I Need a Job

I added captions to the photos in the Coast to Coast photo album. Except they didn't show up in order. I'm pissed (!) because I numbered them 1-37, and they should've uploaded in the correct order. So a few of the captions that rely on each other might not necessarily be adjacent, but I'm sure you'll figure it out.

But now that I'm here, I suppose I should talk about what's been happening in Huntington Beach since I arrived on Saturday... Things have been sort of uneventful actually, namely because I've been spending a lot of time trying to get my room back in shape. Saturday we unloaded most of my car (it's still not finished, though), and I unpacked a few of the boxes I'd shipped home, but that's about it. I went to bed around 10, I think, and woke up Sunday morning pretty early. Since being home, I've actually been going to bed around 10 or 11 every night, which has been a very welcome change. It means I'm getting up at 7 or 8 in the morning, which seems totally outrageous, but it's been really nice to have more time to do shit during the day.

Sunday I worked on my room some more, and I went to Target (woohoo!) to pick up a new lamp for my room and a storage cart. I quickly put them to use. Sunday night my dad came over for dinner. We had chinese food. (Well, everyone except for me...I had Del Taco quesidillas instead.) After dinner, I putzed around on Craig's List, etc., looking for a job for the summer, which is always harder to do than it should be. Oh, well.

Monday was a bit more exciting. I met up with Bob and my brother Justin at Chipotle (which I still maintain is effing gross) for lunch. I had a bowl of black beans with tortillas on the side, which Justin laughed at since it wasn't much of a meal. (Well, maybe if he hadn't picked Chipotle for lunch, I could've enjoyed my meal! Jerk!) It was really good to see Justin, who has grown another inch or two since I last saw him and who is raking in all these crazy awards at Edison High School for being awesome. I'm proud of him, and I am really beginning my mission of encouraging him to go to school out of state. Some time in the summer or fall, Bob's gonna send us out to the east coast so Justin can check out some schools. I'm pretty happy to be a part of the whole process, and I imagine Justin thinks it's cool to have a big sister who's "been there, done that" to guide him along the way. (I'm pretty awesome, what can I say? Psych!)

Anyway, after lunch with Justin, I met up with Greg Poppe to go to South Coast Plaza and walk around. We talked about the Secret Service, made fun of a ridiculously tall men, who we named Ivar, and laughed at the absurdity of certain people/characteristics of good ol' Surf City, HB. We were also supposed to go to Ikea, but time didn't permit us to since I had a date with my mom. She and I ate at The Lazy Dog Cafe, which is always delicious, and had a nice talk. Despite how much she frustrates me at times, she truly is amazing. It's hard to cut her slack, but she really is taking on an incredible amount of work and stress, and now that she's getting into the heat of her dissertation, things will probably only become more challenging.

After dinner, Matt and I watched Risky Business, which I had never seen before. A scene or two was cut out because the DVD was totally effed up, but even missing those scenes, Matt and I were convinced that it's a weird movie. Seriously, it's so weird! The clothes and music were unbelievable, though, and made it worth the pain and heartache of missed scenes.

Yesterday I went to lunch with Matt and Greg at the 17th Street Deli, which is seriously the best place ever. I had turkey, avocado (and they heap it on), lettuce, and cheese on squaw bread (which is what I always have), and it was heaven. Maybe I'll go there again today... Yeah!

And this brings me to the point in the day when I went over to my dad's to watch American Idol. Hahahahaha! I won't even comment on that since most of you, I imagine, don't watch it (and neither do I). It was funny, though, and the fact that it's the #1 show on television amuses me somewhat.

Anyway, I have to go to Golden West College today to register for a fucking statistics class, and I have to stop at the bank and a few other places. Tonight I'm going to the Senior MUN Banquet to see my students, who are now graduating. I had them when they were freshmen in high school, and now they are seniors. I cannot tell you how much that puts time into perspective for me. Where the eff did it go? Seriously, it boggles my mind that it's 2005 and that 2006 is when everyone in my class is graduating from college. Oh, wait, too bad I'm not. Ugh!

Okay. So this entry was boring. I promise to bring back funny links and funny stories hopefully in the next entry. Thanks for reading anyway. I just wanted to bring you up to speed on the whos and whats of Jen Paul as of late so we can all be on the same page now.

Nine Inch Nails in San Diego on Monday with Ms. Angela Serratore. Seriously can't wait.