Another spree

Made another purchase from VS. last one prior was on the 22nd or so. Anyway, i think this is it. 3 pants and a sweater.

I also got my ray-ban glasses yesterday. $140 bucks worth of plastic and a screw is loose and the blue doesn't look so hot on me. i'm thinking of returning it.

Pearson deserves credit

Sometime ago, I was very frustrated with myreading lab. I think i made a long exhaustive post about my frustrations. Needless today, it's been fixed. The man in charge had emailed me telling me the engineering team were working on it and it should take about 2 weeks.

I'm quite surprised at how they listened to one person fuss to make changes to their product. Most companies don't listen to hundreds of customers, let alone a single voice. I'm amazed at how the man was willing to help me when i posted on their facebook wall and communicated with me in the process about where they were and so on. I started out thinking myreadinglab was geared towards colleges and teachers but i have to say it's very independent friendly now and they do listen to their independent customers regardless of who you are.

I also like how Pearson works to improve their product. For example, when i was taking the fundamental course last year, the animation player was differnt. It has been improved. Also, there are more practice sets and more tests available for the courses. The advance course now has the lexile diagnostic. The others may have it but i'd already started those before the change so i can't tell.

That said, i finished the combined skills section in the fundermental course today, took the test for the contrast organization order module and i'll go back to reading implied main idea and outlining but first i just want to get done with this inference module. i've been working on it for a week. But i have my sanity back now. So onto work it is.

Final word is I HIGHLY recommend myreadiglab. If i said anything else prior, it was because i was frustrated with the test buttons vanishing and not being able to take the test. The program itself works! I'm still not sure how reading these little interesting passages on there increased my comprehension. Maybe it's the practice, maybe it's the strategies they teach. True but it's just amazing that when i transfer over to reading passages for standardized tests, i know the main idea and figure things out. it's amazing how my reading comprehension has increased. It really IS amazing!

back to tackling verbal

Goodness. I've been an emotional trainwreck all week. Anyway, i think my head is clearing up and i got the courage to do 4 passages from the LSAT book today. 25/27. That's impressive. I only had 2 wrong on a 6 question passage. it's amazing. I can actually say that my reading comprehension has improved.

Anyway, from this point on, my life will get a daily dose of passages.

random quotations

"Becoming pure is a process of spiritual growth, and taking seriously the confession of sin during prayer time moves that process along, causing us to purge our life of practices that displease God." ~Elizabeth George

"You cannot glorify Christ and practice deception at the same time." ~ Warren Wiersbe

found this on someone's facebook page and i just love it. True and insightful.

roomies with kids

So about a month or so (or perhaps more) ago, I got home in the morning and while sitting in my car, my housemate comes out with a little girl beside her and says this is my daughter. Did the girl sleep here,i didn't think so. last month i get home on saturday morning and the girl was in this room. Thing is i've been working weekends since he moved in.
Yesterday, he came in with her and i think she's back here tonight. I really don't mind because while she was a little loud and noisy yesterday, she wasn't running around the place screaming and kicking around stuff. Still, i think that's something he should've mentioned when he came to look at the place. Others who had possession of their kids on weekends mentioned so and i think i was averse to that. I'm sure if he'd mentioned it i wouldn't have had him move in simply because i don't feel like having kids around.

Now that i examine the situation, it's almost like someone having their girlfriend here except that can get loud and annoying. So perhaps, it was unfair of me dismissing people with kids they had one day a week or something.

3/15 post

I have to correct the post from 3/15. I'm not like House when i can't find my own happiness. I'm happy with my life. I think i'm selfish when it comes to anything getting in the way of me becoming who i want to be. or should i say anything i think is getting in the way. Mostly relationships. I think they're a distraction. I like to put them in the back burner. Or just stay out of it. Or something that doesn't require me to give any part of me. i feel i don't have the time to give or is it that i don't want to give?

Men aren't high on my trust list. I'm not even sure if they're on it and i see it as an investment. Would i rather invest myself and time in a relationship? or would i put that into my personal ambitions? The answer is obvious

I find relationships a big distraction. Why this crazy post? I'm getting involved with someone and somehow i want to tell the person, let's put this on the backburner till june. It's not like this person is ready to settle down to begin with. I know because he said so. I'm an emotional mess inside. I still don't know why i am all messed. The crazy thing is that its someone i never thought i'd be with.

Craziest spend ever.

I spent $140.59 on a pair of ray-bans aviator sunglasses. I think i've hit rock bottom!

I also spent $126.xx at victoria's secret. I need a life.