i really just want to go back to being an innocent child without the burden and responsibilities of being an adult. my job search has begun now... yup barely a month into school and i'm already looking for a job. there seem to be options, yet there seem to be no options. i just don't really know anymore. i feel like i'm a competent person, and if nothing else i'm a hard worker, extremely dedicated, obsessed with doing a good job etc. my parents don't want me to worry about the job thing yet. they reassure me that i shouldn't worry about these things. i guess i've just always worried about the future. so in the meantime i'm just trying to sort out my life...
haircut turned out okay. it wasn't too expensive which is nice. i might try to get my hair highlighted at the same place in a few weeks. i haven't quite decided on the highlights yet.
i'm still studying for cryptography. i'm trying to stay in the class, but this stuff is anything but natural for me. adam is trying to help me, but i'm not the easiest person to help. i'm going to give the first in class assignment a try it can't really hurt since i can drop the class by oct. 27th if it doesn't turn out well.
i've decided to get a hair cut. this is a huge extremely scary step. everytime i move i have the worst time finding a hair stylist that understands my hair and takes the time to understand what i want. i've had some 'bad' haircuts. so they weren't horrific, but they weren't great. my hair is getting long... the last time i cut it was early summer i'd say maybe even May. Regardless it's getting long and my hair thins the longer it gets. i had a terrific experience in seattle at the gene juarez training salon $30 for a hair cut, but the woman was amazing. unfortunately she graduated and disappeared :(. now i'm stuck in baltimore trying to find a new stylist that will cater to my needs namely cut my asian hair which is not so typical asian and give me a cut that doesn't take a lot of maintenance.
suggestions? anyone? i've gotten one from Neal's; i may try for an appointment tomorrow. if they have one, wish me luck.
as many of you know i'm on a scholarship for school. it's an awesome deal with the only obligation being that you need to work for the federal government after you graduate. i know it's a year before I graduate, but i'm still concerned. what happens if i don't find a job? i've been looking for jobs, but it just doesn't look like there's much out there that matches my education & experience. most things want 5+ years experience and at least a masters degree. alas all the worries i had as a college senior all over again.
i'm buried under work. period. the exciting part of my day was getting parking permits for the townhouse. now visitors can come and park there car. not that i've really had visitors, but i suppose it's nice that if i do they have somewhere to park... maybe six classes was too much... i'll decide after october 1st. drop date is until the 17th...
wish me luck.
i'm convinced now that baltimore car insurance is not so high because of car theft, but because the drivers are nuts. not only are the drivers nuts the pedestrians are crazy too. crosswalks exist, yet no one uses them!!! i'm learning defensive driving by necessity. also people here have this strange propensity to just stop - no red light nothing, just all of the sudden stop their car in the middle of the road! okay okay so ends my rant.
i seem to have had a pair in SLC. I think I gave them to Sarah M. though. I still have hiking boots that are waterproof. I think winter boots may be overkill. Unless of course they are the soft fuzzy kind. Also, if anyone knows where thick carpet padding can be purchased in custom sizes or fuzzy slippers that will dampen adam's step that would help. i think i can always locate adam's position in the house...
tons of reading... so much reading...
i've spent the last half hour cleaning up my blog again. if anyone wonders why i dont' post it's because everytime i start... i notice i have some 50+ spam comments in my blog. i hate blog spam... who ever actually goes through my comments anyways?! well i've added a few new things to try and deter it... if i post more frequently then perhaps it has worked. if not you know why i'm not posting.
i'm opening comments again as a social experiment of sorts. i'm not even sure that anyone reads this anymore...
so school has started in case anyone didn't know that already. i have six classes - yes six. we'll see how alive i am by the end of the semester. i miss working now... i guess the grass is always greener on the other side. i think i miss working for a number of reasons foremost being that seattle is a nicer city than baltimore. the roads here are just awful. i hear it's supposed to get cold soon too - though today was 80 degrees. additionally the rain here is actual rain like houston thunderstorms. i got caught in one today. yuck. okay well i have tons of reading to do still and now that this has taken so much time let's hope i finish it.