Clarion (laptop)

No luck so far convincing my brother to buy me a laptop on my dad's credit card. Which is just too bad. No Graduation present for him either til this fall, post Clarion and Clarion-related costs. And what really sucks is that if I get a scholarship at Clarion, I can afford a laptop without a problem, probably. But I don't know if I'll get a scholarship yet, or what amount. And there's this cute little Gateway laptop...http://gateway.com/reman/hm_notebook_1006192_3003058_5300.asp?seg=hm See how cute that is?

Work

Luckily they don't run coverage things out of the workplan anymore, cause if they did, I think I'd end up being at 150% of my time--I keep finding out that other groups are taking chunks of my time for their projects. Which is cool, cause it means people like the quality of work I produce. But it sucks because if I'm that cool, and that popular, why didn't I get promoted? :( I shall sulk.

post-birthday whinings

See, this year I forgot to brag about my birthday coming up, which I almost always do, and so everyone keeps saying, 'oh, was it your birthday," and I'm all like, "yeah, I just forgot to mention it." Which isn't a big deal. They're friends and coworkers, and I don't expect anything from them, so even a birthday wish is a bonus. Of course, I didn't mention it to my father recently--the 27th or so (oh, hey, Andy Rewold's birthday. And Tom (Clark)'s birthday was just the week before that.), so you'd think he could remember that. But he didn't. No phone call. No card in the mail (yet, but I'm betting at all). Not even an email This is why I feel justified in asking nate to put my laptop on my dad's card. :)

And I know that birthdays aren't that important to my father, but they are to some degree important to me, and I'd just like to know that *I'm* important enough to him that'll he'll do stuff he wouldn't otherwise. I know this ties in to other problems, like the fact that I got direct praise for one picture that I just snapped in seconds, no real planning or thought, but not for the poem I spent a lot of time on, and really thought he'd appreciate. And my mom can tell me all she wants that he appreciated, just didn't know what to say, but really, how hard is it to say 'nice poem'?

Clarion

So, my clarion details came today. I'm all scared. I'll put the details in my Writing blog though, cause that's where all the writer peoples come and read my impressive words of wisdom about how to get into Clarion (quick summary--I haven't a clue how I pulled it off. I keep thinking they'll realize what a mistake they made any day now.) http://home.earthlink.net/~tanaise/blog/blogger.html

Clarion

I'm scared! I'm utterly terrified of going to Clarion. I'm buying the ticket now, or at least starting to buy it. Hey! The price went up. I'm checking travelbyus again. I like them better. No, they suck too. And they won't give me the right flights.

Half of the workshop adminstative staff can spell my name right, half go with the i variation. The envelope is wrong, the letter is right, the address list is wrong.

Okay, so they sent a list of the things I need to bring (they recommend a Computer, I'm totally putting it on my dad's card.)