Nothing in Particular

It's raining on this fine spring night, which has the dual effect of making me sleepy, and wanting to cuddle up next to a special certain person. Well, I'll have to be patient on the 2nd part, but the first one I can certainly do something about soon.

I now have two computers again. My tablet (the background picture on this very blog!) has been out of commission for a couple years now. I managed to finally find the restore discs for it so I finally have it back and working. Thanks to my dad who helped me w/ the whole process. Drawing will be much easier now, once I get Illustrator installed on this thing again.

I decided to kick the caffeine habit again. Or at least try to. Its really not healthy for me to drink that much sugar daily. Today was the first day without it, and it sucked, of course. I wouldn't want to ever be on any drugs worse than this because I have so many problems kicking this one!

After a couple years of them coming in, my wisdom teeth are finally giving me problems. I put in a form for an appointment at a dentist's office that is doing free checkups for new patients. I haven't been to the dentist in quite some time, a fact that they will not be happy about. My right lower gums around the back of the tooth are so swollen I can barely eat anything. Its slowly getting better but I think that I should probably still go to the dentist. I just hope I can afford it...

I'm sure that there is more that I could type about but my brain is fuzzy and my eyes keep trying to close. So I will leave this entry now.

Checking In

I promised to update...eventually. Sadly, I haven't been feeling the greatest this week, so I decided to wait until, well, right now!

I could launch into a long narrative about my life but honestly, who wants to read that? So I'll sum it up for you.

Job: Going well so far. Easiest job I've ever had. Not much pain yet.
Game: Bought Portal 2. Will play it more when I get my tablet PC back. I think I about wet myself in excitement when I saw the TV ad. I loved the first game. AO is, well, going about as usual.
Boyfriend: Still good there. No mushy stuff tonight people! You'll get your fill when I finally get around to writing about it
Family: My grandpa is out of manor care and home finally. He broke his leg, and I guess its healing nicely. No word on my cousin's baby yet. Mom moving in a week. This stuff comes in bursts.


I do intend on writing a couple of longer posts but my energy is pretty spent lately. Not sure why I'm having trouble getting motivated to do, well, anything. I need a change but I'm not even motivated to make that change. Vicious cycle. Well, I will keep working on that problem, I guess.

Step, step, step

I have found a new job.

It is not ideal, it is not in my field, and it is not what I would go to bed dreaming about. But it is a job and it will pay the rent.

Pizza Ranch is the name of the restaurant. Now, first impressions are just that; first impressions, but I like the vibe I have gotten from this place. Never mind the fact that I was practically hired right off the street. I have extensive experience in food service so this is hardly surprising. I'm not being egotistical. I have the experience so its no surprise that I was what they were looking for.

If this place does not require me to lift to much and provides regular breaks, then I will be perfectly fine. Stress is a huge cause of my back problems and I've certainly had it in abundance before. Balance is the key to my life and, while its a tricky, slippery balance to pin down, I think I am finally getting it.

Look forward to two posts coming up soon. One more in depth about a certain Saturday night out, and another about a certain love of my life. Cya!

Storm

I ran across this little video a couple of times on blogs and webcomic sites. Its about 10 minutes long but completely worth your time.

To quote a comment I saw posted: "Don't open your mouth too much or your brain will fall out."

All Quiet on the Western Front

While going through a lot of my old piles of boxes lately, I have found many books from the earliest classes of my college days. Being the incredible, lazy packrat that I am, I never did sell most of my books back to gain a little extra money. So there they sat, in storage, for quite a few years.

I decided to keep a few of the books that I found in those boxes. I dusted them off and put them on the newly-built bookshelf that now sits in my living room. These books include a variety of things, including a textbook about offset lithography and a few college classroom staples of literature.

I pulled the book All Quiet on the Western Front off of the shelf a couple of days ago. This is a very famous book about WWI, but if by chance you've never heard of it, a simple Google search will probably explain the plot to you much better than I can. Summaries have never been something I'm good at.

Since it has been quite a few years since I read through this book, I had forgotten in that time that I had purchased a used copy. The previous owner of this book somehow found it helpful to highlight a vast portion of the book, the specific reasons of which are lost on me. Being the proud owner of several used textbooks, this is not a new thing to me. What sets this particular book apart from those other hand-me-downs is the presence of hand-written comments and notes in the margins of the pages. These notes also fail to indicate any purpose.

What they do show, however, is that the previous owner of this book has some major issues in spelling.

Now, I could insert some ranting and raving about the fact a college student seems to have trouble with simple spelling and how incredibly disappointing that is, but honestly, who is surprised about that kind of thing anymore?

Since I am re-reading this book for the literary story and not for the need to write a paper or take a test, these notes serve no purpose to me other than to distract me from the plot. It takes an enormous amount of willpower to overlook these scrawled indications of...something. I will probably have to re-read the book to catch the details I missed when my train of thought was sharply misdirected onto a completely different track. Such as the desire to share this completely useless information.

Or maybe I should go buy a new copy. And maybe my own set of highlighters.

Token First Post-My Introduction to you

It is way too easy to take yourself too seriously.

This is probably the most formal I will get with you. Rantings, ravings, stupid little observations, fangirl-isms, and probably more stuff that is terribly cliche but oh-so-true. All bound to happen. If I update at all. Maybe.

I pretend to know a whole lot more than I really do. I like to think I'm wise, but perhaps I am still that scared little girl, hiding behind someone's leg when strangers talk to me.

Who am I kidding? I never did that.

So, why did I make a blog now? The answer, really, is that I have too many thoughts rattling around in this head of mine, and sometimes I need to get them OUT. And since sometimes what I have to say is somewhat amusing (or at least I like to think so), I might as well let you read it, too.

This blog has no direction except for me putting it all out there. A reflection of how I at least try to live my life. So watch your step, duck often, and brush your teeth regularly. And stay off the grass for crissakes!