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I'm a Lazy Bum

It has been too long since I posted. This is simply because I am a lazy bum sometimes.

Three exciting things have happened in the last week. First, Rock Band 2 came out last Sunday. Since there is little to no job searching on a Sunday, I spent the whole day playing that video game. It is far too much fun. We get to play new songs and can transfer all of the old music from Rock Band 1 over to the new game. I would say that the highlight is being able to sing Billy Idol's "White Wedding." Actually, as I type this, Brian is sitting next to me playing a Weezer song in the game. We are a geeky couple.

The other exciting news is that I made it to the second round of interviews for that job I mentioned before! The first interview was a screening by the agency and on Tuesday I will sit in an interview with the mysterious, unnamed corporation. Supposedly, on Monday I will get an email telling me the name of the corporation. I am very intrigued by this level of secrecy. My mom and I were speculating that it could be a tobacco company, Walmart or the government. I am very excited to find out. Wish me luck again!

The third thing was more annoying than exciting. Our bathroom ceiling randomly starting leaking this morning. It wasn't raining or anything and it stopped about 20 minutes later. The super came over, looked at it, said he had to look upstairs and we never heard from him again. This apartment drives me nuts sometimes.

I think that is a decent recap of my recent news. I am going to go try to get over this annoying cold I picked up by getting some sleep. :)

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