Jobing

Looks like this semester is going to go pretty well. All of my classes are either interesting or easy, and I have a fairly loose schedule. No class on Tuesday, only one 2pm class Thursday, and I'm done by 1pm on Friday. Also, I don't have to worry about going to football games on Saturdays (or other days). I still work for The Collegian, which is a nice, easy source of income, so I shouldn't be too broke.

The only bad thing is that I have to search for a job or something to do after I graduate in May. I've always hated job hunting (as does everyone), and I've never been very good at it. I don't really think Craigslist is going to help me out much. I might need to use some kind of job-finding website. Maybe google will help some. Blurg!

I like the way this semester is looking, but my mind won't be at ease until I know what I'll be doing and where I'll be going after graduation. I really want to be ready to go as soon as I'm finished at TU. It'd be a real doozy to have to keep looking for something afterward.

Less sleep = more headaches

It's 6am. What am I doing up? I never actually went to bed last night. Well, technically, I am in bed now, but I never went to sleep. Probably because I slept all day yesterday. Too bad I have to get up really early tomorrow to be at the band room at 8:30am to get ready to go to a pep rally at the Reynolds Center for Extreme Makeover: Home Edition in which the band will be playing except for the pit because the band will only be playing stand tunes and pit instruments take up a lot of space and are a hassle to move so it's pointless for us to be there anyway and I don't even have class tomorrow so I wouldn't otherwise have to get up in the morning at all.

*whew* Ok. I'm done ranting now. Suffice it to say that my morning is going to be something like torture. I'll probably get back to my apartment after the rally and immediately collapse onto my bed.

I'm so ready to be done with all of this...

2009: The Year in Review

1. Where did you begin 2009?

On a plane (Delta) to Ireland, over the Atlantic.

2. Did you have a New Year’s Resolution?

Not that I can remember.

3. What was your status on Valentine's Day?

single

4. What did you do for St. Patty's Day in 2009?

I was in Cork, Ireland and Melissa was visiting me. We went to the parade in town with Tessa, Jason, Anna, and Chris. Then we met up with them again later (sans Chris) at a small pub called Sláinte. I had Rekorderlig pear cider. Mmmmmm.

5. Did you play an April Fool's joke on anyone this year?

no

6. Do anything special on Easter?

There was a beer festival at a Cork microbrewery called Franciscan Well. Gail was visiting me at the time, so we went to that with a few others.

7. What did you do on the 4th of July?

I was in Tulsa visiting Sam, and we went to Kevin's and McCrary's house for cookouts. Then we tried to go see the Riverside fireworks with everyone, but they had a malfunction, so there was no show. :P

8. What was your favorite summer memory of '08?

The weekend of June 6, the first time I visited Tulsa after getting back from Ireland. Sam and I had a lot of fun, and we also got to meet up with Agatha, Vince, Graham, and Sam.

9. What were you for Halloween?

Leela (from Futurama)

10. What happened on Thanksgiving?

I went to Aunt Sheila's in Moore.

11. What about Christmas?

Well, there was a snowpocalypse on Christmas Eve, so plans for that night were cancelled, but the roads were ok on Christmas, so me, Dad, and Mel drove to Bartlesville and spent the night. Our Christmas Eve plans were rescheduled for the next day, so we all drove back to Edmond, but we picked up one of Mel's skiing friends, Sean, on the way, and he came with Mel and I to Aunt Sheila's party.

12. Did you get kissed under mistletoe?

no

13. Best Christmas present?

MacBook!

14. Describe your birthday?

That was the day my mom arrived in Cork for a week long visit. We ate at Papa John's. :P

15. Best birthday present?

Mom came to visit; and Graham and Agatha sent me a package with Skittles, Starburst, The Graveyard Book, and a Stingray golf disc

16. What was your best month?

August

17. Did you know anybody who got married?

Sarah, Jill

18. Did anyone close to you give birth?

nope

19. Did anyone close to you die?

no

20. Where did you live?

Cork, Ireland; Edmond; USA West at TU

21. What countries did you visit?

Ireland, UK, Belgium

22. What was your favorite vacation?

Most of the time I was in Ireland felt like a vacation

23. What would you like to have in 2010 that you lacked in 2009?

a job after the spring semester

24. What date from 2009 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?

When Graham took Sam and I to go shooting (guns) for the first time in early December. It was cool; I definitely wanna do it again sometime.

25. What was your biggest achievement of the year?

getting through the fall semester with good grades

26. What was your biggest failure?

not being able to make my senior project work out like I wanted

27. Did you suffer illness or injury?

I got a really bad cold in the fall, but that's about it.

28. What was the best thing you bought?

new external hard drive

29. How did you earn your money?

The Collegian

30. Where did most of your money go?

stuff in Ireland (food, traveling, movies, etc.)

31. Whose behavior merited celebration?

Irish rugby team (won the six nations cup)

32. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?

national news networks in general

33. What did you get really, really, really excited about?

seeing Sam for the first time after getting back from Ireland

34. What song will always remind you of 2009?

"Poker Face" by Lady GaGa, "Daylight" by Matt & Kim

35. Compared to this time last year, are you:

I. happier or sadder?

happier

II. thinner or fatter?

fatter

III. richer or poorer?

about the same

36. What do you wish you’d done more of?

work

37. What do you wish you’d done less of?

procrastinating, missing class

38. Did you fall in love in 2009?

yeah

39. Do you dislike anyone now that you didn’t dislike this time last year?

maybe Glenn Beck. I used to like his show, but now it's kinda ridiculous.

40. Did you have any encounters with the police?

not that I can remember

41. What was your favorite TV program?

House, Castle, Doctor Who

42. What was the best book you read?

Coraline by Neil Gaiman

43. What was your greatest musical discovery?

Animal Collective, The Black Keys

44. What concerts/shows did you go to?

Animal Collective at the Stiff Kitten in Belfast; Michael Collins: The Musical at the Cork Opera House,

45. What were your favorite films of the year?

The Princess and the Frog, Coraline, The Secret of Kells, Moon, Sherlock Holmes, Star Trek, Watchmen, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, Up

46. What did you want and get?

Car, MacBook!

47. What's one thing that would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?

if I had taken one less class during the fall semester

48. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2009?

I've grown my hair out, but kept the bangs. And I'm in love with my TOMS. Other than that, it's basically the same--a lot of my clothes are getting worn out, though (especially my TOMS), 'cause I can't really afford to buy a bunch of new ones.

49. What kept you sane?

Sam

50. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?

Cillian Murphy; Robert Downey, Jr.

51. Who did you miss most?

Sam Kirzner

52. What's one thing you thought you'd never do but did in 2009?

have dumb little relationship fights

53. What's something you learned about yourself?

If I wear tight socks inside tennis shoes, I'll get blisters. As long as the socks are loose enough, the blisters won't happen. (I have weird feet.)

54. Was it a good year?

Overall, yes. I had a lot of fun times throughout, and Sam and I started going out, but school has been kicking my ass and I'm ready to be done with it.

55. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2009:

It's not a good idea to rely on one person to keep you happy; it is a good idea to keep old friendships alive.

Been a while...

I've been back from Ireland for, like, 7 months now, but I haven't posted a thing on here. I got got kinda tired of blogging while I was in Ireland, so I didn't do it over the summer, and I was hella busy at TU last semester, but I'm good to go now. We'll see if I can keep it up for more than a couple months. :P