Am upstate in the Adirondacks, a charming region in upstate New York with lots of mountains and lakes and other prettiness. Am tragically quarantined to the Fourth Lake community (small, full of 'skeeters and other irritating life forms [unfortunately people I am expected to either make nice with because they've been my mother's friends since ( Read more... )

Just got the lottery results for fall semester and got into all my class (for once) (it's about time), which is a nice relief. My class rosters are not all they could be, but hey, who says I'll have to talk to Shannon anyone in Pediatric Psychology? I can be totally self-reliant if I want. Yes I can, and it's only one class anyway. I bet I'll be ( Read more... )

So I just heard from Brenda, who said it would be grand and totally doable for me to go out to California on July 20 for this "extra in a high school scene" thing. (Start at the bottom, I know.) Great, right? Super fabulous, right? Well, at least I wasn't actually expecting this to work out in the first place. That unfortunately overlaps right ( Read more... )

So maybe working with Arianna won't be so bad after all; I've never got on with her in the past, even before she bitch slapped me (and Emily didn't do a damn thing about it [that's not true...she laughed]), but she finally called me tonight to thank me for putting in a good word for her and basically getting her the job. We even talked amicably ( Read more... )

It's not that my life is particularly interesting at the moment so much as that I haven't actually fallen off the face of the planet, and I'm a little nervous so I may as well post a thing about some stuff.

Well, the woman I was in contact with at AMNH about bartending at events there neglected to mention 1) she didn't know I was a student and (I  ( Read more... )

Incessantly beeping alarm of success! Thank god, that was so nerve-wracking. Right, by which I mean I passed my bartending final exam(s). Interesting, I aced the sections on wine (I might inform my wine connoisseur uncle if I liked him or anything) and beer (I've already told my father, so that takes care of that) on the written exam. And I  ( Read more... )

I've decided to take this summer one day at a time. Whatever happens, happens; whatever doesn't, bummer, oh well. Maybe there'll be another shot in the future. I can only control for so much, after all, and I do have to keep some priorities. Hopefully I'll be able to figure out this Magix Movie Editor thing, maybe by the end of the summer I'll have ( Read more... )

I'm bored.

A fundamental problem in my life.

When am I the most...happy? Excited? Not bored? Hm. Studying Japanese? Sadly no. Studying Japan? Sadly no, and as much as I'd love to blame the professor, that's only part of the problem. Studying peace and conflict? Ha, you make me laugh like whoa. Studying psychology? Shockingly...no. At least, not the [ ( Read more... )

So talk has turned recently to grad school, of all things, which of course becomes applications [not now please] and what do you want to do with your life [something fun] and if you're really interested in XYZ you should pursue it [I'd love to be an actor even though I keep getting relegated to backstage] and we'll support whatever you want to do [ ( Read more... )

What's with my getting so nervous all of a sudden? Really, I've got nothing to be nervous about; I'm not doing any performances or anything, but I am starting to look at summer programs. And getting anxious about it? I don't even have anything lined up yet, just a lot of programs to "look into."

It's like getting nervous about a new school, or a new ( Read more... )