I think i feel a bump, and it sickens me.
Corporate America. Everyone, at some point in their lives, just has to suck it up and give in to the growth and support of the "big, evil corporations." In a time where people my age are trying to boycott the death out of corporations while gas costs an arm and a leg more than just one arm and one leg, it's a bit hard to know what to do. One voice announces itself in your head telling you to beware of the corporations that are driving the common man out of business, then there's the pauper inside of you that says just buy into it and save yourself some money, there's no sense in paying more and supporting someone who's on the same level as you are, the whole point is to get ahead isn't it?
Howard Shultz is the CEO of Starbucks Co. About once a month a DVD is sent to my store and I am forced (well... paid) to listen to him talk to me about the big things Starbucks has in store, and the new ideas that are going to put Starbucks on a new part of the map, (seeing as they're already on the map in many locations within merely a half mile of each other). Sometimes I want to just leave the company, forsake its rules regulations and ridiculous policies for a more cush job where I am allowed to make mistakes, even frequently, and slack off a bit more. Then my sense of a job-well-done kicks in and I begin to realize that I do, in fact, like my job. Although the corporation I work for has driven many a coffee shop out of business, i also am glad to be a part of something that's consistent world-wide. I enjoy knowing that I am contributing to one hard-working person's dream of success and am being rewarded properly for doing so.
I figure that I will most likely stay employed by Starbucks Co. for the rest of my college career for the benefits I will receive which include stock and tuition reimbursement for my substantial school loans at a private university. (Remind me to write about school later).
It seems like EVERYTHING is about money. It's all one big scheme to get money. To have it, to be able to spend it, to be able to FLAUNT the fact that I HAVE MONEY. I frankly am quite sick of the whole situation and wish, desperately in a bloody puddle that it was some other way. Unfortunately, that's how the world works and I don't think that there's really anything that i can do to change that. Its like there some kind of tumor growing and growing on me as I age that requires more and more of me and what I work for. Take groceries for example, I pay about $50 a week just to feed myself and no one else. That is a crying shame. I have to spend a substantial amount of my monthly income just to stay alive and healthy, that's the sort of thing that should be free.
Take Vanguard University. Most likely the biggest pile of bullshit many are likely to ever see. Here's a school that claims to be a place where kids come to get their education and be educated about their faith that they most likely adopted from their parents and, hopefully, learn to become better people. Unfortunately, none of the aforementioned details happen to be the actual focus of the school. The entire focus of the school in actuality happens to be, you guessed it: Money. The school is so fucused on trying to get the alumni to donate money, raise up students to be rich businessmen, pastors and artists simply for the reason that the school wants (and desperately needs) more money. I really don't think any of the administration is very much interested in the scholastic well being of any students whatsoever, with perhaps the possible exception of their own students who have not a care in the world because with scholarships and financial aid along with the fact that their parents are the higher-ups in the school combine to form the result of these kids being paid to attend vanguard. It stressed me out to say the least.
I just found out somewhat recently that my ex has a new boyfriend. I was disappointed to say the least, at first when I found out. We had so many good times together, I felt we really had a connection, and she had a great body which I made my way around on a few separate occasions. At first I felt utterly betrayed, simply knowing the fact that she was probably getting rather intimate with "Mr. New Guy" physically, quite soon after dumping me off on the side of the metaphorical road. After thinking about it constantly for about a week or two, I came to the conclusion that I actually didn't really mind so much anymore. At some point I was likely to get sick of her and break up with her (an exciting plot twist had it actually occurred in reality). I have recently come to the conclusion that i am going to be taking a long break from dating and relationships until I actually have something of a handle on how to maintain them and form them. i enjoy being with someone, but I find i enjoy the pursuit of that person much more than i actually enjoy being with them for a period of time. I want something more than just a two-month fling, which is what my last two relationships with a girl have resulted as. I want something of a six-month, not-so-serious yet still somewhat serious kind of relationship. The perfect balance. I don't think I will be doing so for at least six months though, I need to continue in my extreme focus on my career. The next girl that comes around is going to have to be a girl that really likes ME and makes an effort to let me know that she likes me. I'm sick of the pursuit that just ends in disappointment as in my last two relationships.
That's all for now, I have work at Ten!!!
Howard Shultz is the CEO of Starbucks Co. About once a month a DVD is sent to my store and I am forced (well... paid) to listen to him talk to me about the big things Starbucks has in store, and the new ideas that are going to put Starbucks on a new part of the map, (seeing as they're already on the map in many locations within merely a half mile of each other). Sometimes I want to just leave the company, forsake its rules regulations and ridiculous policies for a more cush job where I am allowed to make mistakes, even frequently, and slack off a bit more. Then my sense of a job-well-done kicks in and I begin to realize that I do, in fact, like my job. Although the corporation I work for has driven many a coffee shop out of business, i also am glad to be a part of something that's consistent world-wide. I enjoy knowing that I am contributing to one hard-working person's dream of success and am being rewarded properly for doing so.
I figure that I will most likely stay employed by Starbucks Co. for the rest of my college career for the benefits I will receive which include stock and tuition reimbursement for my substantial school loans at a private university. (Remind me to write about school later).
It seems like EVERYTHING is about money. It's all one big scheme to get money. To have it, to be able to spend it, to be able to FLAUNT the fact that I HAVE MONEY. I frankly am quite sick of the whole situation and wish, desperately in a bloody puddle that it was some other way. Unfortunately, that's how the world works and I don't think that there's really anything that i can do to change that. Its like there some kind of tumor growing and growing on me as I age that requires more and more of me and what I work for. Take groceries for example, I pay about $50 a week just to feed myself and no one else. That is a crying shame. I have to spend a substantial amount of my monthly income just to stay alive and healthy, that's the sort of thing that should be free.
Take Vanguard University. Most likely the biggest pile of bullshit many are likely to ever see. Here's a school that claims to be a place where kids come to get their education and be educated about their faith that they most likely adopted from their parents and, hopefully, learn to become better people. Unfortunately, none of the aforementioned details happen to be the actual focus of the school. The entire focus of the school in actuality happens to be, you guessed it: Money. The school is so fucused on trying to get the alumni to donate money, raise up students to be rich businessmen, pastors and artists simply for the reason that the school wants (and desperately needs) more money. I really don't think any of the administration is very much interested in the scholastic well being of any students whatsoever, with perhaps the possible exception of their own students who have not a care in the world because with scholarships and financial aid along with the fact that their parents are the higher-ups in the school combine to form the result of these kids being paid to attend vanguard. It stressed me out to say the least.
I just found out somewhat recently that my ex has a new boyfriend. I was disappointed to say the least, at first when I found out. We had so many good times together, I felt we really had a connection, and she had a great body which I made my way around on a few separate occasions. At first I felt utterly betrayed, simply knowing the fact that she was probably getting rather intimate with "Mr. New Guy" physically, quite soon after dumping me off on the side of the metaphorical road. After thinking about it constantly for about a week or two, I came to the conclusion that I actually didn't really mind so much anymore. At some point I was likely to get sick of her and break up with her (an exciting plot twist had it actually occurred in reality). I have recently come to the conclusion that i am going to be taking a long break from dating and relationships until I actually have something of a handle on how to maintain them and form them. i enjoy being with someone, but I find i enjoy the pursuit of that person much more than i actually enjoy being with them for a period of time. I want something more than just a two-month fling, which is what my last two relationships with a girl have resulted as. I want something of a six-month, not-so-serious yet still somewhat serious kind of relationship. The perfect balance. I don't think I will be doing so for at least six months though, I need to continue in my extreme focus on my career. The next girl that comes around is going to have to be a girl that really likes ME and makes an effort to let me know that she likes me. I'm sick of the pursuit that just ends in disappointment as in my last two relationships.
That's all for now, I have work at Ten!!!