The _________thing that happened this week.

Journal from Sept. 11th, 2008

The best thing that happened this week was, I got paid.
I've been living from check to check since June and I am finally entering a time when I actually have "extra" money for myself. Granted, it's not a lot but now I can go get a real haircut or go to the movies or buy some comic books.
Actually, today I'm ordering from Sibies 1)because I didn't have enough time to make my lunch this morning and 2)because I had a few extra bucks. Mikey even gave me some quarters to help out so now I can even go do my laundry.
Also, LF taped America's Next Top Model for me so I can go home tonight after class and laugh at Tyra.
I am also psyched because we are working on guitar this week in music class. I am doing an interesting study that looks at the wedding together of Rap Music with Rock Music, specifically using the electric guitar.

Confidence

A friend asked me if I had issues with self esteem. She asked me because she has a tape playing in her head telling her that she's not good enough and will never be worth it. I stopped listening to those tapes long ago. It's not that I'm oblivious to what outer influences are pushing on me. It's just that I never let that bullshit get to me. If I started to doubt myself I would shut it down until the tapes no longer affected me. I've been doing this since middle school. I think before that, I just didn't think about it. In elementary school, the pressure to be this and that wasn't as demanding although, even in elementary school, I was an odd duck. Sports helped too with confidence. I was always naturally good and knew, that even as a female, I would get praised for my athleticism. That, combined with my ability to laugh at many situations, saved me from tapes by overpowering them.
So when the tapes are going, press stop, rewind and re-record. Easier said than done. Especially when they're working overtime.

Let's begin

Hi. I'm Shannon and I am new to blogging. Sort of. I'm going to try and make this a regular thing but... I have been writing journal entries everyday for the past couple of months so who knows what will come of this.
Right now I am sitting at one of my places of employment waiting for the prick of noon. My weekends have been super full and this one is no different. I woke up around 4:30a this morning to go in for a 5:30a shift. Ah 24 hr comic book day. So bizarre watching the sun come up. 30 more minutes and I can go home and rest for a bit before helping my neighbor with some chores.