I fail at life.

Up until about five minutes ago, I was watching Batman Begins. I love that movie. And Crane is suitably Halloween-ish.

About five minutes ago -- that is, at 12:30am -- the doorbell rang. Odd. And as I feared, though not exactly as I feared: my movie was being too loud. More specifically, the girl who's room is the one directly above mine was at the door, looking rather frantic, and saying "you're killing me, you're killing me, I can't take it any more." Not screaming, just a might bit desperate. After a short while, it was determined that she has to be up at about 5:30 on week days for class and I, not having to be up until later in the morning, tend to be up doing my own thing into the night, which keeps her up. I apologized, and noted that this was the first that I'd heard of it, to which she said that she'd been biting her tongue over it. Though I've no idea why; I can't very well fix a problem I don't know about. And there are plenty of quiet things I can do between the hours of 10:00 and 2:00 before I get to bed, so it's not really any trouble. She apologized (for needing sleep?), and said she didn't want to "come down here and bitch," and I had to assure her over and over (and over) that it was really OK, I'll be quiet.

I do feel kind of bad about it, though. I'm thinking I might take her a peace offering tomorrow, to show there are no hard feelings.

Which reminds me, I have this bowl to return, too. At about 7:00 or 8:00, the doorbell rang and I opened it to find two little girls dressed up as a princess and a... ninja, I think, trick-or-treating (with their parents a couple steps behind them). A little embarrassed, I said I didn't have any candy, but then it dawned on me, "I have apples; do you want apples?" And the girls assented, so I ran off to get the two apples left in our fridge. After I'd given them their apples, their parents said that they had some candy in their apartment, if I wanted, so I wouldn't be caught empty-handed. I accepted it, but I think those two girls were the only ones out tonight, 'cause no one else ever stopped by. So, I've their bowl to return tomorrow.

And I've also got class, some homework, an application to fax... *sigh* I wish there was more enjoyment in my life right now; but that's for another post.

I do want to end here by saying I love people, I love kids, and even the little (and partly-backhanded) interactions I've had today have made me feel better than I otherwise would have.

It's my life...

This Is My Life, Rated
Life:	7.1
Mind:	7.5
Body:	8
Spirit:	6.3
Friends/Family:	5
Love:	2.1
Finance:	8.3
Take the Rate My Life Quiz

Thinking about it, that really doesn't look to be too bad. And my life's not. Just need to find more time to relax, and better-focus on things, and find Somebody to Love... I'm not exactly sure why they only mark me with a 5 for family (maybe because I don't have my own?), but...

Nanowrimo hath commenced.

I don't expect to get anywhere at all with any of these, but I'm hoping to be able to get something on one of them, and then concentrate on that. Here's the first few opening bits; the third one is hardly a beginning at all since I've decided I'm tired and I'm going to sleep, but there you have it. I've been told often enough that one shouldn't discuss a piece their working on while they're working on it -- once the story's been told, it's been told and loses force -- so this might be the last I post any actual excerpts. Of course, I've never been on to take sound, reasonable advice, and I'm bad at keeping my mouth shut when i'm excited about something, so that rule may go out the window. Pardon the poorly-though working titles; it's not yet my concern what i'm calling these.

( The Real World )

( Heroes of the City )

( Through Hostile Eyes )

Application anxiety

I just faxed off my application.
My writing sample was the final paper to my Intro to Psyche course, which I think is sub-par compared to other bits I've written (particularly for Philosophy), but I don't have any of those bits any more, one waty or another.
I'm afraid my chances of getting the internship are slim, that my experience isn't strong enough, that my resume doesn't sell me enough.
And I forgot to sign my cover letter.  >.<

So, yeah, short-term stress this morning, plus I'm tired. The stress will disipate -- nothing I can do now, so there's no point in worrying -- and I think I'll take a nap this afternoon.

I want to go to Noon mass; All Saints' Day is supposed to be a Holy Day of Obligation, though I think it's been 'marked for demotion' like many other holy days. I'm not exactly sure why we have that trend...

I wish I could get some of my icons (like the one here) cleaned up, but along with other bits, I lose my Photoshop in a wipe a number of months ago, and I was never very good with it, anyways.
I also want to fix up my Literary icon, but I'm not quite sure how or, if i'm to replace it, with what.

At least it's not Monday.  ^_^

(I don't like stress.)

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I'm in a really weird, tired, embarrassed, hopeful, apathetic mood right now.
It's a really strange, disorienting feeling.
I need a nap.

Peace Offering

So, I went up after class (in my suit, of course, because it's a Tuesday, but yeah, y'know) and gave her my peace offering -- one of the bottles of red wine I have (I'm never gonna drink them all). And she seemed to really like it, and said her name was Kelly and she wasn't "always a bitch." I told her she was completely in the right, and really should have told me sooner, but she said that she didn't want to be 'that neighbor,' but last night she just couldn't take it, and came down the steps, and I was "so sweet," and she kinda wanted me to be mean, because then she could be mean back.
:p

All in all, very amiable. Course, it means I gotta keep Unicron quiet on week nights, but I really should have been doing that, anyways.

Out with the new...

I've altered the Look and Feel of my Journal. Sometimes change can be good. Still playing with some of the little details, like link colors and text wording, but I think I like it.

The new style shows Friends colors on my Friends' Page, which is not a feature I've had in a very long time. Most of my "friends' colors" are just white, which is pretty boring. I'll have to fix that. If you'd like to help me out and suggest a color for yourself it'd be greatly appreciated, and you can comment here or email me at jackofallgeeks @ livejournal.com

Have I mentioned before how I love the title 'do_While(True)'?

I still haven't taken a nap...