15 October 2007 @ 05:41 pm
I haven't had much to say in some time, because I haven't had much happen. What little has happened I can't really say much good about.

My insurance company apparently came up with some song-and-dance about how I'm a month behind in my payments, and rather than bill me they sent it straight to a collection agency. Just the sort of grief I need, right? Ah well; I did manage to get a refund on the phone I purchased which ultimately had no signal here, and so that sort of balances out. With no money coming in, we're still living off of savings, though. I guess if I see nothing by the end of this month, I'll have to whore myself out to a temp agency.

Despite the fact that there are dozens and dozens of job openings for people with my exact qualifications around here, there are apparently no openings for me. I apply to every job I can find and yet have come up with absolutely nothing. No calls, no interviews, no evident desire in my existence whatsoever. A depressing state of affairs. I shouldn't be discouraged, I know, but I would have expected at least an interview by now. I could get those while I was still working, even if no one would hire me in the end. At least some sign that SOMEone needed a person at least vaguely like me would be nice. Nice and too much to ask for.

But I am alive, if anyone had wondered. That says something, I hope.
Current Mood: blah
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[identity profile] cedel.livejournal.com on October 16th, 2007 12:52 am (UTC)
Yay for being alive.

Have you considered taking a scut job, maybe as a patient transporter, just to get into the system at a local hospital? That way, they will be more likely to give you a real job later. I know that more than one EKG technician that I worked with started out in patient transport.
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[identity profile] dragonoflife.livejournal.com on October 17th, 2007 06:43 am (UTC)
The local hospitals do not compare anywhere near to UPMC, and have very few openings on any level, unfortunately.
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[identity profile] ehzoterik.livejournal.com on October 17th, 2007 06:38 am (UTC)
Alive but MIA! You two have been far too much WoW for my liking. Hmph.

Though, this guy Jamie works with has been taunting him and taunting him for months now. Even more so now that he's been talking to him about making our computer bigger and better. Looking into new monitors as well as more RAM, and I had to remind him about the extra hard drive space that you linked me to (still have that, thanks so much :).

So maybe. Just maaaybe. We'll be getting WoW sometime in the near future ourselves. It's tempting. Even though I think the graphics for Guild Wars are better, and it's decidedly cheaper... He's the one who makes the money, right?

Also: Do you have a resume? Or are you just filling out applications? Providing a resume along with your application might help. You could also try posting one on Monster.

And more?: It was awesome playing with you the other night. You were in top form for the funnies and kept me laughing. Don't be so much of a stranger, Mr. Disheartened and Unmotivated to RP. :P
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[identity profile] dragonoflife.livejournal.com on October 17th, 2007 06:46 am (UTC)
I have been submitting a resume along with my applications. Government applications are weird; they also ask you to fill out entire little essays about your skills for pretty much everything.

I've had poor experiences with Monster. I've been relying instead on craigslist and the Washington Post classifieds. I suppose what I really need to do is get in the paper myself.

Let us know, of course, if you come to WOW. We'll tell you where to go and so forth. Graphics aren't everything. ^.^

I'm becoming slightly more charitable to RP lately, at least. I may start playing more.
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[identity profile] ehzoterik.livejournal.com on October 17th, 2007 09:00 am (UTC)
My guess is you're playing Alliance. You aren't the first to tell us "We'll help you out!" This guy Jamie works with has already offered to follow him around with his rogue in PvP areas and sneak attack kill off any fucktards who decide to make a target out of him. XD

Don't know what I'll do. If we get it and if I decide to play, it'll probably be a rough choice deciding which race/class/faction/whatever to play. But I know so many people that it might just suck me right in. You, Ellen, Toney, Tony, Lorin, Lorin's dad, Josh (guy Jamie works with)... EVERYBODY plays it. It's just the pay-to-play thing that doesn't excite me about the game.

I remember testing Evercrack once, and not being all that impressed with it. Maybe it was the fact that I had such limited time to play. Someone else's computer and account and all that. I dunno. I still spend more time role-playing the good old fashioned text-based way than I do playing Guild Wars. It's more Jamie's thing than mine, I think. MMORPGs just get too crazy and cluttered for my tastes. Plus there's the socialization factor.

I've got so many friends on AOL and such already. Haven't made any new ones on GW and I don't really want to. Like the ones I have and miss them when they're not around (HINT HINT). :P But ... we'll see. All depends on what miracle we can work with our computer.
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[identity profile] dragonoflife.livejournal.com on October 17th, 2007 03:51 pm (UTC)
Incorrect! For the Horde, baby!
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(Anonymous) on November 12th, 2007 07:43 am (UTC)
Finding a new job sucks. Apllying to zillions of jobs and getting no responses as alternatively infuriating and depressing. The only thing you can do is to keep at it . . .

Unless, of course, you know how to schmooze. The very first thing I was taught in college was 'it's not what you know, it's who you know.' Now that I'm in the real world, I realize that this is probably the truest thing ever uttered about work.
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