Thanks to everyone who wished me a happy birthday. It's nice to know people remember (read: can read alerts from LJ).

I finally have incontrovertible proof life is screwing with me. For some months now I've been looking for a copy of Magna Carta. This is a PS2 game, from Atlus, which means there are approximately seven copies of it on the North American continent. Needless to say my search was futile, conducted primarily as a curiosity. So on the Saturday of my vacation I went to the mall where tigerphoenix works, and in curiosity checked the EBX there. Nothing, of course. I burned my money on Eldest (the sequel to Eragon), and over the course of the week deemed myself too poor to buy anything else. So with cheer, I returned to the mall on Thursday and dropped by the EBX to monopolize the Fight Night demo. (Unsuccessfully.) The girl asked if she could help me, because it was just after the place opened and I was the only one there.

"Aaah, I already know you don't have what I want," I said.
"Well, what is it?"
"Magna Carta."
"Yes we do," she said, "we got a copy yesterday."

...So even MORE broke I walked away, but with that rare beast, a roleplaying game, in my hands. (And what a weird game system...)

I interviewed for a new job earlier today: Oncology Registrar in the Hillman Cancer Center. I don't think I'm going to be able to get them to give me more money than base starting pay, which means that moving there would not offer much in the way of financial advantage. But it WOULD be an actual, honest-to-God 9-5 job, with minimal overtime and dramatically less *stress*. Running on a regular schedule, I might be able to make more of myself than I currently do, particularly if I can set aside designated times each day or week for things like writing, cleaning, etc. I think I made a very favorable impression today. I'll know by the beginning of next week if I qualify for a follow-up interview. Keep fingers crossed for me. (I'm afraid that I'll lose the job by sole virtue of getting my hopes up. How cynical am I?)

I'm considering changing auto insurance, now that I've hit 25. I think I can get better rates. I need to do some comparison shopping. Anything that reduces my monthly bills would be nice. With no overtime at all available, I'm barely squeezing by. Looks like I'll be eating PB&J sandwiches for a while. Note to self: WRITE.

I would do so much better at writing if I weren't always stressed or exhausted. See notes above. In particular, all the shift changes I do are hell. I'll be working the next on-weekends as overnights... nyar! Grief I don't need.

Of course, I plan to sleep very little today. Kingdom Hearts 2 is coming out (in English, screw you all and your video game posting) and I'm getting mine after work. Caffeine is my friend.

I know I should update more. I apologize!