Registration at UOP in the last of the 70s, earliest of the 80s featured a WalMart style stampede in a room set up with card tables and petrified TAs. Once I got wise, I scoped out the profs I wanted, in the time slots I wanted and hit them up for a slot before the big day. That usually worked, but when it didn't it sucked. The whole, shuffle around campus begging thing mentioned above.
When I wen to American (early 90s), my bastard step-child program was even less efficient.
At Loyola (early zeros), it was easier and a bit less stressful because of the limited course offerings and low student ratio. But since I was driving an hour to get there, the scheduling was sometimes a bitch with the long breaks between classes and nowhere to do.
I am swooning with envy. I fell in love with her voice decades ago through my mom's ancient but beloved Belafonte at Carnegie Hall LP, and searched local used record stores for years after chasing down her own LPs. I haven't listened to any of them in years now, but just thinking about her voice gives me goosebumps.
Oh yes, and in person, in a great hall in Baltimore, her voice was awe inspiring. Truly an thing of beauty. And utterly effortless. And when she walked down a hall, she swept down the hall. People just naturally made way.
Clearly, Perkins will NEVER come visit me. November through April, anyway.
::sobs::
Aren't they having some sort of coup d’état in Canada right now? The border will be closed off soon anyway...
I'm only CLOSE to Cananda, not really *in* it.
Cananda being a tiny, secret outpost of Canada, of course.
::runs away::
I hate it when my semiannual extra paycheck coincides with holiday sales. I have no willpower and must shop for myself! Just dropped way too much on DVDs at Amazon--two seasons of Doctor Who, one each of West Wing, Muppet Show, and Looney Tunes, and my one holiday-themed purchase that I get every year, which this time around is the CD of Patrick Stewart's solo performance of The Christmas Carol.
Now I really have to stop by Target and get some utilitarian boots for the winter, and possibly some warm mittens (gloves are great for driving but my fingers get cold easily).
ita, I'm glad you didn't have asshead doctors. I hope the pain management people can manage your pain somewhat better. Or at least with less judgey judgement than the paranoid docs.
I'm an ass. I thought Liv was done with speech therapy so we were out when they stopped for a final visit and testing.
It's so cold and snowy here I am reluctant to get out and get my comic book pull. Which is several weeks overdue. Feh. I need to get it. It's got the new Buffy.
my one holiday-themed purchase that I get every year, which this time around is the CD of Patrick Stewart's solo performance of The Christmas Carol.
Oo! Do you have a link? The only one I'm finding at Amazon is discontinued.
ita if you get the new specialists you are seeking is the hope that they will find an alternate path for you to get the relief you need without going through the ER? Or is the hope that the ER will be less likely to override this specialist than your current one?
