ramblings

in a way i'm a bit thankful for how absolutely ludicrous the past few months have been. while i've been stressed in ways i've not ever been stressed before, and been more down in the dumps than i have in a while, i've also had ample time to really take a look at several things. for example, how i'm treated amongst friends. i know who my tried and true friends are, and i'm now aware of several i thought fit into that category that actually don't belong. while it hurt like hell to find out 'the hard way', i'm glad to know who i can really count on when i truly need a friend and who i'm just wasting my time with. it'll save me all the same heartache later should i ever really need a shoulder to cry on.

alright, alright - enough of the passive aggressive emo crap. moving on! it's looking like i might get the job i've really been wanting and pulling for! hopefully i'll know for sure next week. [cross your fingers for me!] classes can be shuffled around till the end of january, so i'm not really worried about time conflicts in that arena. hmm.. i feel like i'm forgetting something [at least semi] exciting. oh well. till next time!

i'm entirely too amused by this

i volunteered with alpha phi omega, my co-ed service fraternity, at richmond's local holiday parade as a balloon handler this past saturday. towards the end of the parade, i'd heard that folks handling a rudolph balloon had had some trouble. [please note that alpha phi omega was NOT handling this balloon! :b ] turns out the folks handing ol' rudloph hit a snag. or, to be more specific, a traffic light. it poked a hole in his forehead and deflated pretty early on in the parade. it was of course captured on video and uploaded to youtube. aaaand it's gone viral. hit the national news [entertainment tonight, nbc12, inside edition...] and now it's gone global! totally RIDICULOUS! lol

youtube video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_j-0mpap38&feature=player_embedded

"children shocked as rudolph the reindeer explodes during parade" :
http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/849674-horror-as-rudolph-the-reindeer-explodes-during-parade

aaaaaaaand now it's on tosh.0:
http://www.comedycentral.com/tosh.0/tag/float/

oh the humanity..

so i thought i'd stick with livejournal...

but now i'm not so sure. i rarely update any sort of blog anymore. i kinda miss having a place to write down my thoughts, but going back to livejournal just feels kinda...odd. it's been over a year since i used my livejournal account, and while i've had that silly thing for yeeeears and years i just don't really see myself going back to using it regularly again.

so! enough of the circular ramblings, moving on! i'm STILL trying to find myself a job while maintaining some semblance of sanity. [not sure how successful i'll be with the latter if this search lasts much longer. just sayin'!] i've got plenty to keep me busy and even more to keep my mind working overtime. [see? this is why i need to get back into the habit of utilizing a blog of sorts! i need to sort out all the craziness going on in my head and try to make some sense of it all!]

anywho, i'm going to -attempt- using this thing for now. we'll see how it goes. i make no promises!