Time to Catch Up

Well I'm bloody awful at this blogging thing, aren't I? Along with most anything that involves commitment. (which makes me far less concerned about my perpetual singleness)

What's happened since I last posted? Well I started uni/college last Monday. Oh. AND MY DAD STARTED WORK AGAIN ON THE VERY SAME DAY. It was quite exciting. He did show me up though when it comes to settling into new situations. He made friends with everyone immediately (as he always does) and they treated him to lunch several days in a row. I don;t know how I'd be getting on at uni if I didn't already know some people, and even then, I don't share classes with them and our schedule conflict. No one's bought me lunch, but Khalid did by me a cuppa.

Classes. Let's talk classes.

I've started taking Chinese though I've already reached my language requirements. It's very... scary, but I seem to be picking it up better than most (save for those who have already taken Mandarin or speak it at home). There's a boy in my class who is just really interested in learning the language. So much, in fact, that he keeps everyone else from learning it and he verbally attacks the class.

I feel so special having a 10 person class in uni. It's a history skills seminar on Comparative Slaveries in Africa and it's so very very interesting.

I'm taking one of my Liberal Studies courses on Visual Arts and it's focused on Architecture. It's different, but I like the opportunity to learn new things. I especially like how it connects building styles to the times, to history.

Modern Asia is an interesting one. My professor is German and the way she says "Moodle" is just too cute. I need to learn to speak up in that class, though, it's of a larger size.

Then there's my English class. I think I'm going to love it. It isn't a normal English class. It's taught by a professor of linguistics. It's more about communication and how we portray ideas through various mediums. We started a blog for that class. Check mine out: http://coffeeshopcavalier.wordpress.com/

An Update

My dad had his interview and he thought it went well for the most part. They loved his personality and he knew all his stuff (he was a bit rusty on a bit though)

They called just now to set up a second interview!!!
He just needs to brush up on his older stuff and then hopefully good things will happen.

Light in the Darkness

This is late, and I had planned to write something completely different, but today seemed to mark a change in my fate, so I thought I'd share.

My father lost his job last fall. It happens a lot these days. He's barely been able to score an interview, let alone an actual job. It's been a hard year; a family of seven does not live too well on no income.

I didn't even apply to the colleges I was truly interested in for money's sake. I couldn't afford to pay application fees and to send my SAT score to schools that cost so much. I can't even afford my $3000 (give or take) a semester local school. My federal aid is laughable since they based it on the previous year, and we're struggling for reconsideration.

We've got other problems, but I won't continue on about them. This post is about a new hope. Today (well, yesterday rather. It is 12:30 AM) my father had a quasi interview with a contractual-consulting service.

He was told that he's very skilled, interviews well, and has a great personality. His interviewer told him that it seems so very unlikely that he's yet to get a job.

All seems to bode well. He has a proper interview coming up shortly, and if it goes as nicely as this, he'll receive a six-month contract with this company. At the end of those six months they will decide if they'll keep him or not, and if the decision is positive, he'll have a job for at least seven years.

So I'm asking all of you to send your well-wishes and hope to my family and me. If your religious, send prayers. A change in the wind would be very nice about now.

An Introduction

Hello all,
I know you can simply read the "About Me" section and get a basic idea of who I am, but in order to start this blog off in the right fashion I'm offering a better version.

My name is Caitlyn, but you can call me Caity. I'm eighteen and about to start college at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. It's not where I want to be, and I certainly could have gotten into better schools, but money and laziness are to blame for my fate. I was inspired to make this blog because of my shortcomings in the College Prep area and I plan on writing posts on how you can avoid making the same mistakes as I have. (More on that later)

I went to an art school for two years of high school and a preparatory charter school for the other two. I've found myself completely surrounded by both raging liberals and disgruntled republicans, and through working through such overwhelming, stifling company I've found my own set of ideas and ideals nested comfortably betwixt them.

My two greatest passions are for History and Musical Theatre. Both are sources of endless stories and entertainment. I'm majoring in History, but I don't have the slightest clue of what to focus on; I cannot fathom having to limit myself in such a way.

Well, moving on darlings. I think I should clue you in to what I think I have in store for this blog.

Other than personal posts of the goings on in my life, I plan on having little series of posts such as:

• The Mistakes I Made That You Shouldn't
• Organization for the Legally Disorganized
• Study Tips
• Monthly Playlists
• Monthly Book Recommendations

Also prepare yourselves for posts about

• History
• Television shows that I find myself enamored with
• my goals and rewards

Welcome to The Uni Verse