cool things about the new place i work:

-shorts and an afi t-shirt
-working with brian, who's cool
-free slushies!  hello!
-listening to a social d/pennywise/ramones/pantera mixtape while ringing up customers
-free v and s
-christina queen's parents brought us chicken wings
-none of this "management and associates can't be friends" bullshit.  kim is cool and extremely nice and encouraging
-i know the customers
-no hats
-no nametags
-i'm happy

in short, it's a better deal.  it's not a stifling corporate environment.  i can wear what i like and the manager isn't there most of the time.  once i'm through with training, i'll be working alone, which will be cool.  the morning girl at the gas station, when i used to go in before school, would talk on the phone while working, so maybe i'll even try that out once i get the knack of stuff.  i'm actually liking work for the first time since boardwalk fries.  how about that?

jen and i are going to be going to the beach, hopefully.  we talked about it at my party on saturday, and then last night i called her with the news that i don't work again after tuesday until friday.  she works thursday, but we'll probably leave tonight or tomorrow morning and come back up thursday morning.  i miss the beach.  i miss lindsay.  a trip away with jen would solve both these problems.

L.I.E. has gotta be one of the most intense, creepiest movies i've ever seen.  i was dead tired last night, but just couldn't turn it off.  i loved it.  it was a good palate cleanser after soul survivors.