Skip the Emotions You Know You'll Get Over

I'm done dating. I have the worst luck. I don't think it is meant for me.

So if any of you wants to arrange a marriage for me, go for it. I won't object. I want to have kids someday.

Just don't arrange a marriage until I'm at least 27. Until then, I'm hands off. I'm gonna focus on my career and my book.

Until then, I'll work on skipping the emotions I know I'll get over.

On a lighter note, I went to court today to plead guilty for a moving violation: following too close, which resulted in a collision. The judge was scary, as were the people in court, but I went alone, owned up to my fault, said I couldn't afford to pay the fine today, prayed he wouldn't lock me up for 5 days as was his right, and he went nice on me. Split up the payment of my fine into two payments, one October 7th and the other November somethingth. I hope to never go back unless I decide to go to Law School to become a judge myself. That's still something I'm considering doing in a few years.

i've also started singing again. now that's a stress reliever. haven't been able to do that with roomies around, because 1) i'm self-conscious about singing, 2) since i didn't practice, my voice went bad, and 3) i don't like singing when my voice is bad. but now there are some times when i'm alone and i can sing whatever i please. so wonderful.

and i watched an audrey hepburn film recently. it was as wonderful as always. but i think i'm gonna have to watch a few more with some krispy kremes or reese's mini PB cups. that will hit the spot.

also, i lost my iPod. I think someone stole it at work. I will never trust anyone ever again when they say my stuff is safe anywhere. i will get a portable safe with wheels. i don't care how inconvenient it is. i'm going semi-pessimistic, because full-pessimists are too dreary to be around.

video link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDEEzS7OV2k

The Rabbit Brand

If you know about the rabbit of approval, then you probably share my opinion regarding said rabbit.

I saw an ad on facebook for the brand that displays this rabbit, and i clicked the x to get rid of it. Then FB asked why I got rid of the ad. My choices were: offensive, misleading, uninteresting, repetitive, and other.

I selected other and typed this into the clarification box:

i hate that brand. the rabbit of approval clearly did NOT get any credentials with which to make valid approvings.

I even bought the mac and cheese because i trusted the rabbit of approval. i mean, with a name like that, who cares if it is a rabbit?

well, turns out, I care. what a lame creature to decide if your food is approval-worthy, especially when your food is for humans.

nastiest mac and cheese i ever had.

you've been warned.

Adnormal 8th

That’s right. My 8th day of work is not normal. I complete an 8 hour job in a little under 3 hours. I’m looking around for something to do, go through my checklist, hope that someone asks for my help with something, but nothing happens. So I start editing a paper. Then a lady comes to me and says my 2^nd biggest boss wants to talk to me. Uh-oh. I knew they were monitoring what I was doing on the computer!

You know I’m going to get in trouble, readers, don’t you? You are pointing and laughing at me right now because of my folly.

But now’s when I point and laugh at YOU readers, because you are WRONG! I am not in trouble at all!

I go into her office and she says she wants to move me. I’m aware of that. They’ve told me like three times that I’m gonna be switching to another desk in about a month. I guess she wants to move me NOW so I ask. “Where?”

Then I point and laugh at you again! You made another mistake, trusting that I know what my boss is talking about! She actually wasn’t talking about my desk at all!

She tells me about another job. She wants me to have it. She can tell just from looking at me, my resume, my degree, and my performance that I can handle more. She doesn’t think they’ve come close to maxing me out. I’ll have more responsibilities, be a one-man department, be a face of the company for doctors across the nation. She said she could use fresh eyes and someone who can change the current manual process into a digital process. Then she said something that I love:

“I think you’ll be able to learn more in this position, be exposed more, grow. You’ll be able to use your skills and develop more.”

She did tell me when I interviewed with her (she was my second interview, the one I quoted earlier on this blog) that there’s room for growth in this company. Is that not what I’m looking for in life? Just to keep learning and growing?

The correct answer is yes.

So when she asked what I thought about it, I said I was open to that. She said to spend half of the day training for the new new job for the rest of the week. Then we’ll see how next week goes.

I’m simply very excited. I’ve been promoted on my 8^th day here. Now I just have to keep doing what my dad told me: get a little better each day.

Sing-along time!

I finally got a paper to edit,

A paper to edit,

A paper to edit!

I finally got a paper to edit,

Although I'm not in school!

Yeah!

Catchy song, isn't it? Ha ha. Thanks. Cutler!