Domestic Geek

Current mood: frustrated
You want to know what's really frustrating? Changing out the light bulbs in a string to find out the problem wasn't the bulbs, it was the wires. I just blew 50 perfectly good bulbs. (At least they were perfectly good bulbs.) *sigh* Oh, well.

Current mood: confused
Why do people advertise that they need help and then don't hire you right away? I've been applying at places for over six weeks now, am I that bad? I know I'm over-educated for all of the posititons, but damn, I was looking for Christmas money, not a life-long career! What really irks me is that several of the places still have help wanted signs. Am I that big of a scumbag? Marcus tried to reassure me that the management at these places is probably imcompetent (like where I work) and he's probably right, but it still does wonders for my ego, y'know? I even applied at a scrapbooking store two weeks ago because I heard a thing on KOSI's job openings one morning. She called last week and said she'd set up interviews this week. Well, week's almost over and not a peep. Guess she doesn't need help that bad, huh? So much for finding a job for extra Christmas cash. Even if I found a job today, I doubt much that I would get a paycheck in time. *sigh* Oh, well. I tried.

So, now I'm going full time into the "real job" search. I've got ten weeks left of school and then I'm done. I'm concentrating my efforts on finding a job in the field. A friend of mine who has been interviewing extensively lately has been told my most of the companies that they're not actually hiring now, but will do so after the first of the year. Yay!!!! Since there are only 16 days left of this suck-ass year, I'm optimistic.

Speaking of school, I am definitely dropping out of the bachelor program. We made it official a couple of days ago. It was really refreshing for a school to hold my bests interests above their own. The only reason I really wanted to stay in school is to hide from the world and stay close to my friends. I'm just going to have to make the effort to not lose contact after I get out. So, after the winter break, just nine more weeks for me and I'm done.

Today is the day I'm going to decorate the tree we got last Saturday. How fun! I love getting all my cool ornaments out and reminiscing out how I acquired each one. So, I guess that means I better quit sitting here and get cracking!

I read an article yesterday about Jay Greenberg, a young man studying music at Julliard who a music prodigy being compared to the likes of Mozart. I would love to hear some of his compositions.

OK, the pictures from our Annual Tree Hunting Trip are up in the gallery. Just ignore the pictures of Marcus and Mike playing Call of Duty in the snow. I'll post a picture of the decorated tree just as soon as I get around to decorating it.

Current mood: frustrated
OMG, what a day from hell this was! I should've known things were going to go awry when I got in my car this morning and it started right up. I didn't get all the dough done yesterday because of lack of trays, so I had to go in today. I was done in plenty of time to get home and shower before we had to leave for tree cutting. I try to start the car and nothing...won't start at all. I think the starter went. After 15 minutes of calling his cell over and over and over, Marcus finally answered the phone and came and got me. So, my poor car is still sitting out in front of work and I have absolutely no idea how in the hell I'm going to get it home or even pay to get it fixed. Sad thing is, once again, this is not the original problem and even if I can get a starter, it'll still have issues.

We got down to Woodland Park about an hour later than planned and my head and eyes hurt because I bawled all the way. The last thing I was really in the mood to do at the moment was get a tree. Anway, Marcus' truck has been having some transmission problems. Today is the day they decide to totally jack up. When his truck gets warm, he loses 2nd and 3rd gears. We found out that he also can't put it into 4-wheel drive, either. Of course it was all snowy and icy at the cutting area. *sigh* So, we had to leave and and pack into Mike's jeep. Oh, well. Marcus found us a nice tree and hopefully I'll get it up tomorrow. Dad lent me his car for work tomorrow and maybe, just maybe, I'll get my car home. Regardless, I'll post pics of the adventure tomorrow.

Allright, it's been a long, stupid day. I'm going to bed.