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Post by kash on May 16, 2022 16:26:08 GMT
I had my discussion over zoom at 9 am today, so I indeed woke up at 8:52, brushed my teeth, and got right in my zoom. My final project is coming up soon so I had to pay a bit more extra attention to what my teacher's assistant was saying, but he ended the discussion 30 minutes early which was amazing. Afterward, I went to the Study and got a cup of coffee and a waffle because that is my Monday morning routine to start off my week. I always get a waffle for breakfast because that is my favorite item on the menu and that way I always start my week off right. I have an interview with Nathan at 10:30, so I think afterward I will go back to my room and do some more work, and then go to the gym before my interview with Mihir at the Study at 2 pm. I am excited about both of the interviews as I feel like they will be different from one another, yet very interesting. Also on another note, yesterday was not the best day for me due to a couple of reasons, so I really hope today will be better. I think oftentimes I get very much in my head about predicting how the future will turn out, and how people will react, so I think I have to often remind myself that whatever is meant to happen will happen, and to not stress too much about the sake of my mental health. This is definitely a goal I want to work on this week for sure.
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Post by oliviadelapp on May 16, 2022 19:34:31 GMT
I woke up at 9:30 today to give myself time to get ready and eat before my 12pm seminar. My roommate is in the seminar and typically comes with me, but today she had a project for her finance club and decided to skip it. Although I was sad at first that I would not have her in class with me, it was nice to be able to have some alone time on my way to class and listen to my own music. Additionally, since I was able to leave my dorm relatively early, I was able to get lunch from Bcafe and eat it before walking to class. Raina is also in this class with me, and today in the seminar we read the opening and closing statements for a make-believe trial. This was fun as it was a lot less stressful than the mock trial we just had, and Raina and I got to be in the same group together for this. Raina read our closing to the class, and I was once again struck by how good of a public speaker she is. Later in this class, we are supposed to have a guest speaker who is an employment attorney, so I am excited to hear from him and what he has to say to us. After this class, I plan on actually attending my atmospheric oceanic science class and studying more for the pledge quiz tomorrow before our last membership education meeting. Although I am excited to be nearing the end of the pledge process, I have also had a really good time in these meetings and think Matthew and Adrian have done a great job educating us on what it is we need to know. After this meeting, I know we are planning to put the finishing touches on our last mission and so I am excited to come together with my pledge brothers and work on this. Hopefully, I can go to bed semi-early tonight as I have an 8am lab tomorrow that is always a struggle to wake up for.
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Post by rainajain on May 16, 2022 19:39:36 GMT
Today, I woke up at 9:45 A.M, which was very late for me. I have been trying to catch up on sleep lately, and I think that this has had really positive implications on my mood and productivity throughout the day. I got out of bed and did a quick workout, but I was not really in the mood to go all the way to BFit. I made a promise to myself that I would work out tonight, but I realized later that we have to work on the mission tonight, so I am not sure if this will be possible. After this, I got ready and walked to Anderson before my law seminar. I ate my lunch, but I realized at this point that I had completely forgotten to take my medication. Still, I do not have time to head back to the hill to take it. I will be okay for today, but this has made it really difficult for me to focus. I am mad at myself for forgetting because today is my busiest day of the week, and it is the day I am most in need of remembering to take my medication. Either way, I walked to my law seminar after this. I did a closing argument presentation, which was a little bit silly for me as we just finished our mock trial for pledging. I was a lot less prepared for this one, and I could definitely have done better, both in my rhetoric and my speaking. After this seminar, I have my stats class, which I am really dreading. Part of me wants to skip it and watch it later, but I know that I don't have enough work to do in the meantime. I then plan on eating dinner with my roommate and heading to membership education.
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Post by alizanovoa on May 16, 2022 21:44:26 GMT
It is important to highlight that I went to sleep a bit disappointed in myself because of just my overall performance as a student. I keep messing up in simple tasks that dropped my grade. My grade point average is so important because law school requires it and it becomes extremely important to be competitive. But I went to sleep around 4 am which is crazy because I have been doing that these past two days which is terrible for you. The only reason I stayed up is that I really need to get stuff done. There is so much that needs to get done and I think I spend more time being worried about it than it getting done. I should be fine this week though hopefully. Other than that I had an interview with Peter which was fun because we just talked about random topics specifically reality television which was fun. After my interview, I planned to go to class but it ran a little longer so I decided to just go eat and I went to De Neve because they had my favorite which is a jalapeno macaroni and cheese and a strawberry cake. I even convinced my roommate to come with me because I did not want to go alone. I am also really excited to eventually get some good sleep. I called my dad after my interview with Peter which is nice he asked if I was coming home but it is so hard to go home when I have so much to do. Like I have a paper and midterm due this weekend and I am not looking forward to it.
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Post by coltonharrison on May 17, 2022 6:08:40 GMT
It has been a long while since I have done one of these daily journals, as I missed the last one, and plenty has happened in the time since then. I went to a sorority formal on Wednesday night which was fun but unfortunately I believe that I came into contact with COVID while there. I have been sick almost unrelentlessly since before going on retreat so when I woke up on Saturday with a bit of a cold, I assumed it was my cold getting worse again, as I had not slept much recently due to mock trial. Still, I was tested for COVID using a rapid antigen test and the test came back negative so I went on with my day. I thoroughly enjoyed my time at the empire family dinner, and it was great to talk to many of the active members who I have not spoken to since interviewing them. When I woke up on Sunday however, I knew something was wrong. I have had COVID in the past, over a year ago, and when I woke up I knew exactly what was wrong with me. I took a bird down to Target at 8 AM, and bought a rapid test, which this time came back very positive. I was achey and had the chills, as well as a cough and was extremely lethargic. I contacted the UCLA exposure management team, and was given the information for my isolation room. I have spent the past two days in this room, and I am beginning to see why so many people hate it. They drop off food for me once a day, and it is generally not very good. I spend most of the day sleeping, coughing, and talking to people on the phone. Now that the school week is starting I can distract myself with class as well. Thankfully I am only on the second floor, so people can come deliver me things through my window as there is no screen. Some people have also popped by to say hi to me, because I am extremely bored and have serious fomo. My symptoms have gotten slightly better, but my head is still very congested and my now infamous cough is back in full force.
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Post by danieljudd on May 17, 2022 6:24:02 GMT
Today was quite the day i FOUGHT FOR KEVINS LIFE. My child is safe for now, but ever fleeting moment is a reminder of the evil still lurking out there( Eric and Hanna if you are reading this I am hurt and upset by your recent actions) I shall and I must stay vigilant and protect Kevin's fragile life. In life we must protect those that need protection, Kevin is an innocent bystander and unlucky soul trapped in this war. I believe that myself and my pledge brothers have formed a deep emotional connection with this spaghetti squash. I will do anything to protect my son for the next 24 hours. Nothing, and I mean NOTHING will harm my boy. I only hope that the next fruit pledge guards Kevin and treats him with the same love and respect that I have. I have high expectations for Kevin's well being.
In other news, Rendevous slapped today. It was an absolute bopper, I had a steak bowl and I have never been happier with the quality of food there. I also got a free extra latte at Kerkhoff today which was the sign that today would be special. I ended up giving the latte to my girlfriend but I still got the good luck from getting it for free. Today was a really nice day outside also which was very cool. I had a really fun time filming our Friends Video tonight, but I lowkey think that I now have hypothermia. Wish me luck America.
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Post by jonalyngaspar on May 17, 2022 6:32:04 GMT
Today I woke up pretty early at around 7 in the morning and then decided to get breakfast. I recently have been trying to earn 400 stars on my Starbucks app so I walked quite the distance to get there. Once it was my turn to order at Starbucks, I randomly got nervous and ended up saying the wrong drink, but at least I still got my ham and cheese croissant. After not asking for a proper dairy replacement for my grande iced white mocha, I ended up having a stomach ache for a few hours and decided to nap it off. Once I woke up from my nap at around 1 in the afternoon, I decided to call my dog, Yogi Bear, through facetime and she greeted me with her signature dance moves. After my nap, I decided to fold some laundry from the previous night. I then became riddled with hunger so I headed over to B Plate to have one of my favorite meals, grilled chicken breast with a side of steamed bok choy, spinach, and grilled brussel sprouts. I have recently embarked on a health fueled journey and have decided to only put natural and non-processed foods into my body because I believe my body is a temple. After my filling lunch, I went back to my dorm to take my fiber gummy vitamins and vitamin C pills. I personally really enjoy eating my fiber gummy vitamins over my vitamin C pills because I have extreme difficulty swallowing pills due to the fact that I have quite large tonsils from having strep throat many times as a child. Afterwards, I began to get dressed for the kappa alpha pi activities such as member education and filming a video.
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Post by korrale on May 17, 2022 6:45:50 GMT
Today I unfortunately slept past my alarm and unintentionally missed my class. Luckily, for the entirety of this week, this particular class doesn’t consist of lectures, but actually a field trip to the Botanical Gardens. I really wanted to go to the gardens today but I think I will simply attend class on Wednesday and go to Botanical Gardens at that time. After missing class, I instead focused on getting some work done and finally doing laundry. Because I live in the dorms, doing laundry is truly an endeavor. It takes 2 to 3 hours each time and something always goes wrong. Recently the washing machines in my building have not been spinning my clothes properly at the end so they’re always dripping wet when I take them out of the washer. This makes the process of moving them into the dryer so unnecessarily difficult and then the drying process is messed up too. Because the clothes are wetter than they should be, the drying process is also prolonged. Today, I had to pay an extra dollar to fully dry my clothes. It honestly is a waste of money and time; I feel like as students who pay tuition to attend a well-renowned school, our facilities should be operational at the very least. Every time I do laundry, I’m reminded that our facilities are subpar and that this is what I’m paying for. After doing laundry, I took a short nap because the past week has not been very accommodating to my sleep schedule. Doing laundry was honestly the biggest part of my day because it took so long.
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Post by faithndegwa03 on May 17, 2022 6:46:44 GMT
I’m pretty tired honestly - but I think that has been a common theme for me throughout the last week or so. It’s kind of shocking to see our pledging process slowly come to an end. We had our last Mock Trial last week and our last Mem Ed today. It’s pretty bittersweet - but mostly sweet because it is a load of stress off our shoulders. This week feels a lot like the calm before the storm since next week is Hell Week, and I am sure it will live up to its name. I have so much work to catch up since I have put school second for the past six weeks of pledging and my grades definitely reflect that unfortunately - but I think this is the case for most of my pledge brothers luckily so I guess it is a bit more comforting know that we are all failing together .
The past week and a half has been pretty unpleasant, but I would say there have been two major highlights to these weeks. For one, I am so so so grateful for my Bigs, Narek and Elaine. I think the past few weeks have been pretty stressful and I have hit a lot of lows, but I think their continual support and the fact that they both always make sure to check in is what has kept me going throughout the pledge process. I really could not ask for a better Big or A Big.
Next, I am happy as hell that the new Kendrick Lamar album has been released. It is the first album he has released since his “DAMN” album in 2017. I am currently listening to it as we speak. I have not had much of the chance to listen to it over the past week since I have been nonstop working on both school work, projects, Kappa Alpha Pi work, and other personal goals. Although the song “The Heart Part 5” was released a few days prior, I think that that song outdoes the songs on the album that I had listened to thus far.
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Post by lesliehernandez on May 17, 2022 6:50:23 GMT
Today was honestly a pretty terrible day and it’s because I caught the flu from my roommates. It all started last week when one of us came home feeling terrible, that same night we caught a fever and it was bad. Slowly but surely we all started to get sick. Because there are 7 of us in the apartment and it is a 4 bedroom room, my roommate and I were the last ones to get sick. It started last night. I kept waking up all throughout the night and every single time I’d wake up my throat would feel worse, by the last time I woke up I knew in the morning I was going to wake up sick, and that is exactly what happened. I woke up feeling so terrible, but I still had to get to work. I walked there basically praying to god that it was not COVID because the quarantine experience was absolutely terrible and I’d never want to go through that again. Luckily I took a rapid and it came out negative. I knew that if I really had COVID then it would have come out positive because I felt siickkkkkk today. Anyways I went to work, and was so happy to find out that it wasn't COVID. After work I met up with my roommate because our friend was going to swipe us in. We sat on Tongva/Janns for a while and I called my brother who’s up in Berkeley. We had a nice conversation, I really missed him and I’m sad I can't go up next weekend to visit him with the rest of my family because I’m going to be so busy  . We walked to the hill and got swiped into Rende which lowkey made me and my roommate feel a little funny in our tummies. Anyways, our friend let us do work in her Dykstra Lounge and we stayed there for a bit grinding it out. We then headed out back home cause I needed to change for our last pledge education meeting. I came home quickly to change and my friend drove me back to campus which was nice. Our last pledge education was fun and wholesome, I’m glad it ended that way. I’m lowkey really scared for hell week, but it is what it is. Afterwards my pbors and I filmed out last mission which was actually sooo much fun, it was just an experience from stealing the couch to jumping into the fountain. At one point we got scared and thought we got caught but it really was a false alarm. While it was so fun, I feel like absolute trash now. Because I also jumped in the water I can physically feel my body developing a fever. I'm so sad because I hate being sick with a passion and I’m only starting to feel ten times worse. I just know I’m going to be dying tomorrow all day, I am not excited. |
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Post by vedantmehra on May 17, 2022 6:55:59 GMT
I woke up at around 9 AM, saw that it was still 9 AM on my phone, and decided to go back to sleep because starting the day off productively just isn’t for me. I then woke up a second time at around 11:30 AM, which was significantly more comforting. After waking up, I went through my homework assignments to double check that I hadn’t missed anything or didn’t have anything due today. Luckily, I did not, but I do have a midterm essay due tomorrow night that I haven’t started yet. After getting ready and staring at the walls for a little bit, I got lunch with some friends at Epicuria. The menu today was pretty mid. Should’ve gone elsewhere. After lunch, I returned to my dorm building, and thought I’d work on a group Econ project that I had to do my part for. Luckily, I saw that my group members had already done my part, because I’d been unresponsive, lazy, and unhelpful thus far. Hopefully they did it well enough for me to get an A. I have no complaints. Later, I faffed around some more, and then met some friends that I hadn’t hung out with in a while, which was pretty cool. Then, I made my way to our final Membership Education meeting, which was scheduled for 7 PM. Today was a very interesting session. We learnt a lot about what’s to come during Hell Week, but more than that, towards the end, Matthew and Adrian told us some of their favorite memories at Kappa Alpha Pi. Afterwards, we headed to the fountain at Janss to shoot our last mission. Alas, alack, the water in the fountain we could not track. Since the fountain was currently drained, we headed to the sculpture garden instead. We ‘borrowed’ a couch from the public affairs building, and then began shooting the video. It was definitely the most fun mission so far and possibly the most fun I’ve had with our pledge class as a whole too. Walking back to the hill was a drag because I was drenched and freezing cold. A fun day overall.
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Post by julianaabraham on May 17, 2022 6:57:29 GMT
Today I woke up exhausted because I barely got any sleep over the weekend. I then had my grandma take me to the airport, where my money was stolen (sorry to the baggage men). I took a really uncomfortable nap on my flight and then woke up in Los Angeles, which felt great. I then went back to the main campus, where I quickly got ready. I then met up with my friends, since one of them was selling snacks on Bruin Walk. I chatted with my friends for a little and then had my friend take me back up to the hill just cause I was feeling lazy. Once I got back, I had some sushi at the Drey and worked on my presentation at the Understory. After that, I went back to my dorm to take a nap. I wish I could have taken a longer nap and probably should have since I didn’t end up being as productive as I thought I was going to be prior to the new membership education meeting. At the meeting, I saw actives try to wrestle poor Daniel for Kevin. It was a sight to be seen. Afterwards, we all went and filmed our friends' intro video. We ended up stealing a couch from the public affairs building to shoot it. It was probably the most fun mission we had. Then, I walked back to the hill and got feast. I’m finishing the day with some homework and tiktok-my favorite part of the day.
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Post by abigailrubtsova on May 17, 2022 6:58:00 GMT
Today I woke up at 11. I wasn’t having a good time yesterday night so I let myself sleep in. I washed my face and got ready for the day. It was nice because I hadn’t really taken care of myself like that for a while. I plucked my eyebrows because they were disastrous and chatted with a suitemate of mine I hadn’t seen for a while. I had a phone call with someone who is providing me with a lot of resources that I need and it was pretty helpful. I took a rapid test because my PCR results hadn’t come in yet, and it came out negative BH. I put on an outfit that was business casual but also suitable for the music video, and brought a jean skirt in case. I headed to De Neve to get food for myself and Zz, whom I would be meeting at Kerckhoff. We talked for a bit there while we ate, and I told them about my week. It has been really hard these past few days but I hope with some help it will get better. I then met with some friends to do some work for a bit. We ended up settling at Lu Valle. My friend got me a Yerb and put it on my “tab” since I am currently walletless. I did some work for my MemEd presentation on the phone with Colton, and brainstormed for fundraising with Daniel. Fundraising isn't' doing too good not gonna lie. Might have to resort to being a sugar baby to be honest. I called the UCPD to report my wallet as lost, in case someone turns it in. I also studied for the quizzes I have to take tomorrow. I then headed over to MemEd, just to witness Kevin be harassed by Eric and Hanna for 20 minutes. Daniel fought bravely, and ended up victorious. Kevin was in the Friends mission video, a big star as well. The Friends video was very fun to make, I had a great time. I also enjoyed borrowing the couch. I had food with Jonalyn, Aliza, Korra, Faith, and Cya after. Poor Cya sprained her thumb. I will now try and do some work.
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Post by jackcarleton on May 17, 2022 6:58:55 GMT
Today was honestly a really fun day. I woke up at 11:45 to a call from Peter. I then got ready and met him at Kerckhoff for some coffee. It was nice catching up. After that I went to Bplate and had a really good lunch. I ended up running into some friends while I was there and we sat and talked for a long time. After Bplate I birded to apartment side of Westwood and went on an apartment tour with one of my roommates for next year. The place we looked at was really cool and I think we may move forward with signing a lease soon since we are pretty late to looking for a place to stay next year. After that I went back to my dorm and chilled for a bit, before meeting Mihir at the study for an interview. It was really fun talking with him, and he gave me some good ideas for what to get Peter for active appreciation. After that I changed and went to wooden. I met Peter and Lillan there and conducted an interview with Lillan while we lifted. She's a super cool person, and I'm really glad I got the chance to meet her. I always love to meet people who are more into lifting than I am so I can get their advice on different workouts. After I finished lifting I went back to my dorm and made myself a creatine and protein shake. I have been really inconsistent with my creatine consumption the last two weeks, but I am going to start taking it every day again starting this week. I then worked on my slide for the mem ed presentation, and changed into business casual. I got Bplate takeout because I was running late and birded to bunche for mem ed. It was really fun today getting to know Adrian and Matthew better, and it was entertaining watching Eric and Hana try and steal the fruit from Daniel. After mem ed we went to the sculpture garden and filmed our friends video. It was honestly one of the most fun things I think we've done as part of the pledging process. I had an IM game at 10 however, and had to walk to SAC freezing my ass off in my business casual clothes. My IM game was kinda trash and we got wiped but it's all good. After that I went back to my room and did my musicology assignment, and am now finishing up this journal. After this i'm heading to film my tik tok with a few of my pbros.
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Post by cya Coleman on May 17, 2022 6:59:43 GMT
Today was an alright start to my week. I woke up stressed but less stressed than in the past few weeks, which may have been bad. I woke up pretty early this morning because I had a 9 am. Part of me wanted to skip my class and go back to bed only because I did not get a lot of sleep the night before, and sometimes when I’m sleep-deprived, I get jittery, and I could feel myself getting like that this morning. But fortunately for me, my professor offered us an in-person and zoom option for class today, so I did not have to walk to campus. Instead, I just zoomed in from my bed. I also found out that my professor records all of his lectures so I can go back to his videos to study for our final. This was fascinating news for me. After this class, I got a bunch of food from the study because I felt starving this morning.After a long and well-deserved breakfast, I got ready for my day and headed over to the north campus for film and tv discussion. After my discussion, I used the next few hours to work on some assignments, and I also sent like four interview request emails. I heard back from most of them pretty quickly, which was lovely. After sending my emails, I walked over to our mock trial meeting. The mem ed went well. After a mem Ed, some of us stayed behind so that we could finish up our Friends Video. Once we finished our video, a few of us went to get dinner at this vegan burger food truck .he food truck ended up being really good however the sandwich I tried was really spicy and I couldn't finish it the stator tot were slay though.
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. We walked to the hill and got swiped into Rende which lowkey made me and my roommate feel a little funny in our tummies. Anyways, our friend let us do work in her Dykstra Lounge and we stayed there for a bit grinding it out. We then headed out back home cause I needed to change for our last pledge education meeting. I came home quickly to change and my friend drove me back to campus which was nice. Our last pledge education was fun and wholesome, I’m glad it ended that way. I’m lowkey really scared for hell week, but it is what it is. Afterwards my pbors and I filmed out last mission which was actually sooo much fun, it was just an experience from stealing the couch to jumping into the fountain. At one point we got scared and thought we got caught but it really was a false alarm. While it was so fun, I feel like absolute trash now. Because I also jumped in the water I can physically feel my body developing a fever. I'm so sad because I hate being sick with a passion and I’m only starting to feel ten times worse. I just know I’m going to be dying tomorrow all day, I am not excited.