More Free Food!

This is the best temp job ever!

I've been doing data entry at a local public radio station during their fundraising drive. Kinda mundane but I'm working with 2 very cool liberal ladies. So different from the North Carolina office workers. It has been a long time since I've worked with people whose politics are the same (or even more left wing)than mine.

But the best-est, coolest thing is that businesses have been providing lots of free food and drinks all throughout the pledge drive! I haven't had to buy coffee, breakfast or lunch all week. Well, OK, I did buy a taco yesterday because the Vegan place that was supposed to deliver the food just forgot. Earlier in the week, another vegetarian place was doing the catering and showed up 2 hours late. I can just hear the conversation at the restaurant.

"La la la...oh wow, man...oh dude, when do I bring the cous cous to the radio station, dude?"

"2 hours ago, Josh."

"Bummer, dude, guess I fucked up. Oh well, it's all good."

NO JOSH, IT IS NOT ALL GOOD! WE'RE HUNGRY!! EAT SOME PROTEIN, PEOPLE!!

See how spoiled I get. Not only do I want free food, I want it on time.

The Log Jam Breaks!

I have work!

The temporary firm has finally given me a few weeks of work, starting tomorrow. Just a data entry type of job but really, I don't mind those.

And, much to my chagrin, I will once again be back on the radio. I have reluctantly taken a position as a traffic reporter on Saturdays between 11 and 7 PM. I will try not to be available for fill-in work. Maybe this will turn into a good thing for graduate school, having a once-a-week job, at a decent hourly wage that I can depend on? It will pay my car payment, at any rate.

Backed up from Albro to the Brewery...again.

The Suckiness of Cell Phones, part 2

So, I got the new cell phone via Fed Ex the following day. But, after programming in all of the numbers, I couldn't hear anything! Decided to go to a different Verizon store to avoid the meanness of the downtown techs. The Northgate mall Verizon tech told me my new phone arrived D.O.A. and that they didn't have a replacement in stock. I was instructed to drive back to the downtown store, where I would be handed a new phone.

I delayed my trip until after rush hour, drove back downtown, waited in line forever and finally told the downtown tech my situation. He didn't believe the phone was Dead On Arrival and made some adjustments to my settings. He was right! My phone worked perfectly!

I estimate it took driving about 64 miles and 4 days to rectify the situation. There is no doubt in my mind now that Mercury in Retrograde affects communication.

Cell Phones Suck

Really, I've had a cell phone for about 5 months and never use more than 100 minutes a month on the thing. Do I really need it??

I plugged it in overnight to recharge and when I unplugged it in the morning, the thing was totally dead. So, I called Verizon's customer service who told me to take the phone downtown into the Verizon store. The unpleasant tech looked at it and told me that "since a copper tooth was out of place where it gets plugged in, the phone is no longer under warrenty and that my only recourse is it buy a new phone!!!" And this is because I didn't buy "insurance"! Geez. Does anybody buy that stuff?

So, I sat in traffic for a half hour on 5th avenue and headed South to Costco, since I got the phone in Greensboro's Costco. They also asked me if I bought insurance but the Costco phone guy offered to call customer service for me and he got them to send me a new phone (3 business days) BUT I have to pay $11 in shipping charges (as well as paying for 4 or 5 days of no phone service!. I don't think I like having a cell phone.

I feel like I'm wasting $39.99 every month on this thing. I thought I'd use it more but the reality is, who do I have to call?

Cell phones are just another way to drain my tiny bank account!

I'm IN!

I can't believe it. Sure, I still can't find a job but maybe this is the reason why:

I JUST GOT ACCEPTED INTO GRADUATE SCHOOL!!!

Here I am, mid-40's, wasn't able to go to college when I was younger and so I finally went back 5 years ago and just completed my bachelor's degree. Now, I'm going on to get my Master's! I never, NEVER thought this option was available to somebody like me, from my dysfunctional, impoverished family background! Shows how much I know. And, if all goes well I just might continue on for my PhD? What the heck??

Then maybe I'll become a college professor? I think I'd enjoy it and be really good at it.

Wow.

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