Jul 13, 2008 22:17
After lunch at the Creperie, and a fun excursion to the beach, Devon and I went to Borders since she still had money left on a gift card, and I felt like buying the Lil Wayne cd. While we were browsing in the gay section, a song had come on the store stereo system, that I had thought was Radiohead, since the singer’s voice sounded very similar to Thom Yorke’s, but it was very happy music, so I thought to myself that Thom must have started a new round of anti-depressants or something.
When we headed back downstairs to hit up music and magazines, I grabbed the new Radiohead to scan at the preview machine to find the song that played. But alas, I discovered an album full of great moody rock in the manner that I would expect from Radiohead. I tried a couple other cd’s on the display, thinking it might have been on of the featured cds that played, but I still couldn’t find it. Until I wandered over to the help desk where Devon was ordering a book, and found the display that held the cd’s currently playing in the store. The culprit was Sigur Ros, an Icelandic band that I had heard of before, but had never gotten around to listening to. So I grabbed it, and Lil Wayne (the two albums compliment each other perfectly *snort*), Devon grabbed a couple gay magazines and we left.
I really, really like this cd. It’s blissful, and peppy, and otherworld-ly sounding, and I can’t understand a damn word they’re singing (which is just the way I like my music!). We listened to it for a while in the car while stopped at El Dorado park, and Devon commented that if trees could sing, this is the kind of music she would imagine they would sing, and after listening to it while writing today for a couple hours, I totally feel the same way.
It makes me want to talk about the happy things in my life too, especially since my post from last night was such a downer (although it was sorely needed; I haven’t written anything in months, and even though I pulled an all-nighter writing and didn’t sleep a wink, I felt so energized. I felt lighter, as if finally being able to put these thoughts I’ve been carrying around with me had relieved me of a physical weight). Looking back at all of my posts in this livejournal, they’re all downers. The majority of my posts here are primarily my dealing with the aftermath of our previous breakup.
It’s a funny feeling I get, reading these old posts now. I feel a small twinge in my heart as it recalls how it felt two years ago, but somehow I still feel so removed from it now, that it feels merely like a phantom twinge. It’s an odd experience.
Anyhoo, onto the pep! This weekend I’ll be meeting with one of my customers who wants to hire me as a part-time personal assistant. She and her husband own a business that it’s starting to burst out of it’s seams and overflow into the rest of their lives, and she wants me to help them keep everything else in their lives organized while they devote more and more of their attention to keeping their business running smoothly. I’m kinda curious as to what this business is, because she was rather vague about it. A couple of the other bankers and I at the branch have a wager going as to what it is. I’ve got my money on a porn studio, we are in the San Fernando Valley after all. We’ll see. Anyways, it’s a pretty decent gig it sounds like, I just need to help them manage their accounts, make sure all the bills get paid on time, and that I know exactly what’s going where, and when. I guess it would really be sort of a business manager/personal assistant hybrid gigs, but I won’t know everything for sure until I meet with them.
I need to make sure I mapquest their address, because it’s up in the Hollywood Hills, and it can be easy as hell to get confused up there.
Other happiness, miscellaneous happiness: I have a new bed. Finally after living here for 7 months, I’m steadily acquiring furniture. I didn’t really have any reason to not do it earlier, and Devon’s asked me why it’s taken so long. I told her that it might have something to do with the permanence of furniture, and that I wasn’t quite ready for it yet, But I have it now, and it’s cute and comfy and doesn’t make a whole lot of noise when Devon and I have sex (although it doesn’t really provide convenient places to, um, tie things to, but she did bring up a good point in that we built it, so we know what we can put where).
I also got a new tire easily to replace the busted one from last night. I drove home on my regular route down Ventura to get home from the branch and passed a tire place, stopped, and they got me set with a new tire in 20 minutes, while I got to watch VH1 on the top 100 songs of the 80’s (which was fun; I think I need to buy a tv and a tv stand as my next major furniture purchase; I miss VH1).
Another customer had offered me a job working for him at Sony as a Network Admin, but in reading the job description I know that I’m not up to the par in all of the certifications and knowledge requirements for the position. He told me not to worry about that, that he’ll try to get me something else if that one doesn’t work out, and that’ll they’ll probably send me to school for some sort of training anyway, as long as I can convince them I’m a quick learner, I should be ok. I’m less optimistic about that opportunity though, because I know I’m rusty on my computer skills.
About a month ago, a customer had talked to me about working with him as a pharmaceutical sales rep, which is the one I’m probably gunning for the most, but there hasn’t been an opening yet. I might look for other rep positions at other companies on my own though while I’m mining Monster for gold.
Yay! Job! I like sales, but I want something that’s not sure number heavy. Drug sales still have a quota, but it’s a different type of system than what I’m stuck in now, and at the moment the most I can make in yearly commission and bonuses by meeting my sales goals is like 6,000; as a pharma rep, it’s more like 20 or 30 grand. I also want a larger base salary. I’m getting a little over 42k now; I’m aiming at 50-52 for my next gig. I’m excited. I know I’m gonna spend the next couple weeks reading my eyes out on job search sites, but it’s gonna be worth it when I find ‘that one’.
Other than that, I’m listening to groovy tunes, Devon is coming over tomorrow, and I’m finally going to get some sleep after going without last night. Life is good.