things i realized this week.

super paper mario is a really really fun game and i'm glad hank bought it for me.

my birthday is this friday and i'm not really looking forward to it at all. i'm looking forward to having a day off and maybe even to the free noodles & company lunch and baskin-robbins ice cream (thanks, birthday clubs!), but i'm really deep down sort of dreading my birthday. i don't want to be 27.

my fingernails are a source of great amusement to children under the age of ten.

the terrible twos are nothin' compared to children aged one-and-a-half.

i miss my dog more than is probably normal. she's really turning into a good dog and it makes me sad that i'm not around every day to see how she's growing up from a rambunctious puppy into a nice girl. this past weekend we were at my mom and dad's and when i told her to go to her home so that i could go back to work at the end of lunchtime, she just walked right over to her cage. no protests or anything. just right over.

On Notice.

On Notice.
Originally uploaded by erin patton.

take note, offenders. you're pissing me off.

frustration.

so, i'd been waiting with bated breath to hear back about a job i'd pretty much been assured i was going to be offered. i didn't want to jinx it. then somehow, it must've jinxed itself. too good to be true, i guess. then again, maybe they were just assholes. i mean, what kind of company does a phone interview, an interview, a full-day second interview, checks all my references, and keeps me waiting around 3 weeks before i'm told to come in to pick up drug testing paperwork, then when i arrive for said paperwork, renegs? wtf?! i mean, if they decided they shouldn't hire for the job right now, then why waste all that time--mine and theirs? i have a serious case of chapped ass about this whole thing.

which brings me to teaching. "those who can't, teach..." is this true? those who can't what? those who can't stomach the bullshit that apparently comes along with industry and business? cuz that's me right about now. i'm considering my options in education. i'm considering my options in everything, really.

there is a guy playing open mic night at picasso's right now who sounds a lot like hayden. neat.