Lucky Me

Sandy is over and everyone is gearing to get the cleanup started. I live in PA so I was super nervous about the hurricane/superstorm/thing that was coming. I do not like natural disasters, this is why I live in the East Coast; I much rather NOT be in the middle of a hurricane or a tornado, or an earthquake.

I was supposed to work Monday all day and I was getting nervous because I take the bus in the evenings and then walk home from the terminal, and I kept hearing there was going to be fierce winds, and I kept imagining myself flying away. Then Sunday night right before I left work I heard the buses might not even be running that late, which pretty much took the decision out of my hands - I emailed my supervisor and told her I wasn't going to be able to come in. Which was a good thing since buses weren't running that late on Monday and then I found out that they closed the call center early, so I would have gotten out earlier, and still wouldn't have a ride home. So I stayed indoor yesterday, waiting for Sandy.

I watched the live coverage most of the day and kept scaring myself even more, until eventually I decided to play Sims until the power went out.

The power never went out...my street did not get flooded...my street is wet and full of leaves, that's it. I feel so grateful that I'm ok and had a pretty relaxing day aside from obsessing. Especially when I know so many people are without power even now, 2 of my best friends don't have power. I'm glad I'm ok, I'm glad I had it easy. My thoughts are with those who didn't have it as easy as I did...and with my #1 best friend who lives in Jersey and whom I haven't heard from today. I hope her and her family are ok.

The Beginning of My NaNo Soundtrack

Since NaNo is taking an eeeternity to get here (can you tell I'm anxious?) I decided to take the last few hours of my day off to work on a playlist for my story. I knew it wasn't going to be easy since I'm not sure what the tone of my story is going to be; meaning I don't know how dark it will get. But I figured I'd give it a try...

I spent about 4 hours on it and ended up with 1 hour worth of music. LOL. Oy...

But something is something, right? So here is my soundtrack (so far) for my novel Broken Song:



 Night Of The Hunter - 30 Seconds To Mars

A Modern Myth - 30 Seconds To Mars

Playmate To Jesus - Aqua

Come N' Get It - Aqua

Wind - Akeboshi

Orpheus - Mamoru Miyano

Vuela Mas Alto - OV7

Passacaglia - Secret Garden

Voy Malacostumbrado - Aventura

Conciencia - Aventura

She Will Be Loved (Acoustic) - Maroon 5

Smooth Criminal - David Garret

Electric Shock - f(x)

Jet - f(x)

And that's what I have so far.

On a totally unrelated note, I saw this online and I just had to share it with you guys.

Isn't it just freaking adorable!? I want it soooo bad!!! Hehe.

On another unrelated note - well unrelated to Sailor Moon, but related to NaNoWriMo (I'm jumping all over the place), I made another one of my characters into a sim. :D

This is Charisma Johnston

That's it for tonight. I hope you enjoy the songs, maybe some of them are new to you. TTFN!

Sims3 - Not just for playing

I usually have a bunch of characters in my head, waiting for me to tell their story. Because it has been over 2 years since I've written, I guess you could say my characters are dormant.

As you know from my previous post(s), I have decided to participate in this years NaNoWriMo and I needed to come up with a new story. Since all my characters are MIA I needed to come up with new ones. I first came up with the story idea, and then the names of my characters. By this point I have a vague idea of what they look like, but I need a stronger mental image. I decided to go into CAS (Create A Sim) and play around to see if I could come up with my characters. Conclusion: Sims 3 is an awesome way to get a clearer idea of what characters look like.

Meet Johanna Langley:

Superstar Anna:

Aiden Feare:

Beau Fiore:

My NaNo Story

I figured out what I'm writing for NaNoWriMo, and it took me less than a day to figure it out! Here is my synopsis:

Johanna Langley had one dream: to be a successful singer with thousands of fans. At 26, she was beginning to get desperate. Then one night she meets Beau Fiore who offers her dream in a silver platter...for a price. Johanna accepts and becomes the overnight sensation Anna; but the price she paid has hidden consequences. Now it's up to her number one fan and childhood friend, Aiden Feare to figure out what price Johanna paid for her fame and save her from her dream.

I'm super excited to get started.

A little bit of this, a little bit of that

Where does the time go? Had not realized it's been this long since I blogged. Work has got me a little busy. I'm not sure if I mentioned this or not...I got a job. :) Well, I should probably back up a bit...the awful warehouse job I got...I quit...3 hours after my second day. It was horrible, I couldn't do it. I am not cut out for it.

Desperate, I turned to Craigslist for job postings and there I found a CSR position. I emailed them my resume and they called me the next day. Turns out it was for the call center where I used to work at. My old supervisor saw my resume go through and had the HR person contact me immediately. He set up an interview for me to go see my old supervisor and when I went in for my "interview" she caught me up on the things that had changed and handed me a list of the available shifts and told me to pick the one I wanted. She even adjusted it slightly for me. She then said that I didn't really need to submit a resume or interview...and that was that. So I spent half of last week and half of the week before re-training on Healthy Directions, and by the beginning of last week I was ready to go out on my own. Unfortunately my desk wasn't ready so I had to wait until Wed, but I got my desk and I'm all set. This week is my first full week on my schedule - 10 hour shifts, which sucks, especially since they start at 8 a.m and I am NOT a morning person. But, I only work 4 days a week and I have Tuesday-Thursday off, and I really like that.

Ok, enough about work, blah blah blah, I'm boring myself. On to more exciting stuff. I decided to dust off my old NaNoWriMo profile and participate this year. I was MIA the last two years, but this year, I'm all for it. Now I have to come up with a story idea in 9 days...let's see what happens! I'm excited, I've missed it. This is my link in case you want to follow along or add me; http://nanowrimo.org/en/participants/saturnmoonie.

Well that's it for tonight. Let's see where things go from here. Until next time...

Stop it!

You know how people get annoyed by people on their Facebook that post nothing but baby pics, and so their wall is filled with like 100 different babies? Well that's how I feel, but about religion. I don't know if it's the upcoming election or "the end of the world" or whatever, but every other post on my wall is about religion. At first I just ignore it because it was nice things...stuff like "God cares about you blah blah blah" but now it's stuff like "You better let God save you or you'll burn." And if that wasn't bad enough, now there's religion/politics crap on my wall. I already don't like religion and I already don't like politics, so add the two together and it really irritates me. I know some things go together like chocolate and peanut butter, or peanut butter and jelly; but not religion and politics. I can't STAND it when people say stuff like, "Oh well if you're against this then why are you voting for this person." or "The bible predicted this and so and so will bring this nation down." I'm about to scream. It's gonna come down to me just deleting a whole shit ton of people. I don't mind people expressing their religious or political views...we're all entitled to our opinions. And yeah, we think other people are wrong...but at the end of the day who the fuck are we to say who's right and who's wrong? It's all about perception. I don't care if you think I'm wrong or you think I'm right...STOP SHOVING YOUR BELIEFS DOWN MY THROAT! You want to have a discussion, go to a fucking forum and stop posting on your FB wall every 30 seconds about God and/or one of the presidential candidates! Seriously! Every fucking 30 seconds. Enough already!

The ruling attendant steams before the infinite disguise.

So I'm thinking about posting multiple entries a day. Not everyday, but whenever it does happen, I hope that no one minds, lol. This blog entry is a "test" of sorts, so it's ok if you found this post weird. :)

Things MIGHT be looking up

Maybe.

I got a job. It's with the call center I used to work with; I hear things are "brutal" so I'm a little apprehensive about going back. Also I'll be doing 1st shift so I'm kind of dreading that, and they are 10 hour shifts. But you know what? I can't complain. I almost lost everything. This is a job and it pays ok. So I will suck it up and work. Besides, the days I'm really going to be working are Fridays and Mondays...Saturdays and Sundays won't be as busy which is why I chose them. ;)

Funny, I originally had no idea I was applying at my old job; I saw a CSR job post on craigslist and sent my resume and it turned out to be them. Since they were on my resume I guess they mentioned me to one of my former supervisors. She told them to call me ASAP and that she wanted to talk to me - even though she usually didn't do the interviews. Well here I am, nervous, and hoping since she knows me that the interview would go smoothly...and it turns out I wasn't really there for an interview. I already had the position! She wanted to briefly catch me up on some changes in the company and the client and she showed me the available shifts and told me to choose the one I wanted. She even tweaked it a bit for me. Then she said that when they gave her my name she said that they didn't even need to interview me that the job was mine. And that made me feel good. I like when people say I do a good job, and having this type of reaction feels very good. I only worked there for a little under 2 years and I've been way for over a year...for her to be that happy to give me a job really makes me smile. It makes me want to do a good job not only for myself and my economic situation but also for her, for having so much faith in me and my ability.

I am not cutout for manual labor

I am very grateful I have a job. I really am...but I wanna get the hell outta there! And today was my first day! I have never worked in a warehouse before; I've done retail, and customer service. Give me papers and computers and I can work 12 hour shifts no problem. I worked 7.5 hours today and I feel like a truck ran me over. Twice!

So as I mentioned I work in a warehouse, and the work itself is pretty easy; I spent the entire time making boxes. But standing on one spot for long periods of time killed my feet and those motherfucking boxes cut like I don't know what. My entire arms are full of cuts, and my fingers... don't get me started on my fingers...I bled 3 different times in 3 different fingers..I don't even know how I'm typing right now. They're sooo stiff, and my back is killing me. And I have to do this 5 days a week. I'm REALLY not cutout for manual labor. I need another job. HELP!