I should be updating my ipod, but...
I think I'll do this instead. I'm running a load of laundry right now, so I'm still kiiind of being productive. I feel a little weird right now. A little out of the loop on things. I'm not a big fan of most tv, so I only watch maaaybe a couple of hours a week. I watch stuff from Netflix, and I poke around on youtube, but that's pretty much it. Since I don't work, it's easy to get away with not watching tv, because there aren't a lot of people around me every day being all like, "Oh my gaaawd, did you SEE last night's 'So You Think You Can Dance???' Did you SEEEEE IT??? OH MY GAAAWD!!!" But at the same time, there's no one around to inform me of "important" things I need to know. Like that there's a new Pixar movie out.
Well...Brett works, so he SHOULD be capable of informing me of these things, but we don't usually hit much on pop culture in our conversations. We mostly just blab about our own lives/thoughts, or "preach to the choir" about things like trade laws, global politics, health/nutrition, the arts, whatevs. We're pretty boring.
Sometimes I manage to stay in the loop via friends, intarwebs, or podcasts (which I guess count as intarwebs?) but lately I haven't been listening to podcasts much, and apparently, at least when it comes to WALL-E, my friends and the intarwebs have FAILED me. I *did* see the free WALL-E gift on fb awhile ago, but I was like, "Wtf is that thing? It looks like that thing from Short Circuit."
Then Shannon mentioned that she was going to see something called WALL-E with her mom, but I just figured it was some dumb movie that I hadn't heard of because it was probably dumb. Or...you know. Not my cuppa tea. Same dif.
Then when we were hanging out with Tony and Nicolle tonight, THEY were talking about it, and I was like, "What the fuck are you TALKING ABOUT?" And Tony mentioned that it was the new Pixar movie that's out right now. And Brett was all like, "Yeah. It looks kind of sad. And WALL-E looks like the robot from Short Circuit." Or something like that.
So then I felt sad. And out of the loop. And a little left behind, which is sometimes how I feel these days. Isolated. It's funny; I don't have kids, so I can't make that standard SAHM complaint of needing "adult" time because I'm tired of dealing with children all day, but since I'm ALONE all day, I also sort of feel like I need "adult" time. I still want to have kids, and I still want to be at home with them, but maybe my kids will like...go to summer camp. And have two years of preschool (both Brett and I did, and we turned out great!), and spend a few weeks with the grandparents every now and then, while the Mr and I wonder off to...the Netherlands or something. You know...where ever.
I also think I want to maybe take a class or two next fall. Since I've never taken a photography class (or even finished reading the manual for my camera), I'm thinking of taking a beginning photography class at Shoreline. Continuing Ed, obviously. Not like, an actual class. But maybe an actual class would be fun too...and then I'd have a student id card, and theatre tickets/technology/etc would be cheaper. I'm assuming that taking a fer reals class would cost significantly more, but maybe it would pay for itself in student discounts! :D
Can you even TAKE classes for credit at a community college if you already have a BA? I can't imagine that they'd turn me away just because I already have a degree, but I CAN imagine that they'd turn me down once they learn that I'm not actually intending to graduate from any sort of "program." Because kids who don't graduate fux up their statistics. But there's something very satisfying to me about being graded on things. Plus, it'd be a lot more work, and a lot more contact with other people. Ah...♥people♥.
Then maybe by the end of fall quarter, I'll either be pregs and start finding like, baby groups to join or something (you know...baby water aerobics, baby massage, baby buggy workouts, baby monster truck driving...), or I'll find a temp job for awhile. Or if NEITHER thing happens, maybe I'll just take more classes. Or join some sort of free meetup group or something. But nothing too weird or sad. Because despite my current feelings of isolation, I'm still oddly elitist, so not just anyone will do. Go figs!
Eek...k, it's really late, and I'm getting up at 7am tomorrow to pack/leave for Seaside. Maybe I'll write from the coast, and maybe I won't. Maybe I won't!!! I guess we'll have to see.
Latrz!
