An update of sorts

I figured I'd better write something else just in case somebody missed me :) I've moved into my new house and am working on unpacking and decorating, which is kind of fun. Yesterday I unpacked all my books - I've been looking forward to doing that for years. I have so many books! Let's see, I'm spending Thanksgiving with my sister's husband's relatives, so that should be fine. On Friday, I work a total of 19 hours between my two jobs. Wow. I start at 3 am and, minus two hours, go straight until 12 am. Then back to work Satruday, another 14 hours. Crazy. I'm going to be thankful for Sunday! I think that might be it for now.

Hmm

You know, I could have sworn I posted right after my birthday, but maybe I only wrote and forgot to actually post it. Whatever.

Anyway, I'm moving into the house on the 16th of November - Yay! I spent a couple of hours setting up utilities etc this afternoon, which I've never done, so that was a learning experience. I just got home from work, and I have to be back at work in 7 hours. Yay. Um, Spanish is going fine, can't wait for it to be over so I don't have to think about that anymore. It's difficult to really care because I'm just taking it because I have to to get into university. I mean, I'm sure it will be useful to know, but I honestly don't really care. At least it's not too difficult.

I bought a Christmas CD tonight. Hehe. 'Tis the season, and all. Not much else going on. Thinking of going to the Cowboy Monkey on Sunday evening to see a band that a friend of mine knows. We'll see.

That's all, I guess.

This post is dedicated to me

...for my birthday... Yay for me and my birthday! I went out last night, that was fun. Had a good time.

Um, I actually did ok on that Spanish test I was talking about. I thought I was going to get like a 80 and I got a 91. Anyway...

That's all.

I wish...

I wish that the word "prosaic" meant something else. It actually means the opposite of what I think it should mean, but hey, no one asked me, I guess.

Every once in a great while I feel like I am fated to become a writer, but I'm just not patient enough. I can't stick with a story, do the research etc. I get bored with it and then want to move on. I don't have an eye for detail.

Yeah, so that came out of nowhere...

Um, let's see, what else... I have a spanish test tomorrow. I don't think I'm going to do very well. I've been doing about as little work as possible in that class, and I had to work all weekend so I haven't even studied for it. Considering the class is really above my level, not studying is not a good career decision, but I just can't bring myself to do it.

You know, it's funny... I would never consider myself a weak-willed person. Yeah... right. Anyway, as I was saying... But there are some things that I just cannot make myself do (or not do as the case may be.) I just don't want to do what I don't want to do. I guess the problem is that I'm not weak-willed about those things, rather I'm pitting myself against my will, and that's difficult because I am so strong-willed in general.

Whatever, gotta go.

Blah

I was going to attempt to write this post in Spanish, but I just can't make my brain work that hard right now.

I went and looked at a house this morning... it's very nice. It's kind of cookie-cutterish, in a subdivision, but that doesn't bother me. The lady said that there are a lot of PhD students in the area etc. It seems like it would be a nice place to live so I'll take the parents to go see it when they come out to visit me.

I have a birthday in liike, 2.5 weeks! Yay for me! I will be 22. That's hard to believe. When did I get that old? Not that that is old, but it seems like, especially in this town, there are an awful lot of people that are younger than me and I'm just used to being one of the younger people. I don't know if that makes sense, but whatever have you.

Well, I must get to class, hopefully I won't expire from the difficulty of it. It's a third done, so that's cool. Yay. That's it.

It's very late

I really should go to bed, but for some reason I haven't yet. It's not like I'm not tired, I just don't feel like having tomorrow come yet, although to be completely honest, it has already arrived and there's nothing I can do to discontinue its approach. Tomorrow I really need to do Spanish homework, mostly because it will be my last chance to do it before Wednesday's class as I'll be working from... well, anyway, no one really cares about that crap. Oops, my mom says I'm not allowed to say the bad crap word.

I'm really tired.

I found my nifty little cousin on MySpace tonight. David Alan Rhodes, drummer of a New Zealand band called Stylus. Haven't really listened to much of their stuff, but good for him anyway. Haven't seen all of them since well for ten years. Yeah, I'm not making much sense, or at the very least, something is amiss with my grammar.

I'm listening to Justin Timberlake really loudly on my iPod. Yay for me, I guess.

Yeah, so for a quick rundown of the details - life is fine, lots and lots of work, haven't really hit it off with anyone in my class except for a couple of older ladies. Paying off some of my bills from stuff from the wedding, which is really nice. Don't have to worry about that stuff anymore. I hope my Gap card payment went through on time. I'm a little worried about that. My birthday is a month from today. I will be 22. Yay for me.

Alright, that's it - I'm going to bed.

Guess I should write

Let's see, I've mostly been just working as is usual. I got sixty hours this week between my two jobs, plus my Spanish class started. I think the class is going to be okay, although I might have to work to catch up on some of the verb stuff. We'll see, though. I have the time, if I need it, as I'm not taking other classes or anything. I've been enjoying the US Open, yay for Maria Sharapova. She took it in two sets against Henin-Hardenne, 6-4 6-4, I think. I'm psyched about the men's finals tomorrow. Go, Andy Roddick! Right, anyway... I don't have anything to do tonight, although I kind of wish I did because I have tomorrow off, but oh well. I can entertain myself just as well... go home and watch Stargate Atlantis. I think that's it for now, anything comes up, I'll let you know.

Reflections from the verge

Yes, perhaps a bit like Anderson Cooper's book "Dispatches from the Edge"... Anyway, I'm leaving this afternoon. In a way, this week has gone by very slowly, and I'm happy for that, because it feels as though I've had more time than just a week here. God, I'll tell you one thing - I will always love this place. I'm sad to leave, yet looking around and thinking what it would be like if I was still here, I can still see the reasons why I left. I guess I just want to have it all, which is never how it works. You have to take the good with the bad most of the time. I want to be able to live my dreams of doing astronomy, yet I also want this connectedness to something bigger. And they are not mutually exclusive, but when you are away from this place, it's very, very easy to lose sight of just what the "bigger" thing is.

I'll tell you one thing though, you start to understand so many of the things we hear about from the pulpit but can never really grasp. Sometimes I have to make myself sit down and reflect on life and important things, because I hate that I can spend so much of my time just thinking about what time I have to leave to get to work and how can I sell more stuff and blah blah blah so mundane and unimportant in the grand scheme of things. I miss having the time and energy to focus on something more than that stuff. Reflection is a luxury I used to take for granted. Now it is often one that I can't afford. But then, there's a lot I can't afford right now, namely groceries :)

Anyway, I've had a great time and I hope it isn't too long before I can come back. I mean, I don't know what would next pull me up here, but there's got to be something. If not, I'll just come to visit sometime, and hopefully for longer. But for now, it's back to the grindstone...

An update, since I have a moment

Well, I'm still in Alaska for another, oh let's see... four days approximately. I'm having a really nice time, although it's difficult to wrap my mind around being here and thinking about going back to work after having been here. In many ways I don't to even think about leaving on Sunday, yet I'm also looking forward to seeing my fam and the kitties and such like. I'm most looking to pass the next couple of months so that I can really get back to what I want to be doing, which is not "biding my time," but actually accomplishing something. If nothing else, this is being a great recharge for me.

Last night I hung out with Nathan and that was a lot of fun, just kind of reminiscing and such, and talking about life.

You know, most people hear that I'm majoring in astronomy, and they're just a little puzzled - you can see it in their eyes. I can't wait to prove that I can actually do it and make it in "the real world" whatever that is.

That's it, I guess, for now

Here I am again...

...and boy is it ever hard to believe. I'm so excited to be here again! In a way nothing has changed, yet it seems as though everything has. I know I'm going to hate to go come next Sunday, but life goes on and there are bills to pay :) Bo, I'm sure you got my message, but just so you know, the phones are out here and I mayn't be able to call you again for a while, but I'm here and everything is fine. It's exciting to be a part of the whole wedding thing and be with Janelle for this last week. I guess I don't really have anything else to say, but that's the status report for now.

Weeeell

Today I'm not working at all so I'm enjoying the day off. It's my last day before I leave for my trip next Friday that I'm not working at all. So, I'm at my sister's house doing laundry and watching TV. Um, for those of you who read my last blog post, I did fine on the Spanish test. It was more difficult than I thought it would be but I also did better than I thought I would having finished it. I'm registered now for a Spanish 103 class. Hopefully it will be another way to meet some more people and such. People are starting to show up for school, as I guess it gets under way here in a couple of weeks. Lots of moving trucks around and such. Yeah, so... I'm really broke - no surprise there. I'm having to be really careful this month because I'm not working at all for 10 days, and while my expenses are lessened (no gas, food, etc.) I have to make sure I can pay my bills come the end of the month. It's going to be close, but oh well, what can I do? Anyway, that's it for now, I guess.

Hello, homies!

How is everyone out there? I hope everyone is well and all that stuff. I'm getting uber excited about going up to Alaska for 10 days, and I'm going to try not to worry about making my bills when I come home. Speaking of bills, rent it coming up, that will be fun...

I went running this morning with Bo, something we are making a bit of a habit of, and we got so rained on. Thunderstorms are expected throughout the day... I sound like a meteorologist. Anyway, I like thunderstorms and they will bring a little relief from the heat wave. It's been so incredibly hot. In a couple of hours I have to take my Spanish assessment test, and it's nerve wracking because I have to, have to, have to get into at least a 102 class so that I can transfer to the U of I in the spring. My transferring is contingent on two things - this test, and having 60 transferable credits. I mean, I'll still be going to school full time come this spring, I'd just like to be able to go straight into U of I as opposed to starting out at Parkland and then transferring yet again. Espero que hago bien en eso examen. I think that's right. Oh well if it isn't. Anyway, gotta run, wish me luck, etc.

Yet another long while

I know, I know...

So, tonight I am contemplating bill-paying. Yay! Fun times! But also yay for getting it done and out of hte way. So I'll send those out tomorrow in the post...

Tomorrow I can sleep in, which is also a yay thing. Got a lot of hours at BB this week therefore not a lot of sleeping in going on. So, yeah... I work tomorrow night and then Friday night I'm going out with a friend and his friends, I have no idea where or what, but oh well. Something to do at any rate. Not much else going on with me. I leave a month from yesterday for my trip! I'm so thrilled and excited and all that. I can't wait to see all my friends and not work for ten days. Of course, then I will be uber broke when I get back, but oh well. I'll just have to deal with that. But other than that I'm so excited.

I guess that's it for now... not much going on.

I've been most remiss, I know

I'm probably the worst blogger out there because I write so infrequently. Although, the reason this time is because I have been slightly enamored of my MySpace page recently, so I've been writing there some. Let's see, I've been working a lot, being broke a lot, reading a lot. That's about it. Watched a couple of good movies recently - A Prairie Home Companion, for all you Garrison Keillor fans out there, and Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang, for all you fond of Val Kilmer, of which I am most fond. Lot's of swearing in the second one there, but it's awfully funny.

Well, I have to go get ready for work. Keep in touch.

Shout out to Janelle and Dan

Congratulations to two of my favorite people!

I'm bored

Well, it's 12 am on a Saturday. And no I'm not going to sing the Billy Joel song. I just got off work and I'd like to do something, but I don't really know what. And there's not really anyone to do anything with anyway. Oh well.

Tomorrow I have off work entirely, so hopefully I can find some way to keep myself busy. Anybody want to hang out? Go see a movie or something? That would be fun. Give me a call if you want to. I'd love to hear from you. To whomever it is that I'm speaking. I mean, everyone who reads this blog is either thousands of miles away, or my sister. Not that I don't want to hang with you, Bo. Anyway, whatever.

Feeling the need to post...

...for some strange reason, at 1:40 am on a Saturday morning. I was tired, but I had to haul my laundry home and make my bed and drink my fresca and I just don't feel so tired. I know that if I went to bed right now I'd lay there with my brain going off on a thousand different tangents.

Let's see, what to write about. Not sure really. Often when I blog it's because I need to get something off my chest, but I just feel like blogging for no apparent reason right now. Um... I'm fine. You know it's funny because I was really feeling the lack of social life for a long while there, and now this week I haven't barely had the time to do all the things I wanted. I mean, I made time for them, but still. Monday and Tuesday nights I worked, Wednesday I went out with some friends from church, and then out to Tommy G's, and then Thursday night I went over to some different friends from church house, and then went to the Rosebowl, and then tonight, Kinnerly and I wandered around some walking trails, went out to eat and then I went with my sister and some friends to the Pig's Eye. All in all I've been fairly busy this week. Unfortunately, next week, I'm working almost 60 hours, which always makes it a bit tough, but at least I will make some money.

On a sadder note, I think I won't be able to go to Georgia at the end of this month. Sunday the 25th everyone has to work at Best Buy because of some important happening or another, so... I was really bummed out, but also a bit relieved because the honest truth is that it was going to be a real stretch to go, financially.

Currently listening to Cake, Never There, which I downloaded after hearing it the other night and remembering what a great song it was.

It's late, but...

I need to tell you the story before I forget it.

Not that I would.

Anyway, point is, I went to a music store to rent a cello maybe a week or two ago. The guy who helped me out was named Caleb, and he seemed like a really cool guy. So, I was like, man, he's cool. So today, I went back to the store to get a rock stop for my cello, thinking, "hey maybe I'll see that cool guy again." I did, sure enough, and confirmed that he seems a great guy. So I learned in the course of things that he was doing a gig at a bar up on Mattis, and before I gave myself time to think, I decided to go and check it out. The time was approximately 10:20 pm. The bar wasn't the type of place I might often frequent, but I got a drink and sure enough, there was Caleb, sans band for this evening. He took a break and we ended up sitting together and having a drink and talking which was great. He had to get back to his playing, so I enjoyed that until he finished close to 1 am. He then sat down again, and we talked until just after 2 am. Caleb is playing another gig tomorrow night at which we made plans to see each other, at least in passing. If nothing else, hopefully I have gained a friend.

And that was my excitement for the evening/morning.

Here's a new post

As opposed to, say, an old post. Anyway, I am currently writing this on my mother's computer and watching a strange ad on the television. I have to go to work this afternoon, which is a bit of a bummer because I'd rather hang with the parents, who are out visiting this weekend. I odn't really have much to say, so I guess I won't waste time saying nothing.

Oh well

I know I don't write that much anymore, and I'm just terribly sorry. Not that anyone reads this anymore to care... sniffle, sniffle. I don't currently have internet at my apartment, which probably inhibits such communications, but that will all change on Wednesday. Yes! So that's going to be cool. I was getting on a couple of times on an unguarded wireless network from some surrounding apartment, but they have since passworded it, so oh well.

Let's see... work is fine. Best Buy in the mornings and Barnes and Noble in the evenings. I'm making ends meet... sort of. I mean, I've just added a car insurance payment, so that's another thing to put in my budget. I think I got a pretty good deal for the coverage I'm getting and the fact that I had an accident just last December. So that's nice to have that taken care of, now being officially on my own policy as opposed to piggybacking with my parents. Let's see, sometimes I work 13 hour days, which is only difficult because both jobs are retail, and that's hard being on one's feet that long in a given day. I can't complain, however, because, given that I do work such long days, I also still manage to get whole days off, as opposed to my whole week being littered with little shifts. Anyway, the apartment is fine. Those of you who saw my pictures on Ringo will know that the whole thing was photographed in three pics. It's nice, though, to have my own place. I slept over at my sister's house last night because my poor car is in the shop getting it's transmission rebuilt/replaced. Poor thing. Poor me.

My parents are coming out this week. Actually, my mom is coming tomorrow night and my dad, this weekend. I'm so excited. It will be a nice change of pace and such. Hopefully we can do some fun stuff.

The next exciting thing on my agenda will be Janelle's wedding, whenever that happens to be. I've been excited about that since, well, forever it seems. I wish I could get off for two weeks. Well, I probably could get off for two weeks, but I don't think I could handle two weeks without paychecks. Bummer how that works these days. I hate having to be financially responsible.

As far as what's going through my head these days... well, I'm making it. I miss Whitestone a whole heck of a lot these days. Probably because I don't really have much else to occupy my thoughts. Just my diet and missing Alaska. I swore I was going to get through this, and so far I'm making it. It helps that the weeks just seem to melt by. I can't believe it's almost June. June, folks! It feels like just a few weeks ago I was thinking that it was crazy that it was April already. Cripes!

Speaking of diet, yes folks, you all would be proud. I have officially lost 6 lbs so far. One part of me wants to be really skeptical about it, but hey, 6 lbs are 6 lbs. Honestly! Maybe I can surprise everyone by being skinny when I come up for the wedding. We'll see, hey?

I think that this is by far long enough. Once again, drop me a line or give me a call or just let me know you all are still alive.

I know, I know...

It's just been forever since I've written anything, and to my faithful followers, I'm terribly sorry. Let's see, so I've got the two jobs, and I just moved into my apartment yesterday. Was late for work today because I didn't know I was supposed to work today, and that was just plain poopy. I got contacts a little bit ago, and I'm still waiting to decide if they are right for me... They're a real pain to get in my eyeballs. Anyway, please, please leave comments or even better, write me emails. I miss everyone terribly.

The new job

It's amazing, really, how little logic does in the face of irrational fear. I mean, what I dislike the most about starting a new job is the fear that I will look stupid and that lost feeling, kind of like being out to sea. I mean, come on, Boj, it's four hours, how much damage is that going to do to your ego? Not much, probably. Before I know it, I'll be making new friends and feeling very comfortable, just like I do now and Barnes and Noble. And that took a couple of weeks, but it's totally fine now. And the honest truth is that two weeks will fly by, and I'll feel comfortable, no worries and all that. It's just these first few days that I abhor. But it's not even a full shift - just four measley hours! Honestly, I don't know what I'm so worried about. I'm not really worried, I just want to get it over with - that awkwardness. Ugh. But that really doesn't make me look forward to it any more than I do. Oh well. Within 24 hours, I'll be done my first day of working both jobs. That's nothing! No problems, right? Right...

Feeling a little homesick

The thing about trying to describe the pull to Whitestone to someone who really has no grasp on what it's like is that there are just some things that are completely indescribable. It's not the pull of friends, it's not the comfort of familiarity, it's not the security. Nor is it not those things. But there's an underlying, intangible force that draws me, that still has me, in moments unaware, calling it home. There's not really a way to portray in words what that is. How can I describe it? I cannot. It's what pulls at my heart when I listen to the beautiful music, and what used to frustrate me when I just wanted to pull the covers over my head and make it all go away. I know there are those of you out there who know exactly what I'm talking about. It's supernatural... almost foreign, yet a feeling I can't get out of my head. That's what causes the hole in my heart when I think of Whitestone. It transcends the drudgery in the worst times and makes the word "love" almost obsolete in its enormity. I only hope that someday, that force will be mine once again.

I just finished...

...watching Rent. It's just over 2 hours long, and I think I've been crying for about an hour. That is one heck of a moving film.

Well, well

I know it's been absolutely forever since I've posted here. Abonimable, is it not? I suspected as much myself, but alas, what was to be done? Anyway, I've been working at Barnes and Noble for coming up on a month. Hard to believe it's been that long already. I mean, I'm beginning to feel very comfortable there, which is great, considering how new jobs can be sometimes. It gets a little tedious at times, you know, but I'm just glad for the job. Speaking of which, I should go get my paycheck... Fridays have become my favorite days.

What else... not a whole lot is happening besides that. I'm apartment-searching. Just the beginnings of it right now because I need to save up enough to be able to pay the security deposit as well as first month's rent, Right now I'm eyeing some efficiencies, which, for those of you who don't know, is basically an apartment without a living room. Or, I should say, the living room and bedroom are all in one. Anyway, they tend to be cheaper, obviously, than a normal 1BR apartment, which is always good, and it's not like I have living room furniture anyway, so why bother? Actually, I was looking at this floor plan for the cutest little loft apartment, but the rent is like $120 more than I was hoping to spend on rent. Of course, that's to be expected. If it wasn't cute, it wouldn't cost that much. We'll see, though. I got all excited about an efficieny that was really cheap, and I went and looked at it, and wouldn't you know, there's a good reason it's that cheap. It was just the grossest place ever.

Well, if there is anyone out there who still reads this, I love you all and keep in touch.

My life is a science fiction flick

Sometimes it's scary to look at our society and realize just how close we are to some of those well-known novels. You know the ones I'm talking about - Brave New World, 1984, Animal Farm, The Giver. Okay, well, more similar to some than others, but you know what I mean. All that swiping of cards and filing of information. Don't get me wrong - I'm not some conspiracy theorist. I can't help but wonder sometimes, though, where it's all heading.

I'm too tired to ruminate further on this subject.

Post I must

So I think my job is going alright. You know, it's going to take a little getting used to because having a job is really like nothing I've ever experienced much before. Working at Whitestone is not even comparable, as I'm sure most know. But I think it will be okay.

Speaking of Whitestone... You know, it's hard to believe that I might never live there again. I don't know, it's just difficult to comprehend. It's like, looking back I realize how I really was an integral part of the community, and now it's almost like a dream. Call that a cliche if you like and you'd probably be right, but nevertheless... I don't know, maybe I'm just suffering from disconnectedness. I do want to go to the April convention in Georgia, but we'll have to see if I can get the money. I hope I can. I'd love to see people. Now I just have to figure out how to find a place to stay there and such. Ah well, it's a while off now.

I really, really, really, really hope I come into a large windfall. I would so love to go to Cornell University - it would be such a miracle. Of course, I have to get accepted, and I'm not sure I have a realistic view of the likelihood of that. And if I do get in, I have to pay for it. That's the clincher. I hope, I really do. I'm thinking that when I do go back to school, here or there, I'm going to double major in astronomy and chemistry. I mean, I like chemistry, it's a slightly more practicle degree, and I've done a bunch already. I really do miss school. I don't particularly like languishing about being lazy, but I have to admit I'm not a fan of going to work, predictable as it is. I like school. Anyway, enough of that.

Well, that's all, I think. I've already waxed more eloquent than I recently have, and I think my readers have outgrown my blog, so this is mostly for me anyway. A shout out to all cool people everywhere.

Hohoho and a bottle of amarula

I finally got a job. At Barnes and Noble. Part-time. Starting on Monday. Should be good.

On a different note, the US has now broken their record for the amount of medals won at a non-US Winter Olympics. Yay.

Fun times

Did I just say "fun"? That's not what I meant. Anyway, so the search for a job continues. I keep thinking that someone has to hire me, maybe just a few more days, and a few days pass, and no one has hired me. Oh well. As Carrie Underwood would say, I'm running low on "faith and gasoline." Literally. Anyway...

On Valentine's Day, I went out to eat with like, twelve girls and I think there may have been two guys. They're from the church I've been going to for the past few weeks. It was alright, although I don't really like hanging with a bunch of girls. Gets kinda boring. Then we went over to somebody's house and converged with some more guys and had fondue. My stomach was actually stretched to the max, but others ate it. I met some nice people there, as well. We sang some. It was fun. So that's been my one true social outting for months.

Well, I think I'm going to go to bed so that I can get up tomorrow and contemplate my meaningless existence some more.

One year ago

I realized that I just past the one year mark for this blog - yeah, sometime in the last month. Pretty crazy, hey? This is my 203rd blog post. Who woulda thunk it?

Anyway, this post is, yet again, overdue. Let's see, may parents are coming into town for a visit tomorrow. My mom says she wants to shoot some pool, after I told her how much fun Nathan and I had doing it last weekend. It's her birthday on Saturday, so we might come up with something fun to do. As for a job, I've had a couple of interviews, so I keep thinking that something has to pan out. I have another interview tomorrow at that Japanese restaurant I was telling you about last post, so we'll see how that goes.

Well, that's all for now folks.

Well, this post is certainly long overdue

I think I have set the record for the longest time between posts, and for no apparent reason, too. Oh well.

Well, since my last post I quit my job. It was out of control silly. Anyway, I had an interview for a part-time job at Barnes and Noble, and I'm waiting to hear from them, and I also applied for a waitressing job and KoFusion, a nifty Japanese restaurant downtown. At least, I think it's Japanese. I have no idea - I hate Oriental food. Why did I apply, you may ask. Well, mostly because they had an ad in the paper saying they were hiring, and these days that's all it takes for me.

I spent almost all day working on my application to Cornell. Let me tell you, it's quite the process. I think I managed to convince Eran Eads that I was entirely serious about auditioning for American Idol. Now that would be funny. I didn't know he was going to take me seriously. Hey, maybe I'll surprise you all someday, and me, too. After all, I am taking voice lessons. Speaking of which, what are some good songs from musicals, preferably lesser known ones? I need some ideas, and I'm really only familiar with mainstream ones like all the Andrew Lloyd Webber and Les Miserables, which have been vetoed due to overkill by my voice teacher. That is, my teacher says they have been overdone in general, not that she killed the musicals single-handedly. Anyway...

So, that's me. Loved the pics, Janelle.

I finally got a job

Yeah, this last Thursday. So, I've been working for three days, going on four. I'm working at Ducky's Bridal and Formal wear. You'd be surprised how rigorous it is. By the end of the day, I feel like my feet are just going to up and die all on their own. Basically I spend all day greeting customers, helping girls find prom dresses, organizing things, doing tux measurements and son on. And we only get half an hour for lunch. I have to admit that it's taking me a bit to get used to it. That's the nature of a full-time job. I just feel like it's taking up my whole life is working, and then when I get home I'm just languishing on the couch. Not that I have anything else to be doing - I don't have any people to hang out with. I'm just used to, you know, being in school where I'm doing something different every hour, and being fairly in charge of my own time. Well, it's only for a year, so that's good, and then back to school so I can do what I used to do.

My sister and Nathan have finished drywalling and mudding and priming my room downstairs. Yay! Now it's just the painting and the carpet, and minor other things, and I can have a room! And start paying rent! Argh. Well, that's all for now.

A day and an age

Sorry, I know it's been forever. I still don't have a job, although I've applied at a lot of places. Kinda depressing, but oh well. They just don't know what they're missing, righ? Anyway...

I went to a Curves today, and I get a week free, so we'll see if I feel like that does anything for me. It's kind of expensive, but if it works, it would be worth it. I also got information on violin lessons. We'll see - a bit expensive for me right now as I have to pay for a semester at a time. However, I do think I am going to start voice lessons, just for the fun of it. If I don't have the talent for it, then I won't have spent a lot of money because it's by class, but if I do, who knows what could happen?

I sold my old iBook. Someone paid $300 for it. I have to admit I was surprised, but I warned in the auction that there's no telling exactly what's wrong with it so...

My new favorite song is Like We Never Loved At All, by Faith Hill.

Back in Illinois

Yeah, so I'm getting ready to once again search for a job. We'll see how it goes. Um, so we're drywalling downstairs. That's it.

What an Orange Bowl

Yup, five hours folks. No wonder both teams were making errant field goals right and left. It went until 1 AM. It was crazy. Yay, Penn State. Meanwhile I was watching the amazing reports that 12 miners were found alive, only to hear on the radio this morning that only one was. It's heartwrenching. What's sad is that while everyone is looking for someone to blame, it seems like there really isn't anyone to blame. Very sad.

Now, talk about a football game. Go, Texas Longhorns!!!!! We love the Rose Bowl.