Blatant Obfuscation

I think of important note to the blacklists is the dynamic shift I have come across. I dont think I can be angry at people in generalities for the time being. So I am going to ignore blacklists 1-4...not ignore...just not mention the inhabitants of them.

But for the group of blacklists on the bottom. Numbers 5 thru 7. Yep we have a massive update. I think every person I invited to go ride train this weekend who has rejected said invitation [so everybody but my roommate Carter] resides here now. But particularly Angie jumped up here with her "oh but Finals are two and half weeks away" comment followed shortly by the "I have plans" to someone else...talk about just hurtful...

~u

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The White List
Its a good thing. Think about it, they have done something above and beyond what would be asked/required of them.
John Beard
Mike Ulrich
Becca Bardo [She sent me a box of cookies/chips on Election Tuesday]

The Gray List
Hey there has to be a place where the masses are...this just happens to be it. Why gray? Well simple, people here aren't on the good list, yet they haven't done anything to speak of to make me want to cause them pain. Pretty much anyone can expect to be here unless named.

The Blacklist 1
The basic blacklist. It is simple, you said something, did something, didnt do something, or a variety of other things that caused an annoyed reaction in my temperment. Normally I would say stating time spent on a project is a 'Waste of Time' is a good example of what it takes to get on this list.

The Blacklist 2
This is is for those who just are annoying. The person that repeats the same question to you everytime you pass them. The group of people, who as a whole, would suck the fun and life out of activities and pastimes.

The Blacklist 3
I used to think three was the perfect number of lists to show my negative reaction to people and their interaction with me. I was wrong. So to put this list in it's place, it is for those underhanded people that go behind one's back to get things out of me. You know, ask someone to borrow something from you for them, that they know they couldnt get directly from you. Yeah that is what this list is for.

The Blacklist 4
This is a place holder. Here you have to be the person who acts for others in order to get things done. Like the person someone in list 3 would go to to get a book that they know they shouldnt but do anyway.

The Blacklists 5-7
I feel the general description of the group of lists here is best explained by the people I want to punch in the face. What does it take to get up here. Well for starters, "Lie to my face." and then when caught in that lie...continue to act as if you are telling the truth. Or you know other forms of great offenses against me...

~u

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I am currently sitting in my office. I have been in and out all day. I am not sure why, but I am sure I would have a good excuse were I needing one, but I am sitting in my office. Is that important? I am not really sure. I am found here when not in class, or at home, but I am found in my office when someone needs to find me.

Today, I have gotten an in-grown toe-nail removed, which meant my toe for the few hours afterwards was numb, it is no longer numb. It hurts. I had a test to take, so I didnt take the pain killer prescribed to me because I needed a clear head for the afternoon. I sit here wondering though about the rest of the day. I have another test I have to take tomorrow. I need to study for it, which means I dont want to take said pain-killers cause i need a clear head...

To take my mind off of the pain in my foot, my toe and in other parts of my leg, I have begun compiling a list of things...

• I am currently angry at an overwhelming tendency in the people around me to be self-centered in their requests of me, and lack of consideration of my time and efforts. [This forms the core of my hatred of Stat 336 students.] Is that anger as currently directed the same selfishness shown towards me?
  
• Girls like jackasses. [This originally was only directed to BYU coeds but was quickly generalized] I am trying to rationalize this in my head. I think I am nice and considerate of people and their needs, I dont overtly try to be mean [on occasion I can be rather mean and rude], but it seems that everytime I attempt to socialize with females, it has to be on a "professional" level and not a "personal" level cause of some innate flaw. I am trying to state this in a nice way, but I really cant think of one. But to have witness someone complain about the very nature and character of a guy, and then have that same girl pursue that individual makes no sense to me. The female gender is half crazy...
  
• I am getting to a point I need to figure out what I want to do in life. I say this because in under 30 days I will be done with my education. It might be 32 days, but that is besides the point. Part of me that agreed to attend BYU is reluctant to leave. I came here for a reason, I just dont know what that reason is. I am not sure, besides a good feeling like this is where I was supposed to be, I had as clue as why I was here. I think it was good, I ended up with a direction I enjoyed with statistics, but I am not sure I wouldnt have found that somewhere else. So as I look forward with the end of the semester and the fact I will be dont with a degree, I am not sure it is time to move on. So I am torn over what I should be doing come January. I have begun working on applying to the masters program here at BYU, but I wonder where else I should apply, or if I should be looking for employment. If I go the employment route, where should I be looking? This future planning stuff is a scary proposition.
  
• I think I am looking forward to the first of December. I am going to ride the train [Durango-Silverton]. I am excited about it. I would equate my excitement to a little child on Christmas morning. Not sure that really works that way, but that is the way I am looking at it for the time being...
  

Unfortunately I must doing something about the pain, which probably finding painkillers that arent Tylenol3 so that I can take an edge of the pain in my leg/foot/toe and possibly get some homework and studying done.

~u

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Yesterday Election Day...
I spent 19 hours on campus...
I was in front of a computer all day working on things...
it was bad...
it was not good...
there I was...and over the course of the day and the attempts to hide for a while and take a nap...
my blacklist system got a major overhaul, which is noted below...

The White List
For those who remain helpful, and do things...
Current residents of this list
John Beard
Mike Ulrich
Becca Bardo

The Gray List
For those who are as helpful as they are annoying...
Most everyone else

The Blacklist 1
This is for those who are more annoying in some fashion than they are helpful...
Only noteworthy member of this list
Angela Nelson

The Blacklist 2
This one is for general annoyances and the like
Currently found on this list
336 Students
People with fake names
People aged 17 to 19
And for the most part BYU Coeds...

The Blacklist 3
This used to be the upper limit of the blacklists, until yesterday...I worked against people on this list, and tried to annoy them as much as they annoyed me...
Residents of this list include
People named Nels [yes...everyone named Nels...all two of you I actually know...]
Lindsey T.
People named Alan [hey...it just has to be this way...]
Freshmen
Cynthia

The Blacklist 4
This list was created by with the creation of the super list...
It currently is not populated...
Nope...no one is here now...
not to say there hasnt been someone one it recently...

The Blacklists 5-7
It is three lists...populated with the same set of people...
Yes people can be on multiple lists...
These lists well...lets just say if I need a list of people to punch in the face...I am starting here...

The Political Science Department of BYU
Utah College Exit Poll People [although I was the one getting the numbers I was not a part of...:-(]
The two PoliSci Professors running UCEP...
and for good measure all people that did the exit polling yesterday...

why might you ask...

well it was simple...I spent 160+ hours...and that plus is important to note...I stop keeping track around 160...I did a lot, and got no respect from them...I spent hours making sure things were going to work, and got no recognition...I did a bunch of work and had all of them take credit for it...because we all know that prior to election day the PoliSci students put in a hard 10 hours worth of effort into the exit poll and it was worth noting their efforts...

if you are wondering at this point they are going down...

~u

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I told someone I was working on the narrative of the presentation and they looked at me with a blank face and said "Telling a story?"
I returned my normal and rather disappointed "yeah..." and then walked away.
Isn't it obvious: presentation have a narrative that you tell with the words you speak and the information you show...The better the story that is told the more interest that people are going to have in what you are saying.
I take what I am working on, there are many ways to talk about what customers are purchasing. You can be plain and tell something that can easily be found out, but the story has no depth. It doesn't effect a change. No, I want to tell a story of what customers are purchasing and how they are reacting to what the site is promoting...it's a narrative of the website...

just my two cents i guess...

~u

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