To-day, day, day, day...

Today has been a rather productive day, now that I think about it. I applied for a job at the Huntington Beach Youth Shelter (a 12-bed short-term facility for teens in crisis). It sounds as if it would be extremely challenging but highly rewarding and, obviously, very relevant considering my current educational/career goals. It will be interesting to see if I hear back from the unnamed people who work there.

(As a side note, I always get a little miffed when job listings don't include a contact person. This is mostly because it makes writing the cover letter a bit awkward. You don't want to address "To Whom it May Concern," but what other choice do you have?)

Additionally, I finished the diagram portion of the genogram project I have to complete for my family therapy class. (A genogram is similar to a family tree, but it includes important medical and mental health concerns for each person represented. It also uses a very specific set of symbols to indicate the nature of relationships between family members.) The point of the assignment is for me to look for the patterns that emerge across generations (e.g. alcoholism or depression). I have to write a paper about my findings by Wednesday's class but haven't started it yet. Hopefully I'll get to that in a little bit...

Also, I put together a couple packages to send to some of my dear friends who are studying abroad. And I even managed to watch the Academy Awards (albeit half-heartedly) even though I think they are rather terrible. It's sort of sad that people look forward to them so intently every year. I mostly watch just to sneak a peek at some of the personalities in Hollywood whom I happen to like, but that might be sad, too. I was not very impressed with this year's red carpet fashions, and I think John Stewart did a crummy job of hosting. As on the Daily Show, I just find his delivery to be a total deal breaker (even when his quips are positively hilarious). I still maintain that Stephen Colbert is 1,000 times more clever and cunning.

Anyway, that's all I really have to say right now. Except that, while online "window shopping," I came across a really terrific dress that, if I were the hottest woman alive, I might actually have the confidence to wear:


So hot! It's on sale for $254.50 (marked down from $848) at Shop Bop. (In case you want to get it for me, I wear a size 2. Wink! Wink!)

PS. I just saw Jimmy Kimmel's response to Sarah Silverman's "I'm f*cking Matt Damon" sketch. It's pretty hilarious. When I can find the video on YouTube, I'll post it here.