on a caffeine buzz

warning: this will be random and rather stream of consciousness...just so you're aware before you dive in. To my English major friends and grammar Nazi readers, please excuse this post as it will most definitely upset you.

So while I was sick I decided that I wouldn't have coffee, mostly because I only drink coffee with milk or creamer in it and the milk and creamer doesn't help much with the whole being congested part of being sick. So I've been without coffee for a little while. Not without caffeine, but there's nothing like espresso to give you concentrated caffeine! So this morning I stop by Starbucks as usual to grab something to drink and I decide to get a soy latte...well maybe it's the fact that I haven't had much espresso in a while, but right now I'm really jittery and really random...it's like I'm hyper, but without being physically antsy, it's a mental hyper-ness, if that makes any sense. Anyway...I have work to get done this morning, but I really can't focus on it right now because I keep jumping around between ideas for this weekend: huge murder mystery dinner party I'm planning and a variety of other things including, but not limited to: how I'm going to get to Ashland this summer to see Music Man and Much Ado, how I'm going to get to Nor Cal for the wedding I'm in/how much time I need to take off in order to do that...speaking of which I just realized checking my "job timeline" would be good! But beyond that I'm bouncing everywhere! Ahhh!

About this Saturday, I'm really excited because this is going to be one of our best stories yet. The cast which has been assembled will be a good mix of people, too. The time is interesting b/c we've chosen to set it in the future, but it's sort of an alternate dimension future....it's more like how things could have happened....sorta....there's some strange things that brought about the city which is where everything is set, but at the same time the world that surrounds that city is a complete mystery, even to me. It could be very advanced, it could be a wasteland, it could be no different than it would be 40 years from now, it's just that Metro 686 is different...technology has regressed a lot, well, the technology that people use on a regular basis, there's no phones, no computers, we're back to telegrams, but there's films, and detection/crime fighting technologies are more advanced. Outside of the city, if there is a world out there, they're fairly normal...or at least the governing forces have more up-to-date technologies at their disposal. Of course because of this strange situation we've gotten a lot of questions about why we didn't just set it in the past, but really I think it was an arbitrary decision when we chose the date. It seemed fitting...it's a utilitarian "utopia" I use quotations for rather obvious reasons, there's no way in which humans, on their own and by their own devices could have a true utopia. Of course we can all pretend. That's what most of the city does, I believe, they pretend that everything is fine, especially when it looks that way, there are those who have stopped pretending, though. One such person, who stopped pretending, is dead...that's why we're all gathering...this murder could shock everyone back to more pretending or it could pull down the scrims (for those of you not involved in staged stuff, scrims are useful things, they're like curtains but depending on lighting they can be seen through, they can provide backdrops, they can provide false-backdrops...etc...)...Oh goodness....once again I see the ways in which my theory classes have taken over my mind...this isn't healthy, maybe I should change topics...We probably should have actually set it just in the 40's but the tough part with the 40's is that you have to factor in the war that's going on. That could be fun, it would make for some interesting character possibilities, like Nazi spies, but then you have to get more global and there's also the risk of getting a little too much like the films we've seen of that time period. If we go with a society where they have based their ideas of culture and style on films they've seen, then we're allowed to go there! wow...this is getting long...maybe I should actually get to work, or maybe I should...no...I'll get back to work and let you do similarly. If you've read to this point you're more brave than I am because I'm not going to even re-read this for fear of editing it all down to a sentence or two...there ya go! Til the next time!

One Word

1. Where is your cell phone? Pocket

2. Your significant other? huh?

3. Your hair? up

4. Your mother? Janet

5. Your father? Rick

6. Your favorite fruit? apple

7. Your dream last night? forgotten

8. Your favorite drink? OJ

9. Your dream/goal? Bookstore

10. What room you are in? cubicle

11. Your hobby? many

12. Your fear? alone

13. Where do you want to be in 6 years? bookstore

14. Where were you last night? friends

15. Something that you are not? sane

16. Muffins? sure

17. Wish list item? Paris

18. Where you grew up? home

19. Last thing you did? work

20. What are you wearing? clothes

21. Your TV? roommate's

22. Your pets? gone

23. Friends? awesome

24. Your life? weird

25. Your mood? pensive

26. Missing some one? always

27. Car? Scout

28. Something you're not wearing? boots

29. Your favorite store? Barnes&Noble

30. Your favorite color? teal

33. When is the last time you really laughed? yesterday?

34. Last time you cried? yesterday?

35. Who will resend this? don't care

36. One place that I go to over and over? dreamland

37. One person who texts you regularly? Becky

38. My favorite place to eat? Gypsy Den

39. My favorite food? tomatoes

40. Favorite time of day? morning

Valentine's Day

So...it's almost Valentine's Day...
I remember back in Elementary school when you'd buy a pack of valentines (or two depending on the size of your class) and you'd give the best ones to your friends and hope that you'd get something nice from someone in class.
I have always hoped for a secret admirer...maybe it has something to do with my love of mystery etc. but I really liked the idea of getting secret messages from someone who thought you special but was either equally into anonymity or perhaps they were a little too shy to reveal their identity, but at least they'd be brave enough to announce their feelings, even if from behind pencil and paper. ....That might also have something to do with it, I love getting mail, letters, notes, etc. That sort of thing just makes my day. I buy things online so I can get mail. That's probably why I love the story of Cyrano de Bergerac so much...
Well, despite the fact that I've yet to have a secret admirer, I do believe this Valentine's Day will be amazing because I'm going to spend it with amazing girls watching amazing movies eating amazing food! It's almost more like a "Single Awareness Day" celebration b/c we're keeping it to only a bunch of wonderful single ladies and we're indulging in both romantic and action/adventure films! I plan, for the sake of tradition (of the SAD days in years past) to wear black! Fortunately b/c of work I have a good amount of it! That's if for now. Sorry about the randomness of this post....it's almost stream of consciousness, kinda...well until next time.

A Brief Update!

Hello Friends and Folks,

I just wanted to share a spot of good news with everyone!

Some background:
Since early October I've been working at Biola University in a part-time capacity as a "casual employee" which, here at Biola, means temp. This job I've been temp-ing in is the Graduate Special and Off-Campus Program Coordinator, in the Office of the Registrar. I took the job when the previous holder of it went on maternity leave. Last month she was due to come back to work, however due to the fact that her baby was born prematurely she really shouldn't leave her yet. So, after a bit of negotiating to try to figure out a goog balance, the former holder of this job resigned. Well it didn't take me very long to realize that I would kick myself later if I didn't apply for the position I'd already been filling. So I applied and I "interviewed" it was more like a meeting with the people I've been working with already, anyway and on Saturday (the last day of January) I was offered the full-time position. Of course, I accepted. So today, Monday, February 2nd, 2009 I spent my morning in Human Resources going through training since it is my official 1st day as the full-time Graduate Special and Off-Campus Program Coordinator! So now, when I get off work today (a couple of hours later than usual) I will have to sit down with all of this insurance paperwork and figure it all out! :D
Thanks for the prayers all of you who had been praying for a job for me! This is amazing and I am truly grateful for the way in which God works in my life!