Class

Updates about my life... It gets interesting sometimes, but I try to keep it classy.

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I passed the NCEES 8 hour PE exam on my first attempt. I don’t know why I’m so hard on myself, but it’s got to stop- I’m competent, capable, and I can do anything I put my mind to. I will shake this imposter syndrome.

I am enjoying my job, but am getting antsy. I need to join an organization, or a board, or do another graduate degree, or start a business. Something.

Weight loss is slow going, but I have been doing yoga about twice a week for the past month or so, and I did sign up for a 1/2 marathon in November. Training starts tomorrow.

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I’m back in California... I finished an MBA with a concentration in data analytics from Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi.   I’m actually teaching part-time!  I host weekly lectures in WSU’s finance department virtually, and I start a new full-time engineering job next week.

I’m itching for another degree, especially since I’ll be living a couple miles away from a local university, but I have to take care of some other stuff first:

(1) Kill it at my new job

(2) Prepare for (and pass) the PE exam

Last time I was on my own, I lost sight of my personal health and everything kind of fell apart.  I hope having more awareness and being being closer to family will help me not overdo it again.  Also things like trying to exercise, get enough sleep, drink more water, and eat healthier will help me stay positive, lose some weight, and live healthier.

I’ve gotten rid of most social media from my phone and I figured this is a more low-profile way to document what’s going on in my life.

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Class (again)

I’m 75% done with this MBA thing I’ve been working on... 

I forgot how much I love school... 

Makes me want to get another science-y degree... 

btw- I’m not sure this is going to be a return to blogging, but I thought I’d share since it’s pretty consistent with the whole “class” thing I have going on... 

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Fight Club, Don’t Talk About (12/12): FOR THE WIN!

tuesday, march 16, 2010

One of my dearest friends, Miss Stephanie Cain, just had a birthday. This girl knows all about every artist, song, and band and I typically get my pop-culture updates from her. So, as her birthday approached I debated in my head about weather or not to make her a mix of some of the songs in my music collection. My hesitation came because I was sure any song I put on a mix, no matter how obscure or new it was, she would already know, and could probably tell me random stuff about. This is a really awesome quality in a friend because whenever I want to be exposed to great new music, I can hit her up... it's not so great when I want to put together a unique birthday gift in the form of an "epic mix". Anyway, I ended up putting together a jump drive with a few songs I had picked up over the year. It wasn't much, but I was able to give it to her last weekend when I was graced with her presence for COLLEGEFEST*!!! We ended up having a pretty awesome time... (after an hour delay)

Anyway, these are the texts that were sent the following day SCain: Epic mix is EPIC! Me: I just did a victory dance!!!! YAY!!! SCain: Like the only things I had were phoenix, rogue wave Me: That made me sooooo happy!!!!!! Ahahaha yessss!!!!! SCain: I want mooooooooore. So far crystal castles and la roux are my faves the point of this post...... drum roll please... ... ... ... ... My excitement comes from two main things: 1. she didn't already have all the songs on the mix and 2. she liked it. I mean, it was really all about Steph because this was a birthday present for HER, but the fact that she liked it made me just as happy. Thanks dude. -Sophia *Collegefest is a yearly free concert put on by student government for the LMU community. This concert usually includes two to three bands that are semi-popular. Bands in the past have included the following: 2007: OK Go and Common 2008: Wyclef Jean and Hellogoodbye 2009: Rebelution, Cold War Kids, and the Shiny Toy Guns 2010: Third eye Blind and Steve Aoki

Aoki 2010

third eye blind 2010

Cold War Kids 2009

Shiny Toy Guns 2009

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Fight Club, Don’t Talk About (11/12):

saturday, august 22, 2009

Hello dears...

The end of the summer has crept up much to quickly. Although I was completely miserable the first few weeks, I actually started enjoying my summer. I worked for the state of California's Department of Water Resources: Safety of Dams Division as a full time student intern- it was interesting, to say the least. I reconnected with some distant relatives here in Sacramento, I completed (and earned an A in) an Electrical class at American River College, and I spent some quality time with my Cido.

There are a few things I want to work on when I get back to LA:

~I want to lose 15-20 lbs and/or get down to a size 6/8. Hopefully I'll have 10 lbs down by Christmas.

~I want to start dating... I don't know if this is necessarily a "goal" but it's something I've started to think about, and I'd just really like to have a guy in my life, and dating seems to be a step in that direction. This is kind of a difficult thing to "work on" since I don't plan on lowering my standards or anything. We'll see- I'll try and keep my peeps updated.

~I want to get and maintain a 3.5 grade point average. I was only off by a couple tenths of a point last year and I think part of that was due to the college adjustment and being sick all the time. The adjustment grace period is over and I'm hoping being a little bit healthier will take care of my more than occasional illnesses.

~I want to party a little less and cut down on some unhealthy habits. Anyway, that's the list so far... I don't want to add too much more. I feel like this isn't really unrealistic and if I add any more to it, it might get to the point where I won't really take it seriously. Another thing I've been thinking about is music... I feel like not too many good songs have come out lately- I've just discovered some things that came out in the last 5 or so years, which is great, but also sometimes frustrating... so if anyone has suggestions, lemme know *cough* stephanie *cough* I desperately miss my friends and hope to see you all at some point in the next year.< <3 Love > Sophia

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Fight Club, Don’t Talk About (10/12):

sunday, may 31, 2009

helllll0... it's been a while, i guess. So it's summer and I'm in norcal (fml) i might not be going back to lmu next year and this summer is going to blowwwww majorly because i don't have a car cuz my gpa wasn't good enough for my faja. awesome. whatever. I haven't really left the house since summer "vacation" started. I've been watching movies online... star trek was awesome. UP is out, but idk when i'm going to get around to seeing it. The MTV movie awards were good... mostly because of andy samberg. denzel's daughter was awesome, she was NERVOUS?! i've been dying to go to the library for like a week and a half... it's sad- but i think i'm going this week: if you have any book suggestions for me, let me know pleeease (only mindless light stuff please) ohhhhkay, well i think that's it. i miss my friends mucho. <3 Sophia

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Fight Club, Don’t Talk About (9/12): no date... probably good though. SHINY TOY GUNS ...

friday, march 20, 2009

no date... probably good though. SHINY TOY GUNS ARE PLAYING A FREE SHOW AT MY SCHOOL!!! bitchin'. Next weekend is gonna be epic- don't even worry about it... i like blogging better than twittering... i feel like i get to hear more in depth about what's going on rather than a constant stream of facebook status' (which is what i equate twitter to). and when i want to make a blog entry i can sit down and think about what's been going on in my life. I've been on ichat a lot lately... but i've been too frustrated or preoccupied to talk to anyone. (sorry) I applied for a job on campus over the summer that pays for housing. i don't know if i'll get it, but i REALLY want to stay in LA over the summer. Although, i talked to my mom and I might be coming back to kc for a few weeks to get my tonsils out... but i might try and postpone that til thanksgiving or christmas next year or something. If i get the job, feel free to visit me (i'll figure out what this job is like, but i'm sure i can take some time off or something... if i even get it)

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Fight Club, Don’t Talk About (8/12): breaks=computer

thursday, march 12, 2009

I'm on spring break- it's great. I've noticed that I've been doing a whole lot of nothing on my breaks... lol i started my blog over winter break, now i set up a twitter account over this break, good lord. mmmkay- my life has been pretty cool lately. School is hard, but AWESOME. I'm royally sucking in calc2 and my physics prof is a DICK* but other than that, it's all good. I miss my kc friends a whoooole lot... i feel like i talk to laura a lot, and i chat with scain a lot, but that's about it :( sadfaces ): uhhhh i MIGHT be going on a real live date on sunday- idk though, we'll see. I'll let you know how it goes whenever i update my blog again lol my dad okayed an ear piercing but i'm terrified of getting an industrail, even though i REALLY want one... i feel like i have a pretty boring appearence... i need a tattoo or some crazy hair color or streak. haha the tattoo probably won't happen- i cant handle the perminance of it. I've been chatting with my mom online- it's crazy awesome! lol we've video chatted twice already and zero fights/arguements- it's great... I have no idea when i'm getting back to KC though. alright... i think i'm done. i'll talk to you sukkas later! OH- and i'm sorry how i capitalize stuff sometimes and not others- it bothers me, i'm just too lazy to fix it. *during lab he was talking to another lab table and he was like, "come on you guys, if sophia can do it, surely you can" i was like- bitch please! except i didn't say that.

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Fight Club, Don’t Talk About (7/12): Later Skater

monday, january 05, 2009

"reunion" tomorrow. great. I love how there are more teachers I'm excited to see than girls. whatevs. It's not that I don't like the girls, it's just that I'll never see most of them again* and there will be loads of awkward conversations, sweet. I visited Sion at the beginning of break, so I've already talked to a few of the teachers, but it was finals week, so the conversations were short and quiet. It's weird how break is almost over. I've been bitching about Kansas City, but I'm having the same kind of anxiety that I had when I left in June- it's stupid. I love LA, and I miss my new friends, but it sucks leaving my old friends and my family again (sorry, this is getting to awkward- subject change!) I feel like I'm shitting a knife!!! I watched two movies that I really didn't expect much from tonight... Baby Mama was a lot better than I anticipated- seriously. There were a lot of gems (I'm going to bang all of your friends! Consider them banged!) And DUDE, Eagle Eye- it was great if you don't analyze it too much (I sometimes do that). Oh Iranians. Oh video blogging. It still hasn't happened... and it probably won't unless Stephanie pops my video blog cherry (ahaha). I feel like I should include a photo in this post to compensate, but I have no effing clue what to share with you. Oh wait- hold on, this is the new craption picture and the highest voted caption as of now (and another hilarious one!)

1) I might have to start watching news reports on the Iraq War again. 2) Alright he can join... but NO GAYS!

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Fight Club, Don’t Talk About (6/12): You a pirate man...

monday, december 29, 2008

You a pirate man That would explain everything (I'm in an extremely good mood)

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Fight Club, Don’t Talk About (5/12): lame.

saturday, december 27, 2008

i'm not blogging again until i'm in an awesome mood or back in school- i'm too annoyed/angry/frustrated and i hate bitching to people, especially online where i can look back in a week or two and be extremely embarrassed.

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Fight Club, Don’t Talk About (4/12): One, cut a hole in the box Two, put ya junk in tha...

wednesday, december 24, 2008

One, cut a hole in the box Two, put ya junk in that booox Three, let her open the box (every single holiday a dick in a box) I have yet to do a video blog- sorry. There are two reasons: 1. because I don't know how (I'm sure I could figure it out) and 2. because I'm not really a fan of myself on-screen. I could never be an actress... okay- well, pay me millions of dollars and I could, but that's beside the point. I'm not a fan of watching myself. I would be one of those actresses who doesn't watch her own movies. Speaking of movies: I've been to the movies three times since i've been back in Kansas City- that's three more times than I've gone in the last 6 months. To tell you the truth I don't really miss it much. I mean, It just makes me sad to think that's all there is to do in this city. Seriously, the legal party of life starts at 21. Come ON man, as the fabulous Dane Cook put it, "I just want to dance" I mean, "I don't see nothin' wrong with a little bump and grind" haha sorry, I couldn't fight the urge. Anywho... it's past 2:30 and it's Christmas Eve, sweet. Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, wtf-ever (I know, sacrilege... again) I'll catch you on the flip side

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Fight Club, Don’t Talk About (3/12): The Virgin Mary... Glitter piggy bank?

The Virgin Mary... Glitter piggy bank?

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Fight Club, Don’t Talk About (2/12): take 2

tuesday, december 16, 2008

I immediately felt bad for starting this blog off on a negative note- this is (as I titled the post) take two. Winter break is going to be epic. Let me tell you why: 1. My super cool friends: they are BASICALLY the only reason I came back to Kansas City for winter break. Let's face it, after reading that last post, and then comparing the weather in KC to the weather in California, it's pretty obvious it would have been way better and much easier for my mom to come see me in Los Angeles, but I miss my friends way too much. You're welcome*. 2. New Years: I don't know what the hell is going to happen that night, but I anticipate greatness. Dinner, friends, alcohol (maybe. probably. hopefully), dropping balls, 2009, dancing, awesomeness, need I go on? I'm pretty sure you get the picture. 3. Sion: This bitchin' school is another reason I came back to Kansas City. I wanted to see how the school looks (pretty cute), I wanted to see my awesome teachers (Kram, Chuck, Watts), and I wanted to check up on some of my favorite Sion girls. And by "check up on" I mean "laugh at for having a TRAILER as a classroom and no backpacks." It's all in love. I don't miss Sion, but at the same time, I do. I think the luncheon is going to be pretty cute- who wants to get real food after? Panera? 4. Family: So being the kick-ass college freshman I am, I live on campus in a crappy little dorm with a shit-ton of other freshmen. I was never a big fan of little kids until I moved away and never got to see them. I've missed my little cousins so friggen much over the past six months, it's ridiculous. Even the little hellion that causes problems- I even missed him. I would go so far as to say I might be doing some free-of-charge babysitting while I'm in town**. 5. Driving: I don't have a car in LA and honestly, I'm a little scared to have a car/drive in LA. I'm definitely not scared of driving in Kansas City, and it just so happens that my mom didn't sell my car- so watch the fuck out because I'm driving my ass off over the next month. 6. The Obvious/Misc: Christmas, no school, no work, no homework, no responsibilities, sleeeeep, etc. Happy Ho(li)days!

*haha just kidding **haha just kidding

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Fight Club, Don’t Talk About (1/12): “vacation”

tuesday, december 16, 2008

I hate when people put stupid things in quotations (air quotes are like 10x worse) like they think they're such a hot-shot. Unacceptable. Anyway, I have a blog... and his name is Robert Paulson. I've been really into fight club this semester- oh shit, I loaned that effing movie out. fail. So, I guess since there are only going to be a few people reading this and I'll be spending a lot of time with those people over the next few weeks, I'll let you in on how ridiculous my life is right now. okay... topic for post numero uno: Finals/Winter Break/Family/Friends Finals suck. The End. Just kidding- there's some stuff on my mind. I'm super pissed that MY finals ended a week before just about everybody else. Now, I'm stuck being a lazy bum, sleeping til 2:30, staying up all night, distracting my friends from studying, and resenting my new living situation. This segues* nicely into my next topic: Family... more specifically: my mom. My mom has become a cat lady, except with people! She's taking in strays left and right. My cousin is living in my old room because he can't live with either of his parents (whatever), and my mom's friend is living in the back room with the good TV and the PS3 because something about his apartment, idk- tough times I guess. Fucking economy... Fucking B. I feel like an unwanted guest in my own house. And it's only taken 4 days for my mom and I to start fighting again. Sweet. I miss my friends like whoa (thanks Maya). Sorry this blog is so Nancy Negative- I'm just super bitter. I'll get over it and this blog will become more entertaining. Stay tuned. *Segue: It took me a good 4 minutes to figure out how to spell this... awesome, right?

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Fight Club, Don’t Talk About (My Blogger Account)

I’m taking an online course and the professor uses Blogger... Apparently, I used to update my blogger account for a while (It looks like I had 13 posts from 2008 to 2010).  Since I was a teenager at the time, I would prefer that the instructor doesn’t see the ramblings of a silly teenager, so I’m going to delete the posts from there... However, it’s such a shame to forget what an idiot I was so I will copy/paste the posts here.

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You have GOT to be kidding me.  I’m trying really hard to stick it out, but it’s getting more and more difficult.