Facebook job search/ Odd Job Jack/ NAIT

May 21 Facebook job search: I IMed chat on Facebook with Cherie from college. I asked her about jobs, and she said she's in Calgary. We chatted a bit, and wished each other luck on our job searches. I then emailed all the people I had an email thread on Facebook asking if they know anyone's hiring.

I chatted a little bit with Dallas Medinger. We went to jr. high and high school together, but we didn't really know each other. He then went into writing with me. I told him I was looking for a job and he said he'll keep his eyes open.

I wrote the above hours ago. Wasan from college says she's in Vancouver and looking for a job.

Writing: I saw a new Family Guy episode which was mainly Brian and Stewie trapped in bank vault talking. There was no cut away. It was all held on one location, kind of like a play. It was kind of interesting to see only two characters in one location.

Actors: I saw Canadian actor Brendan Fehr on a new episode of CSI: NY. You may have seen him on Roswell back in the late 90s. He was in the mini-series Samurai Girl.

The rapper Kanye West was on an episode of The Cleveland Show. He played a teenage rapper named Kenny West. There was a rap battle between him and Cleveland Jr.

I was watching some Nick Cannon Wild N' Out. I only watch it during commercial breaks. I see Taran Killam. He was on MADTv, and he did date Amanda Bynes.

Clean: Maybe those episodes of Castle and The Mentalist has had an effect on me. You know where the wife kills deadbeat husband? I'm unemployed and have been doing more housework. I cleaned my room, mopped, vacuumed, recycled, washed windows, and washed the dishes.

Though my sister told me about it a couple of months ago. I wasn't working a lot, and she said I should contributing more to the household by cleaning. That's the way with my grandma. She doesn't work, so she does all the housework.

Odd Job Jack: I have mentioned this show before back in 2008. I was at a staffing agency, and the character Jack on this cartoon show does the same. Every week he works at somewhere new. It's voiced by Don McKeller and he has a friend named Bobby voiced by Matthew Ferguson (Birkoff from Nikita).

Now I just realized how unrealistic this show is. As in one week Jack works as a mortician and then next week he works by selling hot dogs out of a van. Most staffing agencies only give office jobs out like banks. However, working in an office is not as interesting for TV purposes.

IBM: I went to check out if there are any jobs at IBM, and most need a Bachelor's degree in math, computer science, etc.

Friends: I bumped into Chase again at the mall. I told him about my new job, and gave him my blog address. He helped me get excited about my job and told me that the blog should help my "creative juices flowing." I need to keep a positive attitude.

EI: I got some good news and bad news from the Edmonton Journal. 17,000 Edmontonians are on EI. I just filed for EI today. There has been less claims for EI because the economy improved, but at the same time people are running out on EI.

May 22 Stress: I was filing for EI, and I told them I was dismissed. That means I have to fill out this form and hand it into them on Tues so they could investigate it. That means I may have to wait even longer to get my EI check.

The good news though is that I picked up my call centre pay check yesterday.

Rant: I fell asleep watching Warehouse 13 because I was tired. I then had to go on the internet and read what the ending was. That was mildly annoying to miss the episode as it was on.

Joke: This was way back in 2004, and I was watching TV.

Patrick: Hey, what are you watching?
Me: Right now I'm watching Missing because there's a commercial break on Lost.
lol. Seriously, I was watching those shows.

I was reminded of this joke as I was watching Jay Leno and they made fun of Lost because it's finally ending after 6 years. They crammed the whole Lost show, and throw in stuff from Gilligan's Island, and other movies and TV shows into a video summary.

The ending was: "Lost. You should be."
The entire audience laughs.

Comparisons: Here's one. I watched one show earlier this week, and then the same thing occurs on another show.

Character knows how to read lips because of a deaf family member: I was watching Law and Order: SVU and this cop is able to read lips on this video. He says he has a deaf grandmother. Then today on Warehouse 13, Pete reads lips on this video. He says his sister's deaf.

Realism: I was doing my job search, and I got a flash back of the late 90s teen sitcom called Hang Time. The teens were helping a friend's dad look for a job. There's a subtitle that said "6 months later" and then talk about how hard it was to get a job. That was realistic. Sure, sometimes it can be easy to get a job. Like that time I passed out 20 resumes in 1 day and got a job at the Soup place. That was easy. Right now it's harder.

May 23 NAIT: I'm now looking up all my NAIT friends on Facebook. I specifically ask if they went to NAIT, what yr, and the program in the friend request. I only had two NAIT friends on Facebook, and it seems many of them are on it. One friend Lori just confirmed me.

I should have done this a long time ago. Well I'm making my job search a little bit more fun. I emailed and passed out many resumes. Now I must tap all the people I know and email them if they know anyone who's hiring. Yesterday I emailed 35 of my friends on Facebook if they know if anyone's hiring.It's kind of interesting to see who from NAIT is friends with who on it. I just friended 25 of them. There were some that just weren't on it.

The last time I contacted all of them was back in 2006. I apologized for giving their phone numbers to this bad pyramid scheme called Quixtar. Get 50 names and give it to this guy. No college eduction in business.

Look, I righted my wrongs by apologizing to them and I got back at the guy who got me into it in the first place. It's a good thing I only went to two meetings and didn't spend any money on it. I just checked my email and Amanda from NAIT confirmed me as friend.

I feel like by doing this, I'm getting a positive boost.

Leon's: Did you know that Leon's furniture increased in sales by 40% this yr due to the improving economy? I read that in the Edmonton Journal.

Money: Did you know that on average people spend $92 on movies a year? $300 on lottery tickets. I read that in the Globe and Mail.

Money tip: Don't spend money all week. That forces you to eat all the food at home and use everything you have. I got that from the Oprah website.

I was watching The Cleveland Show, and they kept all this money in a jar. There was $2000. Me: You should put that in a bank account so it could collect interest and make even more money.

Esthero: Last week this song "That Girl" by Esthero came on my satellite TV radio station. I then went and watched the video today. It's from 1998 and she's from Toronto. It's a good song, and now I'm listening to her music on Youtube.