January 15, 2007
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Cold Cash And Colder Hearts!
Preston welcomed me back to Uni today with its usual dose of grey skies and rain. I headed for my first lecture to find out that classes actually don’t start til next week! In other words, I could have got in an extra week of work and an extra £80-90 to my rapidly diminishing finances. I’ve spent my afternoons over the Christmas holiday waxing-clerical at my Mum’s office in order to pay back what I owe her and my brother. Now thats done I am again left with next to no money. ‘Course that didn’t stop me buying some new skate shoes to replace the holey (and pretty rank) old pair I left in Japan the instant I received my student loan! You know how when you feel crappy and you buy stuff to cheer yourself up…? It was like that. Still, I can’t justify it. I don’t know why I do these things… (Feel free to offer theories, however offensive!)
I’ve been putting off updating ‘cos I’ve been anticipating a reply to my JET application this past few weeks. I was gonna update when I got it, either a joyous outburst of joyful joy or a bitter epilogue to broken dreams, depending on the nature of the response. But, still nothing. I’m told by the JET UK website it could take ’til early February before interviewees are notified but I’m still operating on the whole “sooner-the-better” principle and the further we get from sooner, the closer we get to “I’ve failed! Shit, shit, shit, shit, shit….! Shit!” That bitter epilogue update is looking likely… TBH I really don’t know how I’ll react if its bad news. Part of me is expecting it now, and prepared for it, but its like my life has been building to this. I have partly lived and breathed Japan since I was 8 years old. I’ve been thinking of JET since I was 16. My year at NUFS made me want it, its practically what I was made to do. How do you deal with being refused by the one job you are perfectly qualified for? Damn! Please, JET people. Please hurry it up and let me know, either way! Make me or break me!
I’ll move onto something more upbeat, I reckons. A lot of people seem to have had birthdays lately. First up, my best friend from childhood, Nathan Philip Smith aka “Smitherine” (as in Wolverine, but he hates it. As much as I hate Mo… certain unmentionable nicknames.) He turned 27 on the 2nd. Jeez… its been, like, 15 years since we went bowling for his 12th birthday and played Street Fighter 2 in the arcade there. (First time I’d ever played it! I picked Ryu and totally won!) Like lazy bums we didn’t do anything, but did spend my last Saturday at home indulging our love of off-beat British comedy with Garth Marenghi’s “Darkplace”. Funny as fu… err, yeah. Funny. Funniest thing I’ve seen in ages! Next up we have the Lott sisters. Beka also turned 27 on the 3rd followed by Anna turning 29 on the 10th (I got all that right, right?) Then there was Holly Campbell, NUFS sister, lady Jedi, Penis-Shrinker… turning 21… on…. errr… OK! I don’t know the date! But it was recently. So to you birthday boy and girls…
Happy Birthday
Not much more to add. I’ve been given an extra week holiday, I guess. Its nice not to have to worry about kanji tests and handing in our Japanese film reports (which Balex, Kate and I still haven’t done) but ain’t no rest for us ’til May now. It just hit me recently. I’ll be graduating. In 4 months, its all over. I gotta say, I’m looking forward to it. I’ve taken longer than most to get this whole University thing done and it’ll be a relief to finally have done it. Still, miles to go before we sleep…One last thing… “Cute Without The E” by Taking Back Sunday is definitely my most favouritist song EVER! I freakin’ love this song so much I literally get breathless everytime I hear it!
Peace! “I will never ask if you don’t ever tell me. I know you well enough to know you never loved me!”
Comments (18)
Dude even if JET does break you, you can still stay at Calex’s place when he goes over and get a job doing something crazy!!
Panda Attack!
I would say stay at my place but I don’t know how long I will be here now, so maybe Calex is the better bet.
Anyway, I don’t know about the sooner the better theory. So far most of the news has been bad (apart from Calex).
I hope like hell that you get through and get a good placement.
I hope that everything works out well for you Dave. It looks like I’m probably going to have to make a trip to Japan one of these days–so many of my friends want to go there or are there already. I ALSO DEFINITELY want to make a trip to England one day though–I’ve wanted to do that for a long time, so hopefully you will be there when I am able to make that trip. It will probably be quite a while though before I have the funds. Anyway, I’m sure I’ll meet you someday in one place or the other!
Much Love,
Bethany
what’s this nickname you hate? mossy? moss burger? do tell!
Hey Dav, I dont know if it would go down to well if I pushed Mario into a lake, but we were discussion throwing cream pies the other day, so who knows. I know how it feels to wait for that call or letter, I have applied to acting courses many a time and it usually ended with me bawling over a phone. But I got over it pretty quick. They say you should expect to get 1 out 10 auditions, so rejection is just a path to success. Trust me, you just got to think of it in terms of statistics, like the more times you get rejected the closer you are to succeeding. Like the more times you apply for jobs in Japan, the more closer you are to getting there.
Good luck buddy.
thank you for the birthday mention. you got the dates right. good luck with jet. i really hope you get it. then you will have reason to be happy and you will get to see matthew more than the rest of us.
Ah, I beg to differ with you on the validity of your comments; no need for embarrassment! Christians, unfortunately, sometimes do a poor job of representing Christ and I find it absolutely essential to recognize what other people associate with Christ–and if there’s any hope of separating the behavior of believers from the being in whom we believe. A perfect example is Bethany’s thoughts on holiness: does it make one feel that God is setting ridiculous, dangerous habits, or is it clear that a person can misconstrue what God is asking? No criticism intended towards Miss Bethany, naturally, but your comment made such an excellent point.
Also, thanks! Good luck with JET; my brother-in-law (Dustin, also known as Fencerdenoctum to the blogging world) should hear from them soon, too. I hope you both make it
I counted 11 YOU’s (not including compound words or “yourself”). I’m curious–what’s the prize? If you said the prize was you coming to visit me or getting me a plane ticket to come see you in England I do believe I would pee my pants!! Lol.
Actually, I was already well-aware of who you are: we briefly met at Matt and Dani’s wedding, and as you pointed out, it’s hard to be a good friend of theirs without feeling like you know every other good friend of theirs. Ha! As if it weren’t creepy enough that I’ve been responding to your comments on Bethany’s Xanga, now I’m detailing how I already know you!
It’s a little unfortunate that you died last year, but you hide it well.
Moss Boss Masters!
I do so understand that quote at the end of your post….
I haven’t heard anything yet either. The future is kinda scary, but I’m relatively calm about it. It’s still this little tick in the back of my head though. Good luck to you!
Forgiven! I spent most of my time with the girls, so it’s only fair that I would not stand out amongst the tons of folks you met.
Mark said thanks for the birthday wishes. I thank you also. THANKS!
good to know you’re alive. i was a little worried when you didn’t update. i was getting strange pictures of you throwing yourself off a building because you didn’t make it into JET…erm…lol? ok let’s not talk about that…
so what’s the terrible nickname? i’ve had plenty of my own….don’t even go there
wow. time to report someone to xanga for hatefullness. sorry you had to hear that, dave. sounds like someone needs to get a life!
i came on here to thank you for your kind words. thanks! you are loved and appreciated.
blessings.
i love dave!!!!!
emo dave is HOT!!!!!!
dave is awesome. why do people comment on people’s xangas, when they don’t know them?