-Lost in the woods-
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I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

   Thursday, June 23  

So apparently the whole 50-50 rule is a no go in parking lots, and has been for a while. :) "Common misconception that people use to try and make you pay for an accident that you weren't responsible for" Thank you, my insurance company, for backing me up for once. I'm glad that I was nice and sweet, cause even thought they've been trying to screw us over, it looks like they can't, or we get to ding them for a lllllot of new charges. And the best - they now know that.

   [ posted by T~ @ 6/23/2005 11:56:00 p.m. ] [ ]

Sunday, June 19

Got in a (small) car accident today. Minor, only dents and scratches, but completely the other drivers' fault. She backed into me because I was in "her blind spot" as she pulled out of her parking spot. Apparently, this is directly behind her. Her parents came, she cried, I was an awesome person to be in an accident with, I told her it was ok, she had just hit my car, no one was hurt, cars don't have feelings, everyone has to have a first accident once. All were agreed, it was her fault, names and numbers exchanged, la de da. Told them dad would call, everyone was cool. I'm sure you all see what's coming; when calls are made, they decide they want to screw us over and just claim half, since even thought it was her fault it was in a parking lot. WHAT THE FUCK!?!?! Serves me right, I should have been a super bitch and freaked out. Pitty the poor fool who decides to run into me next. You've been warned.

   [ posted by T~ @ 6/19/2005 01:37:00 a.m. ] [ ]

Thursday, June 16

And the night drags on...
First in the line of 3 night shifts. Still going strong at halfway mark. Probably due to the consumption of mom's chocolate mint fudge. Mmmmm minty chocolate sugar. Gotta love mom's for making things for you when you just ask for the recipe. I'm really not sure I enjoy this whole make her shifts all backshifts idea. I know that they're shifts that have to be done, and I deserve them just as much as everyone else, I just hope we take turns, otherwise it's going to be a very long and painful summer, complimented by a rather cranky Tamsyn. Maybe I'll just start going to the beach when I get off work at 8 and sleeping there instead of going home.
I start back next week at the confed center, three evenings a week this summer. All Anne nights. BUT --- not one of those nights is a weekend night! I'm so excited. Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday's 5-10. So much better than Wednesday, Friday, and every other Saturday 5-11:30. This doesn't mean I have them off, no no, since the other job is 24/7, but no more pretentious snotty bastardly arrogant and ignorant tourists from South (but sometimes north) of the border that "loooove to come to this quaint little shanty sandbar with Muffy, Buffy and Dick jr for a few days to mingle with the rustic and ruff Island people and make fun of their way of life, muaha muaha." The crowd of visitors/tourists that come through the week for some reason are just nicer and more intelligent than the people who come on weekends. Co-worker Michelle and I have several theories on this, but that's for another post. I think my favorite couple of all time were an older pair of snowbirds who cringed when I asked them where they were from, smiled politely while they told me they were from the "sou-thh" and proceeded to apologize for their president, they didn't vote for him. I thought they were hilarious. They got a discount for being super cute. Yeah, tourists in summer are always a highlight. Good source of amusment anyway. Out for the night. Be back tomorrow.

   [ posted by T~ @ 6/16/2005 03:52:00 a.m. ] [ ]

Monday, June 13

Welcome to Ruttsville
I'm sorry. I'm awful to deal with when I'm like this. You should avoid me. I would. Does anyone else feel like their life is a fly infested pile of dog poo just sitting there in the corner stinking everything up? I feel like I'm just wasting time working at a job that's ok, but completely meaningless to me. Just one more in the list. Sure I work with cool people, but it's not what I want to do! I want to do something that means something to me, that I get up in the morning looking forward to what I'm going to do that day, not want to just stay in bed and dread having to get up. I want to do something worthwhile that makes me not feel like I'm wasting my life just waiting for something better to come along. And when that something comes along, I don't want to feel this helpless watching it slip by me.
I hate applying for jobs that I really want, then get hyped up, have a pretty good interview (and yeah, I know the difference) and have them never call even to let me know someone else got it. It's even worse when I find out later that they had someone picked before they even called me for the interview, I was just strung along as back up. I guess I should be glad that I was considered good enough to be second string, but that sure sucks after a while of never being the one to get the job. Sure, they have no obligation to tell me anything, but hell, I've had interviews and tests that have lasted for hours, with me basically selling my entire life to them. Telling someone that you're completely ready and willing to turn your life upside down to devote to their project/cause because you really believe in it too (and mean it!) takes it out of you after a while. I walk away feeling like an ass, judged, and found lacking. I feel like I'm drowning and I never got the chance to jump in.

   [ posted by T~ @ 6/13/2005 08:29:00 p.m. ] [ ]

Friday, June 10

Here we go again. Job interview at 8 am tomorrow morning. What do I take from that? Maybe they're desperate for someone to start this position, they'll have the interview on the weekend and have the person start on Monday. Please? And please let it be me? Maybe it will take 6 months of interview processes and then I'll never hear from them like the government. Who knows. Are you supposed to go in thinking that you've got the job and you just need to let the interviewer in on that without being cocky? Doesn't seem to work that well for me; I end up getting the job I don't want, even if it turns out to be pretty good.
 

   [ posted by T~ @ 6/10/2005 11:41:00 a.m. ] [ ]