I am in the Havenstein’s house now. I actually got here on Saturday morning and unloaded the few things I’d taken with me for my week at Kevin’s apartment. But now, here I am in the big house. Matt’s gonna stay up and work in Omaha for another week, so I’ve got this place all to myself for a bit. One of my only complaints: Dialup internet! AAaaaaah! Oh well. Good old NetZero is letting me surf for free and all I’ve got to do is stare at their ugly banner ads and commercials when it’s dialing the net.

I’ve had a pretty fun weekend. Yesterday we all headed to the AMC 24 in Omaha to catch Matrix:Reloaded. 10 Second Movie Review: Not as good as the first, the whole orgy/dance party and sex scene sucked, the characters weren’t developed much, and most of the plot (that wasn’t in the commercials) happened in the last 30 minutes of the movie. On the upside, the plot is pretty cool. I mean, Neo isn’t as cool as Jesus (and he’s not real, either), but he’s an interesting character. I wish he just wasn’t so indecisive and would stop asking “why am I here?” You’re here ’cause you need to do your thing, dude! Figured that out already. Thanks. Ok, I’m done ranting.

After the movie, about 15 of us went to the house of Jenny’s family. Barbecue, hanging out, Monopoly (I lost… oh well), hanging out, talking, and hanging out. Tracy and I both crashed there so we didn’t have to make the drive back to Lincoln. I’ve gotten used to sleeping on couches; I’ve done it three nights in the past week.

Went to a Vineyard church in Omaha with Jenny, Tracy, and Travis (a friend of Jenny’s from high school, graduated from Wheaton this year). After that had lunch, stopped by Mead (Tracy had some work to finish up real quick), and then came back to Lincoln. Oh, and also got some food (Thanks, Jenny!).

And now I’m just chillin’. Tomorrow: Job hunt continues. A few retail places, a few online apps. Maybe I’ll hear back from somebody, too. That would be a nice change.

Like that’ll happen.

Categories: Life, Work
Tags: Havenstein, Jenny, omaha, Tracy

pfft… The needle entered my finger. I saw the blood sitting on the tip of it being sucked up into a little tube. One of the three they were going to fill. The first one barely got full, and then the lady taking the blood asked for assistance from two other guys who were around to make sure I didn’t pass out.

So much for making money off of plasma sales. I thought I’d give it a try, and I did. Being a pessimist or at least “realistic” gave me a disadvantage in this situation. I’ve never liked needles and I started getting nervous before I even had my blood drawn. Apparently apprehension and nervousness can cause a drop in blood pressure which lead to dizziness and tingling skin. It took me about five minutes to stop feeling like that and the guy said, “I advise we don’t continue.” D’uh.

Tomorrow I’ll call a place back about a job. The store manager still had to look over the application and I need to call back and find out. After that, I’ll hopefully get a second interview and then the job. We’ll find out.

I’m trying to be optimistic.

Categories: Life

I’m sitting in the Union once again, updating this lovely little weblog of mine. This time I’m sitting in a chair in the lab though.

Anyway… I’ve got a few opportunities that could perhaps, possibly, even plausibly work out. I’ve got an interview at Circuit City in an hour and a half. On Monday they didn’t have any open positions. Today they do. (w00t!) I’ve also turned in some applications at a few other places. Office Depot has some open positions, but the manager was at lunch when I dropped them off.

Yesterday I also sat around thinking up what sort of ideas I had for internet/music companies. I’ve got an idea cooked up, but it’s difficult and will take a lot of research and work on my part to see it ever leave the conceptual stage and happen.

I’ve read some pretty amazing things the past few days in some books I’ve been reading. I wish I could just throw them on here for you, but they’re out of my reach at the moment. Basically, John Piper, C.S. Lewis, and Lee Strobel all have some pretty interesting stuff to say. I recommend their works to anyone. (Not flawless, of course, but they base their works on truth as well as any living person can.)

I will depart now with some words of wisdom from my brother, Isaac: “Perfection is my only flaw.” And there you have it. *cough*

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• if you know any good recipes, email them to me or just post them in a comment (see above)
• got any good books to recommend? Contact me.
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Categories: Life, Work

I’m out job hunting and enjoying less then every minute of it. * sigh * So many stores, so little available positions, and me so clumsy with my pen when filling out applications. “Drat! I filled in the wrong thing again! * scribble scribble *” * sigh * There’s maybe one or two opportunities that could work out, so I’ll fill out those applications and get back to them tomorrow.

What I’d really like is for a non-retail job to vaporize out of thin air in front of my nose. That would be nice.

I’m without internet access at my place of residence for the rest of this week. My response to emails (nobody ever really emails me, except maybe Mom or Mark) will be limited and slow.

I’m getting my hair cut today. Yay! (Thanks again, Tracy!) It could just be the highlight of my day.

And now I flee for my parking meter is nearly expired.

Categories: Life
Tags: family, Mark, Tracy

Here comes my final post from within the compounds of my room for the semester. Ahead looms a long summer full of uncertainties, possibilities, hopes, goals, and likely failures and learned lessons along the way. I begin the summer with $10 in cash, a bunch of quarters, $1.70 in my checking account, and $5 in savings. By donating blood I can double my current available money. Sad, isn’t it? But I’m not worried.

We had a bunch of people hanging out in our lobby tonight. Cards, The Matrix, and social interaction. What more could be better?

I’m really tired and going to sleep now. Tomorrow I’ve got to pack up the rest of my junk and get most of it over to the place we’re staying this summer.

It’s time for my computer to go silent. A week(+) of slumber is always nice.

Goodbye, Dave.

Categories: Life