vlad2o

Back to teh LJ with a vengence

Sun, 01 Mar 2009 09:13:36 GMT

Looking to reconnect with the world and since I'm living out in the boonies now... or at least as boonie as you get in the SF city limits, I figured the best way was to start blogging again. Went to Wondercon tonight, going to a knitting expo tomorrow. Yay for weekends without two essays to write!

Paying the bills and moving out

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 10:54:08 GMT

So... this week in my life I have several important missions.

1) find new housing
I'm looking for a place to hang my hat, and it isn't going well. It seems as though everyone wants a female roommate, which is not unexpected since the m/f ratio is somewhere around 1/3 at my school. My time here at 319 is up in 3...2...NOW! I'm supposed to be out this week and I have no clue where I'm going to be. I want someplace close to the school with a room of my own. Those two ideals are impossible enough without the added concern of rent money. So, that's the big one.

2) Financial aid
Missed my appointment last Monday because it simply slipped my mind. I know I should be more concerned about getting it all square with that office, but item 1 is a bit more pressing at this time.

3) and probably most leasurely of the activities listed, I need a job
I need a source of income to help ease the burden on my parents and quite simply have pocket money AT ALL. Part of the college experience is trying new food, experiencing the culture of the place you live, and honestly getting into trouble. All of these things cost money and none of them is cheap. I want to see every movie I can, and fortunately for me, I live in a city that provides ample opportunity for a diverse cross section of film viewings from any time or place imaginable... well, any time previous to this precise moment. Don't want to cause any timespace parodox and make for an awkward Trekian story line in which I meet my ancestors and find that I change the course of history rewriting my own life and blinking my brother out of existence.

So that's the skinny on my predic. Feel free to let me know of any room availabilities you hear about in the bay and I'll feel free to write your eyes out... doesn't really have the same zing as talk your ear off... I'll try to come up with something better when I'm not half asleep an doped up on caffein.

Peace

Lost in the City.

Sun, 03 Aug 2008 03:51:33 GMT

So this is going to sound entirely dorktastic of me. Over the last week or so I've been kinda out of it. I've been dealing with the death of a dear mentor of mine who helped me find my career path in an indirect way. But I'm doing okay so you probably don't want to hear too much about that, so in other news I've started watching the show Northern Exposure which has been an eye opener.

If you've never seen it, NE is a show from the early 90's about a Jewish doctor from New York whose med school was paid for by the government of Alaska in exchange for two years of service. He thinks he'll be posted in Anchorage, but instead is sent to a backwater little town in the middle of the vast Alaskan wilderness. The reason this show has been such an experience for me is I've been going through the opposite chain of events moving from small town life into a major metropolitan city. It's nice to know that the same cultural clash occurs on that end as well. I've never really identified myself as "rural" but I find myself longing for a quieter existence away from noise.

I don't make trips into the city much these days since the charm of it all has worn off (and since most of my city friends are off traveling over the summer). I can't wait to move into a different living situation. I really do like the people I'm living with now, but they party a bit more than I'm used to (which is none at all) and I need my sleep. I'm hoping to move somewhere with my own room. Is that really too much to ask? Well, I guess that's good for now. I can't wait to fall asleep tonight. I'm tired.