Wow. Haven't checked in on this place in about a year, and it's turned into kind of a dead zone, which sucks. I've always said I preferred the format here over FB because of the lack of content over there, yet found it hard to come back here--been meaning to do it for six months but was too busy. Now all my friends are gone, and almost every ( Read more... )

The life I have today is nothing like the life I ever expected or wanted in my youth, and I'm currently facing more than a few hardships requiring drastic adjustments ( Read more... )

So theoretically speaking, if you'd been trying to find a job for six months with no luck, would you ( Read more... )

So far I've only had three people contact me regarding interviews. None of them were for jobs I actually submitted resumes for--they're all replies from employers who found me on careerbuilder (nothing from monster yet). But none of them have anything to do with IT at all--they all appear to be sales jobs. One's for an insurance company, one's ( Read more... )

So I finally get a bite from Careerbuilder, but the job's not in IT. At all. Nope, it's for an Account Exec with Aflac. I have no account experience, and no insurance experience, so I'm not sure how this happened. What I do know is the guy wants me to interview next week ( Read more... )

Three day pass for Pitchfork: Check.

Two new pairs of prescription glasses: Check.

Two new kinds of central american wine to sample (Bonarda and Tarrontes): Check.

Freshly altered and pressed stuff from dry cleaners: Check.

Sneaking suspicion I like spending money more than making it: Check.

So since yesterday I've had Laurie Anderson's "O Superman" stuck in my head, which is kinda weird. I decided today to just head over to youtube so I could play it and try to get it out of my system. What do I find when I enter the name of the song? That Booka Shade (one of the best surprises at Lollapalooza last summer) did a song with the same ( Read more... )

So the Burger King by me finally figured out the only way to compete with the McDonald's that was open 24 hours on weekends was to, y'know, be open 24 hours on weekends. Which means that when I asked for breakfast at 4 AM and they denied me I had to go to my backup full order. Which means that I ordered two cheeseburger shots and some cheesy tots ( Read more... )

Mark Paul Gosselar just did his entire segment on "Jimmy Fallon" in character (and costume) as Zack Morris, including performing with his band Zack Attack. He never broke, told us about his divorce from Kelly Kapowski, and even did a coupla "time outs" where everybody else froze so he could address the camera directly. I was surprised at how ( Read more... )

Tonight I was just buzzed enough to pay for my buddy's cab ride home, but not my own. Which is to say I walked from Smart Bar/Metro to Lincoln Square, or about three miles. I was just sober enough for it to seem like a good idea, full moon and all. I walked home while the sun rose, and as I expected by the time it was troublesome I was home. A ( Read more... )