First, I must remark on the apparent stupidity of Walmart (unless anyone can give me a good explanation on this one). So I found a really nice DVD shelf for $27 (Here if you want one!) and it said it was available at the local Walmart. So I headed over there today, only to find it for $40! So I asked one of the employees about it, saying that it ( Read more... )

So I'm in Illinois now, just getting settled in and looking for a job. I had 2 interviews yesterday and I think I will probably get an offer for at least one of them. It's at an early learning center, like 2-3 miles away from where I'm living and has benefits, but doesn't pay very well. I'll probably take it for now though, until I can find ( Read more... )

Well I'm done with school, as of last Friday! I was very concerned that I might not pass mycology (fungus class), but it worked out in the end. I graduated with a 3.58, which is good enough for me, hehe. Now I'm moving to Illinois on the 27th (well, that's when I leave Portland, anyway) and I'm waiting to get my teacher's certificate and stuff. The ( Read more... )

So after far too much candy, pizza, and video games, my sister decided she should head back to the dorms at around 12:30am. We headed for the door to my apartment and I remarked, "I hope it's not too crazy out there." As soon as we opened the door, we were greeted by loud maniacal laughter in the distance and the sound of police sirens in several ( Read more... )

So, my old ps2 took a turn for the worse and started giving me disc read errors for all my ps1 games. I took it apart like usual (this is not an unusual occurrence), cleaned the laser, fiddled with the height a bit, but nothing was working. It would occasionally read a ps1 game, but never consistently. So anyway, I bought a new (silver *_*) ps2 and ( Read more... )

How have I never heard of this site before? Here, you can search for your name (or the names of anyone you know) and see if they have any unclaimed money the state owes them. It's through the treasury department and each state has their own site. You can find them here: http://www.unclaimed.org ( Read more... )

So last year at this time, all these huge spiders started appearing in my old apartment. At first, we thought they were hobo spiders or something terrifying, but after further inspection under a microscope, we found they were giant house spiders, which are no big deal, but still pretty big and creepy. Well, I guess Corvallis is just full of these ( Read more... )

So lately I feel like I'm constantly waiting for people to respond to me. As a result, I am largely stuck in this tiny apartment, bored to death and annoyed that I have to keep waiting. Things I am waiting on ( Read more... )

So, Nick's gone back to Michigan, I'm back in Corvallis, nothing particularly interesting is happening. I cleaned out my rooms back in Portland and I'm in the process of selling all the nicer stuff on ebay and craigslist. Everything else got dropped off at Goodwill. I'm currently selling 17 things on ebay and 3 on CL and the most bizarre things are ( Read more... )

So I'm currently in Chicago visiting Nick's parents and having a very good time out here. It's so pretty and warm and we've been busy seeing family and getting ready to go up to Michigan. I don't start school and work until the last week in September, so I still have lots of (somewhat boring) summer vacation left. Although I do have some ( Read more... )