In addition to hitting on married men, I am discovering a need for a Large Purse. All I have is my messenger bag covered with punk rock pins and offensive sayings, and a few tiny purses for formal events. Today I went on a lukewarm job interview and barely managed to find an inoffensive bag that could hold all my library books ( Read more... )

Now that I am 25, I have this new problem. I hit on guys who turn out to be married.

I don't like this game anymore.

-wake at 10:30
-buy henna to dye hair
-scoot out to bring wool to the dry-cleaner's for $30 worth of cleaning and pressing to make my coat
-go to Brighton library, get a new card for the Boston system, rent Thank You For Smoking!
-go to job counsellor, feel better about the future
-eat delicious falafel sandwich from Falafel King
-go to Revolution ( Read more... )

I just made the best purchase ever, which consisted only of a 12-pack of Trojan MAGNUM condoms and a box of 50 vinyl exam gloves.

Trying to teach yourself the bass is incredibly frustrating, no matter how many books you throw at the problem. I don't think I'm really learning anything, at least not in any usable way. Fucking hell.

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Unemployment is going really well so far. It's tricky to get the hang of it. Like this morning I woke at 6 and got all annoyed about having to get up for work...and then I realized that it's both Saturday AND I have no job to go to. I fell back to sleep, victoriously.

Last night I saw a bunch of bands with my awesome new friend madeleine_starr. We have Top ( Read more... )

It's my last day, my last afternoon at work. It almost hasn't hit me yet that I won't be processing claims anymore. My dear coworkers bought me a good-bye cake, and it's going to be hard to walk out today. And I'm strangely focused today, but goddamn if I give in to that shit ( Read more... )

Well isn't that just ducky. The two crucial software programs I use at work are non-functional and/or suddenly nonexistant on my computer. Just mine. So I'm waiting for the IT monkeys to come by and fix me. I kinda suspect that they're jumping the gun on my departure and dismantling my computer profile now. I had weird problems yesterday as ( Read more... )

Next week, when I'm between jobs, there's a few things I have to get done. I have to find university jobs. I have to find informational interviews for places I'd like to work. I have to find volunteer work in a field I want to break into. And I have to go to UMass Boston and/or the local community colleges to decide if I can handle school ( Read more... )