President Obama is right… we are weather wimps. I had two dentist appointments, two classes, and two educational matinees canceled. That means a lot of time on my hands. Now that the snow is melted and my bosses are on vacation… I work approximately 30 hours between today and Sunday.

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House-sitting while the parents are house-hunting… feed the cats, refill the humidifiers… eventually I got bored enough on my day off for a photo walk. I used to be afraid of the woods behind our homes, but time conquers all.

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GOOD: Yesterday I received my first check from The Capital. $35 for one published assignment. Its not a Pulitzer, but it officially launches me into the realm of professional photojournalism. Barely, but technically.

Also, I got an e-mail from a videographer I met in Photoshop last semester saying he needed a photographer for a wedding in May. I responded, hopefully not too enthusiastically, and we’ll soon find if the bride accepts.

BAD: My hours at the castle keep getting cut, which is interesting considering my manager will be out of town for at least part of the next several weeks and Im supposed to pick up her shifts… and still stay under the 37-hour threshold that will earn me health insurance. The Capital has no assignments for me lately, but it has nothing to do with me… winter is just a dry spell for people who basically live off of public events.

My parents are retiring in May and hopefully (for them) moving by December so I’ll need my own health insurance, car insurance, and phone soon enough. Considering I barely cover rent/food as it is, I’m having a minor(major) freak out.

HOPEFUL: I’ve updated my portfolio, put a public profile on Monster and LinkedIn, and an ad on the Resume/Job Wanted portion of Craigslist (that I’ve already lost the URL to). Sarah sent my resume to the recuiter who found her current job and to her manager, who is also a recruiter. I just need something reliable to earn me insurance while I freelance my way to what I need for personal fulfillment.

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Year-in-review (stolen from last year’s post; many answers remain the same).
1. What did you do in 2008 that you’d never done before? — Worked as a manager, quit a job, seriously paid bills, stole from work, been so poor I ate food customers left at work… worked as a photojournalist, stood up for myself.
2. Did you keep your new years’ resolutions, and will you make more for next year? — I never make resolutions. Maybe this year I’ll lose weight.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth? — No.
4. Did anyone close to you die? — No.
5. What countries did you visit? — Does Amish Country count?
6. What would you like to have in 2009 that you lacked in 2008? — Health insurance, enrollment in a graduate program.
7. What date(s) from 2008 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? — Aug 28: Matt left.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? — Freelancing for a local newspaper.
9. What was your biggest failure? — Quitting TPP instead of busting my way through the system.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury? — Only the usual; I did get new glasses though.
11. What was the best thing you bought? — Photoshop/Lightroom.
12. Whose behaviour merited celebration? — Many old friends who I am closer with now than before.
13. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed? — The boss who pushed me to quit, the boyfriend who left, and me for letting it all happen.
14. Where did most of your money go? — AACC, landlord, BGE.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about? — My internship at The Capital.
16. What songs will always remind you of 2008? — pop music what?
17. Compared to this time last year, are you happier or sadder? — Happier but more cynical. ii. thinner or fatter? — Fatter. iii. richer or poorer? — I earn more income, but pay more bills.
18. What do you wish you’d done more of? — Exploring my options, saying meaningful things.
19. What do you wish you’d done less of? — Saying stupid things.
20. How did spend you Christmas? — Parents’ for presents, Laura’s for lunch, Chinese buffet for dinner.
22. Did you fall in love in 2008? — If anything I love less.
24. What were your favourite TV programmes? — CSI, and more lately, BBC World News.
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year? — Yes, and this continues to amaze me.
26. What was the best book you read? — Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal.
27. What was your greatest musical discovery? — Gogol Bordello
28. What did you want and get? — A trip to Assateague, a foot in the door of a local newspaper, and true friends.
29. What did you want and not get? —  A full-time job providing reliability and health insurance.
30. What was your favourite film of this year? — Kung Fu Panda, Milk, Burn After Reading?
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you? — SNOOTY PARTY for year 22.
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? — I wish I had seen things coming.
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2008? — Dress pants, tank top, contrasting color dress shirt, all-black chucks.
34. What kept you sane? — Anti-anxiety pills to be cynical, photography to be more realistic.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? — I’m not really into famous people.
36. What political issue stirred you the most? — I voted for the winner. (The recession can’t be that bad because we sold two suits of armor last month.)
37. Who did you miss? — I can no longer tell who is worth missing and who is not.
38. Who was the best new person you met? — Please choose between: Drake,  a photographer at The Capital, or one of my Gift Shop employees.
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2008. — Trust no one.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year. — True Rulers by Common Rider. “We were born in a minefield / in a world that’s spinning like a roulette wheel, / where everybody is so scared but they can’t slow down.”

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