Compilation of Skidmark

My saga with Skidmark has now been chronicled on My Very Worst Roommate.

I'm basically an internet icon at this point. Am I right?

Right?

Hello?

A Comedy Of Errors?

I'm getting sick now. That's always appreciated.

My books also all got here today. Of course then my internet went out for the entire afternoon because of them cutting the trees down around my apartment so I wasn't able to do homework. I swear, if it weren't so insanely irritating everything that's happened to me with this stupid Liberty thing would be incredibly comical. And it still kind of is. I just need to get a little more removed from the situation before I can laugh.

I really have terrible luck.

Addendum: Obviously my internet is working now. I managed to steal some earlier this evening & wrote possibly one of the best discussion board posts I ever have. It was about Jesus. So that's slightly ironic, writing about Jesus whilst stealing internet (desperate times call for desperate measures). Then the internet went out again. But now it's back.

They also haven't gotten my financial stuff fixed nor has my transcript been evaluated so I STILL don't know what classes transferred.

Who Has Two Thumbs & Is Now Certified To Save Lives?

The answer is, of course, this guy.

Sup?

Today I took a CPR/First Aid/AED certification class. Ultimately, I think it's something everyone should do, but the main reason I took it now (especially with the unemployment issue) is that it may help me get a job. At the job I applied for last week one of the requirements was to be CPR certified, so I knew I wouldn't get a call-back. But now! I can re-apply & hopefully get an interview where I can charm the pants off of them with my winning personality since I already meet all of the other requirements.

The day began roughly seeing as how I slept all of 40 minutes the night before, getting caught up in a convo on AIM (yes, I still use AIM. DON'T JUDGE!) & then not being able to sleep. I made my way over to Mickey D's for some grease that happened to be trapped inside hashbrowns & a coffee. When I ordered I realized I hadn't yet spoken because when I talked my voice croaked & sounded horrible. Just so you know.

Of course the usual cast of characters were there: the middle aged white woman going into the medical field, two sassy black women who run a day-care, another sassy black woman who didn't do anything in particular, & a young black dude who began our day together by telling me how he was at the bar too late last night. Our teacher was this incredibly Southern woman who was nice enough. Things were rough at the beginning, just watching the horrible videos with the bad acting (I actually laughed out loud when the guy riding the bike got 'hit' by the car). For the first 2 hours (around 10am) all I knew how to do was take my gloves off. But things sped up much more quickly & I was compressing chests, giving rescue breaths, & scooping food out of the mouths of fake babies like a champ.

Aside from having to be there so early (8am) & the lack of sleep (I dozed off during part of the first aid videos), it was good. We would have gotten out sooner though had every single other person not contributed to a conversation about how to best cook collard greens & other regional foods. I mean, seriously. I just sat there in shock that I was paying money to listen to people talk about whether or not to put pork in a vegetable to season it or whether chicken broth was better (chicken broth is the healthier but obviously less tasty option, apparently).

In other news, I signed my lease yesterday. Andrizzle's moving to Raleigh next week!

I Used To Be Stupid

I had a submission I...submitted to IUsedToBeStupid.com. Give it a looksee, k?

I will post more stories like this later. I have quite a few.

My Mission

It has come to my attention recently (but not for the first time) that I really am not interested in anything. All I do is exist, basically. No hobbies. Nothing. My life consists of school, work, school work, sleeping, internetting, moping, & the occasional reading for pleasure.

My mission: find out what I like to do. Besides talking, because I love that. Find some hobbies. Develop some interests. And who knows, maybe I will get some direction for my life through this.

I've also decided to limit communication with my parents for a while. I definitely think it's the best thing for right now. Besides, if I don't initiate with my dad I won't talk to him for ages & my mom is pretty hit or miss. I just don't need their special brand of "support" right now.

Internet

I seriously feel like I'm running out of internet to go to. I have my normal rotation of sites I go to every day, & I go multiple times hoping for updates. But oy, this is getting rough.

Plus, I can only stay on Facebook so long.

Internet

Remember that time my internet stopped working 4 times in one week?

Remember how for the 2nd weekend in a row, it stopped working the entire weekend?

Remember how I need the internet for an assignment?

Remember how I also need the internet to clock in at my job?

Remember how I need the internet to stop from losing my mind due to boredom?

Remember how I'm in the library?