Maturity is overrated... and so is your face!

Being an adult is a pain in the ass.

I'm in the process of fixing to attempt to sort of think about maybe trying to get right ready to go to grad school and let me just say that it blows fortified squirrel chunks.

I mean, you have to take the GREs (I've already expressed my thoughts about that joke of a test), you have to apply, you have to fill out forms, you have to write essays and you have to have it all in by a certain date (usually chosen to coincide with the Spring Equinox and the Incan new year). Now, that's all pretty standard and I have little to no problem with that part. Transcripts, however, are my own personal torture.

I ordered transcripts A MONTH AGO from my alma mater, thinking that because the fax machine spit out that page that says, "OK", that somebody over there picked it up and put it where it belongs. Instead, I'm pretty sure the office's designated Paper Goblin horked it down for a midday snack, or at least that's what they want me to think... higher education punks.

So now, I have just been informed that my fax was not received and I will, in fact, have to send it again, in hopes that an actual employee will grab it before the dreaded Paper Goblin gets his furry little paws on it (apparently I've decided goblins have paws now).

The OTHER part of being an adult that sucks fungus is finding a job. Here are my personal obstacles in this endeavor:

1) I may be leaving in June for grad school
2) The economy is in the crapper and not a lot of people are hiring
3) I'm picky

The first reason is the worst. I can't even say I will be leaving in June for grad school because, well, I don't know yet. So, when I fill out applications or go on interviews, I try to slyly omit that information, but they always weasel it out of me somehow. Plus, I don't like to lie, so I'm pretty much shooting myself in the foot.

Second, the jobs open right now are either crap jobs usually given to interns or students or managerial/accounting/computer geek positions for which I'm completely unqualified.

And last of all, I refuse to do food service or retail. I've done food service (like 5 minutes at Wendy's) and hated it. Plus, all I ever hear about retail positions are the horror stories of people screaming at you because they think you screwed them out of the 2% off coupon they found in the street. Once again, shooting myself in the foot.

If only someone would pay me to write down passing thoughts as they enter my brain, all from the comfort of my own home... dare to dream.