Two more weeks

Flights in the morning. Well, not really. I'm leaving tomorrow to go home from Richmond with Aneliese, though. I have a ton of nervous excitement built up. It should be incredibly fun, I can't wait for my friends to meet her and for (the portion of my family available) to see her again.

I didn't get the co-op position with Cadre5 that I was hoping for. Apparently they don't have enough work to justify a co-op in the Spring. At least, that's what I took from it. That's ok because I found out I can graduate in December, I'm a lot closer than I thought I was. Finances are a little complicated, but, when are they not? I hope to reach stability in the next two years. That's my plan at least.

I am doing a little drawing and UX work for an iPhone app a friend built. I'm hoping to have something put together by the end of the weekend, but I know the next 5 days are going to be grossly busy with friends and family and things.

I still don't know what I'm going to get my mother for christmas and have a feeling I'm going to have to settle for something smaller than I was thinking, which is ok, just, a little annoying. But I do think I know what I'm getting everyone else in my family so that is good. Just one last thing to figure out.

I have been doing a good job of managing my stress. I am unfortunately one of those people that has a hard time of hiding it though. I'm just trying to be more open about when I'm a little down and out and hoping that my openness will help me and hopefully not be too detrimental to those around me. It's not like it's all the time, but it happens.

I realize this post is incredibly disjointed but I am just having a lot of random thoughts and there is no organization in my head right now.

I think after I graduate I'll probably apply for jobs with Georgia-Pacific. I am considering asking them if I can come back in the summer but that means I won't graduate till the Spring. It would be nice to be closer to Aneliese this summer, though, also I don't mind working with the people I work with there. Although, the drive to work is pretty annoying. (haha first world problems). I just don't want to get caught up and stuck working for a company when that is not where I want to be forever. I don't want to be thirty and... so scared of getting older I'm only good at being young, so I play the numbers game to say "my life has just begun".

No point in dwelling on it just yet. No point in dwelling on anything.

I should be happy. It's a wonderful life.

It's Been One Week

Nothing to see here, move along.

That's what I feel like writing right now because I'm not really in the mood to write. But if I don't keep at it I won't write at all, and I know that.

My plans for Christmas keep getting kind of skewed by other peoples schedules which is sort of annoying, but hey it's all good. I'm gonna stick around Lynchburg for two more weeks and try to make some money. I have started working on an iPhone app so that gives me something to do in my spare time here; however, it's a little bit daunting because I've never done one before (at least not really). I have to learn Xcode and Objective-C and so I'm tackling this whole process right now. Hopefully I can have a basic app up and running before long, but I digress. I'm probably going to make a trip to Knoxville to drop some stuff off next weekend and then come back up and pick up the rest of my stuff and spend some time in Richmond with Aneliese before taking her home with me for Christmas. I'm pretty excited, I'm not gonna lie. I am... nervous, though. I can't explain why.

I watched Chasing Amy for the first time a couple of nights ago and I have to say, I liked it a lot. As Devon said, [paraphrasing here] "part of the reason Kevin Smith movies are so good is because the dialogue is real talk, like conversations you would have with your best friend." and it's true. I hate to say that I related in any way to Ben Affleck, but I did relate to one of the things he was experiencing in the movie very specifically. It is kind of incredible how similar the issue is, and honestly, it caught me off guard and upset me a little bit. It's okay though, it's sort of nice to have an issue presented so readily to you and then you have to face it.

I've done a terrible job of facing it. haha.

I also watched Jet Li's Fearless. I have a weak spot for foreign martial arts movies. I liked it, but I have a hard time taking Jet Li too seriously even though it was a serious movie. Too much Cradle 2 the Grave, haha. One thing I thought was funny was that one of the main messages of the movie was that "revenge is never the answer because it just leads to more bloodshed." Hello, Naruto. :)

I'm reading two books at once, which would be a little confusing, however, I left one in Richmond and haven't read it in a couple of weeks so I'm not having too much trouble. 1Q84 just makes me remember how much I love Murakami. His style is just so good, he's literally a genius. The other book is The Visible Man by Chuck Klosterman. Chuck is one of my all time favorites and this is only his second novel, but I already am really enjoying it, just like the first (as expected).

That's really all I've got right now. Oh, I have an interview with a software company called Cadre5 in Knoxville on Thursday night. I'm nervous but confident. Hopefully I get the co-op. <3

Things to add to my reading list:
Kafka on the Shore (Murakami)
Norwegian Wood (Murakami)
and Code Complete (I just ordered this!)