a couple of things...

So I applied to grad school in January and have yet to hear anything back. It's now early April and I'm wondering what to do with my life. Convinced I was going to get into the graduate program I fell in love with last year this waiting game and daily obsession with the mailbox is wearing on me and making me second guess my decision to pursue higher education.

A few opportunities have come up that I'd like to take advantage of but since I have no idea what is going on next year I'm sitting on the fence, big time. Feeling generally frustrated with employment at the moment and the "economic climate" has led me to consider other options. Perhaps my prospective business pursuits would prove to be failures but maybe taking out $30 000 in students loans to fund a MA which might not lead me anywhere would be a be fat failure in itself. Maybe I should invest in a life coach or just have a good ol' fashioned sit down with my go-to man on all things business related, dear old Dad.

Other than that junk, I've been busy planning (or at least trying to plan) my trip to Spain in May. We have a lot we want to see and very little time to see it all in. Finding transportation timetables has proven difficult as every website is in Spanish with no English language options. I just want to eat a lot of tapas, drink some sherry and sun myself for a few days.

Onwards and upwards...

Still from "Let the Right One In"

I watched the Swedish vampire film "Let the Right One In" the other night and was happy that Brooke had suggested it to me. The film is set in Sweden in 1982 and follows Oskar a very pale 12-year-old boy who is tormented at school by bullies and spends most of time in the courtyard of his housing co-op. This is where he meets Eli, a new neighbour who turns out to be a vampire.

Check out the New York Times Review here: http://movies.nytimes.com/2008/10/24/movies/24righ.html

Then go rent this film.

Finally, a nice little blog:

designismine.blogspot.com