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 About This Blog A blog about my life, universe, etc. At any given time you might find something endlessly interesting or just me ruminating on something else, which no one (not even myself) finds interesting. That's the way blogs go, I suppose. Anyway, I was eleventh in line, and you weren't. Hah! About Me Name: Sarah Age: 26 Residence: Columbus, OH Religion: LDS Political Score: 5.00/-2.15 Job: Temp @ JPMorgan Chase College: Ohio State University Majors: Political Science, International Studies High School: Home Educated Hobbies: Reading, standing in line for things, writing, research Resume: HotJobs Email: lloannna@gmail.com About My Family My mom is a lawyer in Pickerington; my stepdad and dad are computer guys, and my stepmom (who works with my dad) is an engineer. My sisters are, in order of age, a photographer, an artist, and a person too young to have her own website. My brothers are, in order of age, living up north, and again, a person too young to have a website. At some point soon I'll be collecting links for my aunts, uncle, and cousins. ^_^ Message Services (Please see the notes below the Comment Policy before sending me a message) AIM: lloannna ICQ: 29395930 Yahoo: lloannna My CafePress Designs Even More CafePress Designs Star Wars: Episode 3 Line (Hollywood) My Star Wars Line page   NaNoWriMo 2007: My Novel: Cipere Lumen  NaNoWriMo 2006: My Novel: The Manatee Conspiracy  NaNoWriMo 2005: My Novel: Beyond the Cliffs of Kefira   NaNoWriMo 2004: My Novel: sul Okyar tir taTz'ileea  Worthy Causes Fight the INDUCE Act LDS Foundation - Humanitarian Projects Starlight Children's Foundation    Sponsored Links 
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Friday, March 23, 2007
So, it's done... I've actually, really, truly, here's-your-diploma-now-listen-to-a-speech graduated. I swear, it's true.  I've made the following sentiment my signature at LUN: A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad. ^_^ More to follow later. Labels: graduation, Ohio State, school . | 0 comments | Monday, January 08, 2007
Let's sing Ohio's praise... Even at grossly inappropriate, bizarre, and/or giggle-inducing moments. Yes, yes, I know, the big game is tonight, and yay for national championships (though an even bigger yay for Big 10 championships, which can't be gamed by journalists nearly as well as the BCS is.) I too hope the Buckeyes win, and indeed at this very moment I sit waiting for word from my Political Science advisor (at Ohio State) about graduating (from Ohio State) this March, and moreover I am currently wearing a VERY scarlet t-shirt from my year in Block "O", which reads "TRESSEL'S TROOPS." But I must stress that any time I find myself singing along to the prelude hymns at church, and realize halfway through the first tune that the organist is playing Carmen Ohio, well... let's just say that even die-hard Buckeyes ought to recognize that there is a time and place for everything, and church is not really the place for expressing your collegiate athletics fandom. I mean, she wasn't even trying very hard to disguise the tune -- the family sitting behind us also picked up on it right away, and in fact their younger daughter and I (quietly) finished the chorus out loud, after we stopped giggling. Of course, the child in my class who used our "draw something nice" time to color a page which was not just OSU-themed (I'm so glad Crayola's "basic colors" now includes grey,) but also featured the names of our two local high school teams, too, would do well to realize that, too. On the other hand, he's 7 years old, so I'm going to cut him a bit more slack than the grown-ups. Labels: BCS, Buckeyes, church, LDS, Ohio State . | 1 comments | Friday, March 31, 2006
Sackcloth, ashes, etc., and so forth... Well, OSU, UCLA, a bunch of random sites with instant self-test mechanisms, and I are all really, really sure that I'm comfortable with the first two quarters of college Russian. It's the fourth quarter that we're in conflict over -- and of course, OSU wins. So I've got to take one more class before I can graduate. And lo, and behold, the next time it's offered as a classroom experience is... next Fall. And so we must turn to the Individualized Instruction Program, that bastion of C- marks and "hey, why don't I just move to California and take the class at UCLA" inspiration. But the problems I've been ranting about to the Office of Information Technology since January still haven't been fixed; they've finally actually looked (yes, they said they looked back then -- hah!) and it turns out there are "database errors" and... the registration deadline is midnight tonight, and it took so long to actually determine why I couldn't register that of course, everyone had gone home by the time I was informed that the only solution is for an adviser in my college to manually register me. Argh. But the good news is that I'm an Ohio resident for tuition purposes (see, just being here for years doesn't make you a resident.) Not that I can pay any tuition until I'm registered, of course. Argh, again. If I can't register this term at all, I'm thinking of trying to arrange for my stuff in California to make its way here. I'm paying a not minor sum (for me) in monthly fees for the rental space, and all of my Russian textbooks are there; I think the gas for the round trip might actually cost less than replacing the books I need to finish the class. Plus the savings on that monthly fee. We'll see. Labels: Ohio State, OSU, Russian, school . | 0 comments | Saturday, November 19, 2005
Go Bucks!! We won! Too, too much fun. ^_^ I've only been to 8 OSU home games (4 doing the flag in ROTC, 4 doing card stunts in Block "O") but they were all VERY exciting, and I've always been under the impression that nothing you could see on TV could compare to that. But boy, this game was close. Now I know why so many people pay $350+ for tickets! Anyway, you can find the scores and highlights and pretty much everything you want to know about the game elsewhere, so let me just say this: GO SPARTANS!!! (I would love to see us playing Notre Dame in the Fiesta Bowl... yes I would... hmmm...) Labels: Buckeyes, football, Ohio State, OSU, sports . | 0 comments | Because only so many people can be eleventh in line. 
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