So basically, I wrote a book. A YA fantasy book. And now I am going to edit it and try to get an agent for it.
OMG.
This was my day:
- Woke up at 8 to find out that I tried to make an appointment with the wrong person to declare my English minor. Sent e-mail to the right guy, tried to go back to sleep.
- Was then woken up again by the JET program calling my cell personally (because of an e-mail I sent them), basically to tell me in the most Japanese way possible that I was perfectly qualified but they had a lot of applicants and had to arbitrarily throw some people out. They then told me I should apply again next year. ;; I am not sure what to make of any of it.
- Ran a bunch of errands in freezing cold, windy weather.
- The books I bought to enjoy and unwind with over the weekend did not show up in the mail. Up to this point I had basically been upright because of the promise of curling up and reading all night, but then I just gave up.
- And then, in the process of withdrawing some money for ordering out for dinner, I lost my check card. I was then pointed to every single student organization on campus that might have had it, and when none did, I had to run back to my dorm to cancel it.
- And while I am in this glorious mood, my roommate is going to bring her girlfriend over later.
... I am going to find Murphy and his Law and BUST THE WINDOWS OUT OF THEIR CAR.
I didn't get an interview for JET.
I don't know why, and they're not going to answer me even if I ask - they made that part quite clear. All I know is that there's a list, and I'm not on it.
I don't know if my friends who applied got interviews, but I'm not sure I'm up to asking, either. Obsessing over what they have that I don't isn't really my idea of a good time.
Ugh. I just... I don't even know. I'm feeling a little better than I was before, but it stings that after all my experience up to this point, after the months of work I put into the application, and after all that time I spent waiting to hear from them, they didn't even give me a chance.
You'd think I'd get used to changing my plans because of someone's arbitrary rejection! I've been doing enough of that lately, after all.
you chose BY - your Enneagram type is FOUR (aka "The Romantic")
"I am unique"
Romantics have sensitive feelings and are warm and perceptive.
How to Get Along with Me
• Give me plenty of compliments. They mean a lot to me.
• Be a supportive friend or partner. Help me to learn to love and value myself.
• Respect me for my special gifts of intuition and vision.
• Though I don't always want to be cheered up when I'm feeling melancholy, I sometimes like to have someone lighten me up a little.
• Don't tell me I'm too sensitive or that I'm overreacting!
What I Like About Being a FOUR
• my ability to find meaning in life and to experience feeling at a deep level
• my ability to establish warm connections with people
• admiring what is noble, truthful, and beautiful in life
• my creativity, intuition, and sense of humor
• being unique and being seen as unique by others
• having aesthetic sensibilities
• being able to easily pick up the feelings of people around me
What's Hard About Being a FOUR
• experiencing dark moods of emptiness and despair
• feelings of self-hatred and shame; believing I don't deserve to be loved
• feeling guilty when I disappoint people
• feeling hurt or attacked when someone misunderstands me
• expecting too much from myself and life
• fearing being abandoned
• obsessing over resentments
• longing for what I don't have
FOURs as Children Often
• have active imaginations: play creatively alone or organize playmates in original games
• are very sensitive
• feel that they don't fit in
• believe they are missing something that other people have
• attach themselves to idealized teachers, heroes, artists, etc.
• become antiauthoritarian or rebellious when criticized or not understood
• feel lonely or abandoned (perhaps as a result of a death or their parents' divorce)
FOURs as Parents
• help their children become who they really are
• support their children's creativity and originality
• are good at helping their children get in touch with their feelings
• are sometimes overly critical or overly protective
• are usually very good with children if not too self-absorbed
o, while I'm thinking of it now, I'm going to write my yearly reflections and resolutions. As always, sappiness and tl;dr within!
As with 2008, I have to say that the last year was not a particularly easy one - but unlike last year, it made...
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