Ack!! I've spent the last week and a half working on my resume, looking for/applying for jobs, stressing about work, and trying to get used to my new schedule.

Searching for jobs online has got to be one of the top most annoying things EVER. Within 30 minutes, I want to cry/pull all my hair out. It's so depressing. If I ever want to a dose of deflated self worth, that's the quickest. I spend hours scouring the listings, then when I finally do find something that might work, I am nowhere near qualified. I'm just going to start applying for everything. What's the worst that can happen? It's not like I'm not used to getting the "sorry, we've hired someone else" emails by this point. I gotta love my friend Pantera Dave's career advice: "Just lie your ass off." He makes more than I do, and does way less. So apparently it works.

I have applied for a part time job as a relationship manager at a recruitment outsourcing place in findlay. It's mostly data entry and phone interview type stuff which I've never done before, but I think I'll be able to handle it. Plus, it pays really well and I would get to make my own schedule. I figure if I manage to land it, I'll be able to pay off the last of my credit card debt and maybe start chipping away at my sizeable student loans. Freedom from financial slavery! Huzzah!

Work has been stressing me out alot the last few days. I will not say much except that I am very tired of all the backstabbing and dishonesty that goes on with particular members of upper management. In addition, they have switched our hours so I now report to work at 7am as opposed to 8am. Words cannot describe how much this upsets me. It has been in effect for a few weeks now, but I am still not completely used to it. I hate the fact that I start to get tired at 9 sometimes 8pm. I'm like an old person now. Boo.

Wow. This post is both terribly boring and bitchy. Much apologies. I need sleep.

So how's 2008 treating you guys so far?


::::Not too much of note has been going on lately. I went to see Juno last week and really enjoyed it. Great script, great cast, great music! I highly recommend it.

::::I've decided that since I don't like making new years resolutions, I am just going to set some goals for myself of things I'd like to try/do this year.

-Get my palm read
-Make homemade sushi
-Sew a dress............and actually wear it! :)
-Get a new tattoo of my own design
-Take a painting class

Speaking of doing new things, check out this blog where the author does something she's never done before every day of the year. Neat!

::::I'm making one of my coworkers an indie/alternative music mix tape. He only listens to stuff on the radio, and when he told me what kind of music he likes, I wanted to cry. I am super excited at the prospect of making the mother of all mix tapes, but there's so much to choose from I don't even know where to start. Maybe I will make a series of them. Any suggestions for possible track options?

::::Speaking of music, I just bought a few new songs from itunes, and I couldn't be more pleased. I bought two tracks off the amelie soundtrack (unfortunately that was all that was available), and find them absolutely delightful. I love playing them will driving around the county roads and pretending I am in the french countryside. I also bought:

"Say Yes" Elliot Smith
"Your Ex-Lover is Dead" Stars
"You Remind Me of Home" Andrew Kenny & Ben Gibbard

The thing I love about itunes is that it suggests other things you may like based on your selections, and that's how I found these wicked sweet gems. Check em out!

I can't believe it is already 2008. How the time flies!

I hope all of you have had a great holiday season. Me, I'm just glad to finally have some time to catch my breath. It has been very hectic around here since both sets of parents are divorced. This means 4 Christmases, which is very tiring indeed! Despite having a quite a few days off work, I feel ready for a vacation! :S

As for New Years, Eddie and I decided to stay in, drink wine and cocktails, and watch the twilight zone marathon on the sci fi channel. I was hoping they would show the shatner episode, but it did not happen.

"Gremlins! Gremlins! I'm not imagining it, he's out there! Don't look, he's not out there now. He jumps away whenever anyone might see him, except me."

Ahh. A timeless classic. And the one with the pig people. That was an awesome one too.

Well, I hope the new year finds everyone happy, healthy, and some other h word that escapes me at the moment. Cheers!