Today one of the ladies at my real estate job invited me to the office Christmas party. I am the youngest person there by at least three decades, only show up every few weeks when I'm back from school, and work as an off-the-record secretary/handyman/Fixer of All Electronics rather than, you know, actually being employed by the company proper, but ( Read more... )

Okay, I'm being unfair, but between the dormant trees, brown grass and constant overcast, the view from my sofa is pretty bleak at the moment.

It's strange being back at home for spring break, mostly because VT's break is a different week than all my other friends' and I don't have many people to hang out with right now. I've spent all my time ( Read more... )

Stephen King fans: should I watch the mini-series version of "The Stand" when it comes on this afternoon, or should I wait until I've read the book so that it's un-tainted by potential Syfy channel fail?

Also, damn. Between working as a secretary at the bleakest real estate office on the planet and dealing with spastic Labradoodles all morning, I ( Read more... )

Well, I seem to now officially be an adult with a job and a diploma and everything.

Graduated on Sunday, which was...an adventure. There were bagpipes. My hat nearly fell off when I walked across the stage. Our valedictorian quoted Lil Wayne in his speech. Our house was overrun with German relatives who brought mass quantities of delicious food and ( Read more... )

So, I now have a job at the local vet clinic. Granted, it'll be a lot of poo-scooping and kennel help and answering phone calls at the front desk, but I'm totally down with that. I like science! I like animals! I like solving problems! This is all good. (And it's infinitely preferable to my former life of selling flat-screen TVs, which I really ( Read more... )

Had a dream last night that involved, among other things, attempting to sell a television to Tony Stark. Good lord, the job's burned into my subconscious retina already. Though, you know, anything involving Tony can't be entirely bad. *laughs*

On a completely unrelated note, the show Lost is awesome. We've got a bit of a DVD-swapping system/black ( Read more... )