tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-188469139592272684Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:10:59 +0000http://www.uwplatt.edu/admission/laura/noreply@blogger.com (University of Wisconsin - Platteville)Blogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-188469139592272684.post-4366326498381824828Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:07:00 +00002009-04-14T17:10:59.424-07:00I WON!!!!!!First place in poetry!! I'm so excited. The Creative Writing Festival is next week and I get to read my poem in front of everyone. I'm kind of nervous about that--it *IS* about the child abuse I suffered when younger. But that's what made me win.I worry, a little, that that's like... the only thing I've ever written that's prize worthy. I don't even feel that it was particularly http://www.uwplatt.edu/admission/laura/2009/04/creative-writing-contest.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (bechererl)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-188469139592272684.post-2715177279467063602Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:02:00 +00002009-04-14T17:06:58.718-07:00"Here I am on the road again, here I am, up on the stage..."Not really. But I *AM* here again: that is, the Exponent Office!!I really like it here. A lot. I hope that I am re-elected to be in this position again next semester. I really love it!!We have an 8 page paper this week--our first one since the first paper of the semester. I only have 2 columns that are going to fit on page. 2 columns andhttp://www.uwplatt.edu/admission/laura/2009/04/at-exponent-again.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (bechererl)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-188469139592272684.post-7270704155925337053Mon, 30 Mar 2009 23:25:00 +00002009-03-30T16:41:52.004-07:00So I have an issue.Well, I'm sure that comes as a surprise to no one. :PBut really, I have an issue. I'm supposed to be taking anti-anxiety medication, because I get very easily stressed out, and then I feel all panicky and upset and I cry and it's all a messy, painful, unpleasant ordeal. So, you know, when this really became an issue, I went to the doctor and she put me on this low, low dosage http://www.uwplatt.edu/admission/laura/2009/03/struggles-and-solutions.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (bechererl)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-188469139592272684.post-2793787078635898947Thu, 26 Mar 2009 21:19:00 +00002009-03-26T14:24:53.829-07:00Hey!! The weather is *fantastic* outside, I love it!! The whole rain and springtime thing is amazing. No frost on my car when I'm running late for work is also fantastic.Right now I'm preparing for a Poetry Contest; deadline tomorrow. One of my favorite professors, Stormy Stipe, is in charge of it. I can enter 2 fiction pieces, 3 poems, and 2 creative non-fiction: i.e., personal essay or chaptershttp://www.uwplatt.edu/admission/laura/2009/03/poetry-contest.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (bechererl)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-188469139592272684.post-5707938690764860181Tue, 17 Mar 2009 04:12:00 +00002009-03-16T21:14:25.123-07:00By the way, if any of you are wondering how my exam went, let's just say: NOT WELL AT ALL.I stayed up until 1:30 a.m. studying on Thursday night. The beginning of the test seemed like it was going good, as did the last few questions, but that middle part! Awful! Same with the short answer and the essay questions. I'm really worried about my grade now. Ugh!!It was one of those things were you feelhttp://www.uwplatt.edu/admission/laura/2009/03/exam.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (bechererl)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-188469139592272684.post-3239159162382571321Tue, 17 Mar 2009 04:06:00 +00002009-03-16T21:10:01.996-07:00It's nice to finally be able to relax. I realized today that this is the first time in forever that I've actually been able to sleep in, since on weekdays I have class and on weekends I work. Crazy!I watched "300" with my mom and sister tonight. My mom watched it only because we made her. I guess she doesn't really like the whole swords-and-spears thing unless there's just a little bit of it and http://www.uwplatt.edu/admission/laura/2009/03/relax.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (bechererl)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-188469139592272684.post-7420618386593412716Thu, 12 Mar 2009 05:21:00 +00002009-03-11T22:27:03.580-07:00LoWell I lost my power cord for my MacBook for about a week. Finally found it in the Exponent office. I should have known. My earbuds were in there, too.My computer there died, apparently, and was restored to me last night, but Quark (the program we use for laying out the computer) didn't have all the correct fonts and things, and so I had to use Dan (the layout editor)'s computer. He was very nicehttp://www.uwplatt.edu/admission/laura/2009/03/lost-power-cord.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (bechererl)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-188469139592272684.post-265937830985960973Mon, 02 Mar 2009 20:17:00 +00002009-03-02T12:20:50.999-08:00I *FINALLY* finished my column for this week. I just couldn't figure out what to write about, and it was hard getting started. Once I decided though, it flowed easily, though it ended up at a different place than I had originally thought it would.I'm going to post it on here a bit early because I know that most of you who are reading this probably don't have access to the Exponent (although you http://www.uwplatt.edu/admission/laura/2009/03/playing-nice-with-other-kids.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (bechererl)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-188469139592272684.post-4672505046732279978Wed, 25 Feb 2009 02:27:00 +00002009-02-24T18:32:53.444-08:00So the Asian Cafe delivers. They give very good portions, so you get quite a bit for your $11 of meal. And my friend Will is the delivery boy on duty tonight. So. I ordered it while I'm working here at the Exponent office.So it's all delicious and wonderful (of course) and I gobbled up some of it (of course), but unfortuantely it's left me feeling a little queasy but still hungry. I didn't have ahttp://www.uwplatt.edu/admission/laura/2009/02/food-because-im-hungry.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (bechererl)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-188469139592272684.post-1360315271116136190Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:22:00 +00002009-02-17T20:05:50.628-08:00So how is everyone?I'm at the Exponent office. I usually love this Tuesday night thing because I *REALLY* love what I do, but right now I'm a little antsy. Jerry and Scott and I were *SUPPOSED* to watch Zack and Miri, but I screwed up on my page and now will be here too late for us to watch it. I'm really disappointed, but what can you do? $10 says that Scott won't want to watch Enchanted like wehttp://www.uwplatt.edu/admission/laura/2009/02/bad-moods.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (bechererl)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-188469139592272684.post-7340831634120341346Wed, 11 Feb 2009 02:49:00 +00002009-02-10T18:51:59.001-08:00I'm so excited. My friend Cory Scheider is part of this band, Luna Mortis. They just signed a record deal and their first CD is out in stores today, in Best Buy and on amazon.com and in some Hot Topics and everything!! I always knew he'd make it. I think he starts touring late this year. I really hope he goes far. On Thursday I'm going to Dubuque to buy Scott's Valentine's Day gift and I'm going http://www.uwplatt.edu/admission/laura/2009/02/luna-mortis.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (bechererl)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-188469139592272684.post-7596196859282350465Wed, 11 Feb 2009 01:54:00 +00002009-02-10T17:56:50.579-08:00I'm at the Exponent office right now, working on the paper. It is SO FUN. I really love it.I was worried at first about learning all this stuff, and at first it seemed very overwhelming. My assistant knew more than I did because she always hanged around here last semester, since her boyfriend was the Opinions Editor then. But I'm learning and after a couple of weeks I feel like I'm really http://www.uwplatt.edu/admission/laura/2009/02/exponent.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (bechererl)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-188469139592272684.post-2527701478021562570Mon, 02 Feb 2009 01:30:00 +00002009-02-01T17:42:58.361-08:00I got the STOMACH FLU on Thursday. I haven't thrown up since... I dunno... elementary school? It's pretty much as bad as I remembered. Yuck.The nastiest part was I had two appointments on Friday that I had to cancel, not to mention a Bio class I missed, which I really CANNOT AFFORD TO DO!!!I don't even know where I got the stupid flu. My boyfriend thinks it was food poisoning from the $1 Banquet http://www.uwplatt.edu/admission/laura/2009/02/flu-and-other-hardships.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (bechererl)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-188469139592272684.post-2425893425744720080Thu, 29 Jan 2009 05:53:00 +00002009-01-28T21:56:59.974-08:00My long-time friend and I have decided to start working out. We've known each other since roughly the age of 8 months to a year. She goes to Platteville as well.The William's Fieldhouse is a great sports area. There's a big gym that is open to everyone with a Platteville ID and the whole thing is totally free. There are workout machines and weight lifting machines and spaces to do stretches and http://www.uwplatt.edu/admission/laura/2009/01/working-out.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (bechererl)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-188469139592272684.post-8291999602553753582Tue, 27 Jan 2009 03:13:00 +00002009-01-26T20:01:10.290-08:00If you are thinking about coming to Platteville, or if you've been accepted but haven't actually come here yet, I'm sure you have a lot of questions. I know I did!! I was absolutely terrified when I was a freshman. I'd like to invite any of you to ask me any questions you'd like, and I'll be more than happy to answer them!!In the meantime, I'm going to try to remember what questions *I* had http://www.uwplatt.edu/admission/laura/2009/01/cars-on-campus.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (bechererl)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-188469139592272684.post-2989854295603488568Fri, 23 Jan 2009 20:24:00 +00002009-01-23T12:47:55.308-08:00Now for my second lesson of the day.It relates to Biology. Now, I'm sure I've mentioned before that I am totally and 100% not a math or science person. I am an English/Philosophy/Religion type of person. I want to be a writer, an artist.There have always been two things that bother me about science classes. First of all, I don't mind telling you that I am religious. Actually spiritually Christianhttp://www.uwplatt.edu/admission/laura/2009/01/thing-two.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (bechererl)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-188469139592272684.post-8459132436993242356Fri, 23 Jan 2009 20:13:00 +00002009-01-23T12:23:01.326-08:00Oh hello!! School has started once more and I am bubbling over with lovely things to tell you. Isn't that exciting? I just know you've been waiting for the semester to pick up again so that you can read all of my blogs. :)So I have two things to complain about today, which I'll break up into two blogs entitled "Thing One" and "Thing Two." You know, like from The Cat in the Hat. Dr. Suess? :)The http://www.uwplatt.edu/admission/laura/2009/01/thing-one_23.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (bechererl)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-188469139592272684.post-3977317513615781784Fri, 23 Jan 2009 20:13:00 +00002009-01-23T12:13:10.773-08:00http://www.uwplatt.edu/admission/laura/2009/01/thing-one.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (bechererl)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-188469139592272684.post-6351661540346849314Sat, 17 Jan 2009 20:18:00 +00002009-01-17T12:22:57.791-08:00I made it to bed just before 4 last night. The goal had been 2 a.m.That's an improvement... sort of?I had to get up at ten to eleven this morning, instead of sometime after noon. :P Alice had a vet appointment. She got a vaccination and now has clean ears and trimmed toenails. She was not very happy with me, and retreated into her favorite drawer shortly after we got home. First, of course, she http://www.uwplatt.edu/admission/laura/2009/01/break-is-ending.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (bechererl)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-188469139592272684.post-4031340041445924255Tue, 13 Jan 2009 21:36:00 +00002009-01-13T13:39:08.393-08:00Break needs to end.Or not.Starting on the 20th of January, I'll start working at 7 a.m.!!!!!!!!!! Eiiiiik!!! And have night classes.I hope I can get into a better, healthier pattern of going to bed by 11 each night and getting up early in the morning, having a long, full day, instead of what I WAS doing: working till 11 p.m., staying up till 4, waking up at 11 a.m. to rush off to my first class..http://www.uwplatt.edu/admission/laura/2009/01/break-next-semester.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (bechererl)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-188469139592272684.post-3402836309428787316Mon, 12 Jan 2009 01:50:00 +00002009-01-11T17:51:35.553-08:00I love how my last title sounded like a newspaper article heading. >:)I need to start getting that together, by the way. I'm terrified! I have no idea what I'm doing!http://www.uwplatt.edu/admission/laura/2009/01/ps.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (bechererl)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-188469139592272684.post-1270301720114155028Mon, 12 Jan 2009 01:40:00 +00002009-01-11T17:43:02.220-08:00School starts in approximately 10 days.Next semester I'll be working mornings instead of evenings. I hope this goes well. It seems like it should, although I truly do hate waking up early.They botched my schedule again, like they did at the beginning of last semester: not changing my availability and scheduling me when I need to be in class. At first I thought I just didn't turn in my http://www.uwplatt.edu/admission/laura/2009/01/second-semester-starts-soon.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (bechererl)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-188469139592272684.post-5427602639304837025Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:29:00 +00002009-01-06T16:30:53.788-08:00So it's still holiday break. I haven't been writing much during break because there's nothing really university-related going on. I'd take Winterim but I can't really afford it, so I guess I'm not. Winterim is a period of 2 weeks where you squeeze in a semester's worth of class. My boyfriend has done it before; he says it isn't too bad. Helpful to squish in some extra credits!http://www.uwplatt.edu/admission/laura/2009/01/winterim.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (bechererl)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-188469139592272684.post-649543510716627210Thu, 25 Dec 2008 07:15:00 +00002008-12-24T23:19:10.130-08:00Merry Christmas, everybody. Or Happy Hanukkah, or Happy Kwanza, or happy winter solstice, or at the very least happy time off of work/ school!! :)I'm at home for a couple of days and it's very nice. My parents got a new kitten who is very friendly. She likes to cuddle up next to you and purr and nuzzle your face. My kitten, Alice, isn't too thrilled though. She's grouchy with me, so I just gave http://www.uwplatt.edu/admission/laura/2008/12/happy-holidays.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (bechererl)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-188469139592272684.post-3584508673079282657Mon, 22 Dec 2008 19:21:00 +00002008-12-22T11:23:30.943-08:00It feels so strange, honestly. I go to work and get home late and I still have this vague sense of... having things to do, like school-wise, but I'm *done*!! For a month, anyway. It's a very strange sensation. Hard to get used to... after four months of like, pressure and stress. Time to relax, and I don't even know how!!I have off from today through Christmas Day, so w00t for that. :) I am goinghttp://www.uwplatt.edu/admission/laura/2008/12/break.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (bechererl)0