whirlwind

I've heard that expression, "When it rains, it pours," many times (especially in association with Morton salt) but in the last week and a half, it seems to be my motto. In brief, got into a car accident, had to get rental car, drove up north to buy a new car, drove back down to start new job, got rid of wrecked car, flying up north to drive new car down, and many other things associated with such events. It seems like these events cause all the other things that need to be taken care of in our lives to resurface. You know, all the daily "to-do's" that we keep pushing off or refusing to acknowledge. They get pushed off and pushed off until something happens that makes us deal with them. This is definitely one of those times, from the big to the small.

Cars and Stuff

I feel like everything has been off this week just because I was rear-ended. There's claims adjusters, estimates to get, rentals to acquire, doctors to see, not to mention the never ending phone calls to various insurance agents. Well, with luck it will all be resolved soon with the repair of my car. I hope that's the case anyway. Ah well such is life. Accidents happen which is why we have insurance. And the insurance companies make big bucks off of us. It all reminds me, I'm an adult, and I'm treading more and more into adult territory. I can't hid behind the label of "college student" anymore where I'm old enough to not be treated as a kid but still young enough to get away with certain responsibilities. Blast this phase! Haha. Well, you live and you learn and life goes on.

the good, the bad, and the ugly

the good: i'm starting my job after months of waiting! i'll officially be a county employee. i'm excited to start and be done with my old job.

the bad and the ugly: got rear ended on friday. my car looks terrible from the back, like a crunched accordian. so sad...

wing chun

Last month, I decided that I was going to start training in some form of martial arts. Hence wing chun kung fu. Today is my first grading. Yes, I should be practicing and warming up but instead I'm blogging. Hehe, not the highest priority right now, but I feel I'm prepared and cramming last minute isn't going to help. It's definitely not like midterms and finals where you can just cram the information in and forget about it. I really need to know my stuff here because they can call out anything and I have to be able to do it. It's really good way to improve focusing. I think I'm totally addicted to it now. It's kinda like in Kung Fu Panda when Panda goes, "I love kung fuuuuuuuuuuuu!"

wouldn't life be cool as a musical

i always thought life would be more interesting if it were a musical and people would randomly burst into song and dance. so here's something to indulge that fantasy...

sad state

Samson, Alabama: 10
Oakland, California: 4
Santa Clara, California: 5
Carthage, North Carolina: 8
Binghampton, New York: 13
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: 3
Graham, Washington: 5

it's beyond words. just look it up and you'll know what i mean.

crazy...