Into the (more) unknown

How unknown can “unknown” be? I always thought it was an absolute.

In an interesting turn of events (all in one day…um, today, actually), I am no longer headed to Bellevue/Seattle. I’m now off to the San Juan Islands to do a complete overhaul of my plans. We’ll see what happens next.

As a person who has quite a bit of foresight and the ability to plan years in advance, it’s difficult for me to live as though I can’t see past my nose.

IIIIIIIIIIIII’m movin’ out!

Ba baa dum baaaaa ba daaa baa dum. Ba baa dum baaaaa ba daaa baa dum. Ba baa dum... Ok That’s enough. Not sure that’s gonna make any sense writing that, but I was thinking of that Billy Joel song.

*ahem*

Anyway, yes, I’m ,um, moving out finally. Tomorrow, as long as my uncle will be available to come and get me.

Once I’m at my uncle’s, I’ll start applying for jobs in Seattle and find my own place. Although, I’ve been looking at shared apartments on craigslist and see it’s a lot cheaper to have housemates. Plus, I’m not sure I entirely like living by myself anymore. So we’ll see how that turns out. Depends on the job I get, too. That will affect my housing options.

So there you have it. I’m making my way back to the place where I belong...Seattle.

I am what I am

But for simplicity’s sake, I’ll say I am what I think I am as well as what you think I am.

A possibility(?)

Well, let’s see. Did I write a post that would lead to this one...Yes, three posts ago. So, yeah. Possible good news; I have someone who is interested in looking at my apartment this weekend.

If they take it, they want to move in next week, in which case I’ll move up to Bellevue/Seattle (Bellevue first to stay with my uncle, then to Seattle once I secure a job).

So, we’ll see. If they don’t take my place, at least craigslist is getting people’s attention and I’ll just keep trying.

Anyway, yeah. I hadn’t written in a while, so I thought I’d say something.

Unicru: George Orwell’s “1984” coming to life

I just realized as I was taking a couple unicru tests today how to answer these “correctly”.

As I mentioned in my last post, I’m currently reading a new book (well, actually, the book is as old as I am, but I’ve never read it so it’s new to me).

It’s called “Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television” by Jerry Mander. It’s about how we are becoming more and more removed from nature and learning from experience to an artificially created world where we learn only by what others tell us. Mander often refers to Orwell’s “1984” as well as Aldous Huxley’s “Brave New World”.

In the most recent chapter of FAFTEOT, Mander described a religious group called Erhard Seminars Training, a contemporary of Scientology, if I understand correctly. They require(d) strict adherence to the rules and thought processes of the religious leaders (and ultimately to the founder, Werner Erhard).

Reading through the brainwashing techniques that Werner used, it becomes much easier to see what kind of answers unicru is looking for.

So, on the one hand, knowing this may make it easier to “pass” unicru tests, but on the other hand, it’s disconcerting, because to “pass” means to submit to brainwashing techniques.

I’ve seen some people visiting my blog to read about my techniques to pass the test, but also to see if lawsuits have been filed against unicru. I was thinking the same thing, but with corporate America heading in the direction that it is, I think we are merely seeing a taste of what the future holds for us.

Those of us that don’t fit in will fall between the cracks.

I cannot recommend strongly enough reading “Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television”, though I would also read Neil Postman’s “Amusing Ourselves to Death”.

Stalled out

Interesting day, yesterday was. (Hmm…I’m talking like Yoda. “When an interesting day yesterday you’ve had, write a blog entry about it you will.”)

*ahem*

Anyway, yeah. So, like, I tried to update my ad on craigslist regarding my apartment, but it said I’d already posted a similar ad. Ok. Well, right. It was the same ad. Fine, I can’t post the same ad twice.

So I deleted my ad and tried to post it again, so it wouldn’t get buried in the new ads. But every time I deleted my ad and tried to post it again, it said I’ve already posted a similar ad. And I’m like, “But it’s not there anymore! I deleted it, you @%$#face!” (Yes, I talk to my computer. It helps.)

What was weird was that I had succeeded the day before to delete and repost my ad so it would be listed on a more recent day. So I don’t get it. But I’ll try dinking around with it.

The other problem was my computer is so ridden with viruses that I have difficulty getting it to start up properly and more problems getting internet connection. I’d like to reinstall Windows, but the restore disks that Best Buy gave me five years ago when I bought the computer don’t work. A notice comes up on my monitor that says they’re the wrong discs (…wait why is “disc” spelled with a “c” instead of a “k”? Weren’t floppies “floppy disks”?...). Anyway, so they don’t work. I asked Best Buy what I could do and…you know what? I don’t even want to talk about this because they were worthless.

So back to my main story. Right. Had problems with craigslist. So I gave that a rest and went to post ads for my apartment at SMU. That went alright except for the fact the allotted spots for me to post were quite crowded so I couldn’t find the most advantageous placements. But it went alright. I also saw a few people from the teaching program while I was there, so that was cool.

However, on my way home, I checked my cell phone and found that it had no service and the battery only had two bars on it…then one bar…then it turned blank. But didn’t turn off. I couldn’t tell it wasn’t off because it was sunny. I thought I had until I realized the battery was getting pretty hot. So I took the battery out.

Then I tried to get back to the craigslist thing again, but found that I couldn’t get online. Not only that, but when I tried to restart my computer it wouldn’t start up properly…like, it would open the first few programs and then just, not open anymore, like Norton, or internet service, etc.

So the grand outcome for the day was, I couldn’t post my ad on craigslist, and even if I could, the two ways of me being contacted (email and phone) were out of service.

Well, things are better now. So, I guess I can relax a bit. In my next post, I think I want to talk about the book I’m reading now.

Plans a-brewin’ for my return to Seattle

Yes, that’s right. I’m a sitting duck down here and I can’t takes it no more! I looked at my options for what I could do down here and realized I’d have the same options in Seattle. So that’s where I’m going. I’ve already talked with the apartment manager and apparently it is okay for me to sign my lease over to someone else. Hopefully, won’t be too hard since I’m in a good location and there are no more 1 bedrooms available in this complex.

So this is a new outlet for my renewed vigor of yesterpost.

I’ll keep you posted.