Ugh, I hate this school already!
I was watching television when I saw a commercial. On the commercial, they said students from my school would get a discount if they showed their student ID. Student ID? When and where do I get a student ID? I hadn't received any information in the mail regarding this. So I looked in the catalog and found no information on student IDs, but did find information stating that I was required to attend orientation. It did not, however, state when this orientation was, just that it was "prior to the fall and spring semesters" and had a phone number. Oh great. I have looked through their class schedules, through their websites, through what little information I have received from them, and I have yet to find anything that tells me when this orientation is, or was. For all I know I have missed it.
This school is a joke.
This school is such a joke that it is incomprehensible to me. I have gone to community colleges in Philadelphia, Tucson and Milwaukee. I went to art school in Chicago. I have never seen anything so half assed, ass backwards and generally with its head up its ass as this. It's impossible to get information and I haven't heard a word from the school since I got my acceptance letter.
While I fully accept that it is my responsibility to be on top of things with my education, it sort of would help if they'd make the information available. And half the information that's in the catalog is contradicted and basically not followed anyways, so you never know what to believe and what to ignore.
What's worse is I had so many misconceptions about this school when I moved here. I was under the impression it was so much better, so much cooler, so much more organized than it is. I move here for it and what do I get? This building that looks like a damned high school, yokels answering their phones and saying "well how 'bout that" treating you like you're from outer space if you have so much as a question (because the common sentiment in Kalamazoo is that you're expecting way too much if you want people to actually work at their jobs, all they should have to do is look slack jawed and collect paychecks)and then don't even bother to find out the answer, just act confused until you go away.

AAAAAAAAARRRRRGHHH!!This town is driving me insane!

anyways...
All of this is in the midst of when I just added another class. It's a general education class, which I picked up as a suggestion from my admissions counselor at ILIA. So now I'm taking fifteen credit hours. Hopefully, this ID thing will not be an issue, I can still get one and won't have trouble using the facilities. I could find no information on that from any source whatsoever. Now there's a shocker.
On the bright side, the sociology class I added should be fun. Now, I think that sociology is basically bullshit and that the people who take it seriously are usually whiners that want to theorize crutches to avoid taking responsibility, but it's a required course. Now, the thing is this. Kalamazoo is a hippie town. A big hippie town. That means I get to take it with a bunch of hippies and consequently fluster and frustrate them as I spout off my considerably more cynical viewpoints, and watch them desperately try to convert me. Heh, should be fun.
So I talked to my Dad tonight. Apparently, the scarf I mailed my sister, Emily, did not ever arrive. I sent it three day priority mail from Kalamazoo. It was a scarf I bought her in Rome. Well that sucks. It was an absolutely beautiful scarf and I was really looking forward to getting her something that I knew she would absolutely adore. Damned US Post Office. Well, I guess it's my own dumb fault for not insuring the thing. I was just worried about being late for work and didn't want to take the time.
Okay enough of this. This is why I don't like taking vacations when I live someplace I hate: I'm that much more surly when I come back. But fuck it, I'm gonna have a drink.

august

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