That’s it. It’s over. I just turned in my Drawing portfolio, which means I haven’t any classes left. Not this semester. And I haven’t even tried to sign up for next semester on account of not knowing about money for classes or hours for a job. So no more classes. I’m no longer a Student, I’m just Unemployed. I don’t have any more forced assignments left, no more classes which were nearly my last semblance of social connection with the outside world. Running out of money. I desperately want a pizza, but I know it’s not in the budget. I haven’t got the money for pizza, and if I do, I won’t have money for other things like rent and heat and water and the rest of my food, so why an extravagence like pizza?
A little bird told me the Edge, which has been camped out near the local cineplex for several days now, was giving out passes to a free screening of The Hot Chick tonight, so I hopped on my bike in the midst of trying to finish my Drawing final assignment, and tried to get one. Alas, the person there told me the person in charge of giving out schwag was at lunch, and if I come back, I could have my chance at fabulous prizes. I wasn’t particularly interested in fabulous prizes, but if I can save $5 and see a movie I was going to see anyway, I’m all for it. Except I needed to finish my drawing assignment, so I left empty handed. After I turned in my drawing assignment and left (that’s it, that’s all we were there for) I walked back over to see if there were any passes left, but of course there were none, though they offered to sell me a The Hot Chick Soundtrack CD. No thanks.
So now what? Well, I do have an interview at ASU next week to try to get the Graphic Design position, so I’ll have to spend some intervening time putting together a web portfolio. I don’t have one because I’ve never wanted to be a professional web designer. This is a good opportunity to work with people on the forefront of developing standards for interacting with all kinds of multi-dimensional data, something I am quite interested in, and which uses skills I happen to have, or can quickly learn.
Oh, and I have already begun work in my head on a sort of “Part 2” to Forlorn, and will be getting the research materials I was looking for for the story of my love life sometime in the next month or two, from various sources. And I would like to get some new paintings down on canvas before the end of the year. And now that my final assignments are turned in, I should have more than enough time to get my place cleaned up, dishes & laundry that have been waiting an age to be done done, Christmas decorations up, and a few other touches I have in mind. And then it will very quickly be January and if I don’t have the ASU job by then, then I’ll have to find some other jobs fast, regardless of pay and skills match, just to make ends meet. And then school will start, with or without me.
I know and I don’t know and I’m not worried, but it is a concern of mine. I think I’m going to go down to Mill’s End and have a drink I can’t afford and start working on that new novel. To clear my head, to settle me. To get me back to feeling good after spending the last week or two focusing on Marc’s comments has made me literally ill. What a day. What a long day. It grows longer all the time.
Good luck getting that job. 🙂 If not, Rich says DHL is hiring customer support people in Tempe. Ooh, fun.
Good luck getting that job. 🙂 If not, Rich says DHL is hiring customer support people in Tempe. Ooh, fun.
Hooray! At that point, anything that pays money will be what I’m looking for.
I want to mention, by the by, that comments work 100% in FYTH right now, regardless of problems in other areas of the Modern Evil Network. Stupid MEN.
Hooray! At that point, anything that pays money will be what I’m looking for.
I want to mention, by the by, that comments work 100% in FYTH right now, regardless of problems in other areas of the Modern Evil Network. Stupid MEN.
Okay, so here’s fun: right after I made that Doom Song post, I had finished my Mayan Mocha at Mill’s End, where it was too crowded for me to even get near an outlet or sit in a comfortable seat, and I decided to walk over to the theatre and see if they’d just let me in. Back in The Darkness I talked my way into dozens of such screenings , and was so in tune with them that I didn’t even need to be told about them, I just knew intuitively that there was a screening and when.
So I went down to the theatre and asked the staff if there were any seats left (it was only a few moments before the show was to start, but this is a Rob Schneider movie, so I didn’t think it would fill up even if it were free), and they said they weren’t sure, but couldn’t let me up without a pass. So I went outside and within a couple of minutes a confused-looking man walked up to me and gave me my pass and walked off looking even more confused. I went in and watched the movie. I may post a review for when it opens Friday.
Oh, and a quick comment about Taken, on SciFi: It is practically a who’s who of actors I’ve seen in various SciFi shows and movies my entire life. The alien that impregnated a human in the forties represented himself as the actor who was fighting aliens in Dark Skies and had John Goodman’s brain in Now and Again. I’m about to watch one of the leaders of the Gua invasion of earth (First Wave) bring down a flying saucer for the US military. Did I mention the freaked out girl from Blair Witch was the one who brought in the 1/8 alien girl with integrated successful human traits to make her a super being (played by the little girl in the upcoming Cat In The Hat movie), or Max Headroom as the genious who figured out how to take advantage of the aliens’ own technology? It goes on and on. Darla (from Buffy/Angel) is there, little Bobby from Hearts in Atlantis, and Hitler from Hitler Meets Christ. Did I say a quick comment? I’ll shut up.
Okay, so here’s fun: right after I made that Doom Song post, I had finished my Mayan Mocha at Mill’s End, where it was too crowded for me to even get near an outlet or sit in a comfortable seat, and I decided to walk over to the theatre and see if they’d just let me in. Back in The Darkness I talked my way into dozens of such screenings , and was so in tune with them that I didn’t even need to be told about them, I just knew intuitively that there was a screening and when.
So I went down to the theatre and asked the staff if there were any seats left (it was only a few moments before the show was to start, but this is a Rob Schneider movie, so I didn’t think it would fill up even if it were free), and they said they weren’t sure, but couldn’t let me up without a pass. So I went outside and within a couple of minutes a confused-looking man walked up to me and gave me my pass and walked off looking even more confused. I went in and watched the movie. I may post a review for when it opens Friday.
Oh, and a quick comment about Taken, on SciFi: It is practically a who’s who of actors I’ve seen in various SciFi shows and movies my entire life. The alien that impregnated a human in the forties represented himself as the actor who was fighting aliens in Dark Skies and had John Goodman’s brain in Now and Again. I’m about to watch one of the leaders of the Gua invasion of earth (First Wave) bring down a flying saucer for the US military. Did I mention the freaked out girl from Blair Witch was the one who brought in the 1/8 alien girl with integrated successful human traits to make her a super being (played by the little girl in the upcoming Cat In The Hat movie), or Max Headroom as the genious who figured out how to take advantage of the aliens’ own technology? It goes on and on. Darla (from Buffy/Angel) is there, little Bobby from Hearts in Atlantis, and Hitler from Hitler Meets Christ. Did I say a quick comment? I’ll shut up.