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well since i usually update this bad boy at random times (basically when i am not too lazy) i am just going to write about random stuff... so heeeere we go
RIP Elle
I didn't really know him too well. All i knew was that he was the brother of one of my co-workers at O'Haire, Nicole.
I considered Nicole like an older sister. Yeah she was like a 5'11 6'0 African American woman, but hell she treated me like I was her little brother. Except for the times she told the security guys at O'Haire that I was her boyfriend so they would leave her alone and stop hitting on her. (like hell that worked though, haha those security guys were not intimidated by a 5'7 Asian guy like me)
She would always bail me out at work whenever I was in trouble. Whenever I had to take care of a group of like 20-30 people, she would always help me whenever she can. She always took the harder jobs whenever we had the option of choosing (so i dont screw the jobs up). But the thing i remember he for the most is how she was always laughing and smiling, and always messing with Duot, our lovable but gullable co-worker.
We did not keep in touch too much after I left O'Haire, I had work and she had a new job elsewhere. Well today Nicole called me and informed me her brother Elle died last week. He was on vacation in Kenya and he got sick and died at a hospital. Like i said, i didnt know him very well, hell i dont even know if i spelled his name right. All i know was to me he was funny as hell and overall really cool. he too was someone I looked forward to seeing at O'Haire everyday.
Elle is even taller than Nicole. He was like 6'3. Whenever i saw Elle, he would never be working, like at all. He was always on break, always. He would work at the Duty Free in Terminal 3, but i say that loosely because he was always sitting at Gate K5 just chilling all laid back. Whenever I had the chance i'd go talk to him and he would just make me laugh. We'd look at girls walking by, and i'd point at a girl and ask him what he thinks of that girl. WHICHEVER girl i pointed to, his answer would be "I'd bang that bitch" Honest to Buddha i could point at an older woman, I'd say looks 40-50, and he would go "i'd bang that bitch, and tell people I am banging older bitches." I NEVER got tired of talking to him about that. The other thing i'd remember the most about him was how thuggish he would talk, and he used to always use stupid little sayings to me. Like his favorite line would be "I'll see you when I see you."
Whenever he'd say that and walk away to wherever he was going, i'd think to myself, "What the hell does that mean?" Well although he did have a tough exterior, he always walked with his certain swagger and just look mean, he was always really nice to me. I;d bug him all the time to get me a discount at Duty Free, well i guess i won't be getting that anymore. Even though i did not know him, I certainly will miss him. Hey Nicole, Hang in there. Hey Elle, If there is a heaven man, I know you will be there, So I'll see you when I See you.
UIC/School in general
I can't say i am enjoying this school year too much, I actually did like last semester better, but hey the semester is still young.
This semester I have been working harder than I have ever worked before. Ok i never really did work before. BUT still i am working pretty hard this year. Right now i think I am getting straight B's but like i said, that can change. I have been studying a lot, especially when I have free time and I am at Inner Circle. I am starting to love the glass room (east terrace) next to inner circle. The place has one wall that is just glass window, so the natural light is a great change from the gloomy lighting of the inner circle.
This semester has started pretty bumpy. I have already taken 2 exams for microbiology and I have not studying any harder than I have in this class. Granted I got B's on both tests, I could have easily gotten A's without stupid ass results. The only good thing that is good about this class is that I am taking this class with EJ, Jen, Patti, Geng, Annie, Jissele, Vibol, Ray, Marc, Dan Han and Jacob. The funny thing though is we all have not gone to class for like 2 weeks.
Spanish is going OK, I know I aced my 2 exams, but I still have like a B in the class. It was BS though, my teacher speaks nothing but Spanish. Granted it is a Spanish class, but my teacher fails to see that I am a dumbasss. On two occasions my teacher gave us 2 homework assignments and yeah since I misunderstood her both times, I didn't turn in my assignments. Homework is worth like 20% towards our final grade.
Ecology is going OK too. Everyday is the same group I sit with. Geng and Christine. Class is slow, but the material is not too bad though. I think I would have gotten closer to an A on my last test though if i would have gotten my head out of my ass. One of my questions on my exam is something like "what 3 things did Dr.Nelson say was mechanisms of _____ (i forgot the question)" Well as you can tell I got it wrong and left it blank.
After the test I went to geng and asked him what he got for the answer. I was pissed the hell off. I complained because I looked all over the god damn lecture notes our teacher printed out, and it had no mention of a Dr. Nelson at all. Well Geng knew the answer and imformed me " Dr. Nelson is our Ecology professor".................... FUCK
Man i miss last semester. Especially my Abnormal Psych class. Our teacher was so awesome and I will never forget her. Well I didn't know her name either but she was so nice. And her lectures were great too. I slept like everytime i went. The lecture room was nice because the lights were all dim and shit, low, but not too low. And she would talk really softly too so to not interfere with my sleep. The room temp was always like perfect too. And the best part is I got an A on that damn class, which makes any class great.
Well I was planning on making this post a lot longer, but I am getting an awesome case of writers block right now.
There is more to this post so don’t be surprised if this same exact post is just edited around. Thanks for reading everyone
Much Love, Charlie |