Aw I love these pics of Abby hehe <3

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Today Nina and I met with my new DVR counselor, Lizzy. She seems calmer and less bubbly than Michele. We talked about doing a trial work experience at the library after I get back from vacation. If I don't like it I don't have to stay..might as well try it..

( Day 25: Five people you talk to on a regular basis )

Would you rather have a mouse run up your pants leg or a wasp get caught inside your shirt? The mouse

Today's trivia: In all of history, only 165,000 metric tons of gold have been mined, enough to fill 3.42 Olympic sized swimming pools

This is one of the longest hot spells I've seen up here. It feels like 90 or 100 degrees in Texas. Yesterday it felt like the floor in my apartment had heaters under it. D: I'm glad I have fans. It doesn't look like it'll break anytime soon..the forecast says 80s till it ends on Sunday. I have seen it in the 80s and 90s here before, but not this long! We Alaskans definitely aren't acclimated to this haha. At least it's not humid. Time to find a glacier :P

Hmm guess I didn't get that job..they're gonna miss out on my awesomeness. ;) Guess I should keep looking..

( 9. A favorite non-major holiday )

Would you rather have a house with no roof or have a house with no walls? Either way, I would get them built pretty quickly :P

Today's trivia: 17th century hangover cures included flogging and bleeding by leeches

Today Nina and I dropped my applications off at Barnes and Noble and Gulliver's. Now I just have to wait haha. There's a new Japanese restaurant next to B&N and Nina wanted to see what it looked like..and ended up taking food home for dinner haha

The trees and hills are getting GREEN. That makes me super happy haha

( Day 4: A picture of your best friend(s) )

Would you rather as a man, have your testicles eaten off by a squirrel or your eyeballs pecked out by a bird? Wow D:

Today's trivia: The average cat has a total of 24 whiskers

Today Nina and I went to an Interview Skills workshop. It was actually taught by one of Nina's former students haha. It was good and informative..I'm more prepared for the questions they'll ask and stuff. We had to write down responses to questions the interviewers will probably ask and both the teacher and Nina said I had good answers..sweet haha

( Day 167- A picture of you dressed as a doctor )

Would you rather eat one live tarantula or hold a live wasp in your mouth for 5 minutes? Omg neither

Today's trivia: The Siberian larch accounts for more than 20 percent of all the world's trees (tamarack ftw!)

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Most:
Popcorn
Bread
Pasta

Least:
Peanut butter
Seafood
Olives

One of the things they wanted to me to do if I get another year with AmeriCorps is take an Excel class cause we use it at work and I'd be able to do more advanced things with it (and I could use it at another job). It started today..I skipped the beginning class since I've already worked with Excel. The teacher just went over what they did in the beginning class. I could do most of the things so hopefully I won't be too lost (I think the class is 6 weeks). Since it's for work it counts as hours..sweeet

( Day 12 – A photograph of the town you live in. )

Would you rather lick 1,000 stamps or read out loud from the phone book all the last names that start with a? Lick 1,000 stamps

Movies watched this week: Iron Man, The Thin Red Line

On Thursday I had another meeting with Nina and Mary..I got to read Becky's letter. She nominated me for this program that would help fund my time at the bookstore (DVR would have to help). This would be a one year commitment. Mom said she was unsure cause she didn't know if she could keep her staff position (it's flexible and that's why she can come pick me up). Yesterday mom told me there's a good chance that she'll be able to keep it and we need to do the application that's required! It would be processed in..April maybe. So it would be one year starting in April if they accept me!! We're also filling out an application for an apartment if I need one

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Bottom fishing: Catching some of the planet's ugliest fish, including pollock, cod, and halibut, for money. Although bottom fish live on the--imagine that--bottom of the ocean, the term also applies to catching fish that live half way down. The world's best bottom fishing grounds lie off the Aleutian Islands

Yesterday Nina and I went to the library and had a meeting with someone. She told us about jobs and took us on a tour of the library. Their library is bigger than the Flower Mound Library haha. You have to pass two tests before you get an interview and they're gonna try to find something I can study from. I also had a meeting with Nina, Mary and Becky and I'll talk about that when everything's finalized on Monday

I got a package from Dana..I got a New Jersey magnet (it's on the fridge now hehe), New Jersey playing cards, and a book called It Happened In New Jersey. I sent her Alaska stuff so it was her turn ;)

The season premiere of the last season of ER was last night! Woww

Friday five:
1. Who is your favorite author? Catherine Jinks, etc
2. What is your favorite book/series? Eragon, Eldest, the Sharpe series, etc
3. Who is a book hero you most wish to be like? *shrugs*
4. Who is a book character that you envy? *shrugs*
5. Which book do you wished you lived in? None

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Today's stupidest quote: Wal-Mart is the largest company of its size in the world (newscaster Julian Phillips, FOX and Friends)

Yesterday Nina picked me up and we went to lunch at an Italian restaurant (some of the tablecloths were leopard pint haha). Then we went to the book place and talked to Becky (the boss person..whoever she is haha). The place is a used bookstore and people clean, shelve, unpack the books (and get a first look at the books :D). I told her I was interested and we figured out the days and hours and now we gotta talk to Mary to see if everything's ok with her..then me and others will sign a form and I'll get to work there :D I still may work at the bird place too. Of course I bought books while I was there haha. I got The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (Ben Barnes is gonna be in the Dorian Gray movie), The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo, The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova, the TV Guide Book of Lists, and a book to the TV show Rome. All these cost only $16.25! After mom got off work she met us at the bookstore. She got some books too and then we went to Lowe's to get a porch swing. We got one and when mom took the parts out of the box there weren't any directions to put it together. She went back to Lowe's but there weren't any left..ouch :P

Hahaha there's a Charlie the Unicorn 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFCSXr6qnv4

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Today's stupidest quote: The elder Brolin, 62, obviously is attracted to high-profile women--he's married to Barbara Streisand--and so is Josh (in a Parade magazine article about actor James Brolin and his son, Josh)

Earlier mom and I went to Wells Fargo to open a bank account for me. When we left home it was pouring haha. When we got into town I looked back and saw this really dark cloud over the hills (Texas-ish eh?). So now I have a bank account here. I got a debit card and joined this program that gives you amazon giftcards, a trip to Hawaii, etc when you spend enough money (you get a point for every dollar you spend). Then I went to take that job test..I did reaaaally well on clerical haha. Mary (job person), Nina and the teacher intern talked to me some..Mary talked about this bird place I could work at (oooh Dana might be jealous ;)). Then Nina and I went in another room and talked about possible jobs for me. She's gonna call around..I assume she'll call me with something and tell when we can interview someone about the job? After that we went to Barnes and Noble..I went to the magazine section to see if I could find something on Ben Barnes/Narnia..I remembered I found the Prince Caspian birthday card at Wal-Mart in the pink-girly-ew section so I went there..and I found something! I'm smaaaart haha (though Miley Cyrus is in there *stabs the page*). I squeaked when I found it. :P I got the magazine, a Narnia book (they didn't have exactly what I was looking for *pouts*) and a quiz book

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Today's stupidest quote: actual courtroom testimony
Attorney: I take it you helped milk the cows?
Witness: Yes, I milked them
Attorney: Did you help with breeding at all?
Witness: The bulls did the breeding. I couldn't do that

I had a dream Heather (rdyfrde) stopped working at amazon and was really happy about it..she wanted to work with Gamma Ray. Then she turned into a cat and made a speech and said "Luca Turilli is the best band in the woooorld!" Haha wow

I got a new watch yesterday..I've had my other once since 2003. The buttons don't work anymore (the battery had been changed recently too). My new one's black

The next job meeting thing is today

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Today's stupidest quote: in a report from Netscape News-Music
What music does: ...helps vanish feelings of pessimism and sadness
What music doesn't do: ...It won't ease feelings of fear, sadness....