When life closes one door...it opens a box of Girl Scout cookies

I Graduated! Not quite sure where that has me fitting in but I have a feeling that question will have many changing answers from now on. I got a job - a salary - at a local bank, for which I've interned before. It's not the dream job, but i'm thankful for it, and the steady schedule so I can focus on other options. I considered jumping on a plane to Korea...actually just considered it again today...but I don't think it's the best career move right now. I'm studying on my own, and staying up to date on current events :) Right now I want to be a Foreign Service Officer, but i think I need to study more.
I love cfr.org and bbc news, and really dislike the fact that my local library doesn't get The Economist. Does that make me a nerd? Speaking of libraries I'm reading for pleasure...and it's not summer! It's a lifestyle. Love it. Right now the book of the week is Eat Pray Love, as recommended by Natash a long time ago, and I love it - there are awesome quotes. Here are some of my favorite tid-bits so far (paraphrased because I don't remember the pages):
"When life closes one door...it opens a box of Girl Scout Cookies."
"Responsibility is the Ability to Respond"
"Different schools of thought have found explanations of man's apparently flawed state. Taoists call it imbalance, Buddhism calls it ignorance,Islam blames our misery on rebellion against God, and the Judeo-Christian tradition attributes all of our suffering to original Sin. Freudians say that unhappiness is the inevitable result of the clash between our natural drives and civilizations needs. The Yogis say that human discontentment is a simple case of mistaken identity."
...and that's where I am: page 122 of three hundred something. SO: I had to pay a 70 cent fine to the library for this book that isn't due until Thursday, because I renewed it too many times (once! and i did it online so they didn't even have to do any work!). Then I renewed it again after them trying to persuade me that it was impossible to renew it because I wasn't at the exact location that I got the book from in the first place (UM....isn't that why county library systems were set up?). Oh well I paid the undeserved fine because I feel bad, I heard the librarians are getting their hours shortened because of the bad economy - they need the money...although they could also use a tip on efficiency and accuracy.


Here's the ringtone of the week.


Really glad Natash called me for a latino-themed weekend of a musical, mexican food, and/or salsa dancing.

Other random news - I got a new laptop, with a cam, and I've skyped my penpals in Korea, and even some of the orphans from past mission trips to argentina...my lil bros and sisters :) LOVE IT. I've also discovered the 'video message' ability on facebook and will be really happy when someone gets humble enough to send me a video fo them on my 'wall.' Oh the simple joys. Speaking of, the owner of the Korean grocery I frequent in Pittsburgh keeps recognizing me, but realizes I don't speak much, and last weekend gave me and my friends free beverages. It was like I was in Korea for a split second ^^ Very cool.