Swing, Swing

Hi, everyone.

I'm sitting here in my work clothes, as usual.  Today I'm going with the black pinstripes and the purple shirt.  Vous l'aimez?!  Je l'aime! 

I'm also listening to Wicked.  Kristin, it's been a while.

So, how is everybody?  No one updates or checks their Xangas anymore.  Xanga has become obsolete by the overwhelming power of TheFacebook and Myspace.com.

Oh well.

Classes are going pretty well.  They're easy, but you'll have that.  Hopefully it'll all pay off this time next year!!

Everyone in the world needs to see Pan's Labyrinth.  It's sooooo good.  I was just going to put four "o's" in that "so," but things look better in odd numbers.  Wouldn't you say?

Alright...well, the time has come for me to put on my manager mask and go to work.  If anyone is still alive out there, say hello!! 

Me gusta los gatos azules en chile!

La vie...quelle énigme

So...high school makes it seem like going to college, getting your degree, and going on to get a successful job is a piece of cake.  Well...there's a big difference in being told that and actually living it.  Ugh.  I wish it were as easy as they made it out to be.  Here are my options:

Option 1:  Stay at Wabash Landing 9 as an assistant manager making about $20,000 a year and go to Ivy Tech taking about six to nine credit hours until I build up a decent GPA.  Then, transfer to Purdue and take around six to nine credit hours a semester.  I get tuition reimbursement if I pass with an A or B in certain classes, but I have to attend a school that I don't like.  Also, only being able to take six to nine credit hours a semester means it's going to take a really long time to get my degree.

Option 2:  Stay at Wabash Landing 9 for the next six or seven months and attend Ivy Tech, building back up a decent GPA.  After that, quit my job, get out of my lease, move back to Muncie and attend Ball State.  However, to do this, I have to try and get all the financial aid I can by declaring myself independent and receiving federal grants.  Also, I wouldn't have a good-paying job or benefits or anything like that.  I would have to live in a residence hall again, as well.  However, I'd be attending the school of my choice.

Option 3:  Transfer from Wabash Landing 9 to Kendall in Illinois and work for David Miller as an assistant manager.  I would make a little more money, but my cost of living will be higher.  Also, I would be there alone with only David and Krista to hang out with.  There are gangs there that cause problems at the theater on occasion, so I would have to have the police there every weekend just in case something goes wrong.  I could attend one of the universities in Illinois and live in Naperville.  This also risks me being stuck there if it doesn't work out.

I would REALLY appreciate some feedback here, guys.  I need some advice.

I like Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Affirmation

I believe the sun should never set upon an argument

I believe we place our happiness in other peoples' hands

I believe that junk food tastes so good because it's bad for you

I believe your parents did the best job they knew how to do

I believe that beauty magazines promote low self-esteem

I believe I'm loved when I'm completely by myself, alone

I believe in karma, what you give is what you get returned

I believe you can't appreciate real love 'til you've been burned

I believe the grass is no more greener on the other side

I believe you don't know what you've got until you say goodbye

I believe you can't control or choose your sexuality

I believe that trust is more important than monogamy

I believe you most attractive features are your heart and soul

I believe that family is worth more than money or gold

I believe the struggle for financial freedom is unfair

I believe the only ones who disagree are millionaires

I believe in karma, what you give is what you get returned

I believe you can't appreciate real love 'til you've been burned

I believe the grass is no more greener on the other side

I believe you don't know what you've got until you say goodbye

I believe forgiveness is the key to your unhappiness

I believe that wedded bliss negates the need to be undressed

I believe that God does not endorse TV evangelists

I believe in love surviving death into eternity

I believe in karma, what you give is what you get returned

I believe you can't appreciate real love 'til you've been burned

I believe the grass is no more greener on the other side

I believe you don't know what you've got until you say goodbye

I believe in karma, what you give is what you get returned

I believe you can't appreciate real love 'til you've been burned

I believe the grass is no more greener on the other side

I believe you don't know what you've got until you say goodbye

I love this song.  The weird thing is I believe about 99.9% of the same stuff it says, too. 

Ma vie...

  Hewo, everyone. 

How are things?

No one really updates these anymore, lol.  It's a shame.  It used to be a good way for everyone to stay in touch! 

I can't believe how fast the past couple of years have gone by.  So much has happened in such a short amount of time, it's crazy!

It's weird to think that my parents have been divorced for nearly two years.  My little brother is seventeen freakin' years old!  I haven't dated a girl in two years.  I've been in two serious relationships since my last girlfriend, and they both ended...well, less than enjoyably.  My mom might be getting engaged in the near future.  I still struggle with my decisions in school.  The summer job I took at the movie theater has turned into a full time job with benefits and big wages and everything.  It's weird to be an adult and actually have major responsibilities to take care of.  I miss just being in high school and thinking my end of the year project for English class was a major responsibility, lol.  Those were the days. 

Karley might be moving to Indy later on down the road, which makes me sad.  I think it might be good for her, though, to step outside her comfort zone and take a break from stuff.  It would be fun to go with her and live in Indianapolis, but I doubt I'll be able to.

 Matt and I aren't together....again.  lol  I don't know what I'm doing. 

I feel...sad tonight.  Can't someone just make my decisions for me?!

Apparently members of Talbot Missionary Baptist Church have been looking online at my various webpages.  Kinda creepy...but then again, this is the internet, so whomever wants to read it can, I suppose.  But anyway...hope all of you are entertained!  I don't really understand how my life is any of your business, but have at it!

I'mma go now.  Goodnight.

First of all...I can't believe it's October already.  That's crazy.

I went to see Wicked last Tuesday, and I must say...it was even better the second time.  I even got autographs this time!!  AND we were in the third freakin' row.  It was amazing.  I want to go again.  Idina Menzel is playing Elphaba again in London right now.  Anyone who wants to go...let me know.  And then we'll steal plane tickets and fly over there.

Karley and I are going to have a Halloween party, I think.  We haven't made definite plans yet, but we want to host something.  I can't decide on a costume, though.  It's hard!  We have to have good costumes since we're the hosts, too.  Freakin' decisions. 

Work and school are same ol' same ol'.  My creative writing class is kind of a joke.  Seriously...we go in there bringing the poems that we had to write the night before, he goes and makes copies of them for about twenty to thirty minutes, comes back, passes them out, and then we read them for the rest of the class.  Then he tells us to write another one...not about a topic or anything, just...any kind of poem and to bring it back to do the same thing the next day.  UGH!  Plus, I don't even like writing poetry.  If I want to express myself, I'll paint a freakin' picture. 

Um...Matt and I are back together trying it one more time.  Hopefully this time will go a little better than last time.

My brother is doing well in his program dealie.  He'll be done in a couple of months, then he'll be back home for good.  I think this helped him a lot, so I'm glad for that.

I don't want tomorrow to be here yet...I have such a crappy day tomorrow.  I have class all afternoon, then I go straight to work to prepare everything for Friday openings, do inventory of the entire building (every freaking cup, tub, and candy in the place)...and on top of that, rent is due. 

Whenever I type "rent," I start to capitalize it because I enjoy that show.

I want a chinchilla.