Hey everyone - sorry I haven't been posting, but I have been super-busy between the two jobs that I have, and combine that with not having internet at home, I've barely even been able to check LJ lately, much less post. I am so glad this week is over - it has been a long one, and a pretty sad one at work. One of the kids in our after-school ( Read more... )

I took that test Lisa posted - here are my results. Interesting.

My score on The 3 Variable Funny Test:

the Wit
((57% dark, 15% spontaneous, 21% vulgar))

your humor style:CLEAN | COMPLEX | DARK ( Read more... )

Hey everyone, I just thought I'd post to give you all an update on the job situation. Much to my joy and rapture, my Pasta House days are over, as I worked my last (double) shift on Friday night. I had my second interview on Wednesday morning with Big Brothers Big Sisters, this time with the Vice President and the Director of School-based ( Read more... )

I had an interview on Friday with Big Brothers Big Sisters over in St. Louis, and it went really well. I wasn't really nervous about it, and so I was able to answer the woman's questions without too much hesitation and I thought of good examples for everything she wanted to know. I felt good about it anyway, and she offered me a few options, but ( Read more... )

Today I met with a very old friend of mine - my first friend, in fact. She was my next door neighbor for the first 11 years of my life in St. Louis, and we were best friends back then. We weren't really in touch for a long time after my family moved to Illinois, but a year or so ago we saw each other again, and she told me she was getting married ( Read more... )

The thing about my job is that I do earn a lot of money - an average of $15/hour - and I suppose that means that I should be able to put up with a lot of crap in order to keep such a well-paying job, especially one designed to give you instant cash. And you guys know me - I am not a confrontational person, nor am I particularly relalcitrant, but ( Read more... )

So, in lieu of a full-time position at a non-profit organization targeting at-risk youth in the inner city, I have opted to fill the time pining away for all the jobs I see on idealist.org with a serving job at Pasta House. It's not so bad, although I will never again undertip a waitress! It is definitely a juggling act. I trained for a few days ( Read more... )

I am going to Scotland in July before I come home!! I had 10 days to fill before my flight home, and it was looking highly probable that I would be spending them alone in my room in Mainz. But I looked on Ryanair this morning and the tickets that were 120 euros last night were only 45 this morning, so I just did it. I bought a ticket to Glasgow ( Read more... )

Yesterday I went with a few friends to a town called Bacharach to visit one of their host families, who also happen to be winemakers. Bacharach itself is one of those long, skinny towns, replete with winemakers, that hugs the Rhein and then juts out between the vineyards on two mountains, making a giant T-shape. The family was so nice, and we got ( Read more... )

So I have been so bad about updating this, and I'm sorry. I keep meaning to and then it all builds up to an overload of information I want to share with you, and I get overwhelmed and close the window. But, I just put up pictures online of stuff from this year in Germany, so I thought I'd at least share that with everyone who wants to see them. ( Read more... )