Nope

Well, word is back. Six open jobs became two. While I was defiantly in the top six, I didn't make the top two. They were able to extend the temp contract to end of March, but only because they still need to fill some phone slots. I'm going to check the job postings here and apply my ass off. And then hope? Yeah. Well, no use not.


Still going to be poor company for a bit I'd wager.

Fucking Idiots

The employees at Mill City Museum are fucking retards, who have once again forgot how to work their FUCKING alarm. While this is only the second Saturday in a row of this, if pattern holds from last year, it won't be the last.

It's not that fucking hard you gods damned retards, its really not. Use your fucking alarm right. It's all I ask from you.

Random Blog

So I'm still at work, and as per my new hours I will be until 7 for the foreseeable future. It's kinda nice so far. Things start to get kinda slow about 5:30, and after a day of one call after another, that's a nice break. Time to do a little reading, and as long as I remember my jump drive, some typing too. It's nice.

The weekend was fairly good. I'm not sure why either. I mean, friends came over on Saturday and we watched Bender's game and then some Penn and Teller BS! Which was a good time. Alas, I missed the MISFITS movie night, but that's okay. MISFITS has many events. I think I'm going to really try to go to them too. Meet some people and all that jazz.

But, yeah, I've been in a good mood of late. The reassurance of knowing where my bill paying is coming from is a nice change from the last year. I think things are defiantly looking good for me. I'm going to ride that for as long as I can too. I've actually felt like I should do something proactive about not being single anymore too. I haven't felt like that in awhile. Damned if I know what to do with that, but there it is. *chuckle*

Training Done

So, 4 weeks of training behind me at last. We had our big final review/test on Friday. You have to get 90% or something to be able to take phone calls. So, I missed three questions out of at least 60 some. Probably closer to 100. So, yeah, I passed. The main trainer asked me afterwords why I was so nervous. I should have told them that I wasn't. However, the rest of the class calmed down a lot when I pretended. *shrug* Didn't cost me anything.
In other words, I'm going to be taking calls as of Monday from the sounds of things. I just need to keep up with this and I should hopefully go full time come March.

Also, on a late election note, I've know spoken to at least one black man who's not pleased with Obama being elected. The good Mr. Slaughter wanted to be the first black President, and is a little bit vexed that someone's beaten him to the punch. So, remember, when you see Alan Slaughter for President in about 12 years or so, give him a vote. I know he'd appreciate it.

All Hallows Eve

So, the Hallowene parties I went to averaged out to okay. The Whore House was kinda slow, decent crowd but not a whole lot actually going on. Cheries (I wonder if I spelled that even close to right?) was the Cosmics/O'Gara's crowd. Nothing wrong with that mind ya, people I like to hang out with, but not much for new faces. Decent chit-chat for the most part. It was also nice to have the night off from work. I think my next day off will probably be Thanksgiving. Unless I can pick-up an extra shift somewhere. I probably can. Hell, I'm probably going to pick up an extra half shift next weekend to make up some time from this week. Maybe the week after too. No rest and all that jazz.

My Arthur Dent costume went better thenI expected. In fact, more people then I expected figured out who I was right off. A few more figured it out after I dropped into my stumbling Arthur Dent voice. A few just didn't get it. but then again, I was dressed as a character from The Hitchhiker's Guide, so that's to be expected. I had a towl, that aquired some whiskey for me to suck on as the night wore on, and my bathrobe, slippers, a pair of sleep shorts, and a teeshirt that just seemed very Dent-like. I also carted around a copy of the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy as well. The novels, not an actual copy of that wholy remarkable book. Maybe some other time. I think I could probably do up a database using Access. Or just some prompts in my graphing calculator. Whatever.

Saturday, Ethan and Berliner swung by to hang out and watch some TV. It shaped up to a nice day.

Now, if I can survive the last week of training for my new job, that'd be cool. I guess I'm doing well though. We had a review test (they don't call it a test, but it is) on Friday. They don't expect people to get done with more then half of the questions in the hour they give. I was pissed that I didn't get the last one finished. So close. And all of them were basically right too. A few little partial flubs here and there, and one I just could not find the answer to, but that's all. I'm really hoping to score one of the permanent postions at the end of the temp contract.
It'd be nice.

Week in review

Well, for what seems like the first time in months, I actually have something to talk about under this heading.

So, as I've been so happy about, I've started a new job this past week. Fucking finally! Anyway, it has 4 weeks of training before I hit the floor to support West Legal Publishing. Lots of very expensive books, that have annual upkeep in the thousands of dollars. Yep, for books. Neat huh? Anyway, most of the training is learning our way through the multiple software suites used, including a somewhat prevelant German database (from the looks of it) called SAP. It's not too hard, just another chunck of software to learn to use. I think my biggest problem might be making sure I don't say the wrong greating when I take a call. That would be embarasing...
When I'm finally on the floor, my shift is going to run 10:30 to 7:00. While I was hoping to score the 10:00 to 6:30 shift or a 9:30 to 6:00 shift, that one will be okay. I can sleep till about 9 every day, and easily make it to work on time. A bit of a late shift, but not too bad. Although, it will mean I'll be running late for game. Which is, of course, the reason I wanted an earlier shift. *chuckle* We'll see how things go if they decide to keep me on (man, I really hope they do to, I'd love some steady work, no worries about being out of work between jobs again).

I'm also a big fan of their days off (unpaid, but I'll live). Thanksgiving and the day after off. That's going to be REALLY nice. As will having Xmas and the day after Xmas off. I have no problem working Xmas eve. None at all. And while I won't get New Year's Eve off, I will get New Years Day off. Lawyers Holidays...

Best thing about this though? All the hot, HOT bill-paying action I'm going to get up to next week!! Aw-yeah, is it going to be out of sight! I mean, just wild, WILD good times. While I like getting all the phone calls (I get lonely too sometimes...), they have such a hostile tone. They really want my money. REALLY want it. Now I can finally get the wolf a bit further from the door. (We've been getting close these last few weeks, and alas I've had no vodka to give said wolf...)

Let's see, what else. Oh, I'm just under $40 from finishing off my Full Metal Alchemist collection. I found a site that has all the ones I'm missing (8, 9, 10, 11, and 13. I won 12 at CONvergance a few years ago) for $7.99 each. And they're not even pirates or anything! While it's not on the "to-get" list right off, I should be able to make the purchase next month. Hopty!
So, yeah, that's that. Now I just have to get back into the swing of these long Friday/Saturday's.

"Sex Drive"

So, I had the chance to pick up some extra hours today (well, technically Saturday) doing security at a movie screening (in other words, making sure no one is using a camcorder).

For Sex Drive.

Oh dears gods. I was payed, PAYED, to be there, and I still feel like I wasted my time. It was horrid. Except for Seth Green as the sarcastic and mechanically skilled Amish, and that's more becuase Seth Green can act then anything the script did. Wow though, that movie was painful. And this sneak preview only bosted about, oh, 7 people. Two of whom left about 30 minutes in. I wish I could have left then too. I told them as much. They laughed, and expressed their sympathies. Sure, there was a decent amount of boob in the movie. And, ya know, twelve years ago that might have helped carry thing a bit more. Back, ya know, when I couldn't just go and by porn.

I was left with the question though. Was there a time I would have found that funny? I'm pretty sure the answer is no. Yeah, just no. Now, i'm not saying friends couldn't have dragged me to it in High School, but not my first choice.

Employeed at last....

Kelly Services finally found something for me. Some more customer service oriented stuff for Thomson-Reuters. It's a long-term contract, so I'm bus till February at least, and if I'm lucky, I'll land a full time spot there. I don't want to go through this BS again anytime soon. So, now all I have to do is juggle things for another two weeks, and things should begin to work out again. Finally. Sure, all my credit cards are in repayment plans and the people with my student loans are not happy with me, but fuck 'em. I kept a roof over my head, and only needs to borrow a few hundred from family to keep myself afloat over about three months of being more-or-less out of work. Thank Discord that's over...

Weeks keep slipping by me

So, this week has been a bit more down than up. I'm hoping for better next week though.

I had two job interviews this week. Both of which I feel went well. I'm really hoping I get the job I interviewed for on Monday I really want. Not just in that "wow, a full time job, that'd be awesome" kinda way, but in a "wow, I think I'd really like that job" kinda way. The interview on Thursday is for a temp position, but they're big on the temp to hire thing. Which would also be okay. Solid work would be nice at this point.

I had some hours this week. Worked on Tuesday, Wednesday, and half of Thursday at EcoLab in their production facility. It was okay. Had to spring for a pair of steel toes though. That sucked. Only reason I had the money for it was that I sold a big chunk of my D&D mini's (about 750 or so figures. Kept maybe a 100 or so to use for gaming, and two warbands in case a game ever comes up). I even sold my Drizzit. The only collectable item that's come through my hands that's actually been worth anything. Oh well, I never liked Drizzit anyway, and he kinda sucked in the game. Fuck it, it was just shit taking up space, I just wish I'd have had the time to sell it on Ebay, and not to Cliff's, where I only saw a third of what I could have got. However, I really did need the money right then and there.

Anyway, EcoLab, they kinda played me temp to fire. I was supposed to get work through Friday. However, it just so happens on the day I need to take half off (since I was guaranted that time off for job interviews when I took the post), I was informed that they wouldn't need me on Friday. Huh. Fuck 'em I guess. Didn't get much more then a shit-ton of paper cuts from that place anyway.

Also on the temp front, I was informed that Thomson-Reuters called Kelly Services to tell them how great of an employee I am. I guess I did three weeks worth of work in three days, then more, and had a great attitude the whole time. Aparently they almost never call in with feedback, good or bad, so this compliment is all but unpresidented. Go me! (And yet, I can't seem to find a job... go figure, huh?)

In other news, Cosmics (the coffee house that has employed my roommate for the past 6 years), closed on Monday. I guess they were having money troubles. However, they reopend on Thursday. No one is sure how long that will last mind you, but there it is.

Not a whole lot else to report though. Waiting for next week, when hopefully something will happen. Hopefully.

Temp to fire...

I did it again. I worked my way right out of a day and a half of pay. That's right, I worked so hard, and was so damn fast with it, that I finished ahead of schedule, and lost about a day and a half of pay. How 'bout them apples.

Temp to fire.

So, now, here I am, coming up on another week without a job. Luckily, I have an interview on Monday for a real job. Office work, but as long as they pay a decent amount, I don't care. And maybe if that doesn't work out, a life of crime? Or politics. I don't know which would make me feel more disgusted with myself. Anyway, wish me luck on the job interview. This one is even lagit, no crappy door to door sales work or trying to break into the insurance market again. Just normal, steady work. Work I won't be dumb enough to gamble away this time. God I hope I get this one...

Work of a Sort at Least

Work of a sort at least
The lead though Kelly services didn't pan out, so they're on the hunt for me again, and I'm putting in a full week at the weekend job. As well as an extra four hours tonight. Midnight to Noon. I'll survive it and all, it's just sucky long is all. Ah well. It could be worse. This way I'm going to clock about 20 hours of OT for the next paycheck too...:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

Plans as they are is to set up with another temp service and look into some headhunters too. Might get lucky. I'll send out another slew of resume's too, not that it's done me much good. Maybe the law of averages will decided to work in my favor. Don't laugh. I see you laughing over there. Bastard. Meh.

In other news, Coyote Dread gave me a set of Baoding Balls. I'm practicing with my left hand. They're cool. The chimes in them are pleasant. I've wanted a set for a long time, and when Coyote heard that, gifted me the set he had just bought. Mad props to the Coyote. Thanks man, I really dig them. I'm even starting to do okay with the left hand.

This evening was nice though. Hung out at the Cybernetic Juggernaut's place. Watched a movie, had some good eats, hung out with friends, played some Katamari Demaci. Good times, good times.

Anyway, if you're looking for me this week, from Midnight till half past Eight in the AM, this is where I'll be... It's a good chance to wok on my fanfickery, catch up on my reading, and other such efforts (ah, who am I kidding, I'm going to spend most of it watching movies). So, ah, not all bad?

Frikafrak

So, it turns out one of the interviews was for a insurance sales company (I've walked away from better companies, and I walked away from that one too), and a door-to-door sales job. So, yeah, not a whole lot of luck with those.

On the plus side, a little bit of activity out of Kelly again. Hopefully something will come of it sooner than later.

Wish I could afford a bottle to hang out with for the evening. Oh well, probably for the best that I can't.

Fingers Crossed

So I have two job interviews on Monday. I've sent out my resume to something like 25 (maybe 30, I lost track really) business on Thursday and Friday. Let's see how this shit goes.

This is just getting fucking insane...

Okay, so I'm starting my third week without a job, and I'm god fucking damn getting sick of it. I've been sending out applications for all three weeks, I've had one interview through Kelly for another temp position that if nothing else will hopefully start up next week. I've had one other interview with Prudential Financial, but I don't really want to try my hand at the selling insurance/financial planning thing again. I'm going a little bonkers here. The lack of job is just incredibly frustrating. I'm beginning to wonder what sort of alternative work I could do (read knuckle-dragging), but I don't think I'm quite there yet.

I get it. Okay. Risks are bad. My luck doesn't hold to that sort of shit. Fine. I get it. No more rolling the dice with life. NYLIC was a bad plan. Fine. I know that now. I've learned my lesson, honest to god I've learned my lesson. Now, please, whoever can call of the mother fucking imp who's in charging of making my life difficult, please, just have him let some sort of steady work through. I'd really, really appreciate it. And I promise, I've learned my lesson already. I'm ready to sell out, let that chance slip through.

Catching Up

So, in the few weeks since I've last posted, I've again changed temp jobs. Since Ohio pulled it's funding from the quite smoking plan that I was working for, Kelly Services had to find me something new. So, now I'm working at MTF (an organ bank) doing paper work for incomming donations (what they call the coolers full of human remains. neat huh?), assembling charts, scanning charts, filling paper work, etc. Not a bad gig. I'm hoping I can rustle up something that pays better next time around of course. And that I don't need to sufer another week of not having a job in between. That's ugg. So far so good though.

I'm totally not organ legging. Totally.

Anyway...

I hung out at the Miller's today. While I short changed myself on about 4 hours of sleep, which is going to make this shift fraking long, I spent a good chunck of time hanging out with friends I havn't been able to hang out with in awhile. I can sleep today. Which, alas, means I'm going to have to bow out of the Saint's game that Tony wants the group to go to. I'd love to go, I really would, the Saint's seem like a fun game to go to. However, I just really need the sleep more. I have game more game tomorrow night, and then another game on Monday night to run. How did I get to the point where I'm gaming 6 days a week???? (Monday: SW mini's/Pick-Up D&D, Wednesday: Rotating RPG, Thursday: Mage LARP, Friday: Pedro's SWSaga Ed game, Saturday: Source Summer game, Sunday: Exalted) I mean, even for me, this is looking like a bit too much. Huh.

FUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCK...

So, they want to change the schedule to have us work four weekdays and a weekend day. While I'm basically okay with that, there's a bit of a problem. I work another job on the weekend. I work from 1230 at night to 830 in the morning. These guys are only open until 5:30 in the evening. That means stating about, oh, 9:30 or 10 am. This could be bad. Shit, I don't want to dig for a new job goddamnit....

Details will follow, since I need to call into Kelly later today. Like in 5 minutes or so...


((EDIT)): Well, for the next 2-4 weeks, I'm working Tue-Fri and Sunday. Which means Sunday becomes a hell shift day as well. However, I do get Monday off for it.

FUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCK...

So, they want to change the schedule to have us work four weekdays and a weekend day. While I'm basically okay with that, there's a bit of a problem. I work another job on the weekend. I work from 1230 at night to 830 in the morning. These guys are only open until 5:30 in the evening. That means stating about, oh, 9:30 or 10 am. This could be bad. Shit, I don't want to dig for a new job goddamnit....

Details will follow, since I need to call into Kelly later today. Like in 5 minutes or so...

Less work

Well, they canceled the OT earlier this week. We're caught up enough on the project to not worry need the OT. So, I didn't stay late Yesterday, nor am I coming in over the weekend. I'm kinda relieved. OK, not kinda, more very. Ugg, I need a day off.

My weekday job has offered us as much OT as we'd care to take until this subproject is done. I clocked some extra hours Friday, yesterday morning after work, and I'm planning to do the same this morning. I'm going to try and pull off 12 hour days on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday. Also, a few extra hours on Wednesday and Friday as well. Probably more next weekend too. This is of course in addtion to the part time job. So, next week, when all is said and done, I'm looking at clocking no less then 70 hours, probably like 74 if I can pull it off. And the same thing next week maybe. And, ah, the week after if I can. I've already asked for May 3rd and 4th off already, and I won't be clocking any OT that weekend either. I don't know how long we're gonna have this availible, so I'm going to make the best of it. I'm just going to be fucking burned out. I've got bills to pay though.

"And miles to go before I sleep. And miles to go before I sleep."

Most interesting one so far this week

Okay, this was just a few minutes ago. Blog op from work.

Smoker on phone: "Why do I want to smoke even though I know it's going to kill me?"
Me: "I'm sorry sir, I really can't answear that one. You're going to need to speak to your doctor on that one."
SoP: "I have lukimia, and if I smoke, I'm going to die. So why do I want to smoke?"
Me: "Sir, I'm very sorry, I don't have any way to answear you."
SoP: "Ok, thanks, I'll try my doctor."

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