Vevanstar's Blog

*le sigh*

I suppose it really is true that getting a job can be difficult.  I finished up my BS in Business in the beginning of December and have been trying to get a job (within my current company) ever since.  So far out of eight applications, I've been granted one round of interviews... still working the grind as an admin though, so yeah, I didn't get that one...  This was a particularly (is that a word?) crappy week for me... total loss of motivation.  At any rate, I've overcome that and met with some higher-ups for some advice and have started to formulate a plan - an evil plan of sorts... MUWHAHAHAHAHA... let see if this tactic works.  lol.

Hey - if anyone reads this and has suggestion - LET ME KNOW!!  :)  Also, check out linkedin.com  - if your looking to network with people, it seems pretty cool.

/end rant

So I always hear about this band playing around Philly... Lima Bean Riot.  I always want to go see them, but never was able to b/c my (now ex) husband never wanted to do the bar/band scene...  So, I start dating this guy (after my divorce, of course) and he likes to hang in the city...  My cousin starts dating this guy she went to high school with - Anthony...  turns out he is IN Lima Bean Riot!!!  How cool is that?  She gives me the dirt on when/where they are playing and David and I go to see them.  They are AWESOME!!!  They recently put out a CD and all...  Please check out this web site and vote for them:

Vote for LBR

Vote for them, because they are awesome....

www.bootleggersusa.com

Yes, I admit it's been awhile... but it's been really busy; it seems as though everything is happening one event right after another...  example:

Thanksgiving; Car accident on 76 Sat. after Thanksgiving; Hospital, Doctors, Car Shopping after that; oh, did I forget to mention Christmas shopping and the annual Christmas parties to attend?; Christmas Eve; Christmas Day (more parties, family etc.); New Year's Eve; New Year's Day; Changes at work; OH - finished college!; enrolled in a new college; interviewing for jobs...  being a mom.

Never a dull moment.  I think if there were, I'd get bored really quickly.  :)  I've been doing a LOT of drawing lately... maybe sometime I'll scan some characters in and post them to buzznet w/ bios...  we shall see.

I start my new school program on 2/13... can't wait!  Multimedia w/ a concentration in game development.  How cool is that?  *sigh*  I can't wait.

Okay, that was the quick update.  Zach, I'll try not to wait so long between posts next time... lol.  Sorry man.  *wink*

*~*Peace*~*

Okay, not really... but hey, did you SEE the cute puppy on the home page today???  How freakin cute was that???  So many strange and wonderful things are happening in my life right now... *ponders*  I hope that doesn't mean anything bad is going to happen...  YIKES!

anyway... yeah... 

Sometimes I wonder why I have unrational emotional responses to things that SHOULD not upset me... at least not to the extent that the annoyance sets in... That annoyance is a bad, bad thing.  Since I realize I should not be annoyed, I hold it in, then it changes to anger...  and, well... I hate that pissed off feeling, especialy since I know I should really not be pissed off AND since I (rationally) know that if I would just say something in a kind manner, I could probably avoid the entire situation!!!  Wow, how messed up am I??  haha!

Yeah, so I can't wait to finish watching the final few episodes of LOST season 1.  :)

~*PEACE*~

So it's been an eon since I've blogged...  this is bad.  I've stopped writing my book as well... also bad.  However, I'm here now and will tell about my insane nervousness ...  Why am I nervous?  Well, because I had to talk to my past fire chief this morning to get his blessing to rejoin the department.  He's a tough cookie if you're on his bad side.  Why would I be on his bad side?  Well you see, I'm divorced now, but used to be married to his protege... yeah, easy way to get on the bad side.  So, the outcome was uneventful, he's just going to see what my status is at present and let me know if I need to fill out a new application, or if I can just be reinstated.  Reinstatement would be good... less BS.  I really want to continue my fire training and be able to keep up with con ed's for my EMT.  The longer I am away from the fire department, the more I realize how much I miss it.  I don't see myself running calls, but I will definitely attend training at every chance I get.  Once I'm done with school, I will also be very interested in helping with various committees... (did I spell that right?).  *sigh*  It's over now, the nervousness I mean.  My only jitters left are renants of caffiene.  fun.

Onto bigger and better things!  I finished up my Technical Writing class last night... great class - I love English.  Not that you know that from my bloggs... they are all grammatically incorrect, I'm sure.  I don't think of myself as a grammar super-star, but I think I've got a fairly good handle on it.  Anyway, I digress...  Two more classes to go, and one clep - then I'm out... done, finished - I'll have my BS in Business Administration - in this case, BS may just stand for what you think it does.  Then I'm off to what?  New job, more money, more respect (yeah, right), more responsibility??  Who knows...  except... I know I'm going back to school - and no, not for my masters... (don't think I'm nuts)  I'm going for a BA in Game Design.  How cool will it be to be able to put my creative ideas into practice?  Or to be part of a team that works with the very things that I love?  I'm a geek, I know...  I'm not ashamed to say that if I could play video games for a living, I'd do it in a heartbeat.  Hey, I've looked into becoming a game tester, but I can't justify it because the jobs are too far away, and the money just isn't there - compartively to my current compensation.  So, I need to go to school and try to break into the industry on a different level.  I'd like it to be the creative side, but I'm also drooling to learn how to program and just may find out that I love it.  We shall see.  How does this all fit into my long-term goals??  hum... long term goals...  Well, for now, my only long-term goals are to continue to make the same amount of money - or more, and get my butt out of debt... raise my lil girl well, and live.. just live.  :) 

Hey all... I'm out for now - no guarantees when I'll get back, but hopefully sooner than last time!

~Peace~

So, I'm sure everyone has a secret indulgence...  c'mon let it out ~ you know you want too....  I did ~ ohhhh I was sooo bad today! I went to BK today before work and got french-toast sticks and OJ!!!  This instead of my usual routine of coffee and ummm coffee...

If you are reading this, and you have a secret indulgence, pop me a comment with your secret!!!

So... I decide to come to work early today... idk why.  I woke up early and there was nothing for me to do at home, I guess... so I just headed into the office.  All in all I was a bit over an hour early.  Then comes lunch... which I took a little later than usual.  About 12:30 instead of 11:30.  And I run home to play Majong Quest ~ MY BAD!  That game sucks you in litterally and you loose ALL track of time...

ANYWAY.  I get back to the office about 2:30 - 2hrs instead of one... WHICH, I didn't think was a big deal anyway, since I was in early this morning, right?  Well, turns out that I was wrong... I was "told" that I should have let one of the other admins know that I was going to be out for a long lunch (which, had I realized I would be, I would have totally done) anyway, in the end it's totally my fault... but it just sucks that I got in trouble (a little) for being away from my desk for too long.  It really sucks even more because I came back to nothing to do and nothing happened while I was out.  AND I'm still going to be working my 8.  Make sense of that...