"I Like You" Meme; Still no job and feeling bad; Bethany leaving; Dad is tipsy; lol 80s anime
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I got that meme from suoh_delucifel and she in turn got it from zekiwolf. The love will roll onward with this posting! I like memes like this.
I've still got no job and that is entirely my fault. There are no ifs, ands, or buts about that! I haven't been looking around, I've been sleeping and watching BBC America. Towards the end of July, my Aunt Karen and I did spend a few days going places and handing out resumes slash filling applications. However, that only resulted in one callback from a CVS which did not pan out in the end. I need to run back out again and really go for it.
My brother applied for a job as a counselor at a boarding school in Texas (which he is probably going to get, no lie) and now I feel left in the dust. I almost don't want to let him "win." I want to be productive and I don't mind working, it's just GETTING a job that I mind. I'm not good with interviews and I hate running into lots of places while smartly dressed just to beg folks to give me a chance. I wish I just HAD something. I'm starting to get cabin fever and my parents are obviously not too happy. Ugh...
Truth be told, I'd *love* to work at the Copy/Fax center of a Kinkos/OfficeMax/Staples. I have experience in a printshop setting and that sort of goofy print work is fun to do for me. But as for "real" design, like at a magazine or a newspaper, here's my problem: I feel my portfolio isn't up to snuff and I want more time to build it. I'd rather have a retail job at this point than a real Graphic Design job! Not a lot of Graphic Design places would hire me -- I don't have a lot of Student OR Internship work on my plate, so I'm some kind of design enigma and that's a bad thing. Not to mention there are a lack of entry level positions around here, my god... There's THAT and also the idea that my parents are a ticking timebomb and WHATEVER I CAN GET the soonest is probably the best, even if it's a job at McD's.
I'm digging myself a hole.
Other than that, today was the last day that my cousin Bethany is here in North Carolina. Starting tomorrow she'll be in Nebraska working as an Emergency Relief Worker for some Lutheran charity. I'm not sure exactly what she'll be doing, but it's something to do with helping less fortunate people get care in the form of healthcare or disaster relief. I'm pretty sure that's it.
Beth came over today and my immediate family thought we would be hanging out doing a small little farewell party... except my Dad got pretty drunk and decided to bring over a few more people. Mom was not happy -- she has spent the last four weeks hosting events at our house (Karen/Jacob's birthdays, Brian's birthday, the family coming down, etc.) and was looking forward to not doing that again, but SUPRISE! She was also looking forward to spending time with my cousin Bethany, but my damn Dad decided to go out with her on the lake and not show back up at home until about 9:30p.m. Not to mention Dad had so much that Mom had to drive the boat AND the family car to bring him back home.
They came home so late that my Aunt Karen, Uncle Brian, cousin Bethany, and my brother all decided we couldn't wait anymore and ate without them. We wanted to have dinner with everyone, but Dad neglected to tell us when he would return so we put off dinner for HOURS until we all were so hungry we just said "Screw this!" and made something. They were lucky we cared to make enough for the rest of them.
I could tell mom was pretty irritated, but kept civil in front of the guests and such. She calmed down a bit later when people started dwindling out. And, fortunately, she did get to spend time with Bethany.
I'm not sure what else qualifies as news. I was thinking of changing my journal layout (after seeing several nice person/community layouts) to perhaps some Arislan or Kuroshituji-style things. Probably Arislan, there's a nice picture I'll use as a background and a default icon whenever I get around to it. More people should know of this ol' anime slash manga slash never-ending novel series.
Speaking of mediocre 80s anime, I read and watched Legend of Lemnear. It did not impress me. It was made of tits and cliché plot. The manga revolved around Lemnear getting her ass handed to her 80% of the time, which usually involved her being beat so badly her clothing left in fear. The anime had her in a 80s armor bikini getting caught by mind-control. Either way, it was terrible. I think it's pretty bad when the BEST thing about a series is the fact that there's breasts in it. That's the only reason I kept watching =/. After that, I tried to get started on Green Legend Ran but lacked caring. Maybe I should pick up Devil Hunter Yohko or Vampire Miyu. LOL Old animu, you crazy thing.
I might go back to my alma mater this weekend for Valley Ballyhoo. I have to deliver some flyers for a poster, and, well, I have no job! So I have all the free time in the world. It'd be good to see my old animu bros again.
It feels so weird to not be going back to college this semester.
-Jessica
P.S. - Frank Wildhorn's 1994 Concept Album for Jekyll & Hyde is boss. Seriously.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flReQREXg0k
I got that meme from suoh_delucifel and she in turn got it from zekiwolf. The love will roll onward with this posting! I like memes like this.
I've still got no job and that is entirely my fault. There are no ifs, ands, or buts about that! I haven't been looking around, I've been sleeping and watching BBC America. Towards the end of July, my Aunt Karen and I did spend a few days going places and handing out resumes slash filling applications. However, that only resulted in one callback from a CVS which did not pan out in the end. I need to run back out again and really go for it.
My brother applied for a job as a counselor at a boarding school in Texas (which he is probably going to get, no lie) and now I feel left in the dust. I almost don't want to let him "win." I want to be productive and I don't mind working, it's just GETTING a job that I mind. I'm not good with interviews and I hate running into lots of places while smartly dressed just to beg folks to give me a chance. I wish I just HAD something. I'm starting to get cabin fever and my parents are obviously not too happy. Ugh...
Truth be told, I'd *love* to work at the Copy/Fax center of a Kinkos/OfficeMax/Staples. I have experience in a printshop setting and that sort of goofy print work is fun to do for me. But as for "real" design, like at a magazine or a newspaper, here's my problem: I feel my portfolio isn't up to snuff and I want more time to build it. I'd rather have a retail job at this point than a real Graphic Design job! Not a lot of Graphic Design places would hire me -- I don't have a lot of Student OR Internship work on my plate, so I'm some kind of design enigma and that's a bad thing. Not to mention there are a lack of entry level positions around here, my god... There's THAT and also the idea that my parents are a ticking timebomb and WHATEVER I CAN GET the soonest is probably the best, even if it's a job at McD's.
I'm digging myself a hole.
Other than that, today was the last day that my cousin Bethany is here in North Carolina. Starting tomorrow she'll be in Nebraska working as an Emergency Relief Worker for some Lutheran charity. I'm not sure exactly what she'll be doing, but it's something to do with helping less fortunate people get care in the form of healthcare or disaster relief. I'm pretty sure that's it.
Beth came over today and my immediate family thought we would be hanging out doing a small little farewell party... except my Dad got pretty drunk and decided to bring over a few more people. Mom was not happy -- she has spent the last four weeks hosting events at our house (Karen/Jacob's birthdays, Brian's birthday, the family coming down, etc.) and was looking forward to not doing that again, but SUPRISE! She was also looking forward to spending time with my cousin Bethany, but my damn Dad decided to go out with her on the lake and not show back up at home until about 9:30p.m. Not to mention Dad had so much that Mom had to drive the boat AND the family car to bring him back home.
They came home so late that my Aunt Karen, Uncle Brian, cousin Bethany, and my brother all decided we couldn't wait anymore and ate without them. We wanted to have dinner with everyone, but Dad neglected to tell us when he would return so we put off dinner for HOURS until we all were so hungry we just said "Screw this!" and made something. They were lucky we cared to make enough for the rest of them.
I could tell mom was pretty irritated, but kept civil in front of the guests and such. She calmed down a bit later when people started dwindling out. And, fortunately, she did get to spend time with Bethany.
I'm not sure what else qualifies as news. I was thinking of changing my journal layout (after seeing several nice person/community layouts) to perhaps some Arislan or Kuroshituji-style things. Probably Arislan, there's a nice picture I'll use as a background and a default icon whenever I get around to it. More people should know of this ol' anime slash manga slash never-ending novel series.
Speaking of mediocre 80s anime, I read and watched Legend of Lemnear. It did not impress me. It was made of tits and cliché plot. The manga revolved around Lemnear getting her ass handed to her 80% of the time, which usually involved her being beat so badly her clothing left in fear. The anime had her in a 80s armor bikini getting caught by mind-control. Either way, it was terrible. I think it's pretty bad when the BEST thing about a series is the fact that there's breasts in it. That's the only reason I kept watching =/. After that, I tried to get started on Green Legend Ran but lacked caring. Maybe I should pick up Devil Hunter Yohko or Vampire Miyu. LOL Old animu, you crazy thing.
I might go back to my alma mater this weekend for Valley Ballyhoo. I have to deliver some flyers for a poster, and, well, I have no job! So I have all the free time in the world. It'd be good to see my old animu bros again.
It feels so weird to not be going back to college this semester.
-Jessica
P.S. - Frank Wildhorn's 1994 Concept Album for Jekyll & Hyde is boss. Seriously.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flReQREXg0k