Back On Track

So, I will be redoing my measurements today and starting to one again track exercise. I’ve been playing with make-up too, so for pure narcissism I may post pictures of looks I like 🙂

Have a good day all!

-A

Zoo Gallery

Update On My Life

Wow..it has been months since I’ve written here. I guess I haven’t had much to write about. I’m working at the zoo and looking for a new/second job to help keep up with my bills. I finished 2 semesters of school and I’ve been enjoying spending time with my wonderful uncle. We go to shows at least once a month and movies. I rather enjoy the privilege of spending time with him. I have also been seeing someone (sort of) but it’s so ridiculously complicated because of our mutual friend that it’s starting to feel as though it may not be worth the wait. We haven’t gone out together in weeks. The last time we saw one another we couldn’t have any kind of romantic interaction for fear of upsetting our friend on his big graduation day. I’m not really sure what to do…*sigh* well for your viewing pleasure after this post I will post some lovely photos I took at the zoo.

Until next time.

Au Revoir

-A

A New Beginning, comes to a temporary end.

Over two months have gone by and still I’ve yet to find a job. It’s come to the point where it looks as though the idea of Spring semester is highly unfeasible. It’s very frustrating because I want to stay in school.

By taking a semester off there is also the no health insurance thing. I can’t afford regular health insurance so the insurance through the school was my only choice. They won’t let you keep it during a leave of absence, as it were. So that’s irritating. On the plus side..once I file for a leave of absence and write a letter to financial aid, I can use my loan to pay this semester in full instead of splitting it between the 2 semesters. If it’s more than the semester costs I get the difference deposited in my account..which would be nice to put towards bills and things..

I have an interview or two that are possibilities, though I’m rather suspicious of one because a lot of it would be working from home. The other is the photography interview for the phoenix zoo. So we’ll see what happens.

I’m still remaining relatively anti-social. Though there is this Chinese girl who English isn’t 100 percent but she’s very nice. I speak to people now and again but no real connections. I can’t afford to go out and be social with anyone anyhow until a job is set.

My Uncle has a former co-worker who might have a job for me. The main part would be as a “shopper” at apartment complexes. I’d be pretending to shop for an apartment and rating the real estate agents that show me apartments. There would be some data-entry and admin stuff as well.

So we’ll see what happens…

Really missing people from back East…

Lovely Day

So I am sitting outside (yes outside in the middle of the desert but I’m under an overhang and there’s a nice breeze :-P) and it’s such a lovely day. It’s rather cool for the second day of September, rather cloudy and there is a nice breeze moving through the breezeway I’m sitting in. I was just finishing up my astronomy hw and I’m heading to French in a moment. I have to say I really enjoy that class. It’s more close-knit than the other classes since we have to interact regularly. I went to the french club and I think i will most definitely be a regular there.

Psych class is pretty amusing with my crazy teacher. She jumps around, makes really random jokes and just gets so excited about the different aspects of psychology. As for my astronomy class it’s a bit of a snooze but the subject is still pretty interesting. He’s funny, the professor that is, when he get’s excited about showing a physical example of what he is talking about.

Oh! And on a random note I went ahead and tried out for the ASU pitchforks. had a little trouble getting the harmonizing song down just because I kept forgetting the proper tones but all in all it went rather well. I don’t care if i get in or not (though it would be cool), I’m just happy I got up the nerve to do it. 🙂

Well I am off to class. Au revoir!

A Few Weekly Pictures

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Just a variety of pictures taken this past week. There is this little area next to the Durham Language Building …

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School Has Begun

So classes have finally begun and I am stoked. So my only real worry is the no job situation which leads to the whole paying for school thing, but I will figure it out. I dropped the Immigration and Ethics class to lesson my class burden and leave more hours free for work so now I am taking PGS 101 and FRE 101 mwf and Ast111 and the lab Ast 113 on TTh. So I think I will have quite enough to keep me busy. All of my teachers seem pretty interesting and I am especially excited about taking French.

My first French class did not involve any work yet but it did have one little annoyance. There is this obnoxious lady who is definitely older than me, dresses younger than me and WILL NOT SHUT UP. She had the audacity to interrupt the instructor as if everyone wanted to hear her every opinion. I seriously wanted to tell her to shut up. I forget what my Uncle told me to say ferme la bouche to her. Lol Someone needs to tell her to shut her mouth.

I really don’t care that she’s a film major..that’s no excuse. And she was so insulting to the French Professor she had dropped. She seriously went on about how she was glad that our instructor was American and how she had dropped a previous class taught by a man from France because he just could not make the connection between American English and French and how he didn’t seem to understand that the word for seal which is “phoque”, is pronounced just like our word fuck. She seriously said the word like 3 times. I was so appalled by this lady. She was one of those older women who try to act like they are a younger and this amazing person that is so amazing that everyone wants to hear all about her and her life and that we all just want to know exactly what she thinks about anything we say. He couldn’t even get through all the students because of her and her big mouth.

Well anyhow..I got my book for that class, it was so expensive to get the real book that ASU has this custom version that is basically a loose-leaf book I had to put in my folder. Lol and it was still 120 -_-00 But that is because our lab coursework is online, so we pay for that access. Also, since I will be taking the next level class next semester I will already have the book I need. So yaaay. One less book to buy next semester. Lol.

Well that is all for now, I leave you with a cute pic of Midnight and MJ. She was quite happy today hopping about and jumping up to my bed to say hello.

Cat vs Bunny

Movies Galore

I have seen more movies in the past 2-3 weeks than I normally do in a few months. I’ve seen the following, just to make my point: Harry Potter part 2, The Help, Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes, Stupid Crazy Love, The Change-Up, Sarah’s Key, and 30 Minutes or Less. All of these were previews and this week alone I’ve seen 4 of those. (Planet of the Apes, The Change-Up, The Help and 30 Minutes or Less). Ah and I also got to see Waxwork in a small theater, introduced by a very tall drag queen. We met one of the vampires from the old 80’s film and got autographs. I look forward to seeing many more in the coming months. 🙂

Anyhow, on to the odd things one finds in an old house. One of the major projects we have faced in this house has been the kitchen. We disposed of spices, bottles of a variety of sauces and many expired objects, some not even things I recognized. In one drawer, the one that holds our silverware had a number of interesting things. There were about 20 wine corks, 10 wine covers that don’t seem to really fit the bottles and a number of odd but usable utensils. There was a pretty cool jar opener that you twist the handle to tighten the “jaws” around the jar cover. One of the stranger things I found and something I truly don’t know why she kept it, was a “key” from an old sardine can. You know those old cans where you turn the little key to open the can? Yeah she kept one of those. Among other things I found were a meat-slicer and a cute little condiment server.

These past two weeks have been pretty nice. I’ve had two nice visits with my Grandma Lois, who has also started to give me voice lessons. On one of those days I also had a nice outing with my Uncle Dave that went back to a memory I have from when I was about five. I have this memory from when I was younger, of riding in my Uncle Dave’s old truck and we were heading to Baskin Robbins for ice cream. It is my only really early memory of him. so anyway, he surprised me by taking me to that same Baskin Robbins for a nice ice cream. It was very nice and he even told the employees about it Lol.

So that’s my week..well last week. I’ve had a few interviews but no bites yet. And tomorrow, a second date, possibly at a place called Buca De Bepo, an Italian place i can’t quite say the name of with a straight face.
-A

I miss my Grandmother…

No I’m not bawling my eyes out and having an emotion breakdown, been there done that and I am all set with that. I’ve gone back to sorting through her things, recycling old papers and such. Now my grandparents were both quite open-minded about new things. My grandfather worked a lot with synthesizers when they first came about, helping to move those forward.

So naturally my grandmother was interested in the internet. I found many articles talking about how to find free email addresses, different ways to use the internet etc, etc. She seemed though, to prefer having a hard copy of her emails and I honestly don’t blame her. I really wonder how much of a past our generation will leave behind. every email, every blog, every picture, could be gone in an instant. Letters and hand-written journals are much more personal and are a delightful discovery for future generations (like myself) to find. Anyhow..I found a number of emails that she had printed, from various friends, my uncle, my aunt and most of all my mom. I even found one single email from me that I had written, mentioning the prom I went to with my ex during my sophmore year. All I could think as I read these letters is..why didn’t I write to her more? She was so far away and I missed so many chances to learn from her, never even thinking for a second that she might not be there.

I guess when you lose your first close relative, that is the only way you can truly learn how easy it is for someone to be there one moment and not be there the next. Even though I’ve lost relatives before, I had never lost any of my immediate family, aside from my maternal grandfather and I was much to young to truly understand it..or maybe it was easier to accept as a child. Who knows..but one thing that you learn from the loss of a close relative, is to appreciate those older relatives you still have. They have a lifetime to share with you and if you don’t ask now you may never get the chance to.

And on that depressing note I will move to more mundane things, though I should probably stop here because it is so late, I’ll save my amusing discoveries for another post and let’s just say, you never know what you will find when you clean out an old house.

-A

A Call To Arms

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Or..to put it in a more boring way, My Not So Interesting Search For A Job. So I have taken a break from organizing and cleaning because I need to find a job! So far I have had one not so good interview, but than I didn’t care so much for the manager so oh well. Next week I have two interviews, three if I get a call from another place. So far I have interviews at Torrid and Eddie Bauer. Wish me luck!

Also…have a sort of date on Sunday..so we’ll see how that goes..it’s rather like a blind date except I’ve seen pictures and we’ve texted and talked on the phone. But still..you never know how you feel about a person until you’ve met them face to face. He seems moderately intelligent and easy to talk to, he’s a nerd like most of the guys I date and..well I guess that’s all.

That is my plan for Sunday. Tomorrow..well today I’m doing things with my Uncle. We may go look at new housing projects, model homes, just for the fun of it. I love imagining what it would be like to live in some of these amazing houses. To live in a new and fully equipped house with a pool and a finished basement, a large kitchen and at least three bedrooms. For now I shall work on making this room my own, cleaning and sorting the various objects. It already feels rather like mine, though the memories still remain. They will always be here, in mind and picture and in the objects we keep….

Well anyway, saturday I am going to see my grandma Lois during the day and in the evening my Uncle and I may go see Waxwork in a nearby theater. Such an awesomely bad movie. I love bad horror flicks.

In more amusing news tonight I saw a hilarious drag queen version of one of the episodes of Mama’s Family. These gals were simply spectacular and we even got a small after-show. Definitely a great way to end the night. Unless of course you count this cute sight:

How cute is he? Now off to bed I go.

-A