I can now officially post from my phone.....heaven help us all!!! ;)

So....last night was fucking awesome!!!!

Much like elementary school kids, my friends and I look forward to the times when we know we are going to have field trips for school. Yes, even though we are college students, we still get field trips. No bag lunches or anything, but they are still pretty cool. During our first quarter, we went to the Sarpy County jail for our Intro to Criminal Justice class, which was interesting. J'Maylia had a fan by the time we left, even though the guard tried to block her from the guy's sight, didn't work out.

Now we are in our third quarter, and this trip was for our Policing class. Same teacher as our Intro class, and by far our favorite at the school. As she used to be a police officer here in Omaha, we have already learned a lot from her, and plan to take as many classes with her possible, she rocks. Anyway, last night's trip was to the local VA hospital, which has its own police department. We had a tour of the actual hospital, all 10 floors of it, and we did learn a lot from it. It's not the real reason we went though. The cool part came during the second half of the trip.

The police training simulator..... >:)

It was so damn awesome, I can't even describe it. We got to use the same simulator they use to train actual cops, we got to use REAL guns (modified for the simulator, but still usable if need be), pepper spray, the whole bit. There was only one thing left out that they did not do for us, which believe it or not, we were fully bummed about. When police are being trained with this, there will be an officer who shoots them with an Air Soft gun if they get shot during the simulation exercise. They didn't do that with us. Yes, we really wanted them to.

So we went through a variety of scenarios, in pairs. There was traffic stops, vets in the hospital and off their meds, school shootings, and a variety of other things. Besides having loads of fun, those of us who took it seriously really learned a lot. Some of us stayed far longer than the others just to have the opportunity to keep learning and taking more turns.

Apparently a few quarters down the line, and we are going to actually go out with police officers and do these things in a real-life situation. Well...simulated, but not on the screen.

I absolutely can't wait.

My full concentration is now on school and the military, nothing else.

So now vacation is over. Didn't do anything really except hang out and get some real sleep. Now I'm in full blown lazy mode and I need to get out of it quick.

School is back in today. *sigh*

Had a lot of time to reflect on my life in general while on vacation. Didn't really like much of what I realized, so just chose to ignore it, as I'm doing now. I don't really appreciate being toyed with, dishonesty is something I just can't and will not tolerate in my life, and I don't understand peoples' need to continue to bring it to me. I don't do it to you, so knock it the fuck off, will ya??

Still haven't had a chance to have my computer shipped out, which sucks. I miss my gaming friends, having access to the Internet without having to be here at the school all the time to accommodate that, all my music is loaded on my PC as well, and I really need to have that here. Guess I'll need to start working more again. At least long enough to get my PC and Internet set up.

Then I can go back to being a completely independent unit if I should so choose. My life is usually far simpler when I am.

I'm so tired of posting this depressing shit already.

Not gonna do it anymore.

Can't say my mood has improved much, but at least I'm to a point where I can hide it again.

It's been a survival tool of mine for years, and has proved useful on far too many occasions. The hurt I have dealt with over the last couple of months has been worse than anything I've had to deal with before, and that is saying a lot, considering my past.

I will make it through it though...I always do. So moving on....

I bought batteries for my camera (finally *rolls eyes*), so now it is time to get back to it. Time to start my writing again, and dedicate just as much time to it as I used to. For those who have read my ramblings before, you know this is just my diary. I share a lot more than most would, but it's just me, as I don't have anything to hide really, never have. There are some parts of my life that I choose to keep private, but those are few. This blog will prove that point again shortly.

Honest to a fault, that would be me. Sometimes an advantage, has also been known to be detrimental. As is my life. I just go with it. Nothing better to do really hahaha

Going to hang out for the next couple of days with one of my buddies. When I'm not there, the animals miss me. Two dogs, three cats. They all adore me, it's like having pets of my own again without the actual responsibility. Gonna play with my camera tonight when I get there and get some pics posted of them in their awesomeness.

Cheers all. ;)

Yeah, I haven't been here. There is a reason.

Aside from the fact that I've been too busy with school, my thoughts have been way too dark and ugly for me to want to put them down for public consumption.

It's hard to talk sometimes when you don't like yourself anymore.

Even at my worst times, it was never difficult to get it out of my system.

Guess those times weren't as bad as I had thought. Not like these are.

One more class in the morning, and this quarter is complete. To be quite honest, I really couldn't care less. If it wasn't for the fact that I already have financial aid covering the bill for now, and I'm financially committed already, I wouldn't bother continuing. My heart just isn't in it anymore.

My heart is just not there anymore. Period.

Kinda bored right now.

Just sitting here in class, helping my friends with their homework and surfing the web.

I don't have my computer here with me in Omaha, I left it back in California in my rush to move here for school. How I miss my hunk of plastic and wires. Sadly enough, I feel horribly disconnected without it. No gaming, no blogging on a regular basis. All my Internet activity is based on what I can do when I'm at school. I can only access Facebook from my phone, which kinda sucks. No stupid Facebook games to eat up time.

Leaves me far too much time to think, which is a bad thing, no doubt.

At least this week that is brought to a slight minimum, as I still have a ton of math homework to catch up on in the next week and a half. I have to pass that damn class with at least a B so it doesn't bring down my GPA, and because I refuse to take it again.

Wish me luck, be back soon...

So I've decided to do this again.

Starting over.

Well...starting over...sort of?? I used to maintain my blog pretty faithfully, but over the last year or so I neglected it badly. To be honest, I didn't really have a whole lot that needed to be said.

Well, that has changed.

I guess it technically never really did, but as I was pretty happy with my life, blogging was something that just fell to the wayside.

Now that I'm not particularly happy...well, not at all really, I need to have this outlet again.

It's not that I'm outright miserable or anything, but definitely not happy.

I have school to occupy my time, plus work, but I do miss my writing, and I feel this is the perfect time to get back to it. Maybe it will help me get back a sense of myself. At the very least, I have my place to rant again. While it hurts somewhat to see some of what I wrote in the past, it's part of who I am, and keeps true to why I started writing in the first place.

I need to attempt to get at least a bit of myself back. Most of it is gone forever, but at least I still have my sense of humor. I'm still awesome at making people smile. Kinda like a clown, but far less obnoxious. Making other people happy makes me not hurt as much.

Odd, isn't it?

I wonder if you realize...

Only sometimes though.

Because honestly, I know you do.  Just like I do.  As you've said yourself a million times, "no one knows me as great as you do." There is a reason for that, a reason that needs no definition.  That's how well we know each other.

I wonder if that is what scares you sometimes. Do you think that I'm not?

Of course I am.  I don't really like being emotional about anybody or anything, you are the only exception to that.  Just as I know it's mutual from your end.

Love like ours is so rare, I'm thankful everyday I wake up, knowing you are the one I feel that way about.

I suppose I still have enough of my "free-spirit" to be able to survive on my own if anything should ever happen to you. I just hope it doesn't come to that, as you are my dearest friend.

I honestly don't even know where I would be now if it wasn't for you.  I almost fell back into that deep, dark hole before you pulled me out for the last time. I will fight for you to the end, there is not a thing that will ever make me give up on you, always remember that.

I love you, and I always will.

So Comp I was, and will continue to be, a super easy class for me.  Goodness knows, I love to write.  Given the chance to just babble on in writing about things I like, things that annoy me, things I know lots about...

Who passes up the chance for that?

Besides, I need this class, as it is a prerequisite for pretty much every Criminal Justice class I have to take in the future.  Plus, I'm all about getting my general education classes out of the way as soon as possible. Which is why I'm taking 4 classes this quarter, two of which are gen. ed. ....Comp I and Math I.

Have I mentioned yet that I absolutely DESPISE math?

Yeah, I know it's a necessary part of life, at least as far as basic math goes.  That stuff I can do in my head. Be pretty sad if I couldn't, considering how much time I've spent working in the customer service industry.  That being said, I see no reason whatsoever that I should have to take a college math course, in which things like Algebra, Calculus, and Trigonometry are involved.  Knowing these things will NOT help me figure out who made the dead body, and things such as that.  If I was going to be a scientist or a Math teacher, I could understand the need to know.

I am not planning on being either of those things.

I suppose you could put other careers in that list too. Architect, doctor (maybe?), I don't really know what else.  All I know is my field does not require it. Stupid gen. ed. classes....

All I know is this fucking math class better not screw up my GPA, or I will be quite furious. -.-

I feel better now that I have complained about that. Now onto something else!!!

Quitting one of my 3 jobs. Soon. This weekend. Really, it's only like having two and a half, but technically, it's 3.  The one I'm quitting is Domino's, which is the first job I got when I moved here to Omaha, but has without a doubt been the least productive. It started out okay, but due to a few factors, such as, no advertising prior to opening, lack of any managerial skills by the people running the place, things like that, business is nowhere near what it should be. Being as I'm not 16 anymore, and need to work at a job that gives me more that 2-5 hours a week, it's not worth my time. I spend more time and money traveling there than I actually get to work, so I'm done with it now. Especially since I got sent home after only 30 minutes yesterday.

Believe it or not, I have better things to do with my time.

Like sitting here at school, writing on my blog while I wait for my class to start. XD