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Note: I’ve spelled magick with a ‘k’…because it’s the way I’ve been doing it since I got involved. Maybe I have too many Llewellyn sourcebooks…nah. No such thing. xD
( Anyway. )
I looked at my stats today and noticed that I have over 200 entries in this thing. I didn't think that I'd been THAT active, considering how much of the recent year that I either didn't have access to a machine, or just didn't think I was up to anything interesting enough to blab about.
Then again I have to think of things like this: this is a blog. I could talk about my new shoes if I wanted to, and it really doesn't matter just how interesting I am at any given moment. If I'm read, I'm read.
On that note, I've started paying closer attention to what I save and spend. Since I'm saving up for a computer (again!), I have to be careful on what money goes in and out. A few of my favorite splurges have gone out of the window; I haven't bought a book or a CD in a long while. For my music fix I pretty much stay on Last.fm and Pandora.com. As far as books are concerned I practically live in the library already, so that's covered, too.
Classes? It depends on just how slow the slow season. I'm going to keep an eye out on a few apps that I've got floating around at the moment, but I'm not sure which of these will pan out. Whenever one does finally manage to work out for me, I'm going straight to my manager and offering a bit of a deal: if he wants me on reserve as a housekeeper, that's the plan. If he doesn't like the sound of that idea, then I will simply hand over my two weeks' notice. I can't keep working at that job if I can't get decent hours.
(Furthermore, the satisfaction level is dropping steadily right now. I have never seen morale at the hotel as low as it is right now. If things keep up the way that they are right now, then there won't be anyone left by New Year. Hiring is hard enough right now; there aren't that many people who actually want to do housekeeping work, and the number who stay around after completing training is lower still. There are four of us that are assured of our positions right now, and of those, three are definitely out at New Year. That leaves—well, me. If my offer pans out, though, I'm outta there, too.
What a life,eh? Good thing that I've got other things to look forward to on those blissful days where I don't work.
Then again I have to think of things like this: this is a blog. I could talk about my new shoes if I wanted to, and it really doesn't matter just how interesting I am at any given moment. If I'm read, I'm read.
On that note, I've started paying closer attention to what I save and spend. Since I'm saving up for a computer (again!), I have to be careful on what money goes in and out. A few of my favorite splurges have gone out of the window; I haven't bought a book or a CD in a long while. For my music fix I pretty much stay on Last.fm and Pandora.com. As far as books are concerned I practically live in the library already, so that's covered, too.
Classes? It depends on just how slow the slow season. I'm going to keep an eye out on a few apps that I've got floating around at the moment, but I'm not sure which of these will pan out. Whenever one does finally manage to work out for me, I'm going straight to my manager and offering a bit of a deal: if he wants me on reserve as a housekeeper, that's the plan. If he doesn't like the sound of that idea, then I will simply hand over my two weeks' notice. I can't keep working at that job if I can't get decent hours.
(Furthermore, the satisfaction level is dropping steadily right now. I have never seen morale at the hotel as low as it is right now. If things keep up the way that they are right now, then there won't be anyone left by New Year. Hiring is hard enough right now; there aren't that many people who actually want to do housekeeping work, and the number who stay around after completing training is lower still. There are four of us that are assured of our positions right now, and of those, three are definitely out at New Year. That leaves—well, me. If my offer pans out, though, I'm outta there, too.
What a life,eh? Good thing that I've got other things to look forward to on those blissful days where I don't work.
Not expecting to do much today, I walked into algebra class, found out that I got a ninety percent on the latest quiz, and took the opportunity to wait for the rest of the class to query about questions that they missed. (The one I missed happened to be a purely miscopy error, and I facepalmed appropriately.) As I waited for this I did some writing.
I’m so far about three more pages into the script that I’ve been working on in the last three hours. (In my defense of the sluggish pace, I’m doing algebra work at the same time, using lulls between solves where I was ahead to do some of it.) While I work on it the scenes that have been bothering me have started to slowly fall into place the way that they need to.
I purchased my new deck of tarot cards the other day. I will be using these during a project that I do during NaNoWriMo. I’ve already selected one to use as a theme, but a card from a deck different from the one that the project in question will be using. I’m going to aim for at least one card prompt finished a week. I’ve done this kind of project before, I know, and not had the chance to do as much as I would like with it. This time, however, the gloves are off. If I’m ever going to do this seriously, then I need to seriously buckle down. And that means that there are other things that I am simply going to have to sacrifice to do this. Mark my words…
I’ve made a bet with myself not to slash anything (that means ANY pairing fiction!) for a week.
I realize that I’m probably fucked on that regard…but I figure if I avoid actually developing any of it I might—and I mean might—have a chance.
…hah, who am I kidding? I’m borked on that front, too.
I'm not really sure what's going on, but for some reason, since about nine o clock last night my computer has been running at about a hundred percent CPU usage and I don't know why. I've closed anything that could be eating resources that I need right now and the antivirus is running so far in the background that it isn't even making anything lag, which is usually the case when it's running.
I think it's a problem, 'cos for one, it's making this damn machine run REALLY loud and it's a little distracting; for another thing…actually on second examination it isn't running hot, which is the usual case. That is weird. o.o;
I just put my hand up to the exhaust vents and they're not that hot either, which, again, is usually the case. It's just…well, I think anyone else would be alarmed at a laptop that was built in about 2002 and was running about 100% at all times, you know?
On a lighter note, the internet is looking good today. I'm browsing around online and looking for good herbal smoke sites so that I can try some new things in my VooDoo vaporizer. I ran across one site that made me go "YAY" immediately; it's a US vendor that actually carries and sells the spice.
*cue soundtrack to Dune*
Of course, it isn't made from the worm. But apparently the effects of said mixture of herbs was similar enough to give it the name of that strange substance. From what I can gather from the ingredient list, it should be a very tasty, smooth vape, with a nice sweet taste and rich texture.
o.o Texture?
Okay, never mind that one. I don't know where it came from. XD
I think it's a problem, 'cos for one, it's making this damn machine run REALLY loud and it's a little distracting; for another thing…actually on second examination it isn't running hot, which is the usual case. That is weird. o.o;
I just put my hand up to the exhaust vents and they're not that hot either, which, again, is usually the case. It's just…well, I think anyone else would be alarmed at a laptop that was built in about 2002 and was running about 100% at all times, you know?
On a lighter note, the internet is looking good today. I'm browsing around online and looking for good herbal smoke sites so that I can try some new things in my VooDoo vaporizer. I ran across one site that made me go "YAY" immediately; it's a US vendor that actually carries and sells the spice.
*cue soundtrack to Dune*
Of course, it isn't made from the worm. But apparently the effects of said mixture of herbs was similar enough to give it the name of that strange substance. From what I can gather from the ingredient list, it should be a very tasty, smooth vape, with a nice sweet taste and rich texture.
o.o Texture?
Okay, never mind that one. I don't know where it came from. XD
Random update: DO A BARREL ROLL
Apr. 24th, 2008 02:14 pmAside from the fact that I just had a steak with some vegetable lasagna, I've not done anything interesting. Unless you count the fact that I am about thirty bucks over budget thsi month. Haven't been paying attention to where I'm eating lately, and it turns out that that is where it's been going, after all. I should pay more attention to what I eat when the weekend hits.
Actually I should pay more attention to what I eat, anyway. I'd like to keep in decent shape.
The other day, we went to a different arcade, and *shock amazement* the DDR machine works well. Not only does it work well, but check this out: it's got memory card slots.
That's right--it's a real machine, and not a third party retool. o.o!
I also got about three steps from a double A ranking on "A Stupid Barber," but I wasn't carrying a camera with me, so...didn't happen, right? ROFL.
What else is there? Oh, yeah. Ever seen a soda explode without warning? Like, it's just sitting there, waiting for someone to grab it off of the edge of the table and then BANG!
Yeah, the aftermath of those aren't fun to clean up. Yay work.
Actually I should pay more attention to what I eat, anyway. I'd like to keep in decent shape.
The other day, we went to a different arcade, and *shock amazement* the DDR machine works well. Not only does it work well, but check this out: it's got memory card slots.
That's right--it's a real machine, and not a third party retool. o.o!
I also got about three steps from a double A ranking on "A Stupid Barber," but I wasn't carrying a camera with me, so...didn't happen, right? ROFL.
What else is there? Oh, yeah. Ever seen a soda explode without warning? Like, it's just sitting there, waiting for someone to grab it off of the edge of the table and then BANG!
Yeah, the aftermath of those aren't fun to clean up. Yay work.
And wouldn’t you know it that I got double shifted for the first time in a week today? I wasn’t ready for it…I was doing either one or the other lately, and so when I did them both today, I got unexpectedly exhausted from all the working. It didn’t help that I got in to the second half of said shift without prior planning on working it. It was a kind of stop-gap measure, since there weren’t enough housekeepers to do it all for vague I-don’t-feel-like-disclosing-it reason. So, despite the fact that my knee was hurting like a bitch and my feet were starting to join in the chorus, I agreed to do it today. Hey, it mean that today I got seven hours.
RAMBLING update
Mar. 25th, 2008 08:15 pmIt’s four days til my birthday. I’ve gotten my gift to myself ordered, so now I’m just waiting for it to arrive. It’s a vaporizer and a blend of herbs that I thought I’d try. I can’t buy salvia divinorum anymore, so I had to start looking around for something that provides the taste and the buzz that I like. Really, the taste of diviner’s is kind of an acquired taste-it’s an astringent, extremely green taste, and unless you’re already a fan of that sort of taste, then you won’ t like the taste. Of course, the first time I’d tried it, I’d heard about what it can cause-its properties of inducing a strange sort of high are well known now, even though how it works is still kind of a mystery. It’s this very effect that has so many lawmakers hysterical now, working their asses off to schedule the herb and make the sale and possession of it a felony in many states, including here, in the land of soybeans and corn.
Rant: Tea plus various off-topicness
Mar. 20th, 2008 04:49 pmI’m writing, and since I just ate, I decided to have a cup of tea. Of course, that is no real reason to have a cup of tea. Tea needs no real excuse to be had, you know. Just the two:
The presence of hot water in something, and something that can be brewed. There you have it, the only real reasons that you need to have tea.
On average I tend to drink about three to four cups a day, way down from six to seven; I haven’t been drinking as much of it as I used to because I had to start cutting back on the sugar. No real dietary reason for it, it’s just that if I have too much sugar, there’s no real way to know if I’ve gotten anything substantial into my system. So until I got some more stevia extract, I cut it back a bit. Now that I’ve got it, I’ve been able to drink tea as I should-often and sweet without as many calories. I’m up to a teaspoon today, since the extract is as strong as it is.
Random update
Mar. 15th, 2008 03:42 pmSo the other day I was told that I was officially on only rooms again-that means, no more murder!shift, apparently. As I prepared to do the requisite self-training to get used to doing the job again-clutter up a room and see how fast I can fix it-I was of the thought that things will seem a little more difficult at first, followed by an almost silly easiness that I actually would welcome, even if it meant that I wouldn’t have any more thirty hour weeks-hells, I wouldn’t mind just having more consistent twenty-hour weeks.
( More randomness… )
Before I begin-this track is $#%@! beautiful.
Recently I have found myself put on the spot more and more often to identify myself as something or another. Now, I am a firm believer that labels equal limitations, and as such I haven’t called myself anything besides a generic ‘Pagan’ or ‘Witch’ in a long while, even though even these seemingly simplistic labels are also by nature loaded ones. So, given the choice, I don’t usually choose to give myself a label.
However I am under increasing pressure from my BF to do so. He’s curious as to what goes on in my head (a curiosity that has spelled the end of many brains), and so I think that I should probably answer it as best as I can. Of course, this usually defies verbal explanation so it’ll get turned into a piece of work itself.
I feel like a sellout, for doing it, but—
Jan. 25th, 2008 10:00 pmUpgraded the account for more userpics. Now I look like an actual webpage, which means that I might be able to pass this thing off as official business when I check out my mail and crap.
I'd had more to say than this, but I acidentally hit the wrong shortcut keys, and so I'm so aggravated with myself for my stupidity that I really don't feel like typing out the entire text block. I'l still re-do the actual interesting part, though.
I'd had more to say than this, but I acidentally hit the wrong shortcut keys, and so I'm so aggravated with myself for my stupidity that I really don't feel like typing out the entire text block. I'l still re-do the actual interesting part, though.
So, today makes for another slow-ass day at work.
