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[23 Jul 2008|07:58pm] |
I feel like things are starting to work out for me...
As for a day before yesterday, I had no place to live in College Station, where Texas A&M is. I had applied to university housing in March, but they don't let you know until July whether or not they have available space and actually assign you a place. Well, I emailed them and all they could say was "We haven't gotten to you yet." Well, damnit guys, when are you going to get there? July is almost over.
So, I got scared and starting look around on aggiesearch.com, a website where other Texas A&M students post about rooms, roommates, apartments, things like that. I didn't actually browse with the intention of doing this, but I found something...and got excited. I am very, very easy to please these days.
I found a 26 year old Chinese PhD student advertising a room in her house. She asked for a responsible, quiet graduate or doctoral student who was serious about his work. I was like "Hey! All I want is a quiet place to study...I'm responsible...I love dogs." And rent...get this. Rent would be 260/month + utilities. Wow..that's only a little less than 1/4 of what I would making each month. So we start exchanging emails. And she sounds so nice! And she totally tells me if I want to room, I can have it. Immediately. It's ready now. Holy crap.
To make a long story short, screw the university apartments..."What assholes" to quote Nemo <3. I am signing a lease tomorrow to live with 2 complete strangers, a 26 year old Chinese PhD student whose focus is on human mating preferences and travels a lot and another girl who is quoted as being "never there." As well as with two dogs, who I assume will be there more frequently. One big, one small. They're pictures of them pulling carts filled with little children.
I'm feeling really, really good about this and my parents think it's an awesome idea. I'm going to have a patio...and a backyard...and two dogs I can petsit and hug whenever I'm lonely.
I'm going up the first week in August with my Dad to move in and investigate about getting a bed since I am furnitureless. But what luck! The guy I am subleasing from in Jackson informed a couple weeks ago that he is not returning and has given all his furniture in his apartment to me. For free if I want it. I'm gonna take some end tables, maybe a chair, and a lamp.
Wow, right? I feel grown up, just jumping into this. I literally saw the room on Monday, accepted it Tuesday, got the lease Wednesday, and mailing it back to her tomorrow. I made a decision to live somewhere I don't know with people I don't know in 4 days. Anyone who knows me knows doing this kinda stuff is crazy for me...completely out of a comfort zone.
But I feel absolutely great about it. I have never ever ever been excited about graduate school. Until now. I feel like a huge weight has been lifted...I really excited about the dogs.
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[23 Jul 2008|01:15am] |
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Apeonaut - Crispy Loops |
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Since the last time I used it years ago, I've warmed up to iTunes as a music program. It's a pretty solid program, I say, and it does the job well.
But, outside of the iTunes Music Store and I'll assume the Apps Store, Amarok on KDE beats the living tar out of it.
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| Musicals, film, novels, oh my! |
[21 Jul 2008|12:26am] |
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My creative streak has rung in on high. I've got many little projects that I've got in my mind to play around with, though 3 - 4 main projects. I'm working on a *gasp* novel. Joel and I are talking about scripting a "net show." We've got ideas. I'm also helping him with some other filming ventures. Then I was talking to another writer/friend of mine that lives in Holland. He's talking to another of our friends about writing a musical and wants me to help collorabate. Yay! We're also talking about pulling an all nighter soon and writing out a script and maybe a different colorboration story too. It's be beyond awesome to collorbate anything with Lowie though cause his writing puts mine to shame, and I do believe to have a talent.
I saw the new Batman. Awesome.
Lifes had many interesting turns recently. Old friends talk again. New friendships flourish. I have a Wii. I need tuition money like a 'mo 'fo because a crashing economy is crashing my hours and therefore paycheck amounts.
Dr Horrible. Very corny, but I liked it. Act 1 I was like "Why am I sitting through this," But by act 3, I loved it, but only the muscial scores.
Wish me luck for I guess its tonight now! I'm puting myself on the line!
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[16 Jul 2008|08:01pm] |
I can finally stop counting up, and begin counting down for when he comes home. I cannot wait... I miss him so very much.
<3
Unfortunately, after I see him and then again leave him, I'm terrified of the future.
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| Harping on Lucas, for pretend this time |
[16 Jul 2008|11:30am] |
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I was, as I am somewhat wont to do, looking over reviews and detailed recaps of bad movies. And it got me to thinking. With that, here's your creative writing assignment:
Star Wars Episode 4: A New Hope. Pretend for this assignment that it bombed. Exact same movie, every line the same, every scene the same, the original release, but it bombed in the theaters. Write a detailed review. See what you come up with. Fun for all!
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