| Much to say, few ways to say it |
[Apr. 7th, 2008|11:21 pm] |
As always, things happen more often than I am able to tell about them, and I'll kave to skim over some things, in fantastically highlighted form!
-School is annoying. I'm not doing very well in my testing, but otherwise I'm doing alright. Need to catch up.
-Money is stressful.
-Apparently I thought I had more to say.
Basically the newest thing is that I have just been hired at Washington Mutual! I'm no longer slave to the bagel trade, but rather a slave to the monies :) (And I only realized after I was hired that, fuck, I'm jewish. My last two jobs have illustrated and perfected the stereotype) I had two interviews, one formal and one informal. After the second one they said they'd get back to me in a couple days and let me know after they had a couple more interviews. About a half hour later they called me and offered me the job.
The background check process was long and obnoxious, but hey, it's a bank. I had to get all of my employment history, all of the long lost phone numbers, my previous addresses... et cetera all together, and enter it on this user-unfriendly website for background checks. I was mailed a packet, got my fingerprints done at a police station, mailed them back, and found out this morning that my background check passed and that I've been offered the job. Exciting! I start two weeks from today, on the 21st.
I'm definitely looking forward to the change of pace, specifically because I think this is not only a good job change, but a good career move for me. It gets me going in some sort of direction, instead of being in stagnation as I have been at the bagel shop. And that, if not for the pay raise, is one good reason to be happy about this switch.
Sarah may soon switch her job, too. She's found a position at the Capitol that pays poorly but would afford her great opportunity, especially because "Worked for the State of Fucking Representatives of the Texas Fucking Legislature looks great on a resume. It would afford her more time for school, more time with me (yay) and more normalcy as far as daytime goes
-Infected Mushroom's show a couple weeks ago must have been the best I've seen in a long time. Tool and NIN are the only rivals that come to mind, and I think the energy at this show far surpassed the others. I had the chance to meet some awesome people there and not to mention, I was plenty drunk. I nearly pissed myself when, in the middle of a song, the singer broke out into "My own.... personal.... jesus...."
On a sadder note, my dog passed away a couple months ago. He had gotten to the point where he was so sick and old that he couldn't see or hear anything, and he lost all sense of where things were and what they did. He was a poor lost and confused old puppy. Being there to put him down may have been one of the harder things emotionally I've had to experience. I've never really dealt with death before, human or animal. All of it had been when I was much younger and didn't understand things fully. Being adult and inexperienced in the matter made things very difficult.
We had him cremated, so now he sits in a box on my desk.
I miss him.
After all of my weight loss, I'm just now starting to feel pretty good about my body. I've still got a tummy to lose, but my arms and chest are becoming something closer to "not-too-shabby". I've learned some cool new exercises to strengthen my abs and whatnot, so I don't actually feel like I have that far to go. It's the diet that's hardest to stick to.
I'm up to 93 GB of music. My hard drive is almost full. I need moreee. Mooooorrreee (This is your cue for recommendations)
I think that may be all I've got. Tomorrow it's study time. Going to read as much as I can of Philosophical Investigations by Ludwig Wittgenstein. All he does is talk in circles about how he doesn't actually know what he's talking about. Such is western philosophy. Then it's studying for my history exam.
Not much of a day off. Sleep time. |
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