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So my intent to tackle the DMV hit a snag in the form of they aren't open on Mondays haha. 8D On the plus side, they ARE open on Saturdays, so I'll probably just wake up early and go before they close up. (I find something highly ironic in the fact that, in the process of attempting to get a Washington's Drivers License, I'll be bus-hopping instead.)

I think my life must have hit a horrendously boring point recently; I go to work (and oh! how I hate tech support, though it's sort of cool that my boss trusts me enough to complain around me), I come home and screw around on the computer, and shoot the breeze with housemates whenever they're around and we're in the same room. This sometimes turns out well, as I think we actually have convinced rivendellrose to dress her cat up as a pumpkin this Halloween. October's going to be an interesting month. I turn 22 in less than a month hahaha WHAT THE HELL. O__O

Winding up for the new school year, and ... damn, I'm already a senior. o___oa I have no idea where I want to go from here, only that I do want to go to grad school -- and I want to take a year off, first, even though I love being in school, and once I get used to the scheduling again, I think a part of me even loves the stresses and ups and downs of it all. What can I say, this is a longterm abusive relationship or something. I want to -- not so much settle as just take a year off, work, see how things treat me during that time.

I think I like the life of a twenty-something not-quite bohemian a lot. I just need to find some job that'll let me take care of myself, and try to decide where I want to focus my studies. Suddenly, the past three years of taking all the grunt courses seems worth it -- I'm finally free to take some "fun" courses to fill up the elective graduation requirements. HAH. (There's a class, randomly, on hieroglyphics, but I think it conflicts with the ONE class I am still REQUIRED to take; however, I could even try Human Sexuality or another English class, or whatever! I've got time!)

The downside is that my parents are (I think) beginning a low-grade panic over it as well; I've been told I HAVE TO KNOW where I'm going and what I'm doing at least six months before graduation -- which means I have about a month to have my next year's plan laid out. I'm not sure if they're expecting me to have some guarentee or other that I'll be employed when I graduate (which -- and anyone feel free to correct me if I'm wrong -- but six months in advance for a student, that's not really that feasible, is it?), or WHAT, but ... it's kind of worrisome! :D I don't even know what's going to happen when this lease runs out. My friends in Austin are all scattered and around, so I think I would want to stay in Seattle, where everyone is gathered in a group and return to, but beyond that, it's a total blank.

Maybe I should move to Canada. Think they'd take me? 8D

Really, I just want to be happy. When I was younger, and I got asked the inevitable what do you want to be when you grow up? I had a dozen answers -- an actor! some four-legged fuzzy beastie! a writer! filthy rich! -- and now, I think I would just settle for being happy. I want the time to write, the time to see my friends, and the money to live in the style I'm accustomed to (given that I'm living the frugal college student life, that shouldn't be too hard XD) -- and I mean, what else could I ask for?

Eh, the world is full of strange things. People are strange too. Sometimes fascinatingly so, sometimes heartbreakingly -- but strange, nevertheless.