Thank you, Ms I-tunes. (Rant)

--I have to say that listening to "Psycho Killer" is providing some sort of catharsis for my crankiness. Yes, sorry, we're in a little "anger-ball moment" right now. Just in short, I'm feeling 'beaten down by the man' and I'm pissed at the annoyance of bureaucratic stuff like various hoops and forms and all of those lovely things that grad. school is known for. Which is the reason I took this year off in the first place. So, I've tried to flow the way that is good and some of it's working, but the residency forms and so-forth are vexing and I couldn't sidestep it by re-applying, which I was hoping for. Which means, now I have to apply and the forms are "promise your first born, your kidney" bad and are definitely composed with the undergraduates in mind. Okay, I feel bad for them, but this is insane. We're past the milennium now and I've been here for 7 years, I have been paying taxes in AZ, I've voted, I'm not relying on my parents for support, my car is registered here, but because I didn't account for 6 months of employment, as I wasn't employed, and other insanity that's too long to get into, I'm still not a resident. It's never enough. Who can I complain to? Not that it'll necessarily help. But seriously folks, come on.
--I thankfully talked to a sane person named Joan in the Dean's office, so yay Joan. Joan was very practical even though she'd had a bad day herself. So, one part done. And I have already had enough mumps, measles, rubella shots, since I've applied to two grad. programs. So, thank the gods that that's on track.
--So I've been trying to figure out what to spend my 30 buck gift cert from Barnes and Noble. I'm leaning towards Old School Sesame St, though it's slightly too much for the cert., like 3 bucks worth. Which is annoying, but as it's something I can tell my cousin that I bought and something I deeply want, I might just do it.
--Have also been looking at my undergrad bookstore online and they have a mud-brown t-shirt available. I might be a little harsh in that assessment, but not by much. Who looks good in brown, particularly that brown? I may attach the link if I get to it later. I also found a forest-green t-shirt which would be appropos as I was and still am a chica who likes green, particularly in college. It's a little lighter than I'd like. There's also a lovely-pair of red plaid pajamas from Eddie Bauer that's on sale.
--Yes, I'm very aware when my retail therapy moments occur. Usually, when I feel like hitting my head against a table at the futility of it all. So I've bought Ellen, Season 3 and various other things, some for me, and some for others. Ellen was very cute and funny.
--Oh, and I'm pretty sure that my toaster is going to go up in flames soon. I have English Muffins in the fridge, which is a major switch, as I tend not to buy a lot of bread. I've been toasting them, and there's that odd smell, that maybe something's burnt on the bottom and my crumb tray needs to be cleaned out.
--Am feeling slightly more even now. As I've had some food, which probably helped. And like most of the major food groups were there. Had an adhoc egg mc muffin, with egg and cheese, carrots, and yogurt with kiwi fruit.