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In my last update I was going to head out to an interview or somesuch for a job at Yahoo! As far as I can tell the fellow that referred me for the job did so kindly enough trying to get me a better paying job that’d benefit me in the long run and all that junk. Really cool of him and I greatly appreciate the effort. Only problem is that as far as Bill and I can tell the guy didn’t really know what the job was that he referred me for.

He came to me with talk of really simple website troubleshooting almost entirely devoted to help with HTML. I’m no HTML master but I’d like to think I’m quite proficient when it comes to most HTML stuff and what I don’t know I can quickly learn by searching online and retaining it. Simple enough. I was a shoe-in!

And then Bill had his interview for the job first and they didn’t get technical hardly at all and mostly focused on customer service. Customer service? Shit, I’m a master customer servicer! I’ve been doing this stuff since I was sixteen and know how to please people while getting work done. Put me in front of a customer and I’m smooth as hell.

100% job. Right?

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If they don’t yet, after only one noise complaint despite the adventures we consistently have, then they do now. I broke into “That’s Amore” during a midnight Taco Bell run which lead into Karaoke Revolution Party, which lead into us getting home and finding two mics for the Xbox. What continued was the most beautiful thing known to man as Corey and I belted out truly terrible renditions of every song we came across.

Except for “Snake Eater.” There’s no way we could ruin a song with lyrics describing the act of eating tree frogs. Aside from that, though, it was a pit of shit that we formed for the past hour.

In other news I’m going to have no voice and less sleep than I should for my interview in less than six hours. I’ll update with something tomorrow with some results, hopefully favorable, towards me having a different full time job while relegating Best Buy to secondary status. Indeed.

Lastly, Bill wouldn’t sing with us. That likely means Bill sucks balls. It definitely means that. Bill sucks balls.

Wow. Been a few months. I’m such shit at keeping a blog.

- Work at Best Buy. Got hired soon after my last posting. I’m not a Front End Leader, which is to say a Senior without the title or pay. I tell people to do their jobs and make sure they know how to push all of our additional products and services. It is both the easiest and most stressful job I’ve had so far. That’s not saying a whole lot.

- Attended school for the first time in the Fall of 2007 and took off the Winter term because I realized that I have absolutely no money. I’m playing catch up. I was really hoping to start back up in the Spring but that’s not too likely at this point. If I stick with Best Buy and I remain full time until Fall Term I should start up Tuition Assistance. That means all school paid for by them from that point on. I’m actually pretty okay waiting until Fall 2008.

And aside from those tidbits I’m doing my usual. Gaming. Reading quite a bit. Teaching myself some coding shit online. I’m one happening dude.

I’m growing restless and need to do something. We’ll see if this blog sees any of this action.

This new game is called Walk Down the Street and Try Not to Cry. I’m doing alright at it but the pedestrians have won a few rounds.

When I got into work tonight the first thing one of my coworkers told me was, “You sound like ass.” Turns out that happens when you’re upset for awhile. Who knew!?

Anyhow, two days off so I’ll have an update related to work and possibly a tiny bit more on Jenny and then I’ll try to get at least a Part Three put up for New York. I’ll continue referring to her as girlfriend in those posts since she was at the time so don’t be confused by that.

I need sleep and to read some Potter. That helps take my mind off of things, thankfully.

I’ll continue more of the entries about New York City but there’s a pretty good update right now but I don’t have much time to write.

I put in my two week’s notice and the manager got it this morning. Fuck you Hollywood.

Jenny and I have actually been broken up since the return from New York, essentially, but ever the optimist I had hoped it would be a short-lived break. No, that isn’t the case. I’m stupid and still hold out hope but I don’t see that changing anytime soon. I’m single again and my next few nights will likely be entertaining as I lie in bed and sob. I can’t wait.

I’ll write more, perhaps tonight, but don’t expect many details about Jenny and I. Frankly I’d simply rather not get into it as I’ve found when my thoughts are allowed to go rampant (such as walking down the street, sitting on the bus) my thoughts go to her and I start crying. It’s really fun, I look like a lunatic.

I’ll add more about the job stuff later.

Edit: Just noting that the two are not related. I didn’t lose her due to quitting my job, in case there is any confusion there.

So I somewhat forgot about this thing. Well, not really. More than anything I just haven’t really wanted to devote a chunk of time to writing an entry.

Suffice it to say I’m still alive. I’m also still working most the time and when not working I’m with Jenny. I intend to get another job very soon and part of that plan is already coming about with me using my vacation time in a few weeks. Once that’s used up I’ll definitely be looking for pretty much anything other than what I’m already doing. Odds are I’ll be going into more retail but I wouldn’t mind getting something that doesn’t deal with helping customers every day and perhaps just net something that’s simple like clerical.

I have plenty to actually add but I don’t want to make one massive entry. I’ll try to get a couple more out really soon, perhaps all in a row, but at least split in some fashion so everything is a bit more categorized.

The only thing I’ll note now is that I’ll be taking a flight somewhere in a few weeks and it’ll be pretty fucking awesome. More details will come when I write next.

Intro:

I covered previously most the activities from the first week. Simple stuff. I found my way around well enough. I met a bunch of coworkers. I ate food and got myself other necessary items. Good times. Let’s move on.

Act I: The Jungle

I work at two stores. This is the tale of my first days at both.

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