Insomina+Matty=New Blog Entry

From "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"
By: T. S. Eliot

I grow old...I grow old...
I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled.

Shall I part my hair behind? Do I dare to eat a peach?
I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach.
I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each.

I do not think that they will sing to me.

I have seen them riding seaward on the waves
Combing the white hair of the waves blown back
When the wind blows the water white and black.

We have lingered in the chambers of the sea
By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown
Till human voices wake us, and we drown.

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Not having a job is starting to affect my life in areas I hadn't anticipated. Because I don't have to be up in the morning to go to work, my body knows that it doesn't need to fall asleep when I put it to bed. So, though my normal bedtime has been somewhere between 10 and 11 since I started this job last August, my body knows that I don't have to wake up at 6:30-7:00 to get ready for work. It says to me "party time!" and won't let me fall asleep, no matter how tired I am (which I really am). So, here I sit, writing in my blog until I start to feel drowsy.

I'm having a pretty good week so far, so I hope that doesn't mean that something bad is about to happen. I had a phone interview for a job in residence life at Saginaw Valley State University on Tuesday morning, and it seemed to go really well. I was well prepared for the interview, and gave thoughtful and insightful answers to all of the questions they asked, without sounding arrogant or cocky. By the end of the interview, the guy who was running the interview told me that I should hear from them by May 31 and they would let me know if I would be asked back for a second interview. Second interviews are either on June 2 or June 14 (he wasn't sure), and the position starts on July 10. I am keeping my fingers crossed, but I don't want to get my hopes up if this job wasn't to be. It sounded like it went well, though. Before we hung up, he told me about the salary and the benefits, though I didn't ask about them. I don't know if that is a good sign, or if it was indifferent and he was just telling me "in case I was wondering" or something. I thought it was a good sign, that he had confidence that I was a pretty good possibility, though I don't want to read more into it than I should. I'm really excited, and hope it works out. I'd like to be able to stay in the area and I think Saginaw Valley would be a fun place to live.

I did the phone interview from my parents' house, and that is always a treat. My mom and I got along really well before the interview, but afterwards, we started picking at each other about stupid stuff, until I got tired of it and decided to leave. Oh well. I hate it when she picks at me about stuff, so I just end up picking at her about stuff, until we both end up pissed off. Who would have known that two adults could be so childish.

So, I found out what is wrong with my Gmail. There is some sort of security setting in place at the university that prevents me from sending mail from that account to a university e-mail account. That means that I will have to set up a new account if I want to e-mail people at the university. Just what I need, another stupid account. Ick.

I spent the day with Brenty today. It was fun. We went to look at some patio chairs at VG's in Genesee because I saw a couple that I really liked. It ends up that they weren't all that great, so I decided not to get them from there. We went and had lunch at Quiznos, looked for furniture for Brenty's place, and then ended up at Harbor Freight on Miller Road. I'd never been there, and I think it's now one of my favorite stores. They had so many neat things there, I never thought of going in there before. I bought an electric deli meat slicer for $20. It's so random, but so cool at the same time. I'm going to buy a boneless ham tomorrow, and make lunch meat. I thought it was pretty cool, and it should be cheaper if I slice my own meat for sandwiches. Leave it to me to buy something so random.

After we left Harbor Freight, we went to Meijer, where I found a chair for the patio that I liked for $13. Now I just need to find one more, and I will be all set.

Then, I went to pick up Alex to hang out for the evening. We went to the car dealership, and I test drove 3 or 4 used cars. As soon as I get a steady job that pays well, I am going to sell my car. I don't like it very much, and it has been nothing but bad luck since I bought it. I think it has bad mojo or something; regardless, I think it doesn't like me, and I want to get rid of it. There was a 1999 Chevy Tahoe for sale, and they wanted $9,800, but my dealer (who, incidentally, is the uncle of one of my best friends from high school) said that he could probably knock ~ $1,000-1,500 off of that price, in addition to giving me a pretty good deal on my trade in. Hopefully, everything will work out, and I can get rid of the Ice Princess in the parking lot.

Tomorrow, I have to finish cleaning up the apartment (which looks like a war zone), I have to see Harold, and I have to see if Millie is coming down. Anthony's wedding is Friday evening, and Millie is going to be my date unless something drastic comes up. It will be so cool to spend time with Millie, being random and watching movies and all that fun stuff. I miss her so much. It will be so cool if I get the job in Saginaw; she is in Mount Pleasant, which will only be about 30-45 minutes away. YAY for seeing Millie!

Anyways, I am going to find something to run through the meat slicer, then I am going to bed.