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1. RAISE. Today is a special day -- one I'd like to remember forever. I received my first increase in salary, and I can finally celebrate something (after having lost my phone/got it stolen, and all the financial troubles). I'm truly proud of myself. As an young adult (who's female who needs to ask for a raise to get it), I've learned that there are things to overcome, and some things you deserve aren't handed to you freely. Instead you must fight for yourself, the things you're passionate about.

The hardest part of it all was asking, but sometimes without asking, we wouldn't receive, and I -- I really needed this. I was totally deserving of an increased salary with all the work i do here << could be a joke, but when the volume of work increases, I bust my a** off for USC.

2. PHONE. My phone was stolen two nights ago. I have no clue who took it, or why anyone would want to do that to me in the first place especially because the only people there that night were my "friends". I haven't been able to sleep for the past few days because I find it a little disturbing. On the surface, I find it a little strange that out of all the purses in Justin's car the time it was broken into, my purse was taken, out of all the items in the pool room that night, mine was tampered with, why my wallets are stolen from me constantly, why everything of mine is taken from me. It seems a little strange and bizarre. I wonder...

I just find it disturbing. The only people there the night it was taken from me were people I thought I could trust. I looked for my phone knowing that I would eventually find it. It was in that room with me, and I didn't take it out. I looked and looked. I took the seats apart, I checked all the drawers and cabinets. I looked over the entire room twice thoroughly. So the only thing left to conclude -- and it hurts so much to say this -- is that one of my "friends" took it from me, or hid it from me.

What gave it away: cell phone was fully charged the night before, but it was off -- I never have it off; it's not in the room. I did not remove it from that room and Julian reassured me that it WAS in there. So how does something that big disappear? Well, someone probably took it. 1. It hurts if it's true, because why me? Am I that bad of a person that you felt you had to take my treasure from me? I bought that phone with my own money. It's worth 200 dollars, and I don't have much. I give and give, but always get things taken from me too. 2. I just couldn't believe that even if you thought it wasn't my phone, you'd steal from someone's house.



Please, if you know where my phone is or know who has it, let me know. I just want my phone back. Is that too much to ask for?

3. POW WOW! A few of us went to go watch The Dark Knight last night, and it was amazing. I think it's safe to say that a few of us wouldn't' mind watching it again. Heath Ledger was amazing for the part. He acted the role so well, and it's so sad, but so grand that this is the end of his career, and he was amazing.