Woah! Wednesday already. This week has flown by so fast. Hope it continues because I am exhausted and want to sleep all weekend…even though I probably won’t.
I saw Inglorious Basterds last night. I hadn’t even heard of it before this week, then all of a sudden everyone was yapping about it and raving about how great it is. I saw it and wasn’t disappointed! I liked it a lot. I thought the dialogue dragged on at parts, but it’s still a good movie with a great story line. (You know how I love films surrounding WWII) I definitely recommend seeing it. Brad Pitt and the actor that played Colonel Landa were amazing as their characters. So, yea…go see it!
It’s finally starting to cool down here. This morning it was even chilly enough to wear a jacket when Peanut and I went for a walk. Fall is my favorite season so I’m hoping the weather sticks like this and kick starts the season. But knowing our screwy weather, this could just be a tease and next week we’ll go back to 98 degrees. Here’s hoping that’s not the case. *crosses fingers* I start classes on Monday. I switched them to online classes instead of actual classes because the times conflicted with my work schedule. Let’s hope I can not be distracted by WoW, Twitter, and whatever else.
Love that song, the video, and Mick’s suit.
I had a pleasant weekend. The bf wanted to come down to visit again, but I said no. As much as I did enjoy spending time with him and as much as I know I’ll be wanting to see him while he’s abroad, I wanted even more to have the weekend to myself to just chill. What can I say? I like my free time. After a week of working and the previous weekend full of entertaining/hanging with him, I just wanted to chill out-do some cleaning, run some errands, get my hair done, mail things off, go to the bank, napping during the day, shopping! ..things I can’t do during the week because of work. I did all of the above and definitely enjoyed the weekend and I feel refreshed for work this week. ^_^ So, mission accomplished. And even though I miss him, I don’t regret not seeing him this weekend.
I bought an iPhone! I’ve wanted one for ages, but couldn’t afford to get one AND a new contract until now. (Yay employment!) Im really digging it. I do however need more applications. I have some twitter apps, wordpress, facebook, some games, even a WoW app but i want more! So, If you’re an Iphone user or just know of any cool apps, let me know!!!!
I started my quest to find a car this weekend! It’s so stressful. I’m torn between buying a used car in cash or a nicer used car from a dealership and having a payment plan. The latter doesn’t attract me at all. Not really to keen on having a bill, but Im sure the car would be more reliable. Stressful! I did find a really cute used car I could buy in cash. It’s a PURPLE saturn wagon. hahaha!
A mom car! I drove it around and I like it…especially the color, but my mom says I need to be patient and look at other cars and blah blah. But I am not a patient girl, I just want to get that one and be done. This whole process is stressing me out and I want it to be over and done!
Oh hai! I’m posting from my shiny new iPhone!
I had my first day at work today. Well, sorta. Today was inservice day. The other teachers and I decorated the rooms, made bulletin boards, and had team meetings with the director. School starts on Monday and I’ll have a class of 18 kids. Everyone keeps asking me if I’m nervous, and I’m not! It’s something I’m really comfortable doing, so I’m perfectly fine with it.
I’m on a mission to fight my insomnia. If you follow me on twitter, you know that I’ve been having trouble sleeping for a while now. You probably notice me awake at weird hours, going to bed when you’re waking up for work, and then only sleeping for 3 hours. It’s crazy and I have no idea what the cause is. It’s not caffeine, stress or, loud neighbors. Its just some random phase I guess. I’ve always been able to function on little sleep, but not for such a long period of time. I took a couple of Tylenol Sleepy Time yesterday and it did what it was supposed to do. It put me to sleep, but I was wide awake a few hours later. Maybe I’ll pop 3 next time? Maybe my sleep schedule will fall into a normal rhythm now that I’m empolyed? One can only hope…
In other news!
A couple of weeks ago, a friend of mine suggested that I download Plants Vs Zombies from Popcap games. I was a little hesitant at first. A game about plants fighting zombies?! Why on earth would I be interested in that? But I try to give everything a chance (besides music…), so I downloaded it. I didn’t get around to playing it until this week, and oh am I glad that I did! Plants vs. Zombies is awesome and yes, very addicting. I spent so many hours playing within the last 2 days. It’s a tower defense game where you try to keep the zombies out of your house by planting plants with different offensive and defensive abilities in your yard. Some of the plants shoot peas, some throw watermelons, and some are used for defense, like the WALL-nut. (which I’m adding a picture of because he and his friend “tall-nut” have the most hilarious facial expressions) 
As the levels progress, not only do more zombies attempt to get in your house by way of your yard AND your roof, but they get more kick ass abilities to aid them in destroying your plants. You’ll be trying to destroy zombies on dolphins, Michael Jackson “thriller” inspired zombies,pole vaulting zombies and the ones that give me the most trouble, Gargantuan zombies with a baby on his back that he throws into the yard to devour the plants. It’s 2 in one! Not fair, not fair! No worries though. I am a supreme zombie killer and I definitely beat the game yesterday. I was rewarded with a trophy, some mini games (!!!), and the best reward ever-a music video featuring the plants and zombies. Check it out! I should warn you, the song is so catchy.
I know a lot of you aren’t “gamers”, but that’s what is so cool about this game. It appeals to anyone. My mom even played it (she didn’t get very far)! So, go to www.popcap.com and download the free (for 60 minutes) demo-which is available for mac too!
You know those missed connections in the classifieds or craigslist? I always find myself browsing through them giggling at the hilarious ones, “awww-ing” at the cute/hopeful ones, and feeling sorry for the odd weirdo desperate ones. Well, Sophie Blackall came up with the brilliant idea of illustrating missed connections and putting them up on a blog for our viewing pleasure. I liked them all, but this was my favorite out of the bunch.
-m4w (Harlem)
Remember? Uptown A train. Sunday at around 9pm. I was the black dude reading Bukowski’s Post Office. You were reading the Arts and Leisure section. You passed wind rather loudly and started chuckling. I’d like to see you again. The flatulence wasn’t a turn-o
lawl. You can find the rest of them on the Missed Connections NY blog.
A couple of months ago I downloaded a bundle of music that contains one song from every band that played at SXSW this year. I never sat down and listened to it all. Afterall, it is 6 GBs of music! Sometimes, I get a bit of my music collection and want to hear something new so I go to the SXSW playlist and put it on shuffle. I’ve found a couple of bands I like, but mostly a lot of stuff I didn’t. Today I came across a really cute song by a band called Motel Motel. They are one of those indie Americana bands that I’ve been recently falling in love with. The song that attracted me was “Coffee”. I listened to it three times before stalking them on the interwebs and listening to more of their music.
Here’s ‘Coffee’! What do you think?
This week I was lucky enough to have Devynn , my old flat mate from Amsterdam , come visit! She and her friend Emily were taking road trip from Michigan to Texas and guess who’s right smack dab in the middle? ME! So they stopped to visit for 2 days. It was nice seeing Devynn again and meeting her bff Detroit Emily who I’ve ALWAYS heard about in stories, but never had the chance to meet. Didn’t get to show them around, but they got to see/experience Memphis Bar-B-Que and our famous Beale St, which they definitely left an impression on. And I hope it made an impression on them. ^_^
Oh and guess what else happened this week? I got a job at the pre-school! I interviewed and applied for the pre-k teacher position, but was offered the 2-year old class. Not really my preferred age group, but hey! Unemployed, broke, girls that are saving for moving out and holidays and are in no position to be choosey. I start as soon as I get my fingerprints and background checks finished, which will probably be this week sometime. I’m excited about having something to fill my days and wallet with! I’m a little bit worried about how I will handle the stress of school (starts at the end of the month!) and an 8-5 every week day job…
Ah well. I’ll tackle that when it comes up.
