Come Back and Sing
Apr. 13th, 2004 03:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jakebe
So, I've come upon a copy of Coldplay's "A Rush of Blood To The Head," and I have to say it's a truly sublime CD. I've had "In My Place" stuck in my head especially (though "The Scientist" comes a close second), mainly because it reminds me of so many things; certain, insanely close people, my character in Odis' game (I've been listening to the song almost exclusively while writing for it), "What Dreams May Come," and the list goes on. The fact that it's quite catchy doesn't help matters very much.
I'm fighting the financial craziness for a bit. There's money coming in sure, but it's going out just as quickly; I'm paying off a couple of friends for favors and loans, then I'm floating my mom some stuff whenever I can, and then there's the student loan payment this weekend. I'll have just enough money for groceries before I have to start saving for rent next month. Oi. By then, hopefully, things will have calmed down and I can finally start saving up and buying little things I've been needing to for a while (like pants and shoes, pots and pans, probably a new bookshelf), and getting on to more serious things like planning "Salvation" once again. I'm keeping my fingers crossed, but you know how much random crap likes to jump up and bite you in the ass. ;)
I'm not in the best of places, financially, but I like the feeling of being pro-active about it. I'm doing what I can, when I can, and I trust that I'll get through this in time. I think the worst part is watching a few people around me who have it worse and not being able to help in any easy way. :/
Taking the plunge, reading "Fast Food Nation". I've been needing something to get me detached from my hideous McDonald's craving, and this'll probably do the job nicely. :) In the past few weeks I've been staying away largely because of money, and in the meantime I've found really good cheap alternatives; there's a Japanese restaurant that serves miso, salad and rice for under $2 each, so I've been eating lunch there a few times a week...there's also the joy of cooking. Really simple stuff so far, but it's just neat eating something you've made yourself. That five bucks you would have spent on McD's can now be used for other things, like...Kill Bill, or more books. <:) I really, really need to clean my room. It's not a pigsty, but I haven't moved everything out from the old room, or set up the Linux computer yet, and it's been this monkey on my back ever since I got back from PMP. I could blame it on any number of things, but the truth of the matter is I'm just lazy. Since there's not much that's pressing today at the Bookshop, I think I'll crawl into a back room and keep writing. It's an opportunity, I'm gonna take it.
I'm fighting the financial craziness for a bit. There's money coming in sure, but it's going out just as quickly; I'm paying off a couple of friends for favors and loans, then I'm floating my mom some stuff whenever I can, and then there's the student loan payment this weekend. I'll have just enough money for groceries before I have to start saving for rent next month. Oi. By then, hopefully, things will have calmed down and I can finally start saving up and buying little things I've been needing to for a while (like pants and shoes, pots and pans, probably a new bookshelf), and getting on to more serious things like planning "Salvation" once again. I'm keeping my fingers crossed, but you know how much random crap likes to jump up and bite you in the ass. ;)
I'm not in the best of places, financially, but I like the feeling of being pro-active about it. I'm doing what I can, when I can, and I trust that I'll get through this in time. I think the worst part is watching a few people around me who have it worse and not being able to help in any easy way. :/
Taking the plunge, reading "Fast Food Nation". I've been needing something to get me detached from my hideous McDonald's craving, and this'll probably do the job nicely. :) In the past few weeks I've been staying away largely because of money, and in the meantime I've found really good cheap alternatives; there's a Japanese restaurant that serves miso, salad and rice for under $2 each, so I've been eating lunch there a few times a week...there's also the joy of cooking. Really simple stuff so far, but it's just neat eating something you've made yourself. That five bucks you would have spent on McD's can now be used for other things, like...Kill Bill, or more books. <:) I really, really need to clean my room. It's not a pigsty, but I haven't moved everything out from the old room, or set up the Linux computer yet, and it's been this monkey on my back ever since I got back from PMP. I could blame it on any number of things, but the truth of the matter is I'm just lazy. Since there's not much that's pressing today at the Bookshop, I think I'll crawl into a back room and keep writing. It's an opportunity, I'm gonna take it.
