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Oh, LJ. The boringness that is my life, right now. (well... kinda?). As of today, I am happy to report that I am 99% recovered from the Plague of Death. I still have the occasional coughing fit, but nothing that's really interrupting my daily activities, anymore, really. Seriously. Worst illness I've had in recent memory. REALLY glad to see it go. I was able to sing along to one whole song, in the car, yesterday, before having to stop to wheeze and cough a bit. hahaha.... Little victories? Still no new news on the job front... I may have a lead on becoming a Massage Therapist (I know, I know.). This one place is offering a train-to-certify position, which could be invaluable, if they want to give it to me. Which, i think they should. I just discovered that Massage Therapy/ Bodywork is a HUGE field, and if you're certified, you can work pretty much wherever the hell you want.... including some nice, posh places like spas, resorts and cruise ships. Seriously, maybe I should abandon my hope of a 9-5, M-F, wear heels to work and sit at a desk, job .... and just pursue this random stuff that I seem to be a magnet for. HMM. Who knows. We shall see. I'm getting really close to finishing my Business Degree (THANK GOD)... It looks like I'll be taking Financial Accounting, for sure, this semester coming up, then probably 2 classes over the summer, then I'll finish the degree in the Fall.... Graduating in December 2010. At least I will have gotten a degree within the same decade that I was supposed to? *sigh* I am excited to be done, though. Really, really excited. I feel like I've been in school pretty continuously for a really, REALLY long time. I am, again, not looking forward to the holidays, this year particularly.... My favorite part of the holidays has always been having a good excuse to do lots of fun things for my friends and family (gifts and such), and bake all kinds of interesting things. Although, let me tell you, there's a damper put on that when you have like *maybe* $5 to your name and no reliable source of income. As much as I like coming up with more homemade type gifts... you do occasionally just need a few supplies. I feel like my holiday spirit is being stifled. But... not to worry, I will persevere. Somehow. I'm thinking my Christmas gift this year will be homemade truffles, for everyone, in several flavors. Still pondering the logistics of that. In other news, I recently got kidnapped by the besties (Holly and Justa) and dragged down to Boston for the weekend. We visited with a good friend from college and his long-term gf, which was awesome. One of the few people from college that I'm glad I've kept in touch with. One of the major reasons we went down, apparently, was to see the Boondock Saints sequel that was out on limited release. SO GOOD. Hint to any fans out there: yes, it's going to be a trilogy. WOOT. We also went to the Museum of Science for a while.... but... eh... I dunno. Not sure that's really my thing. We went on a Sunday, which meant there were 300 million kids that were too young to appreciate the exhibits or activities. We did see the featured Harry Potter exhibit, which was pretty cool... they had a lot of the costumes and stuff... which was cool, because holy crap were those actors young/small when this whole thing started. I hadn't really realized that. And so.... I find myself in a similar place as last year at this time.... with nothing really new to report.... so, I think I'll leave it at that. Tags: boston, ccv, classes, holiday blah, life in general, unemployment
You might find me at: Montpelier, VT
I'm feeling...:  okay
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Well Well.... I apologize for my absence, LJ... I've spent the time since Halloween (literally) attempting to not-die of H1N1. I can't remember the last time I was really sick like that. It was ridiculous. That flu knocked me on my ass solidly (like, in bed. 24/7) for the week after Halloween, and I've spent the last (almost) week, feeling "okay" but still dealing with the residual bronchitis that it left me with. Hell on earth people. The one upside with being unemployed was that I really could just rest (and try to keep my will to live alive...), for 7+ days. I can not IMAGINE what that sickness would've been like, if you couldn't. Not to mention, I started out as a relatively healthy, young, well-rested, etc. person.... No wonder kids and elderly are having such a rough time with this. Seriously. Majorly brutal. I HATE being inactive, and even *I* was like... uhm no.... More nothing time. haha Anyway, I'm pretty much better now (80 gallons of tea and honey later...), aside from some random bouts of coughing.... Although, that didn't do me much good with that temp job I had. Pretty much, the job was only 4 weeks, and I was required to miss a week.... So. They replaced me. Bummer. But, I can't really blame them. Back on the job quest, for me. :-( As it turns out, it looks like I'm making an excursion to Boston this week, thanks to Holly and Justa. Boondock Saints II was released there (closest it's coming to VT), which we all really want to see..... The Museum of Science Holly really wants to see - and they're opening a Harry Potter movie exhibit that Justa is really wanting to see..... our friend from college is going to be around this weekend, that we all want to visit with .... and I'm not going to lie, there may be a boy-person in the equation that I'm hoping to see. :-) SO.... it could be a fun weekend. I'm hoping my coughing continues to subside at the rate that it has been.... if so, I should be almost 100% back to normal by the weekend. Woo! It will be nice to get out and about and see the sights. Hopefully I can keep Justa and Holly from tearing each others eyes out (they're sometimes too alike for their own good...), and all will be well. In other news, I need a new book to read. Badly. Unemployment has caused me to seriously work-down my previously-large pile of to-be-read books. So, apparently, Thanksgiving is on me this year... My mom feels that I did SUCH a good job last year that it's all me again... haha... She's happy to 'help'... but I think she's enjoying not having the holiday-stress on her, for a change. And.... for now, I think that's it. I need to go make some tea, drink some more water and..... ugh. Do some more school work. Just a couple more semesters left.... Tags: boston, ccv, h1n1, thanksgiving, unemployment
You might find me at: Montpelier, VT
I'm feeling...: okay
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Okay. Well. This weekend has sucked hardcore. All this week I was feeling a little more tired than usual, and maybe a little bit of a scratchy throat, but surely just a cold, I thought. I got a bunch of sleep (well, for me...) and took it easy. Friday, I went to my first (half) day at the new temp job and it was okay... feeling tired, but 'okay'. I came home and pretty much just zonked out. I assumed it was because I hadn't slept well the night before, due to nerves?.... I woke up around dinner time, feeling 'eehhhh'.... but made a little excursion out to see the giant jack-o-lantern display with some of the peeps. Very unlike myself, I came home early... why? Because I felt like SHIT. Raging headache had rolled in, throat was feeling progressively worse, and the intermittent cough had turned into a pretty regular one. AWESOME. Needless to say, I didn't sleep much Friday night, between all the coughing and such, and it's just gotten progressively worse over the weekend. No Halloween for me, this year. :-/ Now, here it is, Sunday night and I'm not particularly better, and I've got a bunch of the symptoms on the 'warning list' for public places (like, oh, the college I was supposed to be working at....), so they won't let me go to work tomorrow... or if I do, they'll send me home. For a minimum of 3 days, I believe. AWESOME. Which, in the land of temp jobs, I'm guessing is going to mean that they're going to have to replace me. Great. Fucccck me. If it's not a one thing, it's something else. Anyway. Between fitful 'naps' I spent a lot of the weekend reading The Child Thief by Brom - a rather dark retelling of the Peter Pan sort of mythology. Very cool actually.... the author managed to combine a lot of traditional celtic myths and what not into one very NOT child-friendly tale. A cool, different and interesting read for fantasy fans. Overall, I give it an A-. I think now, for the sake of my sanity, and not focusing too much on the crappiness at hand, I'm going to re-read one of my favorite books ( The Lions of Al-Rassan), in prep for a book discussion, in a couple of weeks, with someone I know will be a new-convert to this book. :-) I am very much looking forward to a stimulating, intelligent discussion.... although, I feel that my sparring partner will be well able to keep up, SO... I better re-read and prepare. hahahaa And.... yeah. I'm feeling pretty down, right about now... .Just when things seemed to start to go right, it seems they've veered towards WRONG, again. But Maybe, my favorite quote applies here: There are no wrong turnings, only paths we had not known we were meant to walk.
Tags: temp job, the child thief, the lions of al-rassan, unemployment
You might find me at: Montpelier, VT
I'm feeling...:  frustrated
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Welll, LJ. I am currently experiencing some frustrating because the epic paper that was due last week, was supposed to be returned to us by the end of this class-week, which is technically tomorrow, by noon..... But seriously!? Last minute?! I'm dying to hear my teachers feedback on it. I think I cranked out a pretty solid first draft.... but he's a professional editor... SOoooooo.... It could be a brutal criticism. Nonetheless, it's been a while since I've gotten some real, quality feedback on my writing, that I'm excited! And he's totally keeping us in suspense. UGH. Tonight I decided I would make some festive Halloween cookies. Sooo... I made some chocolate roll-out cookies and from the start everything was a little wonky. Like, the dough wasn't quite right. Then, it was problematic moving some of the shapes to the cookie sheets, resulting in some slightly off-kilter ones.... then, I broke a couple coming out of the oven (the cookies were more fragile than expected).... And THEN, to add insult to injury, my icing turned out the wrong consistency, so piping fun designs on them became a bit messy, rather than awesome. However, I persevered, and while they are not living up to my perfectionist standards, I'm sure I will have enough willing victims to suffer through eating the evidence... haha And... other than that... not much to say, tonight. Tags: baking
You might find me at: Montpelier, VT
I'm feeling...:  tired
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So.... Let's see. Saw Paranormal Activity the other night. Slept with the light on. Ingenious movie, really.... You never actually saw anything, but the suggestion and fear that was implanted was amazing. Practically 28 and I slept with the hall light on. haha... In my defense, I got home really late from the movie and it was a stereotypical, creepy, rainy, windy, horror-movie-esque sort of night. Soo... yeah. Anyway, other than that, I can't say there's a whole lot to report. After an extended war with VT's unemployment people, it seems I am STILL not (and will not be?) eligible. Awesome. Screwed. Nice. However, the temp agency that I'm listed with called me - they may have a job for me, that I should hear from Monday or Tuesday. Nothing all that exciting, but it's about 10 minutes down the road from me, and it's just doing data entry for their payroll office or something. So... not too taxing, but will hopefully at least contribute some money to the pot. *crosses fingers*.... at this point, any port in the storm, you know? Still working on reading that goth-ish take on Peter Pan, The Child Thief.... Very cool (dark) book. Not sure what I think, yet, so the review is going to have to wait. I'm not quite halfway through yet, but my initial impression is that it is a very creative take on an old story. SO. So far, so good. Hmm. And, for now, I think that's about it. I'm thinking about baking tonight/tomorrow. I'm thinking of doing some sort of oatmeal/peanutbutter cookie with a dark chocolate bottom..... AND, doing some chocolate cookie, with Halloween cookie-cutters, and doing some festive decorating. I've got a package to mail, so I think that might be a festive addition. :-D Alright. Well. It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood.... and no one seems to be answering their cell phone. SO, I guess I'm on my own for entertainment. I'm going to make a point to go outside and at least make a little Vitamin D, before my poor body is deprived for the entirety of winter......... Tags: baking, book, life in general, unemployment
You might find me at: Montpelier, VT
I'm feeling...: okay
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OH. MY. GOD. The incredible incompetence in this country, is amazing. Allow me to elaborate. I have to call back the Unemployment office today, with some more information, per the conversation I had a couple of days ago with a very nice and knowledgeable guy. Looks like I MIGHT, now, be eligible for some unemployment money (yay!). However, they needed some more info. So, I call back today, a Thursday, supposedly not one of their busy days, and I ring right through to a representative. I explain the situation and she says fine, we'll open a claim. I tell her that I spoke to someone the other day and the claim is already partially completed, they just needed more information. Guy from the other day, said he was saving the info and when I called back, they would just complete it. Girl says no, she has to start over. So, giving her the benefit of the doubt, I say fine, and we go through the name, address, etc. bullshit. She's short and huffy with me the whole time. Whatever, I think to myself, as I know call-center jobs are hard sometimes. So, we seem to get all the info in, and she asks if I want to set up direct deposit, should I become eligible. I say yes. she says, I'll need your bank account number and routing information. I say (now pay attention to what I say here), I say to her: "No problem, I have that right here." She says "okay" and the there is a LONG SILENCE. I'm thinking to myself, okay, she must be getting ready to input the info, switching screen, whatever. Having worked in a call center, I know you're not always ready at that exact moment to take the info. I wait. Patiently, staring at my information. And wait. And Wait. Several minutes. Finally, she says to me (really snippy), "If you're not ready with the information at this moment, you can call back at another time." .... *shocked* I say, "Oh, no, I have it right here, like I said... I was waiting for you...?".... she then takes an evil tone and says "WELL, *I* was waiting for YOU." ....... uhm. Hello. I'm your customer. Get your shit together and be polite. I manage to stay polite (barely), and say, "well, which do you want first?" and real pissy, she says, "Give me your routing number." Bitch. What the hell. Then, she rattles off some script at me at the end, that I don't entirely understand (having never applied for unemployment before....). SO, I ask her a question. She pointedly sighs at me and really fast and snippy, sort of answers my question. Uhm. Hello. This is your JOB. Get over it. UGHHHHH. Anyway. I just have very little patience for bad customer service, as I've worked in a lot of areas of it - call center, retail, etc. I know it's not all sunshine and roses, but when it comes down to it, I'm your customer, I have a question, and this is your job. STFU and do it. Politely. I don't care if I'm your 800th call of the day, and everyone was stupid. Ugh. Alright. Rant over. Just had to get that out there. Now, we cross our fingers that I made enough money for that unemployment to come through. Any little bit would help at this point. Tags: unemployment
You might find me at: Montpelier, VT
I'm feeling...: annoyed
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Okay. I have a technical dilemma that I have no answer for, and my Google-Fu is failing me.... SO. I'm throwing it out to the LJ sea... My Cell Phone. A Verizon enV2. That I LOVE. First phone that I adore. It has survived just under two years with me (a first, for my phones), with no problems at all..... Until today. I couldn't figure out why I was getting text messages, and not hearing them. Some testing revealed this. My ringtones are working (both the ones I've downloaded and came stock with the phone). All the annoying 'sounds' that came with the phone are working. However, all the "beeps" - loud beeps, low beeps, etc. - that come with the phone (typically the things people use for text messages and voicemail), are NOT working. Yes the volumes's up, no I don't have it on vibrate. Yes, I've turned it off and on and taken out the battery. No, they still don't work. Anyone had this problem before? Know any fixes? I mean, ultimately, it's not a HUGE deal, as I've just got to get this phone to February when I can get an upgrade.... but, it is an annoying problem.... and the techie in me fears that this is the beginning of a bigger problem - like the sound-related tech in the phone (which I know nothing about) is beginning a slow death, which could become a big problem, fast. WTF. Who's beeps die?! what is that?! LOL You might find me at: Montpelier, VT
I'm feeling...:  confused
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Hmm... Okay, so not too much to say today... I was on the phone with the Unemployment office for 45 minutes... on HOLD. Seriously. I think the whole goal was to get me to give up and hang up. NOT SO dear people. I persevered. I wanted to poke my eye out, but I was determined to thoroughly interrogate SOME poor sucker that happened to answer the phone today. That being said, I'm probably not eligible for money. By a margin of like $500 dollars. Yes. That little. HOWever, I think they're missing one of my part-time employers, which didn't occur to me until I hung up, which would in theory, send me over the top and make me eligible. SO... I have to play the waiting game on the phone tomorrow, Again. You know, they don't even have hold MUSIC? They have an informational announcement that seems to come on once a minute, until you give up, or finally get routed through. Hmm. Anyway. Other than that, not a whole lot going on today. Interpreted some other weird crap from the boy-person. Seriously, this boy person is either going to totally crack my mental sanity, or be my soul mate. LOL... right now, I'm not sure which. Although, what I DO know is that one of my favorite (cult) movies, EVER - The Boondock Saints - is finally (after 10 years!) releasing a sequel (All Saints Day)!!!! Same director, same cast, etc.... should be AWESOME. BUT, it's only being released in the greater Boston metro area, some select cities in the mid-atlantic region, and California. Yeah, wtf. However, this conveniently coincides with the fact that Holly is dying to take a trip to the Boston Museum of Science and/or the Fine Art museum..... She also happens to be a crazy-fan of the movie... so. Yeah. Road trip! I have been wrangled into driving (probably sharing with our friend Justa...), and Holly's decided I'm going. Even if I don't have money. I'm going. Why? I'm not sure. She wants to go, she wants company, she makes enough money that it's not an issue and she told me I was going. I feel like a mooch. A Huge one. Although, I've resolved, once I get a job, to begin the life-time process of paying back the wonderful friends I have that have allowed me to keep my sanity, by dragging me out of the house, and paying for me to socialize sometimes. I sent out a bunch of resumes yesterday. Please PLEASE let me have a job before Christmas? PLEASE PLEASE?????? Outside of that...... There was nothing much to report today. Until the 'morrow, LJ. Tags: boondock saints, boy, friends, life in general, road trip, unemployment
You might find me at: Montpelier, VT
I'm feeling...: okay
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Soo... My LJ subscription came up again in September. Of course, being all unemployed and shit, I couldn't afford the $20 to renew it. (Seriously. The pitiful-ness there is impressive.) However, I figured it would be all good, because WAY back when, in the dark ages of LJ, I was an "Early Adopter" (seriously, my user # is only 4 digits. haha)... Generally, Early Adopters are some sort of weird hybrid between the paid accounts and the free ones. Again, all good, I think to myself. Yeah. Except I let my paid account lapse and guess what? I now have six (instead of like 35) userpics (which is stifling!), that LJ picked FOR me. haha... AND, I didn't realize I would no longer have use of my scrapbook feature.... And those are just the things I've noticed. The advertisements and stuff that show here and there aren't too bad.... but my god. I feel like I've fallen off the grid. LOL Ah well. Anyway... I'm pondering some new recipes. I'm trying to think of something interesting and mailable... Cookies are the standard solution here, but I'd like to find something a *tiny* bit more interesting/festive. Really, I'm not going to lie, I'm thinking TINY pies. Like, the size of mini-muffins, but like tiny pumpkin pie bites (although, they'd have to have a top crust), or tiny raisin pie bites, or something? Thoughts on that? In theory, I could do a bunch of flavors... hmm. Although, this requires me mastering pie crust.... something traditionally left to my mother (she's genius, for real.), but I'm trying to pick up... She ordered me to learn the other day, as "She'll be dead someday!".... Yeah. My family is awesome on the morbid humor like that. And so... what else? School is going okay... I'm not terribly interested in my current class, but the teacher is pretty cool, and an amazing editor... so, on some weird level, I'm enjoying the critiques on my work. It's been a while since I've been forced to actually APPLY myself to my writing... in the CCV classes thus far, I've been pretty able to coast on innate ability. This guy is making me work. Hard. So, I guess that's a good thing. And... I think that's about it, for now. Not a whole lot to say. Tags: life in general
You might find me at: Montpelier, VT
I'm feeling...: okay
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Okay, so I'm reining in the melodrama tonight... Mostly because it's... "okay" for now. The infamous essay got finished in the 11th hour (with much awesomeness, actually), and I'm not sure what exactly is going on with the boy, other than.... it's... better? Okay? I dunno. I'm being careful and treading lightly... and there's still a lot of answers I need to have, but... it's 'okay' for now. Instead, just because I got that under control (temporarily, I'm sure...?), things have to blow up with my Dad. Ugh. Long story short, he's crazy, and he spewed his crazy all over me, today. Awesome. Thank god for my mom. She made me dinner, set the dogs on me to love me to death and made me several cups of coffee. The world is back on its axis, even though it's not all great right now. Hmm. In other news, I'm still job searching. So what else is new? lol Tags: dad
You might find me at: Montpelier, VT
I'm feeling...:  stressed
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So, I'm tired, LJ. Wicked tired. But it's totally just mentally/emotionally drained, and physically, my body is all like, "Sleep? Uhm. No." This boy thing is not resolving itself. As in, he asked for an explanation, I gave it to him, and there's no response, yet. I hate that. I hate loose ends, of sorts. I'm not even sure what I want the outcome to be, I guess. Bleh. Maybe that's what's bugging me. I just WANTed it to all work out... and it's not. Welcome to Not-Disney. Frogs don't always turn into princes, and nothing seems to end 'Happily Ever After.' Ah well, one day at a time. I have this epic essay to write, for my Global Issues in the Media class, that is just not going. I have to write about the media bias in favor of Obama in the last election.... and it's just not flowing. Not for lack of information, but for my lack of interest on the subject. It is hard for me to get my head in the game. Plus, I admit, I am not one of those people that is able to squelch their emotional side and utilize their intellectual side independently. Emotional side is in uproar right now, thus I am having a very hard time focusing (and sleeping). Ugh. Must finish essay by Sunday at noon. More Ugh. However, I managed to at least finish compiling enough sources, that I ought to be able to synthesize the information into SOME sort of first draft to turn in. *sigh*. I'm tired of school, right now. Still no news on the job front... Sent out more resumes, wrote more cover letters... the usual drill. Wait and see and apply some more. Hung out with Tiffany this afternoon, which was nice. It's just nice to get out of my house and listen to someone else talk, for a while. While she is more than happy to listen to my shit, she's also very capable of filling the conversational void, if I just need to be distracted from my own inner monologue for a while. I think she might be a keeper, as she did not run screaming at her first exposure to less-than-okay Aja. It's not often that I get to take my appointed 'therapist' jacket off with my friends and just get to be another girl, with another problem with a boy. It always seems like I'm supposed to have all the answers. I don't. I cry just like the rest of you... :-P How do you think I got so smart about all your issues? I need a hug. Hopefully Tim does, in fact, stop by town tomorrow and say Hello. A Tim hug is beyond-compare at improving ones feelings about any situation. Dad was making jokes about my unemployment in front of company tonight. He missed the social cue where he gets the vibe that I want to punch him in the face when he does that. And.... Yeah. Oh, I found out that Paranormal Activity is actually going to open here in VT, which is awesome! I'm excited to see that movie. Probably going to be scared out of my mind... but hey, everyone needs a good adrenaline rush every now and then? Alright. I think that's enough for now. Gotta go chew some Tums (damn you, heartburn.), and try and sleep. I feel as though I should get up at a reasonable time tomorrow and work on this effing essay. UGH. Tags: ccv, classes, dad, relationships, unemployment
You might find me at: Montpelier, VT
I'm feeling...:  sad
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Ahhh..... Alright, well LJ, I promised more updates.... And as it turns out, tonight turned out to be a good night to emotionally dump. Without going into too much detail, I'm feeling like I got horribly played by a boy-person. Or maybe not played, consciously, but used for what they weren't getting somewhere else. But, being 3 hours away from said boy-person, I ultimately get the short end of the stick when his ex changes her FB profile pic back to one of the two of them, among other things. Clearly, I was not getting the whole story. I am..... unhappy. This one was really good.... here I was thinking that he might be the exception to the generally stupid men I seem to come across. This one seemed to have his shit together, was intelligent and interesting. I should've known right THEN that it was too good to be true. Ugh. Why must it always be so complicated? And.... I think that's all I've got for now. I'm in no shape to be happy, perky or even conversational, at this point. I just feel really really bad. Maybe it's time to try and sleep. :-/ Tags: relationships
You might find me at: Montpelier, vt
I'm feeling...: sad
I'm rockin' out to:: Bust Your Windows - Jazmine Sullivan
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Well. LJ. Long time, no see. (I promise I've been lurking and reading my f-list, though!) I guess I've been avoiding writing, as there isn't all that much to say. Sure, I've been getting around and doing stuff... but the general themes are the same. Gone on a lot of interviews, gotten no jobs. Still bitching about lack of money, and trying to find a damn job. However, on the upside, I did get the opportunity to attend the Highland Games at Loon Mountain (New Hampshire), this year, for both days. Very cool... Lots of kilts and bagpipes, and amazing displays of athleticism.... by hot, burly, men in kilts. GOOD TIMES. Labor Day Party in Maine was fabulous and a great time, as usual. Homemade Dandelion Wine went over really great and we killed both the bottles I brought in record time... Yesterday, I got to check out Carbon Leaf co-headlining with Stephen Kellogg & the Sk6ers.... Which was amazing. Probably the best CL show I've EVER seen. TONS of energy. And.... That's been the highlights of the last couple of months (see... I told you you weren't missing anything... ). There's been a lot of coffee and conversations with friends, massive boy-related confusion/stupidity and a couple of good movies to mix it up (Zombieland is my pick of the year, FTW.). Just trying to keep on walking, chin up.... and get back to updating!!!! Tags: cl, kilts, life in general, maine, scottish fest, sk6ers, wine
You might find me at: Montpelier, VT
I'm feeling...:  blah
I'm rockin' out to:: Sk6ers - The Bear
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Hello there, LJ. Time for an update, it would seem. Why? Mostly because I don't feel like doing the Business Law final stuff that I should be doing. haha... Awesome, I know. First, I would like to note that my Dad and his woman hiked up Camel's Hump just before sunset tonight, for the sole purpose of staying up all night and watching the sunrise. Really, he wanted to camp up there, but due to environmental preservation stuff, apparently, you're not allowed. huh. But yeah. My Dad is just hanging out on top of Camel's Hump right now, waiting for the sun to rise. Random. Very unlike my Dad. Interesting news - Holly finally got her first cell phone. Holy shit. I think I saw pigs fly by us on the highway, whilst we were driving to get it. haha... My favorite quote from her (via txt): "I've decided I like texting. It regenerates social need without significantly infringing upon what I'm doing or offensively interrupting Holly time." haha.... For anyone that knows Holly, that's pretty par for the course (and yet, still funny. lol). Some sort of potentially exciting news.... There's a Scottish Fest an hour or so south of me in Southern VT that a bunch of my friends want to go to... And, after texting and mentioning it to The Boy In Question, it looks like he might meet up with me there on Saturday, and hang out a bit (as it's only like an hour and something from him, as well). Which would be.... very good. :-D We are in dire need of some face-time, so I can assess the status of this grey area limbo we're in. "Almost" is not a status I work well within. Nonetheless, Scottish fest will be fun, either way. It will just go from fun, to MOST AWESOME, if The Boy In Question happens to show up.... in his kilt. :-D hehehe. Tomorrow or Tuesday I'll hear from UVM regarding the awesome job that -they're going to give me- (positive thinking).... PLEASE let this be the one? PLEASE PLEASE? PUH-LEASE? My registration is due on my car, as well as an oil change and inspection.... and there have been some... expensive sounding clonking noises that I've been drowning out with the radio, of late..... it would be reaaalllly nice to know that I had a job and a paycheck on the horizon. What else? There have been some random baking experiments, of late... but nothing of particular note. I have not yet had the opportunity to teach myself pastery, yet, as the effing weather has been so HOT and miserable. Bleh. Soon, though, I hope. Otherwise, I'm just going to have to do it late one night, when it's cool (er). However, We do seem to be swimming in giant zucchinis.... Anyone have any great recipes for Zucchini products? Other than that, it's business as usual. I've been hanging at my Mom's a lot and sort of loaning her my car to help cover some of her housesitting jobs (this is a busy time of year for her)... and watching my own dogs. They're adorable and make me happy, despite all their fucked-up-ed-ness. So. Alright. I guess that's it. I should either a) try and actually sleep and then get up and spend the day doing homework tomorrow.... or b) suck up and do the homework now...... although, I don't feel particularly motivated... So. I'm guessing it's going to be A. But maybe that won' t be so bad... it'll give me an excuse to sit outside in the sun tomorrow, maybe? I dunno. Excuses, I know. lol Tags: baking, ccv, dad, unemployment, uvm
You might find me at: Montpelier, VT
I'm feeling...: blah
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OMG. HOT. 90 degree weather is absolutely NOT my thing. Ever. I live in the northeast for a reason, people. *dies* Okay, anyway. Normally I wouldn't mind the occasional bout of summer (since we have been regularly having nights in the 40-50's), but it was just particularly obnoxious today. Today the house assessors are coming to reassess our house, apparently. Thus, we must clean. Well, we don't HAVE to, but the neurotic sort of decorum that my mother raised me with states that if ANY one is going to set foot in your house, that isn't an absolute regular - there must be cleaning. Soo.... 90 degree heat and like 100% humidity, be damned! I have vacuumed, swept, scrubbed and all that good stuff. House is clean and ready to be poked around. Outside of that, there's not too much going on. I just finished reading Life of Pi, by Yann Martel. I still am not sure what I think. I was a good read, clearly a lot of deep thoughts to think about.... I think it's one of those books that you read and absorb, not necessarily critique. I am... still pondering it. haha.... Would I recommend it? Yeah, probably. But not as 'entertainment' reading.... It's one you need to be in a thinking mood to really get into, I think. However, now that I have conquered that one, I'm going to begin the next one in the Temeraire series, that I have been meaning to read for MONTHS. Victory of Eagles (Naomi Novik) is number 5 in a pretty awesome series. Picture a story set in the era of the Napoleonic Wars.... and then assume that dragons are common-placed and used in warfare. The book jacket says it's like "Dragonslayer meets Master and Commander".... haha... I dunno about that... but. Regardless. THEY are a good, entertaining read. :-D This week is also going to be pastery week at my house. By that I mean I'm teaching myself how to make brioche dough and/or puff pastery dough. Why? ... well, because I can. That and there is a project I want to make for a party coming up in a few weeks that requires this kind of expertise.... that, as of yet, I do not have. lol. Seriously, sometimes I wonder if there is something wrong with me. haha.... For fun, I teach myself pastery techniques. WTF? In other news, summer school semester is almost done. I am *almost* done with Business Law. ALMOST. After I finish this weeks work tonight, that leaves me only ONE MORE WEEK to get through. Of course that means I will have to be registering for fall classes pretty soon... but I will at least have a couple weeks off from Academia. My brain is FRIED from this class. I will NOT be taking Financial Accounting in the fall if I can possibly help it, as I'm pretty sure my brain would explode with that, after this last class. uuuugh. On The Boy front... well. It's slow. It is an exercise in patience and understanding, I think. As much as I would like to, I can't hurry people through getting over a 2 year relationship, or figuring out the next step in their life, or making other such big decisions. I can, however, be patient and understanding (argh), and proceed forward slowly, as it happens. I feel like I am being tested by the Cosmos, though. Like, okay, you CAN have this wonderful guy, provided you managed to work through and conquer your own personal stupid tendencies (I want it NOW. Waiting? what is THAT?). SO. Cosmos be damned. I'm gonna win. I am still waiting to hear from my dream job there.... I have a couple more weeks to wait. Well, not quite... I get to hear the 17th/18th of this month... oh, so, that's just a little over a week, actually, right? NICE. I am SO SO SO SO SO SO hoping. I have also discovered that all this is REALLY not good for my sleeping habits. I am completely unable to fall asleep at night, lately, or stay asleep. It is AWFUL. I feel like I'm back in college again. Uuugh. One thing at a time. And.... yeah. That's about it, I think. Hoping hard on the job and the boy.... getting excited about going to The Infamous Annual Labor Day Party in Maine, followed a couple weeks later by the New Hampshire Scottishfest/Highland Games.... There are some great concerts I'd like to get to in the meantime... but, with no job, I can not afford the tickets. So. Job first. THEN I get excited about concerts. :-D So, with that, I take my leave, dear LJ. Things to do! Then, off to meet the girlies for coffee in honor of Krista's B-day. Woot! Tags: ccv, classes, life in general, life of pi, sleep, temeraire, uvm, yann martel
You might find me at: United States, Vermont, Montpelier
I'm feeling...:  hot
I'm rockin' out to:: Up All Night - Hinder
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So, I have completely sucked at updating. It seems like there's so much going on (yet nothing, at the same time), that I just haven't done it. Most interesting, I just finished The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield. It's billed as a 'gothic suspense'... and I was skeptical. HOWEVER. It's a definitely recommendation to all my reading friends out there. It is a beautifully written story that ties together the present and the past seamlessly, with extremely engaging characters - and best of all, a really unexpected plot twist, to the end. It really tied all the ends of the 'mystery' of sorts, together, but not in a hurry-up-and-get-to-the-end sort of way, that I find so often, lately. I'm going to have to check out if this author has any other books running around, as this one definitely peaked my interesting. Intrigue, family scandals, reclusive relatives, illigitimate children, insanity, the works. Can't go wrong. Overall, I give it an A-. Next on my to-be-read list is Life of Pi, by Yann Martel. It's won a bunch of awards and been recommended to me a few times, so, it would seem now's the time! A boy, a shipwreck, some zoo animals and a Tiger that eats them all... in a lifeboat. Destined to be intereresing. haha While we're on the subject of books, I definitely have to express my eternal frustration with Borders/Waldenbooks. I received a $50 gift certificate for my birthday - which I was totally stoked about, because really, $50 that I HAD to spend on books?! GOOD TIMES. Borders isn't usually my bookstore of choice (I'm usually a B&N girl), but hey, a bookstore's a bookstore, right? So, being kidnapped off to Burlington one day (where the big borders is), I write down my want-list from my Amazon wishlist. Some books that might be a little obscure, but definitely a few that they should've had. Out of my list of 12-13, Borders had TWO. (One of which, I decided I didn't want, upon purusing it.). But seriously, TWO? And of course, the book I REALLY wanted ( The Gormenghast Series, by Mervyn Peake), they of course didn't have. I decide to inquire from the sales guy, thinking maybe I'm looking in the wrong section (maybe it's not fiction? it's... mystery? or sci fi? or?). He looks it up and then apologizes to me THREE TIMES for not having the book available - or even available to ORDER. WTF?! Seriously though, after talking to him, I got the feeling that I was the last person in a long line to ask him for things they didn't have. WTF Borders. Needless to say, I am struggling to spend $50. I have managed to go through $40but it hasn't been easy! Anyway. That's the end of my book rant for now. As for the rest of my life.... well, I'm applying for jobs, still.... although I'm *really* hopeful on this position with the college in B-town.... I should hear in like 2 weeks, whether they want me or not. OH PLEASE OH PLEASE OH PLEASE? Money ... sucks, as per usual. And... The thing with The Boy In Question?.... Well. It's moving along.... SLoooooowwwwly. Which, I suppose is the right way for it to go, considering he is recently out of a 2 year relationship. But. ugh. I have no patience. I feel like I'm being tested here. haha Nonetheless, he's adorable, so I'm trying to keep my shit together and not push this to move faster than it is ready to go. *deep breath* And... that's it. It's been a hard summer. Lots of loss and change. A favorite horse of mine and my cat.... gone to greener pastures. Lots of people around me making big changes and life decisions.... and... yeah. Wow. '09 has been an interesting year. Anyway. Off to have some coffee-talk with one of my girlies... More later, promise! Tags: book, job hunting, life in general, setterfield, the thirteeth tale, uvm
You might find me at: United States, Vermont, Montpelier
I'm feeling...: okay
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