I'm constantly having dreams about going back to college, and they never make even the slightest bit of sense. There's often a feeling of frustration and isolation to them. I'm usually back at my undergraduate dorm at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, but either none of the same people are there, or they're there but won't talk to me. Usually ( Read more... )

Here are just a few things that have been on my mind recently, and are too long for tweets, but too short for posts unto themselves. I had wanted to do this as Monday Miscellanea, mostly just for the alliteration, but didn't have the chance yesterday.

• Work six days in a row (six evenings in a row, actually) really kicked my ass. And now that I ( Read more... )

So, classes start again this week. Actually, it's only one class, but I want to do well at it. Doing homework is such a hassle, though. I probably sound like a little kid, but in many ways I haven't changed a lot since then. It's not just that it can be frustrating, but obligations in general just feel like roadblocks in my mind. Stupid ( Read more... )

After work yesterday, I took my car to get the oil changed and the air filter replaced, which I probably should have done a while ago. Actually, I'm not entirely sure when I'm supposed to get my oil changed with this car. There's apparently supposed to be a maintenance light that comes on, but I've never seen it, and I've driven it quite a bit. ( Read more... )

Happy Martin Luther King Day! I suspect a good many are off from work today, as bethje is, so thank the Civil Rights Movement for that. {g} Actually, I'm off today as well, but not because it's a holiday. I just haven't been getting very many hours at Walmart recently, but apparently that's not just me. It's not like that dream I had last night where ( Read more... )

Yesterday was Epiphany, so I guess that means Christmas is now officially over. Not that I know too many people who celebrate Christmas after 25 December anyway, but I'm sure you know about my general interest in holidays. School has started again for me, although my professor wasn't there on Tuesday to teach my on-campus class, so I haven't ( Read more... )

Happy New Year! Now this is a totally arbitrary holiday, isn't it? I think the reason the year begins in January has something to do with when the new Roman consuls took office. That's very relevant to today's society, isn't it? If they're going to make it that close to Christmas, why not just combine the two? Oh, wait. Because that means ( Read more... )

I was hoping Walmart would be closed on Monday, due to the snow that was all over the roads and still falling when my shift began, but no such luck. They did end up closing four hours early, but the amount of driving was the same. It had only recently stopped snowing when I took bethje to work on Monday morning, but there was no chance her work would ( Read more... )

I'll be pretty relieved when this quarter of classes is over. I still have my Digital Preservation paper/project left to do, and I'm really unsure as to how to proceed with that. I had to generate three ideas a few weeks ago, and they were pretty general, but maybe I should work with one of them. I'd go into more detail, but I'm sure this isn't ( Read more... )

Happy birthday to my wife, bethje! Our relationship has been a little rocky recently, but we still love each other. I just wish I didn't have to rely on her for so much. Being dependent sucks, but it's always been my lot in life. It's because I'm pathetic, I guess. I'm getting off the point here, though, aren't I ( Read more... )