Mmmm.......journally

5:47PM - Armed and Dangerous - With a Library Card!!

I should not be allowed into libraries unsupervised. I walked the mile and a half to the Bloomfield library in this 93 degree heat and ended up picking up:

The Sandman: Dream Country by Neil Gaiman
The Sandman: Endless Nights by Neil Gaiman
When the Going Gets Weird: A Very Unauthorized Biography of Hunter S. Thompsen by Peter D. Whitmer
Going Postal by Terry Pratchett
Jack the Ripper: The Complete Casebook by Donald Rumbelow
The Plays of J.M. Barrie (by J.M. Barrie...doy)
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard
Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman
The Age of Keynes by Robert Lekachman

:)

I've already read Dream Country today. I'm so excited for the rest!!!

~J

Current mood: hot

Current music: "Baby on Board" - The Simpsons

6:34PM - I have a livejournal?

I have no idea what my last update was, but I've felt inspired to update because someone commented on one of my entries from sometime around 2005 (btw if it was you please let me know because I can't for the life of me figure it out and it's driving me batty).

What's new? Well, it's been one year (or it will be in 9 days) since graduation and I've got one of those fancy "job" things. I totally work for the man too (Mike Bloomberg) so any hope of me keeping my soul is pretty much kaput.

Work's good though - lots of stuff to do. I get about 2% of the information I need and use context clues, my freakish gift for guessing correctly, and good old fashioned B.S.ing skills to make it through my day. It's tiring, but they pay me.

Of course the down side to all this responsibility is the monotony. It gets kind of boring having my M-F, 6am to 7pm taken up by the exciting world of contracts doc management.

And the wanderlust. Oh boy the wanderlust. I need to get out. If only traveling places wasn't so expensive (especially now we're getting BONED by the Euro). I might just take time off and bus out to see the world's largest ball of twine and biggest collection of Happy Meal toys and all those quirky glorified gift shops. Anyone up for a road trip?

But still, I really can't complain. Great apartment, supercool roommate, job that I'm totally underqualified for, and a birthday (23 - every time I think about it my brain shuts down a little) just around the corner.

Now I just gotta decide what's next. I'd like to own a bakery, own a bar, get my masters/phd in Economics (ideally at NYU), buy a car (hell, buy a bed frame), become a professor, become a writer, become a chef, become an international jewel thief, adopt a bunch of kids, and learn how to do that thing where you put a towel on your head after you get out the shower. But hell, there's always next year. :)

~J

Current mood: accomplished

Current music: watching 30 rock

10:44AM

Go see Across the Universe.

Like NOW.


Seriously the best movie I've ever seen.

SLC Who? Empire What? Boondock Who? Escape to Witch Where??

All my favorite movies have just been topped. Fuck Yeah.

~J

6:55PM - Rhymes with Schmupdate

Real quick summary of this summer for those who are interested:

I'm moving into my apartment (!!!) this August and I'm so excited

The parents are getting the big D (d for divorce), which I am totally cool with, BUT we may not have the house anymore sooo frowny face :(

Larissa's in L.A. for at least the next year - I'm so proud she's got a big kid job but I'm gonna miss the hell outta her!

Dolly's moving up to the city (which is a half hour train ride away from my NEW APARTMENT so that's exciting

I'm putting in my two weeks' notice at borders this week so i can have some time to find a job up in N. Jersey.

It's my day off, I've woefully neglected my proximity to the beach, AND it's raining. Wah.

Besides or including all that, stuff's been relatively good. I CANNOT believe college is over, that is just the dumbest thing I've ever heard!

Make Love, not War.

~J

9:22PM

11:58PM - HiYAH! Asian FO-paux!

So I'm at the library, as established, and this delivery guy shows up with some food, which is not technically allowed, but after 12, the library is MY HOUSE, so it's acceptable. The guy does not know who ordered this food, and does not have the guy's number. He looks for about 12 seconds before giving up and just standing at the desk, waiting for my help. As it is MY HOUSE, i just holler "DID ANYONE ORDER CHINESE FOOD?!" at the top of my lungs.

"JAPANESE!!!!" the delivery guy shouts.

*stunned silence*

fuck. I hereby turn in my Chinese Studies major and hide my shame in darkness.

I had to go around asking everyone but I found the guy - I shoulda known it was one of the Trendy Kids

....oy

~J

10:50PM

Herro! I know I never update but I'm at the library and don't feel much like doing anything so update I shall!

Graduation is less than 2 months away (*insert Jaws theme here*) - eesh! I'm desperately searching for a job - something to pay the eventual rent. Right now I'm interning at the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York and still working at the biblio, and i'm trying to get a few hours in at admissions and, oh yeah - classes. Senioritis, my dear sweet friend, we meet again. In all fairness it hit worse in high school, but still I DON'T WANNA DO SCHOOLWORK!! WAHHh!! *temper tantrum*

What should I be when I grow up? So far I've been told I should be an elementary school teacher (by a few people over the years, most recently, Timothy J. Howes) and working in P.R. (by bradlow the magnificent) Thoughts?

While I want to find a stable career, blah, boring, blahdy blah, I can't help but be infatuated with the idea of holding down several completely unrelated crappy, crappy jobs. I love crappy jobs - I can't help it. If I work, let's say, 4 crappy jobs at a time, would it still count as one good job? It's my whole need to be able to tell my hypothetical kids stories that begin with.."When I was a plumber in Belgium..." or something like that.

..Discuss....

~J

Current mood: blah

1:48PM

It's offically apocolypse weather.


Remember - when the zombies attack, attack the head. When the robots storm the planet, generate an electromagnetic pulse or, use a water balloon. When aliens land.....yeah okay then we're effed.

apocolypse later?

~J

Current mood: amused

Current music: Queen

12:00AM

Dear Library Patrons,

Addy just saved your LIVES. I was decaffinated, and she brought me coffee and a donut. Now I can be here until 2 without destroying human lives.

Ahh nothing like the sweet combination of sugar and caffinee to prevent a good ol' fashioned homicide!

~J

Current mood: cranky

8:13PM - WTF, Mate?

What the hell happened to November??

...and for that matter, where did October go?

I'm loosing it in my old age.

~J

On the bright side....CHRISTMAS is comming!!! WHHHHHHHHHHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!

9:06PM

So today I

formulated an alternate thesis for my econ 40 paper
returned all the books to the library that were associated with my former thesis
found/checked out a handfull of new books that apply to my new thesis
returned my netflix to the mailroom
handed in my physical forms at the forum
retrieved my fencing crap from the forum
rummaged through the cage for body cords (no luck)
revised my bibliography for my econ 40 paper
had a heated arguement with the kitchen sink, which won't drain for some reason (promised Addy i wouldn't try to fix it...it's still broken)
did a crapload of research on Fujimori's economic policies in Peru in the 1990's
did the dishes

and for some reason I feel like I didn't do anything today.

I cannot wait for break.

~J

Current mood: sleepy

8:27PM - Busted

So i'm working in the library right now (hence the post, i guess) and instead of the usual 3 student employees, and 1-3 supervisors working right now it's just me. Here there's the counter out front in the library and a back room with desks/offices for the supervisors.

...so I just went to gulp some delicious gatorade in the back area, and saw some butterfingers on a table with a note that says "Happy Halloween, help yourself!" I got all happy like and pseudo whispered, pseudo said "ooo butterfingers...fuck yea" to myself, thinking nobody was around.

I turn around and there's a customer at the desk looking at me like i'm the crazy lady on the subway.


...just thought i'd share.

~J

Current mood: sick

Current music: None - Shhh...it's a library

9:45PM - 15 minutes and I'm a free woman

So today was pretty exciting, actually this whole week was a hoot!

Rewinds...

Thursday and Friday were "reading days" aka "get stupid drunk and make bad decisions" days for most of the campus. I vowed to study.

But Laibond was in town (from Hong friggin Kong) and Meekin, Brez, and Dan Patisteas were all in town (they graduated 2 years ago so they were certainly sights for sore eyes). So i felt it was my civic duty to play with them all weekend. And I did - it was really fun. Laibond and I had a Ninja Turtles II/Surf Ninjas night that topped off with TOAST at the diner with Chris Palmer, Whitney (who is hilarious, i had no idea) and coach and his wifey. Fun was had by all.

There was no rugby game this weekend, but we decided to drink like there was going to be one anyways, friday's theme for the rookies (which is a group i'm KINDA in) was to dress like the veterans, so i went as Addy. It was a lot of fun because i got to dye my hair red (looked decent, too) and i love to dye my hair red, as you may know, oh reader of my lj.

Today i dropped a truely horrendous class and now do not have to do the truely horrendous paper i would have had to do otherwise. Woot.

congrats if you read this far.

Presige - good movie, although nobody drowns in a minute and a half, frustrating movie but REALLY REALLY good.

I also saw Gossford Park, and let me tell ya, i have no idea whether I liked it or not, it was definitely interesting, so if you happen across it, give it a watch if you have the time and don't have to pay for it.

Today's my roomie's (annie's) birthday sooo everyone buy her pretty things!

~J

PS: 6 minutes til freedom, yay library shifts!!

12:00PM - Procrastination Station

I have a HUGE History of Economic Thought Mid-Term tomorrow (that i had totally forgotten about until my roomate mentioned it to me today - thanks Addy) that i have gotten little to no studying done for because i've spat (or should i say "shat") out two pretty mediocre papers for Economics of the Third world on some depressing ass subjects.

All in all, though, I can't really complain.

This weekend was AMAZING - Friday I had a BLAST at practice, cut out early, took the train (which for some reason i LOVE) to William Patterson to go chill with Bisco. She threw an amazing halloween party and I got to try out my Supergirl (yes, Dia, my costume is revealed!) costume. O man so much fun - one of the best suprises was that i already knew most of the people at the party, so the anticipated stranger akwardness was nonexistant.

Saturday, Bisco and I watched Jackass 2 - SOOOO funny!! Oy, just so much love for those crazy fellas. Then we went back to Drew (I kidnapped Bisco) and watched Jackass 1, we have such a wide range of interests.

Sunday: RUGBY DAY!! I scored my second try ever (oh, woot, this makes me fiercely happy!) and the team played SUCH a good game (even though we did lose, but we played so well so i could give a fuck about the score). The rest of the day was just chill, as is required after several blows to the head.

O man, goooood weekend. Of course it's monday (well, technically tuesday) now, and I don't want to do my work...hence the post.

Whatever man, by this time tomorrow, the exam will be over, the papers will be out of my hands, and I'll only have 1 day of class between me and a 4 day weekend (Reading Days BITCHESSS!!)

Love and Shoulder Bites,
~J

Current mood: chipper

Current music: Almost There - Got The Best Of Me

6:35PM - work complaint

How does anyone live on this planet, in this country for two decades without figuring out how to work a copy machine. I'm not talking about not sure about where exactly the paper goes on the glass, or which darkness setting to apply, but pure and simple, unable to figure out where the paper goes. spoiled ass upper class freshmen AUGHH!!

~J

8:35PM

I broke my nose playing quidditch.

True. Fucking. Story.

~J

PS: I lied

11:08PM - Grab Your Umbrellas Kids...

my knee is KILLILNG me.

Which means, it's going to rain. A Lot.

Your local weathergal,
~J

7:55PM - Freshmen

Okay so I usually don't have a problem with the froshies here at Drew - usually.

Now i'm not applying this to everyone (as i haven't met all the freshmen, obviously) but let's just say I find myself unimpressed.

First off: NOTHING on this campus is "the quad" - I promise you. I know the College years of Saved By the Bell promised you there would be a designated "quad" at college, but there isn't one here. Sorry. Deal with it. If i hear one more froshie designate the University Centre (It already has a nickname - the UC) "the quad", lets just say I won't be responsible for my actions.

Second of all: stop yakking in class - I've noticed this in my anth class more than anything. These kids (especially the chicks) will be talking about their great aunt's sigmatism (an actual example) while i'm trying to listen. SHUT UP. you suck

okay this is going to turn into a SUPER-RANT so i'll leave it at this much.

...thanks for letting me vent.

~J

PS: Dia - you smell like farts.

Current mood: busy

9:11PM

While exiting the library's elevator today, I nearly smashed into my advisor's baby's carriage with a cart of books.
.....0 Casualties

That was a close one.


~J

Current mood: bored

11:33PM

Bullet Points of Life Update:

Tomorrow morning I'm getting my wisdom teeth out - all of them.
Sunday I go back to school.
The Final Fantasy 7 Movie Sucked - but the little kid ruled!!
Accepted was an AMAZING movie


does Adam West being on Family Guy make anybody else as happy as I am?

~J

Current mood: sleepy