4 posts tagged “annoying”

I think bad things happen in clumps of three because the universe is a jerk and likes to kick you when you're down.
Last Monday pretty much devastated everyone, and that whole week was surreal and strange. This past Monday (the 23rd) two friends and I drove to Augusta, Georgia (which is about a 5.5 hour drive from Blacksburg) for my friend Ryan Clark's funeral. The service was wonderful and I think we all got some closure from going which was good. However, we didn't really know what to do after the service, none of us know anyone in Augusta so we decided to drive back. To summarize, it was a good roadtrip (my car companions were fantastic) but physically and emotionally draining. I don't know if I've ever been so tired in my life. When we finally got back I came back to my room and checked my email only to receive this:

Dear Ms. Whalen,

 

Thank you for applying for an internship position with the National Center for Ethics in Health Care.  Due to the large number of highly qualified applicants and the limited number of positions available, we are not able to offer you an internship this summer.

 

We thank you for your interest in our program.  Best wishes in your future endeavors.

 

So I've been banking on an internship that I got turned down for. Super. Looks like I'll have to go home and find something to do in Virginia Beach this summer which is the LAST thing on the PLANET that I want to do. Everything is still in the air for grad school too so pretty much I'm screwed. I don't know how to get out, get better and get a job. The mom keeps harassing me to find an "adult job" which is stupid because her definition of "adult job" is something that makes a lot of money but you probably don't enjoy, but you keep the job because you make money. Bump that

Pretty much I'm just waiting for the third thing to happen. I hope it doesn't suck too hard because if it does I might just get into bed and not get back out. Also, if anyone wants to let me live on their couch or knows where I can get a job this summer let me know.

Audio: What song do you listen to when you are sad?
Submitted by Nat.

it depends on whether i want to feel  the sadness for a bit or if i want to cheer myself up.

if i feel like feeling sad i listen to casiotone for the painfully alone's song called "we have mice"
it's pretty much the perfect lonely time song.

if i feel like being cheered up lately i've been listening to teddybears (formerly teddybears STHLM)
in particular the song "cobrastyle"
zomg it's like crack.

in other news:
i hate winter and want it to be over.
i particularly hate it when the retainer in my septum gets cold and then i have a rather unpleasant tingling sensation in the end of my nose until i can warm up.
i also hate having cold hands, feet, nose and ears.
grar.

also. jeffrey is the sweetest.

<--- i want this album very badly. actually i want all the albums by CFTPA but mostly this one and the one that has the first two albums on it. also while i'm on a buy me things binge you should buy me this shirt from threadless.

i mean who doesn't love parasites? i know i do. mmmm flatworms.

in other news. i'm still sick. and it still sucks. and i'm going to continue to whine about it until i get better. i mean really. getting sick in the summer? who gets sick in the summer? getting sick is something that happens in the winter from being too cold or too stressed out from classes.  sheesh.

summer classes aren't really that bad at all. i need to get working on my online class. i've done some of the work for it but it's strange not having that constant nagging of  "deadlines." basically the teacher just wants us to have everything submitted by august somethingth. which is cool, but kind of frustrating if you're a procrasinator like me because that means i can successfully not do work and nothing bad will come from it (hopefully).

teaching swimming lessons is basically the same as it is every summer. stressful, annoying, really well paid. my kids aren't the worst i've ever had, but i hate trying to get used to working with a new group of people in a new pool environment. teaching lessons is very much a habit job, you get into a little lesson groove and you stay there. now i'm having to redo a lot of my teaching stuff because the pool is deeper and the supervisors actually pay attention to your lesson plans. ew. also the people i teach with already have their little groups formed, that i am not a part of. so basically i have to get myself psyched up before i go teach lessons every evening. it's $9.50 an hour for just 2 and a half more weeks...

love me. send me letters/postcards. call me!

i went and saw the devil wears prada lastnight. it was cute but also annoying. i'm not really sure what was so irritating about it, the obsession with weight, obsession with looks, the fact that people are actually obscenely overpaid to make decisions about fashion in real life...all i know is that i was grouchy when i left the theatre.

but all in all the movie wasn't bad. pretty solid in terms of plot and character development, like i actually kind of cared about anne hathaway's relationship with adrian genier (cute) getting ruined by her job as meryl streep's bitch...

after the movie i went with megan and her friend alec on a quest for food. we went to ihop but got ignored because for some reason there were like a million people there so we left, because who waits at ihop for more than 15 minutes for a table? after ihop we tried joe's diner, but for some strange reason it was closed. weird. we settled on shesha which is a hookah bar, that has an amazing lebanese menu. too bad it took them like 4 tries to ring my order up correctly....but all that matters is that we got to play scrabble, they have amazing hummus, and flying dog heller hound bock. mmmmmm.

i have a test in zoology on monday that i am not at all ready for, my room is a wreck and i need to do laundry badly. i think today's going to be one of those days where i clean everything.