The Cuckoos Calling Book Review

Yay!!!  My second book review.

Here is my review on The Cuckoos Calling by Robert Galbraith.

I actually filmed this vlog a few days ago.  Since then, I finished reading City of Bones by Cassandra Clare.

Will be posting a review of that book in the next couple of days!

Enjoy!

Diary of a Grad Student pt. 2

A year ago, I started this journey called "Getting my Master's Degree." I'm now entering my second year as a grad student and I'm pretty much more than half-way finished with the program.  All I have left is to complete my 700 hours of practicum/internship, 9 hours of elective courses, and take my comps....and then I GRADUATE!!!

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

Now, don't get me wrong.  I'm REALLY excited about graduating and being done with my degree (well...at least for now).  What absolutely FREAKS me out is what happens afterwards, when i'm actually in the field, working towards becoming an LPC, and helping people in the process. 

Real World living, right?

*Sigh* I guess this all boils down to being a full-fledged adult.  Scary, right?  I have so many thoughts running through my head at the moment...

So, as I sit here in the UTSA DT Library, I reminisce the last year of my life.

In all honesty, it's not what I expected.  And that's a good thing.  This whole grad school business was "easier" than I thought.  I mean, I studied by butt off most of the time, which probably made things A LOT easier.  I keep telling my friends and family that I study more as a graduate student than I did as an undergrad.

All in all, this past year was rewarding.  I met many great people in the program who have challenged me and I truly felt that I grew up as a person and discovered that this profession is something that I want to do.  I know it'll be difficult, but I never expected this to be easy.  I just hope I have the inner strength to keep going.

Being accepted into this program has been a blessing. 

Look out for a couple of new vlogs coming soon.  I'm finishing up a book at the moment (Cuckoos Calling by Robert Galbraith a.k.a. JK Rowling) and my September birchbox should be coming in soon in the mail. Once I figure out how to work the camera on my new laptop (which shouldn't be too difficult) i'll be posting my review of both the book and birchbox.

See you next time!

When you're on a holiday...you can't find the words to say

Well, I did promise that i'll be making another vlog, didn't I?

I filmed this a couple of days ago, but didn't upload it because youtube was acting funky that day.

However, i'm uploading it now...on my brand new laptop!  Woohoo!

In today's vlog, i'm reviewing a new chocolate bar and J.K. Rowling's A Casual Vacancy.

Enjoy!

There's 104 days of summer vacation....

and school comes along just to end it....

Sorry about that, Phineas and Ferb was playing in the background when I was recording this vlog.

Enjoy as I go over my August Birchbox!

A sweet talking, sugar coated candy man

Yay!  Another new vlog!  (and yay for having consistent internet *knock on wood*)

I recently enrolled myself to another monthly subscription type thing.  This time...it's food!

Enjoy!

I'm gonna marry the night...

New vlog post!

See me open up and see what I got in this month's Birchbox.

Enjoy!

Video killed the radio star...

I seriously hate technology sometimes.  Honestly, I don't even know why I spend so much time on the internet anyways.  

I'm "on" facebook, but I only check it for a few minutes and then keep the page open as "background."  And aside from the occasional school assignment (honestly, I don't have a lot of times in which I have online assignments or tests), there is REALLY no reason why I'm on the internet for long periods of time.

I remember being happy to be able to spend only 1 - 2 hours on the internet.  But now (since it's not dial-up, anymore) I spend a lot of time on the internet.  

This whole tirade of post started on June 17.  On June 17, my whole apartment complex had a power outage. During this power outage, I was on my laptop and didn't have the battery attached to it, but it was plugged into the surge protector.  After about 30 minutes, the electricity came back on and then I turned my computer back on.  After a couple of moments of booting up...this showed up:

Pic. 1

However, a quick unplug, re-plug ethernet...I got this (disregard the dates on both the pictures):

Pic. 2

Sounds like a quick fix, right?  Well, just to make sure, I called Time Warner Cable and they assured me that  is normal when power outage goes out.

Okay, June 18...start up the laptop and I see pic. 2 (see above) after a few moments.

On June 19...after starting up my laptop and waiting for a few moments...I see pic. 1 (see above).  Again, unplug, re-plug ethernet and I see pic. 2.

And this is where we start having a bit of a trouble.  What happened on June 19 happened again on June 20-22, 24, 26-28, and today, the 30th.

I called Time Warner on the 21st, but the earliest they could send someone is on the 25.  Miraculously, on 25th, Time Warner system were down and the person coming over may be a bit delayed.  The guy did call me, and (sorry, i'm not high tech proficient) he said that the problem with my internet may have something to do with the switches and he was not authorized to mess with the switches?  However, he did say that a lot of  people in my apartment complex were having trouble with their internet so Time Warner were going to send someone on the 26 to fix the internet.  Well, if they did send someone on the 26 to fix the internet, it didn't fix mine.  Called Time Warner again and they were going to send someone on the 28.

So, on the 28, the guys from Time Warner came over.  They plugged in their ethernet chord into my wall and then attached it to their laptop.  They were also not getting internet connection, even though they checked the switches downstairs before they came up.  

One of the guys went back outside and did something and were, then, able to get internet.  They then restarted my computer.  However, my computer was taking a while to reboot...a REALLY long time.  After a lot of stuff (and my computer was starting to REALLY heat up with all the things they were trying to do to my computer) the Time Warner guys believe that the power outage may have corrupted some of the files on laptop and booted up my computer into a mode in which my computer can check if there were any problems and fix itself.  The guys did say that if that mode did find something wrong with my computer that it may be the reason why, but they didn't sound too sure about that themselves, it sounded like a possibility. 

At this point, I honestly hope it's not my laptop that is causing this.  That there isn't a virus or something on my laptop, because I honestly don't feel like spending money on someone to take out viruses or reformating my laptop.  

So, yeah, that's my long spiel about my internet woes.  And what is REALLY bothering me the most is that my internet problems is BOTHERING me.  And it really shouldn't.  It is such a 1st world problem and I feel like an absolute spoiled brat for worrying over something insignificant as having or not having internet.  

I mean, I can honestly just spend a few moments on internet, long enough to send assignments over the internet, facebook, twitter, and what not.  I really don't need to spend more than 2 hours on the internet.  I can spend the rest of the time watching TV or ACTUALLY reading a book.  

It's getting to a point that I feel ridiculous for feeling this way for having issues with my internet.  A bit of anxiety?

I was joking (seriously/not seriously) with my mother on the phone about seeking counseling over this.  But I told her that I may stump my counselor over this issues and may not get the help that I need.  

I'm not losing sleep over this and I'm very aware of the ridiculousness of my feelings.  

I just need to know why I need to constantly be doing what I've been doing for almost 2 weeks to just get internet!

*end rant*