restless

It's Sunday and for some strange reason, I'd rather be at work. Maybe it's just boredom, maybe I'm still thinking of how to reorganize the walk-in fridge so there's more room. I should be relaxing, but I say to myself, I did have a relaxing day. Maybe I need to start working overtime so when I do have days off, I'll enjoy it more. Ick, I'm turning into a workaholic. Wait, I'm already a workaholic; now an even worse workaholic. Well, at least I have wing chun in the evenings. Speaking of which, grading is on Saturday. I have a week to get everything down pat. I think I know it all, but I'm afraid of just tripping over myself which is a likely scenario. Well, I think there's reruns of Law and Order on tv right now. Yay!!

headline news

This month did not bode well for the entertainment industry with the untimely death of David Carradine. Then this week, Ed McMahon passed away, but today was a tragedy with the deaths of Farrah Fawcett and of course, Michael Jackson. The radio waves are bombarded with similar reports of his death and I can see the headlines tomorrow. Front page news, local section, entertainment section, calendar section...and so it will go.

Okay I guess I'm not seeing the intense impact of this. Call me a cynic. I mean yeah, it is Michael Jackson, who is probably the Elvis of our generation, but it still riles me up a bit that this trumps global events in terms of coverage. But I suppose with all the chaos going on locally, nationally, and globally, it's a reprieve from the impending doom of our planet.

Anyway, in other news:

> Iranian opposition leader Mir Houssein Mousavi continued to urge supporters to protest and will continue to challenge the elections that took place earlier this month.

> North Korea warns of retaliation if the US leads an attack. "Let's crush them," was the chant of hundreds of thousands at an anti-US rally.

> The Supreme Court ruled 8-1 that the strip search of an Arizona middle school student was illegal

want but can't have

sometimes there are things that you want so badly but you know you can't have them. no matter how much your heart wants it, you know in your mind it's not a good idea and have to use all the resistance in the world to refrain from just going for it. i guess the expression, "cant have your cake and eat it too" would apply.

so now what??

With work well under way and my car issue dealt with, I'm at that phase where I stop to evaluate my life and try to organize it into neat files and compartments. This is where I take time to tie up loose ends, fix things that need to be fixed, take care of finances, make lists of things to do, come up with/revise my 5 year and 10 year plan. Okay, so I micro-manage my life but if I don't, things just get too out of control and I don't like it when things get too unruly. I can cross of, "Get a job" and "Pay off loans". So now what? Master's degree, save money, get a boyfriend?? Apparently my single relationship status is a big topic of conversation whenever I call my relatives. "No, I'm not seeing anyone. Yes, I go out." Anyways, tangents aside, I think the Master's degree is the next on my list. Hopefully, I'll be able to start in a couple of months. Who knows, maybe by next year I'll be a working forensic scientist.

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...