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Wednesday, October 28th, 2009
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So my first job only ended yesterday, but I already have another two week job scheduled to start on either Thursday or Friday. I get a raise, too...$11 an hour!
I could get used to this kind of living. I get a raise and a vacation all in one month! ;)
In other news, an (red bean paste) doughnuts are my favorite pastry evar! Om, nom nom.
Ooh, and my Hawaii album of photos (pitifully small at the moment, but don't laugh, it's just a baby) can be found here:
http://s776.photobucket.com/albums/yy48/grecian-violet/Hawaii/
Enjoy!
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Tuesday, October 27th, 2009
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I'm done with job apps for today. Seriously, no more!
It's really warm here...86 and humid. But being as it's just around 2-ish, the sun is still too high to go anywhere. So right now I'm hanging around and watching episodes of Batman: the Animated Series.
My Ipod's broken, and there's an Apple store in the mall. I have to go get it fixed eventually. I also want to get a library card, but right now it's soooo warm, I just don't want to go anywhere. I also have to do a photobucket dump of Hawaii photos and FINALLY get the email I wrote LAST WEEK out to the family. Anyone else who wants to be on my email list, just lemme know.
Maybe I'll just stay inside till it gets cool and then meander over in the direction of the mall. Hmm...
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Friday, October 16th, 2009
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Oh, holy Jesus. I just got my first interview!! It's for this position:
Expedia Local Expert™ (ELE) is actively seeking motivated, customer-focused, team players to join our Concierge team on Oahu.
If you love travel, are passionate about customers, consider yourself an expert on all things Hawaii, and are seeking a career with the world's largest online travel company, here's your opportunity to join the team!
The Position - The Concierge is responsible for assessing customer needs and selling attractions and activity tickets that ensure a memorable vacation experience. Qualified candidates bring proven sales and high-touch customer service skills to the team. The Concierge is knowledgeable about the local area and is the expert on the attractions, tours and activities that we sell. As a member of the team they uphold the ELE promise to “delight every guest by sharing my passion and local knowledge to arrange memorable experiences.” Bi-lingual English/Japanese strongly preferred.
The Team - ELE offers face-to-face personalized recommendations and assistance in booking events, activities, tours, attractions. We operate concierge and activity desks in nearly 100 hotels and other retail locations across Hawaii; in Las Vegas, Nevada; Orlando, Florida, San Diego and San Francisco, California; and in the major resorts of Mexico.
So...I'm not so much an expert on all things Hawaiian, nor have I ever worked for a hotel service...nor is my Japanese vocabulary related to tourism very strong. However, this is exactly the kind of job I came here looking for. Besides, I was honest enough in my cover letter about my deficiencies. But still, if I get this...that'll be just what I need!
Not trying to get my hopes up too high. I'll study like it's a final exam this weekend, reviewing vocab, grammar, local attractions, events and whatever Expedia offers its clients. And when I go to the interview on Monday, I'll look exactly like a professional concierge should look. Other than that, not much else I can do.
Wow. I only applied for the job yesterday.
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So, yeah. I'm living in Hawaii!
So far, I like it. Not gonna lie, but there have been long moments where I wake up and think, "What the heck am I doing here? Was all this really necessary?" And then I remind myself that yes, this was necessary, and yes, everything is going to turn out all right. In illustration of that fact, I had an interview this morning at the staffing company that Debbie works for, and with the exception of needing to get my kpm up a little bit, I'm qualified to do basically anything they get sent their way. So hopefully I have the means to pay my bills until something better offers. YAY!
My days go by pretty quietly, although when I do go places I MUST remember to take my camera. For example, yesterday in an ultimately futile exercise, I went to get a HI state ID. It was futile because they required proof of residence, which no one told me about until I got there. They told me it was fine, that they could put an old address on the card until I had proof, when they would just go ahead and change the address. Unfortunately, they didn't tell me they would need to have me pay again until after the card was made.
But that wasn't the point. The state offices were right next to the 'Iolani Palace, which is the only royal residence in the entire US. It was indeed very pretty...I hope Debbie and I can go there and tour it this weekend. Also in the area was the library (Again, can''t get a card until proof of address is achieved!), the state capitol (a very post modern-y building with a gorgeous mosaic) and the Kamehameha statue. Yes, you DBZ lovers, it came from Hawaii first!
However, I have no pictures to share. :( Which is why next time I must take my camera.
Living in Hawaii is quite similar to life in Japan. There's Japanese everywhere, you can hear the language spoken all the time, the grocery store I shop at is a Japanese chain...you get the picture. There are many times when I'm the sole Caucasian person in a store/on a bus, etc., and that's going to take some getting used to. Again. Hawaii is remarkably similar to a foreign country, but at least English is the official language.
I job hunt for around 3-4 hours a day, take walks for various places (today I want to walk up and down the canal outside our house), but walking here makes my feet swell, chafe, and get altogether very painful. I think I will need to get either a pair of nice sandals or sneakers, but I'm so leery of spending money at all that I figure I'll probably put it off. But I have serious blisters everyday that need popping and bandages.
Bleh. Money is quite tight. I wanted to have two months of rent plus expenses by the time I moved, but that's dwindled to about one month's rent and expenses. So I need to get money flowing in, and soon! Otherwise massive problems.
Can't even think about that. Only good things will happen, only good.
...But now I've terrified myself into going job hunting immediately.
Sorry I'm never on AIM, but since we've got no internet in the house, I have to steal Debbie's computer. We should have house internet in another week and a half though! Huzzah!
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Friday, October 2nd, 2009
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I'm going offline down here in VA. I'm leaving tomorrow for the Albany area and will have to rely on other people's computers, but that's okay. Thank God and vacuum bags, but everything fits and fits snugly. I've even discovered an ingenious way to get my bridesmaid dress into the city...vacuum bag it! Although, to avoid lots of wrinkles, I won't do that until I have to get into the city for the event itself. Until then it can ride around, fully inflated (it's like a boat really, it's so voluminous!).
Ugh, I'm tired. Gotta finish my carry on bags before I drop. Moving is sooooooo tiring!
Anywho, I'll be seeing a whole bunch of you very soon! Elly in Albany, Brendan and Dan in NYC. This'll be fun!
Days till Wedding: 8
Days till Hawaii: 11
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Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
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WE HAVE AN APARTMENT!!!
Ahem
So after getting a call from the landlord the same day as I filled out the application for this apartment, I get a call from Debbie who says "Yeah, the landlord says we can move in tomorrow!"
Oh, my GOD!
It's a one bedroom apartment on the first floor of an apartment tower right in the center of the city. One block from the largest shopping center in Honolulu, as well as one block from the Ala Moana beach park. It's also on ALL the major bus routes and fifteen minutes from the University.
So far, we are perfectly on schedule. We wanted to go to HI a week before the end of the month and sign a lease on the first of October. Guess what day tomorrow is? Incredible!
Oh, I wish I could be there right now! But Amina's wedding is next Saturday, and it's less than two weeks before I get out there myself. I guess it's time to ramp up the job search, because since this apartment is $1,200 a month, it's right on the edge of what I was comfortable paying. However, water is included, although electricity is not, but that shouldn't be too much of a problem. Altogether, with food, etc., expenses will probably be around $750 a month. That means, living on bare bones, I have two months of savings. In two and a half months, I will absolutely have a fabulous (and well-paying) job. Please, please God, I need a fabulous, well-paying job.
But half the battle is over. Apartment, check. Job? Soon.
Countdown to HI: (I count today as over, so...) 13.
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Thursday, September 17th, 2009
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| Subject: | Ho hum |
| Time: | 1:31 pm. |
| Mood: |  cheerful. | | Music: | Space: Above and Beyond ~ The Angriest Angel. |
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Bleh. I have cavities that need to be filled. How irritating is that? Still, getting some done today, and hopefully I can get them all done before I need to get out of here. All I wanted was a simple cleaning...now I have to deal with getting novacaine at least twice...I hate novacaine.
Anywho, other things are going well. My eyes are not bloodshot for the first time in a long time, thanks to the eye drops my optometrist recommended. When I saw her on Monday, she told me that I had dry patches on my corneas, probably due to stress, overwork and improper sleeping habits. The liquidrops I'm using are so thick they're like jelly on my eyes, but hey...anything to avoid dry corneas! That and I'm getting a hell of a lot more sleep. I average around ten hours a night, yay!
The trip to the doctor yesterday was horrendous, although I'm in perfectly good health. Pap smears are disgusting and surprisingly painful. Still, I guess it's a good thing that I'll know I'm all healthy before moving away.
Meanwhile though, I'm just chillin', watching some Space: Above and Beyond which I love. I wish they'd made a second season. I have time for another episode before I have to make the hour-long slog into Manassas to see the dentist.
Anyway, that's just a brief update on things and stuff.
Days until Hawaii: 27
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Tuesday, September 15th, 2009
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So life down here continues to go by reasonably quietly. I've been making tiny baby steps in the direction of being ready to go, but there's so much to do that my room looks like a demolition zone and I don't even have all my stuff with me! However, progress is being made. I've sold a great deal of my books (which super bummed me out, but what else could I do, really?) and even with over $100 made from that, I still have three bookcases of books I just can't live without. Mom has assured me that she'll pack and ship whatever I want, but still...I feel guilty to saddle her with a ton (literally) of books. Besides, my East Asian studies library (yes, it qualifies as a library since it takes up five shelves of space!) can stay here until I go back to school. UHawaii for graduate school, 2010 or 2011!
Anyway, just came back from a week with my mom, dad, and sister at Virginia beach. Despite the sometimes horrid weather, it was lots of fun. We went fishing on a party boat, and I caught a pufferfish!! They're not as spiny as I thought they would be. He looked so angry to be caught, waggling those little fins and blowing up until his eyes were almost entirely hidden. He was a little fellow, though, so he got sent back to the briny deep, yar! The weather had been so bad in the previous days that no one caught anything, really, since the bottom was so disturbed.
I also got hit on by/flirted with an army boy just returned from Iraq. However, when we tried to hang out, the vibe was weird/creepy/massively irritating, so I told him basically not to call me and walked out. Also went to see 9, which might have been better with more attention to the plot, but was all right to see and was something to do on a rainy evening.
I need still to contact Amina about more wedding plans, and have to arrange someone to help me get to La Guardia airport at 6 AM on the 13th of October after the affair. I've had an eye exam, ordered a new pair of glasses, and am being bullied into having a physical and pap smear (UGH!). However, I should be coming up (to Albany) either in the last week of September or the first week in October. The latter is probably more likely. I'm selling Elly my car, and then will probably hang out at my sister's house until the wedding, come back to her place after the wedding, and then see what I can do about getting to La Guardia thereafter. Worst comes to worst, I'll ask Liz to drive me in that morning or I'll just take a bus into the city late the previous evening and catch a cab to the airport thereafter.
Being as I am myself, I'm also hardly ever at my computer, and I don't know how anyone's doing outside of LJ. Being also that my house is where it is, I have no cell phone reception. It's a bit lonely.
Still, when I get up to Albany, things should be better. Brendan, how've you been doing? And has anyone heard from Dan recently?
I need to call people.
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Friday, September 4th, 2009
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Ugh, I'm so upset with myself. I thought that by this time I'd have my room all nice and neat, be sorting through stuff that I want to get rid of, have talked to everyone I needed to talk to, and have started being on top of things. Meanwhile, my room's a disaster area, I feel nasty because I slept on the floor and woke up early only to stagger to my parents' bed (it's the only one in the house) and then only woke up at one. I feel just gross and lazy and I'm angry because I need to get on top of a lot of things. And so far I just haven't. BLEH.
Meanwhile, all I wanna do is sequester myself in my room and get things done, but my parents are both home and I feel guilty not hanging around and spending time.
All right, enough whining. Since I got up so late today, I'm gonna be up until who knows when anyway, so I do have the time. Between today and tomorrow, I must:
1) Straighten up bedroom
2) Sort keep/go books
3) Sort keep/go movies
4) Email Amina
5) Review the apartments that Debbie has picked out
6) Revamp resume/write cover letter
7) Take movies and books to used book store
8) Sort out Fauquier bank account problems
9) Purchase CD case (for DVDs) and space bag, to try
10) Get head on straight I should have met mom during her lunch today, and of course I slept right through it, like a good daughter. I haven't called or emailed anyone that I should have either. I've just been sleeping and bumming around the house, and I have got to get my shit together or I'm just gonna be one big fat mess. ARHADSHFOAIDFNAED.
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Tuesday, August 25th, 2009
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Holy hell, I've got so much to do. And absolutely zero energy. I mean, I'm so wiped or SOMETHING that I just can't get my act together. The farthest I've gotten this morning is to drag myself around and straighten up the house. But I've got to clean things up and start packing, because I have to have everything ready to go before Saturday. Urgh.
...You know, I don't even have the strength to finish this entry properly. Too drained.
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Wednesday, August 12th, 2009
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Oy. So these past few weeks have been kinda hectic, and I've fallen off the whole "doing-things" bandwagon. Also, had some problems with electronic devices. As such, I have a new AIM account (my old one was hacked and then something happened where Trillian would not let me create a new identity and UGH!!!) *ahem*...I have a new AIM account: greekione. If you add me, please send me a message so's I can readd you. I managed to salvage most of my old list, but still...and if you wanna make friends, this is a good time!
I also have a new cellphone number. And...a new cellphone. This one I'm not just handing out over LJ, so if you want it, email me at grecian.violet@gmail.com and lemme know. If I know you IRL, send me your cell # at the same time, because chances are I didn't transfer it when I lost my phone.
And again I make my resolution to DO THINGS. Ugh, it's getting old at this point!
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Thursday, August 6th, 2009
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| Time: | 8:48 pm. |
| Mood: |  exhausted. |
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So maybe the whole not whining about my work schedule hasn't gone exactly the way I planned. Most of this week I've been coming home, reading for a little while, and then falling asleep for a few hours. When I wake up, of course, I feel great, but I have to go to sleep almost immediately in order to wake up on time the following morning. I overslept for work on Monday (and when I say overslept, I mean OVERSLEPT by like five hours) and I haven't studied at all this week. Need to be better about this. Just tired and drained and unambitious all the time.
Still, I'm only working a few hours this weekend (on Saturday at least) so maybe I can get a little bit of a breather and relax and recharge. God I'm tired.
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Thursday, July 30th, 2009
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Phew, I'm tired. It's been a long-ass week, and the longest part of it is yet to come. Tomorrow I have a double shift (6:30-2:00 at Chartwells, 5-10 at LB) and then I work on Saturday as well (12-6). Then I may work on Sunday, and then the week starts all over, with two 6:30 days. But my checking account is getting nice and fat...and it's almost August. I can't believe it. Pretty proud of myself though. There were so many days when I wanted to call out of work (although, for various reasons, I couldn't) but I stuck with it. Still, I'm terrified of not having enough money when I eget out to HI, especially because I don't know of anyone who's going to want to buy my car. I guess I can leave it to Mom and Dad to sell, but...bleh.
Yesterday I was wasting time at the mall (because every so often I actually survive a work shift with some energy) and saw that the theatre was broadcasting a performance of The Barber of Seville from the Met. Since I have this weird obsession with opera, I decided to grab a ticket (cheaper than usual...only $15 instead of $20) and go. I'm so glad I did! Even though by the end of the performance, I was trying not to fall asleep, mostly because staying up till 10 is now waaaaay beyond my bedtime, it was still hilarious! And even more interesting was the fact that I wasn't the youngest person in the theatre. There were two teenage girls (on their own) who were younger than me.
Even weirder was the fact that the performance we watched was taped on March 24, 2007. My birthday, two years ago. I was a sophomore, 19 years old. Feels weird.
I wanna go swimming this afternoon, and maybe I'll get to the gym tonight. Mmm, so sleepy. Definitely gonna chillax tonight, regardless of whatever happens.
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No more of this stupid whiny shit. No more "oh, work is sooooo hard", or "Chartwells is sucking out my soul". No more "I'm too tired after work to get anything useful done". I'm going to get my shit together, hit the books and work as hard as I can, because I have things to do and plans to see happen.
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Saturday, July 11th, 2009
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It is a beautiful morning. I'm so glad to have made it through the week! And I even get all of tomorrow off, so I can start work on my TEFL course and work on translating for Elly. I am also determined to go see Public Enemies. And wow, it's almost time for the Harry Potter premiere too! Time just flies.
I can safely say, after working two jobs in one day, that the process is not exactly fun, but it's doable. The worst part was that I felt as though my legs were going to fall off...twelve hours on your feet (give or take an hour for breaks) is not the greatest feeling! However, it means money, which means relocation to Hawaii, so putting things in that vein, anything is bearable.
I ran into Professor Hargett yesterday, whose first question to me was "SO! Tangli, where are you going to graduate school?" This has been his question to me ever since last semester, and I gave my usual response...a nervous chuckle followed by lots of hemming and hawing. However, this time I hemmed and hawed in the direction of Hawaii, and he told me that he knew a professor in the EAS department of UHawaii Manoa. He also told me to email him about the program I was interested in so he could give my info to this other professor.
How could would a TA position be, even though I wouldn't be able to go to school until I'd gotten in-state residency status? I'm rather excited...I guess it pays to have teachers interested in you! And having an acquaintance in the department would be a big help when it came to acceptance, as well.
Okay. I work today from 1-5, after which I'm (hopefully!) getting together with the gang for fun and amusements! Today is going to be a good day, and I'm thrilled at the prospect of this wonderful weekend. *SIGH* All is well.
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So here goes round two of the questioning phase, this time from![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) uplift17. For those who don't remember the rules...
Leave me a comment with "READING IS SEXY" in the subject line.
I'll respond by asking you five questions so I can get to know you better.
Update your journal with the answers to the questions.
Include this explanation in the post and offer to ask other people questions.
1) What is the ideal book?
Ha, I bet everyone expects me to put Pride and Prejudice down first on the list. Well, not so. It is a truly amazing book, but it is not THE ideal book. That said, there is no definitive ideal book. But to me, an ideal book is one that blends flawless character development and depiction with an amazing plot (believable in the universe we live in or the carefully crafted universe of the book) that adds to the human experience. Humor, drama, romance, tragedy, it's all part of the ideal book. From the top of my head I'd have to list the books that have moved me most deeply, the ones that I finish and go "Wow..." A short list:
Edith Wharton's The House of Mirth
Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged and We the Living
John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath
And there are others, though their subject matter is not as serious:
C.S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia
Madeleine L'Engle's Wrinkle in Time quartet, esp. A Swiftly Tilting Planet
Stephen Lawhead's Avalon
And yes, Pride and Prejudice, because it fulfills all the requirements. It's just not the book that comes first on the list.
William Goldman's The Princess Bride. EVERYONE should read this book (and it's back in print!!)
Well, Brendan, ask me a literary question and you get a hell of a long answer!
2) What are the top five countries you haven't visited that you would like to, and why?
Britain (including Scotland and Ireland): Why? Because I'm a huge freakin' Anglophile. I could trace my favorite authors (and their stories and the attendent film adaptations) all over the country if I had the time and money! I've already made myself a bet: in five years I want to have the vacation time and money to take my mother to Britain for a literary vacation. That would be wonderful.
France: Because I didn't study five years of French to avoid the country! I'd like to go all over the country...and see if the people are as rude as I've heard and read. And the Loire valley looks sooooo pretty!
Italy: I've had a small obsession with Italy for a few years now. Italian is the next language I'll study, but I think I'm in love with the country because of the Italian Renaissance and the architecture. I have whole books on Italian architecture.
Germany/Austria: Castles. Honestly, I'd like to just hang out in Europe for a few years. I wonder if someone would pay me to do that...>_> <_< >_> hmm...
Thailand: I'd need other people to go with me, because I don't think I'd be brave enough to go alone, but traveling to all the ancient monasteries and temples would be lovely.
New Zealand: For the scenery, hiking, and honestly...just maybe because they filmed The Lord of the Rings there. I'm sad, I know.
Oh, that was six. Oh well!
3) What's your current favorite running TV show?
Um, running? Well, it's not a sitcom or anything...I've never really followed TV shows religiously because when I was a kid we never had cable, so all we got was reruns. I guess What Not to Wear would be the only one that I will tune in for every Friday. But that's only if I remember.
Of course, the MINUTE Project Runway comes back on the air, I'll be a die-hard fan again!
4) Name a historical figure you would like to meet and why.
This question used to be of more interest to me, but now I realize that meeting a historical figure would probably less inspiring than one thinks. I would really like to meet Queen Elizabeth...she seems an incredible character. Such acerbic humor, but I guess it's the only natural product of her childhood and upbringing. Jane Austen, of course, but it wouldn't be to learn the secrets of her writing. I think she was an incredibly practical closet romantic. I wonder if I'm right. Joan of Arc. Leonardo da Vinci. Albert Einstein. Ayn Rand.
5) Come up with a funny anagram for your name :P
This is a question?
Christine: Incites h(e)r!
With one more 'e', that might have been kinda cool. How did Lord Voldemort do it! Well, he used his last and middle name, but I haven't got endless time to waste!
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| Subject: | Yay money! |
| Time: | 5:33 am. |
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I'd hoped never to have to be this familiar with dawn ever again, but here I am, awake at 5:00 AM, preparing to go back to work at the cafeteria.
I really can't complain, since they are being kind enough to give me 35 hours of work a week, but man, not having to wake up early this last month and a half was really delightful. Still, it's better this time around, since I only have to be awake at 5, not 4, since I go to work at 7, and not 6:30. Also, I was able to unearth my uniform without too much trouble. Considering the fact that I threw it into a box in a closet, that's quite a feat.
I'm just thankful I didn't throw it away.
In addition to working in the morning, 7-2, I'm on call at Lane Bryant from 4-10. I wonder what working two jobs in one day feels like.
Oh well. Breakfast time!
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Wednesday, July 1st, 2009
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Leave me a comment with "I LOVE INTERPRETIVE DANCE" in the subject line.
I'll respond by asking you five questions so I can get to know you better.
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Well, since it IS a compartment, it could really be called an "anything" compartment. I think it's called a glove compartment because it used to hold driving gloves. Now, back at you: why do you park on a driveway and drive on a parkway? ANSWER ME THAT!!!
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So today, among other things, I plan an absolutely MASSIVE spamming of the job market. Targets today include:
1: The Post Office
2: The UN
3: International Travel Agencies
4: Airports (as Flight Attendant, Customs Agent, etc.)
5: InterExchange
6: Other hotels (mostly in Hawaii)
7: Other jobs at the Hilton
I plan to get through about half these today, then go shopping for the materials to make Dan's birthday cake, buy birthday cards for my sister's and brother's birthday, and maybe make a quick present run. Then I'll get back, start baking the cake, and get through the second half of the list. This is waaaaaaaaaaay optimistic as a goal today, but since I start my second job on the 6th, I've really got to step up my game because after I start working that one, I just won't have as much uninterrupted time as right now. I already feel like a bum because I've wasted June. However, since I got accepted for contracts to teach in China, I consider the month a success, more or less. By the way, some of the contracts they've shown me are pretty amazing! I'm really leaning towards this position in Dongying...
Okay, gotta get to work!
By the way, thanks to all you guys who commented about my last post. I feel just fine now...but yesterday I made a point to drink all I could! I've only had that feeling once before, when I'd been outside playing for about three hours without a break. But I've never fainted, and I don't intend for it to happen!
EDIT 1:30: SO SICK of typing in the exact same information eight times in a row. It's all on the frickin' resume...why can't I just copy and paste my resume!!! I gotta get away from this for a bit. Goin' out.
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| Time: | 7:49 pm. |
| Mood: |  scared. | | Music: | Nothing Wrong ~ Stephanie Smith. |
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So, as all who know me know, there's a great bra sale going on at Lane Bryant, where I work. So I toddled over there this afternoon to avail myself of this truly glorious sale before it ends on the 5th. Anyway, after I find my four fabulous bras, I proceed to the checkout. Now, the registers have been really slow recently, and as I'm waiting in line, I start to sweat a little bit from the bright lights. This usually happens, but I notice that the sweat is cold, and that I feel pretty cold myself. Considering that it's eighty degrees outside, it's unlikely to be what's outside that's making me cold.
Then I start getting a little bit dizzy. Not so bad that I can't stand up, but I need to put a hand on the counter for a some stability.
At this point, I'm wondering if I'm just really hungry. I'd intended to go bra shopping, hit up Subway for dinner, and then visit a couple other stores before calling it a night. I hadn't eaten since 11, so it would make sense that I'd be peckish, but the weird thing is that my stomach wasn't growling.
So now I'm a little scared. I'm getting dizzier by the second, and the register still won't put my order through. Then I feel all the blood draining from my face. It's so bad that I can feel my lips tingling from the blood loss and I start shivering even more. I go to the back (thank God I work there or I don't know what I'd've done!) and sit down.
And suddenly it all makes sense. I'm seriously dehydrated. Most days I drink four or five full bottles of water (I have a plastic water bottle that goes everywhere) but today, all I'd had to drink was coffee. Add to that the fact that before I went shopping I'd spent an hour in the pool, out in the hot sun. No wonder!
So I drink as much as I can hold from the water fountain, and the dizziness stops. Unfortunately, by this point, all the employees are like "You really look so pale...can we get you anything, etc. etc." and I have to explain what the problem is.
The moral of the story is: dehydration sucks...drink more water!
I really wanted to get to the gym tonight, but honestly, I don't think it's a good idea. Still a little woozy. And I never got to visit the other stores I'd wanted to.
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Completely accidental. I was intending to take either French or Arabic. The French class I wanted to take was full, and Arabic wasn't on the list, so I was scrolling down the course packet, and "Elementary Chinese 101" caught my eye. The first class, I was hooked. And it wasn't until I studied in China that I looked back (and wondered why I was in Beijing instead of Paris). Now though, I'm happy I know it. In all likelihood, it'll be more useful than Japanese.
2. Who would you do first: Jeremy Irons or Gerard Butler?
Elly, I'm disappointed. Gerard Butler without the slightest hesistation! For you it might be more of a conundrum, but honestly...how can it be?
3. Do you trust Severus Snape? xD
Unlike SOME people I could mention *cough
4. How many kids do you want to have?
I'm thinking 3 or 4. Of course, that depends on having the right husband and probably the temperment of my first child.
5. What is your absolute dream job? Like, if money didn't matter and anything was possible. TELL ME EVERYTHING.!
NOVELIST. Oh, man, I'd travel all over the world and have the time to write the greatest books...they're all in my head somewhere, but I just need the time and all the money I needed to not worry about money anymore.
6. BONUS ROUND. A glove compartment has neither gloves or compartments in it. Talk amongst yourselves.