Snowed In....Might as well post something

The Virginia Capitol after last weekend's snow

For the second straight weekend, I, like most of you, am snowed in once again. My weekend thus far has consisted of napping, laying on the couch, listening to music, wasting time on Facebook, reading, going to the gym, and oh yeah, eating....A LOT. I returned from the gym earlier (after feeling really guilty about that dark chocolate peanut butter that I scarfed down at lunchtime), with the mindset that I was going to be good for the rest of the evening and save those burned calories for tomorrow's Super Bowl watching party. But, as soon as I got back to the apartment, my roommate says "We should order pizza!" I thought that sounded like a fabulous idea, but was reluctant to admit so at first, as the guilt hit me again, so I attempted to dance around the subject by responding with "Do you really think any place is delivering in this weather?" Well, to make a long story short, it turned out that Papa John's was indeed delivering (and the 2 hour wait that we were told to expect turned out to actually only be a 30 minute wait!). So, 2 parmesan garlic breadsticks, 2 slices of green pepper & onion pizza, 1 container of that infamous garlic dipping sauce, and 1 Diet Coke later (as if the Diet part is supposed to balance out the rest of that meal, ha!), I am again slammed with that guilty feeling of wasting my time at the gym. Maybe I'll order a salad while watching the big game tomorrow....but then again, I wonder how many cheese fries or nachos will be consumed in addition to that salad? Hahaha....okay, enough about food....you know you must be bored when you blog an entire paragraph about eating.

On a random note, one amusing discovery that my roommate and I made a few days ago (and have been enjoying ever since) was that among the plethora of digital cable channels we receive, there's a channel called CMT Pure, which plays country music videos 24-7. (You remember, like the original CMT used to do before it got all corrupted with random TV shows that have nothing to do with country music). This has taken me back to my roots and gotten me back on a country music kick....which makes me miss singing karaoke even more than before, but alas I'll hopefully get a chance to get back to that soon!

Switching topics entirely, I'm still trying to figure out what to do with my life once session ends in mid-March. I'm not usually one to plan things too far in advance, but having a job is kind of important, so I've been trying to act like a responsible adult and have been working on job applications....so far I just keep hearing back that most stations aren't hiring and won't be for at least several months, and even then, they want someone with "experience." I've decided that "experience" is one of my new least favorite words. In college, everyone advises you to get an internship, because apparently that's supposed to count as experience. So, I heeded their advice, applied to the NJC, got accepted into the program, moved to DC, and completed the internship, (while having the summer of my life in the nation's capital!). I came back to JMU last fall to finish my last semester of undergrad, thinking that I now had the "experience" that I needed to get a job. I mean, I worked for a TV news program in DC, and have lots of hands-on video/studio experience from SMAD classes...that should count for something, right? Well, apparently not....I'm sorry, this wasn't intended to be a rant about my fruitless job search. I'm more than grateful that my current boss so graciously offered me this position, and I realize that many December grads still haven't found even a temporary job yet. It's just discouraging to realize that I'm stuck in a loop wherein I need experience to get a job, but I need a job in order to get experience. In the meantime, I can feel my videography skills getting more and more rusty with each passing day....okay, that may be an exaggeration, but seriously, the saying goes that "if you don't use it, you lose it," and I certainly don't want to lose the skills that my parents paid 3.5 years of tuition for me to learn.

Okay, on that note, I think I'm going to go enjoy a cup of coffee while getting back to more country music videos. Enjoy being snowed in and be careful if you have to venture out in this weather!!!

Oh yeah, I almost forgot.....Go Saints! :)