Tis Friday

So what do you do on a Friday night when you have no plans? You sit in your room in the dark, that's what!

But really, my history wouldn't have it any other way.

Think of the children

After working with kids since November as a mentor, more & more am I tempted to get a vasectomy. Not that I'm at any risk of impregnating anyone at the moment, but you never know.

But seriously, I like kids a lot but being around them that much works my nerves.

Craigslist 1

I was just casually perusing Missed Connections on Craigslist (as you do) when I found this little gem from my area (actually right near my apartment).

Definitely enlarge it. So good. It could be fake but it's just bizarre enough to be real.

New books

Yesterday I bought 2 new books (technically 3, but 2 of them are in the same book). "The Picture of Dorian Gray" & the "Alice in Wonderland" books. I find the fantasy behind Lewis Carroll's books to be intriguing so I wanted to give them a try. I've almost finished "Through The Looking Glass" (I knocked out the 1st book in no time) & so far, I have to say that they are pretty good, in my expert opinion. A little childish (duh. They were written for chil'rens), but good nonetheless.

I cannot wait to start "The Picture of Dorian Gray." I've heard so many good things about it, & the fact that Oscar Wilde was a hot mess makes the anticipation almost unbearable. I'm sure I'll start it later today if I don't fall asleep 1st.

Oh yes, I puppy-sat last night for Kelley, the girl who gave me the sleeping drugs last semester that I had the allergic reaction to. I miss dogs.

And tonight I start the group that I'm co-leading for class. And I thought Oscar Wilde was a hot mess...

Return to hell

The other night (Tuesday, to be exact) I had to go back to the Applebee's I worked at down here. Why, you ask (or not, because it's not really that interesting)? Because I hadn't received my W-2 form yet. I kept waiting, hoping it would come. I kept having my parents check their houses to see because I couldn't remember which address I had given for my mail to be sent (I rotate between home where my mom lives & where my dad lives while he's at work, but regardless it will get the job done). Neither of them had it.

Great.

That meant I'd have to go back to that place where I wasn't exactly revered, or even liked that much (if you need a refresher or a crash-course in my trials at that place, they're all chronicled in my posts from September of last year). I didn't leave on the best terms, either, having given a fill-in manager a letter of resignation & a hug for being nice.

I get out there & ask the bartender with dreads (I love her hair) to see the manager for my W-2. I'm hoping it's one of the nicer managers. Of course it isn't. It's the short one who glares all the time. I'm surprisingly not upset & shake his hand & his reception to me could have used some work (eh, whatever). He gives me the number of the place I need to call to get a re-print W-2 & I thank him. Trying to make small-talk, I asked how he was doing & he was like, "Good" & just kind of walked off. On my way out I started talking to the bartender, until Napoleon Complex comes up & stands around, acting like he's trying to intimidate me into leaving. I just rolled my eyes called it a night.

At least I handled myself well.

Edit: It turns out that my parents did get my W-2 & didn't realize it because I've worked at 3 Applebee's in the past year. So I'm viewing my little trip out to Wellington, FL as a source of closure.

Space Cases

No one else probably remembers this show (including my parents who actually used to watch it with me), but it's called "Space Cases." And I loved it. Hey look! There's the cast now!

I used to have a huge crush on the pink girl, Rosie. She was from Mercury! Because that's realistic.

But no, I used to love this show & I'm not sure why. I always knew it wasn't very good quality (I mean, it came on Nickelodeon, though it was before it completely went down the shitter), but I watched it every week & even played it out in my grandma's backyard. It's pretty much a representation of the innocence that has died within me with age.

But anyway, the point of this post is basically just to point out that I found a Channel on Youtube that has every episode & I'm going to veg out & watch ALL OF THEM. This is what productive adults (patooey!) do when they have no pressing school work or a demanding (or any) social life.

Also, the original Black Power Ranger, Walter Emmanuel Jones, was on the show & that was so cool. Especially because I never thought I'd see him work again after he got fired from "Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers" & because every normal 10 year old thinks about stuff like that (I was 8 when he left "Power Rangers" but 10 when he was on "Space Cases." I really wish I had a more exciting childhood).

ETA: I don't find the show humorous. I don't even think I ever really did. But I still loves it.

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.