guiness tastes best when drunk from a guiness mug :3
so i've been up to so much and so little in the last week. still twiddling my thumbs on the namco-bandai job. we'll see what happens end of this week. in the meanstwhile, i ought to apply for work at other locales. let's make a list of things cat has to do but really would rather not do <3
- apply for work
+ starbucks?
+ barnes and noble?
+ the internets tell me there is a fabric store nearby... no where can be as bad as mill end, right?
- apply for student loan deferment
+ call the lady at L&C who keeps calling me and ask where one can find an employment agency that is not a temp agency but qualifies for deferment status.
and, more fun things:
- find additional items for halloween costume (kaylee from firefly)
+ make/find & dye chinese jacket
+ find & mod wooden umbrella (suggestions as to where to find one? anyone?)
- make one more grocery shopping trip of doom, or ask gabe & matt to pick up perishable items
last week i spent a lot of time with dan and had a blast, in that quiet sort of way. i mean, it's not like we do anything all that earth-shattering, just play video games and geek out and talk, but still, it's amazing to have someone within walking distance who's so much fun to be around. and he's gotten me seriously addicted to Tales of Vesparia. *stars in eyes* oooh, pretty *watches raptly to see how everything's animated and designed* seriously. never been this into a game before in this way. i mean, katamari will always hold a place in my heart, but... it's a goofy game, not like Tales. damn RPGs, i knew i should've avoided you for my sanity *shakes fist* but... but... is so pwetty... (i <3 rita sooooo much. she's got a kitty outfit. and a gothic loli type outfit too.)
ANYWHO, it also turns out that jason and dan and their group of people have NEVER HEARD OF THE SANDMAN. WTF. must be remedied immediately. so i promptly did what i've avoided doing for years. i bought the first 3 graphic novels. go me! anyway, it's been years since i've read them myself, so i'm re-reading them before passing them on (so selfish, i know). ah, i love them so much still.
in other reading news, i'm still not done with Atlas Shrugged. can you imagine it? this book is taking me FOR-EVER to get through. but it's more dense than just about anything except for some obscure mahayana sutras that i've read. and, to top them, it's actually applicable and modern. one could argue, however, that it's purpose is quite the same - blatant manipulation of the reader into worship, if not of the book itself, then of Ayn Rand's philosophy. reading it for long periods of time puts me in moods where i feel i need someone to pinch me and bring me back to reality.
wat else? i ran around today and was active, thus the actually having energy and the desire to write/post. i decorated our apartment with my few halloween things that i kept from last year. tee hee. they make me happy :3 i know it's a small thing, but i really do love halloween. seriously. costumes AND candy? how can you go wrong? (oh yeah, the scary thing... >.> i don't scare easily, honest.)
and i have foodstuffs including beer, which someday i will remember (before i buy it) is heavy. oh so heavy. i like to believe that punishing my body to carry heavy things somehow works the knots out of my back, but i doubt that there's anything more to that than my fanciful theory.
all in all, i'm in a much better mood than i have been for a bit because i actually kicked my butt into doing stuff (tm pending) and have plans to continue in that vein tomorrow. there may be a fabric store nearby, and barring that, there's another safeway in the vicinity with an unpilfered goodwill awaiting. today's goodwill produced teh most kickass kaylee shirt, i must say with pride. i'm debating on whether i wish to expend the energy attempting to make it into a v-neck though, because working with that kind of fabric is tricksy. but it would make it more authentic kaylee, and it would look better on me :) (you know the second one is the real reason) because i look kind of dull in regular round necks.
we shall see! depends on how much sewing i intend on doing, i guess. in the meanstwhile, i enjoy my beer and lust over things on the internet that i want to have without having to make/pay for 'em.
- apply for work
+ starbucks?
+ barnes and noble?
+ the internets tell me there is a fabric store nearby... no where can be as bad as mill end, right?
- apply for student loan deferment
+ call the lady at L&C who keeps calling me and ask where one can find an employment agency that is not a temp agency but qualifies for deferment status.
and, more fun things:
- find additional items for halloween costume (kaylee from firefly)
+ make/find & dye chinese jacket
+ find & mod wooden umbrella (suggestions as to where to find one? anyone?)
- make one more grocery shopping trip of doom, or ask gabe & matt to pick up perishable items
last week i spent a lot of time with dan and had a blast, in that quiet sort of way. i mean, it's not like we do anything all that earth-shattering, just play video games and geek out and talk, but still, it's amazing to have someone within walking distance who's so much fun to be around. and he's gotten me seriously addicted to Tales of Vesparia. *stars in eyes* oooh, pretty *watches raptly to see how everything's animated and designed* seriously. never been this into a game before in this way. i mean, katamari will always hold a place in my heart, but... it's a goofy game, not like Tales. damn RPGs, i knew i should've avoided you for my sanity *shakes fist* but... but... is so pwetty... (i <3 rita sooooo much. she's got a kitty outfit. and a gothic loli type outfit too.)
ANYWHO, it also turns out that jason and dan and their group of people have NEVER HEARD OF THE SANDMAN. WTF. must be remedied immediately. so i promptly did what i've avoided doing for years. i bought the first 3 graphic novels. go me! anyway, it's been years since i've read them myself, so i'm re-reading them before passing them on (so selfish, i know). ah, i love them so much still.
in other reading news, i'm still not done with Atlas Shrugged. can you imagine it? this book is taking me FOR-EVER to get through. but it's more dense than just about anything except for some obscure mahayana sutras that i've read. and, to top them, it's actually applicable and modern. one could argue, however, that it's purpose is quite the same - blatant manipulation of the reader into worship, if not of the book itself, then of Ayn Rand's philosophy. reading it for long periods of time puts me in moods where i feel i need someone to pinch me and bring me back to reality.
wat else? i ran around today and was active, thus the actually having energy and the desire to write/post. i decorated our apartment with my few halloween things that i kept from last year. tee hee. they make me happy :3 i know it's a small thing, but i really do love halloween. seriously. costumes AND candy? how can you go wrong? (oh yeah, the scary thing... >.> i don't scare easily, honest.)
and i have foodstuffs including beer, which someday i will remember (before i buy it) is heavy. oh so heavy. i like to believe that punishing my body to carry heavy things somehow works the knots out of my back, but i doubt that there's anything more to that than my fanciful theory.
all in all, i'm in a much better mood than i have been for a bit because i actually kicked my butt into doing stuff (tm pending) and have plans to continue in that vein tomorrow. there may be a fabric store nearby, and barring that, there's another safeway in the vicinity with an unpilfered goodwill awaiting. today's goodwill produced teh most kickass kaylee shirt, i must say with pride. i'm debating on whether i wish to expend the energy attempting to make it into a v-neck though, because working with that kind of fabric is tricksy. but it would make it more authentic kaylee, and it would look better on me :) (you know the second one is the real reason) because i look kind of dull in regular round necks.
we shall see! depends on how much sewing i intend on doing, i guess. in the meanstwhile, i enjoy my beer and lust over things on the internet that i want to have without having to make/pay for 'em.