Friday, July 22, 2005

shows i have got to see before the end of the year

*Foo Fighters/Weezer (i mentioned this yesterday...)

*Common/John Legend/De La Soul (in atlanta aug 6th...you think i can call in sick to work 4 days before i officially quit?)

*Coldplay/Rilo Kiley (not so much for Rilo Kiley)

*John Mayer Trio (blues thingamajig that JM put together for the summer. how awesome would that be? i might have my JM obsession back on? it's the same exact night as Coldplay in ATL, so if i'm there...it's one or the other...tsk!)

*Green Day/Jimmy Eat World (just for the pit experience really...i already saw Jimmy this year....)

*System of a Down/The Mars Volta (i think the mars volta's set would be twice as long as SOAD's even though they are the opening act..ha!)

*Jack Johnson (i don't know the guy he's touring with, but i'm sure it would be an awesome chilled show)

*Bloc Party (just to see if they rock out in person like they do on record)

*Nine Inch Nails/Queens of the Stone Age (ah...trent reznor...sing to meeee)

*U2 (but i seriously doubt it b/c it costs so damn much)

all of these shows are in atlanta...if i get there, i'll be using my relocation allowance for concert tickets. hehe

i need concert ticket money! everything's for sale!

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Thursday, July 21, 2005

thank goodness...it's over

i'm having lunch with some cousins and the aunts and my parents today, so i'm awake early for the 2nd day in a row. i was having the worst time trying to sleep, so it's good that i've at least got some plans today. i dunno why i can't sleep! you'd think having the interview over with would be a relief. i guess it's just brought about everything that i didn't worry about when i was busy freaking over the interview.

how did it go? i think it went well. i tried to come across as not being nervous and i told very good stories to illustrate their questions. they even said good answer after a few of my responses! the people were very friendly (even though they were 9 hours away) and made me feel at ease, although it was pretty weird with the video thing.

now i'm just overanalyzing everything and worrying that i said something wrong. when one lady asked 'what is the most dissatisfying thing about your job?," i answered that i hated not having a friday night off, ever. all 3 of us on my shift work friday nights so we can have a tape operator, so no one ever gets it off, unless you use a vacation day or whatever. and so the lady said, "so scheduling?" and i was just like..um...well not all of scheduling...i just wish i had a friday night off every now and then. i want to seem flexable! so yeah, i'm afraid that my answer for what's dissatisfying is going to be what dooms me in. i'm overreacting, right?

i'll know something by monday...they have a meeting on friday about all the people they interview and they make decisions then. so maybe i'll hear something tomorrow! we'll see.

mike apparently got home like after 1am on tuesday (monday night). he's been text messaging me since then, but for some reason won't actually call me. my messages back to him are usually short b/c i really don't want to tell him everything in a text message. my thumbs would go numb. i want to tell him about atlanta. he's been my best friend for the past year! it's the least i could do. but he's going to have to make time in his tremendously busy schedule (ha) to listen to what i have to say. not depending on some stupid text messages.

the foo fighters and weezer are touring together in the fall and they've already announced a date in dallas and atlanta! woo! you know i'm so there. not so much for weezer, their new songs are getting on my nerves, but because i loove dave grohl! yay!

i have to figure out a way to get a coldplay ticket too. they are sold out everywhere and i really don't want to be giving up my 1st born to chris martin.

i'm off next wednesday - sunday! 6 more days of work! i dunno what i'm going to do with my days off. hopefully, pack!

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Monday, July 18, 2005

big big week

i should go to sleep, but i have been so lazy lately that i've been sleeping until after 10am, so i'm not as tired as usual. i haven't worked out in over a week and my conscience is about to get the best of me. i feel guilty! but my ankle is still pretty swollen, even though i'm walking around on it and it doesn't really hurt unless you grab it. i guess i should be scheduling a doctors appointment, huh?

i'll start back to my workouts this week. i haven't even been eating right b/c i haven't bought groceries in 2 weeks and well, what's the point of eating right when you're not working out? the food has tasted so good lately! i'll get back on it. soon.

this week is very important for me. i have the big video interview on wednesday morning. i'm so nervous already and it's just monday morning. i'm confident that i know my stuff, i'm just afraid of what they will think of me. i want this job so badly, but i don't want to come across as desperate. the HR lady insists that they are cool and they'll make you feel comfortable...but seriously...how comfortable can you be looking at people on a tv screen who you know are analyzing your every move?

this interview basically determines what i'm doing with the next few years of my life. if it goes well, then great. i'm off to atlanta! if i don't get it, then...i dunno. i'm probably finished with the television industry b/c i can't afford to stay. and if i do stay, i'll be working 2 jobs and that sucked 2 years ago, i don't want to do it again.

also mike should be back in town today. i hadn't really thought much of him last week, but realizing that he's back has been an added stress. he didn't call me at all while he was gone, which is kind of strange b/c he's called me every time he's gone to corpus since i first met him. i guess i'm having withdrawals. i miss hearing his voice. hell, i miss the phone ringing everyday at 3. it's just....silent....and that makes me feel alone. not that i want you or anyone else to start calling me at 3 everyday, i need to think about the minutes i'm saving on my phone. haha. i knew this was going to be hard. i'm glad i'm getting over it now, while i'm still living here, as opposed to after i move, when there will be even less friends around to occupy my time.

i got harry potter saturday. i started reading it at work earlier. i'm like 3 chapters in...and it's already seeming pretty bleak to me. it's hard to stop reading once you start, which i guess is great. i'm awful about finishing books, but i've never had a problem with harry potters. if you're reading it, don't spoil anything for me! i'll get down to seriously reading it after i get past this interview.

i doubt i'm going to get to go to six flags in a couple of weeks like i wanted to. brad went back to florida until school starts since he had a job there and he doesn't have one here. he was my option #2 to go since obviously i won't be going with mike. so now i'm off a weds-sunday with no plans! i'll make plans though...and if i get the job, then my time will be filled with packing and cleaning up and preparing to move!

please send me your good vibes this week! i could use all i can get. i'll let you know weds how everything goes...

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