Some of y'all are wondering what I did about classes this semester and about how I'm doing. Well here's a skimming of the surface:

I sold my kidney for $75.00 so that I could start an installment plan at ACC...

Actually I've only got enough to start an installment plan at ACC on two classes, the total for those is $285 with the installment plan ($10 to start) I had to pay 50% up front, so it came out to $142.50 + $10 to start the plan. I had $100 and only needed $52.50. So I wound up running around town this afternoon selling some DVD's, CD's, and a bunch of other stuff. I wound up getting about $64 for what I sold, enough to start the installment plan, but I still have to pay the rest of the $142.50 before the end of the semester, $71.25 of it is due before 6 weeks pass and the other $71.25 is due by the 11th week of class. So now I'm stressing about the rest of the cash for class.

Though this doesn't include the cost of books, which if I get them used they'll cost somewhere around $170. For new books, I'm projecting for the cost at about $220 and since I don't have the cash right now to buy any of them I'm hoping a friend will be taking the same class so that I can borrow a book for a bit of time.

I did get a short gig working at the University COOP for the next two weeks, they needed 50 cashiers for the beginning of the semester. It's not a high paying or glamorous job, but it's available and it will pay me cash soon. It's $8.00 and hour from 8am to 5:00 with something like a 30 min lunch, because I told them I'd be in class at 5:40 so I needed off around 5:00. They didn't make a big deal out of it. My guess is they've worked with students before, haha... check the sarcasm at the door, it's the university COOP right across the street from the UT Campus, of course they've worked with students before.

I'm still looking for a full time or even a part time job, friends of mine seem to be getting all these offers for jobs, we share a phone line and I'm always taking messages for them to call back one job offer after another. I don't know what I'm doing wrong or if I'm looking in the wrong places or what. Maybe with my military training and my work at ExxonMobil, maybe just maybe I'm overqualified for all the positions available in this city. haha, yeah right..

It's all been a little frustrating, but I'm dealing with it. I'm glad that I got into classes it will give me something to do/worry about other than the job hunt and they'll keep me occupied so that I don't sit here all day in my office on the net. I'll actually get out and interact with the common people. haha.. whoever they are the population in my area isn't what one would call diverse, with all the college students, Fraternities and Sororities in the area they isn't a large mix of cultures.

This is a lot about me and I'm feeling a bit selfish or whatever so I shall attempt to rectify that. How are you doing? What's going on in your life? What's going on in your head? What makes you You?

I think that's about all I can ask without sounding like I'm coming on to some of you, haha. I've got to get cleaned up and run some errands around town. I need to hit the VA and TWC plus run back by school and see what's going on there.

My class schedule is:
Math 1332 MW 5:40 - 6:55
Govt 2305 TTH 5:40 - 6:55

Though I am seriously debating switching my Math ( College Mathematics ) to either College Algebra or something else entirely, I'm not a big fan of math, I have this mental block or something, I believe that all math builds upon itself and that somewhere along the way I missed a key important fact, or heck it might not even have been an important fact, but simply a fact and now I have problems with the rest of it. crazy huh?

Well I've got to get going,
Have a great one!

Hugh

oh and if you need to get ahold of me, my cel is dead ( monetarily of course) so call me at: 512-477-5941 that's my office number, sometimes it's forwarded to my boss's cel, so be careful and just leave a brief message if I'm not there to answer it.

Also I have the following net related services:

Email: imortalrooster@collegeclub.com
Email: hugh.h.melrose@us.army.mil
AIM: HughHudson3
YahooIM: Whotookmyshorts
MSN: imortalrooster@collegeclub.com

and you can find me on several online networking sites as imortalrooster@collegeclub.com
www.myspace.com
www.tribes.net
www.friendster.com
www.hipstir.com

You'll be able to get ahold of me somehow! Have a great one!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY BEST BUDDY ZACH!!!!

My friend Allye Cat's band SugarBack will be performing at FRIENDS on 6th street this Thursday at 7:00 pm. Come out and have an early cocktail ..... enjoy some great music and great vocals and harmony by yours truly... AND come out and visit with Allye Cat and me ......

GENE AND MARGARET--- I EXPECT YOU TO BE THERE.... DRESSED IN YOUR SUNDAY BEST!!!!

HIT Allye Cat UP IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ......


Free Day Party ...Valentines in Austin, TX...

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Saturday Feb. 14th
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pease park - Austin, TX
noon - 8pm
house, breaks & eclectic broken beats / dub

your DJ's will be:
El Conejito Del Diablo - broken beat & dub - 12-1pm
Appolesse - house - 1-2
Tamara - tribal house - 2-3
Dj Daveed & Lucas Wade 3-4.30 playin' BREAKBEATS!!!
Bexarametric - 4.30-6 - Live PA
Mark Pena - 6-??? - house
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I think I'll have to pawn my bike to go to this show, having two jobs that don't pay the bills sucks adding a third just to try and cover the rest is worse when you're starting a new semester...



you want the truth or fabrication of what's been going on in the life of Hugh?

I hurt my shoulder, I'm out of work even though I have two jobs they don't pay dick, I don't have any cash at all for anything other than the money I have set aside for school, I'm single and it sucks, though yes there are women in my life, but they're several hundred miles away and that doesn't count for anything. Classes started today and the money I have set aside for them is $50 short for tuition installment plan I had hoped to get on to begin a payment plan. Total I'm short almost $200 so I can't go to class. I don't sleep well at night anymore and that's just the icing on my cake.

I don't know if I'll be alright or not, I can only hope things will turn around soon. I hate to have to start pawning my stuff for money for food and gas, but it looks like I might have to.

I picked up a ten day temporary job, though with my shoulder the way it is, I don't know if I'll be able to do the job. More than likely I'll have to pawn a few things to get enough money to take a couple of short semester courses.

The military or the VA or someone didn't work on or lost my MGIB paperwork so I have to do it all again and wait till maybe February.

I'm drunk on my last beers... and I think I'm going to go crash...

thanks for reading this far, later.

Hugh

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