Well Dang

So I haven't written in here for a while now. And no one reads this, so it's really okay that I abandon it for long periods of time. But I feel like I need to keep up with my writing practice, since I actually sort of a little bit write for real now. Okay, I don't think spending a few hours a week ranting about how much I hate JJ Abrams counts as "writing," but it is appropriately cathartic.

I do reviews now for this show Alcatraz, which is terrible, don't watch it. Okay, it's not terrible, but it's a pretty blatant rip off of Lost, and when you're ripping off your own show it's not like there's going to be anything new or exciting. I thought I was going to be doing Grimm when I signed up for this, but alas, I've re-entered my abusive relationship with Mr. Abrams, only this time I know his game. I'm not falling for it again. Anyway, the show's on tonight, but for some reason our cable antenna doesn't get Fox (Yet it gets about 50 Spanish channels and Al Jazeera) so I have to wait to watch it on Hulu tomorrow. You can read the most recent here.

Presently I'm baking bread. Not Breaking Bad, which would be cool, for the money thing, but probably bad, because I don't think I'd be very good at being a criminal. I'm not good at lying and I like talking about myself too much. Also, it seems I'm actually not very good at baking bread, either, since I can never get the stuff to rise. It expanded a little compared to how it was (the first time I tried it, nothing happened, and I baked it anyway, giving rise [or not- * cymbals *] to the densest bread ever) but not as much as it was supposed to. Also I don't have bread pans, which doesn't help anything.

Other things going on in my life: I'm slowly and steadily getting denied from PhD schools, since as my professor told me (too late) that I applied to schools above and beyond my reach. I did get an interview at UIC this Friday, so hopefully that goes well- I got a snazzy new skirt for it, only to realise I probably need black heels that don't make me look like a hooker. Also I agreed to take care of my friend's dogs (pictured), who, while adorable, are also evil. But did I mention adorable? Look at them all snuggly in their zebra blanket together! The best part is, Riley (dalmation) usually freaks out when Chase (pitt/boxer) tries to lay on him like that. But they were all adorable for a whole hour! Before I stood up to leave and put on my coat and they thought they were going with me.

Finally in the world of me, I've decided to become a Mary Kay salesperson. I think we're called directors or something. I haven't gone to orientation with, so I'm not really sure about the details of everything here. But I don't know, I agreed to do it because I have literally nothing else going on in my life right now- I'm done with school, most of my friends in town are busy, I continue to be unemployed, and I don't really have any other attachments going on. Plus I went to an informational meeting last week, and all the ladies there just seemed to have their shit together. They were all dressed so nicely, and so enthusiastic, and really nice (I admit I was sceptical of their nice-ocity, since I don't trust nice people, but it seemed pretty genuine.) and I just want to walk around, giving off the air that I have my life in

order and it's working for me. Of course, we all know I actually do not, but hey, maybe with enough make up I can trick the entire world. Also I hope it makes me at least marginally better at interacting with human beings.

In conclusion, I'm doing my best to embrace my current life of in-between-ness, in which I don't have a definitely plan. I feel like that lab in a lab. Hur hur. So, I guess in review: I'm writing for a website, I'm trying to cook more (despite having no income), I do at least have one interview at a school, and I am going to try to evolve as a person by becoming a salesperson. Yeah, we'll see where this goes. Hey, at least I'm living in my favourite city in the world!

I'll update you guys on how the bread turns out.