here there be ranting and whining and such ignoble things...

[dchenes]

OK. So now all I have is the possibility of working this summer. This ticks me off royally for several reasons, chief among which are these:

1. There is no place except KSU to work in Kent this summer.
2. Every time I apply for a job on campus, I have to go get a student employment form. They can't just give me one form and return it when I don't get a job. I get the feeling that sooner or later the student employment office is going to see me coming and say "What, you again?", but I still won't be able to get work.
3. I fail to understand how making me nervous waiting around to find out that I haven't been hired, in the last week of classes (aka the week before finals) is a good thing. Looking for a job during finals week is not a good idea either, but I have to.
4. Going through the whole process with forms and interviews and waiting and whatnot seems ridiculous when we're talking about a job that pays $5.50 an hour and only lasts three months.
5. Even if I had a job at $7 an hour, which is the top end of student pay, it wouldn't be enough. I would still have to borrow money for rent.
6. Who is the university giving money to? Are they hiring undergrads for the summer because undergrads have more tuition demands than I do? Are they only giving assistantships to foreign students? How does this whole process work? What's wrong with me? Not that I'd be able to turn around and become eligible for any of this stuff, but I at least want to know why I'm not eligible for it.
7. I am sick and tired of living the way I am. The last time I bought a non-academic book was last summer. The last time I ate something I didn't cook, not counting the ATSA conference, was in February. I bought beer earlier this month for the first time since October, and it cost me under $5, and I still shouldn't have done it. I'm living on $20 cash per week, if that, and that includes money I spend on necessary things like making copies and doing laundry. This week I didn't have any cash at all. I feel guilty if I spend over $30 per week on groceries. I have no life, because that involves going out and getting one, and going out is too expensive.

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Okay you, I have a double size shoe box with your name on it. I will plastice bag the shoes and the fabric layer for your corset that needs to be tried on. I am planning to send this out beginning of next week. Please try on the corset top. I am including lacings. Have someone lace you in and then take pictures. Then have them lace you into your normal corset and take pictures. Email me the pictures. (Or print them. Email would be better) Try the shoes on. If the shoes fit, and the corset fits, all is well. If not the pictues will help us see what is wrong and needs fixing. Send both shoes and corset back to us along with your other corset for comparison. All this leaves space in the mailing box for other things. Aside from beer, what do you want? I don't think I can ship the beer. But anything else that's in my power I will happily send to you with the rest of this stuff....