn't say that, but the actual results aren't the most important part). I will be the only one who sees your answers. If you do decide to take pity on me and do this, you can email your answers to me at ecashmor@mail.rochester.edu. If it would be easier, and you don't care if anyone else sees them, you could just leave them as a comment here. There's no rush- I have to have a summary in by the 28th but I'll take answers even after that because the final thing isn't due for a while. Thank you so much everyone... I owe you. Here are the questions: 1. What school do you currently attend (if not University of Rochester) and what year are you? Do you live in a dormitory, apartment or at home? 2. Please list the classes you are taking this semester and any majors/ minors/ concentrations you are considering. 3. What time did you go to bed last night, and what time did you get up this morning? Are these times typical for you? If not, please give the approximate hours you usually sleep. (If weekdays and weekends are different, specify both.) How many hours do you sleep during the day (naps)? 4. If you have a job, where do you work? How many hours do you work per week? Do you work on the weekends? 5. Do you participate in any sports, clubs or other activities? How many hours do you spend on each per week? 6. How many hours per week do you spend on activities that involve alcohol (parties, drinking with friends, drinking by yourself)? Are most of these hours on weekends or during the week? 7. How many hours do you devote to the following per day (on weekdays and on weekends)? -Computer/ video games - Email/ Instant Message/ Phone - Social activities not involving alcohol 8. Do you feel that you are currently under a great amount of stress for any reason (if you wish, specify the reason)? (Comment on this)
Friday, July 16th, 2004
2:17 am	I think I'll actually write in this for once. My whole floor is in California for a big annual cancer meeting this week. There are maybe six or seven of us ("rejects") still there, so they ordered pizza today. I've never really gotten the chance to just sit and talk with any of them before, so it was fun. Most of them are in their 20s and have little kids, so I pretty much listened to them talk about kids and husbands and cheap repairmen who leave a job half-done if they get better offers. One insisted on arguing with me that Nardin was more expensive than BS. I eventually gave up the fight, because she was pretty sure of it... well, whatever. They were cool though. I'm addicted to Roseanne on Nick at Nite. Well, maybe not addicted. But I watch it when it's on. I always used to watch it when I was younger, so there you go. It's a fun show. My mother is babysitting the kids from church that she likes better than us tomorrow. It's gonna be crazy. Andrew is coming to Roswell with me after driver's ed, because there's nobody there and maybe we can have more pizza. I guess I should fall asleep, but I'm not really tired. I don't know if I have any more pointless things to write though. It has now been 5 years since I was hit by a car. So I guess it must be my aunt's 53rd birthday. (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, July 7th, 2004
10:48 pm	so random... Licky doesn't have diabetes anymore. Just like that. He's so weird. (Comment on this)
Thursday, July 1st, 2004
10:40 pm	oh yeah, and this.... "98% of the teenage population does/has tried pot. If you're part of the 2% who hasn't, copy this in your journal." Yay for me. (Comment on this)
10:07 pm	My 12-year-old diabetic cat can kill rabbits, hop over the fence "in a single leap" (according to the witness neighbor) with a rabbit in his mouth, and put the rabbit, the same way every time, in front of our back steps. Go figure. It's been like four in the last three days, or something. He's gotten really fat again too. I think fatter than he ever was before he got sick. The vet says that's good. He's a good cat. I don't think he knows the difference between the live rabbits and the plastic twist ties he bats around the house. I know cats are supposed to know the difference between these things, but I really don't think he does. He's just playing. I've been thinking I should write in here for a while, since I really haven't since January... there were a lot of little things to update about, but then I realized if you care, you probably already know, so I'll just write random stuff as usual. My parking lot has gotten ridiculous. It's three blocks away from my building, and I chose it because it's drastically cheaper than the Roswell parking garage ($27 per month compared to $6 per day). But I think the guy seriously oversold hangtags. It's annoying because there are like four rows of "reserved" spaces that are always empty. But most people don't have reserved spaces, so we have to make up our own parking spots. I've almost gotten in a few accidents in that parking lot. It's pretty sad. I don't have anything else to say. Except I don't know where my mother is. (Comment on this)
Sunday, February 29th, 2004
3:16 am	A new record.... At the first frat we went to tonight, one of the brothers thought I was 11. Hehe.... gotta love it. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Thursday, January 29th, 2004
2:22 pm	create your own visited states map or write about it on the open travel guide (Comment on this)
Monday, November 24th, 2003
12:13 am	Evil evil night Well sort of. I just took my last midterm. The calculus proof class. I don't know what to think, when she starts off the test by telling us there will be a "very, very generous curve." It was three hours long, I stayed almost the whole time. I finished everything I knew in the first hour. The next two hours, I spent looking around the room and BSing the rest of the test. I'm not worried at all though, because I know that everybody feels the exact same way, except for one kid who was basically asking to be shot- he's like, "oh, I didn't think it was hard at all." Ok... sure. Anyway, at one point not too far into the exam, the Heather was asleep next to me and Brett was drawing lightbulbs on his scrap paper. Ed was next to me, and I know Ed is good at this stuff because I sit next to him in workshop, and he was just staring straight ahead and his paper was blank. So, whatever. No normal class/ teacher has a test on a Sunday night until 10:00 anyway... Not to mention, I don't even care what I get on this test, because ever since my professor found out I was thinking of dropping it next semester she has been stalking me. Well, not just me... but she sent me an email at 3:15 in the morning saying "Hi Eleanor, I just realized you weren't registered for 172Q, and I think you should be, because you have a 95 homework average, and I will be talking to you about this one more time." (Her email wasn't all one long sentence, but it was something along those lines...) But the thing is, my homework is a 95 because I copy every single problem from her every week... I cannot even begin to come up with answers by myself. Which I think I proved on the test tonight. Hehe. So, tonight is evil because I've been blowing off all my classes to study for this stupid test, and tonight I have to write a short essay that I haven't started and do my probability homework I haven't started. I want to do my calculus homework too because I don't want to do work tomorrow. Yeah, I realize it's almost 1:30 am, but I have caffeine and I can sleep during bio tomorrow. And I've gotten sleep this weekend so I could pull off an all-nighter, if it comes to that. And then I get to go home Tuesday! Yay!! I'm definitely ready for my monthly trip home. I hope Licky got fat again. And apparently Snow has been friendly with my brother which is not acceptable, so I'll have to remind her that I still exist. Sem is closed on Wednesday (figures, they get that day off now that we're gone), so I guess I'm not going there after all, although I still get to see people at the calculus reunion... and we know I miss that class SO much... haha. I'll just go back to school when I come home in December. I can wait. I'm going to Schofield on Wednesday with Brian. He can meet my best old lady friends. I'm looking forward to that. I wonder if I can wear jeans. I think I will. You're not supposed to when you're working, because supposedly some of the residents get extremely offended by them. But maybe if I'm just there to visit... I forgot to mention, I finally figured out my schedule. It's not bad. I only have one class each on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday and they're in the morning. Then on Monday and Wednesday I have the same thing, except later I have like 3 hours of psych starting at 3:30. I have a writing class called "Aggression and Antisocial Behavior in Kids" (hey, we have a writing requirement... wasn't my first choice) and then I have Cognitive Psychology right after it. And my morning classes are Statistics and (REAL) calculus. Not like anyone who ever has read my journal doesn't know this by now, but I procrastinate a lot. I need to start my probability homework. I'm not alone though. Davis is trying to think of an idea for a photo project right now. I should go though. (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, November 16th, 2003
1:45 am	Procrastination I'm halfway done with my last round of midterms. Psych on Monday (I still have to read a chapter), and "math" next Sunday. I'm sorry, but who schedules exams for Sunday night? She said it was so it would not conflict with our other classes or activities. I think the real reason is that she can't make it for one of the normal test times, because she can't put a time limit on it. Apparently, the exam takes forever. The proofs are ridiculous (and we're not talking 2-column normal proofs, like in algebra- these proofs are paragraphs and they're about the stupidest things ever) and they take people like 6 hours. And she doesn't care- somebody a few years ago went home for a few hours, then came back later and finished the exam. And apparently she gets sick of waiting after a while, and tells people that if they finish now, they will get extra credit. I am SO glad I'm getting out of this class next semester. Don't get me wrong, she's really funny- but if I'm going to major in stats, I need real math. We have a new theory that this class is cross-listed in the English department. (Because the answers to our homework problems all take up a whole page and are all writing.) My Roswell advisor came to visit yesterday. She took me out for real food, at TGIF's. It was good. Then she came back and helped me decide what stats class I should take next, which was definitely good because she knows what she's talking about. In other stats news- I discovered that my friend from my probability class is from Buffalo. Not only that, but he went to St. Joe's, and his sister went to BS. It gets weirder though- she was a senior when I was a freshman, and we did Science Club together. I remember her really well. This is mostly weird because I've been friends with him for a while- he told me who the best TA was and what classes to take, and stuff like that. We've been in the same recitation all year. It just never came up. The only reason it finally did was that I wore my St. Joe's sweatshirt to our probability review session. Okay I still need to read a psych chapter... and I really need to do it tonight because tomorrow I have to study a lot and write a paper- about how the way my parents raised me affects how I relate to people now. Actually, I really don't understand the assignment, but I like to think I've improved my BSing over the years... so I can make that up. (about) 9 days till I go home!! (Comment on this)
Wednesday, November 5th, 2003
2:54 pm	an update before math... I think it's raining outside. Either that or just really windy. It's hard to tell. I went to my first frat party Saturday night. The first one we went to was way too crowded, so we went to another one where there was actually room to walk. I have 2 comments: I have a much higher tolerance than I would have thought, and unisex bathrooms for drunk people's use should really have toilet paper. Anyway, it was quite an experience. The actual party was more fun than I thought it would be. I left with Shannon earlier than everyone else, and I was a little messed up but it wore off. I ended up staying up till 6:00- bringing water and Saltines to a "sick" friend in the bathroom, and talking to other drunk/semi-drunk people. And trying to keep our friend from two floors down from wandering around the halls at 4 in the morning. Brendan was at the frat the whole time I was, near the beer pong table. I found out yesterday that he is the main source of alcohol for the group of people that sits behind me in bio. I was amused. The day after all this commotion, my father came to help us de-loft our beds and to take home everything I couldn't keep here, since I lost a lot of storage space by de-lofting. I like it better with my bed on the floor, though. It gives us a little less floor space, but we really don't need floor space for anything. I went to Olive Garden with Dad on Sunday night. To major in chemistry here, you need 4 semesters of math. The math I'm taking right now does not count for chemistry majors. I rest my case- this is not real math. I can comprehend real math and I wouldn't have to just copy homework every week and not understand one word of it. And it wouldn't involve so much writing. I definitely decided not to do it next semester. I'm taking Calc 2, which I need for my major, and which hopefully will be at least partly review, since I took BC. Calc 2 is as far as I need to go, so I'm better off than the Chem majors who took this class. I'm hoping I actually get into some classes I want, though. Registration is at 8 next Thursday, which means everyone will be online before then waiting to log on... but I have a Probability test at 8 on Thursday. I'm one of the only freshmen in the class, so most people won't have a problem. I need to figure out what I'm doing about that. I need to go to "math" class now... I'm going to be late... maybe I'll sit next to Ben today... he sits in the back and watches DVDs on his laptop every class... for an hour and 15 minutes. Or, I might fall asleep today. (3 Comments |Comment on this)