Hmm. I should call the Rheem people and see if I can get the air filter with rhinestones.

Ah! Now I know why I can't get in to Livejournal, so at least that mystery is solved.

YAY Hil!

Alibelle, et al., this is the thing I realized when my first year out of school was SUCKING: Every previous time in my life I had made a big transition, I was with a group doing the same thing, people had set up programs to make it all work out, etc. There was high school orientation, college orientation, blah blah blah. Freshman Year of Real Life? No one gives a shit. You're on your own. It does kind of suck, but welcome to the world.

Yay, Hil!

Why can't I seem to motivate myself to do anything today? Just looking at my to do list is making me want to cry.

Unfortunately, crying is not on my to do list.

I want a vanilla latte. And to see a movie. And someone to come over and hold my hand and tell me that making the transition from student to functioning adult is not as difficult as it seems, that there are pretty apartments in safe areas that are affordable, and that I will own that pink kitchenaid stand mixer one day soon. Any volunteers?

I don't read Bitches. Want to share the best story here?

No! Because I haven't posted it yet, and because it's going to be like four or five posts long, which would make it one obnoxious x-post. I can Nilly to what I've posted so far, though.

Polter-Cow "Spike's Bitches 21 Gunn Salute" Jan 13, 2005 2:03:04 pm PST

Freshman Year of Real Life? No one gives a shit. You're on your own. It does kind of suck, but welcome to the world.

Seriously. Gah.

10 new Emeline pictures!!

SO CUTE!!!!!!!

I am tickled beyond the telling of it that "wedged between two pillows" counts as "posing."

Ooops, sorry, Ali. It is as hard as it seems, but you can still do it. There are decent apartments in OK neighborhoods that are affordable, and you will own that mixer some day.

making the transition from student to functioning adult is not as difficult as it seems

I got this one -- it's not difficult at all. Get a job. Don't obsess over it being a career -- just get a job. And don't try to come out of the gate at full speed.

A co-worker just mocked me for enthusing that Joss was writing good old-schoolish X-Men as part of my suport for a Whedon-helmed X3. This from a guy who's downloading every episode of Two Guys and A Girl for the Ryan Reynoldsy goodness. And opines that Ryan will make a great Deadpool.

He's so the bigger geek.

I have too many co-workers. Almost as many as I have cousins.

Alibelle, et al., this is the thing I realized when my first year out of school was SUCKING: Every previous time in my life I had made a big transition, I was with a group doing the same thing, people had set up programs to make it all work out, etc. There was high school orientation, college orientation, blah blah blah. Freshman Year of Real Life? No one gives a shit. You're on your own. It does kind of suck, but welcome to the world.

Hmm. Not quite the hand-holding I was looking for, but instead a confirmation of my fears. Thanks a lot, Jesse. See if I invite you over to have some of the nine pounds of mashed potatoes I can make in my pink mixer. (Kidding. You can, of course, have some of the cookies I'll make. I don't share potatoes with anyone.)

Thanks, P-C. I'll go read one now.

Get a job. Don't obsess over it being a career -- just get a job. And don't try to come out of the gate at full speed.

Oh yeah, good call. Just pay the rent, and figure it out as you go. That is the real key.