My New Financial Plan

Before I tell you my new financial plan let me explain my old financial plans. The goal of these financial plans is to earn money so that I can pay for school.

The plan that I have been following is to work many hours to earn money and spend very little on stuff that is not tuition.

My new plan is to go on the Price is Right. Some guy just won 3600. And that wasn't even the grand prize. He won it playing Plinko. Plus he still has a chance to spin the wheel. He may even make it to the Showcase Showdown. I will go to the Price is Right, and I will win lots of money. That is my new plan. It could be argued that this plan is faulty because it will cost me a lot to go there, and ontop of that I may not even make it to Contestants Row. Well stop stomping on my dreams is what I say! I would prefer if all ye naysayers would go and say your nays elsewhere.

I have this weekend off, I booked this weekend off so that I could volunteer backstage at my old dance recital. My Mom has organized backstage for years now. She is quite good at it. The fear this year is that she will over exert herself. I think I have the special job of making sure she does not over exert herself. My Mom, as usual, as the special job of making sure I do not under exert myself.

Wicked, will of course be joing me at my recital. Hopefully I don't finish it, because I will not have a chance to visit the Library till Tuesday.

book update

OK so I do not recall what I last posted about books. And I am too lazy to investigate so I'll just tell you what I think you don't already know.

I finished this book called Clara Callan. It was good. It was about this woman in the 30's. About her life and her sister. It's all journal entries and letters between her and other people. It took me a little while to finish it so it wasn't exactly a page turner.

Oh did I mention I read that Enron book? I think I did. Well it was great anyway.

I read Nanny Diaries after Enron. Nanny Diaries was very good. Not really a thinker. For some reason it had a British feel to it, like Bridget Jones' Diary. Except no one said Durrr. Oh one odd thing happened during my reading of it. So the child's name is Grayner. At least I thought it was. I thought this for over half of the book, then suddenly I realized there was no 'n' his name was just Grayer. That was traumatizing to say the least.

After Nanny Diaries was the Clara Callan book. After that was Ellen's book; "the funny thing is..." I recommend that book to everyone! it's hilarious! A very light read. Readable in a day. I actually laughed out loud. Which got to be quite embarrasing cause I read it in the staff room, and other people were there, and they stared at me.

I am now onto Wicked. Angus lent it to me. It is quite different from Ellen, but it's already good.

I have finnaly updated my reading journal to reflect all this. Janet do you still keep yours? I remember you had it in Physics.

I gave blood today. I love giving blood.

I also worked today, but there was no hilarity. Well there was some, in that a lady got fired yesterday (not funny), and they spent all today freaking out because no one could cover her shifts. ahhhh stupid people.

Work thoughts

As much as I complain about work, some hilarity does happen.

For example today a man came in to return a hose. He was quite upset, because this was the second hose he had bought and they both had the same problem. He said; "I plug it in and it leaks from a hundred places!" I then explained to him that it was a sprinkler hose, that leaking is in fact what they do best (for the uninitiated a sprinkler hose is a hose made of porus material, you weave the hose through your garden, turn on the water, and it waters everything at once!) He opted to return the hose and buy a different kind.

Hey do you know what I realized? That story isn't so funny when you have to explain what a sprinkler hose is. Well you're just going to have to trust me, it was hilarious.

Another hilarious story. A man was returning a whole bunch of car parts. I asked if there was something wrong with them (so they do not get put back on the shelf), he said no, that he didn't need them anymore, because his car had exploded. EXPLODED! He had decided not to repair the car after that. There was one thing on the bill that he was not returning, I asked if he had forgotten it or something. He said no, that the part was on the car when it exploded. I secretly still wonder if maybe it was the part we sold him that made his car explode.

Anyway, news in my life; I am helping with my old ballet recital this weekend! Yay! Lots of fun (this is not sarcastic).

Big news! I am going to Montreal in June to visit my cousin for a weekend. I am quite excited. Who knows what we'll do!

Eve's survey thing

I was touched that Eve handed the baton off to me.

I also feel superior to Shashi because I beat her to posting this.

Total music files residing on my computer:
327 songs. Mostly Oldies. A lot of Melissa Etheridge
Last CD I bought:
Joss Jone's CD. For the song Right to be Wrong. Because it came right at a time that I needed it.
Song playing right now:
Um... nothing actually. Just a rerun of friends that is quite amusing.
Five songs I listen to a lot/mean a lot to me (in no particular order):
1. Breakfast at Tiffanys
2. Come To My Window, Melissa Etheridge
3. The Gambler, Kenny Rogers
4. Mack the Knife
5. Leeroy Brown
Four or Five People I'm Passing The Baton To:
1. Shashi (I know I know, that's cheating.... bite me)
2. Heather
3. Janet
4. Angus
5. Kelly

Books and working

OK so an update on my book emergency.

I read Micahel J. Fox's autobiography. That book was fantastic. I read "Anatomy of Greed, the Unshredded truth about Enron" it was also fantastic. It was written by a guy who worked there when it all went to hell. There was a made for tv movie based on it, I had seen it a long time ago and had always wanted to read the book for it. I am now reading "The Nanny Diaries". It's quite good so far. I may finish today or I may actually get some stuff done.

Jon, I would love to take you up on your offer to lent me Eat, Shoots and Leaves. And Angus has offered me Wicked. So I just have to wait on... The Devil Wears Prada, and Ellen's new book.

I've been working a lot lately. Hence why there are very few blog enteries. and when I am not working I've been reading. I anxiously look forward to my pay stub on Thursday. Except I have to go over it carefully because where I work tends to short change people.

I am actually going to a concert this summer! Green Day. I should explain that the last concert I went to was Sharon Lois and Bram. Unless of course you include the Gold Band concerts.

I guess that is all my news for now. Enjoy your day!

Books! and analog not going so well.

So I have an elaborate book tale to tell, but first I have a sad update. My learning to read an analog watch is apparently not going so well. During my book emergency (which is still in progress) my Dad asked me what time it was. I said about 7:40. I returned to watching tv and could not figure out why friends was wrapping. The fact was that hand was not brushing the 8 because it was almost 7:40 but because it was almost 8. I had confused the big hand and little hand.

OK so my book problem. My library has multiple holds on all the books I want to read! 5 People you Meet in Heaven, Wicked, Ellen's New Book, Eats, Shoots and Leaves, the Devil Wears Prada. All of them! The only one left is The book on Enron.

some random thoughts and news

I've had a few, I guess you could call them thought provoking moments. Now don't get all excited, this isn't Plato here, it's just some random stuff that made me smile.

First off Janet, cart before the horse is a saying that basically means you shouldn't get ahead of yourself. Putting the cart in front of the horse is no good, because instead of pulling the cart the horse would push it, but I don't think they would, I think they would trample all over it, and that would ruin the cart.

My mom planted tulips in our back garden. Squirrels took the bulbs and hid them elsewhere so they could eat them later. Now tulips are growing in the middle of our back lawn. My Dad now has to mow around them. It's quite a beautiful and random sight. The squirrels also planted flowers in my mom's front garden. They're purple and quite nice. Those crazy squirrels are great gardeners.

I have recently started wearing an analog watch instead of a digital one. I have obsereved that time seems to pass faster when you wear an analog watch. On a digital watch if 15 minutes have passed by you're not very impressed. But if 15 has passed on an analog watch I think; "Wow! the big hand went all the way over there!" It just seems like more time has passed. I tried explaining this to my friends at school and they looked at me like I was crazy. I stand by my theory.

There is more to post but I am off somewhere so another time.

Randomness before I sleep

I'm going to sleep, but I was thinking stuff.

There was an article in the paper today about some veterans from world war 2. One of them, who had fought on V-Day, came back from the war and was driving for the TTC. That made me sad. I will admit I don't know the whole story, maybe he wanted to drive for the TTC, but this seems sad.

So I am going to bed.

The Job Hunt Continues

I dropped off a resume and cover letter with the Police Department, I hope to be a receptionist for them or someone in their office who types and files things. Except they're not looking for someone so who knows. I'm also applying at Banks.

I went to a job fair at Home Depot today, I had this short little interview thing, I'll know by the end of next week if I get another intereview. But there are so many problems! Like they won't let me work every other weekend during the school year like Canadian Tire does. Maybe I could get a job downtown then. Maybe a job with the school, like at the book store or something. Or at a library. That would be kinda nice, cause they're used to working with student's and their scheduals. And that would help me meet people on campus. Oh maybe this would lead to drinks after work.

My only issue is that my current job is safe. I think I would have to light something on fire there to be fired. So it will be hard for me to leave a job that's so safe. But I will never grow as a person if I don't take risks. And besides the pay is garbage and the managers aren't very nice. One of them is actually quite gross.

But I think that, as usuall, I am putting the cart before the horse. I don't even know if Home Depot is going to hire me. So this all may be a non issue. I really want to work at the police department but who knows.

Cover Letters and Day Time TV

I have to write cover letters today. And drop them off. Ugh.

I can write essays, and short answers, but I do not want to write these cover letters. Being an adult suuuuuuuuuuuuucks. I wish paper routes paid more, I can do those.

On a happier noter I have rediscovered daytime TV. Tony Danza and Ellen both have talk shows. I have to admit that I am partial to Ellen, because she is more fun.