When it Rains....

So, what are the four words my parents so desperately wanted to hear come out of my mouth that I can now say with some degree of certainty? I found a job.

Sure, there are downsides to this job. It's very, extremely, part time. Pay is about 30 bucks a night (I'd only be there 3 hours anyway). And the job is at nights.

Of course there are some good things about the job. I'd be working in a theater - sure, it may only be ushering, but it's still in a theater. I'd be seeing new, interesting, non-homogenus shows. I'll probably see guys in dresses - which, since leaving Purchase, I've sorely missed. The job's at night, so my tendency to sleep until 2pm isn't such a bad thing.

I'm just excited about this - because I know it's not a lot of money, but I'd be working in a theater. And while I love video games and all things geeky, I view them as more of my hobby, whereas the theater, and the arts are much more of my passion. So, this will be a great experience for me.

Of course I'll have to get another part time job to supplement this income, but now I won't feel so completely trapped by that job, which I did feel while I was at TRU, because that job insinuated itself so much into my life, that there was barely time for anything else. Good for the wallet, bad for my sanity. You get into a retail job, that becomes your only job, and you say to yourself "It's just temporary" temporary until when, you don't know - but 7 months later you know you didn't mean to be there that long, and you don't have any time to pursue anything else you want.

But now I have this ushering job, at a small kind of off-off-off Broadway Theater (off). It's not much, but it seems like it'll be more of an injection of inspiration for me - while I work a horrible retail job, I'll still have this other theater job to go to, that will remind me of who I really am, and what it is I want to do in life.

I didn't ave that last time in TRU, and when it became too claustrophobic (among many other reasons), I quit.

Anyway, so, good thing 1 - I gots me a job bitches.
good thing 2 - The new Harry Potter movie is great. Even better than the book.
Number C - The Last Harry Potter book comes out this Saturday, and I've had my pre-order since March

It seems almost supernatural that 3 good things should occur all at once for me, but, hey, maybe my fortune is changing?

Though it does seem mean of me to gloat about this, and be happy and mirthful, when I know Adj has had a hard week. I'd call her, but when I called her yesterday to see if we were still on for Harry Potter, she said sure, but when Jev called me later, he said she wasn't feeling up to it - so, if something's wrong, or she's sick, and she wanted to tell me about it, I'm sure she'd call - I don't want to pressure her into telling me something she doesn't want to. When she feels better, and more up to socializing, she'll let me know, and I can't push that.

But, I'm still gonna' squeal about all this goodness around here, and do the little jigs I've been doing when no one's looking.

Because when it rains, it pours, and I've always been one of those people who like to run around and dance in the rain.