Job Hunting still a go go

I applied to around 10 companies today, I need money quick. Tired of mooching off of my mom for everything. I did make them spaghetti for dinner so that should account for something. I went to Denton with Nisha today and it's weird walking on other campuses and not seeing brown... brown dirt, brown trees, spanish tiles on roofs. I miss Texas Tech and it's beautiful campus. I know see how my fellow alumni feel when they leave Lubbock for good. Texas Tech will always have the tiniest place in my heart. Speaking of Denton... I hate it, full of hipster wannabes. I just about vomited every where I walked. Good luck to my sister, I know she will be counting down the days. I fall asleep thinking about future jobs, I'm actually getting nervous about interview outfits, and work attire. I'm starting to wish I had entered into an occupation where you were allowed to be creative, and you were encouraged to be an individual. I would wear the coolest outfit, but instead I will be entering the financial industry where you better be wearing black, navy, or grey and you better be in a suit and demand respect, and exude professionalism because thats how people expect their employees to dress especially when dealing with other peoples money.

I think I'm going to eat some spaghetti and watch more Deadwood

Oh tomorrow I may just unpack my bags and shoes, they are still in giant suitcases. On the 17th I will have lived here for a month, the time is flying by.

wave a penny under your nose

hahah I've been rewatching Deadwood and I realized that I have great taste in tv shows. I mean I bought the complete series of Deadwood about three years ago and I've watched this show when it aired on HBO back in the mid 2000's. I just love historical fiction dramas. I also slept in for a good bit of the day and it didn't rain as much today. I braided my hair today, I actually just finished but I want them a bit longer so I will be adding more hair to them. I think I have enough in my closet because I don't want to spend money to buy more.

I sold my Public Finance book back to Amazon and I got a credit for about 78 dollars, yes ( Tech only wanted to give me $10, ripoff) so I bought a couple of things on the cheap today, HDMI cable, and then a mini display port so I can now watch things off of my Macbook on my TV. So many cables.

Lastly I bought a CD. I actually had this cd back in 2006 or 2007 from my roommate Sarah, I sweet memories. The CD wasn't mine and I was too cheap to buy it when me, Sarah and some friends went and saw this group when they came to Lubbock and I fell in love with these sweet tunes. The CD was on an old iPod of mine but I can't find it and yeah I just decided to buy it now and I am glad I did. It's Thao & The Get Down Stay Down. The Album is titled We Brave Bee Stings and All.

I think I'm going to listen to it and drift to sleep. Me and Nisha are trekking to Denton tomorrow to get her school things taken care of and maybe stop by some yummy food along the way. It's going to be an adventure.

so I'm really lazy

So today has been so rainy in Fort Worth, I feel like I live in Seattle or something. It's so gloomy, dark, and depressing. I need the sun and my dog doesn't like going outside to use the bathroom. So I decided to braid my hair but I was too lazy to do more than five braids out of 50 or so. I just ended up doing a jumbo flat twist in the front with a high bun. Why am I so lazy? After that my mom told me that I need to figure something out to eat for dinner and I didn't feel like looking through their freezers for meat, so I was willing to go to the store and just buy meat but my mom told me there was shrimp in the freezer. I decided to go the Asian route and make a teriyaki stir fry. It was crazy delicious I added broccoli, snap peas, onion, red pepper, pineapple chunks, green beans, and mushrooms, of course shrimp (they were such a pain to peel) sesame oil, soy sauce, red pepper flakes, sirachi chili sauce, teriyaki, and garlic.

My mom always wants something sweet so I made a chocolate pudding cake, which I've made that many times because its fast and simple to make. So yeah I haven't had it yet, now I'm just hanging out in my room. Hopefully I will be able to accomplish repainting my vintage telephone table, I found some  pictures for inspiration, so I'm excited.

I love this color too, I don't know what color I'm going to paint mine yet

Monday Funday

So I've decided that I need to start talking about all my cool thrift store finds, especially since I'm back in the DFW. Oh and maybe I can talk about new music too, while I have so much free time as I apply for jobs. Before I get started on the thrift store finds I have been having a great time I've been reading Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt. I just bought the book at Half Priced Books at the steal of a deal price of $2.00. Yay I remember reading this book before and I have the DVD as well but I have the time to read the book over and I am happy that I bought it. Poor Francis, he had such a rough life. It makes me thankful for what I have.

So basically I drove to Lewisville and hit up some stores because I was basically looking for some cool items for my new place (hahah room in my parents home) I was looking for little Tchotchkes for my bookshelf (oh I'm going to repurpose a couple of things so I will try to do tutorials on those items) I found a sweet vintage owl but it was around $12, and I refuse to pay that much especially when I can get it in the clearance section at Urban Outfitters.

I know on one of my walls I want to do a crazy assortment of golden frames, a touch of Midas basically, weird but thats what I want to do, so let the collection of gold frames begin. I found this picture frame for $1.49 and the two little golden hexagonal mirrors for $1.99 each ( Super cheap )

Also I like collecting different mugs, because my friends like drinking wine, cocoa, tea, coffee out of crazy mugs. Besides thrift stores have the coolest mug and with a go through the dishwasher they are like new. This one only cost $.65! Yay me, I'm going to call this one Freddie or The Kruger

My most favorite find today is this crazy Aztec print pillow, it only cost $.95 that is crazy I would be willing to pay $10- $15 on some crazy website because I sort of like the tribal look of it. And I love having a lot of cool pillows on my bed.

I can't go anywhere without buying clothes, so I managed to buy this cool button up Chambray shirt that I may dip in bleach for a sort of Ombre look. I'm not sure, but the shirt was half off so it was $3.99 so I ended up paying 2 bucks. Score, I can wear it casually or dress it up with a skirt and some jewelry. So many possibilities.

I'm trying to experiment with making headboards out of cardboard, I think I have the idea. I didn't want to experiment with expensive fabrics so I bought this fabric which it really isn't the best fabric to choose it's sort of a jersey knit and it's see through. I'm going to go to Joann's and get some kind of Gold Brocade fabric.

Lastly music, one of my favorite things. I just bought Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros. I've wanted this CD for a while and I had a 2 dollar mp3 credit on Amazon and they had the CD on sale for $3.99.

I also walked in the living room the other day and heard my dad listening to this crazy folksy, indie sounding music. My dad said he liked this band because it reminded him of some blues, kind of hillbilly rock. My dad also likes Arcade Fire... he's a weird old guy. The band is The Swell Season and the album is called Strict Joy. I listened to this CD with my dad and it sounded cool, something I would actually purchase myself. Me and my Glenn Glenn are so much alike.

And so it begins

Well I'm back to blogging.... and it's 2013!

Update on me: I'm finished with school I've began the long process of applying for jobs now, Oh and I moved back in with my parents. It's not that bad I don't pay for anything and I have my own room, well my sister moved back as well, so we have our own side of the house. I will be 26 in a few months and I just want to have an actual job and start paying for things. Right now I have no money, well I have a little but not a lot. I really need a job so I can pay Tech the 5000.00 that I owe them for my last semester so they can release my records, start paying back my student loans, buy a car and get an apartment. Adulthood is not cheap. It's actually starting to sink in that I will have no money for a while unless I win the lottery. How depressing.

I applied for three jobs so far, and of course I hope that I get hired at one of these companies.

Raspberry Tea

So again I feel like I am back in the dumps again, I'm starting to have an unhealthy relationship with food and body image issues. I hate working out but I know I have to and when I try to eat healthy I just fall off the wagon, there is no middle ground for me. I either starve or over eat. I'm trying to find that happy medium, it's really depressing

The stars, The moon....

Well it's definitely been a while, but I'm trying to be a more positive person, so I'm looking on the bright side. My blog posts from last year (2011) were only 31, and I am already at 123, yes major improvement. I am setting a mini goal of blogging the whole month of December and possibly the rest of November. I don't know how that is going to go because I am in the process of moving back to DFW on December 15th after this semester. It is sort of bittersweet thinking about moving and packing up, I think of all the good times I've had in Lubbock over the past 7 years and a weird smile creeps up on my face. I also applied to a MBA program at UTSA so if I get in I will move to San Antonio, if I don't get in, it's living with my parents while I apply for a grown up job. Either way I'm moving somewhere.

I'm making some progress on my room, but I always seem to get distracted with music playing, and trying on clothes that I mysteriously find all around my room. I'm nervous about the future, I am putting this all in God's hands. God knows where I will end up after all so I shouldn't keep worrying about it. He lead me on this whole economics path so I'm trusting him.

Speaking of school I only have 2 and a half weeks left. I have one more exam, a paper, maybe a couple of quizzes and then finals and I'm done. It hit me when I was at work last Tuesday, I was just sitting at my desk thinking about all the people I've met over the past two years working there. That has been the longest time I've been at one job I believe since I turned 18. I've made some good friends there and as much as I complain about it, i'm really going to miss it there.

Lubbock has left an impression in my heart and even though I despise this place sometimes, it will always have a place in my heart. Oh and I can tell my kids how when I was in college the wind would rape your hair everyday, and how the streets would flood, and it was a good day when you didn't get dirt in your mouth. And how sitting on the patio of Chimy's on a Friday after class was well worth the wait.