Holidays.

I hope everyone had an excellent holiday and Santa was good to you. I'm not sure about anyone else, but it seems like the older I get, the less exciting holidays become. Thanksgiving, Christmas, Halloween... they're just beginning to feel like regular days to me. Even my birthday isn't as exciting as it used to be when I was younger.

That's not to say my holiday wasn't good, though. I got to spend it with my family (after work, of course. What place was open past 3 on Friday? Oh, that's right. My place of work) and eat delicious lasagna. I didn't have to go in yesterday, but it's back to work today. Justin got me pretty chandelier earrings and a gorgeous Love's Embrace pendant necklace for Christmas. I love them and can't stop wearing them! Mom and Dad got me an eye makeup... thing... and it tells me how to layer and blend the colors. Which is good, since I apparently have no clue how to do it by myself. And don't forget the pile of money from the rest of the family. Even Justin's parents gave me money. I love his family.

And now, since it's just like every other day, I'm sitting and waiting to go to work and watching Lord of the Rings. My life. How exciting.

Fun stuff to read:
Mmm.
EW. Ew. EW.
I miss WoW sometimes.

Christmas.

It's that time of year again.

The time of year when there are ridiculous lines that stretch to the off ramp to get into Target. The time of year when dad wants to know my grades. The time of year when mom pulls her hair out and some of it could fall into the lasagna. The time of year when you order things online in November and they still won't get here until after the holiday.

That's right. It's Christmas.

I get to see friends I haven't seen in awhile, which is always nice. Dan, Adam, Kate (Kevin), and Maggie came over last night. We all went to dinner at the Bistro (try the volcano chicken mmm) and headed down to La Cage. Justin came along and he ended up having a really good time and made a new friend in Adam.

On a side note, can someone explain why everyone on Jerry Springer is from the south? And why the stories they tell always involve WalMart?

Anyway. It's time to start cleaning my room. Apparently we're having the Christmas party tomorrow (which is cause for my mom's hair pulling), and she is under the impression that people will want to be in my room. It's ok. I should dust and vacuum it anyway.

Happy Non-Denominational Holiday!

My life.

I'm tired of always fighting about things. We spent all day on the phone arguing. That's unreasonable. Seriously. Whatever. Pissed.

Too long.

I feel like it's been quite awhile since I've written, so here are some things that have happened in the not so distant past:
A.V. Club stuff (happening this week).
Washed my sheets and put new ones on my bed (only relevant because I just did this).
Bought Justin's Christmas presents. I just have to find a time to run some errands alone to price compare.
I will be watermarking some more pictures.
I have applied for about a million and three jobs and internships.
Relevant to the latter, I need another job or one that pays better.

There really haven't been any very exciting things happening. This is the last week of the semester and I have one final next week. Apparently I have one on Friday, even though it's not finals week. So, please enlighten me on this.

I'm going to have to start my workout regimen after Christmas, along with a better diet that doesn't consist of Edwardo's pizza and things ridden with sodium and carbs. They make me feel fat and bloated.

Newsworthy things:
More pirates!
I don't really think any of this is embarrassing.
I want to go here.
Saturn's rings.
Make your own job.
Something really really awesome and that I wish I'd had in high school. The one about Cleopatra is best.

Also, please enjoy this.

Please enjoy this.

10 Reasons to Grow a Beard

Gobble Gobble.

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I sure did down in Chicago with Justin and everyone else in my family. We came back around 9:30 or so and spent time with his parents as well. It was a good day. Good food, good people, good drinks. You can't really ask for anything better.

I got a new job as a freelance writer for an online news website. It's pretty exciting and decent money, which means I can quit the Bistro and have Christmas with my family instead of watching everyone else have Christmas at the Bistro with their families. Just because the owners don't celebrate Christmas doesn't mean the rest of us don't have to. I don't understand the logic at that place most of the time. Oh well. I'm just excited to start building a better resume with experience. I'll probably end up doing something in journalism instead of advertising once I get my degree, which is still a million years away because Whitewater is unbending to my needs.

Enjoy this, because I sure do (it's ZELDA!!!):

=D

Well, I got myself a freelance writing job. Go me! I applied for an advertising position I can do from home so hopefully I get that. Or something. Yay freelance writing!

Also, make sure you vote for Zombie TV for the Mashable Awards.

Stuff:
Donkey Kong!
More Pluto drama.
Stores you can buy from online before Black Friday!
Twitter.
Thanksgiving can kill!
Thanksgiving myths.

So everyone have a nice Thanksgiving!

Please enjoy this picture of a woman looking for a piece of delicious bacon in a Kong toy, as described in an article on Hyperbole and a Half.

Friday!

Well, it was a relatively good night and fantastic morning.

I got my hair cut last night and I learned how to do stuff with it. Let's hope I can remember how to do these things.

I had an interview yesterday with a martinizing place. I'm not too interested in working alone for four hours. I feel safer in a store when I'm working with someone. I've been applying for jobs nonstop since Sunday when I left the Jug. I don't miss that place one bit.

Its going to be a nice day relaxing until the Bistro tonight. I also have to make time the next few days to do the 'online article' assignment for the internship because I really want it.

Just wanted you to know...

I really really enjoyed this:

Faces of New York

and also this:

Lost camera

Events of Note.

Well first off, I quit Loaf and Jug on Sunday. REGS had me give him my key on Saturday that I used for opening. When I asked why I don't open anymore, he told me, while laughing, that I don't do my job. Well, I'm sorry that I open by myself and that the prep list was 8,931 pages long, while only having 2 hours to complete this. Not to mention, there are two girls that open Sundays (that's right, two of them) who have no prep list because I did everything the day before. Remember, the guy that told me I don't do my job is the same guy that sits at a table for the entire time Loaf and Jug is open, cutting out recipes from magazines and bossing everyone else around. Excuse me, are your hands broken? Can you not do the simple tasks that you are asking us to do?

Which brings me to my next noteworthy event: job hunting! I've been doing so since Sunday, and I think I'm making some headway. It doesn't matter that only about 1/8 of the jobs I've applied to have gotten back to me, it just matters that I've had some response. For instance, M&I finally wants to interview. I'm not sure how many time I've applied to this place before. There are some other places I have to go and apply to in person, like a sushi bar in Brookfield. They're looking for a host. What a coincidence, because that is exactly what I do at the Bistro! I may or may not also be interested in bartending jobs in restaurants. What I'm really hoping for is an internship with Commercial Fine Arts and/or a job in my field. It would be so awesome to have an advertising job.

Well, I suppose that's it for now. Fun news stuff:
Meteor shower.
Ireland is almost bankrupt?!
But I love Chinese food!
Harry Potter is dead. I feel this is a bit disrespectful.
Weight loss tips.
Centuries-old murder case!

Also, I absolutely love this video. It reminds me of what I have now <3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lV2U0_7nwb0&ob=av2n