Will work for work.
Today I check my email and two more friends have lost their jobs. Reading other blogs and checking mail has become depressing -- it seems as if a majority of everyone has been laid off and is looking for a job. I remember being in that position before I found my job at the Froot. But I had quit my previous job for sanity reasons and wasn't laid off. That was before the start of the technology fall of Austin. And it doesn't look like it has gotten better.. Job Hunting is a 40 hr week occupation in itself.
The other day, I was looking for job for this semester and in the process i had a brain spaz and offered to wash a car. Initially, I was going to offer to wash a car for help in a class where I have to decipher the lecture as part of a foreign language requirement, but then decided that I should offer to wash a car for a research job. Turned out I just offered to wash a car. Lovely. Luckily, another professor offered me a job and all I had to do was show up to a meeting on time, to bad he gave me the wrong time -- but all is good now. The awesome thing is, all the stuff my dad had me work with over the summer and christmas break looks like it may pay off!
Good things have happened job wise for a couple of friends. Jammers got a kick ass job compelete with Dock as a co-worker and a Flavia machine (though I understand now that Dock has injured the Flavia). And, Troy found a job in a small firm. Yeaaah!! The rest of you guys holding up "will work for" signs, ya'll will be okay -- it all works out some how. My spiff-vibes are with you.
Today I check my email and two more friends have lost their jobs. Reading other blogs and checking mail has become depressing -- it seems as if a majority of everyone has been laid off and is looking for a job. I remember being in that position before I found my job at the Froot. But I had quit my previous job for sanity reasons and wasn't laid off. That was before the start of the technology fall of Austin. And it doesn't look like it has gotten better.. Job Hunting is a 40 hr week occupation in itself.
The other day, I was looking for job for this semester and in the process i had a brain spaz and offered to wash a car. Initially, I was going to offer to wash a car for help in a class where I have to decipher the lecture as part of a foreign language requirement, but then decided that I should offer to wash a car for a research job. Turned out I just offered to wash a car. Lovely. Luckily, another professor offered me a job and all I had to do was show up to a meeting on time, to bad he gave me the wrong time -- but all is good now. The awesome thing is, all the stuff my dad had me work with over the summer and christmas break looks like it may pay off!
Good things have happened job wise for a couple of friends. Jammers got a kick ass job compelete with Dock as a co-worker and a Flavia machine (though I understand now that Dock has injured the Flavia). And, Troy found a job in a small firm. Yeaaah!! The rest of you guys holding up "will work for" signs, ya'll will be okay -- it all works out some how. My spiff-vibes are with you.
Dood, that's just... wrong
Been a looong week. But it wasn't without the good stuff. For one, the monitor on the computer I use in the lab died a fashionable death. Wonderful red/blue/green pixilation filled the screen, it bowed and exited stage left. The next computer I went to decided to do the equivalent of asking me to print before it would let me type. The computer in the asme office lost it's toolbar for Microsmurf Word.
On the good side, I may have resolved Dr. D's Jaguar/Classic issue *good times, good times*. I really miss the Apple products, so easy to fix when they do break (which is rare). I was invited to join Pi Tau Sigma the Engineering Honor Society, and I finally found Dr. B and asked about his Undergraduate Research Job offering. I really wanted to work with Dr. H or Dr. R since they do biomedical research and I've wanted to do that since forever ago, but they don't have any openings. Our dept. is broke so they can't do a lot of hiring either. I need a job. If for anything to keep from having to use daddy's money. I despise using my parent's money. It's just wrong for someone my age. *wow, i'm old*.
I went to a tennis captain meeting today, and there was a dood with some serious crack issues. Kell and I couldn't stop laughing at the display. He got up and woah.... it was the Grand Canyon! The attack of the Camel Toe. Cracktacular. We decided the poor plaids had to have been forced into the nether regions because that much... shall we say definition ... is just not possible in nature.
Yesterday I also learned that women are "unable" to see in 3-D and that we should just accept it. Colonel Sanders who teaches the graphics class here decided to inform us that obviously women are unable to start wars and that some how correlates to us not being able to see 3-D. Needless to say, he's made onto my list of ebola monkey recipients.
Well, I find out about Dr. B's UR job opening tomorrow. I don't know if I really need to add that to my schedule. I really wish I had a choice to work with Dr. R or Dr. H. Once I graduate, my chances of doing anything biomedical will be slim. *sigh*. Either way, it will all work out, it always does.
Been a looong week. But it wasn't without the good stuff. For one, the monitor on the computer I use in the lab died a fashionable death. Wonderful red/blue/green pixilation filled the screen, it bowed and exited stage left. The next computer I went to decided to do the equivalent of asking me to print before it would let me type. The computer in the asme office lost it's toolbar for Microsmurf Word.
On the good side, I may have resolved Dr. D's Jaguar/Classic issue *good times, good times*. I really miss the Apple products, so easy to fix when they do break (which is rare). I was invited to join Pi Tau Sigma the Engineering Honor Society, and I finally found Dr. B and asked about his Undergraduate Research Job offering. I really wanted to work with Dr. H or Dr. R since they do biomedical research and I've wanted to do that since forever ago, but they don't have any openings. Our dept. is broke so they can't do a lot of hiring either. I need a job. If for anything to keep from having to use daddy's money. I despise using my parent's money. It's just wrong for someone my age. *wow, i'm old*.
I went to a tennis captain meeting today, and there was a dood with some serious crack issues. Kell and I couldn't stop laughing at the display. He got up and woah.... it was the Grand Canyon! The attack of the Camel Toe. Cracktacular. We decided the poor plaids had to have been forced into the nether regions because that much... shall we say definition ... is just not possible in nature.
Yesterday I also learned that women are "unable" to see in 3-D and that we should just accept it. Colonel Sanders who teaches the graphics class here decided to inform us that obviously women are unable to start wars and that some how correlates to us not being able to see 3-D. Needless to say, he's made onto my list of ebola monkey recipients.
Well, I find out about Dr. B's UR job opening tomorrow. I don't know if I really need to add that to my schedule. I really wish I had a choice to work with Dr. R or Dr. H. Once I graduate, my chances of doing anything biomedical will be slim. *sigh*. Either way, it will all work out, it always does.
Saturday
We finally hit above 35 degrees today! Woo hoo! All of 43 sunny degrees. Serg sent me a link today for Austin Against War. And from it I went to this page talking about Gulf War Casualties. It's articles like this and stories from a classmate that was in the Gulf War that make me glad my dad convinced me not to join the military. To all of you that are going or have gone, I salute you.
We finally hit above 35 degrees today! Woo hoo! All of 43 sunny degrees. Serg sent me a link today for Austin Against War. And from it I went to this page talking about Gulf War Casualties. It's articles like this and stories from a classmate that was in the Gulf War that make me glad my dad convinced me not to join the military. To all of you that are going or have gone, I salute you.
Favorites
I watched part of Star Search today while I was chowin on the late lunch, then I went to the well advertised website to read about the performers. Everybody has a website now, and they all want everyone to see it. They had these little Q&A's on each of the performers and I thought, don't people want to know what my favorites are?? So here they are:
Comedy Movies: The Gods Must be Crazy, Office Space
TV Shows: Friends, Will & Grace
Actors: Sean Connery, Sir Anthony Hopkins
Actresses: Audrey Hepburn
Comedians: Robin Williams
Bands: U2
Singers: My little sister
Books: Vector Mechanics for Engineers by Beer and Johnson
Sunday Paper: www.comics.com
Breakfast Foods: Special K with Berries
Sandwiches: Boyfriend's "The Fantastic"
Dinners: Mama's cookin
Fruits: Strawberries, Kiwis, Figs
Snack Foods: Smoothies, Caramel Rice Cakes
Candy Bars: Skor
Alcoholic Drinks: Malibu and Coke (but I don't drink anymore)
Non-Alcoholic: Smoothies, Apple Juice, filtered water.
I watched part of Star Search today while I was chowin on the late lunch, then I went to the well advertised website to read about the performers. Everybody has a website now, and they all want everyone to see it. They had these little Q&A's on each of the performers and I thought, don't people want to know what my favorites are?? So here they are:
Comedy Movies: The Gods Must be Crazy, Office Space
TV Shows: Friends, Will & Grace
Actors: Sean Connery, Sir Anthony Hopkins
Actresses: Audrey Hepburn
Comedians: Robin Williams
Bands: U2
Singers: My little sister
Books: Vector Mechanics for Engineers by Beer and Johnson
Sunday Paper: www.comics.com
Breakfast Foods: Special K with Berries
Sandwiches: Boyfriend's "The Fantastic"
Dinners: Mama's cookin
Fruits: Strawberries, Kiwis, Figs
Snack Foods: Smoothies, Caramel Rice Cakes
Candy Bars: Skor
Alcoholic Drinks: Malibu and Coke (but I don't drink anymore)
Non-Alcoholic: Smoothies, Apple Juice, filtered water.
Corn !!
The only hot wata bottle I found at Wally's World was in a package labeled as an enema kit with vaginal and rectal attachments. I was not about to walk up to the counter with my bananas and frozen fruit and an enema kit. So I went home and called the Huny. He reminded me that I had my special Bag of Deer Corn that Jarred, his younger cousin, gave me for Christmas last year. I had totally forgotten that I had this marvel!! Corn bags are easy to make, and if I had a sewing machine and a big enough microwave, I'd make myself a deer corn comforter. Hieuy will have toasty toes tonight!!
The only hot wata bottle I found at Wally's World was in a package labeled as an enema kit with vaginal and rectal attachments. I was not about to walk up to the counter with my bananas and frozen fruit and an enema kit. So I went home and called the Huny. He reminded me that I had my special Bag of Deer Corn that Jarred, his younger cousin, gave me for Christmas last year. I had totally forgotten that I had this marvel!! Corn bags are easy to make, and if I had a sewing machine and a big enough microwave, I'd make myself a deer corn comforter. Hieuy will have toasty toes tonight!!
Buddy B-Day!!
Happy Birfdai Troy!! **Many hugs to you!**
Troy in his infinite sweetness asked me what I wanted in my soon-to-be-sent care package. My answer, photos of Austin. I also thought about asking for the cute little guy shown here. He's a hot wata bottle from Fashion Hot... It's soo cold here at night that turning on the heater to stay warm only makes it soo dry I wake up crispie and can't open my eyes the air is so dry. So inorder to survive and be somewhat warm, the heater's on low, and I bundle in my chistmas blankie from the Huny -- but my toes are still not toasty and here's where the hot wata bottle comes in. I think I'll hit wally world tonight and pick one up.
Happy Birfdai Troy!! **Many hugs to you!**
Troy in his infinite sweetness asked me what I wanted in my soon-to-be-sent care package. My answer, photos of Austin. I also thought about asking for the cute little guy shown here. He's a hot wata bottle from Fashion Hot... It's soo cold here at night that turning on the heater to stay warm only makes it soo dry I wake up crispie and can't open my eyes the air is so dry. So inorder to survive and be somewhat warm, the heater's on low, and I bundle in my chistmas blankie from the Huny -- but my toes are still not toasty and here's where the hot wata bottle comes in. I think I'll hit wally world tonight and pick one up.
I want a pet
My apartment complex doesn't allow pets. I would like to find a lifesized stuffed beagle, maincoone cat, pug, or even a large poofy cow.
My apartment complex doesn't allow pets. I would like to find a lifesized stuffed beagle, maincoone cat, pug, or even a large poofy cow.
Crafty goodness
I found a couple of sites for crafty goodness -- for those of you who also like crafty goodness, check out ljc's project page. She also links to another site, which is also has crafty goodness -- not martha. What i'd really like to do is go to IKEA and pick up a STEN. They have all kinds of little additions you can add on with to make it wrap around the room. But in an effort to save time and some traveling money, I thought I would try to build one since there is a HomeDepot down the street. Alas, I have everything I need, but a table saw... Part of me really wants to go to HomeDepot anyway...
I found a couple of sites for crafty goodness -- for those of you who also like crafty goodness, check out ljc's project page. She also links to another site, which is also has crafty goodness -- not martha. What i'd really like to do is go to IKEA and pick up a STEN. They have all kinds of little additions you can add on with to make it wrap around the room. But in an effort to save time and some traveling money, I thought I would try to build one since there is a HomeDepot down the street. Alas, I have everything I need, but a table saw... Part of me really wants to go to HomeDepot anyway...
Round 2
School starts bright and early for me tomorrow.
Dady misses me. He calls me.. oh.. something on the order of 2 to 3 times a day. I love my Dady. I love my mommy too. I also have this feeling I've left laundry in their laundry machine. *sigh* less for me to do here I guess.
Got new neighbors, two guys. I'm surrounded by guys to the left, to the right and down below. The two on the right and below me are of the frat variety. I wonder about the newbies?
Jamms left the Froot. Phoofers is cooking "flie-lise".. and I found out yesterday an old friend is having his 3rd little person!! Everyone is doing well, I'm happy.
Here's to my 4.0 this semester.. *cheers*
School starts bright and early for me tomorrow.
Dady misses me. He calls me.. oh.. something on the order of 2 to 3 times a day. I love my Dady. I love my mommy too. I also have this feeling I've left laundry in their laundry machine. *sigh* less for me to do here I guess.
Got new neighbors, two guys. I'm surrounded by guys to the left, to the right and down below. The two on the right and below me are of the frat variety. I wonder about the newbies?
Jamms left the Froot. Phoofers is cooking "flie-lise".. and I found out yesterday an old friend is having his 3rd little person!! Everyone is doing well, I'm happy.
Here's to my 4.0 this semester.. *cheers*
Weather or not...
At this moment it is 62 degrees (F) in Lubbock, 43 and 45 in FortWorth and Austin. WOW. I would never figure that this Stinky Cold Place would be warmer than my hometownies. *Crikey*
At this moment it is 62 degrees (F) in Lubbock, 43 and 45 in FortWorth and Austin. WOW. I would never figure that this Stinky Cold Place would be warmer than my hometownies. *Crikey*
My Birthday -- Austin -- & Smoothies
I spent my birthday bundled up in a blanket and cleaning house alone in Stinky Cold Place. My feesh survived a month without me, although mini-Hugo looks like he's been beat up pretty bad.
I drove in Friday after spending some 36 hours in Austin with the peeps. Coincidently, I added 'poop' - the singular of peep - to my hieuyvocabulary. I got to eat real sushi with my sushi buddy Jammers and visit the fantastic Froot and all my Froot-peeps. I spent two great evenings with my Huny and he made a kickass dinner for me and we celebrated new years and my birthday. We also went to a baby shower for my friend Looney - Jammers came as my date :-D. Austin houses are soo cute, and in Jammies case, well laid out. Looney's bathroom's mural kicked ass!! And so did the pesky light switch which was on the outside! :-) Much fun was had. I got to smack around a pinyata (i realized i spelled it wrong - i didn't want to look it up). Jammers almost had a cow with her Quinceanera dream; I nearly had a cow trying to figure out what she was talking about!! I also learned that gerber "mashed potatoes" tastes like pork. And while shopping around wally's world today, I learned that gerber has "veal".
I made my first Jammers Jammin Fruit Smoothie today with my new blender!! Amazing how filling a blended meal can be!! Smoothies are the food of the future!!! Reynolds (the tinfoil and cling wrap people) have awesome little containers for toting around smooties - I got these, too, at Wally's World!
I spent my birthday bundled up in a blanket and cleaning house alone in Stinky Cold Place. My feesh survived a month without me, although mini-Hugo looks like he's been beat up pretty bad.
I drove in Friday after spending some 36 hours in Austin with the peeps. Coincidently, I added 'poop' - the singular of peep - to my hieuyvocabulary. I got to eat real sushi with my sushi buddy Jammers and visit the fantastic Froot and all my Froot-peeps. I spent two great evenings with my Huny and he made a kickass dinner for me and we celebrated new years and my birthday. We also went to a baby shower for my friend Looney - Jammers came as my date :-D. Austin houses are soo cute, and in Jammies case, well laid out. Looney's bathroom's mural kicked ass!! And so did the pesky light switch which was on the outside! :-) Much fun was had. I got to smack around a pinyata (i realized i spelled it wrong - i didn't want to look it up). Jammers almost had a cow with her Quinceanera dream; I nearly had a cow trying to figure out what she was talking about!! I also learned that gerber "mashed potatoes" tastes like pork. And while shopping around wally's world today, I learned that gerber has "veal".
I made my first Jammers Jammin Fruit Smoothie today with my new blender!! Amazing how filling a blended meal can be!! Smoothies are the food of the future!!! Reynolds (the tinfoil and cling wrap people) have awesome little containers for toting around smooties - I got these, too, at Wally's World!
ungreatful wretches
school doesn't start for another two weeks, and aleady i'm soo tired of being home. it's not so much my parents, in fact they've been great. it's more of my loving siblings. i don't remember being so aloof when i was a teen. it saddens me to see them live a life of spending money and throwing around expensive items as if they were easy to come by. here, our parents work 80 work weeks just to pay the bills for these items. each of the siblings runs around with a credit card they've never had to pay off. maybe its because i've worked some and i have a concept of the value of a dollar and how the goverment takes 30% of every one you earn. 30%!! If I lost 30% of every point I earned in a class, I would be barely above passing!!
none the less, one sibling gets paid to continue his education, and yet mom still foots the bill for his condo. the other sibling decides she needs a new pair of boots with round toes, because her rich friends have them... so she uses mom's credit card to by a pair. this same sibling is also having her $6K/semester living expenses paid for by the parental units. that's 3-4 times more than i need in one semester. she also has no qualms about spending mom and dad's hard earned cash to color her hair so she can be blonde...(keep in mind here, we're asian) or eating out across the street every day.. or not even using the laptop dad shelled out over $2.6K to buy. i wonder how they'll turn out financially.
on the same token, apparently, to them i'm stupid. her laptop doesnt work and so i try to fix it.. it needs serious help but she decides that its fine... fine so be it. dad shelled out money for the laptop and 3 years of service that she won't even use because its broken. she won't even bother to get it fixed. because, she thinks, i don't know what i'm talking about... given my work history and her knowlege of computers that ecompasses little more than "point and click" i have to laugh it off. this is also the person who pouts and cries when dad doens't let her go out with her friends on new years eve, considering the last time she went out, the car was shot at.
i'm more than happy with my bulky computer, the fact that i'm schooling in the portopottie of texas, hundreds of miles away from my friends, wearing clothes i bought years ago or at a vintage resale store... because there is no other way to be happy, than to be comfortable. and i'm comfortable not spending money i didn't earn. i'm comfortable with how i look and with what i have. and that's a good kind of happiness to have. everyone dies the way they live.
school doesn't start for another two weeks, and aleady i'm soo tired of being home. it's not so much my parents, in fact they've been great. it's more of my loving siblings. i don't remember being so aloof when i was a teen. it saddens me to see them live a life of spending money and throwing around expensive items as if they were easy to come by. here, our parents work 80 work weeks just to pay the bills for these items. each of the siblings runs around with a credit card they've never had to pay off. maybe its because i've worked some and i have a concept of the value of a dollar and how the goverment takes 30% of every one you earn. 30%!! If I lost 30% of every point I earned in a class, I would be barely above passing!!
none the less, one sibling gets paid to continue his education, and yet mom still foots the bill for his condo. the other sibling decides she needs a new pair of boots with round toes, because her rich friends have them... so she uses mom's credit card to by a pair. this same sibling is also having her $6K/semester living expenses paid for by the parental units. that's 3-4 times more than i need in one semester. she also has no qualms about spending mom and dad's hard earned cash to color her hair so she can be blonde...(keep in mind here, we're asian) or eating out across the street every day.. or not even using the laptop dad shelled out over $2.6K to buy. i wonder how they'll turn out financially.
on the same token, apparently, to them i'm stupid. her laptop doesnt work and so i try to fix it.. it needs serious help but she decides that its fine... fine so be it. dad shelled out money for the laptop and 3 years of service that she won't even use because its broken. she won't even bother to get it fixed. because, she thinks, i don't know what i'm talking about... given my work history and her knowlege of computers that ecompasses little more than "point and click" i have to laugh it off. this is also the person who pouts and cries when dad doens't let her go out with her friends on new years eve, considering the last time she went out, the car was shot at.
i'm more than happy with my bulky computer, the fact that i'm schooling in the portopottie of texas, hundreds of miles away from my friends, wearing clothes i bought years ago or at a vintage resale store... because there is no other way to be happy, than to be comfortable. and i'm comfortable not spending money i didn't earn. i'm comfortable with how i look and with what i have. and that's a good kind of happiness to have. everyone dies the way they live.
