i have a story about this morning, but i'm pretty scattered right now. so you get another list.
well, well, well...in the past week things have been a little nutty...how nutty? i'll tell you...
this past week (from last friday to this friday)
i have:
worked (and taught a lot of spider lessons in the process)
voted
worn bunny ears
pissed off, and been pissed off by some 8th graders
bowled with my parents
visited my grandma in the hospital
watched sleeping beauty
carved a pumpkin
walked around in my favorite cemetary whilst wearing a stupid costume
drank chipolte-mango hot chocolate spiked with bailey's
fought (on stage)
worn my winter coat, scarf, gloves, and hat...in october...in atlanta...
cursed the weather
gotten a flat tire
changed said flat tire
gone to therapy
bought groceries
wondered what the hell to 'be' for halloween
took a few naps
looked for and applied to several jobs that don't look half-bad (fingers crossed ya'll)
teacher assissted a class
gone to a benefit in a stupid costume
seen two people i haven't seen since high school
done a show
shooed a squirrel from my laundry room...you heard me.
got tire repaired for FREE
went to the halloween store on halloween (mistake)
been to the thrift store
discovered my love for teh Family Dollar
still wondered what the hell to be for halloween
not replied to e-mails
replied to e-mails
been summoned to jury duty for the first time ever
and occassionally i've found time to eat and breathe, too.
so, i guess...all of this is to say that october has been retarded busy for me. Re-tarded. but mostly pretty fun. if only i were getting paid full time...
ps - did you know that the Halloween Spirit Stores sell hooker shoes? At reasonable prices? well, they apparently do...mama may be stopping by on Nov 1 (possibly 2) to see how low they're willing to go on those prices...yeesh.
happy halloween, fools!
Friday, October 31, 2008
Thursday, October 30, 2008
this has to be a joke, right?
i found this on a job website. the job title caught my eye... jesus...good luck, jerks.
Tri-Lingual Administrative Assistant (English, Spanish, Korean)
Full Time
Job Description:
JOB SUMMARY:Performs a variety of clerical and secretarial work necessary for the smooth operation of the Department; prepares correspondence, letters, memos, and reports and maintains databases necessary for office operations; prepares minutes for meetings; files and records information; answers the telephone and provides general information regarding the office operations and/or services; processing incoming/outgoing mail for an assigned area; coordinates special projects and Christmas projects. Must be able to speak English, Spanish, and Korean to communicate with clients.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: Transcribes dictation and/or types correspondence, minutes, newsletters, bulletins and/or reports in an accurate and timely manner; acknowledges routine correspondence not needed for dictation.Prepares, types, and processes correspondence, statistics, check requests, forms, agendas, schedules, minutes, etc.; ensures the accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of the same.Prepares and maintains office records, reports, calendars, databases, logs, lists, etc. in an accurate, complete, and timely manner; updates, posts and indexes information and inputs data into the computer to maintain office database records; researches office files to locate specific information found in documents, correspondence, lists, forms, etc. in order to prepare specific reports.Prepares and proofs various routine reports; compiles and records information and statistics necessary to generate routine reports; proofs reports for errors and to ensure they are grammatically correct.Answers telephone in a courteous and tactful manner; greets and assists employees and people from outside [the organization]; provides accurate and complete information regarding the office operations and/or services.
Pay: 10.00 - 13.00/Hourly
Experience Required: 2 yrs
Tri-Lingual Administrative Assistant (English, Spanish, Korean)
Full Time
Job Description:
JOB SUMMARY:Performs a variety of clerical and secretarial work necessary for the smooth operation of the Department; prepares correspondence, letters, memos, and reports and maintains databases necessary for office operations; prepares minutes for meetings; files and records information; answers the telephone and provides general information regarding the office operations and/or services; processing incoming/outgoing mail for an assigned area; coordinates special projects and Christmas projects. Must be able to speak English, Spanish, and Korean to communicate with clients.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: Transcribes dictation and/or types correspondence, minutes, newsletters, bulletins and/or reports in an accurate and timely manner; acknowledges routine correspondence not needed for dictation.Prepares, types, and processes correspondence, statistics, check requests, forms, agendas, schedules, minutes, etc.; ensures the accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of the same.Prepares and maintains office records, reports, calendars, databases, logs, lists, etc. in an accurate, complete, and timely manner; updates, posts and indexes information and inputs data into the computer to maintain office database records; researches office files to locate specific information found in documents, correspondence, lists, forms, etc. in order to prepare specific reports.Prepares and proofs various routine reports; compiles and records information and statistics necessary to generate routine reports; proofs reports for errors and to ensure they are grammatically correct.Answers telephone in a courteous and tactful manner; greets and assists employees and people from outside [the organization]; provides accurate and complete information regarding the office operations and/or services.
Pay: 10.00 - 13.00/Hourly
Experience Required: 2 yrs
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
whilst avoiding the depressing task of searching for a job
i'm going to do this...thank you mr myers
What were you doing 20 years ago?
1. i was 7 and about midway through the first part of second grade.
2. i hated cursive and got a lot of bad grades for my shitty handwriting. this still applies.
3. gifted class was my favorite thing.
4. i had just done my first non-school play that summer. i got a bigger speaking part than my sister which was - for far too long - a secret source of pride for me.
5. i wore neon colors and leggings.
What were you doing 10 years ago?
1. first semester of my senior year of high school.
2. i was 17 and had just thrown a giant hissy-fit about not being cast in the one-act competition piece.
3. i started doing forensics tournaments for dramatic interpretation. it was super-fun. those 10 minutes of blanche dubois took me far...
4. i was sick of high school and unenthusiastic about looking for colleges.
5. i attributed my new, higher composite SAT score to my first TMBG concert which i saw on the same day that i took the test for the last time. this is still true.
On 9/11/01
woke up and went to my 'self-defense for women' class at 8am with my roommate. we drove separately because i had to get gas. the people in the gas station looked at me weird. when i came home, my roommate who i had been in class with ran outside and told me a plane hit the WTC. my other roommate's class was cancelled and she came home about when the second plane was hitting. so we went to my first roommate's fiancee's place because he had cable and we didn't even have bunny ears. watched tv in horror. made a bunch of phone calls. listened to the radio in horror. sort of laughed at congress singing god bless america on the steps of the capitol (still one of the most bizarre moments in american history). went to rehearsal, which got cancelled. hardly slept.
What were you doing 5 years ago?
1. i was 22 and 10 months out of college.
2. interning at the alliance theatre in the artistic department. this - although like my current job it didn't really pay...but moreso - was one of my all time favorite jobs.
3. i was about to start working at starbucks. what a fucking nightmare.
4. still not over my ex-boyfriend at this point.
5. living with my dear friend erin in vinings who was teaching and getting ready to get married.
What were you doing 1 year ago?
1. pouting about something, i'm sure.
2. getting ready to move to my current apartment.
3. hating my job, but had just made the deciscion to leave when i started in on the holocaust tour. which was then but 4 months away.
4. goofing off.
5. wondering what the hell it was i was supposed to be doing.
6. looking forward to dancing on the grave of 2007.
What did you do yesterday?
1. work 8:30 - 2
2. napped too long 2:15-3:45
3. went to oakland with lara for a special halloween tour/froze my ass off 4:30-ish to 6:40-ish
4. CAMPUS workshop 7 - 9
5. nonsemble workshop 9 - 11:30
6. made dinner (or lunch, or breakfast..whatever) 12:30. though, i guess that's today.
7. crashed 2
What will you do today?
1. worked 8:30 - 2
2. changed my flat-ass tire 2:15-2:40
3. dicked around on the internet 3-3:45
4. went to gas station, dad's garage, therapy, and the atm 3:45 - 6
5. napped 6 - 7
6. grocery store 7:30
7. started laundry and made a little dinner 8:30
8. i'll probably look for a job soon and sleep at some point.
What will you do tomorrow?
1. work 8:30 - 2
2. look for a job/hopefully work out 2:15 - 5:00
3. probably nap a little 5-6
4. quick dinner 6-6:30
5. TA class 6:45 - 9:15
6. dick around until i pass out/figure out halloween costume-age
What were you doing 20 years ago?
1. i was 7 and about midway through the first part of second grade.
2. i hated cursive and got a lot of bad grades for my shitty handwriting. this still applies.
3. gifted class was my favorite thing.
4. i had just done my first non-school play that summer. i got a bigger speaking part than my sister which was - for far too long - a secret source of pride for me.
5. i wore neon colors and leggings.
What were you doing 10 years ago?
1. first semester of my senior year of high school.
2. i was 17 and had just thrown a giant hissy-fit about not being cast in the one-act competition piece.
3. i started doing forensics tournaments for dramatic interpretation. it was super-fun. those 10 minutes of blanche dubois took me far...
4. i was sick of high school and unenthusiastic about looking for colleges.
5. i attributed my new, higher composite SAT score to my first TMBG concert which i saw on the same day that i took the test for the last time. this is still true.
On 9/11/01
woke up and went to my 'self-defense for women' class at 8am with my roommate. we drove separately because i had to get gas. the people in the gas station looked at me weird. when i came home, my roommate who i had been in class with ran outside and told me a plane hit the WTC. my other roommate's class was cancelled and she came home about when the second plane was hitting. so we went to my first roommate's fiancee's place because he had cable and we didn't even have bunny ears. watched tv in horror. made a bunch of phone calls. listened to the radio in horror. sort of laughed at congress singing god bless america on the steps of the capitol (still one of the most bizarre moments in american history). went to rehearsal, which got cancelled. hardly slept.
What were you doing 5 years ago?
1. i was 22 and 10 months out of college.
2. interning at the alliance theatre in the artistic department. this - although like my current job it didn't really pay...but moreso - was one of my all time favorite jobs.
3. i was about to start working at starbucks. what a fucking nightmare.
4. still not over my ex-boyfriend at this point.
5. living with my dear friend erin in vinings who was teaching and getting ready to get married.
What were you doing 1 year ago?
1. pouting about something, i'm sure.
2. getting ready to move to my current apartment.
3. hating my job, but had just made the deciscion to leave when i started in on the holocaust tour. which was then but 4 months away.
4. goofing off.
5. wondering what the hell it was i was supposed to be doing.
6. looking forward to dancing on the grave of 2007.
What did you do yesterday?
1. work 8:30 - 2
2. napped too long 2:15-3:45
3. went to oakland with lara for a special halloween tour/froze my ass off 4:30-ish to 6:40-ish
4. CAMPUS workshop 7 - 9
5. nonsemble workshop 9 - 11:30
6. made dinner (or lunch, or breakfast..whatever) 12:30. though, i guess that's today.
7. crashed 2
What will you do today?
1. worked 8:30 - 2
2. changed my flat-ass tire 2:15-2:40
3. dicked around on the internet 3-3:45
4. went to gas station, dad's garage, therapy, and the atm 3:45 - 6
5. napped 6 - 7
6. grocery store 7:30
7. started laundry and made a little dinner 8:30
8. i'll probably look for a job soon and sleep at some point.
What will you do tomorrow?
1. work 8:30 - 2
2. look for a job/hopefully work out 2:15 - 5:00
3. probably nap a little 5-6
4. quick dinner 6-6:30
5. TA class 6:45 - 9:15
6. dick around until i pass out/figure out halloween costume-age
Friday, October 24, 2008
oh...dear...god...
it's another one of those moping about my life choices blog! yay!
so, yes. november is fast approaching. by my calculations, once i've written my rent check and paid for therapy and that other bill that's due in the first week of november, i'll have about $35 in my checking account until my next payday. which will be nov 14. this is assuming i don't buy groceries, take money out of my account, or need anything urgently that i don't currently own.
oh shit. Oooooohhhh shit.
so, um...i'm about to have a real big problem. i do have some savings, yes, and i'm comfortable taknig up to 200 more dollars out of savings. but, um...that's not gonig to be enough. let's put it this way...i'm making about 65% of what i had been making per month for the past, oh, 2.5 years. this is not okay. especially since what i had been making didn't really give me any money leftover at the end of each month for savings.
and i have been applying for any and every possible non-waiting tables job that is part-time that i can find. it's rough. it's really rough out there. and right now, it's not looking so good.
so...whereas before, i was having difficulty sleeping because of teaching the spider lesson at my otherwise nifty-but-part-time job, i am now having difficulty sleeping because of my financial situation created largely by my unwillingness to remain unhappy at a nightmare job.
theory - if it holds true - is that i am happier now. and to a large extent, yes. i am. but uh...wow am i worried. Wow. wow.
add to that, there's a lot of other shit happening right now. nevermind the whole national/international economic crisis and it being election season (which is stressful enough on its own), but then there's a lot of weird personal things happening right now including my further demonstrated inability to date successfully, octagenarian that i love and their many varied health crises, my sister having a really rough time of it right now, and impending mysterious changes at my artistic institute of choice (the one where don't get paid), and it's fucking cold already. it's uh...it's a lot.
and i hate to say it - especially since for the most part this year has been really positive for me, and on the whole i feel like i'm in a lot better 'headspace' now than i was 12 months ago - but the astrologers were right. 100%. i do, to an extent, fall into that horoscopery bullshit. no, my daily horoscope usually doesn't mean anything. and usually, i don't remember or care about the 'yearly astrological predictions', but all the ones that i read for 2008 essentially said that this year would be a doozy. and a doozy it has been. just...one thing after another this year. broad, sweeping, constant change. in all areas all teh time.
so i guess what i'm saying is, i'd like to get paid to be stable. maybe it's like a dare. like 'i dare you to not make any ginormous life changes for at least a week and to roll with the people around you making ginormous life changes in a pleasant manner and if you can do that, i'll give you $300'. Okay. sign me up. dare accepted! give me the $300! or even $100. or $10. whatever. i just...sigh..
okay, well...i'm going to go see if any online surveys need me to take them. i'm being dead serious, i signed up for like three 'get paid to take free online surveys' services yesterday. in addition to applying for a bunch of jobs.
heigh-ho...
so, yes. november is fast approaching. by my calculations, once i've written my rent check and paid for therapy and that other bill that's due in the first week of november, i'll have about $35 in my checking account until my next payday. which will be nov 14. this is assuming i don't buy groceries, take money out of my account, or need anything urgently that i don't currently own.
oh shit. Oooooohhhh shit.
so, um...i'm about to have a real big problem. i do have some savings, yes, and i'm comfortable taknig up to 200 more dollars out of savings. but, um...that's not gonig to be enough. let's put it this way...i'm making about 65% of what i had been making per month for the past, oh, 2.5 years. this is not okay. especially since what i had been making didn't really give me any money leftover at the end of each month for savings.
and i have been applying for any and every possible non-waiting tables job that is part-time that i can find. it's rough. it's really rough out there. and right now, it's not looking so good.
so...whereas before, i was having difficulty sleeping because of teaching the spider lesson at my otherwise nifty-but-part-time job, i am now having difficulty sleeping because of my financial situation created largely by my unwillingness to remain unhappy at a nightmare job.
theory - if it holds true - is that i am happier now. and to a large extent, yes. i am. but uh...wow am i worried. Wow. wow.
add to that, there's a lot of other shit happening right now. nevermind the whole national/international economic crisis and it being election season (which is stressful enough on its own), but then there's a lot of weird personal things happening right now including my further demonstrated inability to date successfully, octagenarian that i love and their many varied health crises, my sister having a really rough time of it right now, and impending mysterious changes at my artistic institute of choice (the one where don't get paid), and it's fucking cold already. it's uh...it's a lot.
and i hate to say it - especially since for the most part this year has been really positive for me, and on the whole i feel like i'm in a lot better 'headspace' now than i was 12 months ago - but the astrologers were right. 100%. i do, to an extent, fall into that horoscopery bullshit. no, my daily horoscope usually doesn't mean anything. and usually, i don't remember or care about the 'yearly astrological predictions', but all the ones that i read for 2008 essentially said that this year would be a doozy. and a doozy it has been. just...one thing after another this year. broad, sweeping, constant change. in all areas all teh time.
so i guess what i'm saying is, i'd like to get paid to be stable. maybe it's like a dare. like 'i dare you to not make any ginormous life changes for at least a week and to roll with the people around you making ginormous life changes in a pleasant manner and if you can do that, i'll give you $300'. Okay. sign me up. dare accepted! give me the $300! or even $100. or $10. whatever. i just...sigh..
okay, well...i'm going to go see if any online surveys need me to take them. i'm being dead serious, i signed up for like three 'get paid to take free online surveys' services yesterday. in addition to applying for a bunch of jobs.
heigh-ho...
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
done lost my damn mind...
so, in the past three weeks...
i have lost and re-gained internets.
celebrated about 50 million birthdays.
watched my bank account leak money into the ether of my spending habits.
been unable to hear my alarm and wake up, but have all my neighbors hear my alarm and they wake up which has led to my landlord building me an alarm clock box on my wall.
been to a wedding.
been to a baby shower.
had a friend from london crash in my living room for a few days.
been in a couple shows both with and without dad's.
got signed to a talent agency.
half-heartedly pursued dating some dude.
been unable to find part-time work, still.
applied to a temp agency, with plans to send resume to two more today.
taught a whole bunch of lessons on spiders.
and today applied to a jorb at the georgia aquarium.
also gotten drunk a lot.
and skinned both of my knees in one awesome fall.
and been to bamboo luau twice.
and still not decided what to be for halloween.
and seen a bunch of high school friends.
and been a hermit.
been to two clinics and made an appointment to got to a doctor.
i also almost blew up my apartment (and, probably the other apartments in my complex) while making real mac 'n' cheese.
then today i decided i could make it until this weekend to go to the grocery store again.
i also have a headache.
i tended a friend's vending machines for a minute or two.
broke stuff.
got a printer again.
paid some bills (sob).
been in a parade.
started work on that christmas show.
t.a.-ed some classes.
broke out the damn space heater at my apartment.
yeah...
i've been ridiculously busy, in other words. which, is okay. actually, it'd be a-okay and no worries at all if i were getting paid for the majority of this stuff. not the social stuff, clearly, but uh...yeah. and i reckon some things, i do get paid for. but it's about to get VERY VERY scary at the ponderosa del krueger. Very Scary. and i ain't talkin' about halloween, folks.
the big hope - other than the jobs i've replied to - is that i'll get some work through this agency. that would be bad-ass. one or two gigs a month and i might be okay. really. which is ideal. of course, there's zero gauruntee of that. i have no clue how to spell gaurantee. that second time seems closer, nu?
anypoo...uh, i say i've lost my mind for any number of reasons. but the most pressing one at this moment is the 'applying to a job at the ga aquarium'. mama hates aquariums. they're dark and creepy and those fish stare right the fuck back at you. they're creepy, creepy places. even the ones that try to use natural light. but the job that i've applied to is pretty cool - if it's what i think it is. the description on all three websites (including the aquarium web site) is REALLY vague, but it sounds like another 'alternative education' type of teaching thing. which i am 100% down with. and yeah, i'd love to do some office work, but this would be super-cool too.
so we'll see what happens. maybe something. maybe nothing. either way, by the time november hits, mama's gotta have an income supplement or...man....
wish me luck kids, this job market is total bullshit right now. even for part-time assholes like me.
i have lost and re-gained internets.
celebrated about 50 million birthdays.
watched my bank account leak money into the ether of my spending habits.
been unable to hear my alarm and wake up, but have all my neighbors hear my alarm and they wake up which has led to my landlord building me an alarm clock box on my wall.
been to a wedding.
been to a baby shower.
had a friend from london crash in my living room for a few days.
been in a couple shows both with and without dad's.
got signed to a talent agency.
half-heartedly pursued dating some dude.
been unable to find part-time work, still.
applied to a temp agency, with plans to send resume to two more today.
taught a whole bunch of lessons on spiders.
and today applied to a jorb at the georgia aquarium.
also gotten drunk a lot.
and skinned both of my knees in one awesome fall.
and been to bamboo luau twice.
and still not decided what to be for halloween.
and seen a bunch of high school friends.
and been a hermit.
been to two clinics and made an appointment to got to a doctor.
i also almost blew up my apartment (and, probably the other apartments in my complex) while making real mac 'n' cheese.
then today i decided i could make it until this weekend to go to the grocery store again.
i also have a headache.
i tended a friend's vending machines for a minute or two.
broke stuff.
got a printer again.
paid some bills (sob).
been in a parade.
started work on that christmas show.
t.a.-ed some classes.
broke out the damn space heater at my apartment.
yeah...
i've been ridiculously busy, in other words. which, is okay. actually, it'd be a-okay and no worries at all if i were getting paid for the majority of this stuff. not the social stuff, clearly, but uh...yeah. and i reckon some things, i do get paid for. but it's about to get VERY VERY scary at the ponderosa del krueger. Very Scary. and i ain't talkin' about halloween, folks.
the big hope - other than the jobs i've replied to - is that i'll get some work through this agency. that would be bad-ass. one or two gigs a month and i might be okay. really. which is ideal. of course, there's zero gauruntee of that. i have no clue how to spell gaurantee. that second time seems closer, nu?
anypoo...uh, i say i've lost my mind for any number of reasons. but the most pressing one at this moment is the 'applying to a job at the ga aquarium'. mama hates aquariums. they're dark and creepy and those fish stare right the fuck back at you. they're creepy, creepy places. even the ones that try to use natural light. but the job that i've applied to is pretty cool - if it's what i think it is. the description on all three websites (including the aquarium web site) is REALLY vague, but it sounds like another 'alternative education' type of teaching thing. which i am 100% down with. and yeah, i'd love to do some office work, but this would be super-cool too.
so we'll see what happens. maybe something. maybe nothing. either way, by the time november hits, mama's gotta have an income supplement or...man....
wish me luck kids, this job market is total bullshit right now. even for part-time assholes like me.
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