Surreal moment #151
It is happening. Lady, you are moving and going to school and getting a job in another part of the country. It is happening.
nothing to snap you into what you try to avoid feeling like a job interview. So today I get an email, simple and plain... "Saw your resume, want to speak with you about an opportunity." Sounds simple enough, Kinda looks like spam but why don't I check it out. So I email them back, attach my full resume (why do they ask for your resume when they've already seen it), and schedule a call for today.
Silly me to think its a simple call, no it's a first step for the interview (i'm waaaay to laid back lately). He's asking questions, I answer, talk talk talk, charm charm charm and he's sending my resume to his operations manager for further consult. Can you come down for a formal interview? sure, no prob, i'll be there soon anyway.
He calls back 45 minutes later asking to see me this Monday June 4th at 9am. "can you be here by then".... geez. and so it sets in...
I'm moving (deep breath)
I'm looking for another job (deep breath)
I'm going to school (deeeeeper breath)
I'm freaking out
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Thursday, May 24, 2007
rage against the man
Why do we rejoice when a company loses? We want to see it go down...
We being the common (wo)man...the ones who receive a paycheck instead of signing them. We like to see "the man" get taken down a peg or two. "Good for them" we exclaim as slowly but surely they become a shell of their former glorious selves. "they should have done this", "they shouldn't have done that" we say in matter-of-fact tones, but aren't we all striving to be "the man".
Or maybe it's just where i work.
This rage-against-the-machine moment has been brought to you by the employees of TS otherwise known as my soon-to-be former co-workers. When a person quits/resigns, it serves as inspiration, a kick in the pants to say, this is not the end of the road. It seems my leaving in conjunction with management being ASS-hoooooooles (see Meet the Fockers) was enough to have a handful of people relay their wishes to get the hell outta this place.
I mean really, it's a small company, there's not much room to move up unless you're sleeping with one of management and there's only one single guy there (or is he? ;) ). So basically you're just here to put in a paycheck for the rest of your lives. Oh the fun. But then again I still have yet to work in a place that i really like...environment and all, but that's why I'm going back to school....
what are you going to do? Rage ON!
We being the common (wo)man...the ones who receive a paycheck instead of signing them. We like to see "the man" get taken down a peg or two. "Good for them" we exclaim as slowly but surely they become a shell of their former glorious selves. "they should have done this", "they shouldn't have done that" we say in matter-of-fact tones, but aren't we all striving to be "the man".
Or maybe it's just where i work.
This rage-against-the-machine moment has been brought to you by the employees of TS otherwise known as my soon-to-be former co-workers. When a person quits/resigns, it serves as inspiration, a kick in the pants to say, this is not the end of the road. It seems my leaving in conjunction with management being ASS-hoooooooles (see Meet the Fockers) was enough to have a handful of people relay their wishes to get the hell outta this place.
I mean really, it's a small company, there's not much room to move up unless you're sleeping with one of management and there's only one single guy there (or is he? ;) ). So basically you're just here to put in a paycheck for the rest of your lives. Oh the fun. But then again I still have yet to work in a place that i really like...environment and all, but that's why I'm going back to school....
what are you going to do? Rage ON!
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
one pregnancy-free day
this may sound incredibly evil and awful of me to say...but i will.
I have a friend that is pregnant. In her first pregnancy last year, she lost the baby. I don't know from experience and hope to never know what it's like to lose a baby but it must be excruciating. She is now preggers again... about 16 weeks. Here comes the bad part...
If she doesn't shut up for one damn day about this pregnancy i will be forced to chuck her from my friends list. Every day...two or three posts...no normal convo's....just about her being pregnant with stubby (although that name is hella cute).
Im not evil and i've had plenty of friends who were pregnant but they weren't this annoying. geez She has pages on those baby sites (babycenter.com) where she can converse with other preggers and show off her belly etc.... leave me alone dammit.
I have a friend that is pregnant. In her first pregnancy last year, she lost the baby. I don't know from experience and hope to never know what it's like to lose a baby but it must be excruciating. She is now preggers again... about 16 weeks. Here comes the bad part...
If she doesn't shut up for one damn day about this pregnancy i will be forced to chuck her from my friends list. Every day...two or three posts...no normal convo's....just about her being pregnant with stubby (although that name is hella cute).
Im not evil and i've had plenty of friends who were pregnant but they weren't this annoying. geez She has pages on those baby sites (babycenter.com) where she can converse with other preggers and show off her belly etc.... leave me alone dammit.
what's my thing
i've been inspired... to do what i'm not really sure.
I found this wonderful blog, Ismoyo's Playground where Ismoyo got a sewing machine from her parents and began sewing things together. little projects like making two shirts into a dress (tre cool) to little purses, to little animals... and i'm so jealous.
Everyone has their 'thing'. Mike is into anything that will make him money and right now that means going back to school, while buying a house and being a landlord. Loi has her painting, Lupe has her new house, decorating it and being creative painting it, plus she's a gym freak. Even Garette has his music (Downloading, makig playlists/CDs) but alas, I have no 'thing'.
I hate having stuff and doing things that other people have/do. i like orignality but I'm seriously thinking of taking my mom's sewing machine with me to occupy my time (she has three). I mean shoot, maybe sleeves will actually fit me now.
I made my curtains at home (time for me to make more i might add) so i think i can move on and start with some easy patterns. We shall see. I'm hopeful, but I also have the attention span of cat...
I found this wonderful blog, Ismoyo's Playground where Ismoyo got a sewing machine from her parents and began sewing things together. little projects like making two shirts into a dress (tre cool) to little purses, to little animals... and i'm so jealous.
Everyone has their 'thing'. Mike is into anything that will make him money and right now that means going back to school, while buying a house and being a landlord. Loi has her painting, Lupe has her new house, decorating it and being creative painting it, plus she's a gym freak. Even Garette has his music (Downloading, makig playlists/CDs) but alas, I have no 'thing'.
I hate having stuff and doing things that other people have/do. i like orignality but I'm seriously thinking of taking my mom's sewing machine with me to occupy my time (she has three). I mean shoot, maybe sleeves will actually fit me now.
I made my curtains at home (time for me to make more i might add) so i think i can move on and start with some easy patterns. We shall see. I'm hopeful, but I also have the attention span of cat...
Thursday, May 17, 2007
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
and so it begins
Handing in your resignation from a job you can barely stand is one of the most freeing, take a bow you've earned it baby, kiss my ass experiences you can have in your life. Slamming it down like you're playing dominoes with abuelita and her over 70's crew is just the low-fat, no guilt icing with sprinkles.
I'm done, I'm actually almost outta here. A bit formal for a small company but still I want to keep my skills in tact before I leave and take all the laziness with me. In a month (a bit less), June 15 will be my last day at TS. I've been hearing alot of the "what are we going to do without you" bits, but I'm pretty sure, within a week, I'll just be "that tall girl that used to put up with Frazzle Dazzle".
Either way, I'm super excited about starting school and starting everything over again. My hand is firmly resting above my 'reset' button and I'm just waiting to slam it down.
I'm done, I'm actually almost outta here. A bit formal for a small company but still I want to keep my skills in tact before I leave and take all the laziness with me. In a month (a bit less), June 15 will be my last day at TS. I've been hearing alot of the "what are we going to do without you" bits, but I'm pretty sure, within a week, I'll just be "that tall girl that used to put up with Frazzle Dazzle".
Either way, I'm super excited about starting school and starting everything over again. My hand is firmly resting above my 'reset' button and I'm just waiting to slam it down.
Friday, May 11, 2007
the gift of gay
I'm sitting there watching an episode of 'According to Jim' as the wife Cheryl tries to get her husband Jim to go to a musical with her since her sister just had a baby. Jim quickly informs her that she needs a male gay friend that can do this stuff with her, cause he ain't gonna.
and that's when it happened... my mom turned to me and said "I want a gay friend"
of all the things she could have said she wanted, especially with mothers day coming up, a gay friend.... more specifically "not one that's out and out... more so with one foot in and one foot out the closet" LMAO, my typical 'Republican Gay' male. Not flaming, but is what he is without all the fanfare... Mike and D, my gays, are too young for her she said, one her own age.
the more i think of it, the more she's right. Most of her friends either moved away or are so involved with other things, she's basically alone. She barely goes out unless it's with me on the weekends. I hate to move to ATL and leave her for so long only coming up once a month. Yes, she needs a gay, but where oh where do i find one her age? it's hard enough for women my age to find straight men.
So, are there any applications open for a fag hag/flame dame/fruit fly?
and that's when it happened... my mom turned to me and said "I want a gay friend"
of all the things she could have said she wanted, especially with mothers day coming up, a gay friend.... more specifically "not one that's out and out... more so with one foot in and one foot out the closet" LMAO, my typical 'Republican Gay' male. Not flaming, but is what he is without all the fanfare... Mike and D, my gays, are too young for her she said, one her own age.
the more i think of it, the more she's right. Most of her friends either moved away or are so involved with other things, she's basically alone. She barely goes out unless it's with me on the weekends. I hate to move to ATL and leave her for so long only coming up once a month. Yes, she needs a gay, but where oh where do i find one her age? it's hard enough for women my age to find straight men.
So, are there any applications open for a fag hag/flame dame/fruit fly?
Thursday, May 10, 2007
surprises
so everything about my birthday activities...either the day of or Saturday the 12th are a mystery to me. My good friends planned it all and all i have to do is show up looking cute. Sounds fun to me... I love being spoiled.
except, the more it comes down to Saturday the more I gotta know...is what i'm planning to wear appropriate? Do i need my flats to get down afterwards? I wanna get down.... i want to dance and be cute... Its my week and next week is Jennie's.
except, the more it comes down to Saturday the more I gotta know...is what i'm planning to wear appropriate? Do i need my flats to get down afterwards? I wanna get down.... i want to dance and be cute... Its my week and next week is Jennie's.
Monday, May 07, 2007
birthday wishes and caviar dreams
Today is my bday.... 27 years on this earth and still feeling lost. The day begins normally, with me being late since i told them i'd work 8-5 instead of 9-6 today. I ended up arriving about 8:30 but who cares... i'm still leaving early. It's my birthday.
I don't need to do anything special since I would rather get my gift to myself but that will have to wait yet another week. I promise you, when I can devulge the bday secret, I will, but not until I have it for sure... I hate jinxing things.
I've been on the phone all night with Birthday wishes and shooting the breeze and texting all morning with other folks and listening to birthday songs.... LOL i hate singing happy birthday in a group, but friends and family singing loudly on the phone always seems to work for me.
The plus is that frazzle dazzle is out of the office this week and his wife is being induced into labor as I write this... Leave it to Frazzle to take my bday shine away.
As for bday wishes... see below. I noticed that some of my bday wishes are coming true,especially the one about Paris Hilton. Long live the justice system huh!
UPDATE: Actually i've hardly been at my desk today. With Lupe stopping by to take me for Bday coffee, then My co-workers took me to lunch, My Boss will surprise me with brownies and ice cream in a minute (they are horrible at surprises which is why i know about it), and i leave at 5 for more bday treats... I'm loving today!
and Frazzle Dazzle's baby just took my shine. Not only because it was born, but because it was supposed to be a girl and it came out a BOY. So all hail miracle baby
- External CD/DVD Burner*
- AFLAC insurance
- silicone 10 piece baking set
- peace on earth
- New Monopoly game (Here & Now)
- That new Wii game so I can beat myself up and get sent to the hospital like everyone else and I can have days off from work.
- lot's and lots of cute shirts *
- A Shoe Room
- Jay-z (not the CD, not the poster, the man w/o the B)
- Brown and Black leather belts.
- a Karaoke machine
- Goodwill towards women (I already have goodwill towards men! LOL)
- $$$$$
- a niece or nephew (ahem)
- Isaiah Thomas fired from the Knicks
- Mosaic Tiles for art projects
- Nicole Ritchie to eat something
- My own television show so i can tell people off when they make me mad
- Money, alot of money
- Britney Spears to cover herself up... you're someone's mama
- To take over for the drunk Miss America
- a trainer
- Some lunch, I'm hungry right now
- a Bedroom
- nap time at work
- Boots, lots and lots of Boots
- Febreeze for the stinky people on the train
- Ban Paris Hilton from America
- a one day pass to slap all stupid ppl who try to talk to me.
- a PSP
- a decorator to help me with my apt
- someone to pack my stuff for me
- the flu shot (just because you never know)
- get my tonsils taken out
- a new car, like new new, factory new, 0 miles
- equality
- warm Dutch apple pie with milk
- an energy drink...
- an assistant at work
- My boss to get fired
- Have Bobby Brown tested….for everything
- some more money
- a good financial aid package
- The Gov't to pay for school
- Shoes
- A suga daddy to pay for school
- a pair of ruby shoes so when I'm somewhere I don't want to be I can click them and be home
- Barack Obama and Hilary Clinton on the same ticket... Our first woman president and a black man as vice president. Bigots and Racists will dop dead or have heart attacks throughout the US forcing a national heathcare plan LOL
- Did I mention a new car?
- A good job, and if possible, a good experience at a job
- A sock with stuff in it so I can hit people over the head and say "Julie don't play dat"
- a really big Clock (not attached to the flava fool)
- people to mind their business
- people to tell me stuff so I can gossip about their business
- a new "F*ck off" t-shirt
- a new dirty pool hall place
- Oprah to admit she's not down with the people
- Michael Jackson to admit those ain't his kids
- the men with 'hats' (wink wink) to stop being A-holes in my neighborhood
- to see someone fart with a lighter down there and it shoot off like a flamethrower heehee
- for people to write in their blogs on a consistent basis… I mean really, what else do I read at work?
- a vacation with my feet in the sand
- handbags
- to be the one to tell Eddie Murphy… "you ARE the father"
- to watch white people in hip hop dance classes
- Money just because
- to tell a story without being rudely interrupted…. (ahem)
- a house
- a cooking class
- for my mom to move with me
- for my grandparents to move with me...where else will I get cou cou
- to turn back time
- learn how to hypnotize people and have them running around like farm animals
- to meet bruh man from the fif floor
- Kick Sanjaya OFF American idol (i wrote this a couple of weeks ago)
- for the courts to make an example out of Paris Hilton and not Brandy
- people to stop using the N word
- ohhh, those food saver contraptions
- George Bush to resign
- Cheney to get lost in Afghanistan
- and i guess our troops to come home...
I don't need to do anything special since I would rather get my gift to myself but that will have to wait yet another week. I promise you, when I can devulge the bday secret, I will, but not until I have it for sure... I hate jinxing things.
I've been on the phone all night with Birthday wishes and shooting the breeze and texting all morning with other folks and listening to birthday songs.... LOL i hate singing happy birthday in a group, but friends and family singing loudly on the phone always seems to work for me.
The plus is that frazzle dazzle is out of the office this week and his wife is being induced into labor as I write this... Leave it to Frazzle to take my bday shine away.
As for bday wishes... see below. I noticed that some of my bday wishes are coming true,especially the one about Paris Hilton. Long live the justice system huh!
UPDATE: Actually i've hardly been at my desk today. With Lupe stopping by to take me for Bday coffee, then My co-workers took me to lunch, My Boss will surprise me with brownies and ice cream in a minute (they are horrible at surprises which is why i know about it), and i leave at 5 for more bday treats... I'm loving today!
and Frazzle Dazzle's baby just took my shine. Not only because it was born, but because it was supposed to be a girl and it came out a BOY. So all hail miracle baby
- External CD/DVD Burner*
- AFLAC insurance
- silicone 10 piece baking set
- peace on earth
- New Monopoly game (Here & Now)
- That new Wii game so I can beat myself up and get sent to the hospital like everyone else and I can have days off from work.
- lot's and lots of cute shirts *
- A Shoe Room
- Jay-z (not the CD, not the poster, the man w/o the B)
- Brown and Black leather belts.
- a Karaoke machine
- Goodwill towards women (I already have goodwill towards men! LOL)
- $$$$$
- a niece or nephew (ahem)
- Isaiah Thomas fired from the Knicks
- Mosaic Tiles for art projects
- Nicole Ritchie to eat something
- My own television show so i can tell people off when they make me mad
- Money, alot of money
- Britney Spears to cover herself up... you're someone's mama
- To take over for the drunk Miss America
- a trainer
- Some lunch, I'm hungry right now
- a Bedroom
- nap time at work
- Boots, lots and lots of Boots
- Febreeze for the stinky people on the train
- Ban Paris Hilton from America
- a one day pass to slap all stupid ppl who try to talk to me.
- a PSP
- a decorator to help me with my apt
- someone to pack my stuff for me
- the flu shot (just because you never know)
- get my tonsils taken out
- a new car, like new new, factory new, 0 miles
- equality
- warm Dutch apple pie with milk
- an energy drink...
- an assistant at work
- My boss to get fired
- Have Bobby Brown tested….for everything
- some more money
- a good financial aid package
- The Gov't to pay for school
- Shoes
- A suga daddy to pay for school
- a pair of ruby shoes so when I'm somewhere I don't want to be I can click them and be home
- Barack Obama and Hilary Clinton on the same ticket... Our first woman president and a black man as vice president. Bigots and Racists will dop dead or have heart attacks throughout the US forcing a national heathcare plan LOL
- Did I mention a new car?
- A good job, and if possible, a good experience at a job
- A sock with stuff in it so I can hit people over the head and say "Julie don't play dat"
- a really big Clock (not attached to the flava fool)
- people to mind their business
- people to tell me stuff so I can gossip about their business
- a new "F*ck off" t-shirt
- a new dirty pool hall place
- Oprah to admit she's not down with the people
- Michael Jackson to admit those ain't his kids
- the men with 'hats' (wink wink) to stop being A-holes in my neighborhood
- to see someone fart with a lighter down there and it shoot off like a flamethrower heehee
- for people to write in their blogs on a consistent basis… I mean really, what else do I read at work?
- a vacation with my feet in the sand
- handbags
- to be the one to tell Eddie Murphy… "you ARE the father"
- to watch white people in hip hop dance classes
- Money just because
- to tell a story without being rudely interrupted…. (ahem)
- a house
- a cooking class
- for my mom to move with me
- for my grandparents to move with me...where else will I get cou cou
- to turn back time
- learn how to hypnotize people and have them running around like farm animals
- to meet bruh man from the fif floor
- Kick Sanjaya OFF American idol (i wrote this a couple of weeks ago)
- for the courts to make an example out of Paris Hilton and not Brandy
- people to stop using the N word
- ohhh, those food saver contraptions
- George Bush to resign
- Cheney to get lost in Afghanistan
- and i guess our troops to come home...
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