Well, at least I've got that going for me
January 13, 2004 - 7:00pm
Good. You know your music. You should be able to work at Championship Vinyl with Rob, Dick and Barry
Do You Know Your Music (Sorry MTV Generation I Doubt You Can Handle This One)
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So today has been an okay day.
Got up a little late, hot water ran out not even 7 minutes into the shower. I think maybe there had been about 6 showers before me. Argh. Oh well.
Went to work, and... worked for a little while. Had a really good “one-on-one” with my manager, Smith. It was the first Associate (or, “part-timer”) one-on-one ever, because they aren't required in the greater corporate scheme of things, but Smith feels they are important, and I like that. I also like this:
“You know, we like you here, we want to keep ya.”
Meaning? That if something opens up, there is some security in my future. While this would go explictly against my plan to move away after graduation, we all must also consider the fact that hey, a girl's gotta eat.
At lunch (hey! check that segway) I went home and ate quickly, then ran down to the post office and mailed the textbook I sold on amazon. Then I made my way up Baxter Hill to apply for a job with a sandwich place opening a location downtown, half a block from my apartment. Not that I adore making sandwiches, but I'd love to have the money, considering the expenses that are quickly piling up in my name, including (but not limited to) my tutition, which has yet to be paid, and will result in my schedule being cancelled a week from tomorrow if I don't figure something out.
I'm trying to see the bright side of things, but I've been spending a lot of time lately crying, complaining, wondering what in the hell is going to happen to me. I see everyone else destined for great things, and I feel like I'm going to be left behind. Or really, that I won't have any choices in my life: the-job-I-have-to-take-the-place-I-have-to-live-to-things-I-cannot-do.
What kind of life is that? Work to live, live to work? I can't take that. My options are becoming more and more limited.
Oh, the endless fun of growing up.
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January 14, 2004 - 11:24am
Wait, were you saying there's more to do than just shop, walk around or read in Athens in that Charleston journal? I mean, hell, there's not even a park down here where you can read. You have to go somewhere within the university walls. I still don't see what you crave about Athens, but I'm glad that your plans are not so set in stone anymore. If I've learned anything, it's that the things you plan on happening rarely do. You go, girl!
January 15, 2004 - 1:12am
There's lots to do, Sam...just have to know where to look. Memorial isn't too far from campus, and a good place to read...
Jenna, I know your pain...heck, I haven't even started school yet, at least you can claim you have some schooling. I don't want to take away from what you are going through, however...it is not a fun situation.
Contact me soon, I'd like to talk...you know the ways.
January 15, 2004 - 2:46am
Hey Jenna! I took the rock quiz and I, too, am someone who can work with Rob, Dick, and Barry. I'm honored to be in the same class of music knowledge as you....even though I know for a fact that you know TONS more about music than me. You're like an indie queen while I am but a lowly music jester. Hey guess what...I'm(so far) in three productions....I'm the Pied Piper, the Emperor(in the emperors new clothes), and the prince(in the princess and the pea)...still waiting on "The Odd Couple" results. Mucho love to the entire Tollerson clan. and cheap plug for www.barrowtheatre.org...had to do it. Peace goddess o' music.
January 15, 2004 - 11:27am
Try spending a more than a semester down here when you're commuting and have an hour and a half between some of your classes. Then you tell me what there is to do down here that doesn't cost a but load of money.
January 15, 2004 - 12:20pm
I can work with Rob, Dick and Barry. Which by just reading their names could be "highway men" from "ye old England"
I was also reading another entry in which you said The Neptunes were the best producers at the moment. As much as I like F'Real and Chad the best producer currently is Kanye West.
See Ya Later
January 22, 2004 - 10:37am
I can't believe it. I'm going to be working right along with Rob, Dick, Barry, Tony, Steve and Jenna. What the hell? I don't know shit about music but surprisingly I knew most of those answers. GO ME!
January 22, 2004 - 10:43am
Jen, I just read the rest of your journal. I was wondering if we need to organize a "Send Jenna to College" Tuition Fundraiser. I'm up for it if you are. The less you have to work, the more time you can spend working on your portfolio to kick ass and get into the art school next semester or year. Love you babe.
January 31, 2004 - 2:54pm
here's a crazy idea...why don't you get a job? then maybe you could actually have some money to go do stuff with and stop mooching off your friends. and hey, you'd have something to do with your time other than sit around complaining about there not being anything to do. just a thought...
