When it rains, it pours. I guess

Weird afternoon. I'm at the Coffee House; first I run into my advisor, who not only remembers me but offers me a letter of recommendation if I need it. Yay.

Then I see I missed a phone call. Alright, so back in May when I thought I'd just stick around Lincoln for awhile, I started thinking of places I could work at, and as I drove past Southpointe one day, I thought "I could probably work at GNC. Hell, my past retail experiences involved nothing but me bullshitting the customers anyway, and I'm sure that's all I'd do at that place"

So I filled out the online application. In May.

And today, October 27, I get a phone call asking if I want to be interviewed to work out at Gatetown Shoppingfield Westway or whatever the fuck it's called now.

So should I live a lie? Any insight?

Bloody hell

Garmin finally fucking called me. Now I get to wait around until next Thursday to talk to them.

They've asked me in one way or another three times so far as to what my GPA was in college. If they ask me again it'll be hard not to say "It was a 22.3" or something. Not that I should complain. Besides, they want a copy of my transcript, so they'll eventually figure it out anyway.

I just applied for an internship that's like 2 miles from my aunt and uncle's in Boston, but I'd opt for KC at this point, since I could have my own place... which, after being back at home for nearly six months sounds kind of nice.

But I should shut up (until next Thursday). Who needs a drink.

I'VE RUN OUT OF CRAP TO POST ABOUT

Alright.

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1577408.html

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David Copperfield to 'magic' girl pregnant

David Copperfield says he plans to impregnate a girl on stage - without even touching her.
Speaking to German magazine Galore, the illusionist rejected the theory that there were only seven different kinds of magic tricks.
He said: "Bull s**t! There is a great deal of new territory to conquer. In my next show I'm going to make a girl pregnant on stage."
He added: "Naturally it will be without sex. Everyone will be happy about it, but I'm not telling you any more."
The magician is currently on tour in Germany with his show, An Intimate Evening of Grand Illusion.
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Hey kewl

Not a bad night.

I decided to hell with it ("it" being $$$), and Liz and I went downtown to get fancy drinks.

Started at Zen's; ran into a couple guys from high school; told them about how I was going to the U. of Colorado med school... (yeah, exactly). The music forced us to relocate to Marz, where our drinks were uber-strong but we got chips and salsa for $1.50. Then decided to go to Doc's Place for the first time ever; pretty stupid.

Got home; noticed that The Tao of Steve, a movie I have probably rented enough to own seven times over is on FX.

Tomorrow: Driving to Peru (Nebraska) for Crystal's mom's wedding.

You did nothing new, 1972. Where's the "fuck you"?

Two firsts for me last night:

1) Sleater-Kinney covered Danzig's "Mother"

2) The opener, The Gossip, became the first good opening act I've seen at Sokol. They sounded something like Franz Ferdinand, but with a female singer, and a hell of a lot better.

My right ear, which was maybe 10' from the main speaker, still hurts a bit.

Remedy? Watch Rambo: First Blood.

I am the frustrated

Phone interview was kind of goofy, without going into it too much. May be underqualified for it, but whatever. I was naive enough to think that perhaps I would've known something more definate yesterday, but nope- more waiting.

Assuming Liz made it back from Chicago, we're gonna go see Sleater-Kinney at Sokol. GRRL RAWK.

Hell, they released one of the best albums I've heard this year. Plus it's not every day I'm outnumbered 10 to 1 in terms of gender.

The Old Stizzle explanation

Today I asked Reg, who owns Duffy's and sponsors/plays on my soccer team, why Old Style tall boys went up to $1.50 on Tuesdays.

His reason: Profit.

Well there you go.

THIS POST WILL NO DOUBT JINX ME

Found a posting for an internship with the National Parks Conservation Association ( www.npca.org ); pretty well paying for an internship. I suppose it helps that I give a damn about what they do too. Sent some guy the usual info; get to talk to him next week.

May be Fort Collins instead of Boston. I'm going to go knock on wood for about twenty minutes straight now.

Oh, and Go Big Red.

A History of shooting people in the face

Crystal, Matt and I saw A History of Violence last night. Matt figured out the message the film was trying to convey quickly afterwards:

If you're going to hit someone in the face, make sure you thrust your palm upwards into their nose. Upwards.