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i had a fruitful, productive day.

i sent my resume to eight temp agencies, some of which are right here in the borough of queens. i would LOVE, LOVE, LOVE to work in my own borough!!! and the temp agencies are here in eastern queens. oh, i cross my fingers that i get a temp assignment in eastern queens! imagine: a commute of less than an hour! WOW! i am going to keep on those agencies until they find me a temp assignment, too. i'm not taking the passive approach this time. yeah, i decided i don't have the luxury not to keep being an office wench, so i will learn from my past mistakes and be a good, quiet, smiling cog turning round and round every day so that i can get a paycheck and pay my bills. only nine more months of this shit, and then i'll be a full-time student.

i started on another, much longer version of my autobiographical statement for grad school. the first version is a summary that's two pages long. i had my writer friend look at it. i want her to look at the longer version, too, when i'm done with it. from the two versions, i will craft the most kick-ass autobiographical statement that that school has seen in years, and i might be able to use it in a somewhat altered way for the other school with the feb. 1st deadline. i was feeling totally overwhelmed, so i told myself that if worse comes to worst, i can postpone the second school's application for a spring '08 start date so that i have more time to finish the app. i hope not to do that, though. i'd like to apply for fall '07 for all three schools. the THIRD school's app. for fall '07 is not due until june, so i have more time for that one. i hope i get into the first school cuz it's way cheaper than the other two.

i made a lot of moolah on ebay today, so now i don't have to worry about paying the rest of january's bills. i am so thankful that my sister gave me a bunch of expensive items to sell on there; they came JUST at the right time, when i was flat-ass broke! a bunch of sales are ending tomorrow, too, so i expect to have a good ebay day ahead. i also got my second and last paycheck from the temp assignment i was dumped from, which means i will have a bit of money going into february to help with the rent and bills.

i'm kinda amazed that i've been able to pull this off. i've had so little income for how many months it's been since i quit my job. i've managed to pay all of my bills on time every month. granted, i maxed out both of my credit cards, but at least i pay the minimum monthly amount on them, so as to keep my credit score up in the rafters. on the other hand, i am unable to do things that i really want to do, like go to my friend's wedding. :( ugh. my broke ass can't even go to this huge event in my friend's life? that's the killer. that's what fucking kills me. things like that make me REALLY sad about being broke.

i had a wonderful conversation on the phone with the buddhist tonight. god, i really like that man! i mean, i really LIKE him as a human being. he's becoming my friend. i dunno what's gonna happen between us romantically, but the friendship aspect is definitely deepening! i really RESPECT him!!! and he made me laugh so hard while we were on the phone that the family upstairs could probably hear it through the floors. i needed that laugh so much! well, he was telling me about the rabbits he used to have as pets. all of the rabbits i've ever seen have been sitting in cages staring blankly out. apparently, if one has uncaged rabbits that one socializes and pays lots of attention to, the rabbits' individual personalities come out strongly just like a dog's or cat's. he was telling me HILARIOUS stories about his rabbits. he then told me about how he used to be a rabbit rescuer and was a "rabbit whisperer" type of person who went to the houses of people with problem rabbits and helped them out. he also has the sweetest tattoo of a rabbit dancing with a crescent moon on his slender shoulder. AWWWW, IT'S SO SWEET, IT MAKES ME SQUEAL!!! :) i hope to see him soon. i miss him. *sigh*

tomorrow, my plan is to make eggrolls with tofu, cabbage and broccoli in them. i will also continue on my long autobiography for grad school. i'll monitor the ebay sales that are ending. i'll listen to the old music tapes that the buddhist was gonna throw out, which were salvaged by me. :) drink diet dr. brown's black cherry soda. cuddle under the new comforter and beautiful comforter cover that i got for christmas from my sister. then on sunday, i am gonna go out with the shelter adoption van again and then meet my family afterwards. i can't wait to get some doggy time at the adoption van! life would be so much better if i had a doggy to cuddle every day!!!