Brief explanation
I've had some major things come up, which is why I've been down and out lately. Sorry, guys! First I sprained my ankle (which was really clumsy and idiotic and yada yada) but it was so bad that it hurt to be on the computer because of the positions I had to be in for the laptop and for the PC both. Like I could only recline for a while. x.x Got SO bored. Got further in my video games, though. 9.9 And it's still painful but not always. After almost six weeks, my ankle's still swollen! I'm going to go to the doctor's soon, though...
Then family came for three weeks. All good. I got ran around a lot because my cousin Jim wanted to go everywhere xD And he brought a lot of money because he and his wife Mary have no kids and are too old to have them...so they spoil their seconds cousins (me and my cousin) though we try to make them stop. ; ; But I ended up with some cheap new video games from GameStop and, tada! We went to a new sale at the library warehouse they're now holding the first Thursday of every month. Nearly new manga for fifty cents. All paperbacks fifty cents. Hardbacks one dollar but for brand new hardbacks, two dollars. Dude. Fifty-cent manga. And a lot of it, too. I'm happy. I got a lot. 8'D And I got the first two Black Bird and now I'm hooked. ; ; And...who ever thought the LOCAL LIBRARY would have yaoi manga? I died so bad (and bought it all). Innocent whistle much.
I applied for a sales job. I got through the interview and got accepted and then decided I just couldn't in good conscience go to friends' and peoples' houses and use our relationships to get them to buy expensive luxuries. It's immoral, it's selfish, it's something I don't have the stomach for. Sales is legitimate, and my daddy's been a salesman for over thirty years, so I have no problems with sales. It's just that particular job, where they encouraged me to start with family and church members and... I got this knot right above my stomach in my chest that almost hurt. It brought tears to my eyes and got worse every time I even thought about the job. So after the first day of training and getting all pumped up I totally crashed, came home, cried it out to my parents, and daddy said he agreed because he'd wrestled with the same thing with certain companies. So now I'm just mad at myself because I'm too nervous to call the manager and explain my sudden absence from training (though he's probably already kicked my butt out of there and made an example of me to the other trainees--not that I blame him). Good luck to them. I can't do it. At least it was a good excuse to go out shopping with mum and get some new, professional clothes. Now that was fun. Walking around the mall/shopping centers on my ankle was not, but that was worth it. Never found good shoes; I wore a pair of mum's Mary Janes that don't fit right to training day one and interview. I think I'm going to order from Milanoo. Any horror stories about Milanoo that I shouldn't order shoes from them for? D:
Any recommendations for a seventeen-year old high school graduate who needs a good part-time job? Not convenience stores or groceries or food service. I was thinking Michael's. I want to try a small-chain bookstore or something, too. I thought about this one in particular but the last time I went in and asked where Anne Rice was the saleslady got big eyes and said (totally honestly), "That's...in HORROR! What's a good, pretty young woman like you doing reading THAT?" before leading me to it. She clucked her tongue whenever I passed her the rest of the time I was there. It was actually really amusing--but I'd go crazy after, say...an hour of it. And the library's not hiring now, either. Sigh. Anyone have a good (or really bad) job story? ; ;
Then family came for three weeks. All good. I got ran around a lot because my cousin Jim wanted to go everywhere xD And he brought a lot of money because he and his wife Mary have no kids and are too old to have them...so they spoil their seconds cousins (me and my cousin) though we try to make them stop. ; ; But I ended up with some cheap new video games from GameStop and, tada! We went to a new sale at the library warehouse they're now holding the first Thursday of every month. Nearly new manga for fifty cents. All paperbacks fifty cents. Hardbacks one dollar but for brand new hardbacks, two dollars. Dude. Fifty-cent manga. And a lot of it, too. I'm happy. I got a lot. 8'D And I got the first two Black Bird and now I'm hooked. ; ; And...who ever thought the LOCAL LIBRARY would have yaoi manga? I died so bad (and bought it all). Innocent whistle much.
I applied for a sales job. I got through the interview and got accepted and then decided I just couldn't in good conscience go to friends' and peoples' houses and use our relationships to get them to buy expensive luxuries. It's immoral, it's selfish, it's something I don't have the stomach for. Sales is legitimate, and my daddy's been a salesman for over thirty years, so I have no problems with sales. It's just that particular job, where they encouraged me to start with family and church members and... I got this knot right above my stomach in my chest that almost hurt. It brought tears to my eyes and got worse every time I even thought about the job. So after the first day of training and getting all pumped up I totally crashed, came home, cried it out to my parents, and daddy said he agreed because he'd wrestled with the same thing with certain companies. So now I'm just mad at myself because I'm too nervous to call the manager and explain my sudden absence from training (though he's probably already kicked my butt out of there and made an example of me to the other trainees--not that I blame him). Good luck to them. I can't do it. At least it was a good excuse to go out shopping with mum and get some new, professional clothes. Now that was fun. Walking around the mall/shopping centers on my ankle was not, but that was worth it. Never found good shoes; I wore a pair of mum's Mary Janes that don't fit right to training day one and interview. I think I'm going to order from Milanoo. Any horror stories about Milanoo that I shouldn't order shoes from them for? D:
Any recommendations for a seventeen-year old high school graduate who needs a good part-time job? Not convenience stores or groceries or food service. I was thinking Michael's. I want to try a small-chain bookstore or something, too. I thought about this one in particular but the last time I went in and asked where Anne Rice was the saleslady got big eyes and said (totally honestly), "That's...in HORROR! What's a good, pretty young woman like you doing reading THAT?" before leading me to it. She clucked her tongue whenever I passed her the rest of the time I was there. It was actually really amusing--but I'd go crazy after, say...an hour of it. And the library's not hiring now, either. Sigh. Anyone have a good (or really bad) job story? ; ;