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i am impressed with myself though, i moved some really heavy and awkward stuff from the 2nd floor of the house to the basement.
including my mom’s old drafting board.
uh… not sure if that’s the real name for it, but it’s the thing that architects draw on in movies

i’ve been trying to decide whether i should take over my sis’ old room completely, or if i should just put some of my stuff in her room and continue sleeping in my own room.
a couple things:
- her bed is a double, mine is a twin.
- her room is a lot bigger than mine, mine is small and packed with stuff.
in the end, it came to:
- her room is purple and mine is bright yellow
and i LOVE my yellow room!
so unless i paint her room red or orange or something, i’ll stick with my room.

nothing immensely annoying has happened, but i’m just in a foul mood, and that’s putting a damper on everything i do…

after taking apart my desk until 3am last night (i stayed up until 3:30 and watched an episode of The Cosby Show to put me in good spirits b4 i went to sleep), I got up bright and early this morning and went to the bookstore as soon as it opened to get cash for one of my textbooks. (at the exam last night i realized that there were HUNDREDS of us with the same book, and if i waited until midday to go to the Bookstore I might not be able to sell it!)

then i came home and continued with the packing…

the reason i’m not very ‘chipper’ today is b/c i DONT WANT TO WORK!
i’ve tried and tried to give up my shift this evening but to no avail.
it’s a big inconvenience and i don’t want to end off the year feeling miserable…
but the fact that i am miserable makes me feel even more miserable.
haha.

a few hrs ago i walked 20min down the road to give my cable modem back to Rogers and it turned out that, that certain store doesn’t take in the modems!
hmph!
so that was a waste of time and energy..

anyways, the ray of sunshine came when i decided that the first thing i’ll do with my packing process is get rid of my bed/futon, b/c it takes up a lot of space and i’ll feel like i’m getting something accomplished if i don’t see it anymore.

i spent the past week trying to find some kind of ‘goodwill’ organization to come pick it up, but their pickup services were backed up until June/July!

so i decided to just put it by the recycling/garbage area at the back of my apartment with a sign saying “in great condition” and hope that someone will take it.

so as i’m carrying 2 pieces down the hallway an elderly lady comes out of her apartment and says, “i know i dont have my glasses on, but i have no idea what that is!”
or something like that…

so i say it’s a futon.
and she says they’re making them different than they did in her day.
and i say, ‘actually, there’s another piece.’
and then somewhere along the line i tell her i’m taking it out to the garbage and ask her if she wants it.
and she does!

so my futon has found a loving home!
yayy
and she was excited about it. she said it brightened her day.

she was going to take her tabloid magazines to the laundry room for other ppl to read, but managed to convince me to take them.
…i’m not quite sure WHY i took them.
i’m seriously not a fan of those magazines.
…what am i supposed to do with them?

on their website they listed a bunch of benefits that they give to their employees, “It’s not just a job. So we do more than just write you a paycheque.”

on top of the normal things like paid vacation, a health care plan, and subsidized fitness club memberships,
you get a 60% discount on all their books!

and i’m not just talking textbooks here… fiction too!

re: copyrights

“anyone can make a recording of music tapes, records and CDs for their own private use. Royalties are charged on blank tapes and other recording media to compensate artists and producers for this exception.”

i found that interesting.
however, i’m not sure if that still applies.
the textbook is copyright 2005.

and apparently she didn’t call b/c she noticed that I had applied to two internships (one in Canada, the other one abroad), and she’s going to interview the ppl who applied for both in a few days.

now, is it just me, or is it really inconsiderate to not tell me that she wasn’t going to call.?

okay… i understand that people are busy and it takes more than 2 minutes to call someone sometimes…
but she has email. she’s emailed me before.
a simple email that says, “i’m not calling you today” would’ve been sufficient.

i get upset when people are not considerate of my time.
professional people i mean.

it could be b/c i’m a lowly student… or a lowly unemployed person.
or it could be b/c being inconsiderate is just her nature… but i seriously doubt that.
If she had a meeting with the head of her company, or someone who wanted to give the company money, i’m sure she wouldn’t have just not called them.

i’m actually fine with it…. i told my mom during the weekend that if i didn’t get it, i would regret anything, b/c i felt like i did a good job presenting myself.
usually after interviews i think, “shoot, why did i answer that question that way! i should’ve said — instead!” etc etc etc!

but this one wasn’t like that.
which was fun.

and then today i realized that if i got the job i’d have to do some serious running around getting a visa, and then i’d have to come back in the middle of the summer for grad…
not THAT would be a big hassle.

i’ve got to say, it was definitely my best interview ever!

unfortunately, i definitely won’t get the job…

cuz, she never called.
haha.

it’s been an hour, so i think i can safely say that she forgot….
perhaps i should call her.

i dunno what i’d say though, “hey, you totally forgot to call me! what’s up with that?!”

heh, she probably has a good reason… she seemed like a busy person the first time we talked.

after the first 30min i thought, ‘oh shoot! maybe she thought I would call her!’
but then i thought about it, and it just doesn’t make sense for an interviewee to call the interviewer for a phone interview…

plus it’s long distance.

Right before the meeting with Cosby (each actor would go and meet with him and the producer or something like that) the actors had to sign the contract.

The 15yr old actress who they had chosen for Denise told the director that she couldn’t sign the contract b/c she wanted to be a singer and thus could not be in every episode.
And the director told her that it was a show about a family, and she would have to be in every episode.

So she backed down and gave up the job.

And who was that actress?
WHITNEY HOUSTON!

i thought that was interesting!

it happened a few days ago… i figured it was just b/c i hadn’t had enough sleep the night before… and when i got a good 30hr sleep in, i’d be fine.

heh, my plan seemed to have one flaw in it though…
b/c i’m sick, i can’t fall asleep for a long time, and when i do, I spend the whole night ‘tossin and turnin’… which makes it really hard to get a goodnight’s sleep, regardless of when i lay my head down.

oh well.

my throat was hurting a lot last night, and i fully realized that I seriously don’t take any kind of medication.
forget tylenol or cough syrup, i don’t even have Halls!
heh, so i ended up having like 4 cups of tea. it felt good going down, but then i’d have to have another cup to feel good again.

but hey, it could be worse.

for example, i could be studying for something OTHER than 2 interesting subjects right now! (i’m leaving my boring one for tomorrow )

And i could be without music!
*gasp!*
now, that’s just crazy talk!

seriously though, i love those ‘gotta move’ songs.