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I've been job searching for about a month now and gotten nowhere. So... I think it's time to seriously consider bartending school. I have enough money right now to pay for it, but I fear if I wait too long and never find a job (which seems fairly likely), that I'll run out of it. I'm also thinking I might move back to Tulsa. So far, being in Edmond, I've just been sitting here doing nothing. Most of my fun is had when I travel to Tulsa or Stillwater, and since Sam (boyfriend) is in Tulsa, I'd be generally happier there. Living for free with my Dad is nice (and I certainly love my Dad), but I know what it's like to live on my own and I do enjoy it. Plus, if I become a bartender, I'll hopefully have more than enough money to live fairly comfortably.

I've also looked into becoming an OSSAA umpire (for softball). It's really not very hard at all, but I think it'd be best to wait to do that until I know where I'll be living. I think it would be a fun job, though.

The Navy is still my back-up back-up plan, though...

As far as a permanent career, well, that'll just have to wait a while since I'm not willing to move to Chicago (or NY or LA) quite yet.

I is a college graduate.

It's finally over. I'm back in Edmond with Dad. I'm sitting on my comfy couch in the only place I've ever really considered home, and I'm done with school... FOREVER. Even if I go to a film tech school later, which seems likely, that won't be like regular old school because it's so hands on.

I was pissed off by not getting to wear an Ireland ribbon at graduation. Apparently I wasn't on the study abroad office's graduation list, so they didn't have one for me. The lady I talked to said I could wear a UK one if I wanted--uh, no. I didn't go there. So... that was dumb and annoying. I was, however, tickled by the fact that I got to wear cum laude cords, because my GPA is going to drop a little below 3.5 after my grades from this semester go through. :P The commencement ceremony itself was actually pretty fun. I got to sit by my friends, and it was a great day, in general. It felt significantly better than high school graduation, meaning it felt like it meant more.

Now I have to find a job. Ugh. Not excited. At all. My plan for now is that if I can't find anything after a while, then I might consider bartending school--there is one in OKC. Then I can become a bartender. They make pretty good money, so I hear, and the hours are pretty perfect for me, plus, I'm generally interested in alcohol. I think I could deal with the people--I'm already somewhat used to being sober around drunk people, anyway.

As a side note, I recently watched a TED talk by Sam Harris that really fascinated me, so I Googled him. He seems like one of the smartest people out there right now--I might try to read a couple of his books pretty soon.