Tears in Rain

As you may know, I chew gum. A lot. Orbit Bubblemint to be precise. As a cost saving measure, I almost always buy my gum in 3-packs, but today I was out and had to get a single at the college gift shop.

When I opened it I was greeted with this amazing sight:

Oh. Em. Gee. I just hit the jackpot.

…Oh and as a side note, I’m graduating college this Saturday, and on Monday I have a job interview with a big multinational company that has offices here in town. I guess that’s good too…

This week I lost my loyal companion of nearly four years. Yes, that’s right, my HP DV1000 notebook pc, better know to those who loved her as “lappy,” has died. She’s been on life support for so long, I can only imagine how painful the last few months were for her. But I know she’s in a better place… Well, she’s just up on a shelf right now, but you get the idea.

However, as they say, life must go on.

Let me introduce you to the newest addition to my family: The Lappy 2

She’s a sleek sexy HP Pavilion DV2715, with an AMD Turion 64 X2 processor, a 160 GB hard drive, 2 gigs of DDR2 ram, a LightScribe 8X DVD±RW, a GeForce 7150M graphics card, a 14.1″ WXGA high def display, and Windows Vista Home Premium. This lovely lady has the looks to turn heads and power to back it up.

Now if you’ll excuse me, we’d like to have some alone time to get to know each other better.

*Cue Marvin Gaye music*

When I said my furniture was made of cardboard, I thought I was exaggerating. That was, until I kick the leg of my coffee table for the thousandth time and it rips off to reveal this:

Holy shit. I thought it was at worst pressed sawdust. Turns out it’s honeycombed cardboard. I swear, things these days are built just sturdy enough so they don’t collapse under their own weight. Anything more isn’t cost effective.

I guess that’s what I get for buying a coffee table for $25 at Wal-Mart…

When asked about my career goals, I always say “If I knew what I wanted to be when I grew up, I wouldn’t have been an art major.” So for some guidance, I tried a few online career aptitude tests, most of which gave me the same results I expected, but the best result was from this one:

Human Resources Your personality: You will speak your mind when you have to, but you are really more of a follower. You always try to make everyone happy, which usually leads to your own unhappiness. You have goals, but don’t have the killer instinct needed to reach them. You will always work for someone else, but at least you can pretend you have power by doing the hiring and firing.

It’s sad that it’s probably the most accurate test I’ve taken…

Looks like I’m dead. The blame for this one goes to Victor Juliet (AKA Matthew Auslander). He’s destined to go down as the Ed Wood of the 21st century.

This has to be some of the scariest shit I’ve seen in a long time:

Meanwhile, somewhere in the Middle East:

jihad275: dood check out this website
jihad275: http://www.usagreencardlottery.org/gcl/gcllanding06.jsp
deathtoamerica768: omg
deathtoamerica768: thats the coolest thing evar
jihad275: pack up the pipe bombs
jihad275: we’re going to america
deathtoamerica768: allah akbar!

For those of you that might want a look around, but can’t make it out to see me:

EDIT: Hey, cool, I just noticed that Adrianna’s grand tour of her apartment in Japan is third on the related videos list. Small world…

• Exercise daily. Exercise more often. Exercise occasionally (I’m being realistic. Anything more than nothing is more than I do now)
• Eat better (Pop-tarts and candy bars do not a balanced diet make.)
• Lose some weight, gain some muscle (related to the first two.)
• Get a new job (This one is a definite need, as I’ll be intelligible to be a student employee once I graduate in May.)
• Move out of my parents house (This is also a need; If I don’t move out before May, I fully expect my parents to change the locks during the graduation ceremony)
• Finish something I’ve started (I’ve got so many unwritten books, comics, screenplays, and video games in my head, it’s disappointing that none of them are out yet.)
• Pay off Adrianna’s ring and my credit card (Interest rates are a killer.)
• Improve organizational skills (My room looks like a flea market threw up in here)

One down. Add to list: “Don’t go broke paying for rent, utilities, and food”

Having trouble picking a candidate to support in the upcoming presidential election? You might want to try the USA Today candidate match game. Kinda old but still applicable.Here’s my results:

I figured Ron Paul for first, but I’d me more than happy to vote for someone who was in Die Hard 2.

Now if it was Bruce Willis was running, Ron might have to settle for second…

I found this memo floating around today:

MEMORANDUM

TO: Faculty/Staff
FROM: Patti Beck
DATE: January 3, 2008
SUBJECT: State of Ohio Minimum Wage Increase

The State of Ohio minimum wage increased to $7.00 per hour effective January 1, 2008. Therefore, any student currently working below this rate will receive the new rate for hours worked beginning January 1, 2008. This new rate will first be reflected in paychecks issued January 30.

Longevity Increases

Longevity increases will continue as in the past with $.25 per hour increases earned after the completion of two, four, and six consecutive semesters in the same position. Supervisors are to complete the Change of Status form for students due increases.

So after I go talk with and remind my boss, I should be getting $7.75/hour now. Yay! I’m not as bad off as I thought I was!

In other news, I found out that I may soon be able to complete one of my more important new years resolutions. More to come once details are confirmed…