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I know I've only really been looking for a job for like 4 days
But it always seems so much longer
Not too many hits back. Have one interview tonight, two more scheduled for the future. I just finished reading an article though that explains why it's so hard to find summer jobs. Bad economy means businesses are reducing the number of employees they have, older people/college grads who should be moving on from menial jobs stay because there's no work elsewhere, legal immigrants will work anywhere just to maintain their work visas, and here's poor little us: the undergrads, with no jobs. I can't even imagine being a high schooler and trying to find work. Although, maybe being cute would pay off.
Went and played Bingo with the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. Couple things on that:
1. They are super organized! There are four levels of membership, the bottom two are just volunteer runts, no name, no costume. The third level is novice, you have your name but you don't get to put it on your nametag, and you have to wear a white veil. The highest level is called 'fully professed' and you can do whatever you want I guess. To go from novice to fully professed you have to do a volunteer project in the community. Meg and I are helping poor little Eunice X move up to fully professed by volunteering as public safety people at Pink Saturday, fun!
2. Bingo is nuts. I have never played outside of like school settings. We spent $67 bucks on bingo sheets, pull tab tickets and raffle tickets, and we freakin' won $200 and an iPod. That shit was awesome. I want to go again! Not that we would win again... but it was still fun.
3. If you call Bingo and you didn't have a bingo there are three punishments. I didn't hear the first one,but the second one was a spanking, and the third was being a 'Dauper Boy', where you walk around the room with your shirt off and people pay a buck to stamp you with the bingo pen. The only guy who had to do it was super old and cute and looked confused, but it was hilarious.
wow so I go from no entries to writing a fucking novel
i'm not really doing anything these days except for scouring craigslist and wondering if i made the right decision. i'm enjoying relaxing though (something i never let myself do) and think it'll all be fine in the end. i would like a job though, 'cause the looks of my bank account scare me. I've only managed to save $1,500 so far this year. I know my earnings are often off-balanced, but to save $5000 overall, you think I should have done a bit better by the midpoint.
Oh well, this summer and all next school year are going to be money sucks... i guess i should just anticipate that.
But it always seems so much longer
Not too many hits back. Have one interview tonight, two more scheduled for the future. I just finished reading an article though that explains why it's so hard to find summer jobs. Bad economy means businesses are reducing the number of employees they have, older people/college grads who should be moving on from menial jobs stay because there's no work elsewhere, legal immigrants will work anywhere just to maintain their work visas, and here's poor little us: the undergrads, with no jobs. I can't even imagine being a high schooler and trying to find work. Although, maybe being cute would pay off.
Went and played Bingo with the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. Couple things on that:
1. They are super organized! There are four levels of membership, the bottom two are just volunteer runts, no name, no costume. The third level is novice, you have your name but you don't get to put it on your nametag, and you have to wear a white veil. The highest level is called 'fully professed' and you can do whatever you want I guess. To go from novice to fully professed you have to do a volunteer project in the community. Meg and I are helping poor little Eunice X move up to fully professed by volunteering as public safety people at Pink Saturday, fun!
2. Bingo is nuts. I have never played outside of like school settings. We spent $67 bucks on bingo sheets, pull tab tickets and raffle tickets, and we freakin' won $200 and an iPod. That shit was awesome. I want to go again! Not that we would win again... but it was still fun.
3. If you call Bingo and you didn't have a bingo there are three punishments. I didn't hear the first one,but the second one was a spanking, and the third was being a 'Dauper Boy', where you walk around the room with your shirt off and people pay a buck to stamp you with the bingo pen. The only guy who had to do it was super old and cute and looked confused, but it was hilarious.
wow so I go from no entries to writing a fucking novel
i'm not really doing anything these days except for scouring craigslist and wondering if i made the right decision. i'm enjoying relaxing though (something i never let myself do) and think it'll all be fine in the end. i would like a job though, 'cause the looks of my bank account scare me. I've only managed to save $1,500 so far this year. I know my earnings are often off-balanced, but to save $5000 overall, you think I should have done a bit better by the midpoint.
Oh well, this summer and all next school year are going to be money sucks... i guess i should just anticipate that.