YAY for OBAMA!!!! It's nice to finally vote for the winner....

Oh life....so weird this week

So, I have finally moved to Clintonville. We have everything here and most of it is unpacked, but there are still quite a few boxes lying about. School is going alright this quarter I am learning how to use a couple of Engineering programs and haven't gotten too lost yet. However, I am not sure of what I am doing 100% of the time.

I am planning on painting a picture for the fake fireplace's mantle in our new place. I was thinking of a giant happy octopus...we'll see how that turns out. The main reason is that the artwork I have up on the mantle right now was done by a friend of mine but Josh and Matt don't seem to like the painting at all. Maybe it's because it doesn't really look like anything, but it is supposedly a ship and a genie. I just put it up so there was color in the room.

I can't wait to move in a couple of months! I am tired of this apartment and the ridiculously noisy neighbors. I have decided that I want to move to Clintonville and potentially rent a duplex. Clintonville is such a hippie place but I really love it. Hopefully it will work out!
Tomorrow is my first day back to school. I have decided to go back and get my undergrad (#2) in Electrical Engineering from the Ohio State University. I am taking only two classes this summer because they are required before I can apply to my major, Chemistry 121 and Math 151. I am both excited and nervous about starting over but at least I have a better idea of what I want to accomplish while I am in school. I definitly think there will be a study abroad and a couple of internships or co-ops. Wish me luck!

So I haven't posted in a long time....here it goes....

I have decided to go back to school. I am going to go to Centrl Ohio Technical College in the fall for my Certification in CAD. This will be helpful in my quest to receive my master's in Architecture from the Knowlton College of Architecture at the Ohio State University. I still have to take the GRE and hopefully score high and also find three peope to write references.....so lots to do by November 2008.

Last night I had an indoor soccer match. I play fullback for a team that was put together by Fado's, a pub I like to frequent. Anyhow, we have lost every game we have played except for the first one and that was because the other team forfeit. Last night was a great match because we lost 3-7, usually the other team exceeds 10. I however took a shot straight to the face...I forgot how awful that feels. When I came back in I was trying to defend our goal and ended up missing the ball and hitting some girl right in the ankle. She said she thought it was broken, but I think it was probably just a sprain. It didn't look very swollen when they took her off the field. It made me feel bad and kind of like a bad ass at the same time.

Today, I accepted a job going back to Starbucks, but it is at the first store I worked at, not ghetto starbucks in Macy's. I still hate that store. So I am very excited about going  back and this job will also give me enough flexibility to go back to school. It looks like things are looking up...

HAPPY HOLIDAY! MERRY CHRISTMAS! JOYEUX NOEL! FELIZ NAVIDAD! .... I don't know how to say merry Christmas in any other languages....

So as you know the scary place I mentioned last post is the place where I do my Americorps*VISTA volunteering. I have been at it a month and a half now and have realized something. I don't think I am doing what the VISTA's mission is; I am supposed to be stopping poverty and finding solutions to issues related to low-income neighborhoods. What have I done so far? To sum it up quickly, "I've been a secretary."

"Your duties cannot supplant those of paid staff or existing volunteers." (We had a secretary who went back to high school so I have done the work she didn't do properly because she was on Myspace all the time. Sad thing is they paid her more than me, because I am a "volunteer." Anyhow, according to Americorps they should hire another secretary, not give me the work.)

"AmeriCorps*VISTA achieves its mission by assigning members to sponsoring organizations to expand the ability of those organizations to fight poverty. AmeriCorps*VISTA members mobilize community resources, engage individuals in local community service, and increase the capacity of organizations to manage effective anti-poverty programs." (I am in charge of organizing two fundraisers but they are far apart so I have a lot of down time. I wish I had more guidance and training, which they failed to give me even though it is part of the whole program.)

I don't know what to do. If I wanted to be a secretary/personal assistant, I would find a job that pays more than about $3.50 an hour. On the other hand if they didn't give me that stuff to do I would be sitting here doing nothing half the time. I am thinking about seeing if I can transfer to another project preferable something other than VISTA because I am leaning towards the more "hands-on" projects. 

I want to make a change but I don't think it will happen filing papers and answering the telephone.

Is it bad that I am complaining about volunteering?

Ahh, my new job.

So after college, not knowing what to do and not being able to find a job in Ohio, I decided to join Americorps*VISTA. I am pretty much volunteering a year to fight poverty in exchange for crappy insurance and around $3.25 and hour. I think I made the right choice because I am learning new things and I am now thinking of gong to Grad school with the money I get at the end of my service. Anyhow, back to the pictures.....
The pictures are from my place of employment. I work in a building that is on an abandoned miniature golf course/ go-kart track/ batting cages. Apparently, before they bought the lot I guess gangs (or 12 year old kids who wanted to act tough) would hang out on the track. For those of you who can't make out all of the poems I will tell you what they say:

Poem #1
Kill a Blood
Win a prize
Kill a Crip your
[W]Hole Family Dies

Poem #2
Aren't
Real[l]y
Marines
Yet
 
They also don't like SQUID? I wasn't sure if they don't like the sea creature or if I am missing some sort of code?
The other wall looked like it was some sort of memorial.

Makes me feel safe going into work.......


Oh yeah, I had to get 2 fillings at the dentist today and had my teeth cleaned for the first time in about 2.5 years.....fun fun fun!!!

I promise I will update soon..... all sorts of things to tell!

Well, I haven't put a new post on my livejournal in a long time, so here it comes...
I graduated back in march from OSU and I am still looking for a job. I have just applied for a position at COSI and would really love to get a job there. I could always join the Peace Corps if nothing turns up in the next few months. Some days I just want to leave and go to Europe...or maybe somewhere over in the New England states... I really just don't know what I want to do and that is the source of my problem. Why did I major in International Business Administration?? What can I do with that again?? I should have asked myself these questions a long time ago and realized that not having an answer to them should be a sign to find another major. Ho hum....
In other work related news, I am up for my 6 month review at Starbucks. This means that I will be getting a raise and I will have the freedom of getting away from the store I currently work at and transfer to anywhere else. I can't stand it there still. Creepy Stalker guy and myself have to work together most every night and it is not fun. So I can't wait to be free.....yay.