So much for driving for Dominos. I finally got to talk with the manager today. He told me that he wasn't really looking to hire anybody until the weather takes a turn for the worse (as that's when business picks up for pizza places, if you didn't know). Go figure, because I need that job while the weather is still kinda nice, so that I can properly winterize my car before, well...the weather takes a turn for the worse. I had a feeling that I had been misinformed by whoever had answered the phone the day I called all the pizza joints in town.
Dell is now really threatening me. It amazes me how these companies have no regard for financial hardships. No remorse, no understanding, no care for anything except getting absurd amounts of money. Especially a company like Dell. I mean really, is a nonpayment of $114.11 really going to cause them to go under?! I really highly doubt that, as they pull in upwards of $30,000,000 a year on ink for their crappy printers alone. Let alone the fact that I have paid, in full, two computers, accessories, peripherals and a few other things over the years. A couple times I've paid my entire balance in one fell swoop. And they're doing this to me now for a measly $114? I tell ya, not cool.
At work we finally picked up the whole rest of the locations nationwide for a company called Utilities, Inc.. They are a waterworks company, plumbing for houses, corporation buildings, fountains, and all that stuff. The local office (which is just the local headquarters for planning and financing) has been a customer of ours for a whole lot longer than I've been working for Tricomm, just now okayed us to supply all their other locations. 90 more locations in total. Good for us, bad for me. If I am actually expected to handle all the shipping, receiving, and order placement/fulfilment...I'm going to need another raise! Oy!!! I'm getting a cluster headache just thinking about it. Last week I got a call on the work phone. It was some guy telling me that he went over my "qualifications" as a warehouse manager, and was wanting to know if I would be interested in becoming the warehouse manager for a new branch opening in NW Chicago. Although I don't have any forklift experience, I'm sure I could pick it up pretty darn quick, so I told him he could go ahead and email me all the info. When I got home that day, the email was in my inbox. As I've been thinking about finding a new, more lucrative full time job, I figured why not? I went to open it, but my computer shot me down, saying that the email AND the attachment BOTH contained a virus! Not just spyware or bad cookies, but an actual virus. I'm starting to think that one of these days I'm going to wake up and find that not only has my life been full of misfortune, but that somebod(ies) have simply erased all record of me, and I won't be able to do anything with any company again. Maybe that's more wishful thinking than anything :) At least then I could live out my childhood dreams from the book My Side of the Mountain!
In the meantime, I will continue to toil along, and hope for the best. I need a girlfriend in the worst way right now!
To all I love, I love you. To all I know, may luck and good fortune be with you. To all I know, yet strongly dislike, go screw yourself :) Peace out y'all!
Tuesday, 9 September 2008
Sunday, 7 September 2008
I Knew It Had Been A While
Wow, I knew it had been a while since I posted anything, but last Tuesday, wow, sorry!
It is now Sunday, and I've been doing my best to make it an official Lazy Sunday. It's gone mostly well. I slept in a little bit, and have mostly just been lazing around my apartment (other than going to the store, and spending a little time on the back step of the building, reading). I really shouldn't have gone to the store, as i will already be overdrawn when my rent check clears, but hey, in the last 4-5 months I've dropped down to 150 lb., which means that my body is digesting muscle to stay awake, alert and alive, just like when I had mono when I was 14 (except at least then I had mono, and was mostly asleep). So I went grocery shopping, sue me.
Being Sunday, I am always a little taken aback when creditors call. But the do, those evil soulless bastards! My phone rang 8 times today, and not once was it a friend or a family member, but a collection agent, yay. I really need to get that job at Dominos!!! have I ever told y'all how much I hate money, and how money hates me? Wait, I think I have...
I've been feeling an itch to let my artistic side out lately. But I can never manage to make it divulge itself when I want to, boo. But just a short while ago, today, I came up with a saying, while replaying something my neighbor said to me on Friday. I had asked her if the appointment setting position was still available at her physical therapy office, and she said it was, but I wouldn't be any good at it, because I needed better "people skills"!!! I protested. Then she said that she didn't think I could handle it when people came in and they didn't have a good day, and her example was this..."Well people come in all the time, and when I ask how their day was, they just kinda grunt and say that it wasn't good because they were in pain all day, and now they had to be here. And then I try to make them smile by telling them how nice their shoes are..." Their shoes?! Wow, I've heard of misdirection before, but damn, that's more like materialism, not misdirection, don't ya think? Anyway, this popped into my head today, outta nowhere: Everybody has bad days, but just like them you too can have a good day. (cheesy, yes it is:)
I think I'll end this here. Tomorrow I'll be talking to a credit counseling agency, although i kinda expect they'll just tell me to get a second job. But hey, I need to do something, and I need to do it now. Every journey starts with one step, or something like that :-)
To all I love, I love you. To all I know, may peace be with you. To all those I know yet strongly dislike, well then you suck, but hopefully you'll have an epiphany sooner than later! Peace out y'all!
It is now Sunday, and I've been doing my best to make it an official Lazy Sunday. It's gone mostly well. I slept in a little bit, and have mostly just been lazing around my apartment (other than going to the store, and spending a little time on the back step of the building, reading). I really shouldn't have gone to the store, as i will already be overdrawn when my rent check clears, but hey, in the last 4-5 months I've dropped down to 150 lb., which means that my body is digesting muscle to stay awake, alert and alive, just like when I had mono when I was 14 (except at least then I had mono, and was mostly asleep). So I went grocery shopping, sue me.
Being Sunday, I am always a little taken aback when creditors call. But the do, those evil soulless bastards! My phone rang 8 times today, and not once was it a friend or a family member, but a collection agent, yay. I really need to get that job at Dominos!!! have I ever told y'all how much I hate money, and how money hates me? Wait, I think I have...
I've been feeling an itch to let my artistic side out lately. But I can never manage to make it divulge itself when I want to, boo. But just a short while ago, today, I came up with a saying, while replaying something my neighbor said to me on Friday. I had asked her if the appointment setting position was still available at her physical therapy office, and she said it was, but I wouldn't be any good at it, because I needed better "people skills"!!! I protested. Then she said that she didn't think I could handle it when people came in and they didn't have a good day, and her example was this..."Well people come in all the time, and when I ask how their day was, they just kinda grunt and say that it wasn't good because they were in pain all day, and now they had to be here. And then I try to make them smile by telling them how nice their shoes are..." Their shoes?! Wow, I've heard of misdirection before, but damn, that's more like materialism, not misdirection, don't ya think? Anyway, this popped into my head today, outta nowhere: Everybody has bad days, but just like them you too can have a good day. (cheesy, yes it is:)
I think I'll end this here. Tomorrow I'll be talking to a credit counseling agency, although i kinda expect they'll just tell me to get a second job. But hey, I need to do something, and I need to do it now. Every journey starts with one step, or something like that :-)
To all I love, I love you. To all I know, may peace be with you. To all those I know yet strongly dislike, well then you suck, but hopefully you'll have an epiphany sooner than later! Peace out y'all!
Tuesday, 2 September 2008
To Love and Lost Is Better...MY ASS! Dahlia, I miss You...
I went to my bank after work today, instead of during. I got a whole $66 of my money back! Anyway, after I got home, I called about 11 pizza parlors, the local ones, and Domino's is hiring drivers, but they are out of apps at the moment, but if I come back next week, they'll have more! The only other place, I left a message at, but haven't heard back from. Nobody else is hiring drivers, go figure. Then I went online to reply to all the survey emails I got today. One of them lead me to Geico Ins., and I can save a whole boatload with them now. Odd, because when i checked a couple months ago they were still way higher than Progressive! So I may be switching over soon. After that, I went to the gas station to get smokes...
Oh how I miss Dahlia (still!!!)! I went in, and there was girl there with an almost identical profile to her waiting in line, but set back a bit from the other people in line. When she regained her focus on the line, she went to get behind me, but I told her that she was there first, so she could go in front of me. She smiled shyly and thanked me. Even her face was almost identical (not quite doppelganger identical, but damn close) She was wearing a RUSH concert t-shirt from this year's tour, and had some Chinese tattoo on the back of her neck. Her hair was dark, with slight dirty blond steaks running through it. It was wavy, just like Dahlia's, and the same length as it was the last time I held Dahlia in my arms (what, almost seven years ago now?). We ended up at registers next to each other, and I looked over at her, but saw no hint of a pierce hole in her left nostril (which Dahlia would still have, even if she stopped wearing her amazingly well fitting nose stud). She kept side glancing at me, but never said anything. We left at the same time, and I held the door for her on the way out, and she thanked me, but said nothing else.
As you all might be guessing, I am now missing the most amazing woman I've ever had the pleasure of dating, knowing, sharing, traveling, talking, fighting, sitting, crying....you know, living with, even more than ever. Son of a mother smucking hitch in a handbag full of snakes and memories!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Sorry for the Stephen King style of writing in that last sentence, but I didn't want to swear up a storm, in case blogger took offense to that)
Oh how I miss Dahlia (still!!!)! I went in, and there was girl there with an almost identical profile to her waiting in line, but set back a bit from the other people in line. When she regained her focus on the line, she went to get behind me, but I told her that she was there first, so she could go in front of me. She smiled shyly and thanked me. Even her face was almost identical (not quite doppelganger identical, but damn close) She was wearing a RUSH concert t-shirt from this year's tour, and had some Chinese tattoo on the back of her neck. Her hair was dark, with slight dirty blond steaks running through it. It was wavy, just like Dahlia's, and the same length as it was the last time I held Dahlia in my arms (what, almost seven years ago now?). We ended up at registers next to each other, and I looked over at her, but saw no hint of a pierce hole in her left nostril (which Dahlia would still have, even if she stopped wearing her amazingly well fitting nose stud). She kept side glancing at me, but never said anything. We left at the same time, and I held the door for her on the way out, and she thanked me, but said nothing else.
As you all might be guessing, I am now missing the most amazing woman I've ever had the pleasure of dating, knowing, sharing, traveling, talking, fighting, sitting, crying....you know, living with, even more than ever. Son of a mother smucking hitch in a handbag full of snakes and memories!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Sorry for the Stephen King style of writing in that last sentence, but I didn't want to swear up a storm, in case blogger took offense to that)
Monday, 1 September 2008
Here I go again...
I did something very very bad today...I bought some food. I know, I know, I really shouldn't have done that. Because now, unless i hit some kind of financial windfall, I'm going to be overdrawn when I turn in my rent check, and it goes through. Then my lovely bank will start charging me all kinds of lovely fees and penalties. Super fantastic, I know! But hey, at least I get a weeks worth of lunches, so screw the bank, for now anyway... I'm going to make rounds to all the local pizza places tomorrow, and see if anybody is hiring drivers. I'm thinking of putting a couple things up on ebay, but I'm hoping I can find a second job before I have to do that. My buddy Mike told me about some program his bank has, I didn't ask where he banks (SMACK! that's me smacking me upside my own head again). He called it a line of credit. I thought he meant a loan, but he explained that he's set up to be allowed to go below $0 up to $500. I think that might not be the wisest thing, but I'm going to use my lunch break tomorrow, and go ask a banker if that is an option. The way i figure it, I would be able to pay off a couple late bills. Granted I'd be short that money when i get paid again, but at least the bills would be paid already. I'll find out tomorrow if that's an option I can exploit for now.
Lisa, I think I'm glad you're more comforted by your upstairs neighbors noise. My new neighbor discovered an electric guitar, and keeps trying to play Smoke On the Water, and cannot seem to get better. In fact, it gets progressively WORSE! ARRRGGG! Music is my only sanity right now, and now that is being threatened as well, nooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!! What to do...what to do...?
Well, I'm going to finish watching the rest of the season premier of Prison Break (a guilty pleasure to be sure, but not as bad as Lost), and then try to get some sleep before work tomorrow. I hope you all have a good night! I love you all!!!
Lisa, I think I'm glad you're more comforted by your upstairs neighbors noise. My new neighbor discovered an electric guitar, and keeps trying to play Smoke On the Water, and cannot seem to get better. In fact, it gets progressively WORSE! ARRRGGG! Music is my only sanity right now, and now that is being threatened as well, nooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!! What to do...what to do...?
Well, I'm going to finish watching the rest of the season premier of Prison Break (a guilty pleasure to be sure, but not as bad as Lost), and then try to get some sleep before work tomorrow. I hope you all have a good night! I love you all!!!
Saturday, 30 August 2008
What happened to Friday?
Well, as it's Saturday night, I plainly made it through Friday! It wasn't the most enjoyable Friday I've had, but here I am the next day!!! I spent a little bit of time earlier today, hanging out with my crazy neighbor, Jessica. The first time she stopped by she brought her old friend (who's name I don't remember, because I'm really bad with names:( ) from WI. Jessica was a kid there for an undetermined amount of time. Then later she came back, and chilled with me while watching episodes of CSI on dvd. Then I shared an aspect of my life with her, and she left in a rather uncomfortable manner. She is plainly not the one for me. Sexy as hell? Yes. A Keeper, not so much. And as I'm not one for one night stands, or flings, I guess my libido will have to wait even longer to get it's satisfaction, damn...
I did get to see an episode of Dr. Who tonight, School Reunion, and I must say, HOORAY FOR GOOD OLD FASHION BROADCAST TV!!!! Yeah, it sucks not having cable. No mythbusters, or Cash Cab, or Dr Who (on a regular basis, or any new episodes for that matter...), no anything on Discovery Channel or Spike, or SciFi or anything :( I suppose I'll live, but holy sweet mother of boredom, this sucks!
So I got paid yesterday, and I am totally broke anyway. My bank, which isn't really my bank, because my bank was bought out by "Bank of America", has a policy that LaSalle never had, and screwed me over worse than LaSalle ever did. So for the next... well I would say the next two weeks, but I should really say the next several months, I am unable to buy groceries, or cat food, or cat litter. Let alone my vices of cigarrettes or beer. The beer I can go without. However, without having anything to do, or anybody to hang out with (aka, any distractions) not having cigs is not a good thing. I want to quit on my own terms, not because I can't afford anything. It's one thing to not have enough money to smoke, but when you have no money to buy food, it's a slightly worse situation. Everybody else is psyched about the tree day weekend. I am not psyched, because I can't use my grill, let alone go buy anything to put on my grill even if I could use it. Oh hell, I used the last of my milk this morning, so I'll be eating dry cereal tomorrow morning, yay! At least I got to see an episode of Dr. Who tonight:)
Well I am going to call it a night, and go to sleep soon. I hope the day when I don't have to bitch about how I am struggling comes soon. I hate that the people I care about have to read about my strife, but I don't yet know how to stop this crap. One day though, I promise you, I will figure something out, and when that happens, I will have more cheery things to blog about! I swear! Until then, I bid you all a good night, and I love you all (well most of you anyway:))
Hey Booger Brain, thanks for listening to my bs for the last couple of days! I promise that I will not cry on your shoulder so much that it starts to dissolve! I love you!
I did get to see an episode of Dr. Who tonight, School Reunion, and I must say, HOORAY FOR GOOD OLD FASHION BROADCAST TV!!!! Yeah, it sucks not having cable. No mythbusters, or Cash Cab, or Dr Who (on a regular basis, or any new episodes for that matter...), no anything on Discovery Channel or Spike, or SciFi or anything :( I suppose I'll live, but holy sweet mother of boredom, this sucks!
So I got paid yesterday, and I am totally broke anyway. My bank, which isn't really my bank, because my bank was bought out by "Bank of America", has a policy that LaSalle never had, and screwed me over worse than LaSalle ever did. So for the next... well I would say the next two weeks, but I should really say the next several months, I am unable to buy groceries, or cat food, or cat litter. Let alone my vices of cigarrettes or beer. The beer I can go without. However, without having anything to do, or anybody to hang out with (aka, any distractions) not having cigs is not a good thing. I want to quit on my own terms, not because I can't afford anything. It's one thing to not have enough money to smoke, but when you have no money to buy food, it's a slightly worse situation. Everybody else is psyched about the tree day weekend. I am not psyched, because I can't use my grill, let alone go buy anything to put on my grill even if I could use it. Oh hell, I used the last of my milk this morning, so I'll be eating dry cereal tomorrow morning, yay! At least I got to see an episode of Dr. Who tonight:)
Well I am going to call it a night, and go to sleep soon. I hope the day when I don't have to bitch about how I am struggling comes soon. I hate that the people I care about have to read about my strife, but I don't yet know how to stop this crap. One day though, I promise you, I will figure something out, and when that happens, I will have more cheery things to blog about! I swear! Until then, I bid you all a good night, and I love you all (well most of you anyway:))
Hey Booger Brain, thanks for listening to my bs for the last couple of days! I promise that I will not cry on your shoulder so much that it starts to dissolve! I love you!
Wednesday, 27 August 2008
Almost Friday.....almost...
Well i haven't posted in a couple of days. My apologies to anyone who bothers checking. The last few days have been, um, so-so. Not much of real interest happened. I had to borrow money from my boss a couple days ago, just so I could eat. Today I actually was able to bring "lunch" to work, albeit a simple half of a ham and cheese on a sub roll, and a juice box, but hey, that's still more than I've had to eat at work in several days, so yay. My bank has charged me even more, boo. I am currently trying to read Travels, by Michael Chichton. It's an autobiography, which is really not at all what I like to read, even if I like the person. It's all about his travels after he quit medical school at Harvard. It's a fairly interesting read, but the main reason I'm struggling with it, is because it deals with traveling. I NEED TO TRAVEL BEFORE I GO INSANE!!! No really, I do. It's a condition. But no gas money, no food money, no hotel/motel...let alone camp site hold money, means no traveling for me :( I've been sober for a couple days now. Although I crave a drink now and then, I'm doing pretty well, except I'm even more bored than ever now. I'm trying to figure out how to find a new job, without taking a pay cut, but that's not going very well, as I have no degree in anything, and can't bother applying for a loan to go back to school for anything, so still looking. Stupid bad back, arrgg... Well I'm going to try and get some sleep now. I feel kinda tired, so it seems like the logical thing to do! I hope everyone is doing well!
Sunday, 24 August 2008
arrg, banks
I was shocked, well not really, when I logged into my bank this morning, to see how much they've taken from me this weekend. If I had to guesstimate, I'd say that over the years I've been at my current bank, they've taken almost a full years salary from me. No wonder these banks can make such ginormous merges and make buyouts possible. If they've taken that much money from me, i can only imagine how much they've made from everybody else in my position all over this country. That's sick and wrong. Then there's always credit card companies, even worse.
Lisa, have you found your ring yet?
Lisa, have you found your ring yet?
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