July 29, 2014

Today I was supposed to work from two o'clock to eight o'clock. Around one o'clock they decided they only needed me from four o'clock to six o'clock. An hour later it was decided that I wasn't needed. So there went my plans for the day. The manager said he would probably be getting rid of projection shifts for a little while and wondered if I wanted some door shifts. I told him to give them to people who needed the money for rent. I know that if I were depending on the theater to pay rent and all my shifts were getting cut I would be getting a little nervous. School starts in two weeks and I should have enough money saved up to see me through until I start getting that paycheck again. My shift on Thursday got cut back to just going in and making sure everything was ready for Friday. We'll see if that gets cut, too.

While at work I was going to work on a new crochet pattern, instead I did that at home, unpaid unfortunately. A friend posted a Tunisian (or Afghan) crochet stitch and it looked cool so I clicked on it. I now know what long crochet hooks are used for. I got one years ago with my grandma's collection of knitting needles and didn't have a clue what its purpose was. It turns out, there are stitches, or at least one stitch, where you keep the stitch on the hook as you work your way to the left, and then pull it off as you work back to the right, without ever turning the work. It is pretty cool. The Tunisian stitch results in a very curled piece so anything made with it needs to be blocked, something that I have never actually done but have always been interested in trying.

So instead of working today, my day consisted of watching YouTube videos and crocheting. I've had worse days. I've also had more productive days but summer is almost over so I don't mind having some lazy days.

I also tried a bit of Firefall tonight. I free-to-play sci-fi MMO. I've been following it for quite awhile and it was recently released. I signed up for the beta a long time ago, and may have been invited at one point but never actually played it. It is kind of fun but it really just made me want to play Tera. Tera looks better and the world seemed more evolved. Granted, I didn't make it very far in the Firefall world, so maybe the enemies become more diverse the further you make it in the game. I don't see myself playing much of Firefall, possibly never again, but I would be interested in reading novels or graphic novels about the world because that did interest me more than Tera, which is a game where I almost immediately lost track of the lore.

Tomorrow my mom, sister, and I are going on a mini-roadtrip to see a man about carpet for the new house. We're not exactly sure why we need to go out of town for this because there are carpet places in town, but I think the realtor recommended the guy so we're making the trip. We're going to go early and have lunch and go shopping before meeting with the carpet guy. Make a day of it.