Have Splurged

But only in Puzzle Pirates, so it's cool...? I'll need to actually work in a crew for a while at some point, to get ze big bucks. I got a trophy case because I'm sick of carrying my trinket around (a zombie heart... wha?). This will really add some class to my home in the game, or something. Probably should have bought a backup/better sword instead... all I have to sword fight with is a stick. I'm sure you can imagine.

Almost done rereading Thief of Always. Not sure I'm impressed. But I was read it in sixth grade so I thought it would be all nostalgic except I hated sixth grade so maybe it was a bad idea. Having trouble getting sucked into any book. What is the world coming to anyway?

Too tired to be awake! Night!

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PS, here is an image of the display case that I bought:

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I was looking at the jobs on CraigsList and this one stood out:

From http://seattle.craigslist.org/tac/csr/1195174631.html:

Funeral Associate (Tacoma)

Reply to:HR@gaffneycares.com [Errors when replying to ads?]
Date: 2009-05-29, 10:48AM PDT


We are seeking several helpful, compassionate and dependable people to join our team. The ideal candidates are those who have strong customer service skills, and have some extra time during the week they would like to fill. This position is primarily responsible to provide assistance to our Licensed Funeral Directors during funeral, memorial or graveside ceremonies. This is a unique opportunity to become an important member of our team of professionals serving client families in a family owned funeral home environment while still enjoying the benefits of a part time schedule.

Please email a short letter describing why you think you would be the ideal candidate for this position, along with your current resume which shows how your skills are the right match for us. Candidates will be selected based on strength of your application, interview(s) and overall *WOW* factor. Please be aware if we receive an application missing some of the above mentioned items, your application will not be considered.

Duties include: preparing with Lead Funeral Director for the scheduled service, greeting of funeral guests, participating in the ceremony as directed, transportation of personnel and equipment, while maintaining optimum levels of customer relations and satisfaction.

Possession of a valid driver's license with an insurable driving record is required. This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. A Funeral Associate will also perform other reasonably-related job responsibilities as assigned by management as required.

This position is available right away. Compensation for this position will depend on experience. Please submit your resume and cover letter via email to HR@gaffneycares.com.


--- thoughts??!?!?

[Cue Interesting Title]

No more motivation left for schoolwork and still have one.5 book plus two 12-page papers to go. What is the world coming to? Cannot wait for dead day Spring '09. Must actualize plans of Zelda OoT 24-hr winning blur. Must. There is need for more nerd-dom. More flotillas. Yay, spelling!

On that random note...

Should also make plans to actually finish Bertie book, maybe do one-week Nanowrimo equivalent-thing. Then, I should re-try writing a pilot though scratch sci fi idea because I simply have not enough exp. in the writing esp. in a form I'm unfamiliar with. Maybe try writing a play? Seems like there just aren't any good ones by latino authors- fill market demand? I feel like I have all this creativity and it's just being turned into daydreams that fuel staying awake in class tho not so much aware anymore. Hrm.

Puzzle Pirating again, a bit. I want to up my skill levels for all the piracy puzzles. Must find other person who plays so I can have team for Spades and Poker (even tho those are carousing puzzles, not piracy)... I have zero experience on those, which makes me look like a n00b (feeling tech like heck!). Maybe should consider another game that someone else already plays? But it must be free...

Also, should get to the random applying. Perhaps I should stay home tomorrow night and get crap done. Need moneys for the schoolings. How to get published? Every little bit helps! (I want my name in the front window of Barnes and Noble...) Ooooh, Americorp! In the area! Huzzah! Community organizing? I shall be the president in 2040 (?).

Maybe the randomness of this writing suggests the need for sleep. Do not work out at midnight- it will give you energy rush madness such as to keep you up all the night. Pooh on the zoo. Wha?

Finished The Guild. Hilarious. Must find similar type online shows because of gloriousness of medium and happiness of freedom. Yay.

Goodnight good night sweet sleep and kisses.

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I Need to Start Daily Blogging Again

So that when I create my genius autobiography, I'll need only look back, cut, and paste. Huzzah.

So I'm going to leave this auto-saving little baby open on the side whilst I screw around online, etc. (ah, abuse of grammar is a fun pastime). Yohoho! Puzzle Pirating is early on the agenda because I am exhausted from running around being nearly late all day. The first bus this morning broke down, which simply has never happened to me before (well, except once... but they fixed it or something because it didn't take long for us to be back on the road) and I had to skedoodle off to another bus when it stopped to save us castaways, which took me to the UW instead of downtown Seattle (I knew it getting on, but, le sigh, I didn't realize how crappy the bus schedule is in that area that time of day... which is just weird, given the number of bus commuters at colleges). Then I took the 49 to Seattle Central CC but the bridge was up or something so we went crazy slow and then there was traffic up the wazoo because some sort of celebration was going on on the SCCC campus. I got a free energy drink out of it. Which I had to carry in my backpack all day. But at least it didn't explode- yay. What am I going to do with it? 44g of carbs, 43g sugar in 12 fl oz. How do they cram so much badness in so little liquid? Liquidy sugar....

So, anyway, I had to print things when I got to school before classes (i.e. homework) but I didn't have time to get food-ness (which was the anti-starvation plan) or get my new bus pass (which'll cost me $2.50 cash on Monday ew...). I did manage to get to class on time(ish) though, so that was yay-ey. Except our teacher had us go on tangents talking about potato sacks and coins, which seemed okay because it made class go by faster except that then she said we were behind (but she led us to be that way...) and says we might have to add a class day (which my PHIL teacher did yesterday- can they do that?!?!??!). Bummer.

And after class I had to run run run to the Central Cinema on 21st and Union (and call mommy to get directions b/c I had not enough time to look it up), picking up a sandwich on the way, and all this because my class did not wait for me at the shiney fountain! Oy, restart. Sentence failure. So, we were meant to meet as a class at the shiney pool in front of the chapel at 1:30 but my class didn't get out 'til 1:35 (but neither did the prof!) so I grabbed a sandwich on the way but when I got there, there was no class (people, not quality). So, I didn't know where to go so called mommy to get directions and ran to the theatre and got there just in time. Yay.

I saw some of the Beyond Good Intentions videos with a bunch of Human Rights people (Global Washington was sponsoring) and there was commentary after each vid (there like ten minutes each) by the director and feedback from the audience. Central Cinema's crazy- every seat has a desk and they serve you food and/or/nor drink. Anyway, a lot of people were kinda rude to the lady and it kinda turned into a pissing contest. Negative yay.

Then luck struck- huzzah! I got a ride with a gal in class to the ID and caught the 522 (just in time- favorite). Ate my sandwich on the bus then did crosswords (got farther than usual for a Thursday). Came home and watched The Guild some. It is a funny web-short series about MMORPGs and guilds. Felicia Day is a goddess.

And now will laze about playing Puzzle Pirates as is destined. Ta-ta.

<3

A poem...

To the man who surely would have killed me if he had just been real

Well, you’ve visited me almost five times now
and every time you’ve failed to impale me with your enormous knife

You have that jagged blade that catches the moonlight even when there is no moon
and dark clothing that I suppose is a mix between an undertaker and a ninja
though the silly bandana over your mouth and nose is more Western rogue-ish
and how the devil do I see you smile when your lips are covered, anyway?

We’ve lost the passion of our early days, you and I, and fallen into a routine
you lunge, I scream and propel myself away, and then you simply disappear
the cat looks at me irritably and you aren’t there to take the blame
which really makes you like every other man I’ve known

After all this time, I still haven’t seen your face but I imagine you must be handsome
because, after all, why shouldn’t you be?
I can’t remember your eyes; maybe you wear sunglasses, which is just ridiculous
and might account for why your aim is always so far off

Oh, my mysterious visitor with your phallus-like choice of weapon
I am beginning to wonder if you aren’t the creation of a mind that hates the romantic
but only when it is sensible enough to be awake
and, if you please, if you couldn’t one day try to become some sort of erotic fantasy
I think that that would be just fine

Amanda Martin 2009 (not that you'd steal it, but if you wanted to, I'd take you to court and then take your shirt, rawr)

*Dollhouse, Castle, The Mentalist.. Renewed!*

Here's a list from Entertainment Weekly online that lists all the non-cable shows that have either been renewed, not so much, or cancelled v.v But it seems like everything I watch is renewed- huzzah! There's still hope for Eleventh Hour, C, but we're not sure yet... what the outcome is.... anyway...

Dollhouse renewed! Huzzah huzzah! Let us rejoice.... or write a philosophy pape... d'oh.

Copied from http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2009/04/fall-tv-cheat-s.html: (they update it as they know, um... they're crossed off if a new info-ness appeared)

ABC
The Bachelor: Already renewed.
Better Off Ted: Could go either way. Now officially renewed.
Brothers & Sisters: Already renewed.
Castle: Could go either way. Now a safe bet. Now officially renewed.
Cupid: It's a goner.
Dancing with the Stars: Already renewed.
Desperate Housewives: Already renewed.
Dirty Sexy Money: Officially canceled.
Eli Stone: Officially canceled.
Grey's Anatomy: Already renewed.
In the Motherhood: It's a goner.
Lost: Already renewed.
Private Practice: Already renewed.
Pushing Daisies: Officially canceled.
Samantha Who?: Could go either way. Prospects brightening.
Scrubs: Prospects brightening. Now officially renewed.
Supernanny: Already renewed.
Surviving Suburbia: A long shot.
Ugly Betty: Already renewed.
The Unusuals: A long shot. Now officially canceled.
Wife Swap: Already renewed.
CBS
The Amazing Race: Already renewed.
The Big Bang Theory: Already renewed.
Cold Case: Could go either way.
Criminal Minds: Sure thing.
CSI: Sure thing.
CSI: Miami: Sure thing.
CSI: NY: Sure thing.
Eleventh Hour: Could go either way. Now a long shot. Hearing the crew is looking for other work.
Flashpoint: A long shot. Could continue airing in Canada.
Gary Unmarried: Could go either way.
Ghost Whisperer: Sure thing. Officially renewed.
Harper's Island: It's a goner.
How I Met Your Mother: Sure thing.
The Mentalist: Sure thing.
NCIS: Sure thing.
New Adventures of Old Christine: Could go either way. ABC poised to pick up if CBS passes.
Numb3rs: Safe bet.
Rules of Engagement: Safe bet.
Survivor: Already renewed.
Two and a Half Men: Already renewed.
The Unit: A long shot. Now hearing it's a goner. Back to being a long shot.
Without a Trace: Could go either way.
Worst Week: A long shot.
FOX
24: Already renewed.
American Dad: Already renewed.
American Idol: Already renewed.
Bones: Sure thing. Now officially renewed for two seasons.
Dollhouse: Could go either way. Now hearing it's a long shot. Prospects brightening. Now officially renewed for 13 episodes.
Family Guy: Already renewed.
Fringe: Sure thing. Now officially renewed.
House: Sure thing.
King of the Hill: Officially canceled.
Kitchen Nightmares: Already renewed.
Lie to Me: Sure thing. Officially renewed for 13 episodes.
Prison Break: Officially canceled.
The Simpsons: Already renewed.
Sit Down, Shut Up: It's a goner.
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: A long shot. Now officially canceled.
'Til Death: Already renewed (unfortunately).
NBC
30 Rock: Already renewed.
The Biggest Loser: Already renewed.
Celebrity Apprentice: Already renewed.
Chuck: Could go either way. A safe bet. Now officially renewed. (Yay!)
Friday Night Lights: Already renewed.
Heroes: Sure thing. Now officially renewed.
Kath & Kim: It's a goner.
Kings: It's a goner.
Knight Rider: It's a goner.
Law & Order: Safe bet. I hear they're already working on next season's episodes.
Law & Order: CI: Could go either way.
Law & Order: SVU: Already renewed.
Life: A long shot. Now hearing it's a goner. Now officially canceled.
Lipstick Jungle: Officially canceled.
Medium: Safe bet. Reportedly renewed for 13-16 episodes.
My Name is Earl: Could go either way. Fox may rescue it if NBC passes.
The Office: Already renewed.
Parks and Recreation: Safe bet. Now officially renewed.
Southland: Sure thing Officially renewed for 13 episodes.
The CW
90210: Already renewed.
America's Next Top Model: Already renewed.
Everybody Hates Chris: It's a goner.
The Game: It's a long shot.
Gossip Girl: Already renewed.
One Tree Hill: Already renewed.
Privileged: Prospects brightening.
Reaper: It's a goner.
Smallville: Already renewed.
Supernatural: Already renewed.

There's a Spider in My Car

I forgot when I got out to check and make sure it isn't some poisonous kind. So, it's probably full of toxins and is just waiting for tomorrow morning to attack and kill me. Making plans. Staking out the best position for an ambush. Hrm.

I first saw the little devil on my drive back from the park and ride. He was slithering up my windshield, stalking me like a lion. He went slow, then fast, then stopped, then fast, then stopped, then slow slow slow until he was practically two inches from where he began his spidery voyage. It was terrifying.

Yes, you remember correctly. I am not afraid of spiders. Except when they jump on me or distract me from driving. Actually, I wasn't terribly terrified at the time, to be perfectly honest (I am manly that way), but I looked up poisonous spiders that live in this area when I got home, and I think it looked like this:



Which is the brown recluse... and the spider was the right size. OMG, I am going to die tomorrow. Please recall that I want all my possessions donated to the Sci Fi Museum and please burry me in the middle of the desert in the nude.

Lies lies lies. Don't really do that...

But I will worry when I enter my car tomorrow. Yeek.

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