It's been a while since I updated, huh? My bad. Seems once or twice a month is all I can manage. At least my constant griping about unemployment will be coming to an end. I have a job.
Early last month I broke down and got a car. The next day I drove up to Princeton and put in an application to Barnes and Noble (something like my fifth), and the day after I was in for an interview. I was hired along with a small army of seasonal temps, but put my best foot forward and made gentle reminders to my managers that I was looking for a permanent position, and so now I'm full time part-time. About 25 hours a week. Not enough to move out of home with, really, but enough to whittle away the debt and keep me from being a total leech on my family. And, most importantly, I'm finally getting book selling experience and a reason to get out of bed in the morning.
The commute is 30 minutes, so either I develop a tolerance for the radio or get a mp3 adapter for the car asap.
In a bout of ambition, I also wrote a list of 'resolutions', which looks almost exactly like the sorts of resolutions I always write at various times throughout the year when I suddenly have an urge to get off my but and do something. A book a week, 100 words a day, 3 meals a day (which is now a lot easier, what with having a schedule and all), draw once a month (I guess I haven't failed that one yet. Soon) Etc...
The book a week is going to be a minor challenge because I'm stuck in the middle of Les Mis, which is not the sort of thing to be consumed in a week. I figure it will take the rest of the month to finish. As far as writing is concerned, I figured 100 words is small enough to not feel daunting, but may spur me into more writing. However, this is the most I've written since the new year, and as of this sentence I'm at over 300... I guess I'll refine it all as the year goes on. No reason to give up in January.
