So I haven't posted in FOREVER and a day, but I seriously need somewhere to vent.  This morning/afternoon at IHOP was quite possibly the worst day I have had there in my 5 months on the job.  It was just horribly, dismally bad.  A large part of that is a direct result of this awful woman I served around noon.  She came in with her husband and ( Read more... )

Damn, I've gotten bad at updating this thing.  Seriously.  Anyhow, these past few weeks have certainly been interesting.  Some bad things have happened, as well as some really good things.  We'll do bad first.  I managed to scrape the front bumper of my car pretty badly because I ran into a really rough wall while I was fishing around for my ( Read more... )

Gah, it's been awhile.  I've been meaning to update for quite some time now, but there have been some things going on and I wanted to wait until they were sorted out.  They're not, really, but at least there's been a slight improvement.  Anyhow, putting all that cryptic stuff aside, things have been going pretty well in general.  IHOP is still ( Read more... )

1. Grab the book nearest you, turn to page 18, and find line 4.

"Furthermore, crossing-over can simultaneously affect two, three, or four strands of synapsed chromosomes, thus producing a vast increase in variability."  (my lovely Anthropology textbook)

2. Stretch your left arm out as far as you can. What do you reach?

My program from when we went to ( Read more... )

Hmm...I haven't updated in awhile (then again, neither has anyone else, really...), so I figured I would.  This past week has been pretty good--ridiculously busy, but what can you do?  I worked 4 shifts at IHOP--the one today was 8 hours long.  Woohoo!  It was actually a lot of fun.  I really love this job--I haven't met a single co-worker that I ( Read more... )

Hey everyone!  I haven't updated in awhile, so I figured I would.  Things are going really well at the moment--first and most importantly (perhaps), I got a job!  Hooray!  I am now officially a server at IHOP.  I've wanted to be a waitress for some unknown reason for a very long time, and my dream has finally been fulfilled.  And oh my God, you ( Read more... )

Well, I've been home for about a week now, and it's been absolutely marvelous.  I don't really think I'm going through reverse culture shock or anything, but it is really weird because I feel like I'm just picking my life up from where I left off last August, and it seems like Egypt never even happened.  It's like it was all one long dream...and ( Read more... )

Well, I leave for the airport in T minus 2 hours and counting!  This is seriously ridiculous.  Seriously.  I'm completely packed, and I miraculously fit all of my belongings into my suitcases with relative ease.  The only question that remains is whether I will exceed the weight limit and get charged an arm and a leg and have my parents kill me.  ( Read more... )

I really don't know what to say.  After the sparkling reviews from everyone I know, I thought there was something seriously wrong with me last night.  But a quick trip to Rottentomatoes.com has assured me that I am not, in fact, the only one.  They said it better than I could:

"Mixes in too many characters with too many incomprehensible plot threads ( Read more... )

Yeah, the title pretty much says it all.  It's really quite unbelievable--I mean, I've been here since August--9 months--and now all of a sudden I have one week left to go.  ONE WEEK.  I seriously can't even wrap my head around the fact.  I am SO ready to leave.  I am bitter, cynical, and just utterly exhausted by this fucked-up country.  I am ( Read more... )