Domestic Geek

Man, I've got so much going on in my brain today that I can't concentrate. I hate it when I get like this because I get NOTHING done. It's a chore to make myself focus on one thing. *sigh*

Sorry for being absent the last week. Between the job loss and the crap at the pizza place, I've been really depressed. Even though I hated the manager's guts and am not really sorry that he killed himself (just shocked that he actually did it), the workplace has been a little stressful. The power struggles and backstabbing resumed the day after we all found out about it. Top it off with the fact they kept closing the store resulting in a $200 loss in income for me last week. I've felt like being a hermit and hiding from the world. I've been wearing the same clothes all week (t-shirt and sweatpants) and eating everything in sight. The weather has been crappy and I've been doing a lot of sitting on the couch watching mindless television. I'm starting to see holiday commercials and it sucks once again not having the funds to really "go all out." I'm still feeling positive that things will be better after all this, but sometimes you just need to feel bad. Especially during one of the worst astrological periods in a long time. Several retrogrades hit this month. Marcus calls astrology crap, but after some stuff that's happened to him this month, he may be wavering on that belief.

I may have an interview tomorrow for a part-time job. Part-time is better than no job at all. I keep playing phone tag with the lady that placed the ad on craigslist. Keep your fingers crossed for me.

I found out that the Trans-Siberian Orchestra is going to be in town next week. I really wanted to go the next time they came through, but I don't have spare cash right now and I can't find anybody giving away tickets. Booooooo!

Well, I'd better post this and go back to watching the news. The Aurora police announced that the little six-year-old girl they've been searching for the last three days, Aarone Thompson, may indeed have been murdered over a year ago. That's so sad and sick that the dad comes up with this bogus runaway story. They whole story didn't smell right from day one. I guess that explains why they didn't have a more recent photo of her than the one that was 18 months old.

Hey, I got a question:

Is there anybody that reads this thing that knows how to knit and would be willing to teach me on the weekends? I can't pay much, but I'd buy lunch or something. I've always wanted to learn and Michael's has classes, but they're always during the week when I'm WORKING. I learn really fast and could probably teach myself, but I'd pick it up faster if someone could just show me.

I really want to make myself a Hogwart's Gryffindor scarf.

I found out today that the manager at the pizza place where I work killed himself yesterday. I'm numb.

Three days left of the old silkscreen job. Starting to panic a bit about finding work, but I'm trying to remain positive that a better position is just around the corner. I've been tempted to apply for jobs not in the field just to get by, but I'll get comfortable, get stuck and never get back into the graphic design field. I need to tough this out and not take the easy way out. What sucks is there are lots of jobs listed on Craigslist and Monster that are in my field, they're just not within driving distance of my house. Poo.

I worked on nothing job-related again today. I actually worked on a t-shirt for Marcus and one for me. It's my last chance to get things printed that are my own designs. I was feeling guilty about it until the art director asked what I thought of a shirt that he had made yesterday while I was out on jury duty. After that I was like, "Screw it--I'm going to work on my designs." So, I did. The company's deposits had holds on them again and the art director's check didn't clear this week. He was on the phone most of the morning trying to clear up the overdrafts on his account. Man, glad that wasn't me. Still a good thing that I've been given the boot. Employees shouldn't have to worry about paychecks clearing. Nobody's come right out and said it officiall, but I believe the company is toast. All the signs are there.

Speaking of jury duty, I obviously didn't get picked to sit on the panel since I was back at work today. Glad I didn't get picked because the trial was a civil case dealing with guaranteed loan defaults of defunct telecommunications companies. Dry stuff. I had already made up my mind about the case with just the kinds of questions the lawyers were asking those in the jury box. No way I could've been impartial. So, I may get called to serve again next week. This Federal court jury picking system is screwey. I've had to call every weekend to see I had to report the following Monday for over a month. I wasn't picked for Monday, but this week was told I had to call back on Monday to see if I was picked for Tuesday (and I was). Oh, well. Small world, though. My art teacher from Platt (Marty) was there. So I had a friendly face to shoot the bull with while waiting for us to be taken up to a courtroom. He got picked to sit in the other trial, so I have no idea if he's a juror or not. He had to report Monday, wasn't picked, then had to come back on Tuesday. Like I said, screwey.

The dog is having horrible gas tonight. I hope that doesn't mean a repeat of last week. He had horrible gas the night before the sickness set in. I need to go to bed but I'm afraid to try and sleep with him farting like that until Marcus gets home. Figures this is racquetball night when he gets home later than ususal. *sigh*

OK, I guess that's about it. Exciting, huh? Please send good employment vibes my way.