Real time log of work

1:09 pm: Art coworker just asked what something meant on a wedding invitation.

1:16 pm: Bob just walked by, saw my cost of attendance for usc, and said "well, I thought you wanted to attend the school, not buy the property.

1:19 pm: There is a gaggle of really loud, kinda ghetto girls on the balcony outside my office. I kinda think that they are drunk. Or maybe just really really loud. It's echoing, like, seriously echoing through the cubicles. I feel like that should be a lot more poetic than it actually is. I also just came to the conclusion that I will have to work 3.5 hours today, then 5 hours tomorrow to make up for lost time. Note: Thursday and Fridays are my day off. This rocks.

1:41 pm: I have made the mistake of looking up kittens on craigslist. 0_o

1:47 pm: Okay, I need to stop looking up kittens. I don't need them right now. At all. Well, not until we move into the apartment. We're getting the keys today or tomorrow, but we can't move in for a little while, at least two weeks or so, so yeah. So I just have two weeks to wait to get a kitten. I can do that, right? (answer: probably not)

2:08 pm: My caterpillar is either dead or cocooning. Not sure which.

2:21 pm: Back looking at kittens. today is not a productive day at work.

2:42: The caterpillar is freaking out, like, majorly freaking out. And now covered in goo. It's either exploding or cocooning. Not sure which. Bree says it's pupating?

3:44 pm: I've actually had about an hours worth of work to do today. Yay.

4:01 pm: Ride's coming.

There be lots of things going on.

1. I'm graduating college this summer. Yes, I will be graduating from the University of California, Riverside with my Bachelors of Arts in Creative Writing with a dual emphasis in fiction and screenwriting. It took me 4 years, but I'm getting it done. I've learned so incredibly much in four years, most of it outside of the classroom. It's been rough at times, but I've learned so much. As I prepare to leave UCR, I've been evaluating who I want to keep in contact with as I start my career, and there's a surprisingly large number of people. And not necissarily the people who I thought would be on that list.
   
2. I'm going to grad school. USC. University of Southern California. Probably the best (or second best) school for Writing for Screen and TV. I am as intimidated as heck and as nervous as heck. 1000 people apply, they let in 32. wow. Holy crap. I was in the top 3.2% of applicants. That scares the shit out of me. What is my competition in the classes going to be? Also, I really don't like the price card. Who knows how much debt I'll be in at the end of this.
3. In a weird mixture of the two items above, I will be living in Riverside while going to grad school at USC. There are several VERY key reasons for this: a) With the cost of housing, I will be saving at minimum 500-700 dollars a month by living out here and taking the train. b) it is a high priority to me that I stay near Allen. Which leads me to the next bit of news, which will probably disappoint some people: I am moving in with Allen. BUT it's not just what you're thinking. We will be getting a 2 bedroom apartment, and have seperate rooms. And probably have two seperate locks on the doors, but that might be overkill.
4. In response to that, my parents are not happy. That probably goes without saying. They think that I will be living in sin and that no one would respect me or them anymore. I have my problems with this statement and assumption.
   
5. I'm planning two vacations. I'm doing one in July with Allen's family. A cruise to Alaska. Then, there's a small glimmer of a possibility of a roadtrip. To Maryland. Yes, a cross country roadtrip. With stops in Vegas, Colorado, Tulsa, and Chicago. And possibly Vidalia and Philidelphia as well. Holy crap. That would be so amazingly epic.
   
6. Friends are going through problems. I'm not going to fully divulge this, just that it is taking up a lot of emotional energy, and I am left with exhaustion at the end of each and every day. And it's not just one friend, it's many friends. Sometimes I find myself just having to cry to just deal with things. I don't like crying, and I feel silly, but sometimes things are just too much.
7. I signed up for a graduate level screenwriting course this quarter. And while it is awesome, it means I will be writing an average of 15 pages a week, in order to finish around 120 page screenplay by the end. And that, my friends, is a lot of work.