Animerox08

Saw this on 's journal....couldn't resist.....


Everyone has six names:

1. Your Real name: Emily Bodin
2. Your Detective name (favorite color and favorite animal): Green Tiger
3.Your Soap Opera name (middle name and street you live on): Grace Broadway
4. Your Star Wars name (first three letters of last name, first two of middle name, first two of first, last three of last): Bodgr Emdin (...that's just a little too weird for my taste...)
5. Superhero name (color of your shirt, first item to your immediate left): Green Piano
6. Goth name (black and one of your pets): Black Onyx

Is there anyone out there that knows anything about thermostats??? Because mine broke yesterday afternoon. And it's February. Aaaannd I live in Minnesota....Aaaaannd we just got a ton of fricking snow. Strange thing is, the furnace is going non-stop, but it's only blowing cool air (which I don't think is good). The little screen for the thermostat went blank and no matter how much I press on the buttons, nothing happens. So if you have any suggestions whatsoever, please comment.

Allow me to stand on my soapbox, if you will. For the past week or so, I've realized that a feeling that has been bottled up for a little over half a year now is starting to surface. This feeling? Pure. Anger. You're probably wondering why I feel this way. And there's a simple answer: this anger is pointed straight at my town's theater. If you don't remember, I used to work there until the beginning of this year, where management told us just FOUR DAYS before the closing day. Not giving us our two weeks notice, which they're REQUIRED to do! I had my suspicions that the manager already knew that we were closing, but my fellow employees persuaded me to believe that he didn't. It wasn't until about a month ago that my friend made the discovery that he did know....a MONTH in advanced!
Fast forward about two months after the theater closed....We had heard that a theater company had bought the theater, and were fixing it up. And that we heard the former employee's will get a chance to get their jobs back. My friend Sam and I held on to the hope of getting our jobs back. In all honesty, we wanted to work there desperately. Logically thinking, you would want to hire someone with a lot of experience rather than hiring a fresh new staff that knew absolutely nothing, right?
Fast forward to the middle of May....Got a call from the theater. They wanted to know if I wanted an interview. I say yes, of course. As much as I hated being treated like crap by management, employees, and even the cutomers, I loved my job. I really coudn't see working anywhere else. And the inteview went great and they said that they would give me a call; or so I thought.
Fast forward now....well, the new theater has been open for almost a week...And not one stinkin call! I even called them to give me a call! Nothing! In fact, out of the people from the old theater, only two were hired back. Apparently my interview didn't go as well as I thought it did. Okay, I'll openly admit that this is a very very VERY bitter rant. But honestly, I can't help it. The manager said she would keep an "open mind." Well, it wasn't that open! Sure, I can understand if she didn't want to hire too many old employees so that we overstep boundaries. I get that.
But I guess there is a little sweet revenge in it. They're already getting complaints. Sam even told me that he heard one guy say that the old staff was way better. So maybe we were loved after all; even if it wasn't very much love.

Well, I didn't get my black belt. Honestly, I'm not really surprised. But my master did say that I had an excellent test overall. A couple breaks missed and a pattern totally botched, but still good. He even said that the paper I had to write was one of the best he's ever read; which REALLY surprised me since I felt like I was totally rambling at the last minute. Actually, I feel better now that the first try is over. I've cried more in the past two weeks than I have in a whole year, and I feel very...calm. Hopefully I'll pass the next time.

Well, today's the day. In a few hours, I'll be testing for my 1st degree black belt. For the most part, I have most of my curriculum down, but the thing I'm worried about the most is the breaking. My instructor that only 2% pass on the first try. D: By the way, sorry I haven't exactly been up-to-date with things in awhile; this test has taken up most of my brain. That, and college (which is going wonderfully better than I had expected). Hopefully I can find the time to post chapter ten of Fallout this weekend (which I'm still thinking of renaming!). I'll post back when I get done with my test.

Wish me luck! I need it....