alias alters course. let's hope so. i only wish i didn't have to wait until january to find out for myself.
i feel like i worked all of last week. not entirely true, but even a four hour shift can take a lot out of you. all those obnoxious kids. then on friday i went to iowa city with my parents so i could buy some clothes, in the small chance that i actually get an interview somewhere. spent the entirety of the paycheck i received on thursday. ah well, easy come, easy go.
i worked all day yesterday, and it was not that bad, actually. it was kind of cold so it wasn't so busy, but since i had almost three full rotations that meant i got to stand in catch pool of the body slide three times and i got to go down the speed slide three times. the first time it assaulted me, then i made sure to go down it properly after that. i also got to assist in cleaning the drains around the competition pool. that was disgusting, but not nearly as disgusting when last year we pulled up all of the mat in the girls locker room and cleaned underneath of it. morgan pointed out we do all of these disgusting things when jake is head guard, so i guess the idea is to hope that jake doesn't guard when you work. speaking of jake, i was in the slide tower with sydney (who is leaving for another job, lucky duck), and we were talking about the head guards and the assignment of points. we got to jake, and at the same time, compared him to the gestapo. it was kind of funny we would both think of that at the same time, but it's so true. then we had to look around to make sure he hadn't snuck up on us while we were talking.
sydney isn't the only person leaving, there are about five people who are, plus they are going to fire some people at some point. which means that the rest of us get to work lots of hours. oh, the joy! i'm looking forward to august so much! *gag*
so now i have a few days off, and i've been reading. mostly i'm trying to finish bushwhacked. i recently read dude! where's my country? i think i'm getting politicked out. i'm not denying that it's important to know what's going on and such, but reading about how people are living on toxic dump sites and how the republicans pay back the meatpacking industry for donations is by being lax on things like testing for bacteria and the like. now i remember why i stopped eating meat for awhile after reading fast food nation. i'm not even finished with the book yet, but i'm determined to.
the book i've liked best that i've read recently was the mother tongue by bill bryson. i love his books, because he's humorous, but you also learn a lot by reading them. (like, don't go to australia. it's a poisonous country!) but anyway, this book was about the english language and it's history and stuff. it was really good, and i have an appreciation for our language now that i didn't have. it's very complex, which i knew, but i didn't know the extent. i'm not really making myself very clear, i feel, which is funny since you would think a book about the english language would perhaps improve my ability to converse in said language.
anyway, i think that after i finish this book i'm going to read something that's not so taxing. stephanie has some garth nix books, and i want to re-read sabriel and then the following books after them. i'm also going to track down the third sally lockhart book. even though i don't particularly care for the series, i can't not read the last one.
i've been trying to post for the last few days, but couldn't think of what i was going to write. clearly, that was not a problem today. perhaps it's the pink nail polish.
You're turning into me, posting once in a blue moon, it seems. Pity. You're a pretty good writer. :)
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