Wow, what a year so far and it's still not over yet.
Yes, he lives.
It has been oh so long since I posted anything. When we last left our hero he was working a job he absolutely despised, making very little money, comming home every day to an empty apartment and spending just about every waking moment aside from work alone. Looking back now I can't even begin to believe that I once lived like that. So much has changed, and for the better I might add. I guess I will begin with my sudden departure from my crappy theater job.
Once the hollidays ended I had began to see a steady decline in the hours I was getting. This is right around the time I started becomming a regular at South Sides Shootz Cafe, but more on that later. Anyway come the start of February, my hours had dropped to less than 20. Now since that was my only source of income, I was pretty boned. Something inside of me just snapped. I was sick of busting my ass and not seeing any reward for my efforts. And all of my so called superiors there were of no help. No matter how much I begged them for more hours they seemed happier to give them to kids who lived with their parents, rather than someone who actually needed the money to survive. So I just stopped going. I had finally had enough of being pushed around, comming home and feeling like I didn't want to face another day of indignity, humiliation, and for less than 7 an hour? This is around the time that I started to actually see myself as a worth while person. So I decided it was finally time to really start trying to better myself and to make myself happy with my life as it is, and without the aid of a girlfriend.
About a week after that is when everything started to change. For the first time my weekly visits to Shootz had paid off. I had finally started meeting people and making new friends. It all started with Patrick, who Kelly and I had met there. From that moment on things started to change. Slowly but surely I was being around people more, becoming more outgoing and strangely enough confident. I started to sing more when I was there, and the more I did it the more I realized that I loved it. And my increasing circle of friends really liked my performances. Anyway a couple of weeks later I met Ryan, a friend of Patricks. It was because of him that I was able to find myself a better paying job at Children's Hospital in Oakland. A job that I still have and enjoy to this day. The funny part is that while I thought I had completely blown the interview. On my birthday I am awakened by the call that they want to hire me. It started out part time, which I quickly worked my way up to full.
But here is the biggest change in my life. I no longer live alone. Well I did have Ryan living with me for a while, which helped him out and I think was a positive experience over all. But my new roommate isn't human. She is a 3 month old tortioseshell kitten who I decided to name Kamea which is Hawaiian for precious one. I had agreed to watch a kitten for a friend. She was a little black kitten named Eve, and during this time, I not only found out that I was a damn good cat owner, but that having a cat in my life made me so much happier. I actually had someone waiting for me when I got home, as Eve would always come to greet me when I came home. Kamea does the same thing. It's so cute. Anyway when it came time for Eve to go home, I was heartbroken. I felt like I was losing my best friend. But after that, rather than dwell on it, I decided to do something about it. So I decided that it was time for me to have one of my own. I went down to Petco at the waterfront, and while I was looking at the kittens, one of them stood up on her hind legs, reached through the cage, looked at me and meowed in the tiniest little meow I have ever heard. What can I say, she chose me. The lady working there even knocked the price of her down because she could tell that the kitten would be very happy with me. So it was settled, she chose me. So I ended up walking away with a 3 month old little girl kitten. I have had Kamea for about two weeks now and I couldn't be happier. Before I got her, I got so much support from my new friends, who could see that I was like a lost soul without a cat anymore. Some offered to lend me money, some offered to take me to get her.
So I not only have a better job, but a wonderful and quite large group of friends who I would not trade for the world, and a little companion who has already brightened my world. I finally stopped letting my life pass me by, and started actually living it. I can't believe it took me so long to do so. As I try for a better paying job, based on how this year has been so far, it can only get better from here. Now if only my high speed modem would hurry up and get here.
It has been oh so long since I posted anything. When we last left our hero he was working a job he absolutely despised, making very little money, comming home every day to an empty apartment and spending just about every waking moment aside from work alone. Looking back now I can't even begin to believe that I once lived like that. So much has changed, and for the better I might add. I guess I will begin with my sudden departure from my crappy theater job.
Once the hollidays ended I had began to see a steady decline in the hours I was getting. This is right around the time I started becomming a regular at South Sides Shootz Cafe, but more on that later. Anyway come the start of February, my hours had dropped to less than 20. Now since that was my only source of income, I was pretty boned. Something inside of me just snapped. I was sick of busting my ass and not seeing any reward for my efforts. And all of my so called superiors there were of no help. No matter how much I begged them for more hours they seemed happier to give them to kids who lived with their parents, rather than someone who actually needed the money to survive. So I just stopped going. I had finally had enough of being pushed around, comming home and feeling like I didn't want to face another day of indignity, humiliation, and for less than 7 an hour? This is around the time that I started to actually see myself as a worth while person. So I decided it was finally time to really start trying to better myself and to make myself happy with my life as it is, and without the aid of a girlfriend.
About a week after that is when everything started to change. For the first time my weekly visits to Shootz had paid off. I had finally started meeting people and making new friends. It all started with Patrick, who Kelly and I had met there. From that moment on things started to change. Slowly but surely I was being around people more, becoming more outgoing and strangely enough confident. I started to sing more when I was there, and the more I did it the more I realized that I loved it. And my increasing circle of friends really liked my performances. Anyway a couple of weeks later I met Ryan, a friend of Patricks. It was because of him that I was able to find myself a better paying job at Children's Hospital in Oakland. A job that I still have and enjoy to this day. The funny part is that while I thought I had completely blown the interview. On my birthday I am awakened by the call that they want to hire me. It started out part time, which I quickly worked my way up to full.
But here is the biggest change in my life. I no longer live alone. Well I did have Ryan living with me for a while, which helped him out and I think was a positive experience over all. But my new roommate isn't human. She is a 3 month old tortioseshell kitten who I decided to name Kamea which is Hawaiian for precious one. I had agreed to watch a kitten for a friend. She was a little black kitten named Eve, and during this time, I not only found out that I was a damn good cat owner, but that having a cat in my life made me so much happier. I actually had someone waiting for me when I got home, as Eve would always come to greet me when I came home. Kamea does the same thing. It's so cute. Anyway when it came time for Eve to go home, I was heartbroken. I felt like I was losing my best friend. But after that, rather than dwell on it, I decided to do something about it. So I decided that it was time for me to have one of my own. I went down to Petco at the waterfront, and while I was looking at the kittens, one of them stood up on her hind legs, reached through the cage, looked at me and meowed in the tiniest little meow I have ever heard. What can I say, she chose me. The lady working there even knocked the price of her down because she could tell that the kitten would be very happy with me. So it was settled, she chose me. So I ended up walking away with a 3 month old little girl kitten. I have had Kamea for about two weeks now and I couldn't be happier. Before I got her, I got so much support from my new friends, who could see that I was like a lost soul without a cat anymore. Some offered to lend me money, some offered to take me to get her.
So I not only have a better job, but a wonderful and quite large group of friends who I would not trade for the world, and a little companion who has already brightened my world. I finally stopped letting my life pass me by, and started actually living it. I can't believe it took me so long to do so. As I try for a better paying job, based on how this year has been so far, it can only get better from here. Now if only my high speed modem would hurry up and get here.