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But busy is good. I'm working a lot, excited to start working in our space as of next week
Yoga is going well.
the apartment is great. Need another cage for Atari, whose condition is not improving so his medication will have to be switched.
I hate growing bangs out. What a fucking pain in the ass. NEVER AGAIN!
For those that don't know, I has a job! When I was thinking about moving from Ventura, I was considering moving back to San Diego where I've lived for about 8 or 9 years, or to LA. I was sending out resumes to places in both cities hoping to hear from something in one and then moving to wherever I found work. Well I never heard anything so I picked LA. I was very familiar with LA for never having lived here. My brother and many friends are here. I continued my job hunt in LA. Well a few weeks ago I get a call from a cupcakery in San Diego that had received my resume way before I moved. Knowing I'd be an idiot to turn down an interview, I went to San Diego a couple days later to meet with the owner and managers. We all hit it off and they invited me back for a try out the following week, then I was hired!
A little bit about the cupcakery:
- We are not open yet. The owner has been doing catering for large events for the past 2 years and thinks its finally time to open a store.
- It is all organic! The general manager has been having a hell of a time sourcing everything but people are very excited about organic.
- It is in downtown La Jolla in a very affluent area. The location is fantastic.
- We will be doing deliveries in the area! yay!
- I am not the head baker, there is not a head baker really unless you count the owner. I am perfectly content with this right now. After they get a feel for how all the bakers work and who has good leadership qualities they may give one a managerial position. Im still not sure if I'd want that.
- We have a space we will be using for cupcake parties AND classes, and I get to teach classes! This is one of the most exciting things for me. I love teaching. I honestly don't care if they have another baker be the head honcho (as long as they are more qualified than myself and not a jerk) as long as I get to teach classes.
- We are still doing catering jobs until the kitchen and other construction is done. When that happens, we will be there full time to get ready to open.
- Any cheeses we need (ricotta, mascarpone, creme fraiche) will be made in house. Awesome!!!!
- There are many restaurants and bars close by so we will be open late and have karaoke and DJs! How awesome is that?!
Sooooo I'm very excited about this job and I hope we flourish! San Diego is a huge city and I think has only two other cupcakeries.
ALSO, while I was in San Diego this week to work for an event we had, I went to yoga with my boss and the general manager. I love it so I got me one of these:
my mom says its the best mat shes ever used so shes sending me one. I cant tell you how excited I am about it.
Having danced for so long really helped it not be so overwhelming. I've taken yoga before when I was dancing but never liked the teachers and I honestly can't remember which style they taught. I really liked the studio my boss took me to so I definitely think I'll be returning with her again, as well as looking at other studios when I get to San Diego.
I definitely hit a plentiful moment in my life so Im going to get all I can from it and not waste this opportunity.
Is there something Im missing? Is there some kind of secret job-attaining handshake I need to give prospective employers? Maybe a magical incantation I need to include in my resume?
I really dont want to sound whiny. Let me know if thats how any of this sounds.
I have been unemployed for several months. At first, losing both of my jobs gave me a feeling of relief. I wanted out but had no time to look for something that wouldnt drain me and make me want to stab everyone in the face. The free time was nice and I spent a lot of it looking for a new job. At first I tried to find something where I could use my newly acquired Bachelor's degree. I fully knew that people with a Bachelor's degree are not so hard to come by these days, but remained positive and hopeful. There was a decent job for me out there, and I was going to find it. Again, it didnt have to be the "perfect" job. Just something that wouldnt drive me bat-shit crazy.
This proved harder than I had thought it would be and after a few months, I got much less picky. Marshalls, department stores, Grocery stores (mainstream and health food), restaurants (FOH and BOH), pet stores (independent and large chain), dog grooming, behavioral therapy agencies, and LITERALLY dozens of administrative and lab assistant jobs in the UC system. I applied to THREE different UCs and at least 8 different positions at each one before realizing how bad the budget cuts are. I can't even imagine how many applications and resumes were received for all of the jobs I applied for. Employers could easily find somebody more qualified than I. It grew more and more frustrating.
I applied for unemployment, had a phone interview a few weeks later, and then heard nothing. I've called and emailed with no response from the EDD.
Im ready for the call from Toyota Financial asking me where I park my car.
I've been ignoring my phone when the collection agencies call.
I've used my Target card to buy groceries.
The girls all have about 3 cups of food left for each of them and I dont know where the next bags of food will come from. I contemplate selling Eleanor but it brings me to tears. Imagine thinking about selling your child.
With no insurance, and next to no income, I cant afford any of my medications.
I'm vollying back and forth between rallying myself up to press on, and selling everything I can, and taking a hike.
I'm running out of ideas, and steam.
The periods of positivity used to last weeks, with a few days of depression. Now its reversed.
At least this is free.
end rant.
now heres some llamas:
why yes, i had TONS of fun
and somebody is quite the ham sandwich!!!
Atari is still plucking, but things are good
for a while, all she would eat was seed, but now shes been sampling the veggies and fruits. She likes banana!
there she is, definitely biting off more than she can chew! i held out that large piece to her to see if she would try it. she did and then pulled that whole thing away from me and ran off with it.
Shes also been enjoying oranges and strawberries.
Tomorrow I have to call the bird clinic to see about getting a little cone for her to wear to help curb the plucking. Im also going to try to make a little vest for her that will cover her nakey birdness so she doesnt get cold. ^_^
Is it summer yet?!!!
fereals, Im not kidding around. Get yourself a snack.
Odette is a smitten kitten! Soon I will be off to Seattle to see kiltedgoth!!!!!
he is so fucking awesome and he makes me squee and turn into a lump of giddy mush. truly. madly. deeply. LOVE.-----------------------------------------------------------------
I have a new bird!
Big ol long story spoilered for your sanity:
here she is, right after we got her. I looked up conures and she is a White Eyed Conure. They have the best verbal ability of all the conures!
She has no band, and due to the condition she was in when I found her (fully flighted, VERY long untrimmed nails, and VERY plucked) I would be reluctant to return to the previous owner were I able to find them. There have been no ads on craigslist or in the paper and nobody has reported her lost to the local bird stores.
I have made great progress with her as far as socializing. I wasnt sure at first how friendly she would be. It seemed that she was possibly hand tame at one point but due to neglect or mishandling, she isnt so much anymore. I kept her in Eleanor's cage for about a week (Eleanor also has a playstand in my room and a stand on the top of the cage where she can eat) and on Wednesday, I took her to get her wings clipped and tonenails trimmed. When we got home, and I tried to get her out of the travel cage and back to the big cage, she jumped on me and climbed up to my shoulder.
So I let her hang out for a while, and she even took a tiny piece of corn chip (unsalted of course) from my hand. Since then I've been leaving the cage door open so she can go where she pleases (my apartment is bird proofed 
). I heard her land on the floor yesterday so I went to go check on her. She had gone to the travel cage and climbed on to it and Maisy was bothering her so I shooed Maisy away and even though I figured it wouldnt work, I offered her my arm. Well she jumped right on and went to my shoulder! Friendly but not hand friendly. We'll work on it. She sat on me for a while and preened my hair and chattered.
Today while on my shoulder she nibbled on my neck and ears, preened my hair and when i turned to look at her, she curled her head down as if she wanted me to pet her. Very carefully I touched her feathers and since she didnt get startled, i petted her neck as well.
So shes really warming up! At the suggestion of QuantumEDL I have named her Atari. I think shes a girl because of the shape of her head (thanks Zoola!) and hopefully soon I can have her DNA sexed.
Oh, and she also says "I love you!" which is so cute because of the way she says it. I say "I love you" and she responds "I love YOOOU!"
Today, Peas came over and we went to get food. On the way out I said "Im becoming a crazy bird lady" and Atari laughed! like, "HA HA HA HAA!!!" sooo cute. I can already see she has SOOO much personality and sass!
here she is, hiding from the phone:
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After soooooo much waiting, I finally got to meet khoos and baby T!!!! Trillian is the bestest baby in the world and khoos even let me wear her!!!!!
yeah, shes feeling me up. figures, the offspring of mydogfarted and khoos would be a total perv!
we hung out for a couple days and also attended miss Pandorial's baby shower. She is totally ready to pop! Since little Olivia is in breach, Pandorial is going in for a C section on monday. Looks like she had her baby shower just in time! Hopefully khoos will have some more pics from the trip up soon. But who can blame her for not getting to it right away? Shes pregnant again! omg babies everywhere. lol
yeah i post this everywhere i can. I fucking love it.
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Took the Psychology GRE almost 4 weeks ago. Im nervous to get my score!
Taking the general GRE on the 9th! Ive been studying my face off. I really cant wait for it to be over so I can start preparing for the LSAT and researching schools
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Finding a job has been pretty sucktastic. While Id be happy with just about anything that gave me income, I also want something that wont drive me batshit insane (most retail and food service). Since I have my bachelors in psychology now, and after the last bad experiences with working in restaurants Id really prefer something that isnt cooking or baking. Right now, the only cooking and baking I want to do is for friends and family.
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I recently had the pleasure of meeting and hanging out with awesome chatter from the land down under, Ante during his stay in LA. Hes a lot of fuckin fun. Some pics of his last night out with his lady, myself and rattrod:
moar pics!!!!
these are from hanging out with sk8 and ante one night staying out til 6 am drinking...
shortly before going out
dorking out
troo chatters
we stayed out a bit later and sk8 and his roomie went back home. this is what we found when we got back to the apartment. you cant see too well but thats Maisy under sk8's arm
so much bromance
the night before sk8's bday he wasnt feeling so hot, so Ante and I went out and let him get some rest (He needed it, since Kraven was coming to visit the next day!), and of course, had to take a drunken picture with him.
well, now, at this moment, ak8 is driving up to Portland, and Ante is still en route to Australia.
California will miss you guys!
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Im gonna go stuff my brain with words now. If I can concentrate that is 
