I am in a pissy mood right now. My mom called and was asking whether I went to my grandmother\’s apartment last weekend (which I didn\’t). Then she suddenly mentioned that it was okay that I lost the other apartment, so I could start looking for another one.

And that was what made my blood boil. Last year, I was picky about my apartment and therefore I almost couldn\’t find a place until a month before I was supposed to move in for the new semester. My parents don\’t understand that it\’s almost next to impossible to find a decent apartment in Berkeley plus an apartment that is close to the campus. Currently the apartment that I am living right now…is run-down. Cold in the winter. Poor electricity. My friends commented that it looked ghetto. The stove barely lights up (we have to use a match). Additionally the shower isn\’t that powerful and it drips. The toilet has the tendency to overflow. The bathtub is dirty and we always use our slippers to take showers. Additionally my neighbors downstairs are loud (I can hear their music, their AOL welcome greeting, and them with LOUD SEX). Then the windows aren\’t locked and they open by themselves during the night. There\’s no such thing as privacy in this apartment. Doors aren\’t real. The bathroom door…well I don\’t even know if it has a real lock. And the front door of the entire building isn\’t secure (remember this?). Great.

And the other place, I lost just because my parents didn\’t want to rent it during the summer. However, it is essential that I rent during the summer otherwise I wouldn\’t get it. I am still mad that HE ditched me. What would have been better is if he had consulted me before giving the apartment to his friend. Great great great.

So then I got infuriated. First off, the fact that I wasn\’t allowed to rent during the summer. Secondly, the fact that we can afford most of the places around here. Thirdly, the fact that I am not allowed to room with a male roommate (I would assume that most people are respectful especially all these asexual Berkeley people). Fourthly, how I always have to hesitate and say to my prospective landlords – \”I have to ask my parents.\”

Don\’t you know how much I hate saying that line?

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My cousin has a new personal project and his deals site going. Yeah go visit both! Looks like he ditched oceansky already. What a shame. But then cyberwings was sucking anyway. Never trust a webhost if you\’re paying below preminium for their services. Especially if they discount it 75%.

I want to buy another domain… :(

*sob* The instructional server named mamba came back up after it crashed yesterday at 9 am. Do you know what this means? I have to do my CS project! Waaaaaaah! :(

Fortunately though, because we couldn\’t log into the home directories at all today, all CS labs were cancelled. Unfortunately this lab was supposedly really hard and would have been very helpful for the CS final. It was on Verilog and…something. Heh, I forgot. It\’s funny…my TA Kai posted the fact that all lab sections were cancelled because of the server crash and bragged that he would be able to watch…a Chinese show? Yeah.

ARGH! Can you tell that I am upset now? I just found out that my supposedly future roommate found someone else. And he didn\’t even tell me that. That plus the fact that my parents refused to pay the extra $1000 makes me very MAD. It\’s like that place is gone just because they don\’t want to pay extra. And like…it\’s so hard to find a place in Berkeley. Really hard. Especially a good apartment.

And the place I am living now. Horrible electricity. Very cold during the winter. Everything falling apart. So like…what am I supposed to do now?! :(

TurnItIn.com is supposed to work flawlessly. So when I tried to join my MCB class to turn in my paper electronically, it wouldn\’t recognize the class id and password. I tried it…what…twenty times. BUT NO! It wouldn\’t recognize my class id and password. During lecture, Professor Presti mentioned how some private isps may block access to the site. But Earthlink DSL would do such a thing?! GRRRRRRRRRR. My anger has kept me up for an extra hour than it normally would.

I must admit the idea of turnitin.com is quite novel. It crosschecks your paper against all its resources to check for plagiarism. In fact, turnitin was created here in Berkeley. It is now used globally by universities across the world.

But it wouldn\’t let me join the class. And I made three different accounts. Maybe I should made an account for every e-mail address I have.