2007 In Review

[logomancer]

It sucked.

Really sucked. Between 4/16, VTSFFC and TCon falling apart, Wal-Mart trying to come to town, Comcast being jerkoffs, the general political situation, and lots more personal catastrophes, 2007 has been the worst year of my life. I don't think it'll improve much in 90 minutes.

It's not just the string of catastrophes that is the thing. It's the timing -- every time I get past one, another one comes up and -- mentally and emotionally speaking -- sucker-punches me in the gut. It's had some rather alarming (to me) and deleterious effects on me. I can't look at a political blog anymore without being depressed, for instance. Overall, I'm growing numb to all the insanity around me, and that's a bad thing. Somedays, I wonder if the gods have a pool going on me to see how much punishment I can take before I crack.

When do things get better? Better yet, how? I am at a loss -- the likely presidential candidates look like crap, Technicon likely won't get fixed until we find a better hotel or radically adjust the format (which will likely piss everybody off), and I'm stuck in a town with very few local friends and a degree with a GPA that makes it worth less than the parchment it's not yet printed on (I don't get it till March -- apparently, Tech prefers not to deign to make a second print run of degrees for a bunch of Fall graduates).

I don't know anymore about anything. And I am not sure what to do.

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[aburatsubodream.livejournal.com]

::Hugs and pets.::

[zannyvix.livejournal.com]

Yeah, far as I know Tech's always mailed the degrees for December graduates. It has more to do with the print service they come from than anything else (they're not done on site, they're ordered from another company). And then the Registrar's department goes through and checks every one against the list to make sure nothing's been misspelled or misprinted, and does reorders on anything that comes up wrong. It's been a few years since I worked with that department, but I do remember that the December degrees couldn't be ordered until the last minute, so it's easier to hand out empty envelopes and mail the actual degrees later after they've been checked over. Not that any employer will ever ask to see your actual parchment degree in any case. That's what transcripts are for. *shrug* My degree is in a frame behind stuff on the floor in my studio. I believe Mandy once commented that she tripped over the tube hers is in several years after she graduated because she'd completely forgotten about the thing. *ramble*