Half Full Friday and Blog of the Week

Guess what?  It's Half Full Friday again!!!  Yes, I know you're just as excited about it as I am!  So join in by heading over to Eyegirl's blog and getting some quality time in with Mr. Linky!  Come ON, you know you want to....

~I'm happy because...

My brother sent me some pictures of my beautiful new nephew!

I got to go to Arts In The Park this year!

I finally heard back about my financial aid!

I found out there's a small possibility of my unemployment being extended again!

Hero gave me an award!  Thanks Hero, I'll be posting it on Monday!

I'm happy the lady @ Job Service gave me some help with my resume and interview tips!

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Just a quick shout out to the incredibly wonderful ~KS for this beautiful post!  Her blog is one of my favorites so to be included in this list was a huge honor.  I told her this was my favorite post and not because she included me but because it shows who she truly is as a person.  It brought tears to my eyes and when I read it again just now, it brought them again. 

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Nothing too terribly exciting happened this week.  Yesterday I went to Job Service and talked to someone about my resume and to get some interview tips.  I'm sending out soooooo many resumes and it's frustrating to only get about one interview a month.  Then I go on the interview but I never get the job.  I figured it couldn't hurt to talk to someone. 

The lady I spoke to was so positive about everything.  She glanced at my resume and said it looks good but could use a few slight tweaks.  The content was good but she suggested a few different ways of changing it so the fact that I haven't worked in a year isn't so blazingly obvious. 

She said she thinks I may not be coming across as confident in my interviews as I could be.  I told her I agree but after so many interviews and no call backs, it's hard to have any confidence anymore.  She told me to dress up today for no reason at all so I wore a pretty dress to hand out food this morning.  And you know what?  I did feel better about myself! 

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I think I've pretty much decided on a major for college now.  I'm kind of leaning towards Business and Economics.  I'm soooooo annoyed though, other people keep trying to decide for me what I should do.  First, a friend told me I should take classes to be an RN.  That is of no interest to me, so no.  Then my mom asked me if I considered looking into radiology.  I told her no, I'm not interested.  She said, "Well, you were thinking at one time about becoming a physical therapist."  Um, a physical therapist and a radiologist do two totally different things.  So she tells me, "Yes, but I'm sure you'd have to take a lot of the same classes."  Probably true but again, I have no interest in becoming a radiologist, so no.  I have no desire to work in a hospital setting.  So I was telling someone about this conversation and how annoyed I was that it feels like everyone else is trying to tell me what I should do with my life.   Initially she told me I should do what I wanted but then she asked if I would be going for an Associates Degree or a Bachelor's.  I told her I wanted to go for the Bachelor's and she said, "Oh, I don't think you really need to go for four years.  An Associates Degree should be sufficient!"  I just wanted to scream, "Were you even listening to the first part of our conversation?!?" 

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Next week I'll be skipping Wordless Wednesday and doing my Blog of the Week that day instead.  It'll be a repeat and you'll understand why when you read it. 

This week's Blog of the Week is one I found from some article.  I don't even remember what website it came from because it's been awhile since I've read it and I didn't keep track of it.

Warning:  If you are easily offended, this is not the website for you!

The Writings on the Stall

Yes, it really is about what you think it is!  Have you ever used a public restroom and found a witty poem or saying etched into the paint inside the stall?  Usually you just get in and out as quickly as you can but sometimes while you're doing your business, you might take a slight moment to look at your surroundings and find yourself having a chuckle or two at the scribblings on the wall.

The site was created by Jonathan Horak, a janitor at the University of Texas.  One particular musing drew his attention and started it all!  He began to think not so much about what he'd just read but more about what stalls can reflect about society in general -- a whole lot! 

I'm not sure how often this site is updated as the entries aren't dated and I don't check it daily.  As of this writing, there are currently 359 posts.  They each include the first name of the person who submitted it and the general area where they found it (ie:  Hotel Lobby Restroom)  along with the city and state/country.  There's a Facebook page as well.