Dreams

It all started with me living in this world much like the movie Waterworld, except there was land. Just not a lot of it. And the little bit of land was owned by this guy no one liked. So me and a couple other people didn’t want to live there.

Then we were captured and taken there and I realized just how bad things were. It wasn’t that they didn’t have anything, but it was all really expensive. Like $1000 for toothpaste. But, as it turns out, I was from an alternate universe anyways. I just didn’t want to go back cause I was already taking classes in this world and I didn’t want to start over.

So I had to call my mom from across the universes cause I needed stuff.That’s about when I woke up. I went back to sleep and dreamt this.

I was with a guy and we were hunting down this creature in an old house. I was just along for the ride. The guy I was with had the bounty for the creature. So we go into this house and it has a Super Mario Bros feel. Except the main boss isn’t Koopa, it’s some old hag. We manage to catch her, but then she entices the guy with something else and he gives her to me to watch.

Only she gets away and then I’m being chased by a ghost who wants the old hag to let him work for her. I don’t know how that one ended either. I woke too soon from it.

The Adventures of Job Applications

Since I quit the library to go to school, I have been looking for a job close to the university. So far I’ve had no luck. but last night I discovered that there were a few new job openings on campus. So I did what any desperate college student would do. I woke up early, got myself looking all nice, filled out the handy applications I had on hand already for on-campus jobs, and left to drop them off.

The first place I went was Human resources. HR is not actually located on campus. It’s down the street, apparently next to CVS. That’s the only direction I had. So I bike over to CVS, and I look at the building next door. It says on the front of the building in huge letters ‘Primerica’. So, naturally, I keep going. Until I hit the freeway overpass. Then I realize I’ve gone too far.

I bike back to where I was and stare at the Primerica building for a few minutes. FInally I decide to bike around the back of the building. Still don’t see any signs. FInally on the side of the building, taped to a door, I see a piece of paper, no bigger than a regular sheet of printer paper, that had the college name with an arrow pointing to the back door.

I finally make it to Human Resources and the lady tells me I’m supposed to drop the application off at Career Services. I stare at her for a second, then point out that the Job Board says to take it to HR. Things get really confusing, until I point out that I am applying for the student worker position in Human Resources. She hadn’t read that far.

We laugh it off and I leave the application with her and head back.

My next stop is the food services office, where they are hiring for several positions. Again, I have trouble finding the office. Even with directions. Of course, they weren’t clear directions, but that’s beside the point. Again I go completely around the side of the building until I find the entrance.

Well, at least the pplications are dropped off. Let’s hope my lack of sense of direction does not impair my ability to get one of the jobs.

What I’ve been working on

Festival of the Kitsune:  My first piece for my color and design class. Okay, I lie. The first piece I like. The first assignment was a contour line which came out horrible.

Initials:  I really liked this one. I found a cool font, then recreated it on paper.

Symmetrical Project:  This isn’t finished yet. I’ll be cutting out all the shaded areas and mounting the image on black paper.

One week later

Well, not quite a week, but I have officially been to all my classes and here’s the results:

Old Testament Survey: The highlight of this class is that there is nor reports, papers, or writing of any kind. Just tests and a hell of a lot of reading.  I can do reading. And what do I have to read? Well, you what they say. If you have to ask…

Chinese: There’s only eight of us in this class which makes it very personal and nice. And I can already say some words in Chinese and write two characters too. I can tell it’s going to be a lot of fun to learn.

Principles of Color and Design: Okay, I admit I was a little shaken by this class. Thos of you who know me know that I like to draw but there are certain things I’m horrible at. Perspective is one of these. So when our first class requires us doing a bit of perspective, you can imagine I was pretty shaken. I got through it, even though my drawing looks horrible compared to the other ones I could see, but I still think it’ll be a fun class.

Basic Drawing: OKay, we haven’t actually done anything in this class. Just looked at some symbols. But I think it’ll be fun. Maybe I’ll learn some perspective.

Women’s Choir: Well, I’ve been doing this for a couple weeks. It started with band camp. Lots of fun so far, even if I still don’t know my parts or have most of my music.

Voice Practicum: This is just private intsruction with a voice teacher, which is awesome and I’m already learning stuff. Yay!

“And this one time, at band camp…”

Okay, so not quite band camp. Rehearsal camp. Saturday, Sunday for twelve hours. With two breaks. Nothing but singing. Needless to say, my voice was almost gone last night.

So what am I talking about. I moved in to my university apartment Friday because i got accepted into women’s choir. Part of that was rehearsal camp. Saturday and Sunday from 9am to 9pm. We had an hour for lunch and an hour for dinner and then it was back on the risers for, you guessed it. More singing.

But it was really great. I met a lot of new people and got put into these small groups where you get to know other girls in the choir. They’re groups of five for the most part. It’s really awesome. I feel like I have real life friends again. I already had one, but now I have more. Even if they’re all younger than me. I’m used to that.

I can’t remember their names, unfortunately, but I know I’ll know them pretty soon. My brain is fried is all.

So today we had to do three hours, but I’m free now until septemeber 4th when classes start. Yay!

Wheeeee Scholarship

So I went in to audition for the women’s choir. I was interested because of the scholarship, if I had to be honest, but I never expected this.

Not only did I get in and get the scholarship, but it’s enough to cover the remainder of my tuition that I didn’t get in loans. Yay! Now to find a job.

I am a happy camper

Rounding the final corner

So, I’m in the last week of hometime. I’ll be moving in to the campus apartments on either the 22nd or the 26th. I’m very excited and more than a little anxious. The reason I don’t know exactly what day I’m moving in is this:

On Friday I was called by the Director of the Women’s Choir at my college wanting to know if I’d audition for the women’s choir. If I make the audition and become a member of the women’s choir, I get to move in on the 22nd. In addition to an early move-in day, there’s the possibility of a scholarship, which I’m hoping will be worth my effort because I’m rather short of funds and I still owe the school money. Yay. >.>

If I don’t get let into the choir, I can’t move in until the 26th.

On the bright side of things, I got my laptop today. It’s only a Dell when I wanted a Mac, but penniless college student beggars absolutely can’t be choosers. I would have done without, except I’ll be out and about all day and need a computer I can take with me.

I also got myself a tablet with a whopping 10×6 active area as opposed to the more mundane 3×5, which makes no sense whatsoever. It came packaged with a copy of Corel Painter X, and I got the whole thing for the low, low price of $99.

And to top my day off, I got my pack of free Moo minicards. They are business cards at half-size. They are adorable.

I am almost finished packing. As soon as I have my full boxes taken out to the garage I will take a picture of my lonely, empty room and upload to flickr.

The last item on my agenda is to find a job in Riverside. I’d prefer on campus, but it looks like I may have to look elsewhere. I need a bit more than ten hours a week.

So wish me luck at my audition on Wednesday, and maybe with finding a job too.

This is Autumn, signing off.

Dr Horrible

I’m coming a little late to this phenomenon, but it is wonderful and if you haven’t seen it yet, do so. Dr. Horrible demands it.

*sings along*
I cannot believe my eyes
how the world’s filled with filth and lies
But it’s plain to see evil inside of me
is on the rise

Life updates

This is it. My last day of working at the library. No more computer headaches. No more stupid questions from people who really should know better. No more screaming kids and people yelling into cell phones because they blast their music so loudly they’re legally deaf.

Haha, yeah, right. At least I get to snap at these people now. Tell them to get off their bloody cellphones and take their screaming brats outside. I get to tell them loudly too. This’ll be fun. And if I don’t want to deal with them, I don’t have to. Score.

I’m really excited about leaving for school in a month. Little nervous, but very excited. I really can’t wait. Still saving up for a blasted laptop. I may not be able to afford getting a mac, which is depressing, but if I can’t, I can’t. I will be getting a tablet pc for my computer this Saturday. Yay!

In other news, I now have a plot for NaNoWriMo ‘08. It’s based in my friends world, but Tala hasn’t been talking to me lately so I can’t finish her story yet. Maybe next year.

Inner Demons

I’ve said it before and I’ll probably continue to, but I love writing. It’s a great way to explore human character. All the ups and downs, how feelings lead to actions and how the people we write about are products of the past experiences. And one of the things, I think, that makes a believable character is inner demons.

There’s all manner of things that could create those demons. Someone close to you died, you were abused, maybe you killed someone on accident. My friend has a great post about what makes a man. I recommend reading it. Her and I have done a lot of rp’s together to really piece together the history of these characters.

Of all the characters, though, Charlie has the worst case. He’s a very happy character, but when he gets angry, think Hulk. He gets into this, well, not quite towering rage, but it’s really bad. Charlie describes it as his dark place. He goes deathly cold, stops caring about everything around him, and kills everything in his path. Invariably afterwards, he throws up and he hates himself for that.

This is a clip from an rp. Mind you, he’s babbling, but he’s never put it in words before, that feeling when he gets angry, and why he doesn’t like it.

“I know everyone talks about their inner demons, but it’s worse for me. It isn’t just a feeling. It’s like… these voices inside that tell me how horrible everyone is. And I mean everyone,” Charlie said, looking at Mac. “How everyone is against me and they don’t love me and Phillip and Josh drive them back but they aren’t gone. They’re hovering, waiting. I see them in my dreams as actual demons. I don’t know if I let them in when I was captured or if they started growing after Mom died and I started putting on happy faces for everyone. Either way, when I get angry, even just a little, I feel them pushing and prodding at me.”