Sept. 30th, I Did It!

Well, this is it, the last post in my 30 day pointless challenge.
What have I learned? Nothing, except that I can commit to do something for a full month if it's not too hard.

I just checked back on my posts from London to see if I told the following story or not, and it turns out I didn't, so here's a little story from when I went to Phantom of the Opera:

I paid the cheapest amount possible for seats in the nose-bleeds(which were still expensive), but I was happy enough. The theater was a full house and the Asian girl who sat next to me was the worst. She was playing on her phone and recording the show, and actually screamed when she was startled. She also unwrapped her candy or whatever during the play - was she even trying to be quiet? Unwrapping candy is like ripping apart Velcro - there's no quite way to do it, no matter how slow you go. SUPER annoying! An usher finally made her put her phone away, but that didn't stop her from talking to her friend on the other side of her. Ugh, I was so annoyed.
Then, at intermission, when the lights came back up, she asks me as well as she could, "Is the show over?"
I told her yes and she left and I enjoyed the peace and extra elbow room for the rest of the play.
Just kidding, I wish. I was honest and told her that there was more. It was a half second battle of epic proportions in my mind: be kind and deal with her annoying and terrible manners, or lie and enjoy the show....
She must have been better behaved for the second half, because I don't remember an incident after intermission, but holy cow she should have known better. I mean, we had equally bad seats, but we still paid lots for them....
That reminds me of a movie I went to about a month ago: World War Z. I went to the cheap theater to see it because I guess I had nothing better to do, and I arrived early enough to get a decent seat. Well, in comes an adult couple with their toddler. WTH? They actually brought a 3 (maybe 4) year old to a 9 pm showing of a zombie movie?
Anyway, they sat directly behind me and my friend, and when the kid spilled all their candy we just lifted up our feet and listened to it roll to the front of the theater. It got even better when the kid was not happy, so the mom says maybe they should leave. Uh, are you sure, lady? So the dad says that they'd give the movie another 10 minutes to see if it got "better" (I guess he meant "less scary FOR A CHILD?!?) and that he'd heard that it was a really good movie and wanted to stay. They gave the movie more time to calm down and be less scary, but it didn't because it's a blinkin' ZOMBIE MOVIE.

Yes, little one, I hate your parents too.

The mom left with the kid, I guess, and the dad stayed behind. After the movie ended (like an hour and a half later) the mom and kid were in the lobby waiting for the dad. I don't know if they waited the WHOLE movie in the lobby, but I didn't feel sympathy because I'm a jerk.
Here are my thoughts on this experience. People go to the cheap theater - which shows movies after they've already been out for a few months - because they like the "theater experience." They could literally watch the movie a few weeks later in their own home with refreshments that don't cost more than the movie's budget. That's why I go, because I like the huge screen and good sound and [generally] the "do not disturb" aspect of movie theaters.
And that's why I felt no sympathy for this couples' ruined movie date. If the same thing had happened in Monsters University I would not have cared at all, but if you bring a child into an adult movie after bedtime and cause a scene, I hope you trip on the crappy carpet on the way out and that the kid pukes in the car on the way home from eating too much popcorn.
Seriously, I don't care if the cinema charges 13 dollars or 3 for admission, DON'T bring your kids to movies for grown ups.
Rant over.

Even though I have finished this monthly blog-daily thing, I'll write again soon, I'm sure, what with new job experiences coming soon (I hope)......
Anyway, until then....

Sept. 29th, Penultimate Post (for September)

I don't know if anyone has been following my posts (I don't think there have been any, actually) but I've been blogging everyday this month just for shiz and gigs. I had no motive or goal, I just decided to do it. I did it before, and that time I was living abroad and having adventures all the time. This month, though, I have stayed at home in my hometown and worked almost everyday and I don't think I even left my town. If I did it must not have been too eventful since I can't remember it....
So, because I've had no purpose with this blog-everyday thing, I think it's obvious that my content has been suffering in quality and stuff. Even I don't think that what I'm writing is very interesting. I think that if this were an anonymous blog that none of my friends or family knew about, then I could probably make it more interesting and use personal stories about crazy people that wouldn't get me in trouble (since I work for the city and all).
So, as you know if you read this blog in the last week, I broke down and bought a 3DS moments after posting about how I would not buy one. Anyway, it's super fun! I have Animal Crossing and it's a delight. I need my friends who convinced me to get a 3DS to get the game now so THEY can be cool. And so that I can visit other towns.
I'm writing about wanting to visiting other places in a video game for fun. What have I become...

Sept. 28th, Moving Day!

Today was really busy because I spent most of the day helping my aunt and her family move. It was actually mostly fun though, even though my fingers are sore and I'm sure my muscles will decide to die in the next day or so. It was fun because I got to spend time with so much of my family. Really, there was only one uncle from my moms side that wasn't able to be there. Had he come, we could have busted out a turkey and called it Thanksgiving.
My aunt moved to a place about 15 minutes away from the middle of town, and into a house that has a very pretty view of the mountains and a lake. All year long the view will be nice. The house itself is pretty new (as far as I could tell) and will suit their awesome and heavy furniture very nicely.
That was all I did today. From 9 this morning to 9 at night. They had a lot of stuff, but we got it all in the house/garage with the help of probably 20 people who came to help. We also had a lot of pizza for dinner.
I was also able to spend time with my grandma and just chat during lifting-boxes breaks, and it was nice to catch up and talk about all sorts of stuff before being called back to move a dresser down some stairs.
One thing that was a huge pain was moving their upright piano. I knew they were heavy, but I've not actually had to lift and transport one before. It took four of us to get it out of the truck and onto the ground. I wonder how the wooden case of the whole piano can support the weight that's inside. (Okay, so I just googled how much an upright piano weighs....it's not as much as I thought, being estimated around 400-500 lbs....but still, way hard to move!)

I'm going to help them unpack and stuff tomorrow after church, and after that I'm going to help my brother and his family move across town. They live in a small apartment and have a couch and bed and stuff. No pianos or enormous bookshelves in sight, thank goodness.

Well, that's all for today, come by tomorrow for the penultimate post for the month of September!

Sept. 27th, Weekend!

What day is it, even? This week so far has felt both soooo slow, and yet I still feel like the weekend sure got here fast...
So today at work I processed an inter-library loan that isn't due until November. Which is like 5 weeks away. It dawned on me how fast this whole last year has gone. It seems like I only got back from Korea a few months ago, not 14 months ago. All of this also mean that the holidays are just around the river bend. I'm all set for Halloween, and I'm going to be visiting my parents for Thanksgiving, I'm sure, and after that is Christmas. I usually like planning gifts and stuff for Christmas, but this year money is a little less abundant, so I'm probably going to stay thoughtful but spend [far] less.
Today I found a picture of my great-grandpa online in some digitized photo archives. It was kind of fun to see what he looked like many years ago, and I printed it out so I could show my grandma when I see her later tonight (or tomorrow, I'm not sure which it will be). I think it's pretty awesome the way technology can bridge generations, whether through genealogy or photos. Future people will have more photos of us than they'll know what to do with, as well as pictures of everyone's food, thanks to Instagram.
So anyway, I'm glad it's the weekend. I'm helping family move in tomorrow, and I think I might have to go to a REALLY early morning meeting on Sunday, but I'll live. I hope. I'm not a morning person. Wish me luck.

Okay, come back tomorrow if you want to read more!

Sept. 26th, Hi-Tech

Today my gift to myself came in the mail! I'm now the owner of a Nintendo 3DS, and I must say, it's quite cool. The 3D is trippy too: its depth isn't super realistic, but it's good enough for playing games. The camera feature is pretty fun too, since the pictures are also in 3D.
It came with a little carrying bag, but I really don't like it, so I started to crochet a new one, but I ended up making it a smidge too small, so I decided to unravel it - I'll make another one some other day.

My aunt and her family, who have lived in northern Utah my whole life, are moving to my city this weekend! I know that I'm not a child anymore, but I'm so excited to be able to play with my cousins more and also visit their whole family. They are super crafty and love creativity just like me! This fact could either be super awesome or a terrible curse, depending on how deep we delve into our craftiness. No matter what I'll have hand-made things to decorate my shelves with!

See you tomorrow!

Sept. 25th, Blogging from my iPod

Today I was fingerprinted. I wasn't arrested or anything, it was just part of the background check. It was pretty cool though, because they don't use ink any more I guess. Instead they sprayed my fingers with water and I stuck them on a glass thing. The computer next to the glass thing showed my prints on a large screen in real time and could tell if my prints were clear enough. The whole thing took like 5 minutes though, because my minutiae weren't showing up or something exciting like that. 

It's one more step to getting another job! 

After that, I went to piano lessons. I practiced a lot this week, and felt pretty good going into my lesson. Of course I did badly though. I have just less than a month to perfect my piece. I'm a touch nervous.

I also made a really cool poster for Dracula, for the book club. It better get lots of attention because I worked a lot on it. I'll post a picture tomorrow. 

As the title says, I'm blogging from my iPod. If there are embarrassing autocorrects, I'm leaving them as the are as a testament to he technology. 

See you tomorrow!

Sept. 24th, The Willpower of a Snowflake

Confession time.
About 11 minutes after I published yesterday's post, I found myself on eBay and within the hour bought a 3DS XL. What the shoe is wrong with me?! All I can say is, I am excited to get it and have the fun I want to have.
I actually got a pretty good deal on the thing, and it came with 2 games, so I hope that I don't get buyer's remorse. I have a friend (hi Marty!) that said he'll let me borrow some games too, so I think I'll have plenty of fun. Plenty, I say!

Besides that, I have to go get fingerprinted and background checked tomorrow. I'm not  worried in the slightest. I just think it's dumb that it costs so much. Oh well, I guess they say "you gotta spend money to make money" for some reason, right?

I think I should color my hair blond. For Halloween. And because I'm wishy-washy about everything, why not my hair color? It might be fun. And it would look better for my Finn the Human get-up for Halloween. I just think that I'd hate it right away since my hair would grow out and look gross. Ok, I've decided it's not worth doing.

See you tomorrow!