My Top 5 Songs

Very late this month!  I just spend too much time on computers at work, and then for schoolwork in the evening.  So often, I postpone updating this blog. I hate my job. I really do.  It is such a disappointment.  My skills are not maximized there - actually, they are hardly used there.  What I do, anyone with clerical support can do, for the most part.  My technical background is rarely drawn from for daily responsibilities.   I should not complain.  My job would be a DREAM for most others.  The point is that I have so much time - YEARS - invested in advancing my education, my overall knowledge, and it's not something I can put into practice. C'est le vie. Hope I got that right. Ten years ago, the Foo Fighters song debuted at #1, stayed there for 3 months, and remained in the Top Five for a total of TWELVE months.  Wow.  I do not like that band, except for that song and a few others.  Oh, did I just offend someone? ...

We are chugging along, aren't we.  Autumn is not far away (YAY!). School has started - I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. I am confused about a lot of things.  I have a good life, all things considered.  Why do I always feel as if I'm shortchanged?  Will this ever change. I don't want to dwell on that now. Mastodon missed going 3 for 5 because they had a song drop out, but it was replaced by the new entry "Halloween".  It is the chorus on that song that just grew on me - I don't like the intro much, and the guitars are OK, but not great.  That chorus is just beautiful, though. I don't think they are done yet with charting songs from "Once More 'Round the Sun", though! That weird little song which I THINK (but not sure) is about a split personality is at #1.  It's just infectious, and catchy.  The soulful background vocals are nice. So that's it - the top two spots are female-led songs, one being a club EDM typ...

Are we halfway over with 2012 already? I kicked ass in my graduate class - an "A-".  Hey, I don't care if that "-" taints the glory of such a good grade. It's not a "C" (my standard in life), and higher than even a B+.   I worked so hard on the homework and got excellent grades on that part of the course.  The two mid-terms were disappointing, but I probably got close to 100% on the final exam, hence my surfing forward to the A- in the final week of the term. thank you, yes, thank you. please, stop all the applause, you're embarrassing me! Things are going well in life. I am in the midst of a play, I did one scene in another independent film, and the new full-time job (about 3 months in by now) is not too bad. I'm still in love but of course I am not with that person. We speak, and it's painful to be connected with our mutual love but separated because of a number of other reasons. I just never deal with this - instead of 'm...

Things are moving along nicely with the new full time, "REAL" job which is professional and in my field of study. Not much to complain about there since I can now rebuild my savings, which were destroyed from underemployment for 3 years (!) and graduate classes the last two semesters. School - that is a different story. I've been taking graduate level classes. I am so weak on the undergrad stuff (being so long since I've seen it!) that I spend way too much time on homework reviewing the basics. I am not sure if pursuing a graduate degree is even worth it at this point. No car - sold the junker a month or so ago. As far as "junkers" go, that car was in pretty good condition. It just needed so much mechanical work that I did not want to pay for. I don't mind having a car, and saving money I'd otherwise spend on gas, insurance, etc. But...despite the good news (school notwithstanding), I am still alone. How is it possible to have no friends? I don...