Serena

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For the last two weeks, any dream I have had (even the naughty ones) have had something to do with the Casbah. It's not always what my dream revolves around, but it is *always* a part of it. They have started to become more arbitrary, though.

Last night, I was trekking across something that looked close to the Amazon. After much searching, I found what I had been looking for. It was a massive river, closely resembling the river in Twilight Princess (only realistic, not animated). It was storming outside, and I had to traverse down the entirety of the river during said storm (on some rickety little raft), only to barely avoid dieing at the end via plummeting over the *huge* waterfall. I had finally reached my goal. . .which appeared in some weird bastardization of 5 Points, complete with my wonderful Casbah. Ah, how I miss it. . .

@-}------
(Here's to hoping he would like to go there next time we visit the family and Casey.)

"We promise that after trying Penis Enlarge Patch you dick wont look like overly boiled sausage."

Well, these past few weeks have been interesting. Some of it was actually rather nice, and some of it was nothing short of disappointing as hell. However, I do have to say that I am much happier now that I know I will be able to have almost every Friday off again. Sometimes, work really does need to take second place on my list of important things to do.

Today has been filled with blissful slacking. I called out of work for the first time since moving here, which makes only my second time calling out since 2006. It was nice to be able to get sleep last night, especially when considering how much alcohol was in my system on top of very little food. At least I didn't do something stupid. . .like driving to work while not being able to focus properly (or not at all, whichever). Austin and I watched Hulk today, which actually turned out much better than I was expecting. We had some interesting and fun conversations as well. It was all-in-all and great start to a nice day. The rest of the day was filled with glorious amounts of loafing and relaxation.

I really have been coping with Egger being gone a lot better than I thought I would be. At first it was painful, but it has calmed down. Certain things still get to me on an almost-daily basis, though it isn't debilitating, so it's fine. However, I still miss him dearly, and cannot wait to get a night of comfortable sleep. Well, as comfortable a night's sleep as can be afforded by the bed we share. We definitely need to invest in a nice one in the near future. Then again, a stable living situation is slightly higher on the list of priorities. A queen-sized bed is nice, but having somewhere it would fit is something that needs to come first. Who knows, maybe we will be able to find some place that is worth staying, because I flat-out refuse to live somewhere I do not feel safe without a body guard. Unless, of course, we are given no other option, and he will probably have to drag me there if that happens. I'm quite sickened by the thought of living somewhere like that again.

As a side note, I almost wish I had posted yesterday. It would have been so much more interesting if I had. . .

~Serena
@-}------ (I hope he enjoyed his pseudo-vacation this weekend.)

Well, I've officially had some sort of upper respiratory problem for five days, and it has not been giving up in the least, to I am off to the doctor. Well, a cheap health care center a town or two over, but you get the point. ^^; Like I could afford an actual doctor visit. Only one thing is going to push me to pay that much money, and that's not likely to happen any time soon.

>.> My bathroom has a mascot now, apparently. I walked into the bathroom about a week ago, and almost screamed when I looked beside me and saw what I thought was a cockroach. It wasn't, it was just a little brown grasshopper. Well, said grasshopper has been inhabiting my bathroom quite happily since then. I tried to shoo him out, but he would have none of it, and quickly returned to his perch on top on the rim of our trash can. At first he kind of bothered me, but now he has become part of my day now. I even named the little bugger. Harry. Seemed fitting. . .or the first name to pop into my head other than Moose (Thanks for that, Casey. I want to name almost everything Moose now xD). Not sure what he is eating, though it seems to be keeping him happy, whatever it is. Pervert just watches me while I'm on the toilet, though. Of course, he is only a bug, so it doesn't really matter. Still, it kind of weirds me out to have something looking at me when I'm on the toilet. I don't have the heart to hurt him, so I think I will just let him stay where he is at for now.

@-}------ (I hope he isn't bothered by my strange animal loving ways)

I feel the need to quote Demetri Martin before I explain my discovery today. "Whenever I investigate a smell, I find that the answer is always bad. It's never 'What is that? Ah, muffins!'"

The house has had a weird smell for a couple days. Well, I decided to make some potato salad today, and I opened my cabinet. At first, there was that really weird smell, but after a second of the door being open, I gagged. The only thing in there was a bag of red potatoes. They apparently don't go bad like normal potatoes. They are normal for weeks, then the skin softens only slightly. . .then a week later they LIQUEFY in your cabinet. <.<

The smell of liquid rancid potatoes is probably one of the worst smells in the world. There isn't any polite way to describe it, and unfortunately I don't think I will ever forget that smell. :(

If anyone knows of any place that is hiring, I would love to hear it. It has to be some place that doesn't require heavy lifting, isn't a sweat shop, and will hire someone with a GED instead of a diploma. :/

Well, at least nothing happened to family and friends during the crazy storms/tornadoes I apparently slept through this week.  I wonder if I am going to get to actually *see* some of the storms around here.  Then again, maybe I shouldn't jinx it.  I may end up seeing one from the inside if I do that.  x_X

Thinks have been pretty shiny here so far.  I actually went out and bought a bunch of healthy foods today. . .though it set my back $73.  >_<  Ah well, at least I won't have to buy food for the rest of the month.  Maybe, if I play my card right, by the end of the month I will have enough saved up to start going to the gym.  That would be awesome!  Only problem is getting around signing a contract.  It's so damned expensive to just do a 6 month program, but I am *not* getting roped into a contract again.  Anytime Fitness is a pain in the ass, and I am not going to chance something like this happening again.  Hopefully Club Fitness will be something I can afford.  It's annoying that they are not a 24 hour gym, but I will just have to work around that.  At least they have a pool.  Not having water around me is driving me mad.  Hells, I have taken to standing outside in the rain just to feel some semblance of home.  -_-;;;  Dry land does not make me happy.

( Cut for minor ranting. . . )

I have come to realize something that means a lot to me. . .

I miss Vargas' girls.  No, not girls.  Those women were truly ladies.  : /

As a side note, self-portraits can kiss my ass.  On to plan B. . .

Well, I finally feel like I have finished the moving process.  I have a bank in Carrollton now.  It was a bit annoying to find out that I am not able to get membership at any of the Credit Unions around here, but at least it is something.  Now all I need to do is pay VyStar for my overdraft (Fuck you, Anytime Fitness.  Fuck you.), and all will be well.  The only thing I will have left there is my credit card, but I am going to keep that for the time being.  Now I need to look for a gym around here that isn't going to require a full year of membership out of me.  Stupid contracts. . .

I finally went to the Aquarium today.  After leaving Anytime Fitness, I decided to head into Atlanta.  -_-;;  I have realized that going into Atlanta, without knowing every road you need to be driving on ahead of time, is something that can drive you to wanting to kill people.  >.>  What is it about Atlanta that makes people so willing to drive like maniacs?  Seriously, I lived (basically) in Jacksonville, and no one drove like they do here.  It is a breeze to get by in Jacksonville traffic. . .well. . .if you don't include the roads.  Roads = shit.  Anywho, I burned about half of a tank of gas today, on top of walking enough to make my hips hurt, but it still was a great day.  It was one of those days that made me wish I had brought drawing paper and my pencils.  Their whales were amazingly beautiful.  It has been so many years since I last saw a beluga in person, and they are more beautiful than I remembered.  It was awesome, because the male and one of the females were doing their precious courtship dances, and I could have just sat there for hours watching them twirl through the water.  Ah, and being able to see a couple whale sharks for the first time was awesome, literally.  They weren't *quite* as large as I was expecting, but they were still huge, especially for fish.  ^_^  It made me think of Star Trek. . .which made me want to dive in and swim about.  

And their otters are awesome!  ^_^  Otters are normally awesome, but these were so fun to watch.  Nothing like the otters in the zoo.  >.>  Those were fairly boring otters when compared to these.  I was very disappointed with myself for not looking at the little map they give you, because apparently they have both penguins and sea lions, and I missed them both.  T_T  Ah well, I will see them next time.

All that has made me a bit tired, so I am going to go relax now. . .

~Serena

p.s. - It isn't fair that they do not serve fish in their cafe. . .

Wow, it has been forever since I updated this thing.  Then again, the only thing that has really happened for me to post about is my job situation.  I temporarly started working for Kangaroo again.  Believe me, it was a desperate measure, especially since I am only making about $260 a week, compared to $400 in Florida.  -_-;;   That is making it a royal pain in the dick to save any money, but it hopefully won't last for more than a few months.  As soon as Egger gets back from Germany, I will start looking for another job.  Maybe by then things will begin picking back up around here.  If not, well, I should have enough money sved up for a downpayment on a motorcycle.  That way I could afford to drive a farther distance to and from work, and could start looking in Douglasville and possibly Atlanta.

It's amazing how difficult it can be to find reliable legal information regarding other countries.  I figured that I should have been able to find some wikipediaesque website for laws and regulations, but alas, no dice.  Hells, there might still be one out there, but I can't seem to find one, and I am *not* about to trust a babelfish program to translate important legal documents.  >.>  Those things are worded so precisely that it just seems naive to think that simply translating the words would cause it to still convey the same meaning that they would have in it's native language.  *sigh*  I wish there were programs that would not simply translate text, but actually *interpret* it properly.  Then again, that is a human way of thinking, not a computer's.  Computers do not need to understand inflection.

I found out that I may be making a trip down to Florida some time before Egger leaves.  That would be so nice, especially since we haven't seen anyone down there in almost three months now.  -_-;;  I am having serious Casey withdraws.  I miss the Casbah, too.  T_T  This place is nice, but some things can never be replaced.

Well, I am currently at a local Cafe stealing their wireless.  Egger's has been down for some time now, and I can't take it anymore.  That, and I think if I went one more week without posting, Casey would send me a box of live bees in the mail.  @_@

Life up here has been a little less exciting than I thought it would be.  I haven't heard back from any of the places I have applied at yet, and I am down to only having three reasonable options for work.  Kangaroo, AirTran, and possibly the QT.  Hopefully my second application to the QT will actually turn up something soon.  If not, I am going to have to rely on unemployment, and I cannot begin to explain how much that idea bothers me.  They also will probably require that I apply to one of the local fast food joints. . .or the honest-to-gods sweat shop in Bowdon.  >.>  Not fucking happening.  Ah well, AirTran may hire me.  The job will be bullshit, but at least I can go around the US when I feel like it if I get the job.  ^_^  I would be able to save up cash and eat at Morimoto's restaurant!  That would make me so happy.  I have wanted to try his food for years.  Not to mention the fact that it would allow me to finally try fugu.  *drool*

Other than hoping for a job, nothing much has been going on.  I have been slowly getting to know the local gamers, which has been nice.  I wish I weren't so reserved, though.  That is a might harder habit to break than I thought it would be.  Maybe Vampire will help me break out of my shell.  The Sabbat game is going to be a bit easier, since I already know most of the people there.  The Camarilla will be more challenging. . .damn the Cam.  Anyways, the folks there are nice from what I have seen, though I am mostly observing things instead at this point.  At least my character is making that less awkward, since she is so very young and naive.

Well, time to head out for the night.  Maybe I will actually get off of my arse and post again in a day or so.  See you guys around!


~Serena
(I hope he doesn't think this aggravation is aimed at him)

Casey is officially able to stay the night on Friday and watch the house Saturday!  ^_^  My mum will be able to come up to Georgia with me to visit!  Hoorah!

As a side note. . .I wish we were getting snow in any form at all down here.  I would be happy with sleet at this point.  All we are getting is rain.  T_T

~Serena
(Another day closer to being with you.)

Well, there isn't much to update about, but I figured I needed to.  Don't want to fall back into my old habit of forgetting this even exists.  I bought my first 1/2 bushel of Blood Oranges for the year today.  *drool*  I forget how good they are sometimes.  It sucks that they stay in season for such a short period of time, but it is well worth it when they are finally ripe.  The taste is wonderful, and it also has some of the best zest of any fruit around.  Definately need to buy more before I move, though.  There is no telling how expensive they are in Georgia.  @_@  Not to mention the awesome sale that Harris Teeter has going on right now.

Anyways, I am still counting down the days until I move.  *squee*  Only eight days left now. . .perhaps I should start packing.  Might save me trouble later this week.  Meh, games are more entertaining at the moment anyways.

 

 So I found this kid on myspace a few minutes ago.  He had a funny quote that really reminds me of one of the things that made living back in the day more awesome than living now.  I would credit him, but I closed the fucking window like a tard. . .

If you were back in Plato's day, couldn't you say, "Oh man, I went to this island the other day with like, horseless chariots and bows that fired lightning!  I got a toga that said 'Don't Bow Me, Bro!'  It was awesome!  But it's gone now.  Something ate it." and everyone would be like, "Damn krakens.  Why couldn't they eat Cuba or something?  No one even lives there yet."  Nowadays, if you tell someone that there used to be a tribe of people that lived on the North Pole in 20,000 B.C.E., they'll just Wikipedia it and tell you you're full of crap.

Alright, now that I have that out of my system, I can get on to the real posting.

I am counting down the days at this point.  My final day at work is the 9th, and my moving day is the 15th.  I hope everything is going to work out, especially since I have not heard from QT yet.  If nothing else, I can get my old job back at one of the three Kangaroos in Carrollton, but I would prefer to avoid that.  It isn't worth fighting with this company any longer, so hopefully it won't come to that.  Perhaps Marathon will take me.  Or Flash Foods.  They looooove taking in ex Kangaroo workers who bash the company!  No matter what happens, I need a job that offers medical.  The only thing that would stop me from getting a job at any random place is the need for insurance.  Preferably medical, dental, and vision, though I would take just medical if they paid well enough.

Of all the things that are getting under my skin, the one that bothers me the most at this point is my brain.  I cannot seem to keep myself from over-analyzing everything that is said to me.  I try not to listen to any of it, but I still have to hear it.  I know that there is no logical reasoning behind any of it, but it still bothers me to think about it.  I mean, why would it bother me to have my mother tell me I am always welcome in their house?  Why would it bother me to have someone telling me that they want me to have a good reason for moving?  There is no reason for any of these thoughts, however sensible they may sound at the time.

Anyways, I think I am finished venting for now.  Sleep well, you guys.

~Serena
*toasts with the air*  Here's to hoping he will forgive his Schoenste for being such a paranoid wreck. . .