fortune cookies

whenever i read a fortune cookie outloud now i hear straight after, "in bed." This brings me to my next point. I love the "that's what she said" line.

sister, sister, never knew how much i missed her

So, maybe that Tia and Tamara reference is lost on some of you, but the meaning is basically the same. My sister Colleen Marie Marshall is booking it back to the United States in a little less than two weeks. It's hard to even believe it. I saw her about six months ago when my parents and I met up with her in Thailand, and now I will see her again. It was one thing to see her in a foreign country away from all things either of us really knew, but I think when she is back in one of Chicago's North Shore suburbs it'll be more insane for her to see the enormous differences. It's not that her mindset will have changed completely, but I think there'll be some substantial changes. Honestly, I'm looking forward to seeing how it goes. But really, I'm just excited to go to Medieval Times with her during her visit. It's going to rock. I've never been before, and apparently I'm going to be able to take the Black Knight. Super, super excited!

jobs

what i hate about jobs is not the actual applying, getting, working---no, it's much more than that. it's annoying that i have to

1. apply to more than one place and

2. the ones that i only sort of want to get, i get, and the ones i get maybe later if at all, are then pushed away because i already have the other one.

i dont like that i have to choose among jobs after applying many places. i would feel bad saying "yes" somewhere and then getting the better job later, and saying "yes" to them and then going to tell the other place "actually, just kidding" shrug. it's a difficult life. i wish i could just apply one place that i really want and they would give it to me. no questions asked.

done

I'm done. Finito. No more work, no more school. None.

Here's that Wilco article and radio review I promised.

Done. Yes.

Tunes and Fiction

I just finished revising my fiction piece, "Open Your Eyes." I actually like it quite a bit and will probably put the 21-page story up on this blog later.

It'll probably have to go up in short excerpts.

When I was finishing up some grammar, syntax, plot line problems, one of my roommates, Elizabeth Erwin, put on Derrick Webb's "She Must and Shall Go Free." I have some songs from the album, but not all of them. Man, it is beautiful. I really enjoyed listening to "Saint and Sinner."

Oh, and if you haven't already gotten Wilco's newest album, "Sky Blue Sky," get it. Probably one of the best album's ever and definitely tied with "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot."

I'll put up my radio story review and print piece tomorrow evening should you find yourself intrigued.

Disney World and Moving On

This weekend from Thursday, May 3 to Sunday, May 6 I was in Florida. One of my brothers, Sean, graduated from college. He went to Valparaiso in Indiana for a year to play soccer before transferring to Stetson University for the last three years to play on their soccer team. Anyway, it was really fun to go down there and hang out, see his school for the first and last time as well as go to Disney World and Daytona Beach. Most people after having the worst week of their college careers just take a really long nap, but I got to see Mickey Mouse and ride "A Small World." I'm ready to take on my last week as a junior and Sean's ready to take on the rest of his life. Weird.

Me & My Computer

I am drowning. Thank you Natalie Dee for creating cartoons that depict my life.