So life could be better.
Job's still going great but everything else has gone to shit.
DRUGS ARE BAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Can't say that enough)
Oh ....the fuckking stories I could tell, but let's leave it at what I said above.
I'm thinking that to maintain my sanity I need to get the hell out of here.
But then again, what do I have to offer in the way of diploma's to show a prospective empolyer?
Ah......ain't life fucking great.
Anyhoooo.....I think i'll stick around here. Dig in. Fortify the embankments and shout a oud "FUCK YOU WORLD"
Life (in general) is going too good for me right now.
Job's still going great but everything else has gone to shit.
DRUGS ARE BAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Can't say that enough)
Oh ....the fuckking stories I could tell, but let's leave it at what I said above.
I'm thinking that to maintain my sanity I need to get the hell out of here.
But then again, what do I have to offer in the way of diploma's to show a prospective empolyer?
Ah......ain't life fucking great.
Anyhoooo.....I think i'll stick around here. Dig in. Fortify the embankments and shout a oud "FUCK YOU WORLD"
Life (in general) is going too good for me right now.
Sleepy...*Yawn*
Day off today, so being exceptionally lazy. I've been a week without having a cigarette so I just had a 3hr nap to
take my mind off the fact I really want one. Whch I don't of course, but you know how it goes.
Went out last weekend to look at apartments and see what $750 CDN can get you in this town. Not much
. How the fuck people live on minimum wage in this city is beyond me. I saw a couple...er..."cozy" places by where I'm working and if they are still avalible next Friday, might fill out an appplication. I'm giving it another week
because more places will become open as the University closes.
One of the ladies I work work with is going to take me out in the near future to go clothes shopping . We were talking about tattoos and realised we both have preety much the same fashion senssibilities. Except she actually dresses the way she wants unlike me who never gets around to it. I figure making it a date might actually
force me to update my wardrobe.
Hope everyone is doing great
Day off today, so being exceptionally lazy. I've been a week without having a cigarette so I just had a 3hr nap to
take my mind off the fact I really want one. Whch I don't of course, but you know how it goes.
Went out last weekend to look at apartments and see what $750 CDN can get you in this town. Not much
. How the fuck people live on minimum wage in this city is beyond me. I saw a couple...er..."cozy" places by where I'm working and if they are still avalible next Friday, might fill out an appplication. I'm giving it another week because more places will become open as the University closes.
One of the ladies I work work with is going to take me out in the near future to go clothes shopping . We were talking about tattoos and realised we both have preety much the same fashion senssibilities. Except she actually dresses the way she wants unlike me who never gets around to it. I figure making it a date might actually
force me to update my wardrobe.
Hope everyone is doing great
Went and saw Grindhouse yesterday with my brother after several abortive attempts.
We both loved it. Kind of OTT film that the two of us prefer. Serioulsy..get some friends together and go. Just don't expect a film that's going to change your life. It's all about the fun.
Tonight I'm totally go the opposite direction and am going to see a performance of Mozart's "Don Giovanni".
Heard some pretty good reviews of this production so I've got high expectations.
Hope everyone else has a great weekend.
We both loved it. Kind of OTT film that the two of us prefer. Serioulsy..get some friends together and go. Just don't expect a film that's going to change your life. It's all about the fun.
Tonight I'm totally go the opposite direction and am going to see a performance of Mozart's "Don Giovanni".
Heard some pretty good reviews of this production so I've got high expectations.
Hope everyone else has a great weekend.
Hola,
I no longer work at a warehouse.
The software company took me on full time and there isn't enough smilies to express how happy I am.
I've been doing pretty much dead end jobs my whole life and the fact a company which is actually doing something in this world asked me to come and work for them means a lot to me.
Money's better, hours better, benefits better and most importantly...opportunities are better. Once I get established I 'm thinking about taking some programming courses so I can offer a bit more than just a good work ethic.
Funny though... even have only worked there a few months the amount of new information and my undersanding of how computers work by osmosis alone is kind of staggering.
So life's going pretty good for me right now. Even if it crashes down though no fault of my own at least I know I was capable of doing something else than moving boxes around and putting up with a bunch of overgrown babies.
Hope everyone else is doing great.
I no longer work at a warehouse.
The software company took me on full time and there isn't enough smilies to express how happy I am.
I've been doing pretty much dead end jobs my whole life and the fact a company which is actually doing something in this world asked me to come and work for them means a lot to me.
Money's better, hours better, benefits better and most importantly...opportunities are better. Once I get established I 'm thinking about taking some programming courses so I can offer a bit more than just a good work ethic.
Funny though... even have only worked there a few months the amount of new information and my undersanding of how computers work by osmosis alone is kind of staggering.
So life's going pretty good for me right now. Even if it crashes down though no fault of my own at least I know I was capable of doing something else than moving boxes around and putting up with a bunch of overgrown babies.
Hope everyone else is doing great.
Same old,same old.
Debating whether or not to buy a ticket to see Metric in May.
The band will be great but the venue.....not so great. At $30 for a ticket I expect a certain quality in terms of the sound. The insides of the local curling club, where the show's going to be be, ain't really set up for rock shows.
As I found out when I went and saw the Pixies..
Still...Emily Haines though.....sigh
Hope yer all doing great.
Debating whether or not to buy a ticket to see Metric in May.
The band will be great but the venue.....not so great. At $30 for a ticket I expect a certain quality in terms of the sound. The insides of the local curling club, where the show's going to be be, ain't really set up for rock shows.
As I found out when I went and saw the Pixies..
Still...Emily Haines though.....sigh
Hope yer all doing great.
Things are somewhat settling down in terms of work for me now, so I'll have more opportunity to catch up with friends.
I've had my hours cut at the software company from 27 hours to 11 hours a week. Not upset in the least though.
I was getting pretty run down working the two jobs. Plus there is a strong possibility that once the new product gets rolled out next month I'll be up to eyeballs in work again.
Things there are going fucking great!! Considering I walked in of the street with no experience or qualifications I've done really well. My typing sucks, but that's what spell check is for. It would be nice to get taken on full time but for now II'm happy enough to be doing a job that makes me feel good about myself.
The other job....well...it's turning into a job. There is the typical preconcieved attitude that anyone who works in the warehouse is an idiot, especially from the I.T staff. One of them has been looking over my shoulder this past week convinced that I'm the reason that the system has been grinding to halt every day between 2-3 pm. It's gone as far as me not being allowed to use a computer during that time. Not the case however because yesterday I wasn't logged on and still everything froze for 30 minutes.
I.M.H.O it's due to the fact that all 7 sales reps log on at that time to enter their orders and we are connecting with an external computer system, to ship orders through a independent courier company. Of course, I work in the warehouse so my opinion means squat.
Hope everyone ha a great weekend!!
I've had my hours cut at the software company from 27 hours to 11 hours a week. Not upset in the least though.
I was getting pretty run down working the two jobs. Plus there is a strong possibility that once the new product gets rolled out next month I'll be up to eyeballs in work again.
Things there are going fucking great!! Considering I walked in of the street with no experience or qualifications I've done really well. My typing sucks, but that's what spell check is for. It would be nice to get taken on full time but for now II'm happy enough to be doing a job that makes me feel good about myself.
The other job....well...it's turning into a job. There is the typical preconcieved attitude that anyone who works in the warehouse is an idiot, especially from the I.T staff. One of them has been looking over my shoulder this past week convinced that I'm the reason that the system has been grinding to halt every day between 2-3 pm. It's gone as far as me not being allowed to use a computer during that time. Not the case however because yesterday I wasn't logged on and still everything froze for 30 minutes.
I.M.H.O it's due to the fact that all 7 sales reps log on at that time to enter their orders and we are connecting with an external computer system, to ship orders through a independent courier company. Of course, I work in the warehouse so my opinion means squat.
Hope everyone ha a great weekend!!
Happy...er..... New Year.
This week's been a bit of a grind for me.
It all started because the previous week I asked for a raise. Not a token raise but something that reflects the added responsibilties I.ve got with my new position at the warehouse. My reasoning was that this is a job that needs someone who is willing to stay with the company for the long haul, not just a couple months till something better comes along.
Fair enough. Then pay me enough to afford to live here. I'm too old to be living paycheque to paycheque and there is no reason why I should. I've seen the monthly sales reports and know what our overhead is.
Well....long story short my supervisors, while not disagreeing that I could do with more money, were a bit shocked by me asking for $3 an hour more ( goes to show you the small amount I'm making now) and still haven't given me an answer. One even went as far as offering me extra work on the weekend, at staight time of course. Sorry Bob, I don't want more work....just more money for what I'm doing now.
I don't think I'm being greedy. It's just that the way I see it, once I leave my parents again in a few months time I have no fucking reason to have to come back here. That also means no more situations like Andy or Chuck. If the best the company can offer financially to me is a future with shity apartments, second hand clothing, being constantly hungry and the ever present worry of whether I can pay my bills then "Sayonara"
Which brings me to the grind.
On the same day I asked for the raise I ran into an old co-worker from years ago. I got talking with Corrine about our jobs and I told her that even though I really liked the work and the people I worked with, it wasn't enough for me. We exchanged email addresses and promised to keep in touch.
Mondy comes along and I get a letter from her asking if I'd like to pick up some temporary work at the software company she works for. Figuring , what the hell I should start saving as much as I can for a move out of the city if I have to, I said sure. Probably some janitorial work or something.
Boy was I wrong. I'm now working a 29 hr week shift in Customer Support for this place.
Seems the company launched a couple of new products without increasing the support staff and consequently they are swamped. Now I get to answer questions or direct them to right people. Fun stuff.
Funny thing is....they've started me at the wage I asked for my raise to meet at my full time job. Plus, and big plus, there is talk about this temporary position becomining permanent full time.
Not wanting to burn any bridges, I 'm still working at the ware.....oops, I mean "Distribution Center". So by the time you factor in my getting to and from work the last five days I've spent 18 hours a day doing work related stuff.
The supervisor at the software company and I set up a reasonable schedule for me so from now on it should be a little easier. Tuesday and Thursday's off so I can go to Aikido which I started doing again the beginning of the year. Plus I'll get a little more sleep those nights.
So it'll be interesting to see how this plays out. If I do get offered the fulltime position I'm going to go back to my bosses at the other job and ask for an even bigger raise, telling them what's up. (As of right now, I'm keeping quiet on this.)
Part of me wants them to say no.The only people who they'll be able to get to replace me will end up costing them a lot more than I asked for originally.Not that I think I'm hot stuff or irreplaceable but that most people who are confident enough to do what I'm doing now have a sense of their own self worth. The guy who trained me and whose job I'm doing got $20000 for 3 months work.
If they try and do it themselves.....I shudder at the thought. I only make it look easy.
Anyways, it's going to be pretty much hit and miss when I'm here but know that I am thinking of you guys.
This week's been a bit of a grind for me.
It all started because the previous week I asked for a raise. Not a token raise but something that reflects the added responsibilties I.ve got with my new position at the warehouse. My reasoning was that this is a job that needs someone who is willing to stay with the company for the long haul, not just a couple months till something better comes along.
Fair enough. Then pay me enough to afford to live here. I'm too old to be living paycheque to paycheque and there is no reason why I should. I've seen the monthly sales reports and know what our overhead is.
Well....long story short my supervisors, while not disagreeing that I could do with more money, were a bit shocked by me asking for $3 an hour more ( goes to show you the small amount I'm making now) and still haven't given me an answer. One even went as far as offering me extra work on the weekend, at staight time of course. Sorry Bob, I don't want more work....just more money for what I'm doing now.
I don't think I'm being greedy. It's just that the way I see it, once I leave my parents again in a few months time I have no fucking reason to have to come back here. That also means no more situations like Andy or Chuck. If the best the company can offer financially to me is a future with shity apartments, second hand clothing, being constantly hungry and the ever present worry of whether I can pay my bills then "Sayonara"
Which brings me to the grind.
On the same day I asked for the raise I ran into an old co-worker from years ago. I got talking with Corrine about our jobs and I told her that even though I really liked the work and the people I worked with, it wasn't enough for me. We exchanged email addresses and promised to keep in touch.
Mondy comes along and I get a letter from her asking if I'd like to pick up some temporary work at the software company she works for. Figuring , what the hell I should start saving as much as I can for a move out of the city if I have to, I said sure. Probably some janitorial work or something.
Boy was I wrong. I'm now working a 29 hr week shift in Customer Support for this place.
Seems the company launched a couple of new products without increasing the support staff and consequently they are swamped. Now I get to answer questions or direct them to right people. Fun stuff.
Funny thing is....they've started me at the wage I asked for my raise to meet at my full time job. Plus, and big plus, there is talk about this temporary position becomining permanent full time.
Not wanting to burn any bridges, I 'm still working at the ware.....oops, I mean "Distribution Center". So by the time you factor in my getting to and from work the last five days I've spent 18 hours a day doing work related stuff.
The supervisor at the software company and I set up a reasonable schedule for me so from now on it should be a little easier. Tuesday and Thursday's off so I can go to Aikido which I started doing again the beginning of the year. Plus I'll get a little more sleep those nights.
So it'll be interesting to see how this plays out. If I do get offered the fulltime position I'm going to go back to my bosses at the other job and ask for an even bigger raise, telling them what's up. (As of right now, I'm keeping quiet on this.)
Part of me wants them to say no.The only people who they'll be able to get to replace me will end up costing them a lot more than I asked for originally.Not that I think I'm hot stuff or irreplaceable but that most people who are confident enough to do what I'm doing now have a sense of their own self worth. The guy who trained me and whose job I'm doing got $20000 for 3 months work.
If they try and do it themselves.....I shudder at the thought. I only make it look easy.
Anyways, it's going to be pretty much hit and miss when I'm here but know that I am thinking of you guys.
I swear...if I never hear another fucking Christmas carol again I'll be a happy boy.
I just spent the last four weeks recording,editing and mixing an acapella performance of Christmas music for this woman. By all that's holy it was a punishment that only the devil itself could have created. Bad enough was the the repetition of "Jingle Bells" and "Silent Night", but this woman was under the misguided impression that an hour's worth of recorded material could be turned into a commercially releasable product with a scant three hours of work.
HAH, fat chance there Ellie.
Thankfully, it's done...not that it's actualy done done, my inner perfectionist cringes at that assesment...but the original plan, and what I had agreed, was for this recording to be sent to her 80 year old mother in Northern Ontario. For it to make it there in time it had to go today.
Never again do I allow my softer side to get invoved in stuff like this
Asides from that lifes alright. Hope it is for you as as well.
I just spent the last four weeks recording,editing and mixing an acapella performance of Christmas music for this woman. By all that's holy it was a punishment that only the devil itself could have created. Bad enough was the the repetition of "Jingle Bells" and "Silent Night", but this woman was under the misguided impression that an hour's worth of recorded material could be turned into a commercially releasable product with a scant three hours of work.
HAH, fat chance there Ellie.
Thankfully, it's done...not that it's actualy done done, my inner perfectionist cringes at that assesment...but the original plan, and what I had agreed, was for this recording to be sent to her 80 year old mother in Northern Ontario. For it to make it there in time it had to go today.
Never again do I allow my softer side to get invoved in stuff like this
Asides from that lifes alright. Hope it is for you as as well.
I'm finding it kind of ironic that I'm spending most of my days at work now using a computer that has an Internet connection but I have less time during the week to go online.
New position is going great, asides from some differences of opinion on how best to do my with immediate bosses. I'm starting to realise thy don't have a clue what they are doing and are in fact causing more problems than they are solving. It's the solving these problems, of course, that they gave me this job. I really should tell them to sit quietly in the corner and not touch anything.
Other than work it's been a pretty good couple of weeks. I've decided to rent some studio time in the the new year to record a song I've written. I could record it myself but I really want to concentrate on being a musician and not have to worry about which cord is going where. I have already lined up some local musicians to play on it , with the understanding it's going to still be a few months down the road at the earliest. Looking forward to the recording because it's going to bring me a sense of closure with some unfinished business I still have hanging over my head from the old band I used to play in.
Hope everyone's doing great
New position is going great, asides from some differences of opinion on how best to do my with immediate bosses. I'm starting to realise thy don't have a clue what they are doing and are in fact causing more problems than they are solving. It's the solving these problems, of course, that they gave me this job. I really should tell them to sit quietly in the corner and not touch anything.
Other than work it's been a pretty good couple of weeks. I've decided to rent some studio time in the the new year to record a song I've written. I could record it myself but I really want to concentrate on being a musician and not have to worry about which cord is going where. I have already lined up some local musicians to play on it , with the understanding it's going to still be a few months down the road at the earliest. Looking forward to the recording because it's going to bring me a sense of closure with some unfinished business I still have hanging over my head from the old band I used to play in.
Hope everyone's doing great
