Do I have it in me for a proper entry?

[apple_pathways]

Not quite, so here are some random entry-ideas that I couldn't quite flesh out into a coherent narrative:

Job-related

• I never know what to say to parents who are unwilling to accept Bs from their children. Especially when the child is working their ass off to get that B.
  
• An unofficial part of my job appears to be giving people the brush off over the phone. It isn't really surprising that the task often falls to me: Howard is bad at saying 'no', and Kathy is...crazy. I'm still trying to figure out how I can list this very important job skill on my resume.
  
• It's May, which means that it's time for all the parents whose children are about to fail their math class to call us in a desperate attempt to save their child's grade. They had the entire year to fail, and you're giving us 4 weeks to fix it? Yeah, no pressure.

Family-related

• Uncles are weird. (Or at least all of mine are...)
  
• We had my only living grandparent, my father's mother, over on Sunday for a Mother's Day BBQ. Several members of my dad's family came to visit. My cousin Scott invited me to "shotgun" a beer with him. I used to change his diapers.

Gardening-related

• I've been scouring the net for plans to build trellises for my pumpkins and melons. EXCITING!
  
• This Sunday is Flower Day at Eastern Market in Detroit, so my mom and I will be going up Saturday. I ♥ Eastern Market, and I can't wait to see what fun herb varieties I can find this year.
  
• Friday we'll be making a trip to Block's, a flower nursery with the cheapest prices and best selection on flats of annuals and vegetables. Again: I AM EXCITE!
  
• I've spent the last few mornings weeding and getting the perennial beds cleaned up. God, I missed dirt!

Life-related

• MUST PLAN GRADUATION BBQ FOR FRIEND! *slaps wrist* GET ON IT, AMY!
  
• Bell X1 in June!
  
• Also in June: Shakespeare in the Arb! They're doing 'A Winter's Tale'. I can't wait!
  
• Still have no Meaningful Job. ARRGHGHHH! *fist shake of existential life-angst*

Ok. So. What's new with everybody else?

Comments

[tierfal.livejournal.com]

I knew I would be sacrificed to the "You could have been valedictorian" gods. Okay, no, I just refused to get anything less than an A in high school, back when I cared. XD

If you throw in "mortician," you have a perfect author's résumé, from what I've seen in back covers. Trufax!

I guess I shouldn't talk – I have a habit of freaking people out when I tell them I'm of the legal drinking age. XD But still, my baby sister is sixteen, omgwtf?!

You just need to be employed by a heterosexual unicorn as a professional World-Saver. I'm pretty sure it involves spreading fairy dust and skipping through meadows, although I'll have to check the job description and get back to you…

[apple-pathways.livejournal.com]

Oh, I've also been a camp counselor! And I spent one holiday season assembling artificial Christmas trees for a craft store...

Anyway.

OMG, you were SO MOTIVATED! I can't believe you got all As. I was lazy as fuck in high school. And for a good portion of college, too...

I can skip like a MOTHER F'ER! I am all over this job, as soon as there's an opening!

[tierfal.livejournal.com]

I am EAGERLY awaiting your "About the Author" blurb.

It was nice for getting into… well, actually, I didn't get into my top choice college anyway, so I guess it was SORT of nice for that. XD I did pretty well in college, but I should have done better, except that I am (a) lazy, (b) shitty at anything that has "MCB" in the name.

YOU AND I ARE GONNA BE FAIRY-DUST SPREADING PARTNERS. PINKY SWEAR.

[apple-pathways.livejournal.com]

OMG I DOUBLE PINKY SWEAR!!!! Oh Jeez, thank GOD! For a second there, I was worried about what I was going to do with the rest of my life! :P

[tierfal.livejournal.com]

I'm going to practice at home with glitter.

And probably get stabbed with a chef's cleaver, but I'll be PREPARED.