So I know what your thinking, The last two times I updated my web
page it was pretty much to welcome my niece, now 2
and my nephew, now 9 months to the world, so my sister must have had
another baby. No that's not it. My sister has
her hands full now, a third youngster might push her over the edge, I
know it would push me over the edge.
I have some news. I might be updating my web page monthly, hold your
applause to the end. I am losing my job in a month.
Well I'm not losing my job, I know where it is, just when I go there
after August 30th a new guy will be doing it. (FYI Stole
that from Bobcat Gothwait. Need to make sure no one sues me for
copyright infringement - I can't afford it J ) So the good
news is you may get to read my rantings monthly, the bad news is If I
can't find a job I may have to charge you. Yeah like
people would pay to read this crap..
I guess I am not suppose to say I got laid off or was part of a
resource action. I'm suppose to say I'm leaving because of
a change in direction at the company. At least that is what I am
being coached to say as I go out to interviews and stuff.
Interviewing for a job for the first time in almost 20 years, that
should be fun.
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So now I need to figure out what I want to be when I grow up. Do I
want to stay in this field? Truth be told, I was thinking
about leaving and finding something new anyway. The last two years
have not been fun. Just too much BS and moving from
account to account. BTW, those of you who know me, know where I work,
those of you who stumbled across this by
mistake I don't want to say the company name till after my last day,
I'll just give you the initials, IBM. Also if you stumbled
across this by mistake - There is no Porn on my web page - Although I
can recommend a few good sites - so you may want
to leave now. If you're reading this because you're depressed and
think your life sucks, keep reading and be glad you are
not me.
So anyway - got off on a tangent there. So like I was saying last two
years no fun. In June I had a couple weeks vacation
coming and was going to take time to reevaluate what I was doing.
About two weeks before my vacation, I had a meeting
scheduled with my manager and was going to complain a little that I
wasn't happy with the new direction we were going.
And that is the truth. Some of the things that made working bearable
and fun where being taken away. The Work-Life
Balance that was a big fixture in the company was becoming more of
the Work-Work Balance. But when the meeting
started - I didn't have to worry about complaining, I was told I was
being let go in August 30th, I was deemed Surplus.
Ahh nothing says thank you for the years of service like you are surplus.
***
Alright - I'm not going to talk about the old job anymore. It's on to bigger and better things.
Back in March I took a bartending course. I want to do it for extra
money but who knows, maybe now it will be a new
career.
I didn't take into account that with my current work atmosphere, I
don't have a fixed schedule, actually that is one of the
things I was not happy about. The only fixed thing was the start
time. End time could be 5:00 PM could be 7:00 PM or
later. Hard to take on the responsibilities of a new job when you
never know when you are going to be available.
I did pass the course and I am also Serv Safe Certified.
It was a good time in class. Seven of us. Learnt how to build drinks
and some good tricks for remembering what goes in
a drink.
For example a Sea Breeze. Who usually orders Sea Breeze's? Very Cute
Girls, Vodka, Cranberry and Grapefruit. Or
my favorite a Kamikaze, Very Tragic Landing, Vodka, Triple Sec and
Lime Juice.
I even learned a couple drinks that if someone ordered from me I may
hurt them, No not a Sloe Comfortable Screw
against the wall (Which is a real drink) but drinks like a Cuba
Libre. What is a Cuba Libre? Rum and Coke. You want a
Rum and Coke, say Rum and Coke or Bacardi and Coke or Captain and
Coke. A Highball, - Blended Whiskey and
Ginger Ale (I think it's ginger ale). Tell me what kind of whiskey,
Canadian Club, Canadian Mist.
Making Long Island Ice Tea's was fun. Vodka, Gin, Rum, Tequila,
Triple Sec, Sour Mix (Shake) and Top with Coke.
The instructor's tell you a good bartender can make a Long Island in
Ten seconds and they test you. I do good up until
the Shaking part, Then I always have an issue breaking the seal on
the Mixer. Other shaken drinks no issue. Must be tapping
it to hard because I am rushing.
Some friends have asked why I'm not working at Nello's, and while I
always say, never say never, Nello's is my hang out.
I drink there. If I took a job there, I would not be hanging out
quite as much. I'll find a place.
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So I finally traded in my portable cassette player at the gym for an Ipod.
Now I just need to get me a young girlfriend to help me program the damn thing.
Just kidding I can program it, but I'll still take a young girlfriend.
***
I currently have two job offers in front of me. One is to go back to
the company I started with and be a contractor
which would last 6 - 9 months or the other would force me to relocate
to Los Angles.
In LA I would be the personal driver for Lindsay Lohan.
What is wrong with Young Hollywood?
Did Paris Hilton make going to jail so cool that now Lindsay and
Britney are doing everything they can to follow in her
foot steps?
Lindsay Lohan is what a Month over 21 and how many times has she been
to rehab? I think the first few times she went
to rehab she was tricked into going thinking it was a new trendy club.
If you are making that much money why drive? If you want to do drugs,
why not do them in private? No let's get caught
with them in my jeans and then claim, the cocaine wasn't mine, those
weren't even my pants. Yeah the judge will buy that.
She needs to be seriously committed or something. All these rehab
trips are a joke.
Soon we will read about Lindsay being found dead of an OD or worse she'll kill someone in a car accident.
Where are the days of my generations Rat Pack. Demi Moore, Emilo,
Judd, Rob. All of a sudden Rob Lowe sleeping with
a couple underage girls at a convention is not so bad.