well, yesterday at work, i got pulled into the gm's office and told that as of that day, my wages were being increased from training wages (12.50$/hr) to full wages (14$/hr) because i was awesome. she said this in a much more long-winded professional way, but that's what she basically said. which means my second paycheck on the 22nd is going to be ( Read more... )

day 4 on the job... my new computer system just got set up, and it's spiff! awesome flatscreen. i'm getting used to getting up at 6:15, although it sucks that it's still dark out ( Read more... )

i am more excited about the prospect of having an art show than i thought... wait, that's not right... i'm excited that the series i started doing for my show is coming along so well (!) i'm kinda impressed with myself. it's true that only 1 or 2 photos out of every batch i take is useful, but still, i have until june at least, so i'm not rushing ( Read more... )

well i got offered a job from one of the two places i had interviews with last week. unfortunately, it's not the one i really really wanted. this position would be with canadian home grocers, doing mostly data entry-related work, as well as other admin stuff... it pays well (12.50/hr for training which lasts about a month, then 14.00/hr regular pay ( Read more... )

so i found a job posting for a political researcher/admin assistant at the Japanese Embassy, and just about splooged myself. so i wrote a great cover letter and sent it and my resume off the other day with no expectation i'll ever even get called for an interview. but it was cool to apply :P ( Read more... )

well the first official day of work was fine.

oh yeah, and:

FUCK YOU, OCTRANSPO!!!!! FUCK YOUR 6$ BUSPASS HIKE!!!

my buspass is now 29$ away from being 25% of what i pay in rent. un-fucking-believable.