Shorter post than usual (hopefully)
Hey so I'm actually not going to bed tonight since I still have so much cleanup left to do for the party, so I'm just gonna type as much as I can while I duplicate the amvs. There's probably an easier way to make a playlist, but I'm doing it the only way I know (notepad), so I need to have a way to keep track of what videos I've already marked down. Deletion is simple so deletion it is. I still have around 40 minutes, so I guess I'd better get started.
It occurred to me earlier today that most of my mental meanderings happen when I'm not doing anything that takes real effort. Typing apparently counts as effort, I guess, because when I try to actually write out my thoughts, they dry up too fast to remember what they were. Toss in other distractions (hunger, music, etc), and I'm surprised I've made it as far as I have on this forty-day thing. I suppose I was right about the whole "people reading my journal make me write" thing; if I were just writing stuff where no one else would see, I'd have given up by the second night. Nobody would know, so I couldn't get in trouble. But on the internet, people can call me out on not keeping up with what I say I'm gonna do, because they see me say it.
Apparently there are two positions open for the promotion I applied for, and there's at least one other person who applied. Interviews are supposedly coming soon, so fingers crossed or something. The thing that makes me wonder what's up is why there's a second 2-7 position available. I know the first was because Chelsea left, but does the second opening mean one of the others left too? Or maybe she (because it'd be either Maria or Yelena, I know Mario and Angela are staying put) is just downgrading her job because of availability or something. Eh, whatever. Not like it really matters. Just helps my chances.
Speaking of work, next week's schedule was released tonight! That means I get TWO days off this weekend, and Saturday night I work like only four and a half hours. Not only that, but my dad and sister are leaving for their trip to Alabama to look at her school Saturday morning. I'm gonna have the house all to myself for five whole days, which includes both of my days off. With any luck, this means I'll be extra productive this weekend, editing wise. Maybe not.
Speaking of amvs, I finally got around to downloading the videos from the third online IC tournament from after I lost. Most of the ones I've watched so far were really awesome, especially ssg's Beatles video, Dusty Bee's Lifelight video and Andreleia's Take on Me video. Reading through the threads was kind of amusing too. I got a real kick out of Ghet's post telling me to update the match listing post. There was another comment I was going to make, but I can't remember what it might have been. I got distracted by thoughts of other videos I enjoyed. I should grab a snack before I get down to setting up the playlist file. My tummy be grumbling up something fierce.
But yeah, like I was saying, I really wish I had some way of keeping track of what sort of thoughts my brain wanders across when I'm not doing anything in particular. If I try to write it down, I lose it, but I get the same problem if I don't. Something must seriously be wrong with my brain somehow if I can't hold on to a thought for the twenty seconds it takes to write it down. I know, I know, "ADD lolz", but that's dumb. Even if I *had* been diagnosed with ADD, it doesn't make any difference. I'm still the one who has to fix it. ADD is nothing but an excuse for laziness and drugs.
Oh, the files are done copying. I guess I'll end this entry here then. Noight.
It occurred to me earlier today that most of my mental meanderings happen when I'm not doing anything that takes real effort. Typing apparently counts as effort, I guess, because when I try to actually write out my thoughts, they dry up too fast to remember what they were. Toss in other distractions (hunger, music, etc), and I'm surprised I've made it as far as I have on this forty-day thing. I suppose I was right about the whole "people reading my journal make me write" thing; if I were just writing stuff where no one else would see, I'd have given up by the second night. Nobody would know, so I couldn't get in trouble. But on the internet, people can call me out on not keeping up with what I say I'm gonna do, because they see me say it.
Apparently there are two positions open for the promotion I applied for, and there's at least one other person who applied. Interviews are supposedly coming soon, so fingers crossed or something. The thing that makes me wonder what's up is why there's a second 2-7 position available. I know the first was because Chelsea left, but does the second opening mean one of the others left too? Or maybe she (because it'd be either Maria or Yelena, I know Mario and Angela are staying put) is just downgrading her job because of availability or something. Eh, whatever. Not like it really matters. Just helps my chances.
Speaking of work, next week's schedule was released tonight! That means I get TWO days off this weekend, and Saturday night I work like only four and a half hours. Not only that, but my dad and sister are leaving for their trip to Alabama to look at her school Saturday morning. I'm gonna have the house all to myself for five whole days, which includes both of my days off. With any luck, this means I'll be extra productive this weekend, editing wise. Maybe not.
Speaking of amvs, I finally got around to downloading the videos from the third online IC tournament from after I lost. Most of the ones I've watched so far were really awesome, especially ssg's Beatles video, Dusty Bee's Lifelight video and Andreleia's Take on Me video. Reading through the threads was kind of amusing too. I got a real kick out of Ghet's post telling me to update the match listing post. There was another comment I was going to make, but I can't remember what it might have been. I got distracted by thoughts of other videos I enjoyed. I should grab a snack before I get down to setting up the playlist file. My tummy be grumbling up something fierce.
But yeah, like I was saying, I really wish I had some way of keeping track of what sort of thoughts my brain wanders across when I'm not doing anything in particular. If I try to write it down, I lose it, but I get the same problem if I don't. Something must seriously be wrong with my brain somehow if I can't hold on to a thought for the twenty seconds it takes to write it down. I know, I know, "ADD lolz", but that's dumb. Even if I *had* been diagnosed with ADD, it doesn't make any difference. I'm still the one who has to fix it. ADD is nothing but an excuse for laziness and drugs.
Oh, the files are done copying. I guess I'll end this entry here then. Noight.