I broke the silence!
Where have I been? What did I do? Why... on earth are earth am I so lazy? You might ask.
Lazy is not exactly the right word.
Well that whole list of things I posted just before I vanished was the cause of all this... that and having a social life beyond the computer screen. I never thought I'd be distracted for this long! o_O
Well that magazine thing is getting MADE! I've got 20-something people on the project (at least a few dedicated ones) and it's really happening. I decided to take the lead and direct the project. Scary. 'cause as a kid I told myself never to be responsible for somebody else's doomsday. So far so good! I just need to keep up with the rolling waves that will be running an online publication/blog. I have no idea if it'll be a huge success or not. I won't be disappointed either way, most people come up with ideas and never do anything with them. At least I'm doing something with it.
Awwww but right now.. I'm hating/loving life. It's a mixy feeling you see. I moved almost a year ago. (last September) School was out for summer. Got a job, lost the job. Realized that one of my teachers was completely incompetent and failed me for NO REAL REASON. She made some lame reason about attendance...anyways... I'm trying to get a new job. It's been two months and I've had 8 interviews. They went great! However the rolling competition in the city is fierce just as fierce as stupidity.
My birthday was last month. I had the time of my life... even though I was broke enough to not buy drinks, I got drunk!!! My friends came and visited me and brought some cocktails. My brother pitched in, my dj friend who was hosting the event I went partying at gave me some free drinks. It was the nicest thing I've experienced. Everyone had fun! Everybody!
I had one offer last month for a part-time job at the hospital's cafe. After the interview she pretty much said I was hired. She never called. A few days later.. I called her. No answer. So I left a message asking if she was still needing cashiers because I was still interested. A day later, no response.
Then... suddenly, my auntie offered me the opportunity to go to Cuba with her for vacation. It was so worth it, the phone call and everything I've been through for her to say this. She acknowledge my mother leaving, my father being absent, my auntie's passing, my grandfather passing, my grandmother (her sister) passing. She said I don't deserve all the shit I've been getting in life and therefore I deserve a free trip to Cuba. Not a cent to give out.
And I said, hell yes.
Then I called the prospective employer and left a message saying that I'll be away for a week. So if she still needs me, I'll be available the day I get back. A week later, still no response.
So I said F*** IT! I'm going to Cuba!
I went, I loved it. It was incredible. Again so very lucky, I could've stayed home being miserable if I didn't go!
Now that I'm back and everything, things are still the same but I'm not depressed and sad about not getting work. I mean it doesn't mean I stopped caring, I just have to move quicker, get in their faces.
I live in the worst place for cell phone reception and there's nothing I can do about it. Nothing upsets me more when employers call ME and never leave a voice message. I lose the call because I can't get signal strength in the basement and I loose a chance for an interview.
Staples called me once..I got screwed by the weak signals.
I tried to get back to who ever called me. An employee I happened to reach didn't know what to do and didn't know which person called me. They never called back again.
Can you believe that some fashion retail employers (*cough* Urban Outfitters) I've met with did not consider "Wal-Mart" as retail sales experience? They gotta be freakn' kidding me right? I ask them why not and till this day I haven't heard of an answer that made intelligible sense yet.
It's also frustrating as hell when someone under qualified gets hired before me.
Nothing bugs me more than mediocre cashiers at Wal-Mart in Toronto. It's like... you know you can do a million times better than most of them but they won't hire you because they already full staffed with half-decent employees. It's not like I'm gonna stick around and wait... the bills need to get paid!
Truth be told I gave in and applied for a spot back into the team. They said they were happy to know I had previous experience but "oooh nooo we don't need cashiers at the moment."
EFFIN GHEY! Gimmie a job!
Yeaah but they did say I can apply for the baby department. (cause nobody wants to work in that dept.) Being the tool that I am I applied for that position too.
Before leaving the store, an employee asked, "Are you old enough to work?"
I stood in shock.
Thinking in my head, "WHAT THE HELL? Okay so I look young. I get it but you're reading my resume... which has like years worth of experience typed on it. (oh! Legal work experience by the way) You're asking if I'M OLD ENOUGH TO WORK IN CANADA!? I graduated high school in 2005, worked straight for 1 year and took 1 year of college then 1 year University and you're asking me if I'M AT THE LEGAL AGE?(16 years old)... you do the math."
So I responded to his stupid question with civility, "yes."
Then I turned around and added, "I'm 21."
Today I went on craigslist and ...AND....AAAAAND I saw an actual real ad from HMV. The same place I handed my resume into about two months ago requesting a position for the Electronica department.
Yes. You are right.
They are looking to hire someone for Electronic Music Department OR Metal now. I'm very happy about this. There has been nothing but shit jobs to pick from but this one could hold the most promise. Music is my life! I can't let this opportunity go to waste.
Imagine the mad discounts? I will BUY CDs at discounts I tell ya. Imagine the cool people I'd meet who actually have ranging tastes in music besides Canadian idol one hit wonders. Of course some customers can be pricks but working at Wal-mart made me accustomed to pricks on a daily basis so.. I'm almost ready. I wonder what music pricks are like?
I applied to it today and this time I wrote a spank-ass cover letter. (I never do the same thing twice!) A guy in front of me in line applied too! He looked like a DJ.. AAARGH! FUCKING competition!!! All sorts of worries infiltrated my head right there and then.
Let's hope this is his first time applying for a job.
Originally posted on royal-clover.vox.com
