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Plus, when I get home, I have to do some work on my stupid sports fan paper. I really couldn't care in the least about it at this point, but I made a committment and I have to honor it. Too bad I've been sick the past couple days and have gotten exactly zero work done on it. With any luck, I can finish it fairly quickly once I get home and then take a nap.
In the meantime, I'm still stuck here. That's just great, considering I'm past due. Today is going to be a very long day.
In other news, I am still gainfully unemployed, with even fewer prospects on the horizon and no replies to my applications. Perhaps someday soon I will get an interview, and, God willing, it will be somewhere near home and not out in the boonies somewhere. In any case, the job hunt gets tiring very fast, which is why I spend a great deal of my time obsessing over Disneyland. It, at least, is a more inviting subject to mediate upon and promises good returns on my emotional investment. My job search? Not so much.
There's really nothing else to report. I'm sure I do other things with my spare time, though they are so boring or mundane as to not even pop into my head as I write this. Reading, fooling around with the computer, watching television, etc. I keep looking for some self-discipline or initiative, but apparently they are in short supply. In any case, I am exhausted and heading to bed in short order.
- Location:Houston, Texas
- Mood:exhausted
- Location:Houston, Texas
- Mood:contemplative
Mine was quite nice; I spent the morning hanging out at home, reading and watching National Treasure: Book of Secrets. In the afternoon, we went to the pool for a while, then headed to the country club to watch the local fireworks display from there. I enjoyed my Fourth, but I do find the recent focus on the holiday as one of grilling and fireworks slightly distressing. Where's the focus on patriotism and our nation, advertisers and networks? Believe me, there's more to this than a day of work to eat hamburgers and watch pyrotechnics. The band at the country club played Sousa's "Stars and Stripes Forever" twice, but didn't bother to play our national anthem.
So I ask everyone who reads this to take a minute and think of the men and women who decided to break away from tyranny and form a new republic that sought to provide "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" to the people of this nation, at great personal risk and with no assurance of success. They are the ones we should be focusing on today.
- Location:Houston, Texas
- Mood:thoughtful
While I am sad to leave my apartment and Austin, now is the time to focus on a) getting a job and b) getting all of my stuff sorted, organized and ready to move when I do get a job. I honestly did not realize how much stuff I accumulated while I was living there! And not big stuff, either just little knick-knack things that sort of appear over time or duplicates of things I already have here at home that I got for convenience, but now just take up space I don't have. So, there are plenty of boxes to be sorted through and repacked, things to be given or thrown away, etc. That's enough to keep any feelings of sadness at bay for now!
- Location:Houston, Texas
- Mood:exhausted
- Location:Houston, Texas
- Mood:shocked
I spent yesterday working in the office, getting that cleaned up, but there's still more to go. I have a few more miscellaneous boxes from school to go through, as well as some clothes that need to get hung up somewhere. I'm trying to accomplish something every day, but with the new puppy to keep an eye on (and snuggle), I have to pick my battles and spend my time wisely. I'm currently unsure as to what I'm tackling next, but I figure if I work a little while each day, it should get clean eventually!
- Location:Houston, Texas
- Mood:accomplished
I've also found that as I avoid writing in my live journal, I also avoid doing anything else creative - fiction writing, photography, scrapbooking, etc. At the very least, I need to try to devote more time to doing the things I love and less time staring at the computer or TV screen. While it might seem counterproductive to be writing in an electronic journal, I think the simple act of writing, even if it's with a keyboard rather than a pen, will stimulate the creative flow I've stifled over the past year or so.
The first half of 2009 hasn't been all bad, but I'm hoping to accomplish a lot more in the remaining six months. With luck, that will include a job, but I'm going to remain positive and focus on enjoying myself and using my time wisely. I'm not sure where I'll be six month from now, but I hope I'll be happy with how I got there.
- Location:Houston, Texas
- Mood:optimistic
- Music:TV, Hostile Makeover
I am here at the TCEA conference, and feeling vaguely like shooting myself in the head. I got an e-mail from my capstone supervisor this morning; she wants updates and I'm still trying to figure out the software. I think I made a serious error in taking this capstone; I was just too polite/nice/whatever to admit that I really don't have the skills to undertake this project. Add to that the fact that she wants the project done in less than a month...I think I am royally screwed. Plus class assignments, this independent study paper I haven't started, job applications, etc.
I just pray that I will get everything done and graduate in May.
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I'm finally home...the last week and a half has been very long and tiresome. I actually skipped out of class at the break to get on the road early. Traffic wasn't too bad, though there were plenty of bad drivers on the road.
Now all I have to do this weekend is relax, eat and watch NCIS episodes. Life is good.
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- Location:Houston, Texas
- Mood:Happy
I like buses. Don't get me Wrong, they are efficient, energy-saving and encourage a culture that is independent of automobiles. However, only running buses on a major downtown/ university route twice an hour, when it is dark, cold and windy, is just mean.
That is all. Thank you.
P.S. I am very, very cold. Send St. Bernards, stat.
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- Location:Austin, Texas
- Mood:Cold
- Music:The wind
Obama is right. It isn't going to be easy, and it isn't going to be quick. But it will happen, because we will work to make it happen. We will no longer stand by while our nation slips down the drain. Instead, we will take up John F. Kennedy, Jr. on his timeless demand: Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country.
Let's get to work.
- Location:Austin, Texas
- Mood:ecstatic
Excitingly, I can now post to my livejournal from my iPhone. Maybe now I'll actually update more often since I can write things down when I think of them rather than waiting and procrastinating. Huzzah for technology!
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- Location:30.295471, -97.720612
I think anyone who knows me even the slightest bit can answer this one. Disneyland. There is no other place on the planet where I could wake up every morning and be happy. Even if I were in a grumpy mood, just taking a ride on the Jungle Cruise or It's a Small World would cheer me up. Then there's the food...churros, dole whips, Mickey shaped pretzels. Luckily, all that walking would help keep the weight off. I could stay in there from dawn to dusk and still not have my fill. Hmmm...anyone have any lucky lottery numbers?
- Location:Austin, Texas
- Mood:cheerful
- Music:TV, Mary Poppins
Mystery First Time
The Devil Inside/Jenna Black
Fantasy First Time
The Chocolate Cat Caper/Joanna Carl
Mystery First Time
The Chocolate Bear Burglary/Joanna Carl
Mystery First Time
The Chocolate Frog Frame-up/Joanna Carl
Mystery First Time
Lord John and the Private Matter/Diana Gabaldon
Mystery First Time
Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade/Diana Gabaldon
Mystery First Time
Fool for Love/Eloisa James
Romance First Time
The River Knows/Amanda Quick
Mystery Reread
Weekly Total: 9
Yearly Total: 393
- Location:Houston, Texas
- Mood:cranky
Mystery First Time
Dancing with Werewolves/Carole Nelson Douglas
Fantasy First Time
Halfway to the Grave/Jeaniene Frost
Fantasy First Time
Hell's Belles/Jackie Kessler
Fantasy First Time
Blood Brothers/Nora Roberts
Fantasy First Time
The Beautiful Cigar Girl/Daniel Stashower
Non-Fiction First Time
Weekly Total: 6
Yearly Total: 384
- Location:Houston, Texas
- Mood:tired
Romance First Time
Lord of Scoundrels/Loretta Chase
Romance First Time
Night Rising/Chris Marie Green
Fantasy First Time
The Devil Who Tamed Her/Johanna Lindsey
Romance First Time
Poltergeist/Kat Richardson
Fantasy First Time
Games of Command/Linnea Sinclair
Science Fiction First Time
Weekly Total: 6
Yearly Total: 378
- Location:Disneyland
- Mood:content
Mystery First Time
Simon Says/Lori Foster
Mystery First Time
My Favorite Earthling/Susan Grant
Science Fiction First Time
Say You Love Me/Rita Herron
Mystery First Time
Bloodfever/Karen Marie Moning
Fantasy First Time
Probable Cause/Theresa Schewgel
Mystery First Time
Dead Shot/Annie Soloman
Mystery First Time
This Rough Magic/Mary Stewart
Mystery Reread
Weekly Total: 8
Yearly Total: 372
- Location:Austin, Texas
- Mood:busy
Mystery First Time
Blood Poison/D.H. Dublin
Mystery First Time
Undercover in High Heels/Gemma Halliday
Mystery First Time
The Serpent Prince/Elizabeth Hoyt
Romance First Time
It Had To Be You/Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Fiction First Time
Kiss an Angel/Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Fiction First Time
Death Reins In/Michele Scott
Mystery First Time
Weekly Total: 7
Yearly Total: 356
- Location:Austin, Texas
- Mood:exhausted
Mystery First Time
Play Dirty/Sandra Brown
Mystery First Time
Heartsick/Chelsea Cain
Mystery First Time
Alone in the Dark/Elaine Coffman
Mystery First Time
Suspect/Jasmine Cresswell
Mystery First Time
Looks to Die For/Janice Kaplan
Mystery First Time
Driven/Eve Kenin
Science Fiction First Time
Red Seas Under Red Skies/Scott Lynch
Fantasy First Time
First Lady/Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Fiction First Time
Ain't She Sweet?/Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Fiction First Time
Breathing Room/Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Fiction First Time
Die For Me/Karen Rose
Mystery First Time
Thrill Me to Death/Roxanne St. Claire
Mystery First Time
Weekly Total: 13
Yearly Total: 349
- Location:Austin, Texas
- Mood:tired