Moving Day(s)

So the moving has been coming along very slowly this weekend... we have until Wednesday to be out, but I return to work tomorrow. And still have some big items of furniture to move after trying unsuccessfully to sell them all off.

But in hauling the smaller things to my parents house, I've been cleaning out my old room and finding random things. Like old Disneyland maps from 1997, pre-Tomorrowland remodel. Or a pic from when I went on Splash Mountain for the first time and was utterly terrified... guess which one is me.



I found another old pic of me and Janice and her little sister Ruby May, who is not so little anymore, now that she's all married now! I still remember when we interviewed her in kindergarten (and I mean, I was only in like 2nd grade or so) and RM answered that her favorite flower was the "umbrella"... haha.

(Yes, AM - now *that* is what a young version of me looks like.)

I also found my original Game Boy (the fatty one with the gray/green screen) and then the Game Boy Pocket. I found old journals from my high school Bible class, and old papers on The Screwtape Letters, Huck Finn, My Antonia... my old SAT/ACT/ASVAB scores... my first CA ID card (pre-drivers license)... some stuff I still kept, but most of the things I threw out/shredded, as I really didn't need to know how many errors I made (8) on my DMV drivers test that I still passed.

I also found a bunch of Dawson's Creek-related things: cutouts from magazines, transcripts, quotes, the official companion guide from season 1... I was crazy about it back in the day. Anyway, in one of my folders I found that I took the time to type out the following quote and print it out in the Dawson's Creek font. Looking back at it, it sounds very much like something the character Joey Potter would say, and back then I always related to her pessimism.

You know what's great? Not having to fake a good mood. There are very few people in this world you can actually be in a bad mood around. You know how everyone is always saying the goal in life is to find someone who makes you happy? Well, maybe they have it backwards. Maybe the goal is finding someone you can just feel lousy around. 


I think they key is in finding both, but I get what she's saying. I think most of the quotes I had saved came from her... Lines from Dawson the dreamer, not so much. Haha.

Ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-changes...

Turn and face the strain
Ch-ch-changes!

Gotta love some Bowie.

Month #3 of 2011 begins tomorrow, marking the last 90 days in the apartment. With my cousin moving back home to her parents, I'm reluctantly moving back to mine. I'm definitely going to miss having my own quiet space and that feeling of freedom after work where I can just kick back and relax... and oh my God, I'm going to be back in that tiny house with my parents again... okay breathe... breaaaaathhe...

[exhales]

I can do it. Six months, I can do this... saving up money, planning to buy a house of my own, and the time will fly. These first two months of 2011 certainly did, so the six months (at minimum) that I'll be at home should go fast as well. Knock on wood. I'll just probably be asking various friends if they want to go to a bar every evening after work... (Just kidding... kinda/sorta.)

My treat to myself though, at least I'm contemplating, is to go to New York in the summer. See the sights, a Broadway show or two, and escape... I've got the vacation hours, I'll have the money from being at home again, so I think a little action in the Big Apple for this theatre lover is appropriate.

Speaking of theatre, I have an audition tomorrow. A small local theatre company is putting on a production of Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat, and I'm going to just go for it. I'm seriously not expecting anything, since I have no theatre resume to my name, save for high school drama class (ten years ago) and skits I've been in at Flood. But since they're okay with that (I did ask first) and I had put down "go to an audition" in my 2009 list of goals (but never did that year or in 2010), I figure "why not now?" I just want to get out there and feel that pressure of theatre again, even if for two minutes. I already have my song picked out and the sheet music too! (It's not Bowie.)

Seven for Saturday

Seven random comments (idea cribbed off Jordan's blog):

1. I'm moving! Finally. In one week, I'll be relocating to an apartment in Serra Mesa. It may not be the condo I'd been hoping for since I moved back home in July (although the condo could still happen later in the year), but I'm excited. Andy will be my roommate, we'll be in the same complex as my good friend Kasey, and friends can finally come over to hang, watch TV, have dinner, or play Rock Band/Halo/Wii... Oh, how I've missed having my own place. 

2. I'm ready and waiting for Phase 2. What is this "Phase 2"? There's a possible job promotion at work, and Phase 1 (interview with the hiring manager) went pretty well. I was told Phase 2 is forthcoming, and I already received a call from the HR Recruiter regarding their need to prep a salary offer... still, nothing is guaranteed and I feel like thinking about the position too much will cause it all to backfire... but I really want the job. 

3. I do not think Hilary Swank is hot. Attractive? Yes. Hot? No. Although it kinda pains me that I am not on the same side as Jim and Pam... heh. 

4. Lea Michele (from the original Broadway cast of "Spring Awakening")? Hot.

5. "3hree 6ixty 5ive" Resolution #2 for 2009 - Act in another production / go on an actual audition. I miss theatre, I miss performing, and even if I don't actually get cast in something, I still want to say that I went on a legitimate theatrical audition. Been doing some research, should get in touch with my old HS drama teacher and see if she has any tips as well... 

6. The Beach Boys' song "Kokomo" has been given a brand new life (in my mind), all thanks to "How I Met Your Mother" and Neil Patrick Harris's dancing eyebrows.

7. If you've never tried it, peppermint schnapps mixed with Bailey's is like Christmas in your mouth.