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| Hey so I've been living in San Francisco for about 5 months now and have successfully secured some friendships, some favorite city spots, and a full-time job--hurray! I've also gone through two shoddy dating mishaps and am currently looking for a place to live that will not throw me in debt nor to the far corners of the city...that does not sound ideal to me. So it looks like I'll be living dorm-style for at least another month, which is fine by me as long as it's ok with the Joe the Leasing Manager--who thinks I'm a "Rockstar", so I don't think that should be a problem. The problem will be finding a central place with good transpo, great housemates, pretty common spaces and affordable costs. And only one or two homeless people on the street corner. This house search business is really testing my skills of writing a witty, fun email without sounding too much of a dweeb. So far the return rate has not been that great, but at least I've gotten a few open house invites. In fact, I went to one tonight that was in a great location, had a nice-sized room with incredible natural light, cool housemates...and it costs $800/month +utilities. I was promised it wouldn't be over $900. I finally toyed with the numbers, and the most I'm somewhat comfortable with spending is $800 total--and that would mean some drastic cutting of lattes and shopping, which I'm not sure I'll be able to do without severely hurting my single-girl behavior, which would lead to not-so-fun Jenny time, which is never a good idea. My mind can do a dangerous thing when it's not entertained by simple consumer joys--although I'm not sure how great retail therapy is for me anyway...the mirrors never make me feel 100%. Ok, so there's a window into my mind for the past few weeks...in more satisfying news, I'm going to North Carolina on Friday to see some of my favorite people in the world!!! and the week after that I'll get to see my wonderful Family and brand-new Nephew!!!! My spirits will be very much lifted the second-half of June :) I go to sleep now. Please don't think that my profile picture from summer before senior year in college is an adequate representation of me now. I just am too lazy to change that picture, and am quite fond of its ability to hide my double chin. Thank you. | | |
| Let's see who catches the new blog entry...so this is the first day
back in California after Criss & Greg's lovely wedding weekend! It
was truly a great experience, to see my biggest sister so happy
:) I really hope I get my butt down to Texas more to visit with
the new happy couple, especially since now I know the cats are so fond
of me~but if you guys are thinking about moving to a slightly less
spread-out, more culturally stimulating part of Texas, or the U.S., or
the World, really, do not shy away the thought as I would LOVE to not
have to deal with DFW nor the ridiculous highways of the Dallas/Ft
Worth/Arlington/Suburbs to the Nth degree metro area.
On a more work-related note, things continue to appear on the to-do
list, but only one boss was at work today and he was in a rather good
mood (probably because I was FINALLY working on his side of the M&M
world for once and getting sh*t done that should have happened last
week) so I wasn't totally hating on myself and my lack of
assignment-balancing skills. I think I do have one South Bay
public affairs director slightly ticked at me, but hopefully my
apologetic email will smooth the tide a bit--another reason I was
particularly thankful my other boss wasn't in work today! Hopefully my
cc'ing gave her enough explanation of the ordeal to not quiz me about
it tomorrow....or maybe she's now lost complete confidence in my
ability to manage a project on my own and will (politely) breath down
my neck on anything and everything I carry out in the workplace (the
joys of being an assistant). I didn't even get to visit a friend
from last year's festival who started working today because I was
chained to my desk (self-imposed, because that's my guilty conscience
at its best)! Nobody can say I don't have the hard-working attitude
anyway...I wonder how far that carries you through a rec letter,
against the lack of efficiency, confidence, and quick common sense
that's all too necessary in the assembly line of the corporate (even
though it's a non-profit) world. If it involves a computer and
mass amounts of emails and phone calls, not to mention the ever-present
Excel sheet, I see it as corporate in form, though certainly not in
spirit! I must say I still have one of the greatest work atmospheres
for a pip squeak like me; let's hope I don't blow it. Although,
who's really going to be able to make that call, because there are only
too many uncontrolled variables going into the equation of whether or
not I'll find myself with a part-time/ three-quarter of the year
full-time/or whatever else I can get position from this organization
come end of May.
Well, that's it for this month's edition...let's see when Jenny gets on next to relate her status in life!
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| i'm eating a quesadilla and boy, does my jaw not like it. it's sore.and swiss cheese is really greasy
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| Unfortunately, I have no idea what y'all are talking about on those
family emails about the dolls with body armor...I feel only slightly
ashamed....
in other news, I'M COMING HOME IN TEN DAYS!!!! I have successfully
finished another video to show you guys, and i will have my group's
final film project also done by tomorrow at some point, theoretically,
but i feel it will happen. then only a small paper and then FINALS. my
first final will suck, but its the first so it'll be done with. then
psych will be standard studying, a lot of it, but i can buy fun coffee
for it. then a take home exam before that, but it'll be like a paper
practically, so i don't know what to think about that one.
i started this as an email but then decided most people wouldn't be
interested, so i put it on my blog where you can read it at your
voluntary leisure.
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| So classes are still going well; the readings are catching up with me a
bit, but I think I'll get it done. The acting class is really a
Directing the Actor class, but we are being treated as an acting class
first so we see where the actors are coming from and what they go
through.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARCY!
My body is really itchy and I guess it's just dry...but i put some
lotion on so I don't know. It's a nuisance. I got caught in a rainstorm
today on the bike ride home. At first I was laughing manically
(maniac-like?) but once I got home and was trying to get my bike and
myself into the door without getting my backpack wet, then I got kinda
pissed.
Work is making me money, but it definitely has its downs. It's not
getting me completely down, though, and I'll only work 3 times a week
now because I gave up my Monday lunch shift (yay!). this means less
eating of fatty Patio Loco food, more time for reading, and a 2.5 day
weekend every week (because now I don't have anything that I have to be
at on Mondays until 4pm for one class)!
Ok I have to go practice my monologue now
and fix this itching business
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