Too Much Coffee Woman!

It was fun walking NW 23rd with Katrina, and once again we were both astounded that we don't hang out together more often. I mean, jesus, she almost literally lives down the street from me. We live way closer to each other than we did when we both lived in the westside suburbs!

Not to mention she works at New Seasons, which is six blocks from here. Sheesh.

Hmmm...I think it's her work schedule that normally prevents more hanging out time. She works Friday through Monday, when I'm working I'm weekdays. Oy.

So, yeah: I got a soft cotton rib-knit shirt, sorta to replace the one into which Merry chewed holes, and some goofy underwear (all of which is just a teensy bit too small, so HELLO ass cleavage), and a dress. Well, I didn't buy the dress, Katrina did, as some sort of justification for her buying an awesome coat for herself. Yes, the store Three Monkeys is deadly for both of us. Oy. Anyway; the dress is a pale pink and brown and has a low neckline and an empire waist and comes down to my knees, and that description doesn't do it any justice whatsoever. I can wear it with jeans, and I just might do so today, because I'm so in love with the dress that I'm going to wear it now even though it's really a summer dress.

I think I'm going to wear it to the Fez the next time we go, it has short sleeves.

Heh, if I had leggings in the right color I could wear it that way, but that might be a bit too "fashion" for me. It's so odd to me, I hardly ever dress like that, but yes, I am aware of it.

Mirador down the street is hiring. I'm not sure I'm qualified for the job (I have no idea how to run Quickbooks, I have almost zero Mac experience), but I'm going to mess with my resume and try to get it anyway. I love that store, OMG. It's like a kitchen/gift store with an emphasis on local/sustainable/fair trade goods. So one room has cards and paper items and books and scarves and body care stuff, and another has various decorating items and hand-made jewelry and a ton of incense, and then they have a ton of books with an emphasis on vegetarian/vegan cooking and preserving, and then they have a huge room full of kitchen stuff and things like towels and sheets made out of bamboo or organic cotton.

I'd get a discount. That's...dangerous. *lol*

Anyway. Plans for today include going to the library to pick the things I put on hold and to edit my resume and write a cover letter for the Mirador job, calling the temp agency to see if I'm SOL with them, and applying for a teller job at US Bank. Oy freaking vey. I also want to practice my harp some and clean my room a little. Oh, and I have coven ritual tonight, squee!!

beautifulwolf, I can't remember if you friended me or not...but anyway, Katrina says she knows you from waaaay back in the day! You guys went to Catholic camp together?

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I knew I was pantheist, but I didn't realize other people took it seriously, too.

Pantheism! When you're sort of an atheist, but still want to do ritual!! (tm)

*pokes around* Okay, that website is just cheesy.

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I hate doing resume/job search stuff. Because let's be blunt, this is what I really want to say:

Objective: A job that will pay me enough to cover all the necessities of life with enough left over to keep me in nice clothes, new CDs, and occasional nights out; that will interfere with my personal life as little as possible; that won't require me to wear a stupid uniform or listen to obnoxious overhead music or be subjected to disgusting smells; that won't require longer than half an hour to commute to; that won't require me to do anything or sell anything that I have ethical/aesthetic issues with; that leaves me with enough time and mental energy to take couple of classes at PSU, keep up on my LJ friends list, and read an occasional novel.

Um, yeah. *rolls eyes*

Since I'm applying for a job at Mirador though, I might just say something like,

Objective: A part- or full-time job with a company that emphasizes local and/or sustainable products.

Or does that sound totally effin' stupid? It's true, though; I'm going to try to become a Hands-On Owner (aka a volunteer for a pre-determined time/task) at People's Co-op not just because I like the principles of the co-op or because of the discount, but because I know that they almost always hire people who already volunteer there.

I think at this point my actual goal truly is a job that works around going back to school part-time. Knowing that jenhowell and ourglasslake are going makes me itch to go. I have no idea what I'm going to take yet. Oy. Something relatively easy and interesting at first, that's for sure.

Oh, goddamnit, it's useless to try to edit my resume at this computer. I don't know how to do all the funky formatting. I have to go back to that job center on 69th and Foster and use their little resume-writing program. Oy. If I get there early enough, I can still get to Mirador when it opens.

I checked out Necklace of Kisses by Francesca Lia Block. I read the first few chapters while waiting for a computer and they're so sad...*snif*

Oy, the stress...we're looking at places to live, and debating whether we should get an apartment, or a house, should we try to find more roomates, etc. etc. Meanwhile I just keep panicking over the idea of moving outside of our neighborhood. I was talking to someone on LJ just now, and I remembered my dad showing me a tourist-y brochure about Portland when we still lived in Virginia, when I was a junior in high school. There was a picture looking down some street in SE somewhere, probably Hawthorne, and I remember thinking, "I want to live there." We stayed with my Aunt Janet, who lives off of Hawthorne, when we first got here, and I loved the area... I don't want to leave inner SE, I've waited a whole decade to live here. :^(

Oy, I should head home. Mebbe I'll see if Jarrod wants to go out somewhere for dinner, then I can have him pick me up.