IT'S OFFICIAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What a pickle

I'm in a bit of a pickle with this whole blog thing.  I semi-found a job, so I don't have anything to say here any more about job searching.  And I hate lady_chiquita because that is so high school. 

I shall announce again what I:m going to do.  I mean, if you guys still want me to tell you about what I'm doing.  Ah hell, I want to tell you anyway, so you're going to have to stomach it biaaaaaaaaaaatch!

Peace,

L

I (kind of) Have a Job

This page should now be called I_have_a_temp_job now.  I'll be starting next week.  It's at a bank.  It's not glamorous, but "everything for experience."  Every single Older Person I've talked to has said that to me, so I'll take their word for it.  Plus, it's only for a month and a half, and God only knows I've been bored. 
The perk of the whole thing is that I get to work in Downtown Los Angeles.  I love Downtown.  It's an interesting part of town.  My poo-brain Peter works there too, so we will be scheduling lunch once a week.  I haven't told him that yet, but I decide everything in our relationship.

Speaking of the Poo-Brain, I will be going to Vegas this weekend with him and our posse.  I don't like Las Vegas, to be honest.  I don't gamble, it's life-threateningly hot over there, and everything is blindly artificial on the Strip.  But it is one of those places where everything is forgive, so might as well go have some fun.

I suppose that's it for this week.  It was a lot more eventful than last week.  People were knocking on my door and calling my cell phone non-stop the first two weeks since I've been home, but that died down, and I was pushed back into normal life.  I've been dealing with the fact that everyone has other things to do, and I need to find something To Do as well.  I'm slowly getting there.
Meanwhile, I've been discovering You tube, which exploded while I was gone without frequent Internet access.  Last time I was gone, the O.C. exploded, but I never really got into that one. The best thing about Youtube is that I get to watch Spanish shows that I love, here.  Viva Aida y Luismaaaaaaa!!

PAZ

P.S.  My mom bought these gourmet cupcakes that Oprah apparently loves, and has them sent to her in Chicago.  My friend Jeremy said they should be approximately 8 times more delicious than your average cupcakes, because they are that much more expensive. My verdict?  I mean... it's a cupcake.  How gourmet can it be?  I think I'm going to just stick to her book recommendations.  

That's my jam

I've been looking at different job ads that Just Aren't Interesting for quite a long time.  My mom yells at me daily saying that jobs aren't supposed to be fun.  I, however, start day dreaming about different jobs that I could make up that would be interesting. 

For example:

I've always been thinking about making a weather website strictly focusing on what to wear.  70 degrees 20% humidity?  A tank top and a light jacket.  68 degrees and rain?  Boots and a skirt so that you don't get bottom-of-pants-getting-wet syndrome.  (A personal pet peeve.)

OR

You all know how obsessed I've been about the FoodNetwork.  I love the channel, but I cannot get over how Bleach White the show is.  It's olive-oil-and-garlic-ed out.  The diversity quota is met by Italian Americans.  SO!  I will be the Diversity Officer of the network and recruit non-Bleach White folks to add some cilantro and sesame oil to the shows. 

What do you think?  Yes,  I know... I'll get back to my searches.

In other news, I have an interview tomorrow.  Just FYI, this site will end once I find a job.

PEACE.

Let me break it down...

I've been getting random calls from temp agencies after I posted my resume on Monster.  Let me explain my situation to you all by reenacting the same questionnaire that I've done about 5 times.

How are you today?
I'm alright, thanks.  Who (the hell) are you?
I'm Hisako from Sushi Sanrio Honda and I found your resume on Monster. (Since I put that I could speak Japanese on my resume, almost all of these companies that called me have been Japanese ones.)
Do you have time to talk to me for a bit?
Yes.  (I suppose my favorite Foodnetwork show can wait.) (Curious about the shows?  I love Good Eats and Everyday Italian.  It's sad that I have multiple ones...)
Great!  Let's see, you've finished school last year, and what have you been doing since? (i.e. why do you have a blank year?)
Well, I was on a post-graduate year abroad through a scholarship.
Wow, congratulations!  That's great!  So what type of job are you looking for now?

This is the question that everyone hates.  Well, I hate it.  There are several types of job searchers.  There are lucky bastards who know what they want and get right into what they want to do at a great job (due to either nepotism, or some kind of connection they have), people who know what they want to do but can't get the right job, and people who don't know what to do.  I fall between the last two.  I have a general idea but don't know exactly what I want to do.  When you're in that situation, should you take whatever job?  Or should you choose carefully?  Someone please answer this question because I don't know.  I have been advised that I shouldn't leave a job right now for 2 years for the sake of demonstrating that I can stick to a job.  So, SOMEONE GIVE ME AN ANSWER TO THIS ONE!!

And then the questionnaire goes blah blah blah and it ends by them telling me that they'll call me when they have other job opportunities that fits me.  (Which, I think, means that they think my requests are idealistic, I need to come down to earth and just take a job that gives benefits and will allow me to move out of my parents house.) (But I don't want to stay at a job that will make me want to poke my eyes out, like some of the ones that I've done, for a good amount of time too.)

And then the phone conversation ends, and I go back to looking at stuff online, or watching TV.  Such is my life. And read.  I do still read a lot.