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10/15/2005: "Where the hell have I been?"
I've been less than prolific lately, and I apologize. I can't really explain why other than to say that I definitely have more to talk (complain?) about when I'm unhappy. So I guess no news is good news, at least from my perspective.
The latest:
- I'm back at school, and I'll be there for another couple of weeks. Then I'll have a three-week break, then I'll have another three-week class and I'm done. These last two classes aren't massage classes (I'm completely done with those), they're general-education courses that I have to (re)take because the school wouldn't or couldn't accept the credit from when I took them in college. I'm in a 1000-level business course now -- which is actually good review for when I'm in business for myself at some point -- and the other class is a 1000-level humanities class. They're incredibly easy -- so easy that anyone with half a brain really doesn't have to study for the multiple-choice tests, and I'm incredulous that people actually fail the classes (they're usually kids right out of high school who are at a vocational school -- and not college -- for a reason). Anyway, after the classes, I'm done done done with massage school.
- I'm working about three days a week at The Office, which I like. I'm completely removed from the politicking, morale-killing, brown-nosing, favoritism and general ridiculousness that you encounter at any large workplace. I'm welcome, but not obligated, to attend staff meetings. On work nights, I come in, get my orders, do my work and leave without any dirt on my shoulder. My opinion of my job is a far cry from what it was when I worked full-time. I'm beginning to think that I have an innate need to be in control of what I do and when I do it, and if I feel I'm not, I think that's when I get miserable. With the part-time schedule, I tell them when I can and can't work, and I think that's part of the key to contentment for me. Work is on my terms. Is that selfish and unambitious?
- I attended an entry-level Japanese class for four Wednesdays in September. I really didn't learn anything I didn't already know, but I loved it. It was taught by a super-nice woman from Hiroshima named Midori who teaches Japanese I and II at SCC. Since it was just four two-hour classes, the course focused on learning (and speaking between each other) a few introductory phrases and simple sentences, with a couple of discussions on Japanese culture. But it was wonderful to meet Midori, and I really want to take her Japanese I class when it comes around again in January (another reason to like my work schedule). One of my goals before I die is to learn how to speak Japanese, and I can't express how happy I was to be taking the first steps toward this. I literally had tears of joy in my eyes driving home from my first class. It's a decades-long dream coming to fruition.
- As far as massage work, I worked an independent-contractor gig doing chair massages at the convention center about six weeks ago. I hadn't worked that hard since working in food service at Disney my first year of college. The massage gig was good money, but my feet killed after my shift, and my wrists were dying. I'll do it again, though -- I need the contacts and experience.
- I'm going out of town for the first time in a long time the first weekend of November, to the annual Head of the Chattahoochee regatta. It's moved to Chattanooga for the first time, and I'm looking forward to racing and partying with the team. I hear Chattanooga was once a depressed city that's recently gone through a dramatic revitalization. It's supposed to be beautiful now, so I hope to get in some sightseeing.
- World of Warcraft was taking up a good chunk of my free nights, but the game-maker, Blizzard, recently issued a patch (upgrade) that has prooved too much for my G3 iMac, a k a TRS-80. It hasn't been able to run the game since Blizzard patched earlier this week, so I haven't been able to play. Shockingly, I've been much more productive on the home front. :)
That's it for now.
Current mood: Awake
CORRECTION: Typo alert: I have a G4 iMac, not G3. I guess I sometimes feel like I have a G3...
Replies: 3 shoutouts
thought you had a busted open your laptop and dropped a G3 processor in there, just to say you did. :-)
one of our customers critiqued a recent "upgrade" as follows: "You turned our G5s into G4s!"
Posted by rj @ 10/17/2005 11:07 PM EST
Sorry sorry sorry. Correction: I have a *G4* iMac, but it's one of the first bubble ones!!!!
Posted by Huffy @ 10/17/2005 09:10 PM EST
G3 iMac??? :-)
Posted by rj @ 10/17/2005 11:52 AM EST
