inshadowsandlight

Applying for jobs. . . :| Necessary, but kind of annoying? I haven't done this in about 4 years, so am not really sure I am doing it right? But that is my feeling on a lot of things. Still . . . filled out two applications for jobs (yay?), and found another I might apply for--
but the commute looks ugly. Do I really want a commute that is 40 minutes when there is NO traffic? Perhaps I am spoiled, but my last job the commute only took 20, not probably an hour+ if I am trying to go during rush hour. Can't I just keep being a full-time student for another few years? I've only been back in school full time for 3/4 of a year . . . (The answer is no. There needs to be money coming in as well as going out.)

I got to practice driving on ice and in snow today. The entire city shuts down when it snows because no one else has any practice driving in the snow either, and crazy people leave their cars parked in the middle of the street. My 15 minute commute took almost 45 minutes. My mom called and told me it took her two and a half hours to get home; she says my dad thinks he might end up spending the night at work. And really, the snow? Maybe 4 or 5 inches. Almost everything grinds to a halt for 4 or 5 inches of snow. We are so unprepared.

Still, fun fun. And my last day of work is tomorrow! I get to be a full time student again for the first time in almost four years. I'm looking forward to it tremendously, but expect it will really cut down on my reading time. :P

Do I spend $120 to apply to the 3 year nursing school at the hospital where I have no idea if I have any chance at all to get in (but would get a BSN directly) as well as $40 to apply to the 2 year program at the community college that would then let me transfer to the hospital to do the third year and get the BSN, and where I know that the acceptance rate is only 8%?

I'm thinking yes. $120 seems like a lot to spend on an application when I don't even know what the acceptance rate is, but ... when I am spending the $40 and I know that the rate is only 8% I guess I just need to trust in my grades and my willingness to loose some money and time and apply again next year? Yes? That stupid 8% is hanging over my head and taunting me. And instead of studying for the Anatomy and Physiology test that could actually make a difference to my prerequisite grades, and therefore my acceptance, I am looking at the application deadlines and freaking out about whether I think I can get into a Fall 2010 nursing program. I had pretty much convinced myself that 8% meant it was unlikely and I should be thinking about 2011, but the new migraine meds seem to be working, I am doing much better with the CFS flair up I was complaining about a month ago, and I am feeling a bit more optimistic. I don't know. /whines.

I don't get out that much, and of the four concerts I expect to see this year, two will have been with the Oregon Symphony, so I don't have a huge basis for comparison. That being said, Ian Anderson has remarkable energy and stage presence for a guy in his 60s.

The tickets were a birthday present and already paid for months ago, or I wouldn't have gone with the way I have been feeling, but I had a lot of fun. I really do love Jethro Tull.

The symphony did a good job acting as backup, as they always seem to. It was really fun to see the orchestration of some of the more complex songs like "Thick as a Brick" and "Bourée" done live, and there was a flute duet, "Griminelli's lament," that I had never heard before and may need to go buy. I enjoyed to first half better than the second, but can't really decide if it was my personal song preference, the way my head was feeling, or something else. The encore was "Locomotive Breath," which was fun. I've been trying to remember what else was played, but other than "Aqualung," whatever that Christmas song is that brings tidings of comfort and joy, a song called "Change of Horses" with a guest viola player and (I think) "Life's a Long Song," I can't remember. I know I'm forgetting things.

The overall takeaway though, for me, was that Ian Anderson has more energy in his little toe than I do in my entire body, and more stage presence than anyone playing the flute has any right to. Brilliant show, and I had a wonderful time.

Even if the headache that was starting to get better seems to be worse again. /whine

I am actually noticing minor spelling and punctuation errors in fanfic again since taking this writing class. It is really quite disappointing, as it's throwing me out of the fics. I suppose it is possible that the fics I am reading just have more errors, but find that somewhat unlikely. I don't know whether to work harder to ignore the errors, or just deal with the fact that I need to go back to reading books instead of fic in my spare time (what there is of it) while taking a writing class.

I don't communicate enough. ( Read more... )

I don't know that anyone would actually care about my thoughts on this, but in an effort not to have a creepy blank journal, I am trying to put some entries here.

I enjoy the fandom characterizations of Brendon and especially Spencer (I own my competence kink) much more than Ryan or Jon, so I admit to being predisposed to like whatever panic! is putting out more than what the Jon and Ryan band (as I've been thinking of it) will put out.

That said, I did try to give Change a chance, and while I expect I would not turn off the radio if I came across it in the car it does not really do anything more for me.

The sound of New Perspective, on the other hand, makes me smile just hearing it. I can't say that I like it as well as my favorite of the songs from Panic that was, but I do think it stands up much better than Change to my personal taste.

If anyone does read this, any recommendations for fandoms with particularly competent characters as I am starting to burn out on bandom?

I have no idea if anyone will even see this, but I have 2 Dreamwidth invite codes if anyone wants one.

So what do I do? Try to transcribe the lyrics to the Patrick Stump/Kristeen Young duet That's What it Takes, Dear and ask other people who have the song if they can figure out what the heck they are saying. I would offer to link to the song if I had any idea how to do that, but I fail at the internet.

( So the lyrics )

I kind of gave up at the end where they start singing the same words over and over, but if anyone has suggestions for the parts that make no sense because I cannot figure out what they are saying, that would be appreciated.

Alternatively, if anyone has a link to the actual lyrics that would be great because I like the song, but would like it better if I could figure out what they were saying.

In conclusion: Hi internets! I am not dead!

I am writing this simply so that there is something in this journal. I spend entirely too much time wandering around the internet looking at fanfiction, mostly Harry Potter. To cut down on some of the wasted time, I set this up so I can actually find the livejournals of the authors I watch. It was getting crazy having them all separately bookmarked in my browser. A long list that I will try to consolidate into friends here, unless someone objects, in which case I will go back to the long slow bookmark option.

I am constantly amazed by how talented so many people are, and how willing they are to share their talent with random strangers. The internet is a wonderful thing. To anyone who writes, you have my continued amazement and appreciation.