I have spent the last two weeks working my ass off. School is

starting for me in one week. Right now I'm just basically preparing for

next week at the TV station. Last week was RA training for housing. I

worked soooo much last week. It was 12 hours a day every day. Wednesday

through Friday was RA camp...which I had to go to. It was a two night

stay at a YMCA camp. They had group showers. So...most of us didn't

shower.

No, I'm not an RA. I was there as tech support. I took pictures and did

video taping. I also made sure the data projector and laptop were ready

when the presenters needed it. I'm fairly certain I worked harder than

anyone else there. I'm including the assistant and associate directors

of housing in that too. I worked so much I was worn out by the night

and slept early and long. What a week.

I spent the weekend recovering. Now I'm back at it, but at least it's

at my own pace now. I've been very productive while working. So, that's

good. I'm productive all around it seems. The site, though most of you

haven't seen it yet, has been slowly coming along. The new

Transcyclopedia is set up and I've been copying information over as

well as adding new information. I wish I had thought of doing this

earlier. It's going to make this site so much more dynamic and easier

to use. So yeah...a few more days of moving data, and I think it's

about time to switch over to the new look.

Sabrina and I are almost to the two month mark. So...I can easily say

we've surpassed the length of any relationship I've had within the past

five years. That's quite an accomplishment. The relationship has had

it's ups and downs. I've learned a lot about my own issues though. She

and I have had some important conversations recently about

communication and such. I think she understands how important it is for

me to hear certain things and keep in contact while we're both busy at

school. We aren't going to see each other online much now that school

is going. So, I had to make sure our relationship didn't die from

stagnation. She may have been a bit naive about that, but it's

understandable. So yeah...still going strong.

Amazed? I am too. Jess has something positive to say about her love

life. It is quite a rare time indeed. In fact, the whole concept of

Jess having a love life is odd. Hopefully that oddness will pass

eventually.

Kevin left for good this Saturday. I knew the time was coming all

summer. It came so much faster than I expected. He graduated in May and

worked here while his sublease lasted. Now he's three hours away. I

hate seeing friends leave, especially friends as good and close to me

as Kevin. When he left, I was surprised at how well I took it. It was

probably due to it not really feeling like he was going to be gone. It

wasn't until Saturday night that it really hit that he left. I walked

to the park and passed his place. As I looked over I realized that he

wasn't living there anymore. I couldn't go to visit him just to say hi.

No more cookouts. No more sitting and talking at 1:00 am on the bench

that I also walked past. I thought about it on my walk there, and when

I hit that same place on the way home...I started crying really hard.

It's even hard thinking about it now.

Sunday he called me just to say hi. It felt like normal. I told him

that I cried about him being gone. I could tell he was touched by it.

This whole year Kevin and I really bonded through the miniseries at the

studio, and just from hanging out. He was one of the only people that I

felt so comfortable with just hanging. Sometimes our creativity

clashed...but not in a bad way. I already miss him. I hope our

friendship never ends though.

I started watching Joss Whedon's Firefly this week. I've had it sitting

in my apartment all summer but never started watching it. Watching 24

took too long to get through, and I hadn't wanted to start another

series while watching that one. I'm really glad I'm watching it though.

It's really f-ing cool. I want to find the guy at Fox or whatever

network it was on that decided to cancel the show and slap him. He's

definitely one of the biggest fools in the entertainment industry.

Needless to say I am enjoying it and am looking forward to the upcoming

film "Serenity". Check it out if you get the chance.

Well, I think it's bedtime for me. I'll talk at you all some more later. Keep an eye on the site for the big change soon. Bye!

Luv,

Jess