Exhuming Creativity

Yes, that was a play on words - the creative juices are flowing (you might say I'm exuding creativity) and I am posting a new entry, thereby resurrecting this blog (exhuming it).

Okay, that was weak. It's 12:29. I'm smack dab in the middle of a bunch of work, and I'm sleep-deprived (and, by staying up this late when I have to wake up for work at 6:30 am, I am not doing anything that is conducive to solving this problem). Give me a break.

Anyway, I hadn't written any haikus in a while and inspiration struck me, so, without further ado, I bring you...

BRIEF SKETCHES OF LIFE EVENTS THAT HAVE OCCURRED SINCE I LAST BLOGGED

I. Ode to Facebook Friend Requests
Just because you know
Forty-seven of my friends
Does not make us buds.

II. Ode to Friends Who Plan Me a Surprise Birthday Party
Michelle and David
Are clearly super awesome
I so love you guys.

III. Ode to Getting Stuck Behind George H.W. Bush's Limo on a Narrow Maine Road
Just driving along...
Uh-oh, security car!
Better turn around.

IV. Ode to the Warm Weather
I love that you're here
Please never leave me again
Flip-flops make my life.

V. Ode to My New Job
Walking to my job
Takes me longer than doing
The actual work.*

*But I like it.

Oooh, I'd better get back to doing some real work; it's getting late. Plus, my fingers are cramping from all the 5-7-5 syllable counting I'm doing. Peace out.

Quick Post

A quick round-up of the events of this past week:

- Went hiking on pre-college freshmen trip. We backpacked over 22 miles of the Appalachian Trail in New Hampshire. It was moderately intense, which is still more intense than I was prepared to deal with. Luckily, we managed to miss most of the bad weather from Hurricane Hanna, because we got to sleep in CABINS!!!

- Met Daneille, one of my suitemates. She and her mom came over for dinner, which was nice. I think this year will be a good one, living-situation-wise.

- Second episode of Bones was leagues better than the season premiere. Still not quite up to snuff, though. And seriously, people online need to go easy on Sweets. He is becoming one of my favorite characters.

- The one week I miss Psych (last Friday, see above, re: backpacking) is the one week USA doesn't post the episode online. And it was also a good one, apparently.

- Tonight's episode of Psych was also good. I'm bummed that it won't be back until January, though.

- I am done with working at the Basket...until Thanksgiving/Christmas, anyway. I still need to go pick up my paycheck, though, so I can buy a sicknasty pair of Chucks. Or, you know, use it to pay off some school-related expenses. One is fun; one is responsible. I cannot decide which to go with.

- Facebook's new layout sucks. Just saying.

Now I'm off to clean up my disaster area of a room, maybe do some packing, and catch the 12:30 re-run of the Soup. Later, dudes.

Merry Christmas in July!

In honor of today - no wait, yesterday - one of the local radio stations played Christmas carols all day. I called Jess and left her a very long voicemail recording of "Dominic the Donkey," which has become not only one of our favorite Christmas songs, but a friendship bonding symbol or something (sort of like "500 Miles" by the Proclaimers). Anyway, even though the novelty wore off pretty quickly, there was still some novelty to it, which was nice. As much as I love summer, I have to admit that it does get kind of monotonous. Particularly when you've had no new emails/facebook notifications in two or more days.

Today was far superior to yesterday. I cleaned my room (finally!) while watching Bend It Like Beckham, one of my favorite movies; got myself a third job (hurray for not being broke!); got my bangs to do what I wanted; and had a great time at the second monthly Sushi Roast (even though we couldn't get a campfire started because of all the rain). I did miss seeing Psych, so I'm gonna go watch it when it repeats at 1:00. AM. I'm so gonna regret this tomorrow. Although...I don't have to be at work until two, I think, so I can sleep fairly late.

That's about it. I thought I actually had a point. I guess I was wrong.

Killing Time Before Work

Okay, so my Internet was down AGAIN, this time for two days - two days in which I nearly freaked out because I couldn't check my facebook. Yes, that may sound pathetic, but you don't understand. I am notorious for constantly checking my facebook, so most people know that if they need to get a message to me, facebooking me is a good bet. So all I could imagine was coming back to wall posts like, "Hey, we're all going to the Caribbean this afternoon, free of charge. Pack your bags, sucka!" only to discover that the post was from two days ago and everyone is already back, tanned and slightly coconut-scented.

So, as you can imagine, I was rather irritated over missing out on this hypothetical dream vacation, so I spent a good chunk of my newfound free time silently railing at my internet provider. In the interest of being diplomatic, I won't COMmunicate which sub-par (and over-priced) internet provider CAST such a gloom over an otherwise nice week.

But if you were to figure it out yourself, perhaps through information I gave you subconsciously, could anyone really blame me?

So other than that, nothing much is up. I got a new haircut. With bangs. They keep falling in my face. It'll take some getting used to (what with the bangs and the fact that it's about 6 inches shorter), but I like it (for many reasons, the least of which not being that all the gross dead stuff I was calling "hair" is no longer attached to my head).

Over and out.