Jul. 31 Blog comment: Yesterday Anonymous posted on my Jul. 30 blog post "news/ future self/ job interviews":
"Hey there. I really admire your struggle through the tedious drone of life. I'm sad that your date didn't work out, and I hope you find that right guy out there. I think you are an amazing writer, and you should keep it up. You will find a great job and a great guy. It is just a matter of perseverance. Keep your stick on the ice."
That is so nice and sweet for this person to encourage me.
Friends: I thought the other good thing was that my friend Justin emailed me back. It turns out he was let go from his cafe job, but he still has his office job so that's good. It was cool to hear from him.
Aug. 1 Headlines: You know Jay Leno and how he reads newspaper headlines. Well since I'm unemployed I've been reading a lot of the newspaper and I found some things that I will send to him.
Stupid criminals: "Woman drops off resume while allegedly stealing clothes from the same store." "...She was wearing clothing she had allegedly stolen from the business on a previous day." It was on a security camera."
Cops on coffee break arrest Starbucks robber." The uniformed cops were in the Starbucks when the robber goes to the till and starts demanding money.
Three women dined and dashed from a Waffle House restaurant without paying their $40 bill. They forgot their purses and woman came back for it. The manager got the police and they used the ID in the women's a wallets to track them down.
My favorite: "What have we learned? In other crime news, police in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., said a man used a crucifix to pry open a church's donation box and steal the cash inside. According to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, an arrest quickly followed."
Vandalism: "This is a desecration of a cemetery. Snapping off an angel's stone penis is just not done." -German fashion designer Wolfgang Joop
The last three paragraphs are actually from the Edmonton Journal's Sunday Reader section. These last two are borderline funny. That means, it's not totally guaranteed to get a laugh.
"Man apologizes for fire sparked by grow-op." The headline is funny, but not the article because the fired damaged homes.
"Teens use missing (Louis) Riel sword as fight prop."
Funny pictures: I'll send in a few funny pics:
1. A very lifelike T-rex that are standing over children.
2. A guy floating in a boat with a huge Kermit the Frog with him. It's called "The Old Frog and the Sea."
3.A little girl with her grandma sitting in between a huge plastic pig that's wearing a necklace with a soap on it that says the word "soap." On the other side it's a plastic rooster. Very cartoon.
Online cleaning: I'm deleting old book marks and emails that are useless. They hold me back from moving forward.
Aug. 2 Online dating: This guy I went out with 2 weeks ago, emailed me back saying he wants to hang out again. That was weird because we didn't email or call each other at all that time. I said I wasn't interested because we didn't really connect and wished him luck.
Now he just emailed me back saying: "It was your fault." Well that definitely proves that we're not a good match. I say something nice by wishing you luck, and then you diss me.
Actors: I had this random flashback of the actress Rashida Jones. She's on Parks and Recreation.
Me: Wasn't she on the TV show Boston Public where she plays the secretary? It was on way back in 2000/2001.
I looked it up on imdb.com and I was right! She was in a lot of episodes, but her role wasn't really that big. I can't believe I remember her. The scene I remember is where she overhears a teacher talking to another teacher about how he is having a sexual relationship with a student.
Shopping: I have mentioned that I am so sick of shopping, but today I did go shopping. I didn't buy anything. I browsed. The last time I shopped was two weeks ago, but it's because I bumped into my friend Jessica and her family and we walked around a bit. Last week I was at Bonnie Doon mall for an interview, but I didn't shop. I read the newspaper instead. Not only is Dollarama jumping the gun by putting out Halloween stuff, but so is Party Central.
Aug. 3: Today I did go shopping and the only thing I bought was that I renewed my library card for $12. I resisted the urge to by 2 packs of 8 AA batteries for $5 at Shoppers Drug Mart and 2 for $30 Robin Thicke cds. I need to save money and that library card is going to last really long.
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Monday, August 2, 2010
Rhema Marvanne/ friends/ Lie to Me
MONDAY, AUGUST 2, 2010
Jul. 29 Rhema Marvanne: I found this on Yahoo news. This 7 yr old girl Rhema Marvanne can sing very well. I was impressed as she sings "Amazing Grace." She makes an appearance in Gerard Butler's new movie Machine Gun Preacher.
There is a video clip of her on the Maury show performing. Adrian from the girl groups Cheetah Girls and 3LW introduce her. This doesn't count as a relapse that I'm watching his show, because this segment is not trashy.
http://new.ca.music.yahoo.com/blogs/videogaga/52593/amazing-voice-7-year-old-gospel-singer-belts-whitney-and-celine-songs/
Jul. 30 Friends: I have called my friend Daniel whom I went to jr. high, high school, and Professional Writing with. We hung out and talked for 1.5 hrs about movies. He also got an email from our classmate Cherie to read her piece and edit it.I never noticed this, but D pointed out in the Jet Li movie Kiss of the Dragon, JL's character is always analyzing and anticipating every fight move. One guy is always kicking, so JL keeps moving to a narrower hallway so he can't kick him.
I haven't seen that movie in years. I saw it on TV, and I remember the fight scenes were pretty good. It was an average movie.
Ascension: I was looking for a job and I see that the West Ed store Ascension is hiring. It sells products made out of pot. It pays $11/hr for 44hrs a week. I find working there to be kind of unethical. It's not illegal, but my parents wouldn't approve. My little brother would never work there. He holds his breath when we walk past it because he doesn't want to smell it.
Jul. 31 Fame: I was thinking about Ashley Dupree, you know the prostitute that governor Elliot Spitzer hired. She didn't want to be famous, she was thrown into the spotlight because someone found about about Spitzer. Then they tracked her down. I heard she's writing a book.
Fun: Today I went out and read the newspaper at Churchill Square while listening to live country music.
Old job: I looked at Job Bank and I see that my old Call Centre #3 is hiring. I then emailed my boss back to see if I can have my job back considering I got laid off from them back in Apr. We'll see.
Progress: I'm getting way more call backs for receptionist positions this time around with my job search.
Aug. 1 Cell phone kiosks: I had talked to my friend Justin a few weeks ago and he told me to apply to cell phone kiosks. I did land an interview at this one place. I didn't get hired, and the manager told me that I needed to research the company.
He added that I didn't have telecommunications experience or worked in a commissions environment. In the interview I told him I worked in retail and worked with the public and customers for years, but it didn't apply to this job. I gave it my best shot.
Post Secret: This was awhile back and I found a secret: "I'm 26 and I'm a virgin."
"I put 2% of my income to a bank account for my future offspring. I'm 26 and I never had sex before and I'm single."
An email reply was: "You taking care of your future kids make you that much sexier."
Lie to Me: I was watching Lie to Me and I see Melissa George (Lauren from Alias) on. I also noticed Deputy Leo from Veronica Mars on. I saw him on a Castle episode. The episode is did this young woman MG, kill her wealthy and old husband for his money?
It turns out she didn't. You would think she did because MG is the biggest guest- star. It's the husband's assistant who did it. The husband asked him to because he's Catholic and suicide is a sin.
Twilight Zone: I've been watching this show for the past few months now. This show is in the 60s, people on twop.com is usually gushing about how good this show is. I do like to watch it because it's supernatural. It's very creative and unoriginal.
There's this one ep where this guy is allowed to be granted 1 wish. He has these scenarios go through his head and decides to be a genie in a bottle.
Job search: I checked the Edmonton Journal Classifieds and Job Classifieds today. No luck. I went through my book marks and saw Castle Rock. You know they print The Key work books to help students prepare for exams and their courses. I did apply there. Then I looked it up and there isn't a career section on the site so I deleted the book mark.
I did an interview at the restaurant Fargos earlier this week. The place seems nice and everything, but I don't think I'm a good fit for it. I don't think they'll hire me either. I did an interview at a hotel, but they didn't call me back when they're supposed to. I guess I could them back.
There is a video clip of her on the Maury show performing. Adrian from the girl groups Cheetah Girls and 3LW introduce her. This doesn't count as a relapse that I'm watching his show, because this segment is not trashy.
http://new.ca.music.yahoo.com/blogs/videogaga/52593/amazing-voice-7-year-old-gospel-singer-belts-whitney-and-celine-songs/
Jul. 30 Friends: I have called my friend Daniel whom I went to jr. high, high school, and Professional Writing with. We hung out and talked for 1.5 hrs about movies. He also got an email from our classmate Cherie to read her piece and edit it.I never noticed this, but D pointed out in the Jet Li movie Kiss of the Dragon, JL's character is always analyzing and anticipating every fight move. One guy is always kicking, so JL keeps moving to a narrower hallway so he can't kick him.
I haven't seen that movie in years. I saw it on TV, and I remember the fight scenes were pretty good. It was an average movie.
Ascension: I was looking for a job and I see that the West Ed store Ascension is hiring. It sells products made out of pot. It pays $11/hr for 44hrs a week. I find working there to be kind of unethical. It's not illegal, but my parents wouldn't approve. My little brother would never work there. He holds his breath when we walk past it because he doesn't want to smell it.
Jul. 31 Fame: I was thinking about Ashley Dupree, you know the prostitute that governor Elliot Spitzer hired. She didn't want to be famous, she was thrown into the spotlight because someone found about about Spitzer. Then they tracked her down. I heard she's writing a book.
Fun: Today I went out and read the newspaper at Churchill Square while listening to live country music.
Old job: I looked at Job Bank and I see that my old Call Centre #3 is hiring. I then emailed my boss back to see if I can have my job back considering I got laid off from them back in Apr. We'll see.
Progress: I'm getting way more call backs for receptionist positions this time around with my job search.
Aug. 1 Cell phone kiosks: I had talked to my friend Justin a few weeks ago and he told me to apply to cell phone kiosks. I did land an interview at this one place. I didn't get hired, and the manager told me that I needed to research the company.
He added that I didn't have telecommunications experience or worked in a commissions environment. In the interview I told him I worked in retail and worked with the public and customers for years, but it didn't apply to this job. I gave it my best shot.
Post Secret: This was awhile back and I found a secret: "I'm 26 and I'm a virgin."
"I put 2% of my income to a bank account for my future offspring. I'm 26 and I never had sex before and I'm single."
An email reply was: "You taking care of your future kids make you that much sexier."
Lie to Me: I was watching Lie to Me and I see Melissa George (Lauren from Alias) on. I also noticed Deputy Leo from Veronica Mars on. I saw him on a Castle episode. The episode is did this young woman MG, kill her wealthy and old husband for his money?
It turns out she didn't. You would think she did because MG is the biggest guest- star. It's the husband's assistant who did it. The husband asked him to because he's Catholic and suicide is a sin.
Twilight Zone: I've been watching this show for the past few months now. This show is in the 60s, people on twop.com is usually gushing about how good this show is. I do like to watch it because it's supernatural. It's very creative and unoriginal.
There's this one ep where this guy is allowed to be granted 1 wish. He has these scenarios go through his head and decides to be a genie in a bottle.
Job search: I checked the Edmonton Journal Classifieds and Job Classifieds today. No luck. I went through my book marks and saw Castle Rock. You know they print The Key work books to help students prepare for exams and their courses. I did apply there. Then I looked it up and there isn't a career section on the site so I deleted the book mark.
I did an interview at the restaurant Fargos earlier this week. The place seems nice and everything, but I don't think I'm a good fit for it. I don't think they'll hire me either. I did an interview at a hotel, but they didn't call me back when they're supposed to. I guess I could them back.
Friday, July 30, 2010
news/ future self/ job interviews
Jul. 27 News: I read that Kim Jong Il saved 68 people from a flood. However, after watching that MadTV music video where they make fun of him, I can't get it out of my head. You know that song by B2K called "Bump, Bump, Bump"? Well they made fun it calling it "Bomb, Bomb, Bomb." lol.
Here's the video.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiLS-AlfO30
KJI (sings): In my Stalinist regime, I got a bomb, bomb, bomb!
Song: I was watching Jay Leno and they had that actor who plays George Bush on. He posted a video on Facebook. GB throws on a Justin Beiber wig and starts singing: "Baby, baby, baby." It was cheesy, but it was funny.
Rookie Blue: I find this show unintentionally funny because it's so Canadian. I see Canadian actress Shay Mitchell (Pretty Little Liars) makes an appearance. They show Canadian currency. When they order coffee they say "double double" which is a shout out to Tim Horton's.
Names: I read that there is an Australian Indy car race driver named Will Power. The jokes write themselves. I used to work at a call centre and someone called this guy Warren Peace. I read in the movie Sky High, there's a character named that.
Job search: I spent 2 hrs this morning looking for a job. I read the Edmonton Journal Classifieds and there weren't any positions. I had to email this restaurant through Kijiji instead of gmail because it didn't work. Then I emailed my resume to a restaurant at West Ed. I faxed an admin assistant resume.
I emailed my friend Chamnouer a few positions. I also went to a job interview this afternoon. There are 4 applicants (including me) for 2 positions. I did get an interview for this store I applied to.
I then hit the job sites: Kijiji, Job Boom, Edmonton Job Shop.
Jul. 28: I called this store back for an interview. They said they're busy with interviews for the next 2 weeks so I should call after that.
As usual I went to the Edmonton Journal's Classifieds and there is this blurb that says: "It's considered CLASSIFIED, yet everyone reads it. Weird huh?"
I went to Shoppersdrugmart.ca and there weren't any positions. I went to ethanallen.com and they're hiring a design consultant. It's a good website. They sell furniture. I then emailed my friend Chamnouer about some positions she would be interested in.
Teen Mom: I was watching it last night. I mentioned this a long time ago about how Catelynn's mom April redeems herself in the first season. A didn't support her daughter for giving the baby Carly up for adoption.
Now A and Catelynn are talking because Tyler may be dumping Catelynn.
Catelynn: I wish I had Carly with me.
April: Doesn't mean you have a baby means that you can keep your man.
C: No, I want the baby so she could love me.
A hugs C. Aww...
Future self: My imagination went from a SWAT team from Service Canada coming and asking: "Why aren't you looking for a job?" to my Future Self asking that. I was watching South Park and Stan's Future Self comes to present time.
I imagine my Future Self confronting me.
Future Self: How come you're not looking for a job?
Me: I did. I passed out 160 resumes this month and I had a lot of job interviews.
Jul. 29 Job interviews: I had a crazy day today. I took the bus this morning and did an interview at a grocery store. I did the interview and was told to come back in an hr to do the tour and meet the manager. So I stayed at the mall, had lunch, read the newspaper.
They said they're willing to hire all 3 of us. One woman definitely took the job. The other had to see how it works with her schedule. As for me, I still had another interview to go to. I went to the luggage store.
Manager: There are 50 people who applied and there I whittled it down to 15 applicants.
Me: 15 people for 1 position?
Manager: Yes.
I also got a call from Rogers, but she said she will call me on Thurs. to set up an interview. I might as well call back the grocery store. I just had a talk with my dad, and he told me to go to the grocery store. I went and called them, and they said they'll call me next week to see if I will get hired.
Editing: My Professional Writing friend Cherie emailed some of her classmates to read her piece before she sends it out. I read it and made some comments. It's good to read other people's work.
Here's the video.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiLS-AlfO30
KJI (sings): In my Stalinist regime, I got a bomb, bomb, bomb!
Song: I was watching Jay Leno and they had that actor who plays George Bush on. He posted a video on Facebook. GB throws on a Justin Beiber wig and starts singing: "Baby, baby, baby." It was cheesy, but it was funny.
Rookie Blue: I find this show unintentionally funny because it's so Canadian. I see Canadian actress Shay Mitchell (Pretty Little Liars) makes an appearance. They show Canadian currency. When they order coffee they say "double double" which is a shout out to Tim Horton's.
Names: I read that there is an Australian Indy car race driver named Will Power. The jokes write themselves. I used to work at a call centre and someone called this guy Warren Peace. I read in the movie Sky High, there's a character named that.
Job search: I spent 2 hrs this morning looking for a job. I read the Edmonton Journal Classifieds and there weren't any positions. I had to email this restaurant through Kijiji instead of gmail because it didn't work. Then I emailed my resume to a restaurant at West Ed. I faxed an admin assistant resume.
I emailed my friend Chamnouer a few positions. I also went to a job interview this afternoon. There are 4 applicants (including me) for 2 positions. I did get an interview for this store I applied to.
I then hit the job sites: Kijiji, Job Boom, Edmonton Job Shop.
Jul. 28: I called this store back for an interview. They said they're busy with interviews for the next 2 weeks so I should call after that.
As usual I went to the Edmonton Journal's Classifieds and there is this blurb that says: "It's considered CLASSIFIED, yet everyone reads it. Weird huh?"
I went to Shoppersdrugmart.ca and there weren't any positions. I went to ethanallen.com and they're hiring a design consultant. It's a good website. They sell furniture. I then emailed my friend Chamnouer about some positions she would be interested in.
Teen Mom: I was watching it last night. I mentioned this a long time ago about how Catelynn's mom April redeems herself in the first season. A didn't support her daughter for giving the baby Carly up for adoption.
Now A and Catelynn are talking because Tyler may be dumping Catelynn.
Catelynn: I wish I had Carly with me.
April: Doesn't mean you have a baby means that you can keep your man.
C: No, I want the baby so she could love me.
A hugs C. Aww...
Future self: My imagination went from a SWAT team from Service Canada coming and asking: "Why aren't you looking for a job?" to my Future Self asking that. I was watching South Park and Stan's Future Self comes to present time.
I imagine my Future Self confronting me.
Future Self: How come you're not looking for a job?
Me: I did. I passed out 160 resumes this month and I had a lot of job interviews.
Jul. 29 Job interviews: I had a crazy day today. I took the bus this morning and did an interview at a grocery store. I did the interview and was told to come back in an hr to do the tour and meet the manager. So I stayed at the mall, had lunch, read the newspaper.
They said they're willing to hire all 3 of us. One woman definitely took the job. The other had to see how it works with her schedule. As for me, I still had another interview to go to. I went to the luggage store.
Manager: There are 50 people who applied and there I whittled it down to 15 applicants.
Me: 15 people for 1 position?
Manager: Yes.
I also got a call from Rogers, but she said she will call me on Thurs. to set up an interview. I might as well call back the grocery store. I just had a talk with my dad, and he told me to go to the grocery store. I went and called them, and they said they'll call me next week to see if I will get hired.
Editing: My Professional Writing friend Cherie emailed some of her classmates to read her piece before she sends it out. I read it and made some comments. It's good to read other people's work.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
fame/ Brain boosters/ Wes Brown
Jul. 25 Fame: I was thinking about how Britney Spears chooses to be famous. I remember on The Simpsons where Homer becomes friends with Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger and he later harasses them.
Homer: If you guys never wanted to be famous, then you should have never expressed yourselves creatively.
As for Prince William and Prince Harry they don't get to choose to be famous. They are born into it and have to deal with people and the paparazzi harassing them.
Infamous: I was thinking about this MADTv sketch about OJ Simpson's book If I Did It. A news reporter interviewed him as they were walking the street. It was a special on him. As they're walking this man stops them.
Man: Murderer! Murderer!
For argument's sake, let's assume that OJ Simpson isn't a murderer. He doesn't get to live a normal life and get's harassed for walking down the street. He doesn't get to choose on how people treat him.
That brings me to Karla Homolka. When she was released from jail, my friend Meghan at Roots said: "How will she get a job?" I was thinking that KM should stay in jail. If she goes out, she will always be harassed, and spit on. You know for sure, she is a murderer because there's evidence and she did commit the crime.
People may throw eggs at her home and damage it. They will be charged for vandalism, but some may say: "It was totally worth it."
The past: That brings me to that girl who's in a religion that doesn't allow her to talk to boys. If people find out who she is, the most they will do is harass her for being different. At the least, people will just look at her differently.
She could choose to not to do the religion, and she will be kicked out of her house. She will live in foster care which isn't a really stable environment. She might as well stay with her family and deal with being in a religion that doesn't allow her to talk to boys.
I Write Like: I found this through the Edmonton Journal. You go to the website I Write Like and put up some of your writing. They will tell you which author you write like. I put up my latest blog post and got David Foster Wallace.
http://iwl.me
News: I read in The Globe and Mail that the teen clothing store Forever 21 has a maternity line. I hope that doesn't encourage teens to get pregnant. I hope it's moms wanting to buy cool and affordable clothes.
I was reading the new Seventeen magazine. There was a letter from this girl who read the article "Are you being tricked into getting pregnant?" She says: "My friends and I joke around about how it's 'in' to be pregnant, but reading your article was real eye opener."
Jul. 26 Brain Boosters: I read this on Yahoo. This how to improve your brain:
1. Exercise
2. Attend to your relationships
3. Work on your wiring. Every brain is different, so "pay attention to the differences if you want to connect with the people."
4. Focus on one thing at a time. Don't multi-task. You're not as productive.
5. Repeat to remember. Repeating information imprints it in your mind.
6. Remember to repeat. It's like rereading something an hr later to remember it.
7. Get a good night's sleep.
8. Reduce stress.
9. Stimulate your senses. We learn better in multi-sensory environments.
10. Use visuals more effectively. If we see a picture while listening to information, we will remember it more.
11. Team up the gender differences. In stressful situations, men look at the gist of things, and women look at the details.
12. Take time to explore. Try new things to expand your mind.
Job search: I picked up the Job Classifieds and there wasn't anything. I picked up the Edmonton Examiner, and I researched the positions, but there wasn't anything I qualified for. I checked the Edmonton Journal classifieds yesterday and today.
I got a call back from this company and I got rejected. That's fine. I wasn't a good fit for it because I didn't have any telecommunications experience or worked in commissions based environment. I'll delete their number off my phone.
Wes Brown: I finally found a site where I can watch full- length True Blood episodes. I was watching season 2 for this actor Wes Brown. He was on an ep of Criminal Minds. He's got range playing a romantic guy who can turn scary and violent in that episode. I've seen him on CSI: Miami on Youtube and his character dies at the beginning.
Jul. 27 Job rant: Here's a moderate rant. I got a job at this place and worked for 2 weeks last month and was dismissed. Then I went and applied at another location and did an interview. There were 3 other applicants. I got a call this morning and the manager said that he hired someone else who has experience and worked there before.
Damn it, I should have mentioned that I had experience. Well I talked it out with my dad. If I mentioned that I worked there before and was dismissed, then I wouldn't have gotten the job. In the interview I mentioned how I did work at a restaurant for 2 yrs until I was laid off.
All I can hope for is that my interview today at another restaurant goes well. I did get a call from another store and I will call them back tomorrow. The manager is in tomorrow.
Homer: If you guys never wanted to be famous, then you should have never expressed yourselves creatively.
As for Prince William and Prince Harry they don't get to choose to be famous. They are born into it and have to deal with people and the paparazzi harassing them.
Infamous: I was thinking about this MADTv sketch about OJ Simpson's book If I Did It. A news reporter interviewed him as they were walking the street. It was a special on him. As they're walking this man stops them.
Man: Murderer! Murderer!
For argument's sake, let's assume that OJ Simpson isn't a murderer. He doesn't get to live a normal life and get's harassed for walking down the street. He doesn't get to choose on how people treat him.
That brings me to Karla Homolka. When she was released from jail, my friend Meghan at Roots said: "How will she get a job?" I was thinking that KM should stay in jail. If she goes out, she will always be harassed, and spit on. You know for sure, she is a murderer because there's evidence and she did commit the crime.
People may throw eggs at her home and damage it. They will be charged for vandalism, but some may say: "It was totally worth it."
The past: That brings me to that girl who's in a religion that doesn't allow her to talk to boys. If people find out who she is, the most they will do is harass her for being different. At the least, people will just look at her differently.
She could choose to not to do the religion, and she will be kicked out of her house. She will live in foster care which isn't a really stable environment. She might as well stay with her family and deal with being in a religion that doesn't allow her to talk to boys.
I Write Like: I found this through the Edmonton Journal. You go to the website I Write Like and put up some of your writing. They will tell you which author you write like. I put up my latest blog post and got David Foster Wallace.
http://iwl.me
News: I read in The Globe and Mail that the teen clothing store Forever 21 has a maternity line. I hope that doesn't encourage teens to get pregnant. I hope it's moms wanting to buy cool and affordable clothes.
I was reading the new Seventeen magazine. There was a letter from this girl who read the article "Are you being tricked into getting pregnant?" She says: "My friends and I joke around about how it's 'in' to be pregnant, but reading your article was real eye opener."
Jul. 26 Brain Boosters: I read this on Yahoo. This how to improve your brain:
1. Exercise
2. Attend to your relationships
3. Work on your wiring. Every brain is different, so "pay attention to the differences if you want to connect with the people."
4. Focus on one thing at a time. Don't multi-task. You're not as productive.
5. Repeat to remember. Repeating information imprints it in your mind.
6. Remember to repeat. It's like rereading something an hr later to remember it.
7. Get a good night's sleep.
8. Reduce stress.
9. Stimulate your senses. We learn better in multi-sensory environments.
10. Use visuals more effectively. If we see a picture while listening to information, we will remember it more.
11. Team up the gender differences. In stressful situations, men look at the gist of things, and women look at the details.
12. Take time to explore. Try new things to expand your mind.
Job search: I picked up the Job Classifieds and there wasn't anything. I picked up the Edmonton Examiner, and I researched the positions, but there wasn't anything I qualified for. I checked the Edmonton Journal classifieds yesterday and today.
I got a call back from this company and I got rejected. That's fine. I wasn't a good fit for it because I didn't have any telecommunications experience or worked in commissions based environment. I'll delete their number off my phone.
Wes Brown: I finally found a site where I can watch full- length True Blood episodes. I was watching season 2 for this actor Wes Brown. He was on an ep of Criminal Minds. He's got range playing a romantic guy who can turn scary and violent in that episode. I've seen him on CSI: Miami on Youtube and his character dies at the beginning.
Jul. 27 Job rant: Here's a moderate rant. I got a job at this place and worked for 2 weeks last month and was dismissed. Then I went and applied at another location and did an interview. There were 3 other applicants. I got a call this morning and the manager said that he hired someone else who has experience and worked there before.
Damn it, I should have mentioned that I had experience. Well I talked it out with my dad. If I mentioned that I worked there before and was dismissed, then I wouldn't have gotten the job. In the interview I mentioned how I did work at a restaurant for 2 yrs until I was laid off.
All I can hope for is that my interview today at another restaurant goes well. I did get a call from another store and I will call them back tomorrow. The manager is in tomorrow.
Monday, July 26, 2010
comparisons/ questionnaire/ Taste of Edmonton
Jul. 22 Comparisons: I was looking at my vampire script and see that this has been done.
The police attempt to catch a bad guy, and they can't catch him. Or if they do catch him, the police can't hold them for long.
In The Matrix, it begins with the police trying to catch Trinity, but she gets away.
In Dracula 2000, the cops catch a vampire and she breaks out.
In Salt, Salt gets captured, and escapes.
They escape in different ways, but they do.
A cop goes undercover a high school to bust drugs: I kind of had a throw away line in my script about that. Then there was a storyline on 90210 about that. The Secret World of Alex Mack kind of had that too. Except, it was like an FBI agent? She was working for the bad guy Vince and she had to find the GC161 kid (Alex). That storyline is over 10 years ago and I still remember it. lol.
Names: I read the vampire script and had problems with the names like Michael. It's not a bad name, but it's too common. Another thing was there was the other name Julie. I like that name. However, the names Michael and Julie are the same names used in the movie Tootsie. I have never seen it, but read about it in screenwriting books.
Jul. 23 Job interview: This is kind of ambiguous. Yesterday I got a call from this restaurant at West Ed to come in for an interview. Today I went there and I met the manager. He then said his old employee called in late last night and said she was going to stay after all. He didn't call my references yet, but said he will keep my resume on file unless there's an opening in the fall.
It's kind of weird, I was going to go there wearing a t-shirt instead of a dress shirt. If I did, that would mean I'm slipping. You still need to dress up even though it turned out to not really be much of an interview at all. I hope though that I still made a good impression and he does remember me.
I then browsed for half an hour at the mall. I had read the The Globe and Mail business section and then I read my book when I was riding the bus home.
Sleep: I woke up at 6:30am and couldn't get back to sleep so I listened to some music. Then at 7:30am I read the paper. Then I went to bed at 7:50am. I woke up at 8:30am so I could get to that interview. At 1:30pm I had to catch up on my sleep.
Jul. 24 Forensic Factor: I was watching this TV show with my dad this morning. It's about real crimes and it's reenacted. It's research for my script. I usually watch crime dramas that are fictional, so watching this show shakes it up.
It's about a woman who murders old women to steal their cash, check books, and credit cards to get her lifestyle back. What's creepy is that she takes her boyfriend's son with her on these trips. He waits in the car while she murders.
Questionnaire: I applied to a McDonald's in Kingsway in 2008 and I got a call back, but then I already got a job so I didn't do an interview. This year I did apply to 2 locations and did an interview. I did fill out this questionnaire.
"If you don't get this job, how easy will it be to get another job?
1. Very easy
2. Easy
3. Difficult
4. Very difficult
5. Don't know"
I picked "Easy" because I can get a job, but it's hard for me to keep it. I get hired, and people tell me I'm not good enough and I get dismissed.
At Payless Shoe Store, there was this questionnaire too.
"What did your parents teach you as an important lesson?
1. Stay out of trouble.
2. Do well in school.
3. Choose friends carefully.
4. Have as much fun as possible."
I would say "Do well in school."
Warehouse 13: I mentioned that this show is co-created by Buffy writer Jane Espenson. It's about a warehouse that holds all these supernatural artifacts and agents who must collect them. I thought this show was pretty average, but last night's ep did improve.
It looked like this one character died, then he didn't. Then it looked like someone else did, but he didn't. Then it looked like this character betrayed the good guys, but didn't. The main bad guy dies, to introduce another bad guy. There were so many plot twists and surprises in this episode.
Taste of Edmonton: I went there today. I put my ballot to win a draw to get a $50 gift certificate for the restaurants there. I also put my ballot in to win a iPad. I listened to music, looked at art, and jewelery.
Dialogue: I was on twop.com reading the thread "Tired TV dialogue." It then made me look at my Fighter script to see if I did use it. I checked 2 lines. They were similar, but different.
A cliche line was: "When were you going to tell me this?"
My line was: "How come you didn't tell me?"
The police attempt to catch a bad guy, and they can't catch him. Or if they do catch him, the police can't hold them for long.
In The Matrix, it begins with the police trying to catch Trinity, but she gets away.
In Dracula 2000, the cops catch a vampire and she breaks out.
In Salt, Salt gets captured, and escapes.
They escape in different ways, but they do.
A cop goes undercover a high school to bust drugs: I kind of had a throw away line in my script about that. Then there was a storyline on 90210 about that. The Secret World of Alex Mack kind of had that too. Except, it was like an FBI agent? She was working for the bad guy Vince and she had to find the GC161 kid (Alex). That storyline is over 10 years ago and I still remember it. lol.
Names: I read the vampire script and had problems with the names like Michael. It's not a bad name, but it's too common. Another thing was there was the other name Julie. I like that name. However, the names Michael and Julie are the same names used in the movie Tootsie. I have never seen it, but read about it in screenwriting books.
Jul. 23 Job interview: This is kind of ambiguous. Yesterday I got a call from this restaurant at West Ed to come in for an interview. Today I went there and I met the manager. He then said his old employee called in late last night and said she was going to stay after all. He didn't call my references yet, but said he will keep my resume on file unless there's an opening in the fall.
It's kind of weird, I was going to go there wearing a t-shirt instead of a dress shirt. If I did, that would mean I'm slipping. You still need to dress up even though it turned out to not really be much of an interview at all. I hope though that I still made a good impression and he does remember me.
I then browsed for half an hour at the mall. I had read the The Globe and Mail business section and then I read my book when I was riding the bus home.
Sleep: I woke up at 6:30am and couldn't get back to sleep so I listened to some music. Then at 7:30am I read the paper. Then I went to bed at 7:50am. I woke up at 8:30am so I could get to that interview. At 1:30pm I had to catch up on my sleep.
Jul. 24 Forensic Factor: I was watching this TV show with my dad this morning. It's about real crimes and it's reenacted. It's research for my script. I usually watch crime dramas that are fictional, so watching this show shakes it up.
It's about a woman who murders old women to steal their cash, check books, and credit cards to get her lifestyle back. What's creepy is that she takes her boyfriend's son with her on these trips. He waits in the car while she murders.
Questionnaire: I applied to a McDonald's in Kingsway in 2008 and I got a call back, but then I already got a job so I didn't do an interview. This year I did apply to 2 locations and did an interview. I did fill out this questionnaire.
"If you don't get this job, how easy will it be to get another job?
1. Very easy
2. Easy
3. Difficult
4. Very difficult
5. Don't know"
I picked "Easy" because I can get a job, but it's hard for me to keep it. I get hired, and people tell me I'm not good enough and I get dismissed.
At Payless Shoe Store, there was this questionnaire too.
"What did your parents teach you as an important lesson?
1. Stay out of trouble.
2. Do well in school.
3. Choose friends carefully.
4. Have as much fun as possible."
I would say "Do well in school."
Warehouse 13: I mentioned that this show is co-created by Buffy writer Jane Espenson. It's about a warehouse that holds all these supernatural artifacts and agents who must collect them. I thought this show was pretty average, but last night's ep did improve.
It looked like this one character died, then he didn't. Then it looked like someone else did, but he didn't. Then it looked like this character betrayed the good guys, but didn't. The main bad guy dies, to introduce another bad guy. There were so many plot twists and surprises in this episode.
Taste of Edmonton: I went there today. I put my ballot to win a draw to get a $50 gift certificate for the restaurants there. I also put my ballot in to win a iPad. I listened to music, looked at art, and jewelery.
Dialogue: I was on twop.com reading the thread "Tired TV dialogue." It then made me look at my Fighter script to see if I did use it. I checked 2 lines. They were similar, but different.
A cliche line was: "When were you going to tell me this?"
My line was: "How come you didn't tell me?"
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Tyra Banks/ CSI:NY/ writing
Jul. 20 Tyra Banks: I saw the series finale of her talk show that ended a couple of months ago. They showed a clip where she thanked her mom and cried. I got a little teary-eyed watching that. They showed clips of Larry King, Alicia Keys, Fergie and Oprah congratulating her on her show and 2 Emmys.
TB has Bankable Books which is publishing company. Tyra actually starts crying when she talked about no one believing in her show and that it would get canceled in 2 weeks. Even though her talk show's over, she still has America's Next Top Model, her publishing company, her TV production company, and some acting credits. She can go anywhere.
Analogy: That leads me to a weird analogy. My sister is like Tyra where she can go anywhere and do anything. I feel like I'm Maury Povich. MP is really old, and if his show is over, he most likely retired. He doesn't really do anything other than this talk show.
It's been hours since I wrote the above. I'm still young and there are still career possibilities so I'm different from MP.
Runaway: I saw a min. of this show to see the description. It's a reality show on TVtropolois about this crew of people who are looking for runaways. It's a little like Cops. They help people, but since it's kind of like the TV show I quit Cops, I can't watch it.
I'll give both these people with commendable jobs who help people.
Job search: I have interviews this week for regular jobs. That pushes me to go and look for office jobs. I did find something for my friends Jessica and Angela, and sent it to them.
CSI: NY: I saw this episode a month ago. It's not a big mystery, it's just a really fun episode because they made a homage to James Bond. First it starts off with this red head girl, I think she's from Twilight. I haven't seen the movie, but the trailer. She's in the opening scene and she's making out with this guy.
The guy turns around and it's Det. Flack (Eddie Cahill) and he's wearing a muscle shirt. He looks so good in it. There is a robbery in progress in the apartment. Flack chases down the robber and takes a taxi cab. The taxi driver puts on the till as Flack goes to drive it. I laughed at that. That would happen in real life. If someone was taking my cab, I would make sure he pays for gas.
Then it reminded of the 2003 show called Taxi. It was about an ex- cop who turns into a taxi driver. He then goes and solves crime. It only lasted one season. It was good.
Then in the episode, the credit said Adam Kaufman. That name sounded familiar, and it turns out it's Parker from Buffy. AK played a car salesman when Flack and Stella investigated him.
The show talked about the Bond tech guy Q, the villain Dr. No. It's one thing to see Cahill in a muscle shirt. Then we see him in a tux at a party.
Flack: Flack. Don Flack.
Just like "Bond. James Bond."
There was a car chase scene in the beginning and one towards the end. 2 car chases in one ep has a lot of action and money. The second chase had the woman crash into something.
Stella: You'll never make it as a Bond girl driving like that.
lol.
Jul. 21 Job interviews: I went to one interview at a hotel today. I asked the usual question of many applicants for these 2 positions, and they said they couldn't share that with me. That's fine. Even if they do give me a number of applicants, it could change. They first asked a series of yes or no questions about "Can you carry 50 pounds?"
There was a lot of physical work. By all means some applicants answer the questions, and then realize this position is not for them at all.
I did another interview today at a store. There are 15 applicants for 1 position. Don't hold your breath.
Flashback: I was reading some twop.com and they talked about Hilary getting engaged on Fresh Prince of Bel- air. I don't really watch that show, but I totally remembered watching this bit. HB goes to a funeral in her wedding dress that is dyed black.
Teen Mom: There was a new season that premiered last night so I had to watch it. I remember months ago that one of the girls Farrah had to call the cops on her mom, because her mom assaulted her.
The episode discussed that. It did happen, Farrah was talking about it with her lawyer, 911 call, and there were pictures of her bleeding lip. There was footage of her mom talking to her lawyer on the phone and she admitted that it happened.
Jul. 22 Coincidence: Last week I had this dream and the song "Don't Speak" by No Doubt was playing. 2 days later, the song came on the radio.
Research: I was watching CSI: NY, and they talked about how a restaurant robbery doesn't have a lot of money. I was writing my script and it did mention that. However, it was to set up the antagonist who knows where the protagonist works.
Writing: I haven't been writing scripts much, so I went and read some old notes I jotted down. I haven't looked at my vampire script in months and as I read the old notes, I really don't like it. Vampires are unoriginal. Take away the vampires and what do you get?
A mystery about a death. That's kind of unoriginal too. That's how Desperate Housewives started with Mary Alice's suicide, and Veronica investigating her friend Lily's murder on Veronica Mars.
Now the show Pretty Little Liars is doing the same thing about their friend Allison going missing and found dead. However, someone posing as her is sending text messages to them from beyond the grave.
Come to think of it, Housewives and Veronica has a big mystery every season. Liars premiered this yr, we'll see if there's a mystery every season too.
TB has Bankable Books which is publishing company. Tyra actually starts crying when she talked about no one believing in her show and that it would get canceled in 2 weeks. Even though her talk show's over, she still has America's Next Top Model, her publishing company, her TV production company, and some acting credits. She can go anywhere.
Analogy: That leads me to a weird analogy. My sister is like Tyra where she can go anywhere and do anything. I feel like I'm Maury Povich. MP is really old, and if his show is over, he most likely retired. He doesn't really do anything other than this talk show.
It's been hours since I wrote the above. I'm still young and there are still career possibilities so I'm different from MP.
Runaway: I saw a min. of this show to see the description. It's a reality show on TVtropolois about this crew of people who are looking for runaways. It's a little like Cops. They help people, but since it's kind of like the TV show I quit Cops, I can't watch it.
I'll give both these people with commendable jobs who help people.
Job search: I have interviews this week for regular jobs. That pushes me to go and look for office jobs. I did find something for my friends Jessica and Angela, and sent it to them.
CSI: NY: I saw this episode a month ago. It's not a big mystery, it's just a really fun episode because they made a homage to James Bond. First it starts off with this red head girl, I think she's from Twilight. I haven't seen the movie, but the trailer. She's in the opening scene and she's making out with this guy.
The guy turns around and it's Det. Flack (Eddie Cahill) and he's wearing a muscle shirt. He looks so good in it. There is a robbery in progress in the apartment. Flack chases down the robber and takes a taxi cab. The taxi driver puts on the till as Flack goes to drive it. I laughed at that. That would happen in real life. If someone was taking my cab, I would make sure he pays for gas.
Then it reminded of the 2003 show called Taxi. It was about an ex- cop who turns into a taxi driver. He then goes and solves crime. It only lasted one season. It was good.
Then in the episode, the credit said Adam Kaufman. That name sounded familiar, and it turns out it's Parker from Buffy. AK played a car salesman when Flack and Stella investigated him.
The show talked about the Bond tech guy Q, the villain Dr. No. It's one thing to see Cahill in a muscle shirt. Then we see him in a tux at a party.
Flack: Flack. Don Flack.
Just like "Bond. James Bond."
There was a car chase scene in the beginning and one towards the end. 2 car chases in one ep has a lot of action and money. The second chase had the woman crash into something.
Stella: You'll never make it as a Bond girl driving like that.
lol.
Jul. 21 Job interviews: I went to one interview at a hotel today. I asked the usual question of many applicants for these 2 positions, and they said they couldn't share that with me. That's fine. Even if they do give me a number of applicants, it could change. They first asked a series of yes or no questions about "Can you carry 50 pounds?"
There was a lot of physical work. By all means some applicants answer the questions, and then realize this position is not for them at all.
I did another interview today at a store. There are 15 applicants for 1 position. Don't hold your breath.
Flashback: I was reading some twop.com and they talked about Hilary getting engaged on Fresh Prince of Bel- air. I don't really watch that show, but I totally remembered watching this bit. HB goes to a funeral in her wedding dress that is dyed black.
Teen Mom: There was a new season that premiered last night so I had to watch it. I remember months ago that one of the girls Farrah had to call the cops on her mom, because her mom assaulted her.
The episode discussed that. It did happen, Farrah was talking about it with her lawyer, 911 call, and there were pictures of her bleeding lip. There was footage of her mom talking to her lawyer on the phone and she admitted that it happened.
Jul. 22 Coincidence: Last week I had this dream and the song "Don't Speak" by No Doubt was playing. 2 days later, the song came on the radio.
Research: I was watching CSI: NY, and they talked about how a restaurant robbery doesn't have a lot of money. I was writing my script and it did mention that. However, it was to set up the antagonist who knows where the protagonist works.
Writing: I haven't been writing scripts much, so I went and read some old notes I jotted down. I haven't looked at my vampire script in months and as I read the old notes, I really don't like it. Vampires are unoriginal. Take away the vampires and what do you get?
A mystery about a death. That's kind of unoriginal too. That's how Desperate Housewives started with Mary Alice's suicide, and Veronica investigating her friend Lily's murder on Veronica Mars.
Now the show Pretty Little Liars is doing the same thing about their friend Allison going missing and found dead. However, someone posing as her is sending text messages to them from beyond the grave.
Come to think of it, Housewives and Veronica has a big mystery every season. Liars premiered this yr, we'll see if there's a mystery every season too.
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
music video/ Rhythm Speaks/ Jet Set Zero
Jul. 18 Music video: I haven't gushed about a music video since watching Nickelback's "I come for you." I heard of Alicia Key's song "Unthinkable (I'm Ready)" and I really like this ballad. I saw the video, and it's not until the second shot that I recognized the actor. It's Chad Michael Murray from One Tree Hill!
I'm not really a fan of his. This is a good video because it mixes 1950s black and white film with the present. I feel the tension in the video. There is a little Romeo and Juliet with the families of AK and CMM not getting along. Race is kind of a factor.
Street Works Festival: I went there a couple of times to check out what's happening. Today was actually the last day. I learned that a Kubbi burger is like a sausage.
I went and saw the tail end of this performer saying he's from New Zealand.
Performer: I have a wife, 2 kids and a girlfriend to support.
The audience laughs.
Rhythm Speaks: I did tune in to watch the full show called Rhythm Speaks. They were wearing "Love your Movement" t-shirts. They were a dance crew and you know I love hip hop dancing.
The host Creeasian said: "It took us many moons to get here. We're from Clairview."
The audience cheers and laughs.
Fresh was this guy who had some weight on him. He managed to do a dance move that the singer Ciara does. He did this kind of limbo. Watch Ciara's music video "Like a Boy" where she demonstrates it.
Creeasian: We don't get paid to do this. If you stay, you pay. This show is worth $5. If you divide it between the 5 of us, we each get a dollar. It will get us away from two places. The poor house and your house. Put both your hands up.
The audience puts both their hands up.
Creeasian: Now we'll pickpocket you.
The audience laughs.
I paid them $5.
Me: Have you auditioned for So You Think You can Dance Canada?
Fresh (paraphrase): A few of us did audition. That show is biased. If you don't have professional training like tap, you have to audition 4-6 times. If you do have training, you audition twice. We prefer to dance with underground dancers who are b-boys and b- girls.
I asked for their site and here it is www.rhythmspeaks.tumblr.com
Well Anonymous told me to go out and meet some new people, and I did. This show kind of inspired me. They're doing what they love, dancing, and making money off it and having fun.
Job search: Yesterday I didn't look for a job at all because I was busy working for one day. I looked up the Edmonton Journal's classifieds yesterday's and today's paper. I emailed a few resumes. I also applied to a restaurant at City Centre.
Jul. 19: I applied to a store at West Ed through Job Serve. I got an email from the City of Edmonton rejecting me. That's fine. I did get a call back from a place I did work at, but this is from another location. I have an interview tomorrow. Maybe this one will work out.
I was going through the Edmonton Journal's classifieds again, and I see a lot of things I don't qualify for, but a lot of things my friends would be interested in so I'm going to inform them.
I emailed my friend Leslie with 1 position. My friend Angela with 2 positions. My friend Michelle with 1 position. My friend Chamnouer with multiple positions. She has some school friends who studied those positions so I added that too. That's my good deed for the day.
I wrote that this morning. This afternoon, I got another City of Edmonton email rejecting me. I also got a hotel calling me to become a banquet server and a store to be a sales associate. I have 2 interviews in 2 days. Leslie emailed me back saying she's not interested in that position.
Tosh.O: I was thinking about that funny and weird video clip on Tosh.O. It aired months ago. It showed a news footage of cops busting this strip club that was selling drugs. It took place in Europe.
Camera pan to all these young women wearing tight and revealing clothes, and they're all hiding their faces.
Camera pan to a pretty young blond woman wearing a pink slip dress. She's smiling and waving at the camera.
That was so weird. Why isn't she hiding her face like the others? I don't know. Unless all her friends, family, class mates, workers from her other job, neighbors, family friends all know that she's a stripper.
I'm sure some of the girls who were hiding their faces, all the people she knows, know that she's a stripper. But that doesn't mean she wants to go walking down the street or waiting in line to buy coffee so that strangers will come up to her.
Stranger: Hey were you on the 6 o'clock news when the cops busted that strip club?
Girl: Yeah.
lol.
South Park: That brings me to another topic. There was an episode where the boys go to the Peppermint Hippo. I thought that was a weird name for a strip club. Patrick was watching it with me.
P: They're making fun of the strip club called the Spearmint Rhino. It's in Las Vegas.
Me: How do you know that?
P: I read it in FHM or something.
P looks it up and it turns out that the Spearmint Rhino is a chain of strip clubs. I thought that was weird. I know there are chain restaurants and stores, but not strip clubs. There's actually a SR at a London airport. The things you learn.
Giles Panton: I IM him on Facebook. He said he read some of the changes of my script. Then he said he has to go and work on a cartoon.
Sleeper: I was thinking about that psychic book again and about how she has sleeper clients. That means boring clients where nothing is happening in their lives. My life is kind of like that because I don't have a job. I did work at a call centre one time and this young woman who I was talking on the phone told me: "I would be so bored if I had your job." Even if I do have a job, it can get boring.
Last week was interesting. I had 6 job interviews, that lead me to work at a place for a day, and I had a date.
Fun: Today was interesting. I went to City Centre mall and I bought myself a A&W teen burger and a float because I had this coupon. I never buy drinks because I don't like to spend $3 on something to drink. But it was a coupon, so that's why I bought it.
I then saw Bradley who I worked at Call centre #3 at. The most interesting part was that I bumped into my friend Jessica who got back from her trip in Hong Kong. She was with her little sister, and I assume her uncle and her cousin. We went to Dollarama and they're setting up the Halloween stuff.
Then I noticed that 360 degree clothing store closed down. I think it just opened last month. Well I know it was there last month. We walked past Common Scents and her uncle thought they were selling alcohol due to the bottles. lol.
J: There is alcohol in perfumes, but you just can't drink it.
I never noticed this, but some perfume bottles kind of look like alcohol bottles.
Jet Set Zero: I got this Facebook update from the reality show that my cousin Jen is on, it's called Jet Set Zero. For the first time I saw her audition tape. I saw her tattoos that I have never seen them before until now. The video is very fun and entertaining to watch. Damn, now my life seems like a sleeper.
Jul. 20 Job interview: I went to a job interview today and it lasted only a few min. There are 3 people up for this position. I forgot to ask if that included me. I went through this week's Job Classifieds and there weren't any positions for me.
EI: I got my EI today and I seem to consistently get the same amount of money.
Writing: I don't know if any of you guys noticed this, but I've been sending 3 emails a week instead of the usual 2. That's because I have a lot of time on my hands.
I'm not really a fan of his. This is a good video because it mixes 1950s black and white film with the present. I feel the tension in the video. There is a little Romeo and Juliet with the families of AK and CMM not getting along. Race is kind of a factor.
Street Works Festival: I went there a couple of times to check out what's happening. Today was actually the last day. I learned that a Kubbi burger is like a sausage.
I went and saw the tail end of this performer saying he's from New Zealand.
Performer: I have a wife, 2 kids and a girlfriend to support.
The audience laughs.
Rhythm Speaks: I did tune in to watch the full show called Rhythm Speaks. They were wearing "Love your Movement" t-shirts. They were a dance crew and you know I love hip hop dancing.
The host Creeasian said: "It took us many moons to get here. We're from Clairview."
The audience cheers and laughs.
Fresh was this guy who had some weight on him. He managed to do a dance move that the singer Ciara does. He did this kind of limbo. Watch Ciara's music video "Like a Boy" where she demonstrates it.
Creeasian: We don't get paid to do this. If you stay, you pay. This show is worth $5. If you divide it between the 5 of us, we each get a dollar. It will get us away from two places. The poor house and your house. Put both your hands up.
The audience puts both their hands up.
Creeasian: Now we'll pickpocket you.
The audience laughs.
I paid them $5.
Me: Have you auditioned for So You Think You can Dance Canada?
Fresh (paraphrase): A few of us did audition. That show is biased. If you don't have professional training like tap, you have to audition 4-6 times. If you do have training, you audition twice. We prefer to dance with underground dancers who are b-boys and b- girls.
I asked for their site and here it is www.rhythmspeaks.tumblr.com
Well Anonymous told me to go out and meet some new people, and I did. This show kind of inspired me. They're doing what they love, dancing, and making money off it and having fun.
Job search: Yesterday I didn't look for a job at all because I was busy working for one day. I looked up the Edmonton Journal's classifieds yesterday's and today's paper. I emailed a few resumes. I also applied to a restaurant at City Centre.
Jul. 19: I applied to a store at West Ed through Job Serve. I got an email from the City of Edmonton rejecting me. That's fine. I did get a call back from a place I did work at, but this is from another location. I have an interview tomorrow. Maybe this one will work out.
I was going through the Edmonton Journal's classifieds again, and I see a lot of things I don't qualify for, but a lot of things my friends would be interested in so I'm going to inform them.
I emailed my friend Leslie with 1 position. My friend Angela with 2 positions. My friend Michelle with 1 position. My friend Chamnouer with multiple positions. She has some school friends who studied those positions so I added that too. That's my good deed for the day.
I wrote that this morning. This afternoon, I got another City of Edmonton email rejecting me. I also got a hotel calling me to become a banquet server and a store to be a sales associate. I have 2 interviews in 2 days. Leslie emailed me back saying she's not interested in that position.
Tosh.O: I was thinking about that funny and weird video clip on Tosh.O. It aired months ago. It showed a news footage of cops busting this strip club that was selling drugs. It took place in Europe.
Camera pan to all these young women wearing tight and revealing clothes, and they're all hiding their faces.
Camera pan to a pretty young blond woman wearing a pink slip dress. She's smiling and waving at the camera.
That was so weird. Why isn't she hiding her face like the others? I don't know. Unless all her friends, family, class mates, workers from her other job, neighbors, family friends all know that she's a stripper.
I'm sure some of the girls who were hiding their faces, all the people she knows, know that she's a stripper. But that doesn't mean she wants to go walking down the street or waiting in line to buy coffee so that strangers will come up to her.
Stranger: Hey were you on the 6 o'clock news when the cops busted that strip club?
Girl: Yeah.
lol.
South Park: That brings me to another topic. There was an episode where the boys go to the Peppermint Hippo. I thought that was a weird name for a strip club. Patrick was watching it with me.
P: They're making fun of the strip club called the Spearmint Rhino. It's in Las Vegas.
Me: How do you know that?
P: I read it in FHM or something.
P looks it up and it turns out that the Spearmint Rhino is a chain of strip clubs. I thought that was weird. I know there are chain restaurants and stores, but not strip clubs. There's actually a SR at a London airport. The things you learn.
Giles Panton: I IM him on Facebook. He said he read some of the changes of my script. Then he said he has to go and work on a cartoon.
Sleeper: I was thinking about that psychic book again and about how she has sleeper clients. That means boring clients where nothing is happening in their lives. My life is kind of like that because I don't have a job. I did work at a call centre one time and this young woman who I was talking on the phone told me: "I would be so bored if I had your job." Even if I do have a job, it can get boring.
Last week was interesting. I had 6 job interviews, that lead me to work at a place for a day, and I had a date.
Fun: Today was interesting. I went to City Centre mall and I bought myself a A&W teen burger and a float because I had this coupon. I never buy drinks because I don't like to spend $3 on something to drink. But it was a coupon, so that's why I bought it.
I then saw Bradley who I worked at Call centre #3 at. The most interesting part was that I bumped into my friend Jessica who got back from her trip in Hong Kong. She was with her little sister, and I assume her uncle and her cousin. We went to Dollarama and they're setting up the Halloween stuff.
Then I noticed that 360 degree clothing store closed down. I think it just opened last month. Well I know it was there last month. We walked past Common Scents and her uncle thought they were selling alcohol due to the bottles. lol.
J: There is alcohol in perfumes, but you just can't drink it.
I never noticed this, but some perfume bottles kind of look like alcohol bottles.
Jet Set Zero: I got this Facebook update from the reality show that my cousin Jen is on, it's called Jet Set Zero. For the first time I saw her audition tape. I saw her tattoos that I have never seen them before until now. The video is very fun and entertaining to watch. Damn, now my life seems like a sleeper.
Jul. 20 Job interview: I went to a job interview today and it lasted only a few min. There are 3 people up for this position. I forgot to ask if that included me. I went through this week's Job Classifieds and there weren't any positions for me.
EI: I got my EI today and I seem to consistently get the same amount of money.
Writing: I don't know if any of you guys noticed this, but I've been sending 3 emails a week instead of the usual 2. That's because I have a lot of time on my hands.
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