Wyverna's Journal

4:15pm: ~
nothing much is going on, except that there is a ton of work to do before thanksgiving break. it's gotten really cold here, i think it was 30 degrees this morning. people are talking of snow though, which makes me happy. tonight we're ordering out because no one wants to go back out in the cold for dinner. right now im procrastinating because i don't want to study for the math exam tomorrow. it shouldn't be bad, then again, they can allways make it harder than it seemed it hsould be. nothing else is really going on. i guess alot of people aren't going to be coming back next semester. one of whom is pete, from across the hall. i guess he has a 1.2 right now and needs to bring it up to a 1.6 in order to stay. it makes me sad, he doesn't seem to care that he is doing so poorly. i guess he would rather go to school for mechanics or something along those lines. students have been saying that the teachers have been trying to "get rid" of alot of students in our class because it's the largest that they've ever had. crazy. oh well, all of my friends are coming back next semester, with the exception of pete. so, im gonna go do some math.
ttyl

1:16pm: the culprit
i've identified the culprit behind the lack of fun that's been evident in the dorms the past few nights - chemistry. i think the mentality that everyone has going into the exam tomorrow is "i can replace one exam grade with my final grade." honestly, the material seemed so easy and almost intuitive that no one started to study until a few days ago. now, we realize that assuming that anything related to dr. clark's chemistry exams is not easy. even if the material is comprehendable and relatively easy the exam will disorganize everything and complicate it beyond understanding. i admit that i'm extremely scared, i don't think that i am going to do well, at all. i hope that it isn't to bad. i know that everyone, including myself, was hoping for a good grade on this nect exam. i don't know, hopefully my chem lab grade will boost my lecture grade a bit and i'll still manage an a. we'll see. enough about that for now, since im going to be doing for the rest of the day/night i don't want to talk about it. i don't think ill be able to watch csi ny tonight either, major bummer. i still haven't seen it and i'm getting a bit irritated. i just finished some research on a bio proposal project that we have to right a paper on before the end of the semester and i think we need to change our hypothesis. i don't know though, we need to ask mrs. kennet about how we are going to perform the experiment before we decide weather we are actually going to do it. wow, i just noticed how pathetic i am, talking about school work in my journal, so sad. ill change my topic: haha, last night annie and kristen were table dancing in our suite. aj and pete were dying. it was the funniest thing in the world. hmmmm . . . not much else happened, just stress and work. me, racheal and pete went to the library and worked on chem for 4 hours. it wasnt as helpfull as it sounds though. speaking of the library, i have to go in a few minutes for work study. hopefully ill get some chem done while im there, it will probably be busy though. well, i gotta go.
ttyl

11:02pm: euphoria
today i've been in an unexplainable good mood. this week starts a never-ending sequence of consecutive exams before the end of the symester. ill give you a short overview: chem exam this week, math exam next week, bio exam and humanities presentation the week after, BREAK!, humanities final the week we get back, chem and bio exams the week before finals. obviously, they are trying to kill us. so, the couple of days the stress has been building up until it reached it's peak today during chem lab. at 6, when i got back from lab, which was insanley long and tedious, everyone was locked in their rooms studying, so i decided that i would do the same and it would be another boring night. but, a girl from the suite down the hall won a bunch of free food that she was trying to get rid of, so we all came out to grab a slice of pizza. just taking a mental break and socializing with people made me feel better about not knowing anything about chem. then, after we had finished and started to drift back into our rooms, my sister called. she and her roomate are soooo funny together. we started remembering how great this summer had been and how thanksgiving break is going to be awesome. then, we looked on ebay at jewelry together for a while and she told me she would by me a pair of earings, i lover her:) plus, i heard dylan and lisa outside of my room being hilarious. it got to the point where everyone was so stressed that we just all came out of our rooms and started screaming, it was such a big stress reliever, it was like euphoria, and the fact that we all subconsciously took part in it made it even better! that is one of the great as pects about acp that most colleges don't have: everyone is in the same classes so we all have the same amount of work to do and have exams at the same time. ergo, we all get stressed, drepressed, and happy together. we are able to support each other so much better than freshmen at other colleges. im so glad that i'm here, it's such a great institute. sadly, however, i hear that a lot of people are not going to be back next semester, either because they decided that they don't like pharmacy or are not going to be invited back. pete, a boy from the suite across the hall has decided to transfer either at the end of the semester or the year. i wish that he would stay, i hate it when people leave, except he should be able to visit more often that other people. plus, it's so much fun here. this past weekend, practically my entire suite stayed in to decorate the floor hall for halloween. we won first place and a free pizza party, which is awesome!! And, our ra got us another pizza party before thanksgiving break; i guess we have to talk to the vice president of the college and tell him what we do/don't like thus far.i hear he's an ass, but whatever, free food! ok, im going for a dunkin' donuts run.
ttyl

3:28pm: work study rant
i'm at work study right now, at the library. im so bored. i did nothing today though . . . i feel guilty. i didn't go to bio or chem lecture this morning and im very disappointed in myself. im not the only one though, jess, lisa, and pete all "skipped" too, it's no excuse though. me and jess didn't really have an excuse, we just stayed up late watching game 6. lisa and pete went out to the "elbow room" until 2.

gah, i hate this job sometimes. i have to be an idiot and walk around to get a head count. god i hate doing that.

aj and kevin, the guys from the suite across the hall, both tried out for basketball. aj made it but last night during practice he got his nose fractured, so he can't play for 3 months. we all feel so bad for him, he has two black eyes and a bandage on his nose.

this past weekend me and rachel did nothing. we were the only ones who didn't go home from our suite, except erin but she is allways with greg, so . . . she really doesn't count. it was really quiet in the dorms and almost lonely. it was a perspective weekend though and since we're on the second floor everyone came in and looked at our suite.

mmmm, almost time to leave. they definitely don't pay me enough to work here. only $6 an hour, it's minimum wage. crazy. each paycheck is like $36.

i'm allready looking forward to thanksgiving break, as bad as that sounds. a whole week without work in a resort sounds very appealing. time goes by fast here though, allready it seems like we just got back.

i want to go to the mall this weekend and pick up a few things. i don't know yet if im dressing-up for halloween, we'll see.

ok, im leaving!!

10:42am: ~
I'm going home tomorrow!! I can't wait - it's been so long. My mom is picking me up right after my last class at 1:00p.m. On the way home we're stopping at my grandparents' for dinner and to visit. I'm not doing anything exciting, just studying. It will be nice to relax at home with everyone though.

I don't know what else to say . . . Last night a bunch of us stayed up cramming for our first math exam this morning. It wasn't bad at all, exspecially compared to a Sid test. While we were studying in the suite one of the boys from across the hall, Dylan, was eating animal crackers and mimicking their deaths as he did so. He's "mad funny." I've been picking up some of the new york accents. My grandparents grew up in Queens so I'm used to it, but living surrounded by the accent makes it harder not to adopt certain parts.

Well, I'm practically falling asleep so I'm gonna take a nap.
ttyl

1:02pm: tgif
Yes, thank god it's friday. I did well on my first bio exam thursday but I'm dog tired. There are so many things due the next couple of weeks everyone is stressed out. We went bowling last night to try and relieve some of the stress and aggression that's been building up in the residence halls. The bowling ally was awesome; very high-tech, we didn't even have to keep score. I really want to go out tonight though, I haven't for the past couple of weekends and I think I'm getting a sever case of cabin fever. Plus, if i stay in I won't get anything done anyway. Hopefully I can take a nap after bio lab so that i won't be exhausted if we go out.

Have I mentioned that everyone here is extremely professional? Third year students have a "white coat" ceremony since they are half way through the program. I get freaked out sometimes when I see them walking around in their "white coats" and think of the fact that they are only two years older than I am. Then I talk with them and they remind me that you can be professional and still have fun. The separation from work and play here is extreme. That's what I like though, "work hard, party hard." Well, I'm off to my last class - bio lab. Wish me luck next week on my first chem exam, I hear we're all going to need it.

ttyl

4:32pm: Past/Present/Future
Wow, I did nothing this weekend. It was pouring friday night so we didn't end up going to the party. I'll take a game of risk over a late night out any day:) The next three weeks (before my first weekend back home)already feel gruesomely long and laborious. Each week consists of one major exam for bio., chem., and math. There are also humanities and poc papers and presentations due, not for me though; I might have a bit of Irish luck after all. I really like my chem. lab instructor, his name is Salvatore Casano, which I think is very cool. He's friendly and laid back which is different since everyone here is very "professional."

Oooo, I found out the other day that I might be able to fly out to Wisconsin and visit Erin over spring break. Her roommate's parents are letting them take their yacht to Cancun or somewhere, not that the specific location matters, just the idea of being on a yacht in high temperatures with friends sounds really good.

Well I should get some work done since I have a ton and someone might want to do something fun latter.
TTYL
~rc~

11:16am: ~
I just got back from Math, Chem, and Bio. Fridays are my worst day, I still have Humanities and Bio Lab. Hopefully Lab is short.

This week has been really stressful. My mom called and was really lonely and sad because me and Erin are gone again. You wouldn't think that she would miss me since I went to MSSM for two years but I guess it was different. She talked to Norma and Dottie all the time. Whatever, all is good now.

I have a lot of work to do over the weekend - all of us do. But tonight we're going to a black light party. Don't worry, it's for a good cause - profits are being donated to the Red Cross:) The best frat on campus is hosting the party, so it should be fun. It's ironic how many pharmacy students take illegal drugs and drink, but at least it's done responsibly, I guess.

Not much else,
TTYL
~rc~

9:39pm: ~
Not much news here. Classes are going well, chemistry included. I was worried I would have a difficult time with chemistry since I haven't taken it since sophomore year but our instructor is reviewing everything. Exams are beginning next week. From what I've heard I don't think they'll be to bad.

I met another person from Maine, his name is Charlie and he lives fifteen minutes from Bangor. We agreed to carpool - he'll drive and I'll pay for gas. Over Thanksgiving break my grandparents are having their 50th anniversary. Apparently we're staying at a resort in Boston. It should be good. I hope that my marriage lasts as long as theirs does.

The guys are obsessed with Risk. They played until 2 in the morning last night and are playing right now. Personally, I don't really like the game . . . whatever. Today I met this really cool guy named Mina. He's from San Diego and has lived all over the country. It's crazy but I really like people who do that:)

I'm gonna go and talk to a friend on aim - I'm being kind of rude.
TTYL
~rc~

12:27am: Nothin' Much
Sunday night and everyone is chillin'. My ra hosted a Kill Bill marathon tonight - it was awesome. This afternoon we went to the mall again and I can't decide if that was good or bad. I found a new store that I absolutely love called Charlotte Russe. I spend $75 on four shirts, but they were definitely worth the cash. Last night was awesome. We all went out to Denny's for dinner, watched two movies, played Risk for four hours, and talked until 3 in the morning. I learned a lot of cool stuff about my floor mates.

The other day me and Erin signed up for extracurricular activities. I chose to join the equestrian club and ski club. It should be a blast. I'm also in the American Pharmacists Association, which is basically like a pharmaceutical key club. They go around and inform people about diseases and certain medication that can help prevent/cure such illnesses. We haven't done anything yet but I'm still glad I joined.

My work service is at the Library which is really convenient. It's a quiet place that doesn't have a lot of people and I can get my work done. Plus the ladies who run it are really nice.

Well, I'm going to get some sleep.
TTYL
~rc~

8:46pm: ~
It's Wednesday already and we're finally free from orientation seminars and gatherings, etc. The boys are playing soccer right now and are being really loud. A few of them made tin foil jerseys and reminded me of mssm. Fun stuff. I can't think of anything else to say except that I'm unusually tired considering it's only nine o'clock.
TTYL
~rc~

3:11pm: Labor Day
Ironically, so far I've done just about nothing today even though it's Labor Day. Classes were canceled today and no one seems in the "mood" to do any work. Last night was pretty cool, a bunch of us played Monopoly until 2 o'clock in the morning. One of our suite mates brought back something called "Tomato Pie" for everyone to try. I guess it's a frozen pizza with only sauce. They're supposed to be really good and hard to order - I guess you have to call far in advance. I'm making A.J. drive us out tonight to a sushi restaurant so that I can try it. I think I'll like it . . . I hope:) Well, I'm going to go socialize with people - they're starting to drift in.
TTYL
~rc~

5:43pm: Par - tayssssss
It's the weekend and all but two of my suite mates have not driven home for the holiday. Nothing to do until 9 when Kristen and Annie are taking us clubbing. I shouldn't have any trouble chalking my ID. We heard the doorman doesn't turn females away . . . so it shouldn't matter. Afterwords we're going to stay at Kristen's house so that our RA doesn't write us up for being intoxicated. I guess her parents are cool with her drinking.

For those of you who are reading this (Brit, Haley, or Katie) I don't want you to think I've become a drunk. At ACP drinking is a social event that almost everyone takes part in. It's done responsably so that no one is put in a dangerous situation. So far I've only drunken 3/4 of a beer, and people respect that I don't like to drink allot.

The people here are great. Fast-paced, professional, and kind. I feel comfortable with almost everyone I meet.

Last night A.J., Lisa, and I went to a frat party - there were so many people there! We only stayed until 12 because A.J. had to get up early and drive home to visit his relatives. He only lives about 20 minutes away so he said he'd come back tomorrow and take us to the mall. That should be a tone of fun! The mall is about 10tx the size of the Portland Mall. I love it. The party was o.k. I had a better time at the frat we went to last week (I can't remember the name). At around 11 a fight broke out between two brothers of rival frats. It was broken up quickly though - guys can be so dumb. After we got back to the dorm A.J. let me and Lisa watch television in his room for a while. Right as Lisa was getting ready to leave the room to sleep she leaned over and puked on A.J.'s sheets. He got so pissed off. I don't blame him, it was gross. Lisa felt really bad though, she washed his bedding today and want's to clean his entire room when he gets back. All-in-all it was an eventful night.

Well, I should get some more work done.
Talk to ya later,
~ryan~

5:28pm: Intro
I created this journal to keep in touch with a few of my close friends after graduation. I don't know that I will have much time to post entries but I'll try to do it often. I just finished my first week at Albany College of Pharmacy in New York. I'm really glad I decided to attend and I'm currently enjoying the company of everyone.

I'll post a new entry soon but for now I have to go.
Later,
~Ryan~