negleting
I've been neglecting LJ, obviously. I've been preoccupied with my other blog, for some reason. These are very different outlets, i guess. One is more public, one is more private. I can't decide on how I'm feeling these days, vulnerable or showy.
I want to start grad school, through UOP. I can go for free, but the only degree that would be of any use to me is MBA. The others are all education and technology, and I don't want to go that route right now.
I would really love a more fulfilling job. I've been keeping my eye out. Not extensively looking, just keeping things open. The job market is stale here.
Speaking of here, I've actually started enjoying living in this area. My father came down a few weeks ago, and by walking around downtown with him, I realized how great this city is. We went to places I had never really been before; little side streets, a cute little restaurant called the Mellow Mushroom, a bunch of little shops and outdoor markets. It was really nice. I need to do that more often. There are about 3.5 million little cafe's, at least two on each street. I want to go downtown with a newspaper and spend the morning sitting outside in the sun, drinking coffee and getting inspired. I think that would help. If I could have been jobless now, after I have gotten to know the city and can find my way around (and when its not so fucking stifling hot) I think I would absolutely love it.
Speaking of getting inspired, I really need to. Working in an office has drained me. The little creativity that I can muster goes into my website. The rest.... I have been more numbingly bored these past few days, so I've tried starting a short story. I get to about half a page, and then nothing. So I think a little time downtown would do me well. But only if its warm.
Its been cold these past few days. I say cold, and chuckle with irony/pity for my people in Maine, because they're experiencing sub-zeros right now. My "cold" is now 40-60. There is actually some frost on the ground this morning, which is actually why I'm not out running with the dog.
My new favorite website
With all my free time at work, I've been able to keep up pretty well with the news. I read MSNBC, CNN and NYTimes every day. I subscribed to TIME, to add to my ridiculous collection of magazines (I got 4 subscriptions for Christmas, including my new favorite, Domino). I want to be informed, because mine is a generation that doesn't seem to care. Or maybe just the younger part of the generation.
Speaking of which, I saw a segment on "Good Morning America" yesterday about the "language" of the technology age, such as "u r" "lol" "brb" "no" instead of know... etc. I wanted to throw up. My biggest pet peeve in the entire world (even more than well vs good, and you're vs your) is that fucking language. The demise of the english language is right there. These kids are even using that crap in their school papers. WTF. That put me in a bad mood for the rest of the day. When I told Jon about it, he was disgusted, but didn't understand why I was so hellbent about it. Think about it. If these kids are too lazy to speak in complete English sentences, what does that say for the future? (melodramatic, I know, but seriously.) It makes me angry.
This is what happens when I don't post for a while