Dec. 22 Job news: I read in the National Post business section about keeping your skills up to date. This woman who got laid off, she bought this computer program and practices it everyday so she will be prepared to use it when she gets hired again. That's good.
I'm keeping up with my skills by reading the business section of the newspaper. Yesterday I applied to a bunch of places. Today I only applied to three. I was reading my Alberta Job Centre news letters I subscribe to and then I found Career Options magazine that you can read online here:
http://www.careeroptionsmagazine.com/the-magazine/articles/
WindMobile: My friend Ashley from college told me about this:
Ashley: WindMobile doesn't do commission at all, it's something that really sets them apart from other cellular companies. There is a base wage and then a monthly bonus program that depends on stores making their monthly targets rather than individual sales.
Job search: It was really hard for me to focus in looking for a job today. I've been looking for an office job from Jan. 2009-Oct.2009 and I landed that Call Centre #3 job. I passed 110 resumes in 8 months. I then rebooted my office job search from Nov. 2009- Mar. 2010. I did the same thing with passing out my resumes to banks and offices.
Then I got laid off from the Soup place and Call Centre #3 and I did my office job search totally differently. I went on the internet. I applied to 100 places a month. It was to offices and reg. jobs in Apr. 2010-Oct.2010 and I managed to get an office job and worked there for a short time.
Quote: I found this on the 16 and Pregnant thread. It's about jobs: "If you can't admit it, you should quit it."
16 and Pregnant: Also on the thread, it turns out this girl asked one of the teen moms Kail this on her form spring.
Girl: Help! My friend is 13 and pregnant she wants to get on the show, how does she apply?
Kail: We're not glamorizing teen pregnancy here.
I thought that question was so weird. I thought it was going to be: "Help, my friend is 13 and pregnant. What should I do to help her?"
If I was 13, and I found out one of my friends is 13 and pregnant, I wouldn't ask about how to get on a TV show even if 16&P aired back then. I don't know, tell a teacher about it.
Dec. 22 Eric Benet: I was listening to some satellite radio and found the song "Sometimes I Cry" by Eric Benet. I've been listening to his music on Youtube and found this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYLu6Ezyd8g
I'm going to paraphrase what he says:
EB: My daughter was going to start college soon, and I helped her to dorm room. It brought back a lot of memories of when I was in college. I was going out with this girl for two years and then she broke up with me. She also told me: "I don't see you making it in the music industry." It's kind of funny because shortly after we broke up, I got a record deal.
The audience cheers and laughs.
EB: Then there was a knock on my door. She shows up and it's like she got a stylist or something, because she looks amazing. She was saying how much she misses me.
lol.
I would never tell anyone that they won't make it in something because that would be mean. However, I would say to someone who is pursuing in a performing arts career: "What if you don't make it? What if you do make it, but the success doesn't last? What is your back up plan?"
You always have to be thinking about back up plans. That's me though. A lot of things don't work out for me like getting rejected from college programs.
Funny video: I was on the 16 and Pregnant thread on twop.com and someone posted this Golden Girls video clip. It's about buying condoms at the store. I've never seen Golden Girls before, but it was kind of funny.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kOewRGhtx8
Dec. 23 Funny and weird: I saw this funny and weird video clip on Jay Leno.
Cut to two guys playing beer pong outside. There are these red plastic cups on the table.
Guy 1 throws a ping pong ball into the cup.
Guy 2 throws a ping pong ball into the cup.
Guy 3 in red Santa suit falls on top of the table and breaks it.
Me: What?!
Here's a fun sight to see. I saw Cosmo the Galaxyland mascot skate in the ice rink at West Ed mall.
Cute and funny: This was on Jay Leno. The voice of Dora the Explorer has sued Nickelodeon because they didn't pay her for her work.
Cut to the animated character Dora the Explorer sitting next to a real life lawyer.
Dora then hugs the lawyer.
Fun gift: I saw this on Jay Leno. This is a real gift. A mug calls "Jesus Shaves." If you pour hot water in the mug, the beard on Jesus disappears. It was pretty cool.
Joke: Jay Leno says: "The guy who created the YMCA died and only 6 people showed up to his funeral. They were a cop, an Indian chief..."
Charity: I read that the rapper Lil Wayne bought a $11,000 wheelchair for his fan's mom.
I also read that the rapper TI talked a man down from jumping off a building. TI heard it on the radio and came down there.
Merry Christmas everybody!
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