Home Defense for Tragic Virgins
Places I've Applied to This Summer:
1. CVS (2 positions)
2. Walgreens (3 positions)
3. Rite-Aid
4. Wegman's
5. Pacsun
6. FYE
7. Circuit City
8. Radio Shack
9. Pita Pit
10. Spencer's Gifts
11. Subway
12. Gamestop
13. Regal Henrietta
14. Domenico's (I even had an 'in' with one of the employees... "Drop my name, ask for Lisa, we realy need people right now...", still, bupkiss)
15. Also, that guy who said he could get me a job working at one of the kiosks in Marketplace Mall. Yeah, he totally couldn't.
I might be forgetting a couple.
I haven't updated in, like, a month, because nothing has happened for, like, a month. This summer has been a veritable menagerie of disappointment. Amazingly, however, Subway called me today and asked me to come in for an interview tomorrow. Hey, three weeks of employment is better than zero.
I still haven't heard anything definitive on housing, either. If I'm unable to get housing, I might not be going back to Emerson next semester. I haven't talked about it with the folks yet (and I have no doubt they'll do everything in their power to make sure that I go), but I'm not prepared to rule it out as a possibility. Here's the way I see it:
Possibility #1: I get both a job and housing. Best case scenario. I can head back to Boston with a few extra bucks in my pocket, and I'll have a place to work in Rochester in between semesters.
Possibility #2: I don't get a job, but I do get housing. A waste of a summer, but other than that, totally workable. My schedule for this semester is very light... I only have class three days out of the week. I can work a job during the semester, no problem, and actually get decent hours.
Possibility #3: I get a job, but I don't get housing. An unsavory prospect, but workable. I can take a semester or two off, earn some money, and return with renewed appreciation for academia after six or more months of mind-numbing, soul-crushing boredom. Another (sub) possibility is that my parents will insist that I go back to school in September, fearing (not without reason) that I'd otherwise lose my academic momentum. They pay an unreasonable sum for an apartment, or make me move in with poor Heather (a heretofore unmentioned step-sister, for those of you wondering), or I have to impose on some
acquaintance of mine in Boston. Either way, I feel like a total fucking shmuck.
Possibility #4: I get neither a job or housing. I'm fuuuuuuuuuuuuuucked.
Anyway, wish me luck.
1. CVS (2 positions)
2. Walgreens (3 positions)
3. Rite-Aid
4. Wegman's
5. Pacsun
6. FYE
7. Circuit City
8. Radio Shack
9. Pita Pit
10. Spencer's Gifts
11. Subway
12. Gamestop
13. Regal Henrietta
14. Domenico's (I even had an 'in' with one of the employees... "Drop my name, ask for Lisa, we realy need people right now...", still, bupkiss)
15. Also, that guy who said he could get me a job working at one of the kiosks in Marketplace Mall. Yeah, he totally couldn't.
I might be forgetting a couple.
I haven't updated in, like, a month, because nothing has happened for, like, a month. This summer has been a veritable menagerie of disappointment. Amazingly, however, Subway called me today and asked me to come in for an interview tomorrow. Hey, three weeks of employment is better than zero.
I still haven't heard anything definitive on housing, either. If I'm unable to get housing, I might not be going back to Emerson next semester. I haven't talked about it with the folks yet (and I have no doubt they'll do everything in their power to make sure that I go), but I'm not prepared to rule it out as a possibility. Here's the way I see it:
Possibility #1: I get both a job and housing. Best case scenario. I can head back to Boston with a few extra bucks in my pocket, and I'll have a place to work in Rochester in between semesters.
Possibility #2: I don't get a job, but I do get housing. A waste of a summer, but other than that, totally workable. My schedule for this semester is very light... I only have class three days out of the week. I can work a job during the semester, no problem, and actually get decent hours.
Possibility #3: I get a job, but I don't get housing. An unsavory prospect, but workable. I can take a semester or two off, earn some money, and return with renewed appreciation for academia after six or more months of mind-numbing, soul-crushing boredom. Another (sub) possibility is that my parents will insist that I go back to school in September, fearing (not without reason) that I'd otherwise lose my academic momentum. They pay an unreasonable sum for an apartment, or make me move in with poor Heather (a heretofore unmentioned step-sister, for those of you wondering), or I have to impose on some
acquaintance of mine in Boston. Either way, I feel like a total fucking shmuck.
Possibility #4: I get neither a job or housing. I'm fuuuuuuuuuuuuuucked.
Anyway, wish me luck.