Dear Reader,
Well, here I am back in good ole Greenville, and far away from the Best Western and glad to be. I wouldn't call it the Worst Western, but perhaps the Not-so-Best Western. There was no microwave in my room, I had to zap my breakfast in the staff break room, no continental breakfast which is fine I didn't mind paying four dollars for butternut squash ravioli than have a free donut. The staff misspelled my name three times, not my last name, they misspelled my first name. Maddie... how hard is that?! Not Manny, Manie or Maddy. It's MADDIE! And, at about three a.m. it sounding like someone was trying to screw sheet metal in the room above me. The most devastating thing though was, as I was getting ready for my interview I plugged in the iron they provided to iron my skirt, and the thing didn't work, didn't even heat up! It was terrible! I had to interview in a wrinkled skirt.
Okay I might be overreacting, and I doubt that it was noticeable to the interviewer, but I knew it was there.
The interview went pretty well I think, but I won't know anything until next week, so keep your finger's crossed.
After the interview I hit the road with Tom Petty's Greatest hits, again. This is because I was trying to navigate my way out of the city and didn't want to change the c.d. in that traffic.
Once on the road I popped in some Stroke 9, ya' know, the "Little Black Backpack" guys. Whatever happened to them?
After Stroke 9 I sang along with Harvey Danger's "King James Version" and I was really feeling it so afterwards I went backwards chronologically and listed to Harvey Danger's "Where have all the Merrymakers Gone?". Then I popped in the first compact disc I ever owned "Cracked Rear View" by Hootie and the Blowfish.
Somewhere, about halfway home I stopped at a Wilco. And, in the Wilco there was a bathroom, and in the bathroom there was one of those 25 cent scale things, and out of morbid curiosity I forked over the quarter dollar. 194.6 lbs... WHAT?! I know those scales lie but still!!!
Once on the road again I shied away from c.d.s and starting flipping through the radio stations, I couldn't tell you all the artists and songs I listened to, but just about when I was contemplating my weight Queen's "Fat Bottomed Girls" came through the airways from a classic rock station out of Augusta. The song made me feel a bit better about my weight for a moment then I remembered that Freddy Mercury was gay and didn't know what he was talking about. Either that or Fat-bottomed Girl is some sort of boy-on-boy euphemism kept secret to us in the order of Lesbos.
Well, I finally made it home, obviously and I want to go to bed but I wish the girl would call.
Breakfast was the butternut squash ravioli which was god, lunch was a nutri-grain bar, and I decided to skip dinner tonight. Really because I'm just not hungry. Oh well.
Oh, last night I watched something called Superjail, and I just wanted to say "WTF?"
"Sad Sweetheart of the Rodeo"
Maddie
Currently reading: "A Heart Remembers" by P.S. Elsner
Currently watching: The Office: "The Duel" bless you Hulu.
P.S.
"The Marlboro man died of cancer, and he wasn't a rocket scientist when he was healthy, ha-ha-ha"
Friday, January 16, 2009
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Play that Tarantella
Dear Reader,
Alone on a Thursday night in the business center of a Best Western preparing myself and my materials for a job interview tomorrow morning hoping that this is the one, that this is the job with my name written all over it. Perhaps it is, perhaps it is not, either way it was good to get out of the house for a night and actually have real t.v. - just in time for Dubya's farewell address.
I wish I had something insightful to say about the President's final address, but to tell the truth my mind is too blocked by the anticipation of a job prospect. I do hope that I get this job, and I do hope they ask me to start Monday. That would be nice. I want this despite the fact that I do not have an apartment or house here, and I would be living out 0f a hotel for at least a week or two. I can live with that. I know moving would be stressful on me, and everyone I know, but if this is the only place I can get a job then this is where I need to be. The next few days should tell all.
Breakfast this morning was a cup of Cafe Ole San Antonio which I've kept squirrelled away since I left Texas in 2007 - surprisingly enough it's still good. Lunch was an egg-salad sandwich and a bottle of water on the road, and dinner was a veggie wrap and sprite. I know I'm not diving into the finer things today as far as food goes, but on the ride down I jammed out and enjoyed myself with the wind in my hair, the smoke in my lungs, and the ribbon of road laying the path, until I got down here and a stalled cement truck brought the traffic on the highway to a standstill.
I started the trip with Tom Waits' Rain Dogs, a gruff and somewhat selective choice of an album, but with a good mix of music on it - I sang along to most of it though it is hard to sing along with him sometimes.
Then we moved on to Johnny Horton's Greatest Hits. I am fairly certain I am the only person my age on the planet who knows that song, but North to Alaska, The Battle of New Orleans, Hole in my Pirogue, Mr. Moonlight, and others are good upbeat songs to drive yourself too. I sang each lyric of each song except for Rock Island Line - I tried, but no.
We moved from Johnny Horton to Jump Little Children's Licorice Tea Demos as the sun was setting and probably listened to that one twice I think. Once it was dark we put in Live at Folsom Prison which is a great album, but I think I skipped most of it. Lastly, We had Tom Petty's Greatest Hits which seemed to fit my mood better.
I am a mood listener I suppose.
Tomorrow morning I will be going into a completely new place that I am not even sure how to get to, meeting people I have only talked to through emails, and working my ass of to persuade them to hire me, If I do well and everyone keeps their fingers crossed, hands folded, or heads bowed then I should be able to get this job.
I say that, but the truth is recently I have been passed up for several jobs that I should have gotten.
I pray that this doesn't become another spoke in the wheel that keeps running over my toes.
With that it is time to go back to my little hotel room and climb into that bed and sleep while I wish my cats were there to warm my feet.
- Maddie
currently reading: "A Heart Remembers" by P.S. Elsner
currently listening to: "I'm a Believer" Monkees cover by SmashMouth
p.s. "We filled his head with cannonballs and powdered his behind, and when we touched the powder off... the gator lost his mind."
Alone on a Thursday night in the business center of a Best Western preparing myself and my materials for a job interview tomorrow morning hoping that this is the one, that this is the job with my name written all over it. Perhaps it is, perhaps it is not, either way it was good to get out of the house for a night and actually have real t.v. - just in time for Dubya's farewell address.
I wish I had something insightful to say about the President's final address, but to tell the truth my mind is too blocked by the anticipation of a job prospect. I do hope that I get this job, and I do hope they ask me to start Monday. That would be nice. I want this despite the fact that I do not have an apartment or house here, and I would be living out 0f a hotel for at least a week or two. I can live with that. I know moving would be stressful on me, and everyone I know, but if this is the only place I can get a job then this is where I need to be. The next few days should tell all.
Breakfast this morning was a cup of Cafe Ole San Antonio which I've kept squirrelled away since I left Texas in 2007 - surprisingly enough it's still good. Lunch was an egg-salad sandwich and a bottle of water on the road, and dinner was a veggie wrap and sprite. I know I'm not diving into the finer things today as far as food goes, but on the ride down I jammed out and enjoyed myself with the wind in my hair, the smoke in my lungs, and the ribbon of road laying the path, until I got down here and a stalled cement truck brought the traffic on the highway to a standstill.
I started the trip with Tom Waits' Rain Dogs, a gruff and somewhat selective choice of an album, but with a good mix of music on it - I sang along to most of it though it is hard to sing along with him sometimes.
Then we moved on to Johnny Horton's Greatest Hits. I am fairly certain I am the only person my age on the planet who knows that song, but North to Alaska, The Battle of New Orleans, Hole in my Pirogue, Mr. Moonlight, and others are good upbeat songs to drive yourself too. I sang each lyric of each song except for Rock Island Line - I tried, but no.
We moved from Johnny Horton to Jump Little Children's Licorice Tea Demos as the sun was setting and probably listened to that one twice I think. Once it was dark we put in Live at Folsom Prison which is a great album, but I think I skipped most of it. Lastly, We had Tom Petty's Greatest Hits which seemed to fit my mood better.
I am a mood listener I suppose.
Tomorrow morning I will be going into a completely new place that I am not even sure how to get to, meeting people I have only talked to through emails, and working my ass of to persuade them to hire me, If I do well and everyone keeps their fingers crossed, hands folded, or heads bowed then I should be able to get this job.
I say that, but the truth is recently I have been passed up for several jobs that I should have gotten.
I pray that this doesn't become another spoke in the wheel that keeps running over my toes.
With that it is time to go back to my little hotel room and climb into that bed and sleep while I wish my cats were there to warm my feet.
- Maddie
currently reading: "A Heart Remembers" by P.S. Elsner
currently listening to: "I'm a Believer" Monkees cover by SmashMouth
p.s. "We filled his head with cannonballs and powdered his behind, and when we touched the powder off... the gator lost his mind."
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Dear Reader,
Nothing exciting has happened today in my life, I woke up had an onion and mushroom omelette for breakfast with some Darjeeling tea. After that I browsed job search engines online, and applied to everything I found that I was qualified for in the area... again... Is it ever going to end? Am I ever going to be able to find a job or am I going to be the first one in line to get slaughtered by this whole economic crisis? I am certain out there somewhere is a job with my name written all over it, but will I be able to find that job before I end up on the street clinging to a backpack of belongings and in desperate need to shave my legs? Griping done.
At lunchtime I watched some old episodes of The Tick and ate some popcorn. I've been having a lot of popcorn cravings lately. Do I have a lack of partially hydrogenated soybean oil my body is trying to make up for? I doubt it, but who knows where cravings come from. Odd popcorn eating habit: I eat the un-popped kernels. I don't know why, perhaps it's the "waste nothing" ideal my parents drilled into me as a child or maybe I just like something to crunch when the movie isn't over. Don't worry I probably won't be cracking any teeth so all you dentists rest easy: I suck on the hard kernels until they are soft enough to grind.
After that I ran some errands then did some chores, mostly clean the cat box which I have to do daily or Bayou gets a little snooty and poops on the laundry room floor, I also took out the trash as trash day is Thursday. I talked with the girl I met on the phone for a bit, it was good to talk to her though I can't help but feel that it is much better to talk to her in person than on the phone.
I've been thinking about a friend of mine all day today, she went through something terribly traumatic on Tuesday; something of a personal and invasive matter than will remain discreet. She is handling it quite well, and though I know the torrent of tears will come soon enough I am impressed and how she is able to take it all in stride where-as if this were to happen to me I would be an hysterical mess. She is living in another town and I wish I could be more than a voice on the phone in her time of need.
It is cold in this house, when they renovated it they left out this little thing called insulation, and well you get the idea, right? For those of you who don't know what that is, insulation is this magical stuff that mysteriously keeps the heat inside and the cold outside in the winter, and in the summer it keeps the cold inside and the heat outside. Amazing! Isn't it? Well this house has no insulation and though the central heating and air system is in perfect working condition now my electric bill is ridiculously high and the warmth goes right outside leaving my toes more like ice cubes than little piggies.
Dinner was a granola bar, which I stopped into a convenience store to pick up tonight while I was out aimlessly driving around getting warm in my car preparing myself for the cold house and a long winter's nap. A nap that I will take just as soon as I finish this chamomile tea
Currently listening to: Everything is Illuminated soundtrack.
Currently Reading: P.S. Elsner's "A Heart Remembers"
"Women who are taller than me are Lesbians"
- Maddie
P.s. if you've seen Everything is Illuminated then you'll get the sign-off.
Nothing exciting has happened today in my life, I woke up had an onion and mushroom omelette for breakfast with some Darjeeling tea. After that I browsed job search engines online, and applied to everything I found that I was qualified for in the area... again... Is it ever going to end? Am I ever going to be able to find a job or am I going to be the first one in line to get slaughtered by this whole economic crisis? I am certain out there somewhere is a job with my name written all over it, but will I be able to find that job before I end up on the street clinging to a backpack of belongings and in desperate need to shave my legs? Griping done.
At lunchtime I watched some old episodes of The Tick and ate some popcorn. I've been having a lot of popcorn cravings lately. Do I have a lack of partially hydrogenated soybean oil my body is trying to make up for? I doubt it, but who knows where cravings come from. Odd popcorn eating habit: I eat the un-popped kernels. I don't know why, perhaps it's the "waste nothing" ideal my parents drilled into me as a child or maybe I just like something to crunch when the movie isn't over. Don't worry I probably won't be cracking any teeth so all you dentists rest easy: I suck on the hard kernels until they are soft enough to grind.
After that I ran some errands then did some chores, mostly clean the cat box which I have to do daily or Bayou gets a little snooty and poops on the laundry room floor, I also took out the trash as trash day is Thursday. I talked with the girl I met on the phone for a bit, it was good to talk to her though I can't help but feel that it is much better to talk to her in person than on the phone.
I've been thinking about a friend of mine all day today, she went through something terribly traumatic on Tuesday; something of a personal and invasive matter than will remain discreet. She is handling it quite well, and though I know the torrent of tears will come soon enough I am impressed and how she is able to take it all in stride where-as if this were to happen to me I would be an hysterical mess. She is living in another town and I wish I could be more than a voice on the phone in her time of need.
It is cold in this house, when they renovated it they left out this little thing called insulation, and well you get the idea, right? For those of you who don't know what that is, insulation is this magical stuff that mysteriously keeps the heat inside and the cold outside in the winter, and in the summer it keeps the cold inside and the heat outside. Amazing! Isn't it? Well this house has no insulation and though the central heating and air system is in perfect working condition now my electric bill is ridiculously high and the warmth goes right outside leaving my toes more like ice cubes than little piggies.
Dinner was a granola bar, which I stopped into a convenience store to pick up tonight while I was out aimlessly driving around getting warm in my car preparing myself for the cold house and a long winter's nap. A nap that I will take just as soon as I finish this chamomile tea
Currently listening to: Everything is Illuminated soundtrack.
Currently Reading: P.S. Elsner's "A Heart Remembers"
"Women who are taller than me are Lesbians"
- Maddie
P.s. if you've seen Everything is Illuminated then you'll get the sign-off.
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
New Blogging style
Okay, so it's been awhile since I've written anything on here, and that of course is inexcusable, and I know that it is a couple of weeks late for a New Years Resolutions but to tell the truth I didn't have a resolution until now. And, that resolution is to rework this blog. The way I was doing it was completely uninteresting to me, and I have decided that I am going to turn this blog into a journal, my online diary so to speak. I know, it's scary putting personal diary thoughts online, but I will change names and everything to protect the guilty. I dunno a lot of people who would be all that interested in reading my life anyway, but who knows. It might be insightful!
To catch you up: What has been going on?!?!?!
The quick rundown; Holidays were great. I gained five pounds, AHHHH! The bookstore closed, AHHHHH! And, I still haven't found a job, eek! So if you know anyone hiring please I beg of you let me know!!! I don't wanna be homeless! I met a girl, yes a girl.
Holidays, didn't do anything for thanksgiving, I know that sounds sad, but hehehe, it was relaxing. I saw my family over Christmas and that was good. I watched movies with some friends on New Years, I don't even remember what movies but it was entertaining for certain. Despite skipping out on Thanksgiving all the food gifts and feasting throughout December put five pounds on my already slightly too big body. I mean I only need to lose ten pounds so I'm not too worried about it, but yeah whatever right.
The bookstore closed and I still haven't found a job. I know it sounds ridiculous but if I don't have a job soon I will run out of money and will be homeless, and no my parents will not help. So, please, if you hear of anywhere hiring let me know, I don't know where to look anymore, I've been everywhere and I am out of options that I know of.
I met a girl. A week ago we met in a club, neither one of us were feeling the vibe of that place and really hit it off so we ended up talking for a while and smoking. (I still haven't quit that habit I know shame on me). The next day we hung out with some of her friends and watched Meet The Spartans (not the best choice but yeah). A few days later we had dinner (whole wheat spaghetti with alla vodka sauce) and a movie (Running With Scissors). Then over the weekend we had dinner and a movie again, this time we had mahi-mahi with broccoli, and watched The Producers. Unfortunately she has gone back to Charleston and I dunno when she will be back in Greenville, but I am probably going to talk to her tonight. I know we've only jut met, but I really like her and I want to see where this goes.
Today, has been rather boring. truthfully I haven't done much. I went out looking for jobs this morning of course, but after everyone said they were not hiring I am feeling a little hopeless, I came home and listened to Eve 6 for awhile and played solitaire, watched a couple of Andy Barker P.I episodes on Hulu and am now wondering what I can possibly do to not be bored.
Currently listening to: Silence, music's original alternative.
Currently reading: "A Heart Remembers" by P.S. Elsner
Breakfast: none
lunch: none
no wonder I'm hungry...
I think I should treat myself to something nice for dinner seeing as I forgot to eat all day! Besides cooking always makes me feel better. (Anyone need a personal chef?) I think I will have Tequila Lime Tuna with sauteed mushrooms and unions. Yeah that sounds good.
To catch you up: What has been going on?!?!?!
The quick rundown; Holidays were great. I gained five pounds, AHHHH! The bookstore closed, AHHHHH! And, I still haven't found a job, eek! So if you know anyone hiring please I beg of you let me know!!! I don't wanna be homeless! I met a girl, yes a girl.
Holidays, didn't do anything for thanksgiving, I know that sounds sad, but hehehe, it was relaxing. I saw my family over Christmas and that was good. I watched movies with some friends on New Years, I don't even remember what movies but it was entertaining for certain. Despite skipping out on Thanksgiving all the food gifts and feasting throughout December put five pounds on my already slightly too big body. I mean I only need to lose ten pounds so I'm not too worried about it, but yeah whatever right.
The bookstore closed and I still haven't found a job. I know it sounds ridiculous but if I don't have a job soon I will run out of money and will be homeless, and no my parents will not help. So, please, if you hear of anywhere hiring let me know, I don't know where to look anymore, I've been everywhere and I am out of options that I know of.
I met a girl. A week ago we met in a club, neither one of us were feeling the vibe of that place and really hit it off so we ended up talking for a while and smoking. (I still haven't quit that habit I know shame on me). The next day we hung out with some of her friends and watched Meet The Spartans (not the best choice but yeah). A few days later we had dinner (whole wheat spaghetti with alla vodka sauce) and a movie (Running With Scissors). Then over the weekend we had dinner and a movie again, this time we had mahi-mahi with broccoli, and watched The Producers. Unfortunately she has gone back to Charleston and I dunno when she will be back in Greenville, but I am probably going to talk to her tonight. I know we've only jut met, but I really like her and I want to see where this goes.
Today, has been rather boring. truthfully I haven't done much. I went out looking for jobs this morning of course, but after everyone said they were not hiring I am feeling a little hopeless, I came home and listened to Eve 6 for awhile and played solitaire, watched a couple of Andy Barker P.I episodes on Hulu and am now wondering what I can possibly do to not be bored.
Currently listening to: Silence, music's original alternative.
Currently reading: "A Heart Remembers" by P.S. Elsner
Breakfast: none
lunch: none
no wonder I'm hungry...
I think I should treat myself to something nice for dinner seeing as I forgot to eat all day! Besides cooking always makes me feel better. (Anyone need a personal chef?) I think I will have Tequila Lime Tuna with sauteed mushrooms and unions. Yeah that sounds good.
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