I really, really don't like being unemployed. I feel guilty just for reading instead of looking for work, frustrated and overwhelmed when browsing online, and sort of silly if I scan windows for "Help Wanted" signs while driving. And of course, whiny for complaining to Livejournal because My Life is Hard. Again. I don't know. I just want to be productive beyond, say, doing dishes or mowing the lawn, or running (which, ps, I haven't been quite on schedule with because there's been so much effing rain lately). Whatever. I just need to stop playing the victim, fight the economy, get a job, reach out, fix whatever's broken, run the race, get certified, and get over myself.

As the man says, You're on earth! There's no cure for that.

• 15:22 Even This American Life named every act this week after Michael Jackson songs (PS OMG THIS AMERICAN LIFE!!!) #
• 22:13 GMail just gave me a breathalyzer test. I guess I never send mail past 10. Only had one beer, tempted to have more and try it again. #

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• 19:53 UGH I failed at looking for work this week, didn't I? #
• 21:58 No one here, I'm done with my Sudoku...I suppose that means it's Zelda time. #

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• 13:57 Off to give blood once again! #
• 18:59 Holy Effing Shit. Unlikely as it was and it was seriously unlikely I hoped maybe he might become relevant again. Sad Day! I want you back... #
• 00:55 Just watched Michael Jackson South Park episode. Still very hard to know what to make of him--legit superstar? Criminal? Victim? I can't say #

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• 16:22 Oh dear, Mark Sanford. Oh dear. #

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• 23:06 Just watched hillarious comedy documentary on PBS--Andy Kaufman, Phyliss Diller and Woody Allen FTW!!! #

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Helena and Marissa have been on me to update not via Twitter (Read: They each mentioned this once)...like two weeks ago). So here we are.

Things are going well. I have just been keeping on keeping on, looking for work, trying to figure out my future. It's been sort of frustrating, namely because, even apart from me being unsure of where I want to end up and the economy being lousy, I am just not good at looking for work. But oh well.

Last week I broke a bathroom sink--though let me clarify. There is a sink here that has been dripping for, let us say, four years. It may have been three. It may have been six. It is impossible to know. I decided to try my hand at it, using the Internets as a guide. It did not go as well as it might have, what with this nut not budging and that handle lacking any means of being reattached. So whoooooops, but hey, at least I tried. And someday I'll either have money to get it fixed or go off to Home Depot to try to fix it myself. Only time will tell which is the better choice.

I'm seriously considering law school, or at least paralegal certification, at my mom's suggestion. Which is weird, because on one hand law is not anything that I'd have seriously considered for myself before a month ago or so, but even so it certainly would be worth looking into, as it seems like it would very fulfilling and engaging. In not-exactly-related news I have just started training for the Hartford Half-Marathon in October--sixteen weeks away. I apparently have suddenly become very ambitious over the last month. I'm not sure. But they both seem like not-unrealistic goals, lofty as they are.

Especially for someone who can't fix a leaky sink.

• 23:40 @merebruce85 Sorry! I was only there for 24 hours, with no real downtime...hopefully next time? #
• 23:52 Back from DC after engagement crazedness. Great times all around! #

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• 12:25 Just realized I never did traditional beginning-of-summer "Dazed And Confused" screening. Must remedy this in the near future. Kinda awesome #
• 22:55 The Zohan and I just finished playing Portal. I swear that has the best damn writing of any game I know. Esp the Companion Cube stuff. #
• 23:02 @darcygarrett It's A Sin! #
• 07:22 Off to DC for @nedlum's engagement party! #
• 08:00 Going to DC. Mom's listening to Twilight. Is it actually this bad or am I just biased/jaded/overly critical/a boy/dead inside? DO NOT WANT #

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• 18:36 My car no longer sounds like it has emphysema. Though it still looks like it has leprosy. #

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• 16:41 Operation Basil Fixes Leaky Sink=less-than-successful #

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• 13:03 Off to UP!!! #
• 15:54 Gooooooo Pixar! #

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• 14:23 Found runners stretches done by MS Paint-Conan bit.ly/2XNHN Will do them from now on, as he ran across MS Paint-America #
• 21:46 About to watch Twilight with the sis. May not make it out alive. #
• 00:37 Creepy yet bland seeks // Clumsy, lacking character // For chaste gender roles #haiku #twilight #
• 01:11 Butters for the win // In critique of vampire trend // Twilight can suck it #haiku #southpark #

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• 12:42 I really like saying "Mahmoud Ahmadinejad", but will be glad when he's out of power...knock wood? #
• 00:56 "Revolutionary Road"--great acting, art design, costumes, cinematography. Overly melodramatic script, direction, execution. #

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• 18:45 Just got back from @tiesssa's graduation. So many alum I knew. Good times all around. Goooooooo Tess!!! #

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• 14:58 Norwich has the most confusing street layout ever. Anyone who thinks Providence is bad...you're wrong. #
• 16:42 Putting serious thought into law school. Entertainment, environmental most likely. Pipe dream? What I really want? IDK Worth a look at least #
• 18:03 @merebruce85 How is that going? Do you have any advice? #
• 00:04 I officially call bullshit on Señor Flaco's trivia night. CLEARLY Tequila Mockingbird AKA @othertiger were the champions. Srsly. #
• 00:25 @nedlum It was actually Dad. Apparently you get one good pun every ten years. #
• 00:27 @merebruce85 Yeah, I've thought about it here and there for a while, but only seriously recently. Clearly more thought required--sorta huge. #

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• 09:27 Off on a run because @petersagal's 1/2 marathon makes me feel guilty. There's on in Hartford this Oct. It's a good goal. #
• 18:03 My hat is dead. Long live my hat. #
• 21:44 Dammit! I forgot about the Tonys. Hope I didn't miss too much NPH awesomeness #
• 22:02 Ugh, I need to get to New York. The last play I saw there was "Top Girls" and I still haven't seen "August". Someone want to treat me?? :D:D #
• 22:09 This Billy Elliot kid is impressive, but were there riot police in the film? I only saw it the once. #
• 22:42 Oskar Eustis wins Best Revival the same year that Richard Jenkins and Viola Davis are nominated for Oscars. Go Trinity? #
• 22:51 Awww, look at the lil' Billies... #
• 23:05 NPH, you are just the NPHest. #

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• 12:37 Off to find a job... #

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• 11:15 "Does anybody actually believe that Barack Obama and Michelle Obama think that we shouldn't have [gay marriage?]"-Tony Kushner IAWTC srsly #
• 14:58 National Running Day! Just celebrated with a run, followed by chasing a runaway lawnmower. Finally caught it. #
• 01:13 Me, @CalviNation, and team @othertiger totally kicked triviASS at Señor Flacos tonight. Rah Rah Rah. #

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• 12:49 Conan was quite funny last night, though sort of missing something. Maybe LA makes him sad. Is anyone actually sad RE Leno? I never got him. #
• 13:53 ALREADY EXCITED RT @waitwait Playing Not My Job this week, the Nard Dog himself, Ed Helms of The Office & the new movie The Hangover. #
• 19:39 Just remembered #dream last night that combined Sarah Chalke on Scrubs and HIMYM. Wish I knew specifics, but remember emotions happened. #
• 11:15 "Does anybody actually believe that Barack Obama and Michelle Obama think that we shouldn't have [gay marriage?]"-Tony Kushner IAWTC srsly #

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