I’m Hearing: nothing…again

You know what’s weird? When your boss tells you that you aren’t allowed to work the following week, so you plan on not having a job… but the next week you get an email saying “someone made a mistake, and you really are allowed to work for this week.” o.o When I got that email yesterday I perked up and was like “hell yeah, one more week!”

I spent most of yesterday afternoon and evening working on one of my old painting teacher’s macs, which took somewhere around 4-5 hours due to slowness and lack of RAM. I think I’ll be going back sometime later this week to finish up.

Sunday afternoon was pretty cool…I drove my dad down to see my brother in Madison. It was the first time I’d driven my car that far…and in fact, the first time I’d gone to visit my brother since he moved down there. He made us lasagna and we watched some Family Guy episodes. I just have one thing to say: I LOVE my car!

Monday was MLK Jr. Day so there was nothing going on at the university and the banks were closed so both Brian and I had the day off, which was cool. He went apartment shopping and I basically spent the day crocheting and exercising. I tried doing ddr with free weights, (2lb in each hand) which really heightened the cardio part of the workout, but my hands ached from holding onto them, so last night I bought some that strap onto my wrists. I’ll give those a go tonight hopefully.

This seems like a pretty low time of the year for a lot of people. I admit I’ve already had my moments since graduation where I’ve felt that I was headed downward because there was no stability left in my life and I was headed into some financial trouble…and yes, I’ve been upset a lot because of that…but I haven’t been depressed over it. And now that I have time again to think about things other than work and school, I’ve felt lonely more and more, but only because I finally have time to realize just how much time I spend alone. I worry a little about Brian these days because he’s feeling really low. I still spend about the same amount of time with him as I always have, if not more these days, so I do what I can.

Things are looking up for others though…Hiroko came back from Japan so Will is back to his usual trick of spending all amounts of free time with her (by all rights) and Rosey will be going back to Australia soonly to be with Jules again. As much as I adore all these people and have a deep respect for their relationships, on the same token it does make me a bit sad that I can’t experience what they get to. It’s not so much a jealousy issue as it is a reminder of my loneliness. But then I spend time with my friends and it doesn’t bother me as much. It’s all a sliding scale, depending on where I am and who I’m with (or not with, as the case often is.)

One of my roommates wants me to help her put her picture on some online dating services. I dunno, I feel kind of weird about that. I mean, she’s totally cool with the whole idea…she told me last night that she’d try anything once. Personally, I could never bring myself to do that. Since I have a yahoo mail account, I’ve seen the advertisements for their online dating service so out of curiosity, I’ve checked out some of the ads (mostly to see if I knew anyone…I mean, who could resist that temptation?) but I must admit that I have been sometimes disturbed to actually find people I know…on the prowl. I’m really not sure why that bothers me, but it really does.

I’ve been having this odd Lord of the Rings obsession lately, and I’m not sure exactly why. I watched all the special features on the FOTR and TTT extended version DVDs plus 2 of the 4 commentary tracks for each film. Plus I watched the Gollum documentary on TTT disc 3 times. I’ve developed a bit of a crush on Andy Serkis as a result of watching that…I mean, he’s not a traditionally handsome man, but watching him act, the passion and talent that man has…I couldn’t help drooling a bit. He quickly grew on me to the point where I start feeling a bit giggly when I think of him. Heh. In addition to going crazy over those extended cut dvd, I also borrowed TTT and ROTK PS2 games from my brother on Sunday…I’m not sure when I’m going to play them but they look like they’d be fun. I’m still working on The Hobbit yet. I’ve also been reading FOTR bit by bit (mostly when I’m in the bathroom though XD XD) which I’m enjoying a lot more this time through (the last time I attempted to read it, I got distracted and lost interest after I met Tom Bombadil for some reason…)

I’m selling some of my unused electronics on ebay right now, like my old video capture device and my Handspring Visor. I’m trying to think up other things I could sell there…since I don’t have a job and I’ve got some time now. Only thing that came to mind is blankets, but they really wouldn’t be too cost effective considering they cost about $30 in materials alone. shrug If anyone thinks of anything, please let me know.

Oh, btw, I did try video capture with my new Dazzle USB 2.0 thingie that I got on Saturday, and the capture worked really well, I’m just having trouble editing it. As mpeg2 (svcd) it’s fine, but the video is interlaced to it looks like ass on a computer. As divx the sound pops and crackles no matter which settings I use…maybe I need a different codec. I’ll have to play around with it some more before I find what works the best. Hopefully I’ll be able to archive all my Caroline in the City episodes then.