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Man, it's finally starting to sink in. There's just like six or seven weeks until graduation. I drew up a calendar of all the stuff going on until then and it just hit me how little there is left. The only assignments remaining are my last two essays. The last ones. That's just starting to sink in. How many papers have I written in the last fifteen years or so? And now I'll probably never write one again. Woah.
bluesummers and pinksugardemon got accepted to JET, which is cool. I pretty much always expected them to, though, they had the right stuff. Maybe I'll see if I can somehow get the money to go visit them and crash on a floor or two. Go take a train and see the sights, maybe. Kyoto, perhaps. Mt. Fuji. Akihabara. Also, I'm expecting at least one of you to go to comiket and bring back photos.
Meanwhile, I slowly descend into the pit of madness that is the new york housing market, a mysterious realm of dragons and wizards. Have talked with parents and basically gotten a feel for what's available and what my price range is probably gonna look like. Now I just need to decide on an area or two to shoot for. And then to get a job that'll back up the cost. It's not quite as hopeless as I'd initially thought, it looks like as long as I don't strike out as far as salary goes I should be able to afford someplace decentish. Jason at work says that Astoria has a lot of new apartments up, though that's waaay out there. John maintains that hoboken is nice, and though I cringe with the mere suggestion, I have to admit that the rent I've seen there isn't bad and it looks better than many other options when it comes to commute. Sometime, next couple weekends, I'm likely gonna go over there and walk around. I'll believe it when I see it.
Work was not much to talk about this week. They're starting some thing on that Mars robot that'll be landing soon, so I did some transcriptions of phone interviews for that. And someone was doing a local shoot, which meant catering to odd whims. Two hours of trying to navigate E&H, the most convoluted store in existence, just to pick up one tiny lens cleaning cloth. Having to secretly raid Postworks' fridge to steal all their sodas for the crew's cooler. For some reason they wanted a crowbar. I didn't even realize crowbars are only like $10. For all that usefulness, too! They're good for prying, barring, hitting things, levering things, opening things, resonance cascades...for $10, I kinda want one.
NYCC coming up in a week or two. Need to remember to see if Dad wants Mignola's autograph. Or Neil Gaiman's. Or Alex Ross. Or pretty much anybody's, to be honest, the guest list is so long I wouldn't be surprised if I and everyone who reads this is on it.
Trying to make myself promise to get off my ass and work. My goal is to have my last essays done and an apartment waiting to be furnished by the end of April. Partially because I guess this is my last chance to finally not do an essay the night before it's due, but mostly because GTAIV comes out on the 29th or so and I have a 360. I found out the other day that Rockstar's offices are on Broadway between here and school, next to the best buy with the mysterious suit of armor in the window. I've passed by them hundreds of times and never known. Huh.
I gotta say, as much as I'm enjoying the primaries, and while I actually think the way things have turned out the squabbling's not really helping McCain at all, I'm fucking ready for Pennsylvania to vote already. Come on guys, way to be late to the party. I probably shouldn't be saying that though, with Obama gaining about 5 points in the polls a week there.
Anyway, back to stressing over an uncertain future. Grats John and Anna.
bluesummers and pinksugardemon got accepted to JET, which is cool. I pretty much always expected them to, though, they had the right stuff. Maybe I'll see if I can somehow get the money to go visit them and crash on a floor or two. Go take a train and see the sights, maybe. Kyoto, perhaps. Mt. Fuji. Akihabara. Also, I'm expecting at least one of you to go to comiket and bring back photos.
Meanwhile, I slowly descend into the pit of madness that is the new york housing market, a mysterious realm of dragons and wizards. Have talked with parents and basically gotten a feel for what's available and what my price range is probably gonna look like. Now I just need to decide on an area or two to shoot for. And then to get a job that'll back up the cost. It's not quite as hopeless as I'd initially thought, it looks like as long as I don't strike out as far as salary goes I should be able to afford someplace decentish. Jason at work says that Astoria has a lot of new apartments up, though that's waaay out there. John maintains that hoboken is nice, and though I cringe with the mere suggestion, I have to admit that the rent I've seen there isn't bad and it looks better than many other options when it comes to commute. Sometime, next couple weekends, I'm likely gonna go over there and walk around. I'll believe it when I see it.
Work was not much to talk about this week. They're starting some thing on that Mars robot that'll be landing soon, so I did some transcriptions of phone interviews for that. And someone was doing a local shoot, which meant catering to odd whims. Two hours of trying to navigate E&H, the most convoluted store in existence, just to pick up one tiny lens cleaning cloth. Having to secretly raid Postworks' fridge to steal all their sodas for the crew's cooler. For some reason they wanted a crowbar. I didn't even realize crowbars are only like $10. For all that usefulness, too! They're good for prying, barring, hitting things, levering things, opening things, resonance cascades...for $10, I kinda want one.
NYCC coming up in a week or two. Need to remember to see if Dad wants Mignola's autograph. Or Neil Gaiman's. Or Alex Ross. Or pretty much anybody's, to be honest, the guest list is so long I wouldn't be surprised if I and everyone who reads this is on it.
Trying to make myself promise to get off my ass and work. My goal is to have my last essays done and an apartment waiting to be furnished by the end of April. Partially because I guess this is my last chance to finally not do an essay the night before it's due, but mostly because GTAIV comes out on the 29th or so and I have a 360. I found out the other day that Rockstar's offices are on Broadway between here and school, next to the best buy with the mysterious suit of armor in the window. I've passed by them hundreds of times and never known. Huh.
I gotta say, as much as I'm enjoying the primaries, and while I actually think the way things have turned out the squabbling's not really helping McCain at all, I'm fucking ready for Pennsylvania to vote already. Come on guys, way to be late to the party. I probably shouldn't be saying that though, with Obama gaining about 5 points in the polls a week there.
Anyway, back to stressing over an uncertain future. Grats John and Anna.