i woke up an hour ago. i don't usually do that. this is very very strange. i'm more of a 9, 10, or even 11am kinda gal. but this is actually sort of nice. like "quiet time".

i did some stuff again. you know, the stuff that really only interests me or my therapist, but only because i pay her.

thanksgiving was productive rather than heartwarming. it wasn't lonely or anything, just productive. got quite a bit of homework done. that felt good. worked A LOT this weekend. enough to make me want to quit. i really hate my job.
REALLY.
i know i shouldn't quit a job without having something else lined up, but it's time for me to go. i refuse to spend another New Year's Eve working in some crappy bar, watching crappy people get crappy, or drunk-y, or puke-y. i want to spend NYE at a quiet place, and just watch the ball drop. eat some pizza. drink some orange juice. hug someone i like. not even romantically, just someone i like being around, who likes being around me.

i think my new bird, "Bird" likes being around me. i was told not to hug him though, because birds have air sacs instead of lungs, and a hug would kill him. he is my new friend. i will not kill him.

speaking of birds, i saw Andrew Bird on saturday. he's so dreamy, but i think he's getting a bit cocky. performance-wise, he can't be faulted, but i just didn't feel the same give-take intimacy that i've enjoyed at his previous shows. whatever. i've got a guitar now. i'll learn how to play it, and i'll whistle too. then, i can be a big, bad rock star. oh, yeah. i'm learning to play the guitar. (i already whistle fairly well).

i joined a bowling league too. that starts this sunday. i'm kinda geeked about it. i can't wait to hurl balls down heavily waxed lanes. i'm excited about that satisfying "CRASH!" of pins being knocked down. i actually suck at bowling. i'm pretty sure that the last time i went, i finished up with a 3. yup. a THREE. ah, well.

saturday is going to be a big day too. yikes. i ought to stop journalling and get a jump on my work before the weekend hits. on saturday, i'm going to a Wizard-Rock concert in DeKalb with my dear Potter-fangirl friend, Linnea. she's a Potter-geek to the Nth degree. we're seeing a band (it's actually just one guy) called The Remus Lupins. the music is pretty damn good. Wizard-Rock is... well, it just IS. that ought to be fun.

okay. 7:20am. i guess i'll start my day now. being this awake, this early, really is strange.

mood: awake tags: where did 9am go?