i'm coming down off of being sick... and i ended up going dancing this weekend, but oh did it feel good. working Saturday night made me feel tons better, and so here i am at Kaiswer today, working hard. i've been doing inventory all day, there were 17 new messages just from last Wednesday to today and i've still got a ton of filing to do in the back, which i think i'll leave til after i get back from my lunch... which will be composed of buying brake pads for my car along with brake fluid and oil! as well as a mailing envelope since i found out i did infact have my friend Michelle's house key. eepers. so, i'll mail that out to her on the way home.

so after lunch, filing. maybe if theres some jobs to be called on, i'll do that too. i don't feel the greatest today, my stomach is all ucky, but i'm going to work through it all! i'm going to be all gung ho and try not to miss anymore work from now on. and i work these next two weekends at the cafe, so, thats good. though my money i earned this last weekend is going all to my car. AH. but then, that is a good thing, keep my car up and running so she'll last me awhile.

i need to file my taxes really badly, my plans for my return is to buy a laptop. i'd really like that tablet/laptop, but, we'll see how it works. my mother offered to sell me her computer for $200, but, a laptop would make it easier to tote around, especially in Missoula when i can just pop into Liquid Planet to use the free wi-fi over a mocha or something.

i've started to pack up my room, as well as clean out. i have unGodly amounts of material, and i'm thinking i should go buy more buckets and repack my Blue Willow china, wrapped in all that fabric so it frees up those buckets of just material. and its all good material, not just little scraps. i've been tossing those out when i come upon them. if i don't have atleast 1/2 a yard or more of the material, it gets scrapped.

i've been getting rid of clothes too. since i have too many. and its coming to be that time that i need to pack up all my winter clothes. and i really should get rid of some shoes... i have platform size 8 buckle boots i've worn all of like, twice. the zippers busted on one side so i put in eyelets to lace them up so it works.

i went out dancing this last weekend and i "punked" out. i haven't done that for a looonnnggg time. and i figured since i was just getting back and i wasn't feeling completely top notch, pants were in order. i must say: i looked pretty scary. i'm thinking this next time i go out i'll goth out or something... just do some old things before returning back to my norm. i still have alot of goth clothes, but i have gotten rid of alot of my pants, which is fine by me. i never wore them anymore anyway.

well, i suppose i should wrap this up... i've just been rambling about things i want to do and not so much need to do. like save money for moving! if anyone's interested in buying a corset from me, just send me an email! jessiekatefuerst@aim.com!

i was thumbing through my copy of Bram Stoker's Dracula (because i never actually finished it... one day i'll re-read it, but today is not that day) and i was hit suddenly with the most brilliant idea. of course it may not seem so brilliant to others, but it is to i!

since about early October, i've wanted to write a graphic novel based on the Jack the Ripper case. i'd pondered ideas of a female Constable/Detective/Inspector (historically speaking, there were in fact female constables around the time period, so, this is not completely unrealistic of an idea) and just having an average female as the heroine, named Abigale Arrow. but, nothing seemed to work.

in my Mammoth Book of Jack the Ripper, theres an essay titled "Guts 'n' Roses: The Coming Apocolypse of the Ripper Millennium" written by Simon Whitechapel (how appropriate, hm?), its a highly fascinating read and speaks of how Jack the Ripper's goal was actually to bring about the end of the world. if that really was his goal, then he was a total and complete nutter. all these theories are fascinating and good reads.

so while i was flipping through my copy of Dracula, suddenly i was hit with the idea, why not base my graphic novel off that theory? i enjoy mixing historical fiction based on actual events with the supernatural and i could indeed do that. and i always love a good spin on the whole Good vs. Evil tale.

so why not? if i ever get out of my artists block, i could start working on this... it seems like a  good idea to me!

i am officially broke until midnight tonight, or tomorrow early morning, which it is, i don't know.

i bought my plane ticket yesterday... $225. eepers. the tickets kept getting higher and higher. and Priceline.com was UBER expensive! so i went through Expedia and got a better deal, without having to name my own price. good deal.

so tomorrow i'm going to be paying bills, i need to call the Saturn dealership to get an oil change in my car tomorrow, and then i need to SAVE SAVE SAVE!

i figured out that if i set aside $500 every month, i'll have my $2500 by July, so if i put away maybe $700 and i'll be better.

and i'm sure i've made a post about that laptop that i'm wanting real bad... there are a few things i want to get before i leave. that being one of them. thing is... the laptop is $1600. much more than the Toshiba i wanted, but its a laptop that converts into a TABLET. something i've wanted for like, FOREVER. and plus, i can do more digital art! i could save $$$ on art supplies... it would be easier to do my brothers art for his team, if he still wanted me to do as such.

i've got my car payment in, it finally went through, i gotta write my dad a $189 check for insurance and my phone, i owe my mother $56, then i'm going to do $50 on my Penny's card, so thats like... $300 rounded up there, and i'm hoping to get atleast $800 this check, so... after all that, i can put away some in my car account, slap some into savings and maybe have about $100 to spend. i might go this afternoon out shopping with Domi before the birthday celebration for my mother and sister... i really want to get some new stockings and some WWII-esque patches for my military green suit. i think it would be pretty spiffy.

another thing that i want before i move: a new stereo. the one i have is seriously on the fritz and i've already spotted one that i want. its vintage looking, like, 1940's styled radio, with a CD player, tape deck, AND, a WORKING 3-speed TURNTABLE. so, i should keep an eye out for some old Bobby Darin records, chyah.

i also want some furniture. the other day i handed my dad the bed design, with measurements, told him i want a sturdy wood that can use a dark stain and the like (which i'm sure won't be hard) and then to give me a price quote for the materials. i also want drawers underneath the bed. yay for storage. and something i have ALWAYS wanted... i hate standing infront of a bathroom mirror to do my makeup... and i hate having my hair product all over the place, stored in boxes in plain sight, and the same with my makeup! so, what do i want? i want a vanity. i would adore having one. with drawers to seperate my hair and makeup stuff, keep it all hidden away, a place to keep all my jewelry and the like so its not scattered from here to Timbuktu (did i spell that right...?). i've always wanted a vanity... with a nice little chair i can drape my robe over... yep. i'm weird, i think of the small details... which reminds me, i need to find the sash to my housecoat... my teal one. the one that was my Gran's... hmmm. needs to be found. i love having hand me downs from generations past... like my Gran's housecoat, and my mom's sweater from the 1970's... i wish i had more!

and i want these shoes...

so i was looking at the UofM online and i found out they offer a program for Forensic Anthropology.

WHAT?! 

i want to do that! ... and they require all the things that i wanna take anyway... but first i gotta start with the basics. hmmmm. but that is what i may end up going in for. i do want to do Forensic Photography, BUT, to do Forensic Anthropology, you  have to take Photography and a few other classes i'm interested in... so why not? 

my goal to move in June is still set with the mindset of getting however much (as long as it hits the $2500 mark) in the bank and a laptop, as well as however much its going to cost to rent a Uhaul and hookups to get my car across country. whee. 

wanting to do this course in school is going to take alot of time and money, but i want it... really bad. just kinda do Criminology and Anthropology all together so i can result in Forensic Anthropology (the show Bones kicks total ass, seriously. check it out.) 

work is kinda slow today... but what can one do? thats why i'm posting in this currently. after this i think i'll start working on inventory stuff. 

tonight i have plans to work on cleaning my room some more (i started last night, sorting out some sewing stuff and tossing old mail out (junk mail, solicitations from magazines, ect.) in hopes that by atleast May, i'll have gotten rid of a TON of stuff, as well as get everything packed. i don't really need to take alot to school with me (and i have virtually no furniture... eepers) but i will take my sewing stuff, books, DVDs, and the like. i refuse to leave my books behind... and speaking of books, i've been really craving the Harry Potter series... i need to find those books. hmm.

i have goals! wheehee! 

one of my coworkers has been educating me so hopefully, also in May, i can take the ABO Certification test. so then i can be ABO Certified to be an Optician. why do i want this? because by being that, it'll look stunning on a resume of a 21 year old, as well as being Inventory manager at my job (woot!) and if i so desire, i can get a job as an Optician... and they make some decent money, even out in Montana. and i want to have something secure. i need to work on my resume, get some opinions on it so i can take a few copies with me when i go up to MT in Febuary... then i can go to some upstanding places and just hand them out saying "I'm moving up on June 30th, keep me on record, please." and give them a nice sweet smile. i'm a nice person... i have good customer skills, i try not to be all "grrr, argh" until i'm in the back room or in the server station... i promise... *sweet smile*