Hello silence, my old friend...

Hey everyone, sorry for the long quiet on my end on this here blog! As y'all know, I recently moved to a new apartment and was getting set up there, along with all the stuff about my job going on as well.

Believe it or not, I intended to post something shortly after getting settled, but I had Internet troubles. I didn't have a tech come out until last Thursday to get it fixed, due to job stuff and even a doctor's appointment. But thank God for the tech that came by, he fixed it and it didn't cost me a dime! Hot dog!

It's been over a week since I moved into the abode and I love it. I have some semblance of a routine, but still fine-tuning it. There are some things I still want to get for the abode before I can safely call it "fully-furnished" (mainly a desk chair), otherwise I am all set.

As for the job, well... it's still there. I did sign up for some overtime, so I'll be very absent for the rest of the week since I'll be too f***ing tired when I get back for the next three nights. But I want to see if I can do it. And then, if another job opportunity comes up, I can make like the Steve Miller song when I get the "yeah, come on over!"

At this rate, it'll be a lucky day if I get to the 50 posts I was planning to do to finish out the year. I have some other posts planned, but we'll have to see if I even get to do that. So first, lemme survive this week and I'll get back to you.

After all that happened

regarding my job, this song hit a little too close to home:

And here we go!

So I got the keys to my new apartment and all the moving kicks off tomorrow morning as my family (sans me, 'cause my job didn't let me get the day off) start moving my stuff in. I'll pitch in throughout the week and finally help out on Saturday. And I'll spend my three-day weekend setting up everything.

This song has been looping through my mind as I prep for the week ahead:

Well, it was nice while it lasted.

Without going into too explicit of detail...

turns out that my team and I are getting moved back to collecting on credit cards, but slightly different from what we were initially hired to do. And no, I can't stay where I'm at right now even if I wanted to.

So, all that stuff I talked about? Not gonna happen. Well, except we get to keep our Saturday hours.

So yeah...

*sigh*

It's job-hunting time again.

Thoughts on Moving Out

So it's over a week until I get the keys to my own apartment and get all my stuffs moved out. But man, seeing all the things I have accumulated over the years has got me to thinking about how I feel about it all.

In all honesty, I'm not entirely sure what to feel. I want to feel proud for having a decent-sized personal library and a beautiful record collection, but at the same time, I'm like "so this is where most of my money went to". If anything, it's definitely humbling. And I do hope by getting my own space that I change my relationship to all my things. See what blesses me, get rid of what doesn't.

Other thoughts include (I choose you... Bullet List! *throws out Pokeball*):

• Whoa, since I'll be on the third floor, I'm gonna have some sexy legs!
• Oh dang, don't I have a few preorders left? *checks list* Yup, I do.
• I'll still have to worry about making noise, since I'll have neighbors VERY close by.
• Thanks to my dad and eBay, I now have my own sweet audio system!
• I have over twenty boxes full of books alone. OMG. 
• I won't have the Internet on at the abode* right away. I may need to change that. 
• Got some blessing candles by Crystal Journeys: Housewarming and Protection! I'll also have my mom pray in the space as well before I get settled in.
• I better have a kitchen island. *glares at apartment complex*
• Places I'll live nearby: two 7-11's, two major freeways, several other apartment complexes, a movie theater, and a Starbucks. 
• Despite moving closer to a major freeway, my commute to work is shaved down by five-seven minutes. Good thing I don't give a f***. 

*In the spirit of bloggers naming people or things with funny titles, I will refer to my new apartment as "the abode" until further notice.

50 Favorites

As y'all know, or, don't (but you know now), my goal is to get to 50 posts. It makes sense then that I want to list 50 random favorite things. So... enjoy?

NaNoWriMo Plans!

Alrighty, since it's getting close to that time of the year (besides the release of many Oktoberfest beers), it's time to announce what I'm planning to do this NaNoWriMo.

I have decided, since I attempted this last time, but I then wrote something else (OMG Spiders)... my next project will be something fun: a Silent Hill fan fiction. Right now, it's titled Silent Hill: Secret History (a “tribute” to one of my favorite novels). It's actually an idea I had for a while going with themes I normally work with, but in a Silent Hill setting.

Okay, okay... it's an idea for a game for the series that I hope one day I'll become respected enough to give it to Konami. (Yeah, I wish. Pffff.)

Either way, as it gets closer, this could change, but I really feel it. I want something super-fun and silly. So a fan fiction for one of my all-time favorite video games. *shrug*

And now... since I had nothing better to do a while back, here is the playlist/soundtrack I created for it (that's always half the fun: creating a soundtrack for a project):

"It’s Gonna Be Easy Now" by Dan Seals

"The Last One to Know" by Reba McEntire

"Holding On for Life" by Broken Bells

"Girl, You Have No Faith in Medicine" by The White Stripes

"Worlds in Collision" by Jerry Harrison*

"Looking At the Invisible Man" by The Dead Weather
"Leave A Trace" by CHVRCHES

"Half Life" by Twin Shadow

"The Waiting" by Akira Yamaoka

"Compass" by Zola Jesus*

"Catch" by Allie X

"Helelyos" by SEXWITCH

"Poison Tree" by Beth Orton

"Carrion Flowers" by Chelsea Wolfe (hells yeah!)

"Lord Knows" by Dum Dum Girls

"When She Comes" by EMA

"Surround Sound" by Empire for the Sun

"Immortals" by Marnie Stern"

"Am I Real?" by Nite Jewel

"The Day of Night" by Akira Yamaoka

"I’m A Ruin" by Marina & the Diamonds

*I’m torn between “Worlds in Collision” or “Compass” being be the official song.