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Textbook Ripoff: Part Deux

May 19, 2008 By Trevor Dickerson

It’s the end of the semester, and you know what that means: It’s time to get screwed over by the VCU Bookstore! So I spent $400 on textbooks back in January. Today I went down to VCU and got a whopping $13.50 back in resale value. Half of my books wouldn’t be taken back because they’re proprietary, custom VCU books that have no value once used because they change every year. I have a big problem with that. That’s just ridiculous. I spent more money than that on cheese pies yesterday at the Lebanese Food Festival. I probably spent more than that getting my Xterra down there to the VCU Bookstore and back. Textbooks are a royal ripoff. Students such as myself are getting nothing short of scammed. It’s infuriating.

Filed Under: rants, sarcasm Tagged With: books, bookstore, car, college, funny, gas, humor, humorous, sarcarm, school, semester, textbooks, university, VCU, Virginia Commonwealth University, Xterra

Recent Questions, Ponderings, Discoveries, & Thoughts

April 25, 2008 By Trevor Dickerson

I’ve been doing a whole lot of deep thinking lately, especially yesterday. I could write a full-fledged post on each topic, and I might do that with some of these at a later date, but I just wanted to share what’s been running through my head over the past week or so. These are all randomly-ordered questions, ponderings, discoveries, and thoughts I’ve had.

- You can’t change other people. You can only change yourself and be a positive example for others to follow.

- When you put God at the center of your life, everything else just falls into place exactly the way it’s supposed to.

- If you try to do too many things at once you won’t get anything done at all. Focusing on one thing will get you a lot farther.

- Why is it that practically everyone I know is in a relationship now, and all over the course of the past month?

- I’ll be getting to that point in a few years when everyone I know is starting to get married, and man, that seems unreal. When did I get to this age?

- I’ll be twenty in July? Twenty? Two decades down. Wow.

- I finally know exactly what I want and that I am once again ready to be in a relationship.

- Am I only good enough to talk to or does she (come on you didn’t think you were actually gonna get a name, did you?) actually want something more with me?

- Why am I always second best, and how do I change that?

- Sushi from the VCU Commons is great at the beginning of the week, but practically a biohazard by Friday.

- I need to nail down what I’m doing this Summer job-wise, and really soon.

- I need to decide on my major for sure by next Fall. Graphic Design, Mass Communications, Film, or Business?

- The old saying is absolutely right: If it seems too good to be true, it probably is.

- Running is a great stress reliever.

- Change is constant and life is fluid.

- There are two options: Get in the game or be left behind.

- I need to spend less money on eating out, and that would also help me with my goal of getting in shape.

- I’ve got an incredible group of friends who are more supportive, caring, and genuine than anyone else I’ve ever been around in my life.

- I need to stop making this list and go get ready to head to VCU for my second-to-the-last day of classes.

Glad I got all that out. I feel a lot better now! Comment and share your thoughts.

Filed Under: life Tagged With: change, Christianity, classes, college, deep, example, girls, God, income, jobs, life, list, ponderings, positive, questions, random, relationships, religion, school, spirituality, summer, thinking, thoughts, VCU, Virginia Commonwealth University, women

Ashley Crossman: Miss Virginia 2008!

April 22, 2008 By Trevor Dickerson

A big congratulations goes out to Ashley Crossman, winner of Miss Virginia 2008! She’s the sister of one of my friends at VCU, and I had the privilege of designing her an ad for inclusion in the pageant program and other uses. Many of her sponsors were local businesses in her hometown of Montross, Virginia and had no logos for use, so I designed the majority of them. It was a lot of fun creating this and working with her. She’s incredibly nice, very talented, and is beautiful on the inside as well as out. She’s extremely deserving of her win. Here’s the ad I created for her in preparation for the pageant:

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A Beautiful Spring Evening At Monroe Park

March 26, 2008 By Trevor Dickerson

Me and Jen hung out after dinner at Monroe Park and played frisbee for a while. We had a squirrel friend, too. Nothing more to say, just a fun, chilled out Spring evening with my best friend. What could be better? Here’s a few pictures uploaded from the iPhone:

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: animals, Apple, best friend, chill, city, friends, iPhone, Monroe Park, pictures, Richmond, Spring, squirrel, technology, VCU, Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University

A Grande Nonfat Chai Tea Latte For Thomas?

March 20, 2008 By Trevor Dickerson

Well this is a new one. I can’t count how many times people have thought my name was Travis (though I still don’t understand why that’s such a common thing that happens to me, because honestly I haven’t really met any more people named Travis than Trevor in my lifetime, but I digress). Well this morning at the Cabell Library Starbucks at VCU, I ordered my usual pick-me-up, a grande nonfat Chai Tea Latte. They ask for your name with your order at this particular location because it’s so incredibly busy, and the lady asked mine twice because I guess she couldn’t hear me. But I ended up with Thomas on my cup. I don’t know I just found that interesting. How in the world do you get Thomas from Trevor? Yet more proof that I really don’t exist, especially at VCU, like I posted about a few weeks earlier. Thought I’d snap a quick picture of it. Too funny.