Relative Dimension

"That's chess!" snapped Ron. "You've got to make some sacrifices! I take one step forward and she'll take me -- that leaves you to checkmate the king, Harry!"

Wait, wait, wait -- one step forward? You're a knight! You only move in an L!

1. I made a profile and posted my resume to Monster.com, so hopefully that will help me get a job. I really want to be able to afford going back to school this fall.

2. I may get my book today, yay!

3. I have a new haircut which rocks.

4. I made coffee by myself and it's pretty damn good.

Here I am, nineteen days of vacation left, and I want to read the Harry Potter series. It could happen, but I wouldn't have much time for anything else, and I have a scarf to finish and music videos to work on, and I wanted to go through Inheritance again before the new book comes out. Maybe I'll just read my favorites again. But I really wanted to read the whole thing with new perspective. Oh bloody well.

On the bright side, I get new glasses next week. FINALLY.

Spent the day in Salem: got some new books, jeans, gifts for school friends, and saw Sweeney Todd. I'm trying out a sci fi book called Dante's Equation. It's too early to tell yet, but it looks promising.

My work supervisor scheduled me for 8 am shifts not one, but TWO days of the damned week. I am not pleased. I don't want to go back on Sunday.

I've got ReBoot on the brain again. Did I mention I finished another video? Almost finished. Mostly.

Watched Voyage of the Damned on YouTube like over a week ago, and it kicked ass. So did Enchanted. And, of course, Sweeney.

I laughed, I cried,
I shook my fist and shouted WHY?
And then I died,
And came alive,
With teardrops stinging both my eyes,
And then I smiled and sighed;
What a ride.

@$^&%*#!!!

I started reading a book yesterday that I've had for a few years but never really got around to reading before. It's the first in a series that's the sequel to a series I read a few years back and liked very much. The characters are quite lovable. Even the girls, and you (may) know how picky I am about fictional females. I'm enjoying this series as much as the last one, and all I really wanted to do today was read it. I hope my box of stuff from home arrives before I finish, because the next two books are in it. When I finish the series I may have to take a trip to the Smith Family Bookstore because I have almost nothing else to read here. Either that or I'll have to go to the library and expand my tastes.

Another thing I like about this group of characters (other than they're absolutely adorable) is that I was able to pick out quite a cast for them when I read the earlier series. I've made a few changes since then, but at the moment principle actors include Gerard Butler, Val Kilmer, Heath Ledger, and Jack Davenport (new addition). I love everybody, but Val's character may be my favorite. He's such a smartass. A character I can totally see him playing. He's also very close friends (they're practically joined at the hip) with the main character. Unfortunately, I haven't found a way to work in Robert Pattinson unless I switch him with Orlando Bloom. Phooey.

I got some new headphones today, not replacements for my broken favorites, but some that I may be able to sleep in. They go inside the ear quite deep, and have different size attachments for different size ears (mine are apparently freakishly small). The sound is great, which is fortunate considering what I paid for them. I saw a pair that I'd like to replace my broken ones with too, but I didn't have enough for both them and the printer ink I needed.

Sometime before Thursday I should probably study for that Geology midterm we're having.

It's hard to believe I've been here for a week. An unbelievable amount of stuff has happened in that short space of time and it's a lot to get my head around. I'm spending lots of time downstairs and starting to get decent at pool and ping pong, and tonight I watched Grey's Anatomy for the first time with a bunch of fans. Looks like I won't get to see much CSI this year unless I download it from iTunes. That's okay. I miss The Guys, but it's not like I won't ever see them again. 

After my first class I went to the library to find something to read. I may know how to organize the Library of Congress system, but I sure as hell don't know where they keep anything. It took me an hour to find the science section, and the book I checked out ended up being about this guy insisting that he could prove the existence of god through physics, or something equally ridiculous. I wish I had looked at that part BEFORE I checked it out. Oh well, at the very least it should make for an interesting read. My theory is that he went into cosmology, discovered that we don't know all the answers yet, and took the easy way out and tried to rationalize it with this book.

I'm looking forward to going home tomorrow. I like it well enough here, but I miss my mom and my cat and my old bed. And it's home. I want to bring some books and movies back so I'll have something to do when I run out of homework. I'm considering bringing my Stargate collection. I certainly have the shelf space (the storage in this room is incredible). Mom's going to be so happy to have a kid back in the house, even if it's just for a couple of days.

My last book was supposed to have come today and it didn't. So I e-mailed the seller and gave him hell. Three weeks my ass. Never screw up orders to a young lady on her period.

I'm seriously considering dyeing my hair pink. Of course, then I would look like Tonks instead of Harry Potter. Hmm, maybe a Halloween costume idea. If only I could change my appearance at will. I also have costume patterns for a lady pirate and a few Arwenish dresses, and I had thought of going as an albino. So many choices. But somehow I don't think a pink-haired Middle-earth lady would work.

House and Nip/Tuck start a week from today! WOOT!

I got more hair stuff today. I swear I must have half the Beyond the Zone collection at this time. I thought I'd try Air Wax and Hair Cement. I want to color my hair, but I think I'll probably need to ask for help with that.

Two of the books I ordered two weeks ago are STILL not here. I've had overseas orders that shipped faster. I am not joking. In fact, I don't think I've EVER had an order that took this long to arrive. I live on the west coast, for chrissakes, not the south pole. It shouldn't take two weeks to ship from North Carolina, even if it is media mail. I went back to Amazon and read that seller's customer feedback, and while most of it was positive, there seemed to be a lot of cases where people didn't get their stuff at all. I hope I don't have to get those again, and if I do, I'd better get my money back for this order. At the very least I'm never buying from them again, and I'm not rating them any higher than a 3 (and that only if I ever get my damn books). I'm this close to e-mailing the guy.

Sam's leaving tonight and won't be back till Christmas at the earliest. And he's taking all the stinking guitars with him. Damn his hide. Maybe my roommate will be a Japanese punk girl and play bass or something.