Dreams and Sleeping in on Wednesdays

Somehow I managed to sleep until about 2 p.m. today! That is ridiculous! I guess I was missing out on some needed sleep lately. Plus a tornado warning and sitting in the hallway until 1 a.m. wasn't very comforting. I tried to stay awake in case the sirens went off again. Or maybe I am a bum. Either way... Either way.

During this epic sleep last night/this afternoon, I had a very interesting dream. If you know me, you probably know that I often has very interesting, borderline disturbing dreams at times. I think that some of my dreams keep me as nice as I am to a certain handful of people who make me crazy.

For example, last night I dreamed that I took a bunch of my friends on a tour of my home town. Pretty normal, except one person (we'll call this person Pat) was not really welcome. Well Pat was doing his/her usual thing and trying to be controlling and judgmental. As usual, I was doing my thing and keeping fairly quiet.

Until...

On a pit stop, Pat decided to get in my car and make others move because he/she wanted the front seat. This was done in the usual "I am more important than everyone" style that Pat enjoys using in everyday situations. That was a breaking point.

In a way that was just angry and direct enough to leave me smiling when I woke up, I said to Pat, "YOU! You do NOT get to sit in my car, let alone sit shot gun! Get out of here now before I kick your butt into next week! And start being less of a jerk to me and all the other people you constantly make feel like crap! Or else!"

So, Pat went along his/her way and sat in the other car. Those in my car all applauded me and honestly, I was shocked that Pat actually listened to me. It was to my great surprise that Pat actually listened and was intimidated, because in real life Pat is a stubborn, stupid, overly-opinionated JERK.

So take that, Pat.

Almost a year?!

I suppose a good excuse for not writing is that my life is not all that exciting. I'm a poor college student who lives in the middle of nowhere (aka amongst the corn). I am interested in basically everything, much like any person in their early twenties.

The only thing that really is going on in my life is that I'm futilely job-searching. I'm from a town almost as small as the one I go to school in, and my tiny network in a large city has recently been no help. I am completely lost as to where my life is going. I am contemplating Grad school, which is ridiculous considering the infectious Senioritis I am currently suffering from. Then again, what the heck else am I going to do? I am on multiple job search sites daily. Between the obvious all-caps, too many exclamation-point-using questionable posts and the 3-5 years experience "entry-level" jobs, I could scream.

Employers, here's a small amount of advice from a job-seeker. I am not going to apply for you job that looks like this:

ENTRY LEVEL ENTRY LEVEL ENTRY LEVEL MARKETING/SALES, NO EXP. NEEDED!!!!! APPLY NOW!!! TRAINING AVAILABLE!!!! Are you a team player? self-starter? Blah Company is looking for young talent JUST LIKE YOU! Spaces fill immediately!

Honestly, if you write a job post like that, I automatically think that you aren't even a real company but some creepy pyramid scheme or something.

Then there is the "entry-level" job that requires 5 years of experience. If I am at an entry-level position after 5 years of experience, I'll be leaving that company. Really? 5 years? Don't list as entry level if you don't want entry level.

Bah! You should all hire me to write your job postings. You need me.