Hello. It's been a while having written here. About 3 and a half months I think. So I'll talk about some of the stuff that happened in between that time period. This could be long.
Sylvie visited from Germany at the end of July to early August. The entire time she was here was strange. It was a mixture of fun, confusion, discomfort, happiness, sadness, discovery, etc. Overall, I wish everything had gone better, but I guess both of us had different expectations on how things were going to work out. She would disagree with me, but I really did make great efforts to make her happy... I just had a hard time doing so. I tried to endure a lot of things during that time (like being pretty sick), and so I had my defenses up. But I broke down on the drive home from the airport. My sister helped me through it all. It would have been a lot harder without her. I'm glad Sylvie came here though. I hope that there were some good moments that she enjoyed. I really enjoyed Maximo Park, the Beach, and going to play DDR, air hockey, and mini golf with her. Those were my favorite times.
Sylvie and I don't chat online much anymore, which makes me sad, and I haven't really asked to, but I would just imagine if it was going to happen at all, it would happen naturally. I've sent her a few messages with questions about a few different things, but she seems to answer pretty briefly and move along. Or maybe it's just me, because I know she's been doing a lot of things lately.
August and September don't have too many memorable moments for me. My birthday was in August and all I really remember about it was getting a cool little handmade gift from my friend Manda. I know I got some money from my parents, but I can't remember how I spent it. I know that I bought some clothes. I think I've decided that I like Levis above most other jeans. Once I have money again, I'll go buy a few more pairs. I'm also kind of sick of wearing t-shirts. I feel like dressing more nicely. I do still wear t-shirts though. I don't like some of the nicer shirts I have, but then I do need to go buy some stuff. Oh, and I was unsuccessful at finding a pair of shoes. Hopefully sometime soon.
So I wasn't really doing much as far as looking for a job during those months. I put it off because I didn't want to be working when Sylvie was here, but then I didn't pick up on the job search very soon after she left either. I would glance at craigslist maybe, once a week or so. I just couldn't really imagine getting hired by any office. And I was unsure if I'd like a job like that if I did get it. So my decision was to find a retail job again, but at a place that functions the way it's supposed to (unlike blockbuster).
I started school at the end of August, so that staved off boredom for a while. I'm taking Flash and Painting. I enjoy both classes to a point, but they both have faults. Flash was very interesting and fun at first, when it was an animation class, but for the past few weeks it has become a web designer's coding class. I wouldn't be so bored, but that I already took html and javascript. Ok, there are a few really cool things you can do with it, but it's a lot of work and memorizing.
Painting was very informative at first, but I'm not really learning anything now, and haven't for a couple weeks. I'm just painting. I suppose you learn new things just from working, but I could be doing that at home, on my own time. I do enjoy painting though. I had never had an experience painting in a room full of other artists. When I paint, I'm usually alone in my room with headphones on. It is relaxing to sit and paint after a long work day.
So yeah, I finally got a job after about four months. I applied at Borders and Barnes & Noble, but I really wanted to work at Borders. So after I put in applications, I focused my efforts on Borders, and had planned to try Barnes & Noble if Borders fell through. I think my confidence should have been higher having had 6 years of retail experience, but it wasn't for whatever reason. I was even calling Borders on Halloween. I interviewed Saturday, November 3rd, and did orientation the 4th. The job is very decent thus far. I like the people there, and things seem to run pretty smoothly.
So I'm working and going to school now. It's nice to be busy instead of sitting in my house with my mom and sister while they smoke and exchange stressors. That's a bad thing to say, but it's a worse thing to deal with. So I'm glad to be out of the house during the day most of the time now.
Halloween was okay. I decided to throw a small get-together/party thing. I just called it a scary movie night, but since I invited a lot of people, I decided to make food. I made popcorn balls and peanut butter/chocolate "black cat" cookies. Also, since I wasn't working yet, I was doing the Halloween decorating. My dad was off that week too, so the Halloween decorations were probably the best we've ever had. My dad and I both had the time to work on it. The scary movie night was the weekend before Halloween on Friday. A lot of people flaked due to various things, but a good amount of good friends came and we all had a good time. The movie set was as follows:
It was a lot of fun, so if I ever have free time again, I might get another one together.
That's all I'm going to say for now. I'm sure more will come to me later. Cya.
