Looking for work, anyone hiring?

So I'm exceptionally broke.  And I have no real hope of making any good money for a long time and am getting very worried about paying back my student loans.  Because I have a lot of them.

One thing I'm trying to do is working for EF College Break, just encouraging people to travel abroad, and every person I convince I get $50 for.  I'm also going to try to pet sit more this summer, if I can.

I also really need a car.  How the heck am I going to be able to afford a car when I can't pay off my student loans?  But the thing is, for almost any job I get, I'll need a car to transport myself to and from said job.  So I can't afford to get a car but I can't afford to not have a car.  

My only solutions are to move to a big city where public transportation is reliable and covers everywhere I'd need to go, to somehow convince my parents to sell me the red car for very little money, to find another vehicle to purchase for very little money, or to sell my soul into slavery/work at Culver's and live at home until I'm ridiculously wealthy.  Because people work at Culver's to get wealthy.  Right.

Moving sounds like a good option, except that means I'd have to find somewhere to live and then pay rent, which I probably also cannot afford to do.  

I'm seriously stressing about this.  I mean, there's no rosebud cheat code for life like there is in Sims.  

Speaking of Sims, I found my old games at home and installed them and was playing all evening.  Bad Kat.  And then Sybylla wanted to try, so I lent her my CD's to download.  Problem is, it needs the final installed disk to run, which means my Unleased Disc 1 is the only one that will make it run on either of our computers.  So I'm letting her play now while I update my blog but I sort of want to play...

I also have to go move my car from the GAC parking lot to the street, either soon or at 6am again like I did yesterday.  Or today.  Monday morning, whenever that was.  My car.  I just saw that.  Not my car, my parents' car.  The little red car that they let me bring over for a couple of weeks until Easter break.  It's nice to have a car, but a lot of hassle on this stupid campus.  

Classes went fine today, as well as the lab I'm TAing, but it was all kind of boring.  We started a new tournament round in Badminton, and I got a new partner which is excellent.  Last time, my lazy partner and I lost every single game except one.  My new partner Hayley and I have so far won 2 and lost 2, but they were all really close.  Evolution was a bit confusing, but it's the Monday after spring break so I guess I expected my brain to be more easily confused than normal.  The lab was fun, they just wandered through the greenhouse looking at all the cool plants.  

My prom/P-Ball dress is hanging from the ceiling.  It gets me excited every time I look at it, and I'm not really sure why.  I don't really expect the outing to be all that much fun, but I guess every once in awhile it's nice to put on a pretty dress and go out.  

My desk is a mess, there's crap all over it.  Food, the shoes that go with my P-Ball dress, homework, dishes, books, broken keyboards, jewelry box, papers, it's just ridiculous.  I meant to clean it today, but the Sims box was on top of the pile on the desk, and so that got "taken care of" first... 

This blog is really just a rant of what I'm thinking about.  Continuous stream of consciousness.  Except not quite because I am typing in full sentences whereas I don't think I always think in full sentences. 

I don't think I'm going to get to play again tonight.  But I am getting my disc back tonight... I'll just wait until she's done playing.  I hope she doesn't stay up too late though... I do have class earlier than she does (since she doesn't have class on Tuesdays or Thursdays).  

Plus it looks like I'll be getting up at 6 again.  Crap.

That means I should go to bed.  And I forgot to shower again.  Sigh. 

Spring Break...

Not sure where my spring break went but it seems to be coming to a rather speedy close.  

On Monday I had my eye exam and they took pictures of the inside of my eye!  That's what's at the top of the post, my left retina to be precise.  Those black lines at the bottom are my eyelashes, neat isn't it?  After that I headed up to Lake City for my interview.  I got there like 40 minutes early and then realized that instead of bringing the next book in the series, I brought the one I had finished the night before.  So I sat in the car and took pictures and video with my camera, which I'll upload to here once I put it onto my computer (it's still in my camera, which has a dead battery).  Eventually I went in and had my interview, and I think it went okay but I'm not really entirely sure.  I took the fish identification test and it sucked because instead of pictures most of them were specimens in jars that had been bleached out and were not the size I'm used to seeing which made them difficult to ID.  On the test I ended up getting 20/37, which sounds horrible but apparently the average is 12 so I guess it's not that bad.  I'm mostly just worried because there were 9 applicants for only 2 positions, which means 7 of us will not be hired.  And for all I know all 8 of the others are Fish Science majors who've taken ichthyology courses and got 37/37 on their tests.  But I try not to stress about it too much.

On Tuesday I worked at Culver's from 11-4 and I think I this is the night when Jackie and I got together and watched some TV and hung out and chatted about how we don't know where our lives are going.  We also got Dairy Queen, which was wonderful.  

Wednesday was more interesting.  I had a dentist appointment at 8am which went pretty fast, but never fun.  Went to work afterwards, which was quite fun with a half numb mouth.

Thursday I went in to the lab at Mayo and brought some bars in to the folks there and said hello.  Granted I overslept and then couldn't find parking so then I couldn't spend very much time chatting after all.  Then I sped off to work and changed in the car, which was exhilarating.  Then came home just in time to see my parents and sister frantically packing up the car and then heading off to drive to Florida.  Later that night Jackie came over and we watched The Producers and hung out and she spent the night over, which was good because the house is big and creepy when you're there all alone.  

Friday was hell.  I worked from 11am-8pm and afterwards got very lonely and sad.  And then I watched P.S. I Love You alone.  Stupid.  So it was a long lonely day and night. 

Saturday I worked but got off early and ran an errand - got gas in the car for tomorrow.  I also went to Wal-Mart and bought Twilight... I couldn't help it!  Then I tried to get some stuff done at home, took a bath and did dishes, cleaned up some and then became unmotivated again.  So Jackie and I made a plan to hang out and do some homework and just chill.  So we did, and after too much homework time we decided to watch Pirates of the Caribbean.  That was nice, I hadn't seen it in awhile and it's always fun to watch it with Jackie because she's the first person I ever saw it with.  

So the movie didn't finish until about 1am Sunday morning (ie now) and then I drove back home and got online.  And then I started freaking myself out with UFO stuff and so had to talk to Sybylla, who reassured me that they haven't yet invaded.  Turning on the TV and watching Ocean's 13 and Spanglish has been helping as well.  But now I have a lot of packing and cleaning left to do, which I'm going to try to do as much tonight as possible.  But of course I had to de-freak and finish this blog that I started before heading to Jackie's.  

So that's it, and I'll probably forget to add the video of me at my interview but if I remember, I'll stick it in later.

Scrabble and Westerns

So I'm home for spring break, and it's about as exciting as I figured it would be.  Drove home with dad on Friday, got home and was abandoned while everyone went to the RAC or work or whatnot. When Sara got home from work she gave me advice as to which dress to wear to P-ball, but I'm still not sure which I prefer.  

Saturday was a little more fun, I went to the library with mom (most boring library trip ever - I got a book on MN fish and "Interviewing for Success", but still, who can't like a library?).  Later we went to Culver's for dinner and I told them I was back for the week and I also got a check from way back in January.  Woohoo money!  Not a lot, but better than none!  Then I spent most of the afternoon perusing through those books on the back deck, it was so nice outside.  And they did chop down the big nice tree in our backyard... which made me sad, but it was a lot sunnier than it would have been with it there.  Afterwards I started - and finished - reading the next book for my Women in the Holocaust class, it was good but depressing (as you'd expect it to be).  Then when mom and dad and I were bored in the living room, we all decided to watch 3:10 to Yuma, which was better than I expected!  I also played Scrabble against my dad, and totally won!  That was exciting, usually I get frustrated with Scrabble and do poorly, but not this time.  

I suppose since it's technically Sunday now, I should be freaking out about my interview tomorrow.  Or sleeping.  I should definitely be sleeping.  I have a lot to do tomorrow but I sort of feel like I'm in a daze.  I just want to sleep and do random shit on my computer and then sleep some more.  Oh well, at least I still have tomorrow off.  I'll probably be working Tuesday through next Sunday... but it's good because I really need the money.  I just have to keep reminding myself that...

A Grade "A" Day

My, that's a cheesy title.

But screw it!  I had a kick-ass day in terms of school. 

First, in my Women in the Holocaust class I got my paper back (the one on lesbians in the Third Reich) and I got an "A" on it!  Plus a lot of comments stating how interesting some of my points are and how clever and wonderful and creative I am.  Okay, maybe I embellished a tad here but really there were some good comments and I did get an "A."  

So then I went to lunch with Sybylla and Anna, and then off to Evolution.  It was an interesting class but then at the end all of a sudden the prof reveals that he has our tests graded already!  Dude!  We took the test on Monday, and last time he needed a full week to finish grading them.  So, knowing that he puts stickers on "A" tests, I looked at the pile hoping to see my name next to a bright shiny sticker.  I found my name, but didn't see a sticker.  So I grabbed the test out of the pile and looked at it and then I saw it!  It wasn't a sticker of a shiny, glittery fish but a random dude in a karate robe and pose.  But it was a sticker!  Meaning another "A" test!  Woohoo! I got 1/2 a point more off on this test than the last one, but still!

Elated, I texted my roommate to tell her the good news, and she acted excited for my benefit.  

Then I went to my Interactive Media class where we had our critiques for our animations.  Mine went well, and everyone had good things to say about it.  After class I stayed late to change a few things and the prof came up and mentioned that mine and a few others were definitely a "step above" the rest of the class.  Which, to me, sounds like another "A"!

So pretty much in every class I'm rocking it.  I never knew being productive and actually keeping up with assignments could feel so fulfilling!  I'm so used to procrastination and last minute cramming being my friend, but this feels nice.  Too bad I discovered it so late in my educational career.  

Aside from that, I spent the evening doing laundry, taking a shower, eating dinner, watching Family Guy, House, and The L Word, eating Dairy Queen (thanks Sarah!), and now about to pack for spring break.  

Spring break!  Tomorrow!  Hooray!

Goodbye Number 69

So apparently I just didn't want to ruin the "69 posts" because it's been 10 days since my last one (the 69th post).  69 is a fun number isn't it?

Anyway...

So I did another one of the dorky notes things which I'll post at the end...

Worked on the sound for the spring dance concert which was fun yet time consuming.  Actually to be honest it wasn't all that fun, but at least it was something for me to do, to force me out of the room.  Plus I helped out and stuff... which is a good thing.

Been working on a flash animation project which is just going to be crap because I can't spend any more time on it.  It's weird because I have two audio files of different lengths and one syncs perfectly with the video when it plays in Firefox and the other syncs perfectly when played in Flash, but they're freakin' different lengths!  So apparently Firefox runs the video file slower than Flash does... argh!

I took an Evolution test on Monday, I think it went well but it's not good because since the frantic cram-studying for it I've been falling behind in my readings.  I suppose I could just catch up over spring break but I had been doing so well!  I guess I'm just getting lazy again, as usual...

Speaking of spring break, it's right around the corner.  I would probably be more excited if it meant doing something fun, but for me it means having a dentist appointment, an eye exam, working at Culver's, and watching my parents and littlest sister head down to Florida.  Life's cruel.  Oh, and also an interview.

I suppose an interview is exciting.  That's right ladies and gentlemen, I have so far sent my resume and a cover letter out one time and from that secured an interview.  It's for the Fisheries Internship for the DNR, and I'm really hoping I get it.  I don't know how I'd work it out with living arrangements and driving and whatever but it would mean getting good valid experience, a foot in the door for a government job, and doing something I truly am interested in instead of just trying to find a job at Mayo or continuing to work at Culver's.  

I'm having mixed feelings about graduation these days.  I'm not totally against it as I was before, I'm starting to realize that I can totally handle whatever comes at me, even if not right away.  Plus my parents are there to support me and I know the economy won't suck forever. 

Speaking of parents, my dad's currently in Saint Peter.  He got here this afternoon and is staying until Friday, when he'll drive me home for spring break.  He's working and staying at the hotel, so I decided to walk down there this afternoon since it was so nice out.  It was nice, but chilly with the wind and my ears were freezing by the time I got there.  So we hung out for a bit, watched some Jeopardy, then had dinner at Arby's.  It was nice, and really good for me to take a walk outside and get away from campus for a bit.

Not sure what else to say, other than I'm still watching The L Word, and the jump from season 2 to season 3 is still pissing me off... whyyy???

Hope everyone is enjoying the weather and enjoying or getting ready to enjoy or enjoyed their spring breaks!

Oh yea here's the thing I made that was stupid:

DIRECTIONS:
- Go to Google image search.
- Type in your answer to each question.
- Choose a picture from the first three pages.
- Use this website (http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/mosaic.php) to make your collage.
- Save the image for use in this note
- Post

QUESTIONS:
1. What is your name?
2. What is your favorite food?
3. What is your hometown?
4. What is your favorite color?
5. What is your favorite movie?
6. What is your favorite drink?
7. What is your dream vacation?
8. What is your favorite dessert?
9. What is one word to describe yourself?
10. How are you feeling right now?
11. What do you love most in the world?
12. What do you want to be when you grow up?

The L Word

Lesbian.

That's one of the "L words" the show refers to (which is obvious if you've ever seen the show).  I've recently been watching it and it's very entertaining.  

Another thing I've been doing lately is writing my paper for my Women in the Holocaust class about a book called Days of Masquerade: Life Stories of Lesbians During the Third Reich by Claudia Schoppmann.  It was actually a decent read, it pretty much summarizes experiences of 10 lesbians in Germany before/during the Nazi regime.  Did you know that there was a thriving homosexual community in Berlin and other major German cities in the 1920's?  I sure didn't.  

Also, tech for the dance concert started on Friday.  Some of the songs and dances are really fun, some are just plain weird and a bit boring.  The best dances (in my opinion) are the very first and the very last ones.  Which is a pretty clever strategy, leaving people with the impression that the whole thing was pretty darn good.  

Last night was Daylight Savings.  Meaning I lost an hour of sleep.  And then after I went to bed my brain refused to turn off for at least an hour and a half which royally sucked.  Then I got up this morning, went to Anderson Theatre, and was told that an email was sent out yesterday telling the crew we didn't need to show up.  I received no such email, but was glad to leave and get some more sleep.  

Went to a lecture this afternoon by Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, a Native American artist with Sybylla and her mom.  It was kind of interesting, and kind of boring at the same time.  Came back, attempted to have an online conversation with a few people that apparently weren't in the mood for one, watched some more of 'The L Word' and tried to write a bit more in my paper.  Went to the caf with Syb and Vicki and ate some dinner, but started feeling a bit sick halfway through so I bagged up the rest of my sandwich and brought it back for later.  Syb and Vicki went to see the talk on campus by Jason Lezak - the Olympic swimmer.  I just don't really care about him, and would rather have the extra time by myself in the room.  Plus I need to work on this paper.  On the way back from the caf I stopped by the PO's and I got my mail - a wedding invitation from Heather!  AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH people are getting married!  It was addressed to me + guest... and now I'm sad that I have no "guest" to accompany me...

Of course now I'm just procrastinating, feeling sorry for myself, and generally wasting time.  

Back to the L grind. 

Bowling anyone?

So I had a semi-exciting week!

On Wednesday night I was busy studying for my first Evolution exam when I heard that a big snowstorm was on its way. I got really excited and hoped the college would shut down.

The next morning (Thursday) I woke up, looked outside and there was hardly any snow on the ground (most of the previous snow had melted during the past week). So I went to my classes and took my test, but around 11am the snow started coming down hard. My prof was getting nervous, since we couldn't even see the neighboring building through the thick snow, and let class out a bit early. The snow was tricky to walk through but I was excited, because I wanted to go skiing again before winter ended.

Friday I had my one class and work. At work I had to rearrange a classroom to look more "hospitable" because high school seniors who received the Gustavus theatre scholarship were coming to visit today (Saturday). But seeing as I received very little direction, and I don't deal with lack of direction well, I semi-freaked about it. I just sort of did what I felt like doing and hoped it was what they wanted. Friday night I had dinner with Sybylla, Vicki, and Sarah and we made plans to watch movies on Saturday night (Vicki and I were going to see the GAC weekend movie of Role Models and then afterwards we were all going to watch The Producers). I also got a phone call from my cousin Ben inviting me to go skiing with him, my other cousin Tyler, and Ben's friend (they were going snowboarding but same diff).

Saturday morning came and I woke up to a phone call from Ben saying he was on his way. So I got dressed for skiing (multiple layers) and headed out. We hung out at their house for a little while and then headed out to Mt. Kato. Got there, and it was ridiculously full, we couldn't even find a parking space. Eventually we sadly decided that it wouldn't be worth it to spend the money just to wait in lines all day. So we went back to their house and ditzed around for awhile debating on what to do. We toyed with the idea of going to see a movie, and then talked about renting one, but finally decided to go bowling! Wee fun right? So we got there, got on our lane, and I bowled a strike in the first frame. Didn't do it again the entire time we were there, in fact I'm pretty sure I got progressively worse. Anyway, my total score for the four games was like 334 or something so I averaged around 80. The guys averaged around 130 so I was the big loser. It was still fun, and afterwards they drove me back where I treated them to some good ol' GAC food.

This evening was spent going to dinner with Syb and Vicki and Sarah and then Vicki and I went to see Role Models. It was actually a lot better (and a lot funnier) than I thought it would be. Then we came back to Prairie View and Syb and I looked for The Producers DVD. We couldn't find it so we all decided to watch Hairspray instead (Sarah came in as well). After that, we had a bit of "crazy time," I may include some video proof, and then settled down to watch Unbreakable. That was a decent movie.

Now everyone's left, Syb and I just finished watching Young Frankenstein together and now I'm going to sleep (and hopefully sleep better than I have been lately).

PS - Proof of the crazy: