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got a call from the folks at TRC staffing today--a possible data entry and etc job, maybe starting when i actually want to start, and lasting for a month or maybe more. only $9/hour though. still, at $9/hour for 40 hours a week, i'd more than double my current monthly income. (speaking of which, i don't know how uncg gets away with paying us so poorly. assholes.) doubling my monthly income would be incredibly nice, since i currently have maybe $60 total to my name, if i add up what's in both checking accounts. today i told stuart i was going to the bar, and he said to have a drink for him; i had to say i wasn't drinking today because i want to drink tomorrow. he said it's awfully sad to be that broke. you bet, stuart.
anyway, though, i'd rather earn a bit more than $9/hour, since i do have mad skillz (as told to me by the lady at United Staffing, though not in those words), and i am saving for the big boston move (although that might not happen till september now... DB, any news on that?). i was thinking about telling the TRC people i didn't want the job and holding out for a better-paying one from the United people, but the TRC job requires a background check anyway, so we'll see. maybe something will come up from the United people in the meantime. i can't afford to be too picky right now, so i won't lightly turn down the offer of a month of work (and dear god, the opportunity to have Actual Money! just think--i could buy books and liquor and make deposits into my savings account and start really paying my credit card bill!).
in other news, here's some things i need to do:
--make the suggested formatting changes to my thesis, and change the like two things stuart thought i should change.
--get two good copies of the thesis printed out on the good paper. the graduate school requires two copies (so that they can be bound--one goes to the library, one to the MFA office). however, the graduate school will let you print out *one* copy for free on campus. that makes me feel kind of like, well why bother, if i have to go somewhere else and pay money for the other copy anyway, you assholes? it just means i have to make two trips to get the thing printed instead of just one, because i won't waste money on that second copy when i *could* get it for free. fuck you yet again, uncg. anyway, so i need to go to research services, and also to kinko's, and then drop the bitch off at the graduate school and be done with it for finally and for good.
--i have to complete my comprehensive exam. the graduate school requires that every student graduating with a postgraduate degree must complete a comprehensive exam in their field. the MFA program nicely gets around this by requiring a two-page essay on what has influenced my writing (unlike other schools that require grueling day-long torture events). woot.
--i have to read last week's paper, and the two magazines i bought (feature articles about getting bikini-ready for the summer! i feel awful just looking at these, let alone having bought them, but now that they're bought i'm reading them, dammit), and i have to open my bills and look at them. i've been putting that off.
--i need to put sheets on my bed. i keep sleeping at jorn's to avoid it. i meant to get it done today, but now it's 9:17 and i'm going over there to watch voyager anyway...
--i need to look into getting a bank of america account. wachovia doesn't have locations in boston--does bank of a? it might make life easier to not have to worry about my checking account in the midst of moving.
and by the way, elan is great.
anyway, though, i'd rather earn a bit more than $9/hour, since i do have mad skillz (as told to me by the lady at United Staffing, though not in those words), and i am saving for the big boston move (although that might not happen till september now... DB, any news on that?). i was thinking about telling the TRC people i didn't want the job and holding out for a better-paying one from the United people, but the TRC job requires a background check anyway, so we'll see. maybe something will come up from the United people in the meantime. i can't afford to be too picky right now, so i won't lightly turn down the offer of a month of work (and dear god, the opportunity to have Actual Money! just think--i could buy books and liquor and make deposits into my savings account and start really paying my credit card bill!).
in other news, here's some things i need to do:
--make the suggested formatting changes to my thesis, and change the like two things stuart thought i should change.
--get two good copies of the thesis printed out on the good paper. the graduate school requires two copies (so that they can be bound--one goes to the library, one to the MFA office). however, the graduate school will let you print out *one* copy for free on campus. that makes me feel kind of like, well why bother, if i have to go somewhere else and pay money for the other copy anyway, you assholes? it just means i have to make two trips to get the thing printed instead of just one, because i won't waste money on that second copy when i *could* get it for free. fuck you yet again, uncg. anyway, so i need to go to research services, and also to kinko's, and then drop the bitch off at the graduate school and be done with it for finally and for good.
--i have to complete my comprehensive exam. the graduate school requires that every student graduating with a postgraduate degree must complete a comprehensive exam in their field. the MFA program nicely gets around this by requiring a two-page essay on what has influenced my writing (unlike other schools that require grueling day-long torture events). woot.
--i have to read last week's paper, and the two magazines i bought (feature articles about getting bikini-ready for the summer! i feel awful just looking at these, let alone having bought them, but now that they're bought i'm reading them, dammit), and i have to open my bills and look at them. i've been putting that off.
--i need to put sheets on my bed. i keep sleeping at jorn's to avoid it. i meant to get it done today, but now it's 9:17 and i'm going over there to watch voyager anyway...
--i need to look into getting a bank of america account. wachovia doesn't have locations in boston--does bank of a? it might make life easier to not have to worry about my checking account in the midst of moving.
and by the way, elan is great.
