Big Life Changes

Ahhh!!!  Big life changes!!

I now (well, pending paperwork I’m turning in tomorrow) have a job, working….you guessed it: in the costume shop!! That’s only been my dream job since I came here!  I won’t make a lot of money, but at least I’ll be combating the increasingly negative trend of my bank account, which will be super fantastically awesome.

I also have a house!  Ok, not really my own house, but I’m renting a house next year with KT and Lace.  It’s a cute little green, two-story house.  I’m renting my own house!  It’s so……so…..grown-up; it’s weird.

I’m going to London in May!  I don’t know if I’ve mentioned this in previous posts, but I’m going to London for two weeks with the theatre and art department.  A couple of my theatre buddies are going……and 1.

May I just point out that my New Years resolutions are becoming increasingly more difficult to keep and have been almost down-right broken [let's just say that 1 and I have had some interesting (and awkward) facebook conversations].  But it’s not my fault!  I can think in my head that I’m going to focus on making friends instead of finding potential dates, but my body does not seem to have gotten the memo.  It’s not my fault that every time I run into him, my heart jumps into my throat and starts beating in triple time.  Or that butterflies explode into my stomach.  Or that my mind goes completely and absolutely blank.  I forgot the word “hoopskirt” today.  I am a costume design major, I just took a class in costume history, but when he asked me what I was making, my mind jumped clear off it’s tracks and scattered about trying to find proper terminology.  And all I could do was point at the pattern across the table and stutter “uhhh…that”.  And 1 and my old scene partner (the one I was hopelessly smitten with) are both in the spring play……and so is a third guy that I may or may not think is cute.

In other news, classes are going well.  I have used almost every saw in the scene shop without cutting off any limbs.  And I’ve taken to speaking in my Italian class.  All in all not a bad semester; let us see what the future brings.

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Run It Out

Happy Hump Day Everyone!

So I haven’t gotten up to a whole lot over the past day or so. Yesterday’s meals were pretty unexciting. I had the same thing for lunch and dinner – how LAME! I made another quick and easy fav… Tortellini Soup. My old roommate is Italian, and got me hooked on this (among many other fabulously delicious meals) when I lived with her. Really simple, just chicken broth + tortellini pasta + S&P + parmesan cheese. Its pretty darn good.

Yesterday afternoon I spent some time on job stuff and relaxed a bit by catching up on my Google Reader. Ryan came home from work and we both had quick dinner because he still wasn’t feeling very well, and I was just being lazy. Aren’t leftovers great for that?

Anyways, after watching The Biggest Loser, I sat down and had a chat with Ryan.

It sort of turned into an emotional ‘meltdown’ over how I thought things would be easier out here once I moved – I thought I would get a job sooner, I thought meeting people would be easier – and I feel really guilty for the position that I’ve put us in. Ryan has reassured me countless times not to stress over money – but I just feel a need to contribute. Anyways, I guess I should give myself some credit for moving across the country to a province where we knew virtually no one. It was a big risk, and I don’t regret moving, but I guess it will take some more time to get settled than I thought. :S

Oh well – such is life, and honestly – I could have it a lot worse.

This morning, I woke up eager to get my mind off of last nights conversation, so I ate a quick breakfast of greek yogurt + museli, with toast +PB and then headed out to the gym.

I did a easy paced run, pounding out 3.5 miles in 35 minutes and it was actually pretty relaxing.

Honestly, I feel like the gym (& running in particular) is the ONE thing in my life that I can do to take my mind off stress and anxiety. Somehow, I end up focusing on the pain of running and how much that hurts and it outweighs any other ‘STUFF’.

Anyways, I think we’re gonna make some salmon and green beans for dinner tonight – and I might even try out those pumpkin pie cupcakes later. I’ll let you know how it goes.

What areas of your  life cause you the most stress? What to you do to feel more at ease?

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Folk Arts Society - Position - Office Manager

The Folk Arts Society, located on 155 Water Street in St. John’s is seeking an Office manager on a permanent basis.

Responsible for: the year-round administration of the Folk Arts Society. This individual organizes and maintains the office; maintains FAS records; conducts day-to-day banking and financial administration; monitors and reports to the Board on administrative matters; and, supervises junior office staff.

Requirements: in-depth knowledge of and experience with office management; professional interpersonal, writing/speaking, and organizational skills; team player, minimum 3 years experience in a similar capacity; experience working with minimal supervision is essential and experience in volunteer or arts organizations is an asset.

For additional information, click here.

Please submit your application with references to:

The Hiring Committee
Folk Arts Society
P.O. Box 6283
St. John’s, NL, A1C 6J9

or electronically to moss104@gmail.com with the subject clearly marked “Office Manager”.

DEADLINE: February 12, 2010

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They Cum And Go

I hosted my first solo greedy-girl gang-bang this Monday afternoon. We had  6 men come in, which is about an average for a Monday lunchtime at the moment. They were all very laid back and just wanted to lie there stroking me and chatting with me until, one by one, they would fuck me, cum, and then go.

The last man to leave got me on my own for the entirity of my last shift on the bed! He was a lawyer and asked question after question about my job, my life and my views. I started to feel a bit uncomfortable as he wasn’t really getting to know Nina at all. He was getting to know me, the real me.

Not that Nina is that different a person to me. In fact, she is more me than the me that most people know. Those who know that I am in the industry know me as me, not Nina, but see that Nina is just the fuller side of my personality, not a small off-shoot.

It interested me to catch Secret Diary of a Call Girl on TV for the first time this week. After it was an interview by Billie Piper of Brooke Magnanti. Brooke explained how she had two separate wardrobes when she was escorting. Different clothes, different underwear, different name, different person. For me, that isn’t true. I often wear clothes and lingerie that Nina would wear when I’m out as myself. I often act in the same way; flirt outrageously, talk filthily and wear my sexuality openly. I and Nina are one.

With this in mind, you can see how I have trouble keeping Nina’s life from those who cannot know what I really do. Because she is me, not a totally separate girl who I get out the cupboard when I need her and put away when I’m done, I often find that she creeps into my day-to-day life a little too much.

It’s not that I mind people knowing about my job whatsoever. It’s just keeping it from my parents until I’m not living with them. This is why, when 99% of my time I’m not having to watch myself, if I am around them it is hard to suddenly shut Nina up!

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Things you should know about budget

NEWS
Things you should know about budget
CNN
February 1, 2010

Washington (CNN) — President Obama on Monday unveiled a $3.8 trillion budget for next year. Here are some key points. Remember, these are Obama’s suggestions. Congress controls the purse strings.

Still a little extra in your paycheck

The Making Work Pay tax breaks would be extended for a year. These were part of last year’s stimulus and resulted in slightly higher paychecks for 110 million families, the White House said.

More money for education

Obama wants $3 billion more for elementary and secondary education programs and $1.35 billion for his Race to the Top program. Pell grants, which help students pay for college, would increase by $17 billion.

Big-shovel items

The president is seeking more than $100 billion for state and local infrastructure projects and $4 billion for national and regional infrastructure work.

Debt reduction

The president’s budget would reduce the nation’s debt by $1.2 trillion over the next 10 years. Obama would let the Bush tax cuts expire for high-income families, impose a “financial crisis responsibility fee” on large banks and end fossil-fuel tax subsidies for oil, gas and coal companies. Discretionary spending that is not defense-related would get a three-year cap, saving $250 billion over the next 10 years. Read more

Big incentives for small business

Small businesses would get a $5,000 tax credit for every net new employee hired this year. Startups launched this year would be eligible to halve the tax credit. Businesses also would be reimbursed for Social Security taxes they pay on increased payrolls this year. Companies could earn the credit by raising pay or increasing hours worked. Read more

Defense

To pay for wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, Obama is seeking $33 billion in supplemental funds for this budget year and $159.3 billion for next year’s. Funding for military families would increase 3 percent to $8.8 billion. The president would appropriate in advance $50.6 billion for veterans’ medical care.

Research and development

Clean energy research and development would get $6 billion and civilian research and development would get an extra $3.7 billion.

Security at home

The administration seeks $734 million to install 1,000 new full body scanners at airports. Overall Department of Homeland Security funding would increase 2 percent to $43.6 billion.

What do you think about the budget?

Proposed budget savings

• Discontinue the program to build a repository for nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Savings in 2011: $197 million

• End oil and gas company tax preferences. Savings in 2011: $2.6 billion. Over 10 years: $36.5 billion

• End coal subsidies. Savings over 10 years: $2.3 billion

• Terminate program to develop an alternative engine program for the Joint Strike Fighter. Savings in 2011: $465 million

• Terminate production of C-17 transport. Savings in 2010: $2.5 billion

• Cancel the Constellation Systems program intended to return astronauts to the moon by 2020. Savings per year: $2.5 billion to $5 billion Read more

• Eliminate subsidies to student loan providers and increase the Department of Education’s capacity to make loans directly to students. Savings over 10 years: $43 billion

• Terminate program to build EP-X manned airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft. Savings in 2011: $10 million

• End grants to manufacturers of worsted wool. Annual savings: $5 million

• Eliminate grant program for inter-city bus security. Annual savings: $12 million

• End competitive grant program for local communities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Savings in 2011: $10 million

• Terminate the Navy’s Next Generation Cruiser. Savings in 2011: $46 million

• End Corps of Engineers low-priority construction projects. Savings in 2011: $214 million

• Terminate Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation, aimed at fostering “new discoveries in all fields of endeavor for the benefit of mankind.” Savings in 2010: $1 million

© 2010 Cable News Network Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.

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Fourth.

I figured this was probably due an update. This weekend just gone was probably the drunkest I’ve been so far this year. Friends from home, old uni friends and my brother all came to Portsmouth on the Saturday and Friday night I went out for drinks with work people.

Friday night was fun. I don’t think I made too much of an embarrassment of myself. I got bought pints of wine which was a recipe for disaster. Luckily Jabo was around to help fill in the gaps on Saturday morning. Saturday I managed to get even drunker than Friday, so much so, that I was refused entry to Chaos. Twat.

Apart from that it was great, haven’t had a proper laugh like this weekend with the LADS in ages. I’ve inherited loads of alcohol too which is awesome.

The weekend before this one, I ended up going to see the girl from London again (I have no idea why I haven’t named her yet, I might just give her comedy pseudonyms or something). I was only meant to go for the Sunday but ended up staying at hers. We had Nando’s and drank lots of wine. It was amazing.

This weekend I am going to London, again, to see her (well, from Friday to Monday) and am ridiculously excited. Things are going really well between us (despite be being a massive berk and ringing her at 5am Saturday night) and I’m happy. It’s the first time since Lydia that I’ve properly liked someone which is great.

Work has been okay. I sometimes think I can’t be the only one who gets incredibly bored working in an office. I don’t mind it so much but sometimes the days drag really badly. I had the worst nights sleep last night and woke up feeling terrible, my head was full on pounding so I am still in bed and didn’t go to work. On the plus side, I only have to work 3 days this week now.

Roll on this weekend. If things go well, which inevitably they will, I am planning what could be the gayest gesture ever or make me seem like a total hero. We’ll see.

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Sunshine Today - The Snow Is Melting...

…and I have a big day ahead. This might limit my blogging today, but I’ll try to get in the stuff that comes up related to our current political scene.

I have a job interview today in Frederick, MD, and a rehearsal tonite of Hunting Of The Snark without my Music Director who is away for a couple of days. That means I have to get a background music recording ready, which also takes up some time.

Anyway, I hope you all have a good Monday… check in later for my updated comments and other things.

- Bill T.

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