7 posts tagged “college”

Oh it's so nice to be back home, you have no idea. I can't believe I survived a whole year up at a school I hated. But that's over, and despite ruining my perfect GPA with a crappy grades, I made it out alright. I'm looking for a job, ick. Oh, and TV. I'm so behind I'll just do like a double recap when each show airs this week. Or not. We'll see.

House 4.14
I definitely expected this episode to suck, but it didn't. House's celeb kidnapping was kind of awesome in a crazy fanboy way. I love House, the fanboy. Getting all giddy and obsessive. Hey! It's like me. Remind me never to meet actors on these shows, I'll probably scare them.

Medicine-wise, House was off, again. He went for brain tumor, then to a bunch of other things, ending with a floral allergy, which was wrong. Home's off his game.

Amber continued to be awesome. I love how she's forcing Wilson to do things on his own, and pretty much explains why all his wives left him. And Amber isn't the woman who needs to be looked after, she can fend for herself. So Wilson gets to buy a waterbed, and Amber's OK with it. That's sweet.

Thirteen had the amazing line, "I think I dated that nurse, though... No." I can honestly say I died. I mean the look on House's face was priceless. Like this mixture of surprise and satisfaction. Brilliant.

House 4.15
Wow. I mean, wow. As far as trippy House episodes go, I find them hit or miss. I absolutely adore the first season episode, "Three Stories", where we hear about House's leg injury, but then there was the second season finale, where we only find out it's a dream at the very end, which I hated. So yeah, this could have gone either way, but luckily this fell right into the "Three Stories" bucket. How could an episode where House tries to make himself hallucinate not be good? From OD'ing to sensory deprivation baths, he was willing to try anything to figure out who he thought was going to die before the crash.

Turned out it was just some boring bus driver... Or not. Sure House saved the day, but when there's 15 minutes and a second part left, you know there's more to the story. And that's pretty much why I skipped over the entire episode in the paragraph above. See, House has been seeing this gorgeous mystery woman in all his hallucinations, but no explanation why. Then, after OD'ing on Alzheimer's meds, he notices she's wearing a necklace. And then the Answer (mystery woman) asks what her necklace is made of. And then I screamed. Because a golden necklace with a mosquito in it is made of Amber. "AMBER!" I shouted, then teared up, because I don't want Amber dead. That flashback montage of Amber, looking pretty happy, then the bus crashing, was heartbreaking. I'm not sure what House and Amber were up to, but I'm guessing she was at the bar with House when he got plastered, and maybe she's the reason for the drunkenness.

There were other bits, like Chase hypnotizing House and Wilson entering into his trance with Beer brand beer. Then Amber showed up. There I knew she was involved in this somehow, but I couldn't figure what, and the rest of the episode got so out there, that it just slipped my mind. Next there was Cuddy the stripper, which was... disturbing and yet, something House would think about... Thirteen got a name, "Dr. Hadley" (way to ruin it Cuddy).

This is one of the only House episodes I think I need to watch twice for itty bitty details. Mostly I rewatch episode for funny moments or gags or the like, but for once, I actually think there may be clues as to Amber's "condition" and the questionable House/Amber relationship. I really hope Amber survives this, because I feel repercussions past the next episode. Before I go, anybody realize that both House and CB now have gimpy legs (I believe both are right leg injuries, correct me if I'm wrong). If she uses a cane, Wilson will have to concede he really is dating femme-House, and if she didn't cheat on him, hilarity will ensue.

I seem to have things relatively under control. Transfer apps in, Java project 95% done, packed and ready to go for my train at 6am (no sleep tonight).

And the no sleep part meant I got to watch this week's episode of Torchwood. I know I should step back and recap the events of the Martha arc, but I have so much to say about this week, that I'll just skip to it.

Torchwood 2.05, 6, 7, &8
Cold Open. My jaw was on the floor. I had no idea that Owen's words could be so passionate and beautiful. I was just floored during his voice over, which turned out to be talking to a suicidal woman. When he said "So are we going to jump or not?" and cue Torchwood theme, I just about died.

I never had strong feelings towards Owen, he was just sorta there. But then he died. Well, to be fair, first the show actually became amazing, which I guess led to the Owen renaissance. Never before have I fallen in love with a character so quickly and want him dead. Really dead, like of the at peace variety.

I saw the major undead (or incredible amusing Zombie) Owen problems. His !life sucks. The writer (Joseph Lidster, had to look it up) really drove that point home. Everything we take for granted: breathing, crying, touching, eating... they've been taken away from him. More specifically, they've been taken by Jack.

Oh I am in love with the Jack Owen parallels. Jack's basically the proper version of Owen. Rose wasn't an expert at resurrection, but at least she came close. Jack's living and breathing. Jack's glove was an idiot, OK technically it was means of providing a vessel for a big bad. But still, it was wrong. Owen's wrong. I don't know if John Barrowman was busy or stressed the week they filmed this, but he was distinctly stubbly in the last goodbye scene with Martha (more on that later). It seemed like Jack might not have really felt so badly at first. Owen's around, everyone's happy. But Jack also maybe sent Tosh over and kinda stalked Zombie!Owen down. I think we may see some major guilt coming around. I hope we still have this Owen, this broken, kinda angry, corpse Owen to spar with Jack. I don't think we've seen the last of bitterness.

Oh Owen. I want this weird life to kinda end. In a sick way, that's the happy ending. Kinda like how on Dead Like Me, the good ending is leaving Earth. I hope there's a payoff soon for Owen. This zombie thing could get old, fast. Like I'm talking Owen either needs to be gone for good or brought back to life by the end of the series (season). Any longer and this feeling of pity, sympathy, and general omg!tragic, is going to evaporate and when his time does come, it'll be too late for the viewer (read: me) to connect.

OK, now to Martha's goodbye. First off, she frickin' rocked. Like, I hoped we'd see an independent and strong Martha, and we sooo got it. Right off the bat, she was sent undercover. This was all I asked for when she was on Doctor Who, a big Martha on her own moment. To be fair, Martha spreading the gospel of Doctor did save them all. Jack sure believes that. I just adored them reconnecting. It was just perfect, a hint of Who. I still don't understand how people can watch Torchwood and not Doctor Who. It's like you're viewing the show in 2D instead of 3D.

Martha got her flirt on with Owen. Or more specifically, Owen got his flirt on with Martha. In 2.08, I was really feeling for Owen, who was grasping onto Martha for support and a connection. He looked kinda cute, kinda adorable, and totally sweet. I enjoyed the Martha/Owen dynamic, maybe not in a shippy way, but they played well off of each other. Then Martha and Ianto had a totally amazing moment in 2.06 (sorry for the ep jumping, I'm catching up on 3 weeks with 4 episodes), where Ianto mentioned Jack's bedroom skills as "inventive." I know Davies kept Martha to a PG level, but I'm glad we saw her in the Torchwood world.

OK, so the moment that may have woken up my roommate at 3am. Martha kissing Jack. And not your Doctor Who 2 seconding thing. This one lingered, and while there was no tongue, there was total technique. I was flailing and making generally shocked faces. I wanted Jack and Martha to have some Torchwood level relations, but those dreams were dashed when word of PG Martha came to light. That wouldn't have worked anyways, since Ianto and Jack are pretty serious. But back to Martha, taking the initiative with her Jack kissing moment. Dammit, that's taking charge! There was total lingering involved, too. I know Martha's still hung up on the Doctor, who called in a favor and got her this nice UNIT job, so she's not about to jump ship for Jack. But girl has her needs! LOVED the response that "everybody else has had a go", which is true, except Ten and Jack have never locked lips. That actually made me a little sad when he came back to Doctor Who. I could have handled with some Ten/Jack.

Now I'm jumping back to 2.05 "Adam". That was a really great story, with major exposition. I mean, did we not learn about Jack and Grey? It kinda makes you wonder how Jack kept his composure upon learning that John Hart found Grey. So, we're so having a Grey payoff soon, I'm hoping for Grey to be a clever, witty baddie, which leads to an emotional conflict or so.

It's weird, last series, all I did was whine about how dark and mopey the entire show was. Now, after really lightening things up, it's heading back down the dark road (the whole no-after life thing is a real downer). I'm totally on board, as long as we get some balance, and resolve this Owen bit, soon. Next week looks like it might be kinda light, but bordering on the stupid. Gwen, preggers with alien spawn... on her wedding day? Really? But I'm judging before watching, so I'll wait until then.

Word is this Arrested Development movie is actually moving ahead. Anybody else think the hint in the finale was just another one of their meta-jokes? I never actually thought it would happen. That's if Michael Cera hops on, because he's kinda exploding onto the scene...

Oh, and Jimmy Kimmel is fucking Ben Affleck.
 

Not only do I have to do my lab report for tomorrow, but I don't even get the weekend to myself. I have a paper and a test next week. So yay studying! Maybe I'll take a break from all that and rewatch my tv shows, I wasn't able to fully pay attention to them. But I did watch. Promise.

Weather's finally getting cold. Boo. Yeah, it kinda sucks, but I get to wear sweaters, which is always awesome.

Dollhouse! Yay! Cheers me up just thinking about it.

Less happy is Stephen Colbert was rejected from the South Carolina primary ballot. Poo. When he first brought it up, I thought he was joking, but he actually went for it. He had a legal team and did research... Very, very impressive. The fact that he got so much attention from a fake run made me really happy. Now, at 1:05am Eastern Time, it's the top story on Google News.

OK back to work :-/

Grey's Anatomy 4.04

I don't know what other people thought, but I really loved this episode. The main thing for me was with Callie. Normally I really don't like her and I don't feel any sympathy, but this episode really got to me. Watching Callie break down during the course of the episode was absolutely heart breaking. And the look on her face when Izzie wanted to fight her was equally sad. That's where Grey's Anatomy thrives as a show; the characters have the potential to bring the show up from a soap opera standard. The past few episodes haven't capitalized on the characters, but this episode took it and ran with it. I never would have thought I'd feel badly for Callie, but I did, and I actually do. I think this episode may change the way I look at Callie, I think it's the most vulnerable we've ever seen her, and I loved it.

Heroes 2.05

My first thought when the episode began and Mohinder began his narration was, "Didn't Grey's Anatomy do this already?" They had an episode called "Deterioration of the Fight or Flight Response" and it's one of my personal faves. The narrations are very similar in theme. Way to go Heroes.

So this was the big episode with Kristen Bell and... well it's good to see Veronica Mars got a new job. Honestly, I hoped that Elle would be vastly different from Veronica, and sure she is a little nuts, but other than that it's Veronica with a super power. Was it that hard to write a distinct character? I get it writers, you miss Veronica Mars, we all do. But that's no reason to write a cross-over fic and air it on national television. Elle/Veronica has the electricity that Peter absorbed and she has a mystery Daddy. She also killed someone. So it's Veronica with a built in taser.

I think the problem this season is that there's not big arc. This time last year we had "Save the cheerleader, save the world" and around that time the show really picked up and narrowed its focus into that story and then how it affected the characters. This season there's nothing. The characters are spread out and mostly disconnected. What's going to be the thing that'll bring them all together? Will there even be a thing to bring them all together?

Oh Hiro and you boring story of bore. I think this Japan thing was a really, really bad idea. It should have been, find David Anders, do something heroic, and get out (with David, because he's pretty). Instead we're lagging, and this week they showed up and absolutely nothing happened.

Matt and Nathan aren't really doing much either. I think we needed this flashback episode now, because that would spice things up. It would also help us understand what the hell happened to Nathan and what caused the facial hair of doom. This hunting Matt's father thing is stupid. I get he's the Bogeyman and bad and all that, but for Nathan and Matt to up and go find the guy and then trusting him? That was just ridiculous, and improbable.

There are a lot more things that aren't working, but I don't feel like listing them. The fact that I'd need to list them shows the sorry state of the show. I'm not about to stop watching just yet, but the show needs to get its act together. Not many people have as much patience as I do.

Yesterday was the last day of lovely warm weather. It was 80 degrees, and I wore a skirt. I figured if it was the last day, I might as well look awesome. And trust me, I looked cute ;-)

One of my roomies is moving into a double, so yay for getting detripled, I just need to make sure someone else doesn't get plopped in here. That'd be unfair and cruel.

Why have I not yet watched Blackpool? I mean, dear Lord just watch this clip. It's titled "David Tennant singing and eating ice cream". Exactly.

I wanted to watch this show so badly I even checked out Viva Laughlin. While it was ridiculous, I didn't think it was nearly as dreadful as everyone else in the world did. I mean, most of the criticisms were of the karaoke singing, but Blackpool did the same thing, and it's marvelous. Well, Laughlin's canceled now, so I guess I'll never know.

Because homework is still overrated in college:

Heroes 2.02

First let me start with my "WTF CLAIRE" moment, which clearly involved me yelling at the TV for her NOT TO CUT OFF HER TOE. So what if it grew back, what sort of brainfart allows that to happen? Maybe that branch in the brain from season 1 damaged her permanently. Next week I predict Claire will behead herself to see if she'll grow another one. Also: Claire still feels pain. Is super-strong pain tolerance part of her gift? Even if I did heal myself, I wouldn't go further than giving myself paper cuts. Hand in garbage disposal? Nah. Backtuck off of platform with no cushion? Not an idiot. Oh! How about the hand in boiling water? Still no. Claire: Get a brain.

I'm going to miss Mrs. Petrelli when she dies. Not a spoiler, just an assumption. Her "GET OUT OF MY HEAD" moment completely rocked my life. It made the episode for me. It was bold and kick ass and scared the shit out off Parkman.

I found the moment when HRG and the Haitian met up again oddly heartwarming. Two skeevy, ambiguous good guys sharing a bonding moment. Tugs at the heart strings. But really, I did a happy clap.

David Anders is one beautiful man, just thought I should make that clear. I had hoped his power would be less Claire-ey, but what ever. More of him.

As for Hiro, he's getting pretty invested in this past-time. Wonder how going back to modern-times will work out, especially for his friends . I think he'd have trouble leaving the girl behind, and, frankly, I want David Anders and his cute accent around forever. OK, maybe I want his normal accent, I was slightly disappointed when I found out he was an Englishman. I'm dealing and enjoying his beauty.

Overall, I'm really liking this season, it's filling me with all sorts of happy feelings (primarily from Peter's hair cut, less so from Nathan's beard). I'm big on the little details about the powers. Last season introduced things and left them unexplained, but we were able to figure out stuff. This season is clarify limitations and the abilities. It's sorta like a season of exposition, but I'm OK with that. I want to learn more about generations and the Company, and it looks like that's what I'll get. So yay Heroes!

House 4.02

I guess it's kinda bad that the most exciting moments for me were when I saw the old team again. I get how this was a big test run and stuff, but seeing the newbies just made me miss the old guys more than I did last week. And last week was all about House missing them. This is only the second episode without them and only the first with a new team. I'm not sure how I'll handle an entire season of people learning the ropes. Again, it's only episode two, so I'll give the writers a chance to establish these characters (some of the people House fired I kinda liked; cute house-breaking boy and Russian girl).

Anyone else feel awkward when Wilson referred to Chase and Cameron as engaged? I know my heart still breaks for Jesse and Jennifer, all I can think about their workplace is "awkward".

I wish Jennifer Morrison would go back to brunette. I don't like her much as a blond :-(

Does Wilson seem less "enabler-ey" than he used to be? He seems to be taunting House more and acting more as a friendly antagonist. Just feels a little different. Cuddy, on the other hand, seems to be letting House get away with tons more with almost no questions. Weird.

Moonlight 1.01

Ways in which Moonlight is a direct rip-off of Angel

1. Vampire with a conscience


2. Vampire in LA


3. Vampire Detective


4. Vampire turned by ex-lover


5. Vampire drives convertible


6. Possible blond love interest


7. Sped-up transition shots over LA

And that's the last I'll ever talk about Moonlight

I need to write a lab report, and it doesn't appear like that'll actually happen. My brain needs to get back into school mode.

I got a new pair of black Converses!! That brings my hipster shoe total to 3.

I realized my posts are more and more random, like my next thought after the shoes: I'm a little sore.

Thinking about it, it's probably due to the lack of television. This leads me to a logical point: "Human Nature" airs tonight. w00t! This was the first episode of Doctor Who this season that made me excited for the following week's. Granted I wasn't a big fan of the conclusion, but WHEE!! I might even post more reactions to the episode. First ep of Doctor Who I'll watch this season on Sci Fi!!

In other news, I've been thinking a lot about why I wouldn't have sex with Dexter. I often find myself drifting off into Michael C. Hall thoughts, when I'll almost blurt out: "I would totally fuck Dex-" Then I stop and realize, no I wouldn't want to have sex with him at all. First, the guy's a sociopath, which is a total turn off. He wouldn't be remotely interested in me, he'd probably be thinking about killing someone or pretending to enjoy the amazing sex we'd be having. There wouldn't be an emotional connection at all. Worst of all, I get all freaked out and see him for the monster he is. Sure I know that he's a serial killer already, but I still think he's lovable in a somewhat morbid, creepy way. So the moral is: I wouldn't fuck Dexter, but I'd hit Michael C. Hall in a second.

I started packing clothing, and I realized I have a lot of old gross stuff I'm never going to wear again. I've retired my TwoP "Go Pirates" Veronica Mars shirt. Mustard Yellow just isn't my color, plus it's a little misshapen.

Tomorrow I'm seeing Avenue Q! It's about time, I don't know how I hadn't seen it already.

24 6.13

I had no idea I would miss the Logans this much. I have no clue what I was on last year that made me not like them. Well, I didn't like Pres. Logan, and not in a love-to-hate way. He just annoyed me. But having him in CTU made things super interesting. Chloe said it best "Sorry, I'm feeling ambivalent, I'm gonna go." Best. Line. Ever. She said it in her sour-O'Brian way. Oh how I adore thee, Chloe. Morris also took this hour to share his style habits, which include shirts that don't wrinkle. Take that Rick Schroder, God what a douchey character he was chosen to play.

But lets get to Martha, who keeps getting sent to institutions. I mean, I get she's a not the sanest one of all, but damn, she's not batshit crazy. Wait? What's that? She stabbed who? SHE STABBED HER EX-HUSBAND IN THE NECK? Take that all back, that bitch is crazy. But I do adore her, plus she offed the worst fictional president ever. Or did she? It was pretty ambiguous if Mr. Logan kicked it. (How awesome was it when Aaron Pierce put the emphasis on Mr., when he addressed his ex-boss?

Lost 3.12

One of the saddest things this season is the ratings decline. This episode hit a series low, and it's so tragic. The episodes this part of the season have been top-notch, and no one is watching them. Well, 12 mill isn't exactly no one, but the media certainly sees it as such. Oh well, those of us still with the show know how great this week's Claire episode was, and I have a renewed interest in the show. Sorry if the following comments are random, I'm pasting them from a conversation I had with a friend, much easier than reformulating my opinions.

I didn't hate Charlie at all. Actually, since Des said he was gonna die, I've begun to like him. Now I'm positive he's dead.

I'm so glad I didn't ship Jack/Claire, seeing my track record with related couples, it's a miracle I didn't jump on that boat.

Once again, bravo Evangeline Lilly. She used to be really bad, right?Because there is serious acting going on this season. I'm just astonished by how not annoying Kate is.

I love how the writers are beginning to think like the fans. Notice how Locke blamed Sayid for not telling him about the C4? I was smacking my head last week because no one told Locke. There is such a lack of communication, I'm glad the Losties are figuring this out and making note. Too bad Locke DID know and took the explosives for some reason.

Rousseau... I think it's odd that she went from stealing Claire's baby40-some days ago to get her daughter back to not wanting to know anything about her kid. She seems less crazy lately, so maybe she's gotten some clarity. That or the writers changed their mind. I like to think it's the former.

I underestimate Claire episodes, and I have no idea why. I think all of them have been fairly strong, but for some reason I tend to forget them when I list some of the great episodes.

Part of the reason I think this episode really worked was that the flashback was part of the subplot of the episode and not the main part. Claire had nothing to do with Sayid's crew, which were clearly the focus of what was going on. Claire, Charlie, and the birds were fun but not the point of this episode. It was merely a nice addition to the necessary story arc. See, the old Lost would have had Claire be the focus and we'd see Kate and others maybe twice doing nothing.

This is the perfect example of a good flashback episode that features a secondary character not involved with the major arc. Normally, Charlie,Claire, Hurley, Sun and Jin episodes try to focus primarily on those characters, who normally are pretty out of the Dharma/Others plots,which we all really want to learn more about. Hence, those episodes are stand-alones, which is probably why I forget them so easily. This episode, so obviously not a stand alone, aka AMAZING.

I think it's been so long since we've seen Jack that I was actually glad to see him. And I thought, gee Jack is a hottie. Yeah it's probably because he didn't say anything.

Next week: I hope to God this isn't a case of over-hyping. How horrible would it be if this was a case of "THREE BIG MYSTERIES WILL BE REVEALED. Major Suckage. I'm hesitant to believe we'll learn anything, but you never know, right?

Grey's Anatomy 3.18

So I didn't watch this last night because I chose to see The Lives of Others (so not better than Pan's Labyrinth) and I came home and asked my sister, without revealing anything, if it was good or not. She shrugged and said it was alright. So I had no clue what was about to occur. That was until a friend spoiled me on facebook with the following message:

"Izzie and George? Eeeeeeew."

That still didn't fully prepare me for the look of horror on Izzie's face when she rolls over to discover she just had sex with her married best friend. Holy Crap!

Now, I've expressed my newfound adoration for Meredith, and it keeps growing. Her family storyline really keeps my attention, I mean when Thatcher thought that picture was with his other daughter... OMG. What a horrible thing. Not only did this guy abandon Meredith and end up with a perfect family, but he's forgetting about his first family. Sorta. If this episode proved anything, it proved that Thatcher really WAS a caring father. I mean, we knew he had to be a good father, because look at his other family and his happy children! When Thatch pulled out the screw that he put there to protect Mere, it reminded her that this guy wasn't the devil that she deep down believed him to be. He took care of her, even if Meredith doesn't remember. I find it slightly amusing that Mere bonds more with her stepmother than she does with her own biological father.

WHAT IS UP WITH THE ATTENDINGS? This episode had a big case of the "adults acting like babies." I just wanted to smack all those adult doctors and kindly remind the writers the age of their characters. They are not 13, OK? It's OK to do funny with adult behaviors, really, it's possible.

Oh Cristina. Not mentioning you banged well-known-English-doctor? Not a smart move. She doesn't get it does she? 3 years, and she just ups and leaves? No problem? No wonder Burke's seeing warning signs everywhere. Especially since Cristina doesn't want to get married, or maybe she does, but just said it wrong. Because later she tells Meredith "I'm going to screw up my engagement," which implies she cares. So when she told Burke she didn't really want to get married, she probably meant something like, "I love you enough to get married, but I don't need to be married to feel married." That is what she meant, but it came off as "Well, if you want to be married, fine, I'll do it. Whatever, it's stupid anyways." Bad move Cristina.

Screw you Callie. I really dislike her, especially keeping her wealth from George? Bad. Men have pride, and George paying the "1/2" gave him that pride, like he was helping, but telling him his money is actually going towards tips? That's hurting ego right there. GOD. It's one thing to hide wealth to live normally, it's another to hide it, spend it, and lie about how you're getting nice things. Though Izzie bringing it up to Callie, that wasn't so great. Izzie really should have been more mature about the Callie situation, for George's sake. She owed it to her best friend (now lover) to do it. I doubt the situation will get any better, especially since George and Izzie did the nasty, just like Callie feared. I don't think it's because Izzie and George have feelings for each other, I think it's because they were drunk, George was pissed at his wife, and he brought up Callie's idea, that Izzie had a thing for George.

Am I the only one who is dying to know why Pregnant Ferry Girl is? Jane Doe is the biggest mystery on this show, and I am starting to get a wee bit impatient about this. I think PFG is, too. I mean, it's been... 2 months. I think they established this episode took place 2 months after Mere almost died and Ellis did die. 2 months and no one knows who this woman is? Poor lady.

Rumor had it Veronica Mars is getting the ax. I wish to God I cared about this show the way I used to. I just can't. For me it's not the same, Veronica is just too different for me. She's become a normal girl who comes up with clever remarks. It saddens me that this show could end and I just wouldn't care. I sorta hope it does get canceled, because shows that receive the news often have amazing episodes that lead up to the series finale. Angel and Alias come to mind. I just want my old troubled, pained Veronica back, because her inner demons from S1 and S2 aren't the kind to just *poof*, which is why this season bugs me. She says these sarcastic lines, but she doesn't have those painful memories to back them up. She's not quipping to someone who's betrayed her or quipping about stupid people, she's making these comments to everyone about everything, even in inappropriate situations, like in jail, or to her father. The quips have replaced meaningful conversation. This probably doesn't make sense to anyone, but it does to me. At least think about it, and think about Veronica in season 1 or season 2 acting this way. I understand characters need to change and develop, but they do it in a way that makes sense with circumstances. Her transformation skipped the circumstance part, and we're just seeing the result. Once again, you probably disagree and want to argue with me about it. I just don't have the passion to deal with this.

So this is the time for college decisions. Today I found out that I got waitlisted at a top non-Ivy school, one of the 25 new Ivies. I'm not sure how I feel about this, should I be happy that I wasn't rejected or disappointed that I didn't get accepted? I'm currently just confused. Do a lot of people get put on waitlists? Should I feel special? Do I have a chance at getting admitted from the waitlist? My parents seem thrilled, they thought I would get rejected. This school was a very tough school to get into, the type of school where acceptance is based on more than just intelligence, because so many really smart people apply. This waitlisting also brings up another point: I have 5 schools left to hear from. I have 2 more very good non-Ivy schools, both new Ivies. I have better chance at getting into those schools, but not that much better. They're still tough to get into. Then I have 3 actual Ivy schools, all of whom release their decisions the same day. Now, if I couldn't get into this non-Ivy, I'm sort of resigned to believing I'm not getting into an actual Ivy. Though that logic is probably flawed. This school received more applications and accepted a lesser percentage than some of the actual Ivies, but still.

Now, speaking of a school I did get into, this was also one of the 25 new Ivies. I got in, and I got a 20K scholarship, which I had no idea I would get. So that's a pretty big incentive to go to this place, except they don't have a strong liberal arts base, and while I'm a science/engineer person, the humanities are very important to me. Plus this school is in a dump of a city. I think my mom is pushing for this school more since we found out about the money, but I have no idea what to do. The schools I have yet to find out from I have little to no chance of getting any sorta scholarship, so that means this is the best I'm gonna do. Gah, I totally shouldn't be thinking about this, I'm on break, srsly. I'm gonna try sleeping now, night.