Current musical taste: Hubbilubbarubby Dubbuff (stop laughing!)

Schedule for next week:
Mon: school (1-4, 6:30-9:35)
Tue: work 7:15 to 11:45 pm
Wed: school (12:30-4:30, 6:30-9:35)
Thu: work 7:45 to 11:45 pm
Fri: work 1:30 to 6:15 pm
Sat: work 4:15 to 9 am, then X-Men Evolution 9:30-10:00, then sleep
Sun: church 'til 1:30ish

So Starbucks (I don't know if it's just my store or it's district-wide) has decided to start opening a half-hour earlier and close an hour later. Hence my Saturday shift will begin at 4:15 am. That means that I have to get up... really early. I think I'll just set my TV to go off at 3 am, which is when ST:Voyager is on. Hah. Theoretically, I could even watch the whole episode before heading off to work.

Baby-sitting for my cousin (I should make a correction, he is 3.75 yrs old, not 4) was... well, hard in its own way. He's not a hyper kid, so he's not really the type to run around. In fact, I'm kinda worried that he doesn't run around more. He's the only toddler I know that claims to be "tired." Even after breakfast, he likes to play in bed. But that doesn't make it easier. Instead, he's a constant chatterbox. He likes to tell stories and show you stuff and ask questions, and you've got to respond to all of it or else he gets more pesky. I tried reading around him, and he doesn't like it when you're not constantly paying attention to him. So yeah, no running around, but no free time, either. At least he's toilet-trained now.

Hey Keno, if I ever visit you in SanJo, I'll show you how to make a caramel macchiato (one of the more popular drinks). You just need to get vanilla syrup and caramel sauce. And if you get mocha syrup, I can show you how to make a mocha or even a hot chocolate.

My aunt and uncle suggested I think about becoming a corporate lawyer cuz they thought I really liked to study. And while I do like learning stuff (hey, Discovery alone would be worth it to get cable) I told them I don't like having to study things I don't like. I mean, I had a pretty hard time writing those research papers in college. Not a hard time thinking up what to write (Queen of the BS) but more of getting the motivation to do it. I told them I was considering becoming a computer graphics artist. My uncle responded very positively, which he usually does (I think mainly due to being white and having been a teen in the 60's.) My aunt, on the other hand, responded in her usual stoic manner. She obviously wasn't going to insult my choice, but I could tell that she thought that was beneath me. No matter how white-washed she may get, deep-down she's still a Korean mother. However, as we were watching The Two Towers later and I mentioned how Gollum was entirely computer-generated, she said, hey, you could do that. If I told her what the average salary for that was, she'd probably get that stoic look again. Anyway, how cool would it be to work on a movie like The Lord of the Rings! Anyway, since in the past they have suggested that I become a teacher (due to my having worked at that academy and Kaplan, and my "natural talent" with children), I realize that they probably don't know me as well as they think. But... at least they're trying to help. Quite ironically, for a few months after I graduated, my mom repetitively suggested that since I like to read and write I should become a lawyer. Perhaps Erica can enlighten me, but isn't 80% of lawyering generating paperwork and filing a buncha stuff w/ the appropriate government department, and 20% public-speaking? I don't think enjoyment of reading novels and writing pulp means you'll enjoy being a lawyer.