With any luck, tomorrow Rick and I will be going to NJ so that I can buy this guitar...

Black Ovation Applause!  I saw this one in red a few weeks ago at Guitar Center, used for $350.  I was enamoured and convinced I'd be buying it soon, but then I went on CraigsList and found this one for $175, and the guy is apparently throwing in the case since ( Read more... )

So based solely on tonight, which may or may not be a valid representation but seems like it may be, I am going to enjoy working at B&N quite a bit.  Sweet Jesus there is a ridiculous amount to learn, but according to Morgan by the time I've been there a month I'll be pretty much knowing what I'm doing.  I steamed some milk, made some drinks, ( Read more... )

Working at McCaffrey's has, thus far, been entirely acceptable.  Luckily have yet to deal with any obnoxious crazy customers, and I know the day will come.  The worst part is the repetitiveness of the work itself and resulting boredom.  Some amusing bits so far: last week this middle-aged guy I was ringing up said I looked like his "sister-in-law, ( Read more... )

By the looks of the way today's B&N interview went, I believe I may now have a second part-time job at the Neshaminy B&N cafe.  They gotta check up on my references and call me back in a few days, but...HOORAH.  McCaffrey's was good today.  Got to watch a ridiculous set of instructional videos for the last hour of my shift, and they totally needed ( Read more... )

The Baltimore trip was a grand little excursion indeed.  Little sleep was had, but much frisbee and volleyball was played, we ate about a week's worth of dessert foods over the course of a single Saturday, I experienced Otakon from the outside when we went to the harbor for a few hours and saw all the cosplayers walking around, and, of course, Mark ( Read more... )

I am officially employed again!  And am vaguely excited about it.  I'm just gonna be cashier-ing at McCaffrey's, which is this local family owned supermarket that we go to sometimes, but it's paying significantly more than Sesame did, and I don't expect I will be hating it!  Plus I got a free coffee today before my interview cuz JOE STELLATO ( Read more... )

Surprisingly, I got a phone call today from McCaffrey's regarding a job interview.  Going in Friday at one to talk to JOE STELLATO.  Seriously, this guy left a message on our answering machine, and made sure to mention his name no less than three times in the span of about 45 seconds.  My mom and I found it highly amusing.  So we'll see, maybe I ( Read more... )

I thought the last time I would get overly excited about something Harry Potter-related was about two years ago when Deathly Hallows came out.  However, as the date of the HBP movie draws nearer and nearer, I am getting increasingly spazzy about it.  It's sort of nice to be excited about Potter again, even though I will be annoyed with things that ( Read more... )

Oh, Sesame.  Yet again, the ineptitude astounds me.  Here's what happened.  I was, technically, hired as a "shallow water host".  Good.  I did not realize that this was different than a "shallow water attendant", and no one saw fit to make that distinction.  There really isn't a huge difference; as an attendant, you go through four days of training ( Read more... )

We went over to Reading Sunday for Mother's Day with my dad's family, and it was pretty good.  Got to see my godson J.J., and he's gotten so big and adorable - he is verging on a Kuhns-fro.  Additionally, Mamita gave me a graduation gift, including a card that included some top-of-the-line Engrish ( Read more... )