Emily and I got a new puppy! Her name is Piggy and she is a Chihuahua-Shitzu mix (or so says the pet store). Check out the cute pictures.

I've been pretty relaxed for the last couple days. Not stressing out so bad about getting a job. Emily and I faxed out some resumes and sent some hard copies. If we can't find something soon, we're going to start doing what we really want to do: making an independent film. I have been working on a new script. I can't give away too much of the story; I'll just say that it's about a very late bloomer. We have been slowly piecing together the outline.

I've also been working on a way to play my music live without just hitting play on the sequencer. I chopped my best beats, leads, basses, etc, into loops and put them all in Ableton Live. That program rocks. Maybe I'll start playing some live shows.

I've finally finished my cover letters and resume. Emily started calling some production companies and the ones she spoke to want freelancers rather than full time employees. We have been so incredibly bored sitting around house. It's been so hard to just relax and do nothing. It's almost more stressful without responsibilities. We look for any excuse to get out.

At least I'm able to sleep again.

I thought that relaxing at the beach for a while would help calm all the stress of the last month, but it really hasn't. I've been here for almost a week and a half and I still do not feel calm. There is still so much to do! I've been working tirelessly on my resume and getting together information on local production companies. And it probably doesn't help that I have not been able to sleep. Even after I get a job, I'll have to find an apartment and move again. It's just one thing after another. When will it end?

Today we took it easy because it was Emily's birthday. We woke up late and took Turtle to get his nails clipped. They brought him back to us wearing a camouflage bandana and smelling like musk. The girl said that a guy this small needs all the help he could get. Much of the rest of the day was spent at pet stores and the local humane society, because Emily wants a dog for her birthday.

On the job front, we have compiled a 22 page list of local production companies, complete with contact info and company info. Some of them look crappy, others look good. We're going to start sending out resumes early next week. My parents have been hounding me to call this guy who is building a new production studio just south of Orlando. I finally called him today and found out that he won't be done with the construction for a few months. It sounds like a cool project though. Maybe we could work there when he's done.

Em and I spent all day working on our resumes. I didn't change mine that much, but somehow the Illustrator file got messed up, so Emily had to fix the design. Check it out in the "resume" section and tell me what you think. We were suppose to go into Orlando to look at a pug puppy, but by the time we were done with the resume stuff, the store was closed. Emily had a ton of problems with her design. She has a coffee stain on the resume to give it some flair, but it kept printing out green. It looks like a green tea stain instead of coffee. Oh well, it'll look good if she applies to any health conscious employers.

Abe said that he wants to start a rap group, so I made the music for a rap song. At least I think that it's a rap song. My last attempt turned out kind of crazy.

I have been very busy lately. The move went relatively smoothly. Surprisingly enough all of my stuff and all of Emily's stuff fit into an 8'x6' U-Haul. It was strange driving around pulling everything we own. Especially since there was so little of it. We spent the night just south of Savannah and completed the drive the next day.

Emily and I spent a day driving around downtown looking for apartments. We found a few that we liked. The Echilon at Uptown was the best. Then my dad convinced us that we should look for jobs before signing a lease. So, I spent a few hours looking up local production companies. Now I have 15 pages of listings and contact info. Hopefully we will not have trouble finding jobs.

The whole car issue has been resolved. Two months ago my parents bought another Toyota Camary (same year and model as mine) from my aunt and uncle. They bought the new Toyota hybrid and are still waiting for the shipment (the waiting list is 6 months long). I switched cars with my uncle, so that he would not be stuck without a car and so that I would not have to take the car my sister wrecked. The problem was that I already had the hitch installed on my old Camary. So, yesterday Emily and I went to the U-Haul store and waited 3 hours while they took the hitch off one car and installed it on the other. While we were there I spoke to the general manager about what type of trailer to take. Originally, I called U-Haul, described my car, and asked what was the largest trailer I could pull. They said the 8'x10'. When I went into the store to have the hitch installed, they said that I could take the 12'x6' (which is actually a much larger trailer). The general manager cleared things up. He said that I could pull the 12'x6', as long as it was empty. Emily immediately called to change our reservation.

We have spent the last few days packing. There are 13 full boxes in the basement, but our apartment looks the same as before we started packing. We are throwing out most of the remaining stuff.

Before leaving for Memphis, Emily asked if we could take my car. I had this strange feeling and said, "I don't want to take my car, because I think something will happen to it." So we drove to and from Memphis in her car without a problem (but we later found out that one of her tires was missing 2 of the 4 lug nuts). Yesterday I went out to my car and noticed that the back drivers side panel (behind the back wheel) was dented and scratched. I thought that someone must have hit my car and drove off. Upon closer inspection I noticed that the scratches were poorly painted over with a color that didn't match. It seems strange that someone would hit my car, then stop to paint it. I asked Lindsey if she knew anything about the dents and scratches, but she quickly said that she didn't. Her answer seemed a bit strange, so Emily called and asked her again. Lindsey continued to deny it, and continued to act strange.

Later, I picked her up so that she could borrow my car. Before I let her in, I had her walk around the side of the car and look at the damage. Again I asked her and again she denied it. Finally I said, "I'm not going to be mad, I just want the truth. "Fine," she said begrudgingly, "I'm sorry." (It was more of a "I'm sorry that I got caught") I told her that I was not upset about the car, but I was upset about her lying straight to my face.

The problem is still not resolved. She still claims to own half of my car, and still claims the right to use it whenever she wants. I have always been weary about lending it to her because she consistently brings it back late and filthy. "I MENT to clean it," she says, "I just had to go buy some medicine." It doesn't take 4 hours to buy medicine. And of course there is a big difference between MEAN and DO.

I've been in Memphis for the last couple days. Well actually I've been driving for the last couple days with a brief stop in Memphis. Emily, Kat and I left Friday night and returned Sunday night. It was 14 hours each way, so we were really only in Memphis for about 20 hours. We went for their dad's retirement / birthday party, which was held at their step-aunt's house. The party was very nice: live band, pool, good weather and catering from the best BBQ restaurant in the city. The drive was pretty uneventful, but very pretty. I expected to see much more rednecks and honky white trash stuff.

Cell phones are stupid. Well not really. They're stupid when they don't work and mine seem to never work. I had been having lots of problems with my Cingular phone. My reception sucked. I couldn't hear anyone and they couldn't hear me. The logical thing to do was to get a new phone. I have always heard that Verizon had the best service, my mom and sister were using them, so I switched. I have had the phone for 4 days now. It is a little better than the Cingular phone: everyone can hear me fine. The problem is that I can't hear them. Everyone sounds choppy and distorted. Plus the phonebook feature is retarded. When I try to find someone's name, I put in the first letter of their name, and it brings up everyone with that letter IN their name. For example, if I type in "E" for Emily, I get: Aaron Berger, Abe, Adam Langenbaum, Amanda Read, Beach, Beth, Bennison, Brett, Dave, Diane, Emily, Eric, Francesca, Home, Jamie... Because they all have the letter "E" in their name. Whoever invented this phone (Audiovox) should be shot. Luckily I have 15 days to exchange it.