Cruel Summer...TL/DR
DepressedThe good things that have happened so far are as follows:
-Saw an amazing ballet production starring my cousin who graduated this year
-Found an awesome place to stay down here in Moscow with some of my friends
-Had fun with the Ratchet&Clank series
-Taught a high school English class and signed books
-Got started on writing my next book again
The bad things that have happened so far are as follows:
-I CANNOT FIND A FREAKING JOB THIS SUMMER
-The water here smells horribly of sulfur
-"Familiarity breeds contempt" is actually quite true
-In order to make rent, I have to 'donate' plasma (Needles the size of the Chrysler building)
-I seem to be getting out of shape for some odd reason
-I seem to be developing seasonal allergies (itching eyes FAIL)
-Running out of money... had to sell my silver investments in order to eat
As we speak, I am subsisting on rice and one last box of chicken and some sulfuric water. As we speak, I am filling out job applications. As we speak, we're not actually speaking, you're just reading something I typed. So my weeks have been full of waiting to hear back from places I put in, putting in applications at more places, and occasionally playing a game of DnD. Oh, and writing, which is actually going okay. The thing at the high school got me all fired up to write again. It turns out I have a squealing fangirl who has read my book three times. Awesome.
Oh, and Marcher Lord Press will be running a promotion on my book this summer, including as bonus material an additional 'lost' chapter that was cut out of the final draft of my first book. I really liked it, and it was about 10,000 words worth of adventure and character development... of some people only loosely connected to the plot. So of course, it was cut. But if you want to hear more about the wolf-people in my book, the Istaka, this promo is the time to buy my book. Just a teaser, the chapter is titled "From Pansy to Paladin."
That's about it. I must go eat something before my stomach implodes. TTFN.
-M
Devious Comments
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A+++++++++ SIGNATURE WOULD READ AGAIN
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"Vir, intelligence has nothing to do with politics."
- Ambassador Londo Mollari, Babylon 5
Woot! Moscow! I was born there.
Gah! Look what you made me do... now I feel inspired and crap. At least it wasn't school spirit, I hate school spirit.
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Here's my article on the topic in case you care.
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"Vir, intelligence has nothing to do with politics."
- Ambassador Londo Mollari, Babylon 5
Today was my Great-uncles 90'th birthday and on the way to the hotel where the lunch/brunch was being held I drove past the Kibbie Dome and watched as they made further renovations: Translucent panels, more sitting space, etc.
Honestly, I see no point in there attempt at getting to the next 'level'. Adding a few more seats and selling more tickets won't help the fact that they completely and utterly suck. I watched a game once, and let me tell you, it was hard to watch.
But football is always going to be a high priority for any American. That and baseball. Sure, spend money on sports, get rid of the arts, and help make Idaho a little more illiterate than it already is. That makes sense.
Granted, the fact that they cut the communications program cheeses me off to no end, and that the money was spent on the football team instead makes it even worse. Just what Idaho needed: another step back for our credibility as an actual intellectual university, and another step forward for poor money decisions and hoping that throwing more money at a team will make them suck less.
Out of curiosity, are you a UI student?
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"Vir, intelligence has nothing to do with politics."
- Ambassador Londo Mollari, Babylon 5
Of course, they could just abandon the hole football thing entirely(seeing as how I don't think the team is going anywhere fast). Perhaps they could turn it into a concert arena, maybe have speakers there, something other than football. Maybe create a little more culture in the Moscow area-- not that Moscow doesn't have any culture.
Of course, I'm bias. My entire family thinks that football is a barbaric sport and that America should be spending time doing more helpful things: solving world hunger, sending kids to school, etc.
But I have no say in it. The majority of the population of Idaho has the same mindset about life; get married, have kids, sit on the couch and watch football with the guys while drinking bear and eating potato chips.
Hehe, I seem to be rambling about football, I fear I've missed the point entirely. They should have spent the money on bettering education at the UI. Some of the buildings are so very old. Perhaps they could spend money there.
I do not go to the U of I, but my father did. However, I do aspire to go there in the years to come(hopefully I'll skip freshmen year and go on to be a junior my first year there, though it seems more like a pipe dream than anything else).
I'm currently a junior at Lewiston High School.
And I agree with your general summation of the mindset of all too many Idahoans. It's as if we lack ambitions, or at least the drive to follow through on them. I've nothing against football, personally, I just don't want to see useful things sacrificed for it.
And don't count on them abandoning the Vandals anytime soon. They bring in too much donor money, most of it probably from nostalgia of when the team was actually good. Hopefully Akey can whip them into shape this year. The basketball team is actually good, though, so I don't see why it gets so little attention and funding as compared to the football team. Weird.
Well, if you ever make it to Moscow, for school or otherwise, shoot me a note. I'd be happy to give you a tour of campus and whatnot.
Cheers,
-M
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"Vir, intelligence has nothing to do with politics."
- Ambassador Londo Mollari, Babylon 5
Well, here's hoping I make it to UI. I have no doubt I will. After all, it just takes money and a good application(hopefully). Money I don't have, however. Wishful thinking...
As for the tour of campus, count on it. It'll be nice to have someone who knows where there going. (:
-JHM
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