productivity vs. laziness

I love that of the 5 errands/chores I have to do today, 4 of them can be done without even leaving my bed.

It's only 10 AM and I have already:
- purchased more physical copies of the newest Parselmouth album to sell at shows.
- Emailed the department adviser to set up an appointment to declare my major.
- Looked online about the GO!Global scholarship to see if I can get free money for London. I dont think I can. Although I am going to see an adviser about that next week too.

I still need to upload a paper I wrote to our class discussion board (honestly this is the easiest one, why am I so lazy?), finish laundry that I didn't complete, uh, a week ago (^^;) and go see Kayley's shooooow tonight! I am very excited about this last one.

I am enjoying my lazy Saturday. I will probably utilize the rest of my free time and eat lots of food, watch Doctor Who, and inevitably send many emails to Alex Day.

Yay for simultaneous productivity and immense laziness!

I should also clean my room. .......I'm going to pretend I didn't say that.

rawrrawr.

I am having one of those nights.

At work I just got ridiculously, unstoppably grumpy. I was angry at everyone, and no matter what a patron wanted, it felt like they specifically wanted it just because they knew it would piss me off.

I was fully aware how dramatic I was being, and was outwardly laughing at myself, but I also think I was speaking in capslock all night.

Then I came home and realized the SOURCE of my pent up anger, which is the Japanese Art History midterm I had put off studying for until tonight. I was being a trooper and working my way through it until I got an email saying that some paperwork I thought I'd completed had been done wrongly and that I have to redo it, and then I just LOST IT again.

Haha I think my whole house is wondering why I am yelling about everything.
At least I can acknowledge that I am being a brat. I DONT CARE. I'M GRUMPY.

Also, I am just frustrated with college. Today in my global youth class we were talking about whether Education has intrinsic value, or if our time and money spent at college is more valuable instrumentally.
If I could just accept that my education is an instrument, then I suppose everything would be fine. I could keep doing the University dance until I graduate in 2010. But doesn't that seem a waste?
I WANT my education to have intrinsic value. I want to be learning things because learning things is important and will help me. I don't work hard and therefore get poorer grades when I feel I am only working toward a degree and that individual grades/classes dont matter. That's DEPRESSING. Is higher education purely instrumental?

The day I can hop on a plane/boat/train/hovercraft and just go gain my own knowledge of things on this beautiful, beautiful planet will be a very happy day in my life.

Cinemuck.

Just had a very intense drive home from work with a lot of things on my mind.

One of these things, though, was the fact that I have worked at Village for over 3 years now, and every time I go to the bathroom, I use the same stall. The second to last one on the right. For the longest time I thought this was just a weird thing that I do - I mean, I feel like I live at that theatre sometimes, and thats MY stall. It's the one I use. 

Somehow this has come up in conversation more than once and now two of my coworkers have admitted to doing the same thing. I just wonder how many people actually stop and think about little things like this. Surely I can't be the only one who overanalyzes so much that I even think about choice of toilet stall. That's like saying there can't be any other life in the universe - it's just selfish.

I realize more and more each day that other people are much more fascinating and involved creatures than I often give them credit for.

 

Also on this drive home I heard on The End the "urban dictionary slang word of the day", and tonight's was "Cinemuck". This is the gunk and grime you walk on that is left behind on the floors of movie theatres. I liked it. I am going to integrate this into every day conversation.

Now I am going to go ponder my life and why it's so wonderful and how I get myself into these beautiful messes I so often find myself in. 

skill.

I dont know how or when it happened -- but it was like suddenly I woke up one day and was fairly decent at blockles.

Now if only this would happen with memorization of Japanese art slides.

In other news, I started going to the gym with Eia. When I used to think of "going to the gym" I would just imagine sweaty people doing all sorts of dull and repetitive things, and why would I want to walk on a treadmill for an hour and not get anywhere when I could be eating cereal on the couch and watching Gossip Girl?

Well, THEN. Then I we went and realized there are all sorts of machines with their own television screens, which is probably just about the most innovative thing I have seen in a long time. All you need is a set of headphones!

I can run on an elliptical for HOURS with Family Guy, Home Improvement, American Idol, and the Price is Right. Last night I watched "the Girl Next Door" while biking. It was wonderful.

Speaking of biking; here's ANOTHER magical thing about the gym. There are these biking machines that you can sign up on, and it not only keeps track of your overall miles (I'm at 6 or 7) but there is this GAME. You collect colored coins and then have to hunt down dragons of the corresponding color. Dragon hunting isn't exercising, it's FUN. Way to pull the wool over my eyes, IMA. You are one crafty little gym.

And now, to celebrate, I am taking the bus home from school instead of walking. xD

Once a couch potato, always a couch potato. 

Sale!

Why I love Eia Waltzer -->


A text message I just received from her:

"Southwest Airlines is having a sale!!!"

A few moments later:

"Where should we go?"

<333

oh hi.

What's that? A blog entry addressed entirely to Alex Day?

Hi Alex. Who's winning now?

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jdkfsfg.

Lena sent me a rough edit of the rock opera.
Like, it's not even really mixed or anything yet.
And yet I have been sitting here with headphones listening to it on repeat for an HOUR.

I was supposed to be writing an email to someone but it's just been sitting here, open, the whole time. Oops.



I cannot even begin to convey how very fucking talented Lena Weinstein is.
You guys are going to literally wet your pants when you hear this.

things.

I am a ridiculous person.

At the start of this year, I made a list on my little white board of things I would like to eventually buy, and for the first week of the year I looked at it despairingly because many of the things on it are expensive thingggs.

But I have now crossed off two of the most painful purchases, money-wise, which include "new computer" and "condenser mic".

That's... exciting.

That doesn't leave much hope for the other two ominous ones which are "figure out how to pay parents back for car" and "somehow make enough money for London".


I'll focus on "new shoes" and "new backpack" for now. Those are slightly easier to deal with.

Oh money. How bittersweet of a relationship I have with you.



In other news, <333. For so many people. I just feel really happy about people right now.

omg.

So, today is the day I just threw caution to the wind and decided that since I want a Mac, I should buy one. And I did. And it's in the mail. And it will be here next week.
I also returned my new HD camera. I just -- don't need it. The money is going toward the computer. Merry Christmas to meeee.
I am happy with this decision. And it's so nice-looking.
And I have had mac-envy for a long time even though I was of the variety that feigned disinterest.

I had to be talked into it but it wasn't very hard. A few nudges toward the "confirm purchase" button from Alex Day and Rosi and Liz and also my lovely housemate Mari and - really, that was all it took. Alex basically sold it to me. Ha.

All of my mac-friends are jumping for joy right now and handing me cups of koolaid, assuring me my jumpsuit is in the mail and will be here shortly.
And my PC friends? Calling me a traitor.

They'll get over it!