CAT is my friend.

No no, not this cat. Computer Adaptive Testing, hithertoforth (I think I made that word up) referred to as the CAT, the scary ass mother**cker used by the GRE. The CAT is this belligerent little creature that lives inside the computer crafting the GRE as you go along. When you answer correctly, the material gets harder, and when you answer incorrectly the test gets easier but your scores will drop. Here is an example of what one of the questions might look like:

Like a good little student, I arrive at Fresno State fifteen minutes early and proceed to whip out a 8.5x11 color map of the campus to make my way to the testing venue. Walking through the campus reminds me of our college days...has it really been that long?
I get sidetracked for a moment and start following the smell of food, but I pull out the map again, and it turns out the testing room is in the other direction. I manage to find my way there and proceed to scarf down this strawberry cream cheese muffin outside the room. Mid-chew, a girl walks towards me and asks if I'm taking the GRE. I swallow and say I am, I am just finishing this muffin. She gives me a weird look and walks inside.

When I get inside I proceed to make an even bigger fool of myself. The lady behind the desk lets me know that I can put my stuff in the lockers in the room down the hall to the right, on the right hand side. Ever since I was little I've had trouble discerning left and right...unfortunately, in my nearly 23 years of life I still haven't got it right. So I wandered towards the nearest room, look inside and see some cupboards and a microwave, peep my head back out to the desk, and throw a sheepish glance at the lady and she tells me "No, on your right." So I step out of the room and head towards the other room, and she says "No no, the other room" and I turn...possibly to the left, not sure which direction to go while trying to figure out which of my hands is the right one, and she finally says, "Okay let me just show you. " Turns out I had the correct room the first time but the lockers were on the right and I didn't see them. Honestly...you can't even play off this level of disaster...but anyway, I put down my stuff, enter the testing room, sit down, put in earplugs...and the next 3 1/2 hours are kind of a blur. The computer shows me the verbal and quantitative scores right after the test but I have to wait for the essay scores to be scored sometime in the near future. I am, for the most part, happy with my scores, and hope that barring disaster I never have to take this test again.

My mom takes me to get dimsum after, which is wonderful because I am starving. I felt kind of bad for the other kids testing in there, cuz I was that annoying person that kept coughing and my stomach kept growling. And in that quiet room, it sounded like there was a monster in my abdomen. Doesn't matter. Bygones. I'm already starting to forget as these spare ribs hit my tastebuds. After eating until I reach food baby status, I crack open the fortune cookie.

I laugh and show it to my mom and she goes "That can be your next goal!"

<3G

Is this okay?

So, I was looking for an umbrella since my two large specimens have gone missing since the move from Berkeley.  And look what I've found on my search...

I give you...the flask umbrella...

Is that OKAY?! hahahahaha. So...what you're saying, is that there WAS a way we could have upped our Berkeley experience...even more!? Could such absolute happiness be attainable?

I kid, drinking 3 days a week and graduating on time was amazing enough for me. Yeah...we're kind of amazing <3

Crystal

Sailorween & Vegas for a day

Hello loves! I'd like to recap on Halloween from my perspective.  From what I can tell from the pictures, it was a pretty good night.  I started the night off in the room at the Wynn, fell into this b/tch on 10, jk (refer to DJ Chuckie).  We actually started off the night with a nice bottle of, you guessed it, Goose <3

 

That ain't no 750ml, that's a 1.5L baby. Yeah, we fcuks wid it.  Divided between 5 ladies n a fireman, we got a pretty GOOD headstart from our counterparts in the other vehicular device.  We arrive at Infusion in SF...with an empty bottle, so some Scouts decide to order some AMFs.  You should know what the acronym stands for...you not standing at the end of the night. LOL, they look like a beautiful blue poison. Check it out.

 

Tasty, but Sailor Neptune definitely did not have one, for she knew that another drink would have her head spinning faster than all the momentum of the planets combined, all while hugging porcelain at the end of the night.  She definitely controlled herself on this occasion =).  The night went extra well, as always.  We had the privilege of outer scouts traveling from distant locations such as Central Cali n Stockton to unite as one with the mob once more.  The Sailor Scouts stayed dancing on stage, with some more drinks, losing half the group the whole time and then reuniting, and having photo-shoots throughout the night.  As always, there was no drama.  Life is good with my ladies, we def stay sucka free.

And that was the end of that night.  24 hours later, Sailor Neptune was to embark on a journey all on her own: Operation Vegas.  She was to be sent on a mission to represent the Sailor Scouts and meet up with her own Tuxedo Mask and fight evil! (umm...evil= no fun? iono. lol).  This would be her first solo journey flying in a plane all alone.  At the airport waiting for her 10:30am flight, she received an automated call that stated her plane would be delayed until 11:30am. WHAT?! -she thought in her head.  She immediately teleported to her gate and kindly asked the Southwest associate if there was any way she could catch an earlier plane.  The kind sir graciously granted her wish, and she was soon on her way to Vegas an hour earlier than planned! (FCUK YEAHHH MANN! =) i'm always down for an extra hour in Vegas!) Neptune landed in Vegas around noon and soon met up with her disguised Tuxedo Mask and they rendezvoused the strip and met with other disguised superheros.   After an exhausting day, Neptune took a nap, but alas! It was soon ready for her transformation! (lol, lemme google what she says for her transformation. brb).

Sailor Neptune Planet Power! lol, n voila! okay, maybe it took an hour more than the actual Sailor Neptune would take, but all in all, she was ready to get her classy on.  

                             

The group hit up TAO n wandered for days to other bars n locations.  They ended up back at one their friends hotel rooms n partied some more.  Someone thought it was a good idea to give Neptune a nice big shot of 151, and since Neptune ain't a quitter, she accepted the challenge.  She immediately took a nap, and when awoken, wandered barefoot back to her hotel, with assistance of course. lol.  It was def the best one day trip ever.  However, she is pretty frightened at how she will have to top this with the next one day trip/ ohhh lordy =)

Love love love,

Crystal