Summer Suckage Subsides with Summer School Session

Polkamons News:

Episode 12 has been written, but I'm struggling to find the time or means to record lines and do the video work. With any luck, it'll be done before the summer ends, but things may not be looking as promising as I thought. Read below for information on my life's happenings that may give you some insight on the cause of this delay:

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So to put this in the simplest terms possible, my summer has sucked balls so far. I applied for about 8-9 jobs, but this damn economy has limited my options to nothing but going back to the movie theater where I worked last summer.

For anyone who is unfamiliar, working at the movie theater is being paid barely over minimum wage to serve food to, and clean up after, the epitome of obese America. I just can't comprehend how some people can stand in a concession line for 15 minutes straight debating against oneself on the best combination of nachos, hot dogs, pizza, pretzels, large popcorn extra butter, and a large DIET Coke. Thank you sir, that'll be 185 dollars. And let's not forget the roughly 20% of people who throw their still full Cherry Cokes into the trash at the end of the movie, or leave their crap in the seats and cup holders for the employees to pick up. People, come on. You already wasted your health and money buying this overpriced garbage. At least burn off three of those popcorn kernels by picking up your own trash! Oh well, at least every 9-hour shift I work provides me with an extra $45 towards buying myself a Mac. Joy.

Which is largely why I'm planning to head back to school early to take a summer class. I know, right? Summer school at will? What's wrong with you? What's wrong with me is that I've had a remarkably boring AND frustrating summer, and I need to get away. The campus is really beautiful, especially during the summer with not many people there. Fortunately, some of my friends are also taking summer classes, and I'll be rooming with two of them in an apartment close to where my freshman year dorm is. I'll also get the chance to take a Spanish class that'd I otherwise have to wait a year to enroll in. Voy a ser un mexicano muy pronto! I've been told I look Mexican before...

What's more, the school is always looking for students to work over the summer. The bookstore, the gym, the music hall, I'm almost guaranteed any decently paying job that doesn't involve spending all waking hours popping popcorn (believe me, you'd hate it too rather quickly). So yeah, spending the rest of my summer with friends, a campus full of stuff to do with no crowds, nearly definite employment, Español, and a bit of solitude and space to clear my head? If this plan doesn't bomb at the last minute, I'm set!