Thursday, May 20, 2004

Posted 4:58 PM by Dezi Rollins, LSSP | 0 Thoughts

Well, I realize that it has been some time since my last post. May 8th was a wonderful day!We had the first ceremony, then went out to lunch, my parents, David, Heather and I. We went to the Olive Garden! The later ceremony was where I walked the stage. It was a great afternoon. After greeting my friends and family, as well as taking the usual photos, David, Heather and I headed out to his church for the Coffeehouse talent show. One of the youth called David's cell phone, and when he told her we were ten minutes away, they started stalling for us. I ran in and changed clothes, tuned my uke and on we went. The crowd really enjoyed our performance. We really did, too, and had a great time. I'm sure MTV will be calling any day to have our video of Gopher Guts on their channel. Afterwards was dinner with some of the counselors and youth. We had a good time, then took Heather home. David and I went back to my house, and it was there, on the couch upstairs, that he asked me to marry him. How awesome is that? I got my master's and engaged on the same day! Yay!!!! Now begins the laborious task of planning the wedding. David and I have set up a wedding blog, which will serve as a journal of the planning process. We plan to get married next summer, and I am excited! Anywho....

Other things going on: one of my best friends graduated on May 8th also! Congratulations, Becky! We weren't able to go to each other's ceremonies, but we were there for each other in spirit. My job is going really well, I enjoy it. In fact, my name is even on the website! Yay! I had my annual spring recital last Sunday, which went well, despite the fact that two of my students didn't show. Everyone else played well, and they all did a good job!

I guess that's about all at this point. Go make it a great day, everyone!

Sunday, May 09, 2004

Posted 10:43 PM by Dezi Rollins, LSSP | 0 Thoughts

I'm getting married!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thursday, May 06, 2004

Posted 10:36 PM by Dezi Rollins, LSSP | 0 Thoughts

Wahhhhhh! Friends is over! Although it did end the way I hoped it would.

Posted 12:39 AM by Dezi Rollins, LSSP | 0 Thoughts

Well, I survived today! More importantly, I survived the semester. I was originally supposed to take one exam last Friday, but it is a web exam, and the instructor didn't have all the presentations loaded on the web, so she didn't think it was fair for me to not have that information. I chose to take it today. My Biofeedback exam was a breeze. I had studied quite a bit for it, and it wound up being open book. Luckily, I remembered most of the stuff, so I didn't have to look up much, but it was nice having that safety net. I feel like I did really well! I also feel that I did well on the Child Assessment exam. I was scheduled to take it from two until three-thirty. I enjoyed taking the exam on my laptop. Mom asked me if I was going to take the test while lying on my bed. I told her no, I was going to sit at my desk and take it. She thought that was funny.

Tonight, up at David's church, we were rehearsing for the Coffee House talent show. I am performing a song with a couple of girls. We are calling ourselves Three Chicks and a Uke. We are singing a heartwarming and inspiring rendition of the ever popular Gopher Guts. We're being totally silly, and the kids who heard us rehearsing tonight got a big kick out of it, which is what we were hoping for.

Well, tomorrow is another fun day of work, so I had better get some beauty sleep. (I'm not being sarcastic when I said a fun day of work. I really like working there!) Have a great evening, world!

Quote of the Day: "And now, performing for you tonight, is Three Chicks and a Yak!" -- said by one of the youth who was practicing announcing us. He really did mean to say uke, he just said yak instead. Oh well.

Wednesday, May 05, 2004

Posted 9:56 AM by Dezi Rollins, LSSP | 0 Thoughts


You Might Be a Grad Student If.......

...you can analyze the significance of appliances you cannot operate.
...your office is better decorated than your apartment.
...you have ever, as a folklore project, attempted to track the progress of your own joke across the Internet.
...you are startled to meet people who neither need nor want to read.
...you have ever brought a scholarly article to a bar.
...you rate coffee shops by the availability of outlets for your laptop.
...everything reminds you of something in your discipline.
...you have ever discussed academic matters at a sporting event.
...you have ever spent more than $50 on photocopying while researching a single paper.
...there is a microfilm reader in the library that you consider "yours."
...you actually have a preference between microfilm and microfiche.
...you can tell the time of day by looking at the traffic flow at the library.
...you look forward to summers because you're more productive without the distraction of classes.
...you regard ibuprofen as a vitamin.
...you consider all papers to be works in progress.
...professors don't really care when you turn in work anymore.
...you find the bibliographies of books more interesting than the actual text.
...you have given up trying to keep your books organized and are now just trying to keep them all in the same general area.
...you have accepted guilt as an inherent feature of relaxation.
...you find yourself explaining to children that you are in "20th grade".
...you start refering to stories like "Snow White et al."
...you often wonder how long you can live on pasta without getting scurvy.
...you look forward to taking some time off to do laundry
...you have more photocopy cards than credit cards
...you wonder if APA style allows you to cite talking to yourself as "personal communication"

This was found here:

Posted 9:43 AM by Dezi Rollins, LSSP | 0 Thoughts

One exam down, one to go!

Tuesday, May 04, 2004

Posted 10:01 PM by Dezi Rollins, LSSP | 0 Thoughts

Because I am too lazy, err... busy to publish a lengthy post, here are some things for your reading pleasure!

I found this here

50 Fun things to do in a final that does not matter:

1. Bring a pillow. Fall asleep (or pretend to) until the last 15
minutes. Wake up, say "oh geez, better get cracking" and do some
gibberish work. Turn it in a few minutes early.

2. Get a copy of the exam, run out screaming "Andre, Andre, I've got the
secret documents!!"

3. If it is a math/science exam, answer in essay form. If it is long
answer/essay form, answer with numbers and symbols. Be creative. Use the
integral symbol.

4. Make paper airplanes out of the exam. Aim them at the instructor's
left nostril.

5. Talk the entire way through the exam. Read questions aloud, debate
your answers with yourself out loud. If asked to stop, yell out, "I'm
SOOO sure you can hear me thinking." Then start talking about what a jerk
the instructor is.

6. Bring cheerleaders.

7. Walk in, get the exam, sit down. About five minutes into it, loudly
say to the instructor, "I don't understand ANY of this. I've been to
every lecture all semester long! What's the deal? And who the heck are
you? Where's the regular guy?"

8. Bring a Game Boy (or Game Gear, etc...). Play with the volume at max
level.

9. On the answer sheet (book, whatever) find a new, interesting way to
refuse to answer every question. For example: I refuse to answer this
question on the grounds that it conflicts with my religious beliefs. Be
creative.

10. Bring pets.

11. Run into the exam room looking about frantically. Breathe a sigh of
relief. Go to the instructor, say "They've found me, I have to leave the
country" and run off.

12. Fifteen minutes into the exam, stand up, rip up all the papers into
very small pieces, throw them into the air and yell out "Merry
Christmas." If you're really daring, ask for another copy of the exam.
Say you lost the first one. Repeat this process every fifteen minutes.

13. Do the exam with crayons, paint, or fluorescent markers.

14. Come into the exam wearing slippers, a bathrobe, a towel on your
head, and nothing else.

15. Come down with a BAD case of Tourette's Syndrome during the exam. Be as
vulgar as possible.

16. Do the entire exam in another language. If you don't know one, make
one up! For math/science exams, try using Roman numerals.

17. Bring things to throw at the instructor when s/he's not looking.
Blame it on the person nearest to you.

18. As soon as the instructor hands you the exam, eat it.

19. Walk into the exam with an entourage. Claim you are going to be
taping your next video during the exam. Try to get the instructor to let
them stay, be persuasive. Tell the instructor to expect a percentage of
the profits if they are allowed to stay.

20. Every five minutes, stand up, collect all your things, move to
another seat, continue with the exam.

21. Turn in the exam approximately 30 minutes into it. As you walk out,
start commenting on how easy it was.

22. Do the entire exam as if it was multiple choice and true/false. If
it is a multiple choice exam, spell out interesting things (DCCAB. BABE.
etc..).

23. Bring a black marker. Return the exam with all questions and answers
completely blacked out.

24. Get the exam. Twenty minutes into it, throw your papers down
violently, scream out "Who cares about this!" and walk out triumphantly.

25. Arrange a protest before the exam starts (i.e. Threaten the
instructor that whether or not everyone's done, they are all leaving
after one hour to go drink)

26. Burn the exam

27. Every now and then, clap twice rapidly. If the instructor asks why,
tell him/her in a very derogatory tone, "the light bulb that goes on
above my head when I get an idea is hooked up to a clapper. DUH!"

28. Comment on how sexy the instructor is looking that day.

29. Come to the exam wearing a black cloak. After about 30 minutes, put
on a white mask and start yelling "I'm here, the phantom of the opera"
until they drag you away.

30. Go to an exam for a class you have no clue about, where you know the
class is very small, and the instructor would recognize you if you
belonged. Claim that you have been to every lecture. Fight for your right to
take the exam.

31. Upon receiving the exam, look it over, while laughing loudly, say
"you don't really expect me to waste my time on this drivel? Days of our
Lives is on!!!"

32. Bring a water pistol with you. Nuff said.

33. From the moment the exam begins, hum the theme to Jeopardy. Ignore
the instructor's requests for you to stop. When they finally get you to
leave one way or another, begin whistling the theme to the Bridge on the
River Kwai.

34. Start a brawl in the middle of the exam.

35. If the exam is math/science related, make up the longest proofs you
could possibly think of. Get pi and imaginary numbers into most
equations. If it is a written exam, relate everything to your own life
story.

36. Come in wearing a full knight's outfit, complete with sword and
shield.

37. Bring a friend to give you a back massage the entire way through the
exam. Insist this person is needed, because you have bad circulation.

38. Bring cheat sheets FOR ANOTHER CLASS (make sure this is obvious...
like history notes for a calculus exam... otherwise you're not just
failing, you're getting kicked out too) and staple them to the exam, with
the comment "Please use the attached notes for references as you see fit."

39. When you walk in, complain about the heat. Strip.

40. After you get the exam, call the instructor over, point to any
question, ask for the answer. Try to work it out of him/her.

41. One word: Wrestlemania.

42. Bring balloons, blow them up, start throwing them around like they
do before concerts start.

43. Try to get people in the room to do the wave.

44. Play frisbee with a friend at the other side of the room.

45. Bring some large, cumbersome, ugly idol. Put it right next to you.
Pray to it often. Consider a small sacrifice.

46. Get deliveries of candy, flowers, balloons, telegrams, etc... sent
to you every few minutes throughout the exam.

47. During the exam, take apart everything around you. Desks, chairs,
anything you can reach.

48. Complete the exam with everything you write being backwards at a 90
degree angle.

49. Bring a musical instrument with you, play various tunes. If you are
asked to stop, say "it helps me think." Bring a copy of the Student
Handbook with you, challenging the instructor to find the section on musical
instruments during finals. Don't forget to use the phrase "Told you so".

50. Answer the exam with the "Top Ten Reasons Why Professor xxxx Stinks"


Posted 5:37 PM by Dezi Rollins, LSSP | 0 Thoughts

Birthday Greetings: Happy Birthday, Becky!!