ONTD Political

I START WORK MONDAY AS A FRENCH TEACHER. FUCKING YEAH.

I have wine, so I am content for now, haha.

And my driver's test is scheduled for the 31st of this month, God help me. :P

WHERE ARE THE JOBS, OBAMA? :(

j/k

Job hunting has been going so poopy. Really pissed off at not being able to get past the HR resume screen. I need to tweak my resumes better. So frustrating.

I would like to know people's favorite places in Ireland. I have been before but I would like to try new things this time.

Restaurants, bars, ruins, beaches, hotels, whatever. Location doesn't matter. Things around Co. Limerick and Donegal are great, but we can go anywhere.

lol, i saw the first the first headline XD celebrating early?

McKayla Maroney's spectacular stuck Amanar vault, 16.233:


A macro I made in honor of the vault:


Perfect:


And in honor of fierce Gabby's all-around title:

Here for the Mean Girls/socialism/communism commentary. Shit, that was awesome.

What are you reading, _p?

I just started Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón, and a biography of Stephen Tennant.

is there going to be a post about them this year?

I'm subletting from a friend this summer, living with two other friends, but not close ones, and neither of them looked at their lease close enough when they signed it to know that they needed to be out by August 21st. Which includes me. Which sucks because move in for my university (I'm doing an internship at the school's Rare Book library) isn't for a week+ later than that. So now I'm stuck trying to find a place to put my microwave, suitcase, and bike for two weeks. One of my roommates might know a place, but if not I'm just thinking of getting some uhaul storage thing (I'm in Philly btw).

At least for those few weeks, after my internship ends next Friday, I'll be home and with my family and best friend.

okay so I'm at home for the summer (leaving in 3 weeks) and my parents are trying to force me to go to church and shit like that, and I'm just like, I'm 19, I can make my own decisions about my beliefs and they say that I have to because I live in their house. am I being unreasonable for thinking this is something that SHOULDN'T be forced upon me? like, telling me to do chores and stuff, I get, but idk...

I'm trying so hard not to rage at this guy on Facebook who is ridiculous pro-gun. He posted an article where a guy stabbed and killed 9 (article said 8 though) in some country in Africa and basically using it to say "SEE YOU CAN STILL KILL PEOPLE WITHOUT GUNS, *insert an ablest and a homophobic slur here*?!"

I can't with this guy anymore.

And guess whom I'm seeing tomorrow night ...

Two more weeks and I start my temp job!!!

Also I'm *this* close to kicking my fiance's boss ass. Matt has been working until 7pm (he's working 9am to 5pm)both he and his manager come home and spend 3+ hours working on whatever websites have gone during the hours they have spent training school board on how to do minor updates on their websites.

All they want is one person hired so they can keep on top of the support calls. And because they are being paid salary, all they are getting out of it is lieu time.

This week I became a library page! Oh my gosh, working in youth services is hard on the knees. Pretty much every book I had to shelve today I had to kneel to do it.

Also I don't have any clothes so I stole my sister's Alloy and Delia's catalogs. I don't care that they're for teens and and lower-twentysomethings.

Can you put work-studys on a resume?

I'm getting mixed answers on this one.

15% RAISE AT WORK LAST WEEK, WOO.

my one cousin is so fucking insufferable. He posts gross articles like "Semen is an antidepressant!" and sexist disgusting shit like that, and he claims that his workplace "keeps beer stocked in the fridge", because alcohol makes you ~more productive, apparently.

And the worst part is, his mom (my aunt) makes it into a stupid competition between him and I. And since I don't have a job right now, I'm ~losing~.

Ugh.

LOL OMG THAT PICTURE IS AMAZING


I'm moving on this Sunday? I'm not sure. Apparently, my dad was gonna pick me up (cause I was unable to get a job and save up for my own place) last week but his ride bailed so we aimed for today but his ride bailed again. It's kind of annoying but eh. It gives me time to enjoy here more since my grandma's also gonna be there and has a bedtime (she sleeps lightly and gripes about me waking up at 9am...) and conservative about shower usage. ;;

At least I'll be on a computer finally... Oh! Is anyone planning to join Nano this year? What's your plot looking like? :0 I want to make this tablet mainly an ereader and start reading again (and maybe write for Nano this year!).

This week has been tiring, for some reason. Started Sunday with my stepson getting banned from some online gaming group, which led to his retrospectively hilarious attempt to run away-- hilarious in that he got to the end of the block, and went about things as if he were Jason Bourne. He is not. I feel for him, but again, it's an online gaming group. This happened at about 12:30-1 a.m. Sunday.

All week I have been in full WAT mode over people on Facebook about Chick-fil-A. An acquaintance from high school is in full high dudgeon mode because she supports gay rights, but loves her some waffle fries, and really wants to be able to do both. Posting that article the Huffington Post resulted in this long ranting reply-- since deleted, but saved in my e-mail:

"I'd like Huff Post to do an expose on other fast food restaurants and other big retail business, and the causes and organizations that they give money to. The more we know, perhaps then more people will become outraged and boycott or support more things, dividing everyone even more who just want to eat a goddamn, unhealthy, but delicious sandwhich without a side of political symbolism or anti or pro whatever. No matter what anyone says, I will continue to support gay marriage, while eating my Chick-fil-a nuggets and listening to the Dixie Chicks, and supporting McCain and Obama, while being fiscally conservative and pro-choice in a state where I once supported Arpaio, but miss Napolitano. Is that too much to ask?"

She deleted it before I could school her, but I'm seriously considering a wave of the banhammer.

I ended up posting, in general "I'm really not here to soothe your cognitive dissonance. That's not my gig."

My son has been teething again, and has gone from letting me rock him to sleep while I sing Warren Zevon to screaming and crying at the bad terrible man holding and rocking him. We can tell he's overtired, but it's disconcerting. He has also discovered he can move to other rooms under his power instead of just crawling around the living room. He will stand on his own if he is holding something, but has not stood up on his own.

Finally quitting a job that has been wearing me down and running me ragged for almost a year now, and that feeling is so SATISFYING.

If only my family would actually support the break I'm taking for my mental and physical health. That'd help more than anything.

why am I writing, its not like you'll be reading...

Teal Deer. work in progress.

This is the base colors, he'll actually be teal once I do some washes. and dry brushing.

He should be done next week.

Passed one part of the CPA exam! Just one. And only barely. But I'll take that, I don't care.