Go often to the house of thy friend; for weeds soon choke up the unused path.

[faemous]

So. I haven't updated since last October. Seven months is...a really long time. It's gotten to the point where it's been so long that I don't even know where to begin. What's important and what's not, what you all care about and what you don't. Or whether anyone even gives a shit. But...I'm still here, for anyone who does care

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[skellywag]

My god, you did lots of things in Iceland. I'd never even thought of Iceland as a place I should visit, but after reading your description, clearly it should be on my list if only because sunrise is at 11am. How long were you there?

ALSO. Happy Belated Birthday! (I'm with you on the feeling old thing. 25 is ancient.)

WELCOME BACK TO LJ! /hug (I've sort of failed at commenting to peoples' posts recently, so I'm trying to get better at it.)

[faemous]

That's what a lot of people said when I said I was going there. Why Iceland? But then I explained about the Northern Lights, the waterfalls, etc, and they understood. It was fabulous, and I definitely recommend it. The sunrise is only that late in the winter, so if you like late sunrises and the Northern Lights, winter is the time to go. In summer there's Midnight Sun rather than the Northern Lights. We were there for a week. One of the best parts was the PRICE. They had an economic meltdown recently in Iceland, so it was extremely affordable! :)

Thank you! It's just kind of surreal, realizing that I'm not on the line between child and adult anymore. I'm just. An adult. When the hell did that happen?

Thanks! I've always been a failure at commenting to posts, so I think I'll definitely try to be better at it too. I love getting comments so it seems only fair that I give them, too! :)

[skellywag]

Midnight sun just doesn't sound as good. I like to stay out of the sun as much as possible. >_>; Sad that they have economic problems, but what an awesome thing to take advantage of! X3

I'm of the opinion that I will never be an "adult" as long as I can giggle about penises and stuff.

[faemous]

Haha same. Unfortunately we didn't end up actually SEEING the Northern Lights, because it was apparently a low activity week or something, but...yeah. There is the OPPORTUNITY To see them in the winter, at least. And yeah, their economic state is pretty sad, especially now that that volcano erupting has messed up a lot of things for them too, but...it is an excellent thing to take advantage of. Also everyone in Iceland speaks English, which makes being an American tourist really easy, and Icelanders are really nice. :)

Hee. Penises.

[serasarahhhh]

I HAVE BEEN FANTASTIC!

There’s probably another full-time kind of job you could get that has to do with books! Or have you tried asking about manager type positions at B&N? You’ve been there for awhile and you never know! They might find something for you!

Ahhhh moving to Boston. I dunnooo. MAYBE ONE DAY. I’m so tempted lately akljdfhs.

[faemous]

I'M GLAD TO HEAR IT!!!

Yeah, I've thought about trying to get a full-time position at B&N, but the truth is that while I love my job there, I don't want to be there for forever. Part of what I love about being a part-timer is the lack of responsibility, and I feel like I wouldn't enjoy it as much if I had to do all the things that leads and managers have to do. Of course, that's kind of ridiculous because...obviously no matter where I get a job I'll have to take on more responsibility than I have now but...I don't know. I just don't want to work at B&N forever. I don't know what I DO want to do, but...yeah. My mom's been seeing a career counselor, though, and she said that she'd pay for me to go to a session with her as well. Hopefully that will help me figure out what I want to do. And my friend Kara just got a new job, and she just posted her resume on monster.com and they contacted her. I like the idea of...being headhunted, I guess. Haha

[nickelodeon]

*tempts you further* We will welcome you with SUCH open arms!!

[empath_eia]

Iceland is definitely on my list of places I'd like to see.

Lovely to hear from you! Happy belated birthday. I'm glad you get along well with your roommate and I hope you find a job you like just as much that pays you a livable wage.

As for myself, it's... been a hell of a year so far. I travelled to New York to rescue my roommate's five cats, then one of them got sick right after getting here, and now my own kitty is sick and needs syringe-feeding six times a day. I cannot express how much I now hate the smell of chicken liver.

But otherwise, I'm doing pretty well, I think. .__.

[faemous]

I definitely highly recommend it. Not only was it freaking gorgeous there, but the price was excellent. They had an economic crash there fairly recently, so the whole thing was extremely affordable!

Thank you! Happy belated birthday to you, too! I think our birthdays are relatively close, aren't they? *checks your profile* Yes! The seventeenth! Happy birthday!!! And thank you! I've been really procrastinating at getting a real job but...our lease is up in September and that's kind of my self-imposed deadline for getting a new job.

I do sometimes skim the flist, and I saw that! You're living with shiinabambi now, right? I'm sorry to hear about the sick kitties. D: That's no fun. For you or for the kitties.

That's good to hear! ♥

[warriorothesea]

Omg, Fae post! :O

[faemous]

OMG I KNOW!

Haha fair enough!

I totally understand. I've been wanting to post for...months, but I always felt weird about it since it'd been too long. As it is I left out half the things I wanted to talk about, but...that's okay. The thing about LJ is that...it's your journal and you can say whatever the hell you want. You don't have to worry about filling in all the blanks or placating anyone. Say what you want to say, and once you actually post it will be easier to KEEP posing

[warriorothesea]

*shouldN'T worry - you probably got that from the context but yeah. And also partly I am like WILL ANYONE EVEN CARE about whatever I write about, but that doesn't actually matter either. I'm just like stuck in some weird limbo with LJ I think, and yeah, if I actually post more again it will stop being a big deal or any kind of deal at all, probably

[faemous]

I didn't even notice the type. But yes. You should post! POST TONIGHT!!!!

Haha I know that there's not some sort of MAGICAL AGE where I became an adult, but...I don't know. It's just weird. I feel like I was eighteen like a week ago and now I'm twenty-four. I'm halfway between eighteen and thirty right now. It's just...weird. And I get weirded out by people at work being different ages than me too, but even when it's just a year. Because I'm insane. My friend Becky is 25 and that weirds me out because I thought we were the same age. But. It's just a year, so what the hell does it matter? And my friend Tahleen is 23, and I thought she was older than me, so that weirds me out too. And I made friends with a seventeen year old at work and that's just BIZARRE. He was born in freaking 1993. I REMEMBER 1993.

I would never! At least it fixed itself, though!

I am jealous. I am craving chocolate. I might go out and buy another frosty tonight.

[snuzzie]

To give you an update on my life, I have done nothing for the past four days except watch Buffy on Netflix. It's getting to be a problem.

[faemous]

Hahaha! Netflix instant? It's FAR too convenient. I like to watch random foreign horror movies on it. Right now I'm watching one from Korea called "Cinderella". I've paused it like ten times and I'm not sure I like it, but. Whatevs!