late night habits

anyone who has ever met me could tell you i'm a bit of an extrovert. yeah, just a little. this goes beyond being talkative (which i am) to being recharged and reassured about life and my issues through talking things out with people.

now, i don't particularly like crowds but i do feel most like myself when i'm with a smaller group of friends. i mean, i base most of my self worth on how hard i can make other people laugh and that is a bit hard to do when you don't have contact with anyone.

but despite this extreme need for other people, when it comes to winding down for the night, i can't go straight from hanging out to snoozing. i need time to decompress, by myself, to do something that is just for me.

i wonder if this is the cause or effect of being a night owl- did i fall into the habit of finding stuff to do once other people went to bed or did i start staying up late because i need some me time?

weekly stumble returns!

ah yes, i used to have some sort of rhyme and reason here. and here's an attempt to bring it back.

this isn't technically a stumble because karel actually sent me here. and there went all hopes of a productive afternoon.

i love quizzes. and surveys. and questionnaires. oh yes, i do. and as i love personality type indicators, i love quizzes that tell me what time of day i am



what movie nerd i am


my presidential soulmate


my flavor


my inner (and coincidentally, outer) hair color


and so, so much more.

i took a ton that don't have badges- like i belong in the 1930s and 40s. and that, i'm like, you know, so crushworthy. like totally. and that my life is apparently most like the adventures of pete and pete.

if you have a vast amount of time to kill and are dying to know what character you would be on some obscure show, click away. always more fun than dealing with adult stuff.

impending partnership

i've just done the unthinkable.

i reapplied to starbucks.

now, for those of you not in the know, i worked at starbucks for three years in boston. three years filled with irate customers, scalding coffee, coworker drama. it wasn't all horrible- some of my dearest boston friends were fellow starbucks chumps and i met my fair share of lovely customers who could totally brighten my day. but i would be lying if i said that i'm happy about my return to the service world.

where bitches make me cry about the temperature of their soy, the aroma of overflowing grease traps welcomes me first thing in the morning, and christmas music starts playing the day after thanksgiving.

i'm not giving up on the job hunt but as i'm moving in less than a month, i want some source of income to be settled. so, in you walk into a starbucks and see me in a green apron, please be nice to me.

or else i will decaf you.

super fat tuesday

so i've been composing a very deep and introspective post in my head for awhile, but i'm not going to post it today because it is mardi gras and the day of the most primaries! rock the shrove vote!

i've been trying to find where i can get a king cake and some miniature donkeys, but alas, no such luck :( i shouldn't be too upset though, because in addition to allowing myself to eat chick-fil-a guilt free and watch some electoral action go down, my toes are enjoying some sun.

aw yeah, flip flops in february. with some sexy clear band aids. because fashion has a price and it is BLOOD.

as if i would let it go without mention

karel's birthday is today! by now, you know that i started blogging because of her and that i should never slight her about her loyalty least she yell at me in all caps like book five harry potter.

so happy birthday lady!

if it isn't one thing...

so, new housing is squared away and i couldn't be happier about it! i didn't really want to do the whole random roommate thing again, even though it worked out pretty well in boston. but now, i have to find a way to finance my new digs.

sweet sassy molasses-y, do i hate the job hunt.

i'm torn between finding a museum job that could help me get an actual career going after i graduate and being an office bitch somewhere to just pay the bills. so i just apply for them all and hope that i'm sending out the right resumes. right now, i'm trying to not work on weekends (wishful thinking, i know) but i don't know how much longer i'm going to hold out before i return to the dreaded starbucks. blah.

all that being said- if you know of any part time positions in metro accessible dc, please pass them along to me.

in other news, this blog is starting to suck. i think i am coming down with something (like everyone else) and my mind is in a bit of a fog. i need to resurrect my weekly stumble and best of blog roll installments. i am also going to start going through my tags and plump up the ones that only have a few posts, to round out your knowledge of me just a bit more.

i wish it was spring so that a) i could wear all my dresses b) be settled in my new place c) have a job d) well, it would be spring and that is always nice. off to daydream of cherry blossoms in class.

so late

by my standards, anyway! i hope i didn't have too many of you worried about my lack of morning posting but i was *gasp* doing school work earlier today and then shopping at marshall's (yay!) and staples, eating some good food, watching the half time show, and then getting ready for tomorrow. i can be so productive sometimes.

but that's not what i'm here to talk about. yesterday, juliet and i were discussing our myers-briggs personality types and we are both ENFJ, or givers. and we just can't imagine how anyone else functions other than how we do.

until i retook a test and found out that i'm an ESFJ, or caregiver.

oops.

in any case, i love doing personality types like this. i know that astrology isn't a hard science but i am a very typical gemini. of course, sometimes i feel a bit silly believing in my horoscope (which, yes, i do check) or discussing the finer points of the zodiac, so i feel something like personality indicators lend a bit more credence to categorizing folks.

test yourself and let me know what you are. i try to type people in my head and sometimes, i'm actually right.

oh and happy groundhog day

Breakfast of champions

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my mind feels like is has been scrubbed clean

and while this can be refreshing, it does make writing two papers and any blog posts a tad difficult.

so today, instead of my sparkling wit and turn of phrase, i give you a man with a pointer and a large pad.



charts are rad.

no longer undesirable!

it's a miracle! i've found a place to live!

thank you, facebook!

a good friend of mine from high school found me on facebook to say hi and invite me to a cocktail party (so adult, no?). we chatted about our lives, i lamented about my fruitless apartment search, and she said that she needed a roommate! i went to see the place and meet other future roomies last night and it is all set! i will have a northern virginia address come 1 march.

now, i just need to focus on getting a part time job, locking down a summer internship, devoting substantial amounts of time to school work, and generally keeping some sort of balanced life.

oh and happy birthday, pauly shore!