well, I just got my first invoice for my non-federal student loans. Man, it's not as bad as I thought, I think. Of course, if you bought an entry level beemer on a 30 year loan with no money down, you'd be surprised at those low payments as well.
just a few things before I actually start working:
1.)I'm not sure how I feel about how the Republicans got their majority (ie, the issues that made a big deal are ones I do not particularly care much about), but I just think it's funny as hell Maryland has a Republican governor! If you looked at Rahul's away message the day after, someone has sour grapes.
2.)I usually can't stand the Crossfire group, and last night was really no exception. However, if you watched CNN you saw James Carville I think very emotionally upset, and near the end of the night he was lashing out at Novak and Carlson. But he finally just started laying out the problem with his party, which is the same problem the left has in Australia (as far as I can tell) and Spain, and the right in England: who is your leader and what do you stand for? They have got to find something to believe in, and until that happens, Bush can bully-pulpit his way to whatever he wants, and you can't do anything about it. Personally, I would love to see some ideological clash, because I think it makes both parties, and well as the American government, stronger. RIght now, however, that is not what is happening; the Dems are doing what the Reps did during the Clinton years, which is to try to define themselves by just saying no instead of developing a coherent positive program. Honestly, people, that is the only real difference between Gingrich and Bush, and its a very powerful difference.
Ok, I don't know how many of you I have told about my uber-friend Jeremy from OTown, but anyway, he has these business cards he hands out to girls that say "Jeremy Jordan, Teen Heart Throb in Training, Lover of Women". Here's a funny story about those business cards on his livejournal:
On the one hand, there has to be a positive somewhere in here, but I just can't find it:
I'm in the lobby of my work building today, listening to my cd player, when I notice the desk guy saying something to me. Take phones off, still can't understand him, then the lady next to me says "He said you look like an older Harry Potter." The guy goes on about this, then the girl says she can see it, as well. Then I express mild displeasure with this comparison, and she responds with "It just means you look young for your age." NO LADY, I am 20 years old, I am just not that incredibly old. I am being compared to a small English child. Its like me saying, "Hey, your body looks like a 10 year old girls', but if she was a lot older!" I don't know, I just didn't appreciate it, but I do, because I like being noticed. but I really don't. (I do.) No, I don't.(Really, he appreciates it.) Not really. (Oh, yes). Oh, no.(Without a doubt yes)...
Sorry, watched Eddie Izzard last night. Gets stuck in your head.
Ok, so I decided that I am going to make today a productive day, if not at work where i have nothing to do then in my future planning. Today I am going to download the JET application and fill it out. If I have the time I am going to use acrobat to create form fields in the document. Then I'm going to email people to get my two recommendations (my Int'l econ prof and my old boss at Ticketmaster). Then I'm going to talk to people to figure out where I should ask to be placed. Am I sure I want to go to Japan? eh, why not? Rather there than Tajikistan, although I have to admit I would be very interested in living in Uruguay, so if any of you hear of job opportunities in Montevideo, I would be most interested in what you have to say. Either way, at least I got something planned.
so this weekend epitomized my life lately, I think. I ended up going and talking to a limited number of people, and feeling mostly detached from them, because I am not an extroverted person and don't make an effort to get involved in a conversation. A lot of the time was spent dealing with other people's problems and issues, and finally ending up home, unsure of how I felt about the whole experience, but at the same time unsure of how else I would have spent my time, or what I am going to do about the future. well, i guess status quo remains. see a lot of people in two weeks at penn. expect me to talk to the same people as usual. Don't think this is some sort of indictment of "oh, its all other people's fault", or some shit like that. I hate it when people blame others for a situation, especially when that situation doesn't even have a bad thing about it to assign blame for. its just like, hey, that's the way things work out, how people work in social situations. avalanches above, apathy continues below.
