Jeans and Sneakers

Today we were supposed to go to a pre screening for some horror movie, but we were running sort of late, and weren’t sure which theater it was at, so we ended up coming back to our town and getting some Subway and going to see Date Movie.

This movie looked hilarious in the previews, unfortunately, they used most of their really funny clips in the trailer. I hate that. I wouldn’t suggest that anyone else spend money on it, if you haven’t already, we were kind of late in seeing this one, so if you went and saw it and no one told you it really wasn’t worth it, I’m sorry.

I’m kind of bummed out today. I’ve sent my resume to two places on Career Builder, and one place from Craig’s List, and haven’t heard back from any of them. It’s only been a couple of days, but still, usually when I send out my resume, I get an email back the next day. I’ve got silly things running through my head like, maybe my last job put me on some kind of do-not-hire black list, and then the logical part of my brain says that’s not it, but doesn’t offer any other explanation. I could be sending my resume to a lot more places, but I’m still trying to avoid the take-what-I-can-get method to job hunting, and am still trying to find a place that I’d actually at least partially enjoy working for. It bums me out though when I don’t hear anything back at all.

I think that part of it too, is that I’ve had a rush of people I knew from high school get in contact with me on myspace, and two of them are doing really well. One has a master’s degree in psychology, and the other one has a fun job, he’s a camera crane operator for commercials and tv shows. Some movies too I guess. Last night I started wondering if I missed out on something when I dropped out of college after all. . .because college isn’t entirely about the classes you take, it’s also about the people you meet. It’s like your first segue into the real world networking opportunity. And because the short time I was at college I’d only really hung out with people who didn’t get to know me at all, I didn’t really make any contacts, and further, got nothing out of going. Other than a lesson in relationships and 19 year old boys ideas of how long distance relationships work. :/

I dunno. I don’t think I’d do any better if I went back. I’ve become less social, I can’t relate to most people on long island. I might find one or two people, but who’s to say that we’d help eachother out in any way? And plus, I still don’t know what to study, which is really the purpose of going to college, and without that, I’d just be spending money I don’t have.

I got some more of Sonnet done last night. I’ve got a ways to go before it’s done though. I think I might throw in “The Usual Suspects” tonight and mindlessly knit, trying not to stress too much about my job situation. I’ve really got to start waking up during the late morning hours, at the very least. This sleeping through the day stuff isn’t helping my mood at all.

Edit: I just got much happier because I found a Progress Meter Plugin for WordPress by damselfly. YAY!!! I can totally be like every other knitting and reading blogger and mark my progress!

Edit,edit: I wanted the meter a little different than it came, so I asked Rob for help and we changed some things.  He told me how to edit the php file so that if I don’t select a unit of measurement there is no useless colon displayed.  He also showed me how to move the text into the box.  We’re still fiddling with it, so. . .it’s not done yet.