LEED AP!

$800 and 160 hours later, I passed the LEED exam. I am so fucking happy this is over. Studying for this test was ruining my life. I'm really hoping now that it will help me get a paid gig.

:/

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Brad Pitt once slapped anistons hand when she reached for a mac n cheese ball at this radiohead party

things learned anew about the polskas

on looking for an apartment the past few weeks. they LOOOOOOVE huge kitchens. why?? why is the kitchen the biggest room in the apartment when one person is living there? and why is the bathroom the teeniest saddest thing with only a shower stall? i mean, these things just don't make any sense to me.

holy shit

"out of town… We can recall paying more than $289 each way just to get to Chicago. So, mate, get yourself to Sydney on Qantas for that price, plus $120 in taxes. Travel dates are 8/11-9/15 and 11/9-30."

self-absorption

my academic life has alienated me from my friends who don't understand it and its demands and pressures. it really has not been my choice to stay in night after night, toiling away. i graduated two weeks ago from my associates program and am now studying to take a big test at the end of the month that will hopefully make me more marketable to employers. that means i have no life until then. i had a weeks' respite in between the workload, and i was pretty bummed that only one friend seemed to want to go out and do shit with me. i was also bummed that someone i consider one of my closest friends has not said one word yet on my finishing school, the most grueling 1.5 years of my life. i know everyone has their own life and things going on, and i have not been as involved in my friends' lives as i would like, but this really stings. it just makes me reevaluate people and their importance to me and vice versa. i don't want my bf to be my sole support system as i've been there and was miserably isolated after the relationship ended - not to mention bf doesn't remember things like when projects are due or when my first day of work is - but it seems like i'm being pushed in that direction.

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