I logged back into this thing for the hell of it. I used to be the member of a lot of communities that have since been deleted. So, except for people that have a lot of friends here you can post with a lot less constraint than that which is placed on you by facebook and the like and almost no one will read it.
I understand its become popular in the international market but that in this corner of the world it is dwindling, as is evidence by the numerous delted accounts and no empty communites. I see that there are still some stalwarts that use this as a regular place to post their thoughts on fandom or the last movie they saw and whathave you. And I still think you could have better discussion here than on the very public facebook forumn (your social circle might talk about what you post on facebook) but your third cousin twice removed is never going to hear/talk about what you said on LJ).
Thoughts/Feelings on LiveJournal? Why do you continue to use it?
Tomorrow is my last day at work until Christmas break. Lots of time to read, write and study. But I'm going to miss making money and having something to do other than going to school. I'm going to return to my internship but its not the same. I hope that when I want to return during break that my job will need/want me to come back. There are no guarantees, but I can't be without a job that long. I won't know what to do with myself.
However, I am giving thought to finding a place to stay during the winter months to avoid commuting and gas prices. May or may not get a cheap meal plan. College is full of this mundane dilemmas. Let's hope it all pays off, that is, if the job market ever gets any better... I may have to move. So at this point, it's all up in the air.
I feel a lot of apprehension, and it may be because of having to read a ton of material before class starts and that I hate orientation. They have orientation activities going on for four days! Granted, I can pick and choose what I want to attend, but four days?
I guess that this week-long orientation is conducted for the benefit of non political science majors and people that haven't been to school for awhile. So I guess that everyone needs to come out of it on the same page, but that means I may find myself being largely bored next week.
Grad school really is the place where you will learn: a) did I pick the right career? b) Am I even any good at this? & c) Did I just waste a ton of time, money and energy?
Because I got wait-listed by the school of first choice and I had to pick something, I will spend my first year of general coursework commuting to neighboring public university. It will save me money, and it will help me determine if law school is really for me. I plan on applying for transfer to the school that wait-listed me next school year, because I want to move out of my house, and If I attend a better school I will ultimately get a better education and a better job.
And, I need to find a group that will allow me to honk my clarinet, for a few more years at least. I'd hate to give it up.
I just don't want to do this reading. It's still summer. When I'm in summer mode I generally like to sit by the pool and read something gasp I'd like to read. Top that off I ordered the books but they aren't coming as quickly as they should and I can't possibly get the orientation reading done if I don't get the books. In general the concept of law school has me apprehensive and my commute is going to be in a high traffic area during morning rush. Thankfully I will avoid afternoon rush, which in my opinion is more congested, but in general I don't like driving in the morning because I'm not usually very awake before 9AM. Don't really know why, but 9AM is my best morning time, and seeing that I want to be an attorney of some kind 9AM is just not going to cut it when I may have to get up much much earlier for court dates and the like.
Watched the revamped Thundercats today. I used to really love their reruns when I was younger, since I was born a little to late to see it when it was brand new. Kinda like the new animation, but the story so far isn't even as "complex" as the original, but it is more violent. Of Cartoon Network these days: not the Toonami I remember, haha.
These are kinda interesting. You can see what the MK9 characters look like as "real people", meaning the models they used to draw from. They have other ones, just used this to give an example.
Way to tell what you're about to read on ff.net is terrible: They can't even spell words correctly during the description of the fic. I mean, have you read some the story descriptions their recently?
Speaking of ff.net.... do you still get on it regularly, or are you like me, only getting on now once in a blue moon and never reviewing. All my fandoms are moving pretty slowly these days. Which makes me wonder, have some of these fandoms lost steam? Are people not interested in them any more? I guess my ultimate question is: do fandoms die? Why or why not?
I didn't want to put this on the last post, but I've been re-watching Firefly. I'd forgotten how funny it was, particularly Jayne. It's a shame that the networks were saturated with sci-fi shows because I liked this one. Very rewatchable. Maybe I'll write something about it...
As you may know I work at *****, selling women's shoes. As such, I have had the opportunity to witness the good, bad and ugly of the retail business. Nice people, rude people, rude people pretending to be nice and failing. Nothing is more awkward than generally unfriendly people trying to be agreeable during a transaction. I find myself wondering: are they trying to be nice? Or do they think I'm an idiot? Perhaps both. When you approach someone who works retail you've largely decided in your mind what kind of people they are and everything they do reinforces that belief, at least in your own mind. Confirmation bias and all that.
But really, I only work until the 14th and then law school orientation begins and then I don't have to think about these things any more. Yay. May have to go back to work during breaks, but who knows?
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