Still looking for a job. A little scared, but I'm pushing through as much as I can. There's some career fair next week at my university so I'm kind of hoping I'll magically be given a job by someone there that doesn't require me to have a car, count out money in front of people, or be in front of people for long periods of time. Yeah, that'll happen...

I'm really confused by resume writing. I've attempted it in the past, but I don't really know if I'm doing anything right or putting the right stuff. How am I supposed to get the job that I want if I can't present myself well on paper?

Okay, onto other things. Went to the library today and got my new library card. It may seem silly, but I love that library card. I love library cards in general! Okay, yes, I'm a library dork. But, when I was browsing through the books I came across a collection of short stories that happened to be the same collection my creative writing TA had pulled one of the stories he had us read for the class. I, personally, was really excited about this. And, I realize after reading a few of the stories in it why he chose only one to show us. The others, so far, are kind of strange. The one he had us read was strange in it's own way but these were... really strange.

Now, we have a new short story to read in the class and I was pleased to see that I'd already read it. It's one that's kind of stuck with me actually, and I was surprised when I realized he'd picked that one. It's called "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" by Joyce Carol Oates. I'd just been thinking about that story earlier in the week, and now I have another copy of it. The first is in an old textbook from my ENG102 class. I really liked that story because one of the characters, Arnold Friend, made such an impact on me. Not necessarily in a good way. He is more like what I think of as a very real monster, and the story just stayed with me.