it's TV tuesday and tomorrow is hump day -- that much closer to the weekend!
Mood:  celebratory
Now Playing: Jason Mraz
Topic: TV, music, movies, etc.
Woo-hoo! Boy do I love Tuesdays. : - ) American Idol at 8 and then it's Jack Bauer time at 9!! (<-- 24)

I have a major problem with American Idol, though. Their voting system sucks. As a matter of fact, it's SO bad that I don't even bother voting, because my 1 measly vote REALLY DOESN'T COUNT! They have this stupid system where you can vote as many times as you want for your favorite. So there are a million 12 year olds hitting redial for their favorite crappy singers. They don't care about talent, their minds are made up before that night anyway. The most talented singer on there is Latoya, and I'm sure she'll get voted off in the next few weeks. It would be such a shame if John Stevens wins the whole thing. I'll be very disappointed. VERY disappointed. I know that I can't complain too much since I don't vote, but I'm not going to spend two hours hitting redial - especially when one of those hours is devoted to 24!! I really hope that they re-think their system. There were a lot of articles written about it last week and there was much public outcry. Craziness.

On to 24... I hope that Michelle lives. Hopefully she's immune to the virus or somehow hasn't been exposed to it, since she isn't showing symptoms yet. Maybe Jack will have to torture Saunder's daughter to get the information he needs... I have no doubt that he's capable of it! "Grab the hacksaw!!!"

Hehe.

If you haven't had the pleasure of getting hooked to 24, you are missing out! I've been watching since Season 1 (Day One, actually) and I've never missed an episode. Seasons 1 and 2 are on DVD... you should probably rent those first for some background information. ;-) There are only 5 or so episodes left this season, but you can go to the show's website for an episode guide to catch up on what's happened so far. Even if you start watching now, you could probably figure out what's going on, they give a little summary at the beginning of each show. Actually, I just checked the site and with a little navigation, you can read the episode guides from the last 3 seasons, so you don't have to rent the seasons if you don't want to.

WATCH IT TONIGHT! 9 P.M. on FOX!!!!!

That's it for now. Or maybe today!

busy monday!
Mood:  rushed
Now Playing: Eve 6 - inside out (reminds me of working at the denton mcdonald's!)
This will be quick, I'm trying to finish up my work day. Got a lot done today, but that meant that I didn't have a chance to do a real entry. :)

Had a good weekend, although I was incredibly lazy, partially due to allergies. They're worse this year than they've ever been. I'm pretty sure that it's allergies and not a cold at this point. A lot of other people are pretty miserable, too. Someone at work was telling me that their allergies didn't really *blossom* (bad pun intended) until they were in their mid-20's. Lucky me!! The Claritin worked well for me last year, but it doesn't seem that it's quite enough for me now. I took entirely too much allergy medicine yesterday (since the Claritin wasn't working) and ended up practically passing out at 3 in the afternoon. OOPS! Won't mix all that stuff next time (benadryl, robitussin & claritin)... the worst part was that when I woke up, I had a headache and I was still congested, lol. I can't win!

The bull roast was fun, although the band sucked.. it was some country/western band and not only were they bad musicians, they had bad equipment -- the PA system was horrible so it made it worse. Oh well, it was all for a good cause. Our neighbor said that they raised $6000 that night!

Well, I have to get going... have to figure out what's for dinner. Hope that everyone had a great weekend! :)

sad day
Mood:  blue
Now Playing: blind melon -- no rain
Topic: Introspection
I just read that Pat Tillman was killed in duty in Afghanistan (last night, I believe). I'm sure that you've already heard... he was a linebacker for the Cardinals... but anyway, he enlisted in the army in 2002 after the 9/11 attacks.... When he enlisted, he requested that he not be given any special attention and had rejected any press coverage of what he was doing. Of course, I don't want to dwell on his death too much, because that will mean that the other people who have lost their lives aren't as important as him. I can't imagine how the families feel who have lost loved ones. It's kind of depressing, but CNN has a site of the casualties with pictures of the soldiers: http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/casualties/To gain a better perspective of the war, I'll visit that site from time to time. It's depressing, but so is war.

The other sad thing is the train accident in North Korea... of course the details are still somewhat limited, since the great leaders in that country decided to cut all of the international phone lines so that the information didn't get out. How freaking crazy is that?? These wackos are developing nuclear weapons but they can't even handle dynamite!! What is this world coming to?

Kurtis and I have been talking about this for a while... the families suing the government and airlines for the 9/11 attacks. I know that you can't put monetary value on a human life to begin with, but they had the fund set up for the families where they would get exorbitant amounts of money to begin with (in most cases around a million dollars), and now they're expecting more? Perhaps the government was negligent, perhaps the airlines were negligent... but aren't we getting a little lawsuit happy here? That's America though, isn't it? Things seem to be back to normal. The problem that I have with it is other people who die in tragic ways; car accidents, our own homegrown terrorists bombing buildings, homicides, freak accidents... they don't get million dollar settlements, do they? At least in most cases they don't. But how about cancer? Leukemia? Natural disasters - floods, hurricanes, earthquakes, tornadoes. Do we sue the weather forecasters for not predicting them right? Do we sue the doctors because they can't save our loved one from dying of cancer because of that loved one's destructive habits that brought about their own demise? Do we sue doctors because they can't cure our brother's cirrhosis of the liver due to his drinking himself to death??

I think that I'm going to sue the manufacturer of my purse because it doesn't have a safety device on it that keeps me from spending too much money!! That's right, it's Liz Claiborne's fault!!!! I still can't believe that idiot sued McDonald's because he spilled coffee in his lap. Come on, people! Why did you think that the coffee wasn't hot? Gee, maybe that's why it comes in Styrofoam cups? I know that personally, I enjoy drinking cold coffee!

Well, that concludes this hour's rants. Maybe I'll have a chance to bitch some more later.

evil allergies & there are only two things certain in life...
Mood:  don't ask
Now Playing: Jason Mraz
Topic: Miscellaneous goings-on
Feeling yucky today... headache, scratchy throat. I took some Claritin this morning, but I don't know if it's allergies or sickness.

Went to the Blob's park thing last night to see the Hubcaps. Blob's park is pretty hurting! There was one freaking waitress for the whole place... we went early to eat, got there probably around 6:30 and DIDN'T EAT UNTIL 8:30!! Not fun. I like some oldies music, but a whole night of it was just overwhelming for me. We're going to see Roomful of Blues tonight, I'm sure that will be more enjoyable. I'll bring earplugs this time... when we saw them before, my ears were ringing for the whole ride home. I hope that I start feeling better... I don't want to be a drag tonight. If I'm not feeling better by lunch, I'll probably go home early. I have a lot of work to do, but nothing that can't wait.

Well, it's 3:30 now (I wrote the first part of my entry this morning) and I'm still here. I guess that I can hold out until 5. My throat is still sore and I have a little headache, but mostly I'm just tired. I'll probably take a nap before the show tonight.

Got my paycheck this afternoon and just about fell out of my chair - that little raise that I got a month ago was mostly wiped out thanks to the State of Maryland! Only two things are certain in life: death and taxes!! My state taxes jumped from $48 to $65! I'd say that's a little bit of an increase. Yep, after my medical plan, 401k, United Way, and taxes, I have 65% of my money left over. Do you ever think about how much better off you would be if you could keep that extra 35%? Of course, United Way and 401k are voluntary, but my 401k is only 3% of my salary and my contribution to the United Way is minimal. *sigh* Some day my finances will get better. I really hope that I can get financial aid - or that work will pay for school, because it's going to get pretty tight when I go back to college. One advantage I suppose is that I won't have as much free time, so I won't spend as much money. As it is, after my bills, I only have 30-35% of my salary left for savings, gas & food. Buying my car really took a lot of my breathing room away... the car payment has been a big adjustment, and of course the car insurance costs more now. Fortunately, my accident will be coming off my record this year, so that may decrease (I'll keep my fingers crossed!)... and if it doesn't decrease then, it should at least decrease next year when I turn 25.

Well, I have to get SOME work done today, so that's it for now.

all set
Mood:  celebratory
Topic: Miscellaneous goings-on
Just got off the phone with AirTran from booking our flights for the Boston trip... so now we're all set! For some reason, my credit card was declined!!? Ugh... just got off the phone with the credit card company... found out that I used the wrong freaking account to pay my bill last month -- the minimum had already been paid, I was just trying to make an extra payment on it-- and I selected the wrong checking account!?!?! ARGH!!!!!! I've been doing so well with managing my money, too... I'm so pissed off that I did something so stupid. And not only did my credit card company try to send the payment once; they sent it TWICE and it didn't go through!!! So now my bank has charged me TWICE for them trying to put that amount through. I am SO MAD. Since it's technically my fault, they both say "too bad, so sad". *sigh* Oh well, I'll figure it out and fix things when I get the next bill from them. I can't pay my bill online since that happened now; I have to send it in via mail or I can have them take the payment over the phone -- for the great price of $16.95! Yeah, right! You have already cost me enough! I think that my new goal is going to be paying off that particular credit card, because the interest rates are absolutely RIDICULOUS! I'll stick with my beloved Capital One card, they don't let me down.

Oh well.

Back to my post for today.

I found out some potentially great news about work, but I'm going to have to wait for the big reveal. ;) Work today was decent, Mr. McAnnoying has been in a bad mood so he hasn't been talking to me. I was pretty busy today... had a lot of descriptions to type. I really like my new computer & monitor... it's 100 x better than the old one. It has an updated version of Office (2003) on it, it has a couple new features, but most of those programs are basically the same anyway.

Well, it's almost time for Idol, and Jack Bauer is on after sweet Idol, so I must depart. Going to be a busy rest-of-the-week, I have Hubcaps tomorrow night, Roomful of Blues Thursday night, and Bull Roast on Friday night. Maybe I'll have time to post from work. :)

happy friday
Mood:  celebratory
Now Playing: Lisa Marie Presley
Topic: Weekend happenings
This will be a quick post, since I'll be leaving work in a few minutes.

Les Mis was awesome... if there are still tickets to any shows available, you should go see it. The Hippodrome is absolutely gorgeous... I was slightly annoyed however by the guy sitting next to me that felt the urge to keep typing on his PDA device during the performance. Granted, it wasn't making any noise, but it lit up and it was distracting. During the first part of the second act, the people sitting behind us were eating something from a crinkly plastic bag and that was annoying, too. But the show was great! Our seats were fantastic, too. The creative genious that must have gone into lighting and sets was spectacular.

This weekend will be so nice... I'm really looking forward to warmer temperatures. :) Not sure what the plans are for tomorrow, but it will probably be the birthday dinner that Kurtis is making for me. Sunday I'm going to my mom's for dinner, so that should be nice... I'm picking up my grandfather on the way, too -- I haven't seen him in a few months, so it will be good to see him.

Well, I have to get back to work......... hope everyone has a nice weekend!

long time no post
Mood:  a-ok
Now Playing: Joss Stone (she is mon-ey!!)
Topic: Miscellaneous goings-on
Okay, I'm going to try to at least do an entry every other day, even if it's only a paragraph. As far as I know, we don't have the monitoring software yet and things may not be quite as bad as expected. I think that the only reason they will pull anything up on you is if people are complaining that you're on the internet a lot. They aren't going to just pull up stuff on EVERYONE every single day; that would take too much time.

Let's see... what's been going on? I have to apologize for the entry before this one, we have to use this stupid-ass font that you can't read at work now and I'd typed in it when I copied it to the blog.... I'll have to use Arial or something like that when I'm going to be cutting & pasting, sorry! That's why the characters came out all screwy.

Monday night we saw Joe Bonamassa at Ram's Head... it was an awesome show... so awesome that I wanted to see him play at the Recher Wednesday night, but that didn't happen. Tuesday I turned on the TV for American Idol and found that my Tuesday night TV ritual got all F'd up because the president wanted to have a press conference (and he pretty much reiterated everything he has said in every other press conference he's ever had)!! Just for that I'm not voting for him, lol... so I had to watch Idol last night and my favorite show 24 has been moved to Sunday night. That SUCKS! I hardly ever watch TV on Sundays (except of course during football season) and I'm afraid that I'll forget it's on. Well, I probably won't since I'm so obsessed, but you never know.

Tuesday I met with an advisor at the community college; his name was Mike Chase - what a great guy! He made me feel really comfortable and a lot more confident about what I'm about to undertake, hehe. He said that I fit the profile of the college's most successful students and he has found that people in my situation (mid 20's, working and have attempted college before) typically do the best. 3 of my classes from Chesapeake will transfer there (9 credits), my A in Theatre, and my B's in Business and Fund of Oral Comm. Classes. So I'm already 1/6th of the way there! ;-) We decided that it will be best for me to start classes in the fall, although he thought that I am capable of taking the more intensive summer courses. Fortunately, the only aptitude test that I have to take is their math test, and I don't have to take it right away, I can wait until I've taken a semester or two of classes. I'm eligible for their English class as it stands now... so this will be my 3rd time taking Composition, lol. Third time's the charm, right? I've decided that I'll take English and Psychology my first semester... that way I can refresh myself on writing papers and I'll be interested in my psychology class.

Getting to the right place for my meeting was a bit of an adventure... Tuesday it was pouring down rain (gee, like almost every day this week) and I had no umbrella. I proceeded to walk into the wrong building and explore 3 floors before finally asking someone where the admissions office was. I was directed to another building probably 200 yards away, which seemed like a mile in the crappy weather. So I was pretty soggy when I went in for my appointment. Maybe he was so nice just because I looked pitiful, lol.


Yesterday (Wednesday), Kurtis and I met Nick at Waugh Chapel for dinner (I had breakfast) at Bob Evan's and then coffee at Caribou Coffee afterwards. It was a nice time, and I liked the d?cor of the coffee shop... it was styled after a hunting lodge, sans animal heads. It reminded me a little of Lake Tahoe.


Tonight Kurtis is taking me to see Les Miserabl?s at the Hippodrome in Baltimore (as an early birthday present). I'm really excited about it; I've never seen a REAL show, although I'm familiar with the music from a lot of Broadway shows.

Ahh... on to my article/essay. It's kind of at a stand-still right now. I haven't really felt like working on it, and I'm going to go in a different direction with it. Jeff, I appreciate your critiques, but I do think you may have been a bit over-critical. I'm writing this for fun, even though I may enter it into a contest... I'd posted earlier (maybe a few weeks ago) that I was thinking about entering an essay contest for Glamour magazine, it was to tell your life story - or tell a story related to your life in some way; something that helped form who you are now... along those lines. I do agree that my humor is a bit cynical. Looking back, I think that asking for an opinion on an unfinished work was a bit foolish on my part, because some things that I'm explaining make more sense further into the story/essay - i.e. trying to escape. I guess you could say that the theme that will run through the story is how I've always been trying to escape from something and how I finally stopped running away (from problems, life, etc.). Yes, I appreciate seeing things from a "different" view, but my intentions of this writing isn't as much about relationships with other people as it is my relationship with myself. Hopefully you can understand a little bit more. I'm not interested in winning anything (although that would be nice), I'm doing it more for my personal enrichment or to better my mental health, you could say. This essay thing is 3,000 words or less, and so far I have only about 700, so I have a lot of room to work with.

As far as you becoming a teacher, Jeff, if you'd like to do something like that, I applaud you... it takes a special person to become a teacher -it's very hard work. My best friend Stef teaches English at SSU (I guess that's SU now) and is working on her Master's. Have you ever taken any courses related to teaching? I think that since teachers may utilize different methods (thinking or creatively speaking) from their students, it may be difficult to balance their opinions. I hope that I explained that well enough, I'm having trouble putting it into words, I guess.

Well, it's back to work for me... I've allotted my daily slack-off allowance, haha. I'm really looking forward to this weekend and some warm weather!!

No entry for yesterday!
Mood:  chillin'
Now Playing: LC -- I am the rain
Topic: Introspection
Well, I'm getting in my internet time while I can, hehe. I'm at lunch anyway, so it's not that big of a deal. Everyone is in the CAD meeting right now where they will learn of the big brother stuff.

Thanks to everyone who has commented in my blog! I went from having 0 comments a few months ago to regular comments... it's really nice. :) BTW, my thoughts & heart go out to my friend Jeff and his fiance who are expecting a baby girl in June, she is having some problems with her pregnancy. Everything is going to be fine, though! I just know it is. ;-)

I feel kind of blah today... the weather is gorgeous so that brightened my mood some. I did a little self-therapy last night which was cleansing, but also emotionally exhausting. I think that I'll make an appointment to see my therapist soon, even though I just saw her last week, lol. Lots of stuff is going on, nothing bad really, just change. Just because everything is going well doesn't mean there isn't more work to be done. I don't want to be one of those people who is constantly in crisis. I like to be prepared for whatever emotions surface, because something completely unrelated to what is happening can bring up other things. Pretty weird.

Well, I've worked a little bit more on my essay, so here is the first page for your enjoyment:

My story is one of self-improvement and resilience, but also dumb luck. I say dumb luck because it is dumb luck that I've survived to be 24 years old (which I turned on the 19th of April). In my 24 years, I've experienced more than some (sheltered) people have in their lifetime. It is astonishing that I arrived at this age essentially unscathed! That is not to say that I am "normal" or that I didn't suffer throughout the journey. I can't change the past and wouldn't want to; since I would be someone different from the person I am today. Two years ago I would have given anything to be someone else, but after a year of therapy and introspection, I realize that being me isn't so bad. I'm still not where I would like to be, but I am finally on the right track and that is enough for me.

I grew up on the outskirts of a small town on the eastern shore of Maryland: an urban retiree's dream, but a teenager's nightmare. My parents decided to move to Denton from their house in Glen Burnie; a suburb of Baltimore. I've spent much of my life trying to get away from Denton. If I wasn't plotting my escape, I was daydreaming of the freedom that would soon be mine: to hang out whenever I wanted at Marley Station. Everyone needs a dream, right? At that point in time I knew that a successful future meant dropping out of school and working at a minimum wage job to support my black hair dye addiction. Maybe if I was really lucky I could even afford a few tattoos and body piercings.

I had two unsuccessful attempts fleeing Denton, once by car and once with my friend via bicycle. On my first try, I made it twelve miles to what was then a shop that sold seafood and is now a place called Cutesy Country Crap. I'm sure that it's really a front for the KKK and they just spelled it with C's to be politically correct. You'll still find a higher than average population of racists in Caroline County (mostly in trailer parks) - or should I say Karoline Kounty? I was fortunate enough to have parents who accept people regardless of race, but a lot of native folks keep bigotry alive.

My first attempted escape was with my best friend Stefani when we were in eighth grade. For reasons now beyond my understanding, she and I were inspired to ride our bikes to Annapolis by the then-popular song "Runaway Train" by Soul Asylum. It wasn't until five years later that I finally recognized, "Wrong way on a one-way track" meant that you shouldn't run away, right? "Run away, but it always seems the same," means that you can't run away from your problems. It was a simple concept, but apparently not simple enough for our 13-year-old minds to understand. We did make it pretty far considering the forces working against us; a group of quacking ducks threatening to wake up Stefani's parents and a drizzly night in the low 50's.

On my second getaway at age 17, I made it all the way to the Americana Circle apartments across from Marley Station mall: only a five-minute drive from where I currently reside. I was so close to fulfilling my dream of becoming a professional Mallrat! If it weren't for that reprehensible father of mine, I might still be working at Auntie Anne's (note to Auntie Anne's employees: I love the pretzels, but Hot Topic was more my style - no hard feelings?). As further evidence of my destiny, I had my first car (an '84 Toyota Supra) break down right in front of where I now work!

My family history is a rather complicated matter. I will begin with my father who some would describe as an extraverted nonconformist intellectual. My parents separated when I was a wee lass and my father was held generally responsible for raising me. Dad owned a camera repair business at the time and I would sit with him at his workbench as he labored over broken Nikons, bitching about people who took their cameras to the beach. He loved explaining how things worked and would draw diagrams or create models for me using whatever was within reach. Salt and pepper shakers, envelopes, and napkins were his tools of choice.


That's it so far. Any suggestions? I will probably end up changing it a hundred times... and to be honest, I won't post the finished product for fear of angering certain members of my family, or I'll post a severely edited version. I'm attempting to write in a humorous manner, so if it seems that I'm being too callous about some things, try not to take it personally.

Everything is starting to fall into place..
Mood:  energetic
Now Playing: Clay Aiken
Topic: Introspection
I just scheduled my appointment to meet with a career counselor at Anne Arundel community college! I'm going next Tuesday (13th)... I'm very excited about it.

I know that I'll have quite a few years to decide on what career would be best for me, so I don't want to have everything pegged down to an exact outcome. Right now the careers that are most interesting to me are the PR specialist, copy writer/publicity writer or one of the counseling options (psychology, career counselor, etc). My aunt works as a publicity writer for Weyerhauser and does marketing/PR stuff for them... I'll have to ask her more about her job. That looks like the most realistic opportunity for me at this point in time... I'll be utilizing my best talents (writing, communications, etc.) and I could combine it with sociology and psychology in determining target groups and that kind of stuff. It makes sense to me! You know the funny thing is that the very first class I took in college (Chesapeake) was an oral communications & speech writing class... my professor told me that I was very good at it and that I should strongly consider a career in that field. Ahh... if only I'd listened to her and worked harder... I'd have a degree by now! Oh well. I think that my experience in the working world has helped me a lot... I know what I enjoy doing and what I don't enjoy doing, and I've worked with a wide variety of people. Well, I have to get back to work now... I got an email from Uche, (pretty lame) so I'll have to post that soon.

Careers for my personality type
Mood:  not sure
Topic: Introspection
I've just finished my "Do what you are" book and I feel pretty weird to be honest. No wonder I hate my job so much! I'll post some of my notes on my personality type:

STRENGTHS:
Innovative thinkers, good problem solvers
Can combine their talents with interests and abilities of others
Can find success in whatever interests them
Good at putting the right people into the right positions or tasks
Motivate others with infectious enthusiasm and energy

WEAKNESSES:
May not be well organized or good at setting priorities
Have trouble following through on details of a project
May become bored and easily sidetracked
Don't usually enjoy anything repetitive or routine
Usually less effective working alone

Let's see... my job is repetitive, boring, routine... it requires good organizational skills and having follow-through. It is apparent to me now that I'm going to have to find something else to do in the meantime; I may be good at my job when I want to be, but it is too repetitive and I have to deal with difficult people.

I also have a list of career satisfaction for my personality type... I'll pick out a few things and comment on my current use of those.

As an ENFP, career satisfaction means doing work that:

1. Lets me meet new people, learn new skills and continually satisfy my curiousity. None of that at Harms. Sometimes I get to meet new people, but those times are few and far between. Any kind of new skill that I've had to learn with my job I've learned in an hour and become bored with almost immediately.

2. Lets me create new ideas, products, services or solutions to problems that will help other people and then see my projects become reality. If I create anything new, it isn't rewarded or noticed.

3. Is consistent with my personal beliefs & values and lets me create opportunities that benefit others. Gee, let me think. I work with engineers that have all the personality of a brick. I value people who are a little more normal. There are a few people there that I respect, but they are in the minority. Also, I have a problem with a company that keeps a chauvinistic asshole who disappears for hours on end and has sexually harrassed half the women at the office.

4. Rarely requires me to handle the follow-through, routine details, or maintenance of a system or project. Like my daily work.

5. Work at my own pace and schedule with a minimum of rules or structure and the freedom to act spontaneously. At 8:45 "Lauren, this is a rush, can you get it to me by 9?" Umm... no, I can't! I'm going to do the other things I had planned before I even look at your work!

6. Is fun, challenging and always varied. I know that some people could do my job for the rest of their life and be quite content with the challenges each new day brings -- typing forms, doing proposals, making copies and filing. I'm sure that there is someone out there that thinks those things are fun! Not me. The only time that I enjoy my job is when I'm going Fuzz's CCEPS stuff and I get to correspond with the members. (hey, I'm getting some ideas here...)

7. Is done in a friendly & relaxed environment with humor, goodwill and a minimum of interpersonal conflict. I'm bolding & italicizing this one because it's a biggie for me. I used to be funny all the time at work, and I still try to a certain extent.. but due to the lack of goodwill, hostile environment and constant interpersonal conflict, I find it quite difficult to maintain an upbeat attitude.

8. Allows me the freedom to follow my inspirations and participate in exciting and intriguing adventures. Haha!!!!

9. Is done in an environment that appreciates and rewards enthusiasm, ingenuity and imagination. The idea of enthusiasm at work is who plays the martyr the best. Who works the latest, who takes on the most projects, who thinks that they're the best. Imagination is not an option. We even have to use 12 point Arial font for everything.

10. Lets me work with a diverse group of people on a variety of projects, motivated by creative inspiration. Well, I certainly work with a diverse group of people... it's just that they aren't diverse in the right ways.


I have an extensive list of careers that were suggested for my personality type and guess what? Secretary or Administrative duties appears nowhere!! The closest thing to my current job is a Human Resource Manager, lol. Yeah, it's a little different than typing and filing. My personality type is best at dealing with people, being creative, or having an effect on people in some way, shape or form.

Here are the main occupations that I am primarily considering:

Columnist
Screenwriter
Copy writer
Public Relations Specialist *
Social Scientist
Psychologist *
Addictions Counselor *
EAP Counselor (employee assistance program)

The *'d selections are fields that I'd thought of pursuing before. I would really like to go into psychology, but the incredible amount of school that you have to go through is a little daunting for me.

Here are some other options that I am considering:
Journalist (doubtful, but I'm putting it up here anyway)
Musician/Composer (lack the discipline, although it's a great hobby)
Newscaster (chance to use my public speaking skills!)
Reporter/Editor for magazine
Marketing consultant
Career counselor
Social worker (that would be too depressing, I think)
Conference Planner (I may try something like this as an interrim job)


Well I'm getting kinda sleepy, so I think that it's time to sign off. Of course I missed my Saturday cut-off by an hour. :P~ Daylight savings time starts, too. That is NOT going to be fun on Monday.