03.18.2004, 11:29 am
a month?
damn, i went an entire month without updating. i still haven't decided what to do about my parents. i'm going to write stuff here and i guess that'll be the litmus test if they're still reading.
i have a databases test tonight and an algorithms problem set due tomorrow morning. then its spring break. and it couldn't come too soon. i will, as usual, be staying in ithaca. jen and steve will be here, pam and scott will be around for about half of it (going to toronto for a few days), and jen's friend leah is coming to stay with us for a few days.
i'm really psyched. there are a bunch of stupid things i've wanted to do but haven't had the time because school is kicking my ass. stuff like record some songs that have been swimming between my brain and the edges of my fingertips. play an assload of dreamcast games that i got from matt. watch naruto, an badass anime about ninjas, with steve. watch the new episodes of yugioh with steve. play yugioh, teach scott how. sleep in.
stuff like that.
so after a few capital-t Talks with jen, we decided we're going to try to stay together after graduation. jen has a summer internship at the producing company that makes smallville (she'll be on the set) and is attending the usc grad school in the fall.
that means i'm pretty much moving to LA.
it scares me. but when it comes down to it:
a) i have to go somewhere. That somewhere is LA, NYC, or home. and if i go home... i dont want to go home. honestly, i'll just end up getting yelled at everyday for not having a job. whereas if i'm somewhere else, i'll HAVE to find a job.
b) at this point, its such a toss up between places. on the one hand, i feel like i know new york and have a fairly good rapport with it. i dont mug you, you dont mug me. conversely, LA is sunny all the time, and more and more that's becoming a big factor. it SNOWED HERE the other day. a LOT. like a few inches, in one night, all by itself. and it sucks. i don't like the cold that much, particularly during my spring break. like, what the hell. it was getting nice there for a few days, then BAM!, someone broke the weather.
i'm going to try to apply to work at USC or another such area school, in the computer department or preferably on their website. i was getting all excited about this job posting nearly identical to what i do here, but at cornell medical in nyc. i realized the other day, why am i hung up on that one posting? every school needs that person. and i can be that person. i've got more than three years experience and i know how to do it. so nyaaaah.
thats about all thats going on right now. oh, except i'm sitting here in my underwear, unshowered, with warm-ups around my knees to keep the bottom half of my legs warm, and i look ridiculous. so i'm going to go shower, eat, attend class, study, take a test, do a problem set till 5 in the morning, hand in said problem set, go to work, then let the unwinding begin.
see you in another month, i guess.