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Name: Jessica
Interests: Skydiving, scuba diving, Harry Potter, sprite, milk, Pita Pit, travelling, reading, Tim Horton's, outdoors, movies, raspberries, scrapbooks, camping, hiking, dolphins, photography, buddhism, Canada, nature, reese, Roots, road trips, numbers, daydreaming, gerbils, bubble baths, plane take-offs, ocean, orange juice, Starbucks, blue, green, Jack Russell Terrier, geography, Eastern Europe
Expertise: Creating a memorable, adventurous vacation (3 people have fallen victim to my splurgeous habit so far), finding cheap flights, taxes
Occupation: Unemployed/Between Jobs
Industry: Business
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Member Since:
11/1/2005
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It has been AGESSSS since I have last posted a blog! Thought that these 2 important events warranted a blog, so everyone can either praise me (if you want) or to learn from my experience. First, about my graduate studies. I have completed my first semester of my Masters of Science degree in accounting at University of Maryland with 2 As and one B. Being a full time working professional along with taking 3 classes have been exhausting. I work from 9-5 Mondays to Fridays and take classes on Saturdays from 8-5ish. Balancing between those and doing homework is not quiet easy, but I MADE it! Only 3 more semesters to go!
Second, an interesting thing occurred today. Since I was in classes from 8AM and it was 2PM (there was two 10 minutes and lunch breaks between), I was feeling really tired and decided to leave the classroom for a short walk outside to refreshen myself. Little did I know what was going on in the classroom until one of my interpreters, Bren, told me. He said that when I left the classroom, the other interpreter had stopped interpreting and the professor said "Oh, I didn't know that Jessica has left the classroom." A few minutes later, he let the class go for a 10 minutes break and walked up to my interpreters and said "Jessica seems to be lost and have not returned to the classroom." I asked Bren whether if the professor said it in front of the class or privately to him and the other interpreter. He said that the first one was in front of the class and the other one privately. I felt humiliated and told Bren that I felt singled out and that the professor was keeping tabs on me just because I am Deaf. *GROWLS* I decided to have a chat with the professor after class. As I came up to the professor, I expressed my concern that I was being singled out in front of the class and that he was talking to the interpreters about me, when their role was merely to interpret for me and anyone else around me. He bowed out and apologized for singling me out and assured that it would not happen again. Within the hour, I got an email from him apologizing further and stating that it was not his intention to single me out. That really took guts to do this and I have increased my respect for him. I think I shall have another chat with him? hmmm....
*NOTE: statements may not be accurate, but it was the general concept.
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| Here's how you play: Copy the questions and indicate the things that you have done.
The things I have done are in bold.
1. Bought everyone in the bar a drink
2. Swam with wild dolphins
3. Climbed a mountain
4. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
5. Been inside the Great Pyramid
6. Held a tarantula
7. Taken a candlelit bath with someone
8. Said "I love you" and meant it
9. Hugged a tree
10. Bungee jumped
11. Visited Paris
12. Watched a lightning storm at sea
13. Stayed up all night long and saw the sun rise
14. Seen the Northern Lights
15. Gone to a huge sports game
16. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa
17. Grown and eaten your own vegetables
18. Touched an iceberg
19. Slept under the stars
20. Changed a baby's diaper
21. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon (someday, someday)
22. Watched a meteor shower
23. Gotten drunk on champagne
24. Given more than you can afford to charity
25. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
26. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment
27. Had a food fight
28. Bet on a winning horse
29. Asked out a stranger
30. Had a snowball fight
31. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can
32. Held a lamb
33. Seen a total eclipse
34. Ridden a roller coaster
35. Hit a home run
36. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking
37. Adopted an accent for an entire day
38. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment
39. Had two hard drives for your computer
40. Visited all 50 states
41. Taken care of someone who was drunk
42. Had/Have amazing friends
43. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country
44. Watched whales
45. Stolen a sign (witnessed it, not engaged in one)
46. Backpacked in Europe
47. Taken a road-trip
48. Gone rock climbing
49. Midnight walk on the beach
50. Gone sky diving
51. Visited Ireland
52. Been heartbroken longer than you were actually in love
53. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger's table and had a meal with them
54. Visited Japan (a stayover count?)
55. Milked a cow
56. Alphabetized your cds
57. Pretended to be a superhero
58. Sung karaoke
59. Lounged around in bed all day
60. Played touch football
61. Gone scuba diving
62. Kissed in the rain
63. Played in the mud
64. Played in the rain
65. Gone to a drive-in theater
66. Visited the Great Wall of China
67. Started a business
68. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken
69. Toured ancient sites
70. Taken a martial arts class
71. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight
72. Gotten married
73. Been in a movie (home movie count?)
74. Crashed a party
75. Gotten divorced
76. Gone without food for 5 days
77. Made cookies from scratch
78. Won first prize in a costume contest
79. Ridden a gondola in Venice
80. Gotten a tattoo
81. Rafted the snake river
82. Been on television news programs as an "expert"
83. Gotten flowers for no reason
84. Performed on stage
85. Been to Las Vegas
86. Recorded music
87. Eaten shark
88. Kissed on the first date
89. Gone to Thailand
90. Bought a house
91. Been in a combat zone
92. Buried one/both of your parents
93. Been on a cruise ship
94. Spoken more than one language fluently
95. Performed in a Rocky Horror Picture Show
96. Raised children (niece and nephew count?)
97. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour
98. Passed out cold
99. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country
100. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over
101. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge
102. Sang loudly in the car, and didn't stop when you knew someone was looking
103. Had plastic surgery
104. Survived an accident that you shouldn't have survived
105. Wrote articles for a large publication
106. Lost over 100 pounds
107. Held someone while they were having a flashback
108. Piloted an airplane
109. Touched a stingray
110. Broken someone's heart
111. Helped an animal give birth
112. Broken a bone
113. Gone on an African photo safari
114. Had a facial part pierced other than your ears
115. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol
116. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild
117. Ridden a horse
118. Had major surgery
119. Had a snake as a pet
120. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon (i only had an hour or two, so i unfortunately didn't...)
121. Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours
122. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states
123. Visited all 7 continents (I'm only one down - beat that Rue!)
124. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
125. Eaten kangaroo meat
126. Eaten sushi
127. Had your picture in the newspaper
128. Changed someone's mind about something you care deeply about
129. Gone back to school
130. Parasailing
131. Touched a cockroach
132. Eaten fried green tomatoes
133. Read "The Iliad"
134. Selected one "important" author who you missed in school, and read
135. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
136. Skipped all your school reunions (not intentionally though!!)
137. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language
138. Been elected to public office
139. Written your own computer language
140. Thought to yourself that you're living your dream
141. Had to put someone you love into hospice care
142. Built your own PC from parts
143. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn't know you
144. Had a booth at a street fair
145. Dyed your hair
146. Been a DJ
147. Shaved your head
148. Caused a car accident
149. Saved someone's life | | |
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