Job Hunting Blues

So I've become a bit desperate. I've been trying to find a "real" job all summer, as I am graduating with my MA next month, and am expected to make some use of myself. Also, my part-time restaurant job cannot provide me with the hours to pay my rent. So, in the meantime, I've decided to try and find another part-time job to supplement my income. I just applied for a job at Borders, which I think would be a nice place to work, but is in fact depressing for a couple of reasons. First, both my best friend and my college roommate worked at Borders when we were nineteen. They both have respectable post-graduate jobs/endeavors that they're working on, and I'm trying to get the job they did when they were nineteen. Secondly, the freakin' application took me about 45 minutes to fill out and asked for all but my mom's favorite color when she was ten. All of this, and there's the possibility that they're not even hiring. Thank you war-time economy.

I guess I'm just being a little bit of a baby about things, but this whole job hunting process has been a shot to my self-esteem. In any case, I don't even know if anyone reads this thing, but if you're reading this now and know of good company that is looking for a bright, friendly, hard-working girl to work for them, hit me up. Gotta pay them bills!

Sweet Darlin'

Just got back from seeing She & Him and it was such a wonderful show. There were, of course, some setbacks. Mary Beth and I were standing near the trash cans and either they, or the girl in front of us, smelled really bad. All I can say is, in the words of my favorite college professor, "Thank the Lord for olfactory fatigue." Also, standing just to my left, wasThe Most Ridiculous Couple in the World. The girl kept screaming "Owwwweeewwwweeee!!!!" in my ear, which is kind of funny in hindsight, because who does that? And her boyfriend was That Guy who yells things really loudly during quiet moments so that every one will listen to him. And everyone does, but they think he's ridiculous. However, his girlfriend didn't think he was ridiculous, she thought he was just great. Every time he yelled something stupid, she giggled and looked adoringly up at him. I can almost guarantee you that he has yelled "Freebird!" at some point in his concert going career.

Barring these minor setbacks* the actual show was so lovely. Zooey Deschanel is possibly the cutest girl on the planet, and M. Ward is just so effortlessly cool. She and Becky Stark of Lavender Diamond both wore peach dresses in honor of the fact that they were in Georgia, and Zooey wore this humongous flower attached to head. On anyone else, I'm pretty sure the giant head flower would make me gag, but on her it was just adorable. And the music was good, and her voice sounded just like the album, so you know she isn't some crazy actress that gets someone to make her sound presentable on an album, but can't back it up live. Also, I'm pretty sure her bass player was pregnant, which made me happy that her unborn baby gets to listen to such pretty songs. All in all, I was enchanted. It was the perfect summer show.

*I laugh on the inside every time I hear or use the term minor setback because my little brother's very first band was called Minor Setback. He was thirteen and had bleached hair and patches all over his clothes, and was basically trying to be MxPx. It was AWESOME!

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Last night color club attended Stone Mountain Park's Laser Show Spectacular. It was indeed spectacular, and as a club devoted to loving all the colors of the rainbow and then some, I don't know why we didn't make it to the laser show sooner. I had never been to the show before, and didn't really know what to expect besides lasers and extreme patriotism. Here are the top five reasons why the laser show is awesome:

1. Lasers. Like the kind that make you feel like you're living in the future.
2. There is a vignette dedicated to the heroes of our country accompanied by Mariah Carey's song "Hero," which then transitions into a vignette advertising Chik-Fil-A, in which cows act out the premise of various movies like Indiana Jones, Star Wars, and High School Musical (Moosicow).
3. Stone Mountain has Robert E. Lee and some other guys carved into the side of it. During the show, the stone men come to life through the power of lasers and come charging at the audience. It's terrifying.
4. Also terrifying is the fact that the lasers lead you to believe that the end of the Civil War was a mutual break-up. The lasers tell you that Robert E. Lee broke his sword over his knee and the Union was born.
5. Dippin' Dots. I haven't had them in a long time.

While these are reasons why everyone should go to see the Laser Show Spectacular, I think my personal favorite moment of the night was when they played The Devil Went Down to Georgia. I don't want to ever hear that song again without lasers and fireballs shooting into the summer sky.

I just finished watching that show Pushing Daisies for the first time. It is one of the most visually stunning shows I've seen in I don't know how long. Even though the show is about death, everything is so bright and whimsical and fantastic. I'm excited to have those pictures in my head as I go to sleep.

After a short hiatus, I'm back...

And by short I mean seven years. That's how long it's been since I've had a blog. I had a Diaryland page waaaayy back in the day, but I quit because I was having a blogger's version of performance anxiety. Does anyone even remember Diaryland?

This week has been a movie week for me. Here's what I watched:

-Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry, a car chase movie from the 70s starring Peter Fonda and reckless driving. I watched it in preparation for a paper I was writing about Grindhouse.
-Hellboy II: The Golden Army. I might have been the only girl in the theater.
-Step Up 2: The Streets. Please don't judge the fact that I now own this on DVD. Dance battles + Missy Elliot songs every five minutes = a movie I need to own.
-The Rocker. I went to a free screening. The movie was okay, a few too many pratfalls for my taste. However, Rainn Wilson was there to do a Q & A, and while most of the questions were really dumb, he was genuinely entertaining. Also, he referred to Matthew McCoughnahey (sp?) as Matthew McKindagay.
-Batman Begins, to prepare for...
-The Dark Knight!!! So good, and so intense! And as Berly says, Christian Bale is a babe. Although I promise I liked it for more reasons than that.
-In the midst of all that, I've been watching Joss Whedon's new internet series Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog. It's both funny and sad, and has a villain named Moist. And musical numbers. I loved it!

Since I officially finished all my graduation requirements and never have to go to school ever again, I've been completely happy to bury myself in movies and music and books. Next week comes less Christian Bale and more job hunting. And a visit from my parents.