Med School

My Mom and I were talking the other day and the topic of Doctors came up. A funny point was made about how certain people decide to go into various areas of practice. I think the worst one would be Proctology. I mean really, out of ALL the other fields one could go into, one decides to literally deal with Assholes! It's hard to see the light at the end of that tunnel!

Not the best movie of the year!

I love how every preview for every movie they advertise on TV is always called "The best movie of the year" by some obscure critic somewhere. They just showed an advert for 21 Jump Street and called it the "Best Movie of the Year". Absurd! If that were the case then, shouldn't every movie that comes out have an Oscar? I mean I know they have to try to puff up their movie to the public so that it makes a lot of money at the box office but really come up with something more original than "best movie of the year." Or let the movie speak for itself. Don't lie about the quality of the movie. If it truly is good then it should be able to carry itself on pure merit alone and receive its desired following. That isn't one person's choice to make, it's based on a broad consensus of the average Joe and everyone's got their own opinion about what they think is great or not. I make my own judgments on what I like or find worthy of spending my money on. And no I do not think "21 Jump Street" is the best movie of the year. It looks stupid. I'm saving my money for The Avengers, Spider Man, The Dark Knight Rises and all the other really really good movies coming out this Spring and Summer, and a few Fall and Winter blockbusters. I'd be broke if I went to see every single movie that came out under that auspice. Discretion is key.

Thoughts about Movie Villains Enslaving Mankind.

Why do 90% of all movie villains want to enslave mankind? It sounds good in theory. But have you seen mankind lately? We need to take a sick day from a desk job, we're not going to make good slaves! The work will be shoddy at best and you can only blame yourself for that bad guys. Once you enslave us, then what? That's a lot of people to order around and supervise and some people don't take orders well....you've been to the drive through at a fast food place, you know what I'm talking about! It really just seems like a big hassle, doesn't it? Regardless of whatever magical powers or evil inventions you have, human beings have gotten a lot harder to deal with in recent centuries. It won't exactly be a cake walk. Speaking of cake. Using fit people for your enslavement plan might work, but since the majority is overweight, they're not going to be cut out for manual labor. Sure, take over a mansion and become rich, but leave the rest of us poor saps alone. We're just happy if we make it through one day without crying. We're already pretty much slaves to our electronics and various foodstuffs.

Informercials make me LOL

If aliens or people in the future ever see the black and white dramatizations of infomercials, they'll probably think we're all blithering morons incapable of even the simplest tasks. Whereas that might be true for some people, it does not bode well for the general populous. I love how it shows that after you receive (insert infomercial product name here) your life is just substantially so much better, the world is in color again, everyone is jumping around and happy music is playing. When in reality you probably find the box on your doorstep, open it, say "Oh that's what it looks like" and then use it once, hate it, repack it, vow to send it back but never do, and shove it in the back of your closet. Is there one company that handles all the infomercial marketing because all these things are always exactly the same format. If the product is so great and mindblowing, then how come it isn't available in regular stores? And how did $19.99 (and in some instances, $19.95) become the universally agreed upon price for 98% of all infomercial products? Is it some kind of secret code or conspiracy? Does having something under $20 make it simply irresistible to the masses? And why do we really need two of everything? (with additional shipping and handling) Does doubling the offer make the product all that more enticing or are they just trying to unload 6 warehouses full of merchandise that no one wants? 4 to 6 weeks for delivery? Why? Is it coming from a deep space black hole? These are the questions.

2011

In 2011 I:

-Went to the beach
-Traveled to San Francisco
-Jumped off a cliff
-Published a book
-Saw Kevin Richardson reunite with the Backstreet Boys onstage during the New Kids/Backstreet Show at Staples Center
-Saw Colbie Caillat perform, twice
-Saw Drake Bell perform and had a close encounter with him in the Hard Rock Cafe afterwards
-Saw The Head and the Heart concert
-Went Cosmic and Regular Bowling at least a dozen times
-Dressed up as Alice for Halloween
-Went to lots of Birthday parties
-Turned 27
-Hung out and met a lot of new people
-Went to my first Dodger Game in 22 years and they won!
-Attended backyard BBQ's
-Saw my first show and dressed up at the Pirate's Adventure Dinner Theater
-Went Midnight Hiking in Wildwood
-Had Midnight Breakfast at JP's
-Traveled to San Diego to be with friends
-Hung out with friends in Pasadena, Huntington Beach, Santa Monica, and Ventura
-Went to Fellowship and Bible Study
-Attempted to go ice skating (sold out) but still had fun otherwise in L.A.
-Discovered Diddy Riese ice cream sandwiches and Millions of Milkshakes
-Grew spiritually and laughed more in one year than I think have in quite awhile

2011 was a pretty good year. Let's make 2012 even better!!!

The Beginning of the End

So here I am, out of college with my BA in Liberal Studies and absolutely no idea what to do with my life! I'll admit, I started out as a Theater Major because I've been interested in it for a long time, but being around other people with aspirations to be actors was actually good in that it helped me see that as an interest it was fine but as an educational goal and a career it wasn't going to work.

Theater outside of Drama Camps and the like was very competitive and I noticed a lot of times, the "favorites" always got cast in the lead roles. It made something that used to be fun, not so fun. I had some people I knew who were trying to be discovered professional actors, but even after college were still waiters in Restaurants. I thought to myself, "What the hell am I supposed to do with this?" So between Sophomore and Junior year I decided I wanted to be an Elementary School Teacher because I've always loved interacting with kids and I switched my major to Liberal Studies. I continued on with Liberal Studies and finally got my degree in May 2009.

Over the course of the next two years while pursuing my degree I came to the conclusion that, once again, Teaching was not for me! I did some actual in-class interning and observation hours and OMG it was crazy. 20+ kids jumping all around and constantly bombarding you with questions, parents nagging and blaming you for their kids' problems, funding being cut or linked to test scores, having to plan every little detail....it was just too much. So now I don't know what to do.

I feel like something with Theater would still be something I would really enjoy, but having a degree in it seemed pointless, I would still like to do something behind the scenes, even if it's just Administrative Paperwork. Just to be in the Theater would be a dream. Yet I have no idea what that kind of job pays, if there are any positions open, or if I really would like it. I just don't have that much real job experience yet. It doesn't make it any easier that I've been without insurance for almost a year now and I struggle with the pain and stiffness of Rheumatoid Arthritis in my Back, Neck, and Legs. Even simple things are a struggle and I can't afford the treatments and Doctors I used to have before that helped me.

So I'm just kind of stuck right now. I'm open to interning and anything to get my foot in the door but I just don't know where to start. It's so frustrating. I always thought growing up that after College, you could just walk into anything and the world would be full of opportunity, but with the economic downturn and all it's just made things a million times more difficult. I have student loans due and my family is nagging me to find a job, but it's not so easy! It was easy for them but things are different now! And it's especially hard to find a job when you don't even know what it is you're looking for! I'm constantly stressing out, I'm anxious, I can't sleep at night, I'm thinking about everything all at once and I just feel like an avalanche is burying me and I can't get out! I wish I knew what to do. I wish it could be easy.

What do I do?