| things I am sick of... |
[Feb. 10th, 2008|01:19 pm] |
1. Looking for jobs everyday, re-writing cover letters and resumes for jobs, having interviews for jobs, jumping through hoops and then playing the waiting game only to never hear back from them. WHY ARE PEOPLE SO RUDE? This stuff really makes me anxious and then depressed.
2. Not having any friends to hang out with. My one good friend here, Christy, is really busy and we never hang out. People at work are pretty cool, but I don't know if I'd hang out with many of them outside of work. It is really hard meeting people when you move, especially when you're not in school.
3. Worrying about money. I work my ass off at 2 jobs and I feel like its pointless.
4. Snobby people in Boulder. It doesn't help that I work at Starbucks. You people need to seriously chill out, ok?
5. My hair--I'm getting all of it chopped off on Tuesday. For real.
6. Brian always being at school, in the lab or studying. I feel like we're roommates who see each other only in passing.
7. Feeling like I'm never going to "make it" in this world. Thank you higher education for making me feel like I had a chance...
Things that keep me sane:
kitty boo, time with Bri, soy lattes, yummy vegan food, kicking ass in self defense class, calls from friends, design manuals and good music. |
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[Jul. 16th, 2007|04:19 pm] |
Packin up and heading out west in 2 weeks.
For good.
Colorado or bust baby! |
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[Jun. 5th, 2007|10:48 am] |
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I have another journal here that I am using as a weblog for my English class. It's writing about visual culture, so it may be interesting at times. Check it out if you're bored... |
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| I am still alive and well |
[Mar. 19th, 2007|11:02 am] |
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... just haven't been hanging around LJ so much lately.
Big things are happening all the time lately. Future altering things. Brian got accepted to the University of Colorado for grad school. He's going to get his PhD in Chemistry. They flew him there this weekend and he got wined and dined by the faculty. The school is in Boulder (hour drive from Denver) and is just a few miles from the base of the mountains. Mountains!! Hallelujah something else to look at besides cornfields! There is a big hippie/alternative scene there, very cultural with art shows, concerts and protests. There are also organic and vegetarian restaurants... so not just "Wow this is great they have restaurants with more than one meat free option!" but whole restaurants for people like me :) I've also looked up some things online and that area is #3 in the nation for graphic design salaries and employment. Brian is graduating in May and I will be finished in July after I take 2 spring classes. After that we are ready to move and start a new life. I am so excited to move out, begin my career, meet new people and get my own kitty.
I'm going to make my first freelance graphic design sale this week. Ray's Bike Shop in Midland is buying my brochure design for $150. The Theatre Department at SVSU is also using a logo of mine for their play "I Ought to be in Pictures". I applied last week for a full-time designer position at Morley in Saginaw. I'm not sure if I've got enough experience for what they want, but I'm really excited about the possibility. I know I'll be so good at what I do, a company just has to take a chance on me. But even if that doesn't work out I have a great job on campus doing web design that will be fine until I move.
I went with Brian to see Justin Timberlake 2 weekends ago. He really wanted to go and I agreed as long as he paid for my ticket. We went and it actually was a good show and now he's got me listening to his music. Pretty funny. This last Saturday Steve and I saw Brand New. It was amazing!. I actually thought that I would never see them live because they haven't done a national tour in all these years. But I've seen them and it was a very emotional experience for me. Their music reminds me of a few people that were a large part of my life that I don't talk to anymore and also just memories from the last 4 years. I sang along to every word and really connected to it. I also bought tickets to see Bright Eyes in May at the same small theatre.
Still no word on when Steve starts his border patrol academy and moves to New Mexico.
My parents sold the trailer up in Mio.
Scott and Stephanie are engaged now and getting married June 23rd!
That's all I can think of for now. |
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| testing... |
[Dec. 13th, 2006|10:46 am] |
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Does anyone read this anymore?
Just curious. |
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| Sweetness update |
[Jun. 26th, 2006|12:29 pm] |
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FYI because I spend every moment on a computer between work and school, I choose not to use mine at home. Cause and effect... I don't update my journal and nobody knows how sweet my life has been lately. So in case you didn't know:
I worked on a mural for an elementary school which can be seen here http://www.flickr.com/photos/21099483@N00/128401156/
Saw in concert: Death Cab for Cutie, Dashboard Confessional, Tool (sold out in 10 minutes)
I spent a week in Las Vegas and a day in Santa Monica/LA. There is nothing like listening to the new Tool album while driving through the Mojave desert. I have decided I really like mountains, palm trees and cactus and would like to live in the southwest after I graduate.
I got my vert trag repierced and it's healing really good this time!
I have an awesome job and work with awesome people. I've learned HTML and CSS. In 2 weeks my position will change from graphic designer to web author. I'm happy to be learning and getting experience. I never thought I'd see the day when I would become a computer nerd.
Brian and I beat Resident Evil 4 and are now hooked on gaming. DO NOT waste your time on the Davinci Code game... IT SUCKS! (do read the book, do watch the movie)
I've made 2 websites (one in dreamweaver, one in flash) for my web design class. You can see my personal one here: www.svsu.edu/~altechli and my flash Vegas site will be up this week.
I spent a weekend in Chicago with Brian and our friends Ashleigh and Kevin. Went to the Art Institute, Navy Pier, Sears Tower, and King Tut Exhibit.
Had tea with my German professor and Brian and I went to the movies with my boss and his wife.
I had a great time with my friends at St. Stan's Festival this weekend. I went to my first beer tent and polka danced :)
Brian and I have been together almost 10 months and it keeps getting better everyday. Never have I felt so appreciated, loved, and accepted by anyone else. So many people in my life/from my past are married or engaged, and one of my exes even has a baby, but I can honestly say I don't envy them. I am happy how things are right now. I am not in a hurry to rush to that part of my life. |
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| Watch where you step |
[May. 22nd, 2006|11:06 am] |
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A thought while walking into work this morning, looking at the cracks in the sidewalk:
The pyramids must have been built by giant ants.
They can lift 100x their own weight. And just look at their sandhill civilizations. It's obvious. |
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| NACHO LIBRE!! |
[Mar. 1st, 2006|11:27 pm] |
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nacholibre.com
Watch the trailer! |
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| Now I'll be in the Christmas mood |
[Dec. 9th, 2005|10:36 am] |
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Tonight I will be hearing the Trans Siberian Orchestra from 4th row seats!!! |
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| I have a friggin job!! |
[Nov. 1st, 2005|07:02 pm] |
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I am soon to be employed as one of SVSU's graphic design/web developers!
THIS IS MOST EXCELLENT! |
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| Because I'm too lazy to write about my own life... |
[Oct. 27th, 2005|04:15 pm] |
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and this is too funny.
Never quite figured out why the sexual urge of men and women differ so much. And I never have figured out the whole Venus and Mars thing. I have never figured out why men think with their head and women with their heart.
FOR EXAMPLE: One evening last week, my girlfriend and I were getting into bed.
Well, the passion starts to heat up, and she eventually says "I don't feel like it, I just want you to hold me."
I said "WHAT??!! What was that?!"
So she says the words that every boyfriend on the planet dreads to hear... "You're just not in touch with my emotional needs as a woman enough for me to satisfy your physical needs as a man." She responded to my puzzled look by saying, "Can't you just love me for who I am and not what I do for you in the bedroom?"
Realizing that nothing was going to happen that night, I went to sleep.
The very next day I opted to take the day off of work to spend time with her. We went out to a nice lunch and then went shopping at a big, big unnamed department store. I walked around with her while she tried on several different very expensive outfits. She couldn't decide which one to take so I told her we'd just buy them all. She wanted new shoes to compliment her new clothes, so I said lets get a pair for each outfit. We went onto the jewelry department where she picked out a pair of diamond earrings. Let me tell you...she was so excited. She must have thought I was one wave short of a shipwreck. I started to think she was testing me because she asked for a tennis bracelet when she doesn't even know how to play tennis. I think I threw her for a loop when I said, "That's fine, honey." She was almost nearing sexual satisfaction from all of the excitement. Smiling with excited anticipation she finally said, "I think this is all
dear, let's go to the cashier."
I could hardly contain myself when I blurted out, "No honey, I don't feel like it."
Her face just went completely blank as her jaw dropped with a baffled WHAT?"
I then said "honey! I just want you to HOLD this stuff for a while. You're just not in touch with my financial needs as a man enough for me to satisfy your shopping needs as a woman." And just when she had this look like she was going to kill me, I added, "Why can't you just love me for who I am and not for the things I buy you?"
Apparently I'm not having sex tonight either....
Alright girls. Repost this if you agree. Hell even if you disagree, repost it.
Men, repost this because you have balls. |
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| Detroit bay-bee! |
[Oct. 9th, 2005|01:54 pm] |
MY NAME IS JONAS... DUN DUN DUN DUN
I saw Weezer and the Foo Fighters, and you didn't!!! Amazing except Weezer didn't play Only in Dreams, and I got beer dumped on my head. Funniest thing: At one point Dave Grohl leaned back into a spotlight with his arms outstretched and declared it to be a "Creed" moment.
Found a big salvation army downtown before the show. Bought Brian the book "Love Your Neighbor" ha ha
Greektown and the Hard Rock Cafe were fun too.
Drove to Ann Arbor afterwards for Dan's big party. A lot of people from high school were there, it was crazy. |
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| I don't know what's wrong with me... |
[Oct. 1st, 2005|12:27 am] |
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but last week I took out 5 of my ear piercings, INCLUDING MY PLUGS. It was really strange all of a sudden it was bugging me having stuff in my ears, so I took them out... and they've stayed out. All that hard work too, my plugs were 1/2"! They're not back to normal yet, but looking ok. I think you get used to having stuff like that and almost identify yourself through it. I feel different somehow.
I used to have this theory on relationships, love and soul mates and it went like this:
To meet someone from your school, hometown, or within a 20 mile radius of where you live is not fate, it is merely convenient and likely. Meeting someone in a more bizarre way or at a place you've never gone before seems more like intervention of destiny or that it was 'meant to happen'. If you can meet "the one" despite geographical distances by a string of crazy coincidences that brought you together, somehow it just seems more legit than oh, we had a class together. I think I had some rose tinted glasses on long distance relationships because of this theory. And the reason I am thinking about this now? After living in my house for 15 years, I am going out with the guy who lives across the street. And I am happy. The irony is not wasted on me... |
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| The most exciting thing happened today... |
[Sep. 3rd, 2005|10:25 pm] |
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| | Gorillaz- Demon Days CD | ] |
when I almost died using the hair dryer.
I turned it on and instantly the handle caught fire inside and started smoking.
So I quick turn it off, put it out, and tell my mom who seems doubtful... so I say if you dont believe try turning it on! Ha ha I got to see the hair dryer in flames twice today. Mom threw it out in the garage for it too cool off before we threw it away. RIP Revlon Son of a Gun. And on a side note, it was my dads dryer way back before my parents got married. So not much could have been done if I had died. |
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