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So begins the current posts. Everything I never finished in the past year or so has been so and posted accordingly. I wanted to get all of that done before starting in on posting anything new… Just seemed like the thing to do. All of it is what was in my head, and at some point, I wanted it to be posted here, so… It made sense.

So, it’s 2004. No big surprise, it’s a new year every… year. I didn’t exactly make any New Year’s resolutions. I usually don’t. And the few times I have, I don’t end up following them. I did coincidentally purchase a yoga dvd and a pilates dvd on December 31, and make a general decision to try to do one or both every day… So I suppose you could consider it a New Year’s resolution… An inadvertant one if anything. Which seems fitting. I’m one of very few people I know of who could make an accidental New Year’s resolution. I suppose it gives me a good excuse if I don’t follow through. “I didn’t mean to make it…”

I got hired at Blockbuster a month and a half ago. The manager told me that I needed to get my paperwork done so I could get the orientation done. That was the Friday after Thanksgiving. I’ve been calling them on a weekly basis since then, and either the manager isn’t there, or he still had no idea when the orientation was. So much for working over break and getting the time and a half for working holidays. I’m gathering that I’m not really hired. Or they’re completely stupid. Both of which are distinct possiblities, the latter more likely than the first… And at this point, I’m not sure I want to work there. First of all, I won’t be able to wear my lip ring… Which is probably the case most places. Really, much moreso than that, why on earth would I want to work at such a disorganised place. It’s ridiculous. I’ve essentially given up. The manager said he would call me when he knew when the orientation was. I never heard back. I’m sure I could go in there and find someone who’s been hired and gone through orientation since I was supposedly hired. I honestly don’t even think I could respect him as a manager now. Which doesn’t exactly lend itself to being an employee in a low level, corporation retail job.

Anyway… I dropped an application at the bookstore on campus, which would be ideal. It’s right there and they work around your school schedule… So you could work 3 hours here, 2 hours there, if you wanted to. My cousin offered me a job at the restaurant that he runs. But my school is over an hour away from my house. His restaurant is 45 minutes from my school and same from my house… So it’s a giant triangle from the two places that I already have to be. Not so good. But I figure if nothing else works, I can drive out there on weekends. We’ll see.

School starts in a week and student loan checks will be mailed shortly thereafter. That’ll at least afford me more time to find a job. Hopefully one that I’ll enjoy.