Life is a rollercoaster..

And somehow, I'm not the one throwing back that lever to control it.

Life's been taking some pretty.. "interesting" turns lately. Mostly good, occasionally bad, even a little jacked up. But variety is the spice of life, no?

In no particular order, with no real emphasis on impact/importance/relevance/etc., this is what all has been happening lately:

I received a call last week from my store's competitor asking me to come in for an interview. And another the next day. And tomorrow I'm taking the assessment test. Say it with me, folks: That awkward moment when you're leaving your company for the competition.

About 3 weeks ago, I earned my gun safety certificate from Mindsight. 

{yes, it says the 18th, but that's because it wasn't printed and handed to me until then. I technically earned it on Nov. 27th}

And I've only become a better shot since, unloading a solid 200 rounds into targets on Sunday.

I happened to get a call from a good friend of mine, about my fractal art. Our friend's mom wants to use it for business, and is willing to pay for the rights to the artwork and whatnot. I'm floored, blown away, amazed, honoured.. every sort of surprised and flattered emotion out there, along with impressed because there are so many people out there that will just take an image off Google and use it to make money, without any sort of regards to the original artist. So she's going to be looking through my albums and "attempt to narrow it down to 25." {she said this with a laugh, she said she thinks a lot of them are beautiful, which was a really great thing to hear!} I told her we could discuss prices after. I've never experienced this sort of transaction before, so I have no idea as to what to ask in terms of price. I don't want to cost her a business opportunity just because of price, though. I'll figure it out. Probably ask around with people who've done this before. Get estimates. Et cetera.

There's.. also been something quite recent that happened. Something I'm not even sure if it happened, outside of one -very- specific detail. And I know I'll never get the truth out of him. I know he knows.. His voice and actions reflected it the next day. But it's something with which I'll have to come to terms.. Eventually. But for now, I would like to kindly ask any interested individuals to maintain a healthy distance. I know most, if not all, of them don't read this blog, but just in case, for any who do. 

Anywhos.. I don't know what time they currently open, but I think I might get ready and head out to Caribou. I don't know why I'm awake, but I have a chiropractor appointment at 10. If I fall back asleep, I know I'm going to miss it, so I might as well go by the 'bou mantra: "Life is short. Stay awake for it."

Later, interwebs.

I've opened Pandora's Box..

..and I've discovered more artists I enjoy, such as Eve 6 and Story of the Year. Pretty awesome stuff, I must admit.

I'm also rediscovering some pretty epic Playstation 2 games, and re-obsessing over puzzle/strategy online games. .. And cooking games. They are the absolute bane of my existence but I swear I can't get enough.

I also have a promising prospect of employment. Cross your fingers with me, folks. I'd love to have this job, no doubts about it. It's exactly along the lines of my interests and a good chunk of my abilities can go towards bettering that particular company and its customers.

And holy dear god I need to get out of this apartment and socialize.

On another note, I've commandeered my little brother's bracelet. Y'know, those ones that all the guys are wearing because it says "I <3 boobies". Ha. It's for keep-a-breast.org, and personally, I'd really, -really- love to have mine for the rest of my life. ... And my brother can't wear his to school so I figured I'd keep the temptation and trouble out of his fingers {and off his wrist} :D. I'm such a nice older sister.

Anywho.. I miss high school. Not so much the condition it's in now, but back in the day, when I was able to see all my friends and socialize. Unfortunately, it takes graduating to realize who will stick around and who won't. ... And who you'll choose to stick around for. It makes me feel terrible, like I've abandoned everyone by moving away. Not just from high school, either. I've left people from other schools behind, forcing them to find a new best friend or significant other. It's painful to think about and even just looking at those you used to call best friends, finding yourself replaced. 

Man, I can be so depressing sometimes. Sorry, folks. Didn't mean to drag you down with me there for a minute or three. ... Bahahahaha who am I kidding? Nobody reads this thing, anyway. :P

Now, off to obsess over more cooking games. I have to kill time until we get Freha fixed on Friday. Holy crud will that be a miraculous day.

... And to distract myself from the fact that my most favouritest kitty in the whole wide world is getting put down today. I really don't want to cry about it. Or even think about it. But I want to put something up in her memory, so I'll find a picture of her.. somewhere.. I know I have one somewhere. Please let there be one somewhere, I'm going to freak the frick out if there's not..

If I find one, I'll put it up. Anywho. Later folks. I need to be distracted now.

"You remind me of the times
When I knew who I was (I was)
But still the second hand will catch us
Like it always does"