Well it has been about two weeks since my last post. Not a lot has happened, mostly just reading and watching Netflix. As it gets closer to the end of the month I have been taking on more of the responsibilities at the shop including hiring new employees to fill our open shifts. I now realize that job interviews are a pain in the ass for both the interviewer and the interviewee. I wish I was more excited about the upcoming promotion, but I am going to be really bummed when Dylan leaves the store and it is hard for me to get excited about something that is entirely motivated by money, or lack thereof.

I wish money was not such a big issue, but it is really hard to get by on only one paycheck a month. I try to be really good about managing my money but something always seems to come up to get rid of any savings that I have accumulated. It makes it really hard for me to try and plan anything for the future when I can't save any money for that future now.

New Year's was a complete and total bust. Mind you, that was to be expected but it is still annoying.

Lucero - "My Best Girl"
I just finished reading Parable of the Sower while listening to this song and I felt for a moment that both my ears and mind were completely satisfied. It was a moment of simple brilliance; a book filled with the kind of sadness that comes equally riddled with hope absorbing into my mind and a song that is mournfully romantic and ultimately sobering filling my ears.

Here's to 2008. listen more, learn more.