Whoa, wait, I put up ANOTHER new video? But thats twice in one month! Thats almost more videos than yuo put up in the entirety of last year!
But yes, it is true. I have put up another video and it is just absolutely awesome! I think its my favourite so far, if only because I've put so much work into it. I have been dieing to talk about it on my blog for weeks, but my mom supposebly reads these things and this video was a birthday present for her so I couldnt. We'll just ignore the fact that her birthday was April 27th and I posted this on May 24th.... its less than a month late, so it still counts rigth?!
So without further ado - here is the loverly Birthday Rap song I wrote and filmed for my mother :
I wrote the actual song maybe 2 months before her birthday. It wasn't actually supposed to be a rap song. When I started writing, I was thinking it would be fun to make it "artsy" (kinda like mock-artsy, like this is mock-rappy lol) and do some stort of beat-poem. But the more I wrote it, the more and more evident it was that this was becoming a rap. It wasn't SUPPOSED to be one, just kind of happened. I mean really, I think I am probably one of the last people on Earth yuo would expect to write a rap, and my mother is definitely the last person on Earth yuo'd expect me to write a rap for! Once it was started however, I just kinda went with it. I think it had a mind of its own by that point anyway.
Now from my last mid-term to my first exam I had about a month-long break. I still had classes and I had one minor paper, but really I didnt havent anything too pressing to do. And yet somehow, one thing led to another and all of a sudden I was inthe middle of exams and stressing out and definitely had no time to be trying to film something like this. Mom's birthday was just at an inconvienent time as well, falling on the first day of the most stressful part of my exam period. So not gonna happen.
But dont worry, I didnt waste all that free time. I've been watching a lot of youtube videos (as started in a previous blog) and have learned a few tricks of the trade. When shooting a music video - record the vocals ahead of time. Then when you are filming the actual video, you play it in the background and either mouth or sing along with it. Then when you are editing, yuo just mute all the sound and add in the vocals over top the video footage. Singing with is definitely better than mouthing because then you know you are on cue and it will probably make it easier to sinc up later. I didnt do that, and heres why - that rap is pretty fast and doesnt raelly have any pauses in it. And as much as it is my song, I didnt know it quite well enough when I was FINALLY doing my filming (tho I damn sure know it well enough now). So I was trying to sing it and figure out actions/dancing moves/whatever at the same time and just kept getting it all garbled. It was just easier for me to mouth it.
But I'm getting ahead of myself. So during my break from exams, I recorded the vocals - which is more than just saying words into a microphone. I had to find a rap beat to go with it. And yes, I said 'find'. I dont know how to mix rap beats and have no real sense for rap. I also dont have the computer programs nessisary for mixing a rap beat even if I had any clue how to go about it. This was super frusterating however because apparently all free rap-beats on the internet are REALLY slow! Like wth? I always thought rap was supposed to be quick and upbeat, but apparently not. My rap however is definitely quick and upbeat (and I could do it quicker to! Because I talk too fast :P) so it was a real pain in the bum trying to find a good one. I had so many downloaded rap beats on my computer now, I really SHOULD start seriously rapping :P (ok, maybe not....)
Once I found it, it was pretty simple. Get a feel for the beat and record myself singing overtop of it. I use a program called Audacity, free off les Internets, for putting them together. It wasn't like it was the most complicated of mixing ever.
And then it sat for weeks and weeks. Even after exams where done, yuo'd think I'd have had more time to film right? Wrong - I dont even know how it happened, but I was just always busy (and still kind of am tho it has died down a bit). I was handing out resumes, I was being social, I was running errands and... looking back, it doesnt seem like much, but it is. I even went out and bout a few "Gangsta" clothes from Value Village and Giant Tiger (Thats right, $5, maybe $10!) , with plans to get filming. But it kept getting pushed back. Anyway finally last week I thought to myself "enough is enough!" and set aside a day for filming. Except it ended up taking more than just a day. I always forget how much goes into filming. You have to think lighting, angles, storage space on my computer. If you mess up one little thing you have to go back to the begining again (or closest start point. It's kind of like playing a video game). It definitely ended up taking me more than a day (didnt help that filming was interupted by a bbq-party that was originally supposed to be an evening but I ended up hanging around most of the next day lol)
The angles for me was the worst part, and I still wish I could have done a better job. If yuo watch rap videos its like weird side angles, nothing straight on. However the video camera I used to use for my movies is no longer usable with my new computer (which is a crazy bummer, but that camera is like 5/6 years old at this point anyway) (speaking of, anyone want to buy a camera?!), so I ended up havign to use a combination of my in-built computer webcam and my little digital camera. And I dont have tripod. AND when I was trying to get a cool angle for one of my shots with my digital, I dropped it while its lens was open and screwed up the zoom function (its been mostly fixed now however, thank gawd). So that definitely limted what I was and wasnt able to do.
So filming ended up taking about 3 days, which wasnt too bad but was also kind of gross because I had to straighten my hair for it - straightening my hair is a lot of work and takes a lot time and I kind of hate doing it. I look really nice with straight hair, but its not worth the effort. So, and heres my big secret, I showered the mornign off and then didnt shower again until that last shot was filming (and then I practically dove into the shower). As long as I didnt shower, my hair stayed relatively straight (tho I did have to do a few touch-ups here and there because my hair absolutely refuses to stay pin straight no matter how hard I tried). Definitely felt gross by the end of that third day.
By this point in time, I was super into the video so I wasnt going to let it lie again. I started editing. I LOVE computer editing, I really really do. I've been in love with photoshop for years and am half-decent at it, if I do say so myself. In general terms of things you probably wouldnt call me a detail person, nor the most patient person in the world. But when it comes to editing, I can sit and do it for hours on end and wouldn't even notice the time go by (unless you ask me to choose fonts. Dont know what it is about fonts, but I lose interest so quickly when worrying about font choice.) So once I started editing, I dont stop.
Ok, thats not completely true this time around. I have two editing programs - Pinnacle Studios and Adobe Premier. Primier is a better program, gives you more control and better effects. HOWEVER, apparently it doesn't recagnise the files from my digital camera. SOOOooo, I ended up using Pinnacle. Except a lot of the effects I wanted (eg. Barney and Fred driving across the bottom of the screen) I wasnt able to do. It ended up frusterating me so much that I had to just give up for the night and sleep on it before I scrapped everything altogether. Also Pinnacle kept screwing up the audio, making it harder for me to sync everythign up properly. Once I slept on it however, I decided that I would take the video I had all edited together, spit it out as an AVI file and then add the effects in Premier. I love Premier, its so much easier to use (which is saying something, considering I've been using Pinnacle since I was 15 and know it pretty well by now.) I could have gone on editing that for ages, but at some point in time I had to call it quits, stop tweaking and decide it was finished. And once I get to that point, I have to upload it rigth away or I'll go back and tweak and tweak again.
Also, once its uploaded I can't watch it again. I've very proud of it, I think its hilarious, but if I notice one little error in editing it'll eat away at me.
Anyway, I think the whole proccess was a success. Like I said, I'm very proud of what came out of it. I think everyone else is enjoying it, I know my mother loved it. And Internets, I hope you like it to! I may never rap again (altho some of my friends are demanding that I do) but I do many more ideas for videos that I shalt post in the future! :D
Thursday 26 May 2011
Sunday 22 May 2011
Billy Goats
Well, its official, I have no been raptured - still sitting here in the same bed I'm always sitting in when I write these things. Any of my beloved Internets get assended into the clouds? Leave a comment if you did! To everyone ele, I think we should get together and do some looting later :P
Well since I didn't assend, that kind of puts a damped on my weekend plans. I mean, I was hoping for a nice long weekend lazing around on the clouds, maybe chilling by Heavens milkshake pools, playing some street hockey with Jesus and just some general merry-making with the rest of Heavens harp players (tho if they let me break out my guitar, I wouldnt say no to that either). I supposed I should bring myself back down to Earth now. Deal with the hell-on-Earth that is my life from now on. I mean, today I was SUPPOSED to have an ultimate frisbee game with my friends, but instead it looks like it's going to rain all day. The suffering have never suffered like I have.
In fact, this whole weekend has been just AWFUL. First I had this bbq a friend of mine threw where I met a bunch of awesome people and made some new friends. We even invented our own game that we called Jedi in the Middle which involves a cirlce of people throwing a frisbee around and one person in the middle trying to knock it down with a light saber. Just an horrible game really, I dont recommend it. *sigh* I just, I guess this is what happens when nerds whole like sports get together. Some things just dont combine well :-/
And THEN we stayed up until 3-4 in the morning talking, playing Halo and watching red vs. blue. I mean, really, what kind of a horrible exisistence is that anyway? Definitely not something I'd want to do ever again. Especially followed by the day after (yesturday, rapture day) when we sat and played portal for hours (well, I played Portal 1 while everyone watched), went and got lunch and sat on the patio in the gorgeous, cloudless whether for a few hour and then went back and played portal 2 in teams. I mean, really who lives like that? Its discusting and I am kind of ashamed of myslef for it all. Never. Again. And to top it all off I got home just in time to watch Doctor Who, which is my a-forementioned favourite show. Gawd what an disgrace of a day I had yesturday.
Now today with the rain. I'll probably stay inside and study today (which I think is a suitable punishment for the way I have lived my weekend so far) and possibly finish filming a secret project. Just use my free time any way I want. Truely hell has come to Earth and it is my life. I should just off myself now before it is too late. I can't even BEGIN to think what I may do with my tomorrow, a Monday off for the long weekend where I don't have to go to school. This is too much torture for one person to endure on their own I tell you.
I guess I'll just buck up for now, carry on as if I am not carrying the burrden that is my life on my sholders. I hope you all have figured our your own way to get through this rapture, and I wish you luck with it Internets. Good (as it can be) Day to you all.
Well since I didn't assend, that kind of puts a damped on my weekend plans. I mean, I was hoping for a nice long weekend lazing around on the clouds, maybe chilling by Heavens milkshake pools, playing some street hockey with Jesus and just some general merry-making with the rest of Heavens harp players (tho if they let me break out my guitar, I wouldnt say no to that either). I supposed I should bring myself back down to Earth now. Deal with the hell-on-Earth that is my life from now on. I mean, today I was SUPPOSED to have an ultimate frisbee game with my friends, but instead it looks like it's going to rain all day. The suffering have never suffered like I have.
In fact, this whole weekend has been just AWFUL. First I had this bbq a friend of mine threw where I met a bunch of awesome people and made some new friends. We even invented our own game that we called Jedi in the Middle which involves a cirlce of people throwing a frisbee around and one person in the middle trying to knock it down with a light saber. Just an horrible game really, I dont recommend it. *sigh* I just, I guess this is what happens when nerds whole like sports get together. Some things just dont combine well :-/
And THEN we stayed up until 3-4 in the morning talking, playing Halo and watching red vs. blue. I mean, really, what kind of a horrible exisistence is that anyway? Definitely not something I'd want to do ever again. Especially followed by the day after (yesturday, rapture day) when we sat and played portal for hours (well, I played Portal 1 while everyone watched), went and got lunch and sat on the patio in the gorgeous, cloudless whether for a few hour and then went back and played portal 2 in teams. I mean, really who lives like that? Its discusting and I am kind of ashamed of myslef for it all. Never. Again. And to top it all off I got home just in time to watch Doctor Who, which is my a-forementioned favourite show. Gawd what an disgrace of a day I had yesturday.
Now today with the rain. I'll probably stay inside and study today (which I think is a suitable punishment for the way I have lived my weekend so far) and possibly finish filming a secret project. Just use my free time any way I want. Truely hell has come to Earth and it is my life. I should just off myself now before it is too late. I can't even BEGIN to think what I may do with my tomorrow, a Monday off for the long weekend where I don't have to go to school. This is too much torture for one person to endure on their own I tell you.
I guess I'll just buck up for now, carry on as if I am not carrying the burrden that is my life on my sholders. I hope you all have figured our your own way to get through this rapture, and I wish you luck with it Internets. Good (as it can be) Day to you all.
Tuesday 17 May 2011
Bloggers and Bloggets
Why hello my loverly Internets. I've decided it is once again time for me to be in you - writing in you that is. Of course once again I dont have a set topic (it's like being back in BEDA) but somehow I think if I keep writing, one will come to me.
Oh look at that! It did :).
So my dear father is something like 51 years old. As a young lad he was apparently quite the runner. In fact, as a child I remember him going out and running almost everyday, normally somewhere between 8-12 km. (I also remember being fasinated by the blisters on his feet from his shoes, but thats another story altogether.) Anyway, when he was 49 or 50, he decided he was going to start running again - but much longer and further than before. In his 50th year, he aimed to run Half-Marathons (about 21km) and this year his aim is to run full marathons (about 42 km - my parents like to confuse me by switching between miles and kilometers. I dont understand miles as I speak Canadian :P.) His first full-on marathon I believe is the Ottawa marathon which takes place near the end of may. So, yuo know, soon.
Personally all year I have been looking to find a way to get and stay in shape that I enjoy doing. This has been proving harder than expected for several reasons, which I am not going to go into. However, as a result of this search I entered into a challenge with my dad. My challenge is this - by the end of summer 2012, I will run in a half marathon with him (provided training for it doesnt get in the way of work or, most importantly, school.) And as an incentive to start training, when we go down to Australia I am going to join him in running one of the two races he is running down there. Well, sort of. He's going to run a marathon, I'm going to be running a 7.25km walk-run. So essentially by July 17th, I need to be able to run about 7km.
Now here's the kicker - it turns out (not to anyones surprise whose ever seen me run) I am really bad at running. I mean, seriously bad. After months of doing a cardio kickboxing class and going to the gym at school, you'd think I would be a bit better at it. But realisticly - I can run about 2km. A little over that on a good day. But thats the point right? To push yourself to improve, not get down on yourself because you start off sucky. So I have about 2 months to push myself from running 2km to running 7km.
In order to accomplish this feat, I don't think anyone would argue that I should be running just about everyday. Of course, nothing is ever that straight forward now is it? I mean, aside from the obvious fighting against my own lazieness, life just wants to get in the way. For example, this week it seems to want to rain everyday. And be cold, which is a bitch on my asthma and likes to close up my lungs which makes it harder to run (really? noooo). Or my day just ends up getting taken up by errands and whatnot. Groceries, school, resume handing-out, interviews, etc. etc. By the time I get home it's either late or I'm too tired. So I try running in the morning - which eats up my morning. Esspecially if I get up too late in the day. I think I am going to find a solution to that however. I am now going to resolve that I will set my alarm clock every morning from now on to make SURE I have enough time in the morning to run. I mean, since it's summer and I dont have a job, its not like I have to get up at 6am or anything silly like that. 8 or 9 is plenty early.
Because in the end, all of that last paragraph? It's just excuses. Yesterday I came home from an errand and school day and what did I do? I kicked my ass and made myself go out for a run. And even tho it has been raining all day and I just decided to write a blog about running instaed of heading out in the cold, what am I going to do tonight? I am going to kick my ass and go for a run. Honestly, it's not even about the length or speed of the run some days. Its about getting in the habbit and pushing myself - if I can't do that, I sure as hell can't improve anything else. Besides, I know I will feel good once I get out there (and then feel exhausted and like I am about to die, but then eventually I will feel better again... and then I'll stop walking and run a bit further and feel like I am going to die again... it's a vicious cycle for a 15 minute run :P).
Alrighty Internets, I think I have procrastinated enough. Time for me to go for a run! See ya!
Oh look at that! It did :).
So my dear father is something like 51 years old. As a young lad he was apparently quite the runner. In fact, as a child I remember him going out and running almost everyday, normally somewhere between 8-12 km. (I also remember being fasinated by the blisters on his feet from his shoes, but thats another story altogether.) Anyway, when he was 49 or 50, he decided he was going to start running again - but much longer and further than before. In his 50th year, he aimed to run Half-Marathons (about 21km) and this year his aim is to run full marathons (about 42 km - my parents like to confuse me by switching between miles and kilometers. I dont understand miles as I speak Canadian :P.) His first full-on marathon I believe is the Ottawa marathon which takes place near the end of may. So, yuo know, soon.
Personally all year I have been looking to find a way to get and stay in shape that I enjoy doing. This has been proving harder than expected for several reasons, which I am not going to go into. However, as a result of this search I entered into a challenge with my dad. My challenge is this - by the end of summer 2012, I will run in a half marathon with him (provided training for it doesnt get in the way of work or, most importantly, school.) And as an incentive to start training, when we go down to Australia I am going to join him in running one of the two races he is running down there. Well, sort of. He's going to run a marathon, I'm going to be running a 7.25km walk-run. So essentially by July 17th, I need to be able to run about 7km.
Now here's the kicker - it turns out (not to anyones surprise whose ever seen me run) I am really bad at running. I mean, seriously bad. After months of doing a cardio kickboxing class and going to the gym at school, you'd think I would be a bit better at it. But realisticly - I can run about 2km. A little over that on a good day. But thats the point right? To push yourself to improve, not get down on yourself because you start off sucky. So I have about 2 months to push myself from running 2km to running 7km.
In order to accomplish this feat, I don't think anyone would argue that I should be running just about everyday. Of course, nothing is ever that straight forward now is it? I mean, aside from the obvious fighting against my own lazieness, life just wants to get in the way. For example, this week it seems to want to rain everyday. And be cold, which is a bitch on my asthma and likes to close up my lungs which makes it harder to run (really? noooo). Or my day just ends up getting taken up by errands and whatnot. Groceries, school, resume handing-out, interviews, etc. etc. By the time I get home it's either late or I'm too tired. So I try running in the morning - which eats up my morning. Esspecially if I get up too late in the day. I think I am going to find a solution to that however. I am now going to resolve that I will set my alarm clock every morning from now on to make SURE I have enough time in the morning to run. I mean, since it's summer and I dont have a job, its not like I have to get up at 6am or anything silly like that. 8 or 9 is plenty early.
Because in the end, all of that last paragraph? It's just excuses. Yesterday I came home from an errand and school day and what did I do? I kicked my ass and made myself go out for a run. And even tho it has been raining all day and I just decided to write a blog about running instaed of heading out in the cold, what am I going to do tonight? I am going to kick my ass and go for a run. Honestly, it's not even about the length or speed of the run some days. Its about getting in the habbit and pushing myself - if I can't do that, I sure as hell can't improve anything else. Besides, I know I will feel good once I get out there (and then feel exhausted and like I am about to die, but then eventually I will feel better again... and then I'll stop walking and run a bit further and feel like I am going to die again... it's a vicious cycle for a 15 minute run :P).
Alrighty Internets, I think I have procrastinated enough. Time for me to go for a run! See ya!
Saturday 14 May 2011
Tiddly Winks
Since school ended I have once again been head deep in the "Oh please PLEASE PLEEEEEASSSE! Give me a job!" process. I've dropped off something like 40-50 resumes around town this week alone and Im not done. SOMEONE has to bite this line I keep throwing out there right?
With all the resumes I've been handing out I've had a least one interview so far, and I think it went really well. I talk a lot during interviews, partially out of nervousness and partially just because, well, I talk a lot period. I found it amusing because she was trying to paraphrase everything I said during the interview in these tiny spaces on her paper that gave her all the questions she was supposed to be asking and most of the time she didnt have enough room. But we got along really well and the job was for a "3rd Key" position at an accessory store (so kind of like a regular retail job except that I would be responsible for opening and closing the store and I would be reffered to if there wasn't a manager working), which is something I know I could do very well. The other reason I think the interview went well was because afterwards (even after I told her I'd need to take like a month off in July) she told me to go home and fill out a "integrity questionnaire" online and if I did well on that I would get a call back and a second interview with the District Manager.
Have yuo ever written one of these "integrity surveys" when applying to a new job? I've done several and every time I think the same thing - what a waste of bandwidth and server space. Honestly, these surveys could be summed up in four questions -
1) What are your feelings on major or minor theft by yourself or another person in the store?
2) Do you think moving up in a company is based on luck or hard work?
3) Do you plan to be with us for the rest of your life?
4) Do you think you are suitable for this position? No, really, think about it - are you SURE you are suitable for this position?
Thats it, four questions. But instead of something nice and summed up like that, we get to sit through somethign like 50-100 questions that are just variations on a theme. "Do you feel it is more likely to get promoted via luck or hard work?" "Do you feel you get looked over for a promotion because you didnt have the right amount of luck?" "Do you feel that no matter for much hard work you put in, you'll never get that promotion?" Like really? Are you just sitting there, waiting for the ONE time I press the wrong button so you can be like "AH-HAH! See, they're lieing! They SAY they believe they think a promotion come based on hard work - but look at question 58, they said "yes" to luck. Obviously not our candidate."
It also bothers me that these surveys are multiple choice only. You have two varieties - either "Yes or No" or the spectrum of 'strongly disagree' to 'strongly agree'. What bothers me is I never have the chance to explain my answers. Yes, I definitely think that if you work hard and prove yourself, you will get noticed and yuo will get that promotion. That doesnt mean luck doesnt play its part, or that no ones ever gotten a promotion based on luck alone. Multiple choice just makes the answers to narrow and general for my liking. Esspecially when we got into the questions on theft and management corruption. No, I obviously dont support theft and no, I dont think all management is corrupt. That doesnt mean I've never seen a corrupt manager. And when it comes to employee theft, it often becomes situational. Employee walks out with a $50 purse? Fire them, obviously. Employee walks out with a $2 lipchap? If it's their first time - maybe you could give them the benifit of the doubt. Shit happens and they could have forgotten to pay for it. Essepcially if they are a known trust-worthy employee and pay for it after they were caught/realise they forgot to pay. If its not their first time, then we have a problem. But all of that is a lot of circumstantial opinion to put into a yes-or-no question.
What also amused me about this specific survey was the disclaimer before hand, meant, I think, more to scare people into being truthful than anything else. The disclaimer said something along the lines of "Be truthful in your answers. We can tell if you are not being truthfull. Any survey deemed untruthful will be discarded." Really? You can tell if I am being truthful? You can read my mind through this survey? Wow, I must be worrying to much about the constraints of the yes-or-no questions if yuo can read my mind through the answers. Because OBVIOUSLY if I answer "No I have never stolen anything" it means I have. Numerous times. Actually, it means Im a kleptomanic.
I think what they mean is they are looking for people who answer the way they think they should be. Like in the questions about whether they are planning on staying with the company for the rest of their lives - lets be honest, how many people are THAT enthusastic about retail and accessories in general. If a person consistently answers the "stongly" option for that, they are either coming off as desperate or untruthful. Im sure there are exceptions - but in the general sense, not many people would plan on doing that for the rest of their lives.
Which brings me to the confusing questions - for example, on these types of surveys, how do you answer 'Would you quit if a better oppertunity came along?" Truthfully? Yeah, of course, who wouldnt? Esspecially if it had anything to do with my potential one-day chosen feild of work. But that isnt going to be for a while. And you are hiring me for a 10-15 hours-a-week position. I dont think there would be any hard feelings if I did quit (as long as I did it tactfully, rather than just disapearing or quitting on the spot). But that is that what they want to read on the survey? Maybe thats the kind of question they would mark as truthful or not truthful.
Anyway, I dont know how I did on it. I think I did well, answered as well as I could. Now I just have to sit back and wait for them to call me and give me that second interview - which is always the hardest part. I've always wondered how they use those surveys. Is it an overall score and if you pass with a certain percentage, you get to move on? Or do they actually look at each individual question and judge via those answers? Maybe each 'type' of question gets grouped together and scored? "Well, she did well on the theiver questions, but scored low on if she is wants to stay here forever. hmmmm"
So now I just get to sit and play the waiting game. Wish me luck Internets - I know I'd do well with the this job and having a supervisor position would be nice, maybe actually have some responcibility for once! Ttyl!
With all the resumes I've been handing out I've had a least one interview so far, and I think it went really well. I talk a lot during interviews, partially out of nervousness and partially just because, well, I talk a lot period. I found it amusing because she was trying to paraphrase everything I said during the interview in these tiny spaces on her paper that gave her all the questions she was supposed to be asking and most of the time she didnt have enough room. But we got along really well and the job was for a "3rd Key" position at an accessory store (so kind of like a regular retail job except that I would be responsible for opening and closing the store and I would be reffered to if there wasn't a manager working), which is something I know I could do very well. The other reason I think the interview went well was because afterwards (even after I told her I'd need to take like a month off in July) she told me to go home and fill out a "integrity questionnaire" online and if I did well on that I would get a call back and a second interview with the District Manager.
Have yuo ever written one of these "integrity surveys" when applying to a new job? I've done several and every time I think the same thing - what a waste of bandwidth and server space. Honestly, these surveys could be summed up in four questions -
1) What are your feelings on major or minor theft by yourself or another person in the store?
2) Do you think moving up in a company is based on luck or hard work?
3) Do you plan to be with us for the rest of your life?
4) Do you think you are suitable for this position? No, really, think about it - are you SURE you are suitable for this position?
Thats it, four questions. But instead of something nice and summed up like that, we get to sit through somethign like 50-100 questions that are just variations on a theme. "Do you feel it is more likely to get promoted via luck or hard work?" "Do you feel you get looked over for a promotion because you didnt have the right amount of luck?" "Do you feel that no matter for much hard work you put in, you'll never get that promotion?" Like really? Are you just sitting there, waiting for the ONE time I press the wrong button so you can be like "AH-HAH! See, they're lieing! They SAY they believe they think a promotion come based on hard work - but look at question 58, they said "yes" to luck. Obviously not our candidate."
It also bothers me that these surveys are multiple choice only. You have two varieties - either "Yes or No" or the spectrum of 'strongly disagree' to 'strongly agree'. What bothers me is I never have the chance to explain my answers. Yes, I definitely think that if you work hard and prove yourself, you will get noticed and yuo will get that promotion. That doesnt mean luck doesnt play its part, or that no ones ever gotten a promotion based on luck alone. Multiple choice just makes the answers to narrow and general for my liking. Esspecially when we got into the questions on theft and management corruption. No, I obviously dont support theft and no, I dont think all management is corrupt. That doesnt mean I've never seen a corrupt manager. And when it comes to employee theft, it often becomes situational. Employee walks out with a $50 purse? Fire them, obviously. Employee walks out with a $2 lipchap? If it's their first time - maybe you could give them the benifit of the doubt. Shit happens and they could have forgotten to pay for it. Essepcially if they are a known trust-worthy employee and pay for it after they were caught/realise they forgot to pay. If its not their first time, then we have a problem. But all of that is a lot of circumstantial opinion to put into a yes-or-no question.
What also amused me about this specific survey was the disclaimer before hand, meant, I think, more to scare people into being truthful than anything else. The disclaimer said something along the lines of "Be truthful in your answers. We can tell if you are not being truthfull. Any survey deemed untruthful will be discarded." Really? You can tell if I am being truthful? You can read my mind through this survey? Wow, I must be worrying to much about the constraints of the yes-or-no questions if yuo can read my mind through the answers. Because OBVIOUSLY if I answer "No I have never stolen anything" it means I have. Numerous times. Actually, it means Im a kleptomanic.
I think what they mean is they are looking for people who answer the way they think they should be. Like in the questions about whether they are planning on staying with the company for the rest of their lives - lets be honest, how many people are THAT enthusastic about retail and accessories in general. If a person consistently answers the "stongly" option for that, they are either coming off as desperate or untruthful. Im sure there are exceptions - but in the general sense, not many people would plan on doing that for the rest of their lives.
Which brings me to the confusing questions - for example, on these types of surveys, how do you answer 'Would you quit if a better oppertunity came along?" Truthfully? Yeah, of course, who wouldnt? Esspecially if it had anything to do with my potential one-day chosen feild of work. But that isnt going to be for a while. And you are hiring me for a 10-15 hours-a-week position. I dont think there would be any hard feelings if I did quit (as long as I did it tactfully, rather than just disapearing or quitting on the spot). But that is that what they want to read on the survey? Maybe thats the kind of question they would mark as truthful or not truthful.
Anyway, I dont know how I did on it. I think I did well, answered as well as I could. Now I just have to sit back and wait for them to call me and give me that second interview - which is always the hardest part. I've always wondered how they use those surveys. Is it an overall score and if you pass with a certain percentage, you get to move on? Or do they actually look at each individual question and judge via those answers? Maybe each 'type' of question gets grouped together and scored? "Well, she did well on the theiver questions, but scored low on if she is wants to stay here forever. hmmmm"
So now I just get to sit and play the waiting game. Wish me luck Internets - I know I'd do well with the this job and having a supervisor position would be nice, maybe actually have some responcibility for once! Ttyl!
Monday 9 May 2011
Oooo Scary
So yesterday, as most of you should know, was Mother's Day. I live about 6-8 hours (depending on mode of transportation and, yuo know, how fast you drive) away from my mom so it makes it slightly harder to celebrate. Not impossible however and between myself and my sister (who lives in Australia, so it's even harder for her to celebrate) I think we managed to pull of a mighty decent day for my mom.
To start with my sister and I agreed that we would split the cost of Mother's Day, so we told my dad to do something special for my mom and we would cover the cost. He opted to take her out for a nice dinner at some italian restaurant in Manotic. Aparently they had a lovely time, very relaxed and chill and whatnot. So Im happy that worked out and she wasnt just doing the same thing she does every day.
In the morning (possibly early afternoon?) I gave her a call like the good daughter I am. Which was nice - made sure it was all about her, didnt even ask to speak with dad. It was a pretty long chat as well, just catching up on each others lives. I guess I've had a lot going on to tell her about and who doesn't love to listen to me babble? Its actually nice being out of the house for that reason, although my mom and I have our differences we just get along so much better now. It may also helped that Im all growed up and maturated, at least in comparison to my high school days.
And of course as the internet junkies I am, I did the obligatory postage on her facebook wall and Mother's Day mention in my facebook status. Would have done the same with my twitter, but she doesnt have twitter and I dont have anyone else who is a mother on twitter so it seemed kind of pointless.
That was all the little stuff. My major gift on Mother's Day won me possibly an unlimited supply of brownie points - or at very least, a very long last supply.
Several months ago my mother got a book self-published that she had written a few years back. Its a childrens chapter book, aimed at ages 8-12ish. Its a very cute story about a ghost named Anthony and a young girl named Christa McConnell. She's been working to promote it since she published it, but it's a very competative market and a hard one to get into without the proper connections. Now I can't make connections for her, but what I can do is use my computer editing skills to help create a promotional tool which she can use to her advantage is she so chooses. And that is exactly what I did! I created for her a No Business Like Ghost Business trailer and put it on youtube. So for any interested in viewing this trailer, here it is:
http://youtu.be/yOTGzTCJK7w
Also if yuo are interested in purchasing this book, it is on Amazon.com. You can find it at this link : http://dft.ba/-NBLGB
Anyway, apparently that gift went over quite well. My dad texted me saying I made my mother cry, so I count that as a success. Plus I've gotten two emails from her and a phone call since then. Plus, of course, she put it up on her facebook like the proud author and mother that she is. What can I say, I am just that good ;).
I'm happy that she liked it, I mean, for the obvious reasons. I made it for her, of course I want her to enjoy it. But I also put a lot of effort into that and Im proud of it as a product, as well as a gift. There was a lot of effort put into that video, and I would be lieing if I didnt say that it makes it even more worth it to see it being appreciated.
So Internets, I hope you treated your mothers well yesturday. As my facebook status said - even if they are far away, telepathically give them a hug. They're your mother - they'll know. They always know. :D
To start with my sister and I agreed that we would split the cost of Mother's Day, so we told my dad to do something special for my mom and we would cover the cost. He opted to take her out for a nice dinner at some italian restaurant in Manotic. Aparently they had a lovely time, very relaxed and chill and whatnot. So Im happy that worked out and she wasnt just doing the same thing she does every day.
In the morning (possibly early afternoon?) I gave her a call like the good daughter I am. Which was nice - made sure it was all about her, didnt even ask to speak with dad. It was a pretty long chat as well, just catching up on each others lives. I guess I've had a lot going on to tell her about and who doesn't love to listen to me babble? Its actually nice being out of the house for that reason, although my mom and I have our differences we just get along so much better now. It may also helped that Im all growed up and maturated, at least in comparison to my high school days.
And of course as the internet junkies I am, I did the obligatory postage on her facebook wall and Mother's Day mention in my facebook status. Would have done the same with my twitter, but she doesnt have twitter and I dont have anyone else who is a mother on twitter so it seemed kind of pointless.
That was all the little stuff. My major gift on Mother's Day won me possibly an unlimited supply of brownie points - or at very least, a very long last supply.
Several months ago my mother got a book self-published that she had written a few years back. Its a childrens chapter book, aimed at ages 8-12ish. Its a very cute story about a ghost named Anthony and a young girl named Christa McConnell. She's been working to promote it since she published it, but it's a very competative market and a hard one to get into without the proper connections. Now I can't make connections for her, but what I can do is use my computer editing skills to help create a promotional tool which she can use to her advantage is she so chooses. And that is exactly what I did! I created for her a No Business Like Ghost Business trailer and put it on youtube. So for any interested in viewing this trailer, here it is:
http://youtu.be/yOTGzTCJK7w
Also if yuo are interested in purchasing this book, it is on Amazon.com. You can find it at this link : http://dft.ba/-NBLGB
Anyway, apparently that gift went over quite well. My dad texted me saying I made my mother cry, so I count that as a success. Plus I've gotten two emails from her and a phone call since then. Plus, of course, she put it up on her facebook like the proud author and mother that she is. What can I say, I am just that good ;).
I'm happy that she liked it, I mean, for the obvious reasons. I made it for her, of course I want her to enjoy it. But I also put a lot of effort into that and Im proud of it as a product, as well as a gift. There was a lot of effort put into that video, and I would be lieing if I didnt say that it makes it even more worth it to see it being appreciated.
So Internets, I hope you treated your mothers well yesturday. As my facebook status said - even if they are far away, telepathically give them a hug. They're your mother - they'll know. They always know. :D
Sunday 8 May 2011
Expelliermus
So I feel its time that I update yuo about my weekend. Its interesting Im doing more "updatey" type blogs right now. I dont often have exciting things to talk about, but then again the school year is over - so maybe there will be less "Yeah, well, I sat at my desk... and did laundry... finally managed to catch that ellusive booger that's been driving me nuts" and more "Ok, I dont want to brag or anything, but my life is so much more awesomer than yours!" (That last one will definitely happen once I get to Australia! :D)
So as we all know, Kat came down to visit me this weekend. It was awesome because we havent seen each other in way too long but it was sucky cause we really only got two days together. Well, two days and an evening. I can't un-count the evening because we still had a great time even though Kat had had barely any sleep the night before and probably was so tired she barely remembers the evening. We had a bbq with one of my roomates, our neighbours and my roomates friend Liz. It was weird and made me feel odd and grown up because Liz's kid and the neighbours kid was running around the whole time and I was like "Shit man, I remember when I was the kid at the grown-ups party. What happened?" I was just waiting for them to start playing 'sneak-around' (game some of my friends and I played as kids where we would spy on the parents and try not to get caught. We werent very good at it)
Then we stayed up until like 1:30 talking, watching TV on my computer and just... catching up. It was quite good times.
Then, as previously mentioned, I let Kat sleep until almost 1 because she was so tired and had just had a relatively super crazy insane and stressful past month and I figured she deserved it. It also ended up being a slow start to the day after she got up, but really there wasnt any beef with that. It was like we had a crazy tight schedule to stick to or anything.
Once we did get out of the house, we head to the nice mall on the other side of town (Whiteoaks) to do some shopping. Neither of us really like shopping for clothes all that much, but she starts a new job on Monday and needed some work clothes. She waited for me partly because she hasnt had time and partly because even tho I dislike clothes shopping, Im actually pretty good at it. I have an eye for what looks nice. At least on other people - I have more trouble when shopping for myself. So the day ended successfully with a few new outfits and probably one to many lecture from me about "You dont have to get clothes that match. You can mix and match - these are nice clothes and if you have confidence in what you wear, it will look good!" Im definitely impressed at her patience with me.
Then we decided to see a movie - both because we wanted to and because we needed to make our poor brains feel better. We were hoping to see Rio, but we were too late for the last showing so we saw Fast Five instead. Which is hilariously horrible. It just such an action movie, a "boys" movies. Hot girls, fast cars, pretty gadgets and lots of money all tied together with an attempt at a plot and some REALLY bad acting. Good times all around. I think we were expecting a different plot, but the rest of it we knew we were getting into. This is something Kat and I do, watch movies and tear them apart. Makes it so much more enjoyable! I'll be honest however, if I could drink that would have been much improved with the addition of alcohol.
Yesturday we got up at a reasonable time, took our time getting ready cause again - whats the rush? Then I took her on a tour of my University. We decided to walk there instaed of taking the bus (it was a gorgeous day yesturday) because the inner suburbs of London are just stunning. The houses are old and unique and well crafted and probably crazy expensive. So we walked and talked and citiqued and fantasied on our way to UWO. I found my dream house - I've never had a dream house before, never really thought about what I'd like in a house other than I wouldn't want it to be in the inner (or outer) suburbs of any city, so you knwo, I'd have to get this house moved to a different location. But if I have the money to be able to afford this house, I could probably afford to have it moved where ever the heck I wanted. Kat took a picture of it, so hopefully she will send it to me and I'll add it to this post later.
Then we toured UWO. My university has a gorgeous campus and has so much to offer. I have yet to show it to someone who ISNT jealous of it or hasnt been convinced that this is where they should have gone. The campus is just this gorgeous mix of 100-and-some year old buildings and newer more modern buildings. I've always had a thing for mixing of architecture and UWO does it very well (for the most part. There are a couple building it could do better). It's also isolated from the rest of the city, so it gives it that university feel yuo often find in movies and on TV. Something Kat didnt get to experience because classes are done for the summer was the crazy school spirit at Western. Our school is super awesome and we are NOT afraid to show it.
After that we had to rush home and get ready for our night out. We had gotten invited last minute to a Murder Mystery party by the same people I met at the Vote Mob last week. It was Las Vegas/Hollywood themed and we got assigned characters, so we had to figure out how to dress for them. It was harder to dress Kat because her and I are completely different sizes and when she packed she was really expecting a situation where she may need a full-out ball gown. Luckily one of the girls living at the place hosting the party was her size and was able to lend her a dress and some shoes.
The party was soooooo much fun! I've never done a murder mystery, although I've always wanted to. Dressing up and acting as a random character is completely my thing. I was always disapointed in high school because none of my friends ever got into that sort of thing. The best part about my character was that I had to speak in an accent. I have a really bad british accent that I am constantly trying to improve and love putting on to annoy people, and I actually had an excuse to use it!
The best part about the night however was the people. Everyone got really into their characters which made the game fun and they were all SUPER nice. I think both Kat and I were worried that we would be the outsiders, but everyone made us feel included. So often with a group of new people they will cling to who they know and exclude people they dont even if they arent trying to be rude (and then again, so people are tryign to be rude) and I dont think that occured to any of these people. I really hope I get the chance to hang out with them all more often.
Chris (as mentioned in Vote Mob vlog) was nice enough again to give Kat and I a ride home, so yay not having to brave the buses that we kept having problems with this weekend. The evening before we had gotten out of the movie JUST after the buses had stopped running (because London is stupid and stops their buses at midnight) and then this morning after getting up super early to catch the bus to the Greyhound station we ended up spending more money on a cab because even tho the Transit site SAYS the buses start at 6 on Sunday just like every other day, apparently they dont start until 9. And my cabby home decided to take the most round-about route he could, which means I paid about $4 more to get home then I did getting to the bus station. Not thrilled at that. So yay for chaufeur Chris on Saturday night!
So yes, that was my weekend. Followed by getting up at 6:15 this morning to catch a non-exsistant bus so that Kat could catch a definitely exsistent bus at the Greyhound station. Sad to see her go, esspecially after such a short (but packed) weekend. We both had an awesome weekend, but I think we also agree that next time it would be nice to just sit and watch movies on my laptop for a weekend instead of running around from place-to-place and cursing horrible bus systems.
Anyway, once again I have filled you up on random babble Internets. I hope you enjoyed it and also had an awesome weekend. Also, Happy Mothers Day to all out there. I had a lovely conversation with my mom on the phone today and am paying for dad to take her out ot dinner tonight (she lives in a different city than me). I hope yuo all treat your mothers to something special as well! :D
So as we all know, Kat came down to visit me this weekend. It was awesome because we havent seen each other in way too long but it was sucky cause we really only got two days together. Well, two days and an evening. I can't un-count the evening because we still had a great time even though Kat had had barely any sleep the night before and probably was so tired she barely remembers the evening. We had a bbq with one of my roomates, our neighbours and my roomates friend Liz. It was weird and made me feel odd and grown up because Liz's kid and the neighbours kid was running around the whole time and I was like "Shit man, I remember when I was the kid at the grown-ups party. What happened?" I was just waiting for them to start playing 'sneak-around' (game some of my friends and I played as kids where we would spy on the parents and try not to get caught. We werent very good at it)
Then we stayed up until like 1:30 talking, watching TV on my computer and just... catching up. It was quite good times.
Then, as previously mentioned, I let Kat sleep until almost 1 because she was so tired and had just had a relatively super crazy insane and stressful past month and I figured she deserved it. It also ended up being a slow start to the day after she got up, but really there wasnt any beef with that. It was like we had a crazy tight schedule to stick to or anything.
Once we did get out of the house, we head to the nice mall on the other side of town (Whiteoaks) to do some shopping. Neither of us really like shopping for clothes all that much, but she starts a new job on Monday and needed some work clothes. She waited for me partly because she hasnt had time and partly because even tho I dislike clothes shopping, Im actually pretty good at it. I have an eye for what looks nice. At least on other people - I have more trouble when shopping for myself. So the day ended successfully with a few new outfits and probably one to many lecture from me about "You dont have to get clothes that match. You can mix and match - these are nice clothes and if you have confidence in what you wear, it will look good!" Im definitely impressed at her patience with me.
Then we decided to see a movie - both because we wanted to and because we needed to make our poor brains feel better. We were hoping to see Rio, but we were too late for the last showing so we saw Fast Five instead. Which is hilariously horrible. It just such an action movie, a "boys" movies. Hot girls, fast cars, pretty gadgets and lots of money all tied together with an attempt at a plot and some REALLY bad acting. Good times all around. I think we were expecting a different plot, but the rest of it we knew we were getting into. This is something Kat and I do, watch movies and tear them apart. Makes it so much more enjoyable! I'll be honest however, if I could drink that would have been much improved with the addition of alcohol.
Yesturday we got up at a reasonable time, took our time getting ready cause again - whats the rush? Then I took her on a tour of my University. We decided to walk there instaed of taking the bus (it was a gorgeous day yesturday) because the inner suburbs of London are just stunning. The houses are old and unique and well crafted and probably crazy expensive. So we walked and talked and citiqued and fantasied on our way to UWO. I found my dream house - I've never had a dream house before, never really thought about what I'd like in a house other than I wouldn't want it to be in the inner (or outer) suburbs of any city, so you knwo, I'd have to get this house moved to a different location. But if I have the money to be able to afford this house, I could probably afford to have it moved where ever the heck I wanted. Kat took a picture of it, so hopefully she will send it to me and I'll add it to this post later.
Then we toured UWO. My university has a gorgeous campus and has so much to offer. I have yet to show it to someone who ISNT jealous of it or hasnt been convinced that this is where they should have gone. The campus is just this gorgeous mix of 100-and-some year old buildings and newer more modern buildings. I've always had a thing for mixing of architecture and UWO does it very well (for the most part. There are a couple building it could do better). It's also isolated from the rest of the city, so it gives it that university feel yuo often find in movies and on TV. Something Kat didnt get to experience because classes are done for the summer was the crazy school spirit at Western. Our school is super awesome and we are NOT afraid to show it.
After that we had to rush home and get ready for our night out. We had gotten invited last minute to a Murder Mystery party by the same people I met at the Vote Mob last week. It was Las Vegas/Hollywood themed and we got assigned characters, so we had to figure out how to dress for them. It was harder to dress Kat because her and I are completely different sizes and when she packed she was really expecting a situation where she may need a full-out ball gown. Luckily one of the girls living at the place hosting the party was her size and was able to lend her a dress and some shoes.
The party was soooooo much fun! I've never done a murder mystery, although I've always wanted to. Dressing up and acting as a random character is completely my thing. I was always disapointed in high school because none of my friends ever got into that sort of thing. The best part about my character was that I had to speak in an accent. I have a really bad british accent that I am constantly trying to improve and love putting on to annoy people, and I actually had an excuse to use it!
The best part about the night however was the people. Everyone got really into their characters which made the game fun and they were all SUPER nice. I think both Kat and I were worried that we would be the outsiders, but everyone made us feel included. So often with a group of new people they will cling to who they know and exclude people they dont even if they arent trying to be rude (and then again, so people are tryign to be rude) and I dont think that occured to any of these people. I really hope I get the chance to hang out with them all more often.
Chris (as mentioned in Vote Mob vlog) was nice enough again to give Kat and I a ride home, so yay not having to brave the buses that we kept having problems with this weekend. The evening before we had gotten out of the movie JUST after the buses had stopped running (because London is stupid and stops their buses at midnight) and then this morning after getting up super early to catch the bus to the Greyhound station we ended up spending more money on a cab because even tho the Transit site SAYS the buses start at 6 on Sunday just like every other day, apparently they dont start until 9. And my cabby home decided to take the most round-about route he could, which means I paid about $4 more to get home then I did getting to the bus station. Not thrilled at that. So yay for chaufeur Chris on Saturday night!
So yes, that was my weekend. Followed by getting up at 6:15 this morning to catch a non-exsistant bus so that Kat could catch a definitely exsistent bus at the Greyhound station. Sad to see her go, esspecially after such a short (but packed) weekend. We both had an awesome weekend, but I think we also agree that next time it would be nice to just sit and watch movies on my laptop for a weekend instead of running around from place-to-place and cursing horrible bus systems.
Anyway, once again I have filled you up on random babble Internets. I hope you enjoyed it and also had an awesome weekend. Also, Happy Mothers Day to all out there. I had a lovely conversation with my mom on the phone today and am paying for dad to take her out ot dinner tonight (she lives in a different city than me). I hope yuo all treat your mothers to something special as well! :D
Friday 6 May 2011
Smell of Elderberries
Whats the longest you've ever slept? I used to sleep a lot when I was a kid, or at least I would sleep in a lot. I used to sleep until like 11 and then groggily get up and probably sit in bed and ready or something for a while. That doesnt happen to me anymore - unless I am up super late, the longest I seem to be able to sleep in is until about 10. My norm is waking up aruond 9 although my body sometimes wakes me up earlier.
You may wonder why I am posting about this - mostly because I spend a lot of the morning treading really quietly around my room while my roomate slept until noon-thirty today. I could have woken her up, but she had only gotten two hours of sleep the night before after struggling through writing 20 pages essay so that she could come down from Ottawa to visit me. So I figured I could let her have 12 hours of sleep, she'd definitely earned it at this point. Unforunately she wanted to finish it like a day or two before so we could have more time hanging out together but sometimes these things are out of our control. *sigh* Unforunately.
It super awesome that she is down visiting me right now. I havent seen her since Christmas, which is probably the longest we've ever gone without seeing each other. She had been in Peru for a internship-exchange for three months and then spent all of April working her ass off to finish up some final projects so she could graduate her undergrad. So it's super exciting that she's here now.
I love when she's down/ when we hang out - because we dont really need "plans". I didnt have to spend the last week being "Ok, so thursday night we'll see a movie. Then friday we'll head over to the school for a tour of the uni and...". The plans was that she'll get here, and we'd go on from there. Also if we did have plans, and they change -no one is going to freak out. Life goes on, we get over it. Most of my friends are like that actually, but I think it's more of a refreshing change for because her family is less like that.
Anyway, I dont have anything too deep to talk about. I just figured I should write another blog post and be celebrate the fact that I FINALLY get to see Kat again. Hopefully this wont be the only time we can visit each other this summer.
Okie dokie Internets, as always I shall chat at you laters! Goodbye! :D
You may wonder why I am posting about this - mostly because I spend a lot of the morning treading really quietly around my room while my roomate slept until noon-thirty today. I could have woken her up, but she had only gotten two hours of sleep the night before after struggling through writing 20 pages essay so that she could come down from Ottawa to visit me. So I figured I could let her have 12 hours of sleep, she'd definitely earned it at this point. Unforunately she wanted to finish it like a day or two before so we could have more time hanging out together but sometimes these things are out of our control. *sigh* Unforunately.
It super awesome that she is down visiting me right now. I havent seen her since Christmas, which is probably the longest we've ever gone without seeing each other. She had been in Peru for a internship-exchange for three months and then spent all of April working her ass off to finish up some final projects so she could graduate her undergrad. So it's super exciting that she's here now.
I love when she's down/ when we hang out - because we dont really need "plans". I didnt have to spend the last week being "Ok, so thursday night we'll see a movie. Then friday we'll head over to the school for a tour of the uni and...". The plans was that she'll get here, and we'd go on from there. Also if we did have plans, and they change -no one is going to freak out. Life goes on, we get over it. Most of my friends are like that actually, but I think it's more of a refreshing change for because her family is less like that.
Anyway, I dont have anything too deep to talk about. I just figured I should write another blog post and be celebrate the fact that I FINALLY get to see Kat again. Hopefully this wont be the only time we can visit each other this summer.
Okie dokie Internets, as always I shall chat at you laters! Goodbye! :D
Wednesday 4 May 2011
Bizmark
So I think I'm going to try to keep updating this blog at least twice a week. I actually really enjoyed writing in it when I was doing it regularly and am kind of missing it now that I've stopped.
So it's kind of awesome that my exams are finished and I actually have time to get things accomplished. I've now officially moved into my new room (although I am still having difficulty deciding where to put everything. Oh decisions lol) and yesturday I went around the local mall and dropped off about 25 resumes. Today or tomorrow I will be doing this again, because I so badly need a job. Anyone know of anyone who is hiring in London?? I still have a ton of other things I need to get done such as, gee i dont know, groceries?! I honestly don't think I've done a proper grocery shop in about a month now. My cupboards are bare - for breakfast I've been using my roomates old army rations (which are SO bad for my poor stomach :S) and lunch and dinner consist of rice (mixed with frozen veggies because I did buy those about a week ago for want of veggies)
Its interesting right now because I have that feeling of "I have so much to do but so little time!" so I'm trying to be careful and not be that person who gets everything done in one day because before I know it I'll have the feeling of "So much time and so little to do!" I've said it before, but I really dont want to be just sitting around on my computer all summer. Hopefully I'll get a job that will help that out and past that I am going to try to force myself to do interesting things this summer damnit! Just, you know, free interesting things.
Anyway today might be a bit slower of a day (we'll see). Im going to go for a jog once I post my blog, then just spend the next couple hours walking in circles around my new room as I try to figure out where to put everything. I have a skype call with my friend Gayl this afternoon which I am SUPER excited about beacause I havent really talked to her since February. We always make plans to talk once a month on skype or silly things like that, but life just always ends up getting in the way yuo know? After that I should probably run some errands like, as aformentioned, groceries. I also need a new bike tired because mine has a hole and that makes it difficult to ride on.
At some point in time I need to work on a few secret projects I have planned as well. These kind of things always seem to get put on the backburner even tho they're often what I want to work on the most. So somewhere between errands and resumes I really need to sit down and work on these things.
I love being busy, so right now is awesome. Esspecially since Im busy with stuff that keeps me active, not glued to my desk studying lol. Honestly, I love my program but I just hate studying so much (except physiology lol). When Im not being reguarly active I get restless and have trouble focusing. During the school year I can at least aleveate this by going to the gym or whatnot, but during exams I got too busy for even that some days so yeah... yay having time now! I hope I dont run out of things to do too too quickly
Alrighty Internets, thats all from me for now. Have a fantastical day!
So it's kind of awesome that my exams are finished and I actually have time to get things accomplished. I've now officially moved into my new room (although I am still having difficulty deciding where to put everything. Oh decisions lol) and yesturday I went around the local mall and dropped off about 25 resumes. Today or tomorrow I will be doing this again, because I so badly need a job. Anyone know of anyone who is hiring in London?? I still have a ton of other things I need to get done such as, gee i dont know, groceries?! I honestly don't think I've done a proper grocery shop in about a month now. My cupboards are bare - for breakfast I've been using my roomates old army rations (which are SO bad for my poor stomach :S) and lunch and dinner consist of rice (mixed with frozen veggies because I did buy those about a week ago for want of veggies)
Its interesting right now because I have that feeling of "I have so much to do but so little time!" so I'm trying to be careful and not be that person who gets everything done in one day because before I know it I'll have the feeling of "So much time and so little to do!" I've said it before, but I really dont want to be just sitting around on my computer all summer. Hopefully I'll get a job that will help that out and past that I am going to try to force myself to do interesting things this summer damnit! Just, you know, free interesting things.
Anyway today might be a bit slower of a day (we'll see). Im going to go for a jog once I post my blog, then just spend the next couple hours walking in circles around my new room as I try to figure out where to put everything. I have a skype call with my friend Gayl this afternoon which I am SUPER excited about beacause I havent really talked to her since February. We always make plans to talk once a month on skype or silly things like that, but life just always ends up getting in the way yuo know? After that I should probably run some errands like, as aformentioned, groceries. I also need a new bike tired because mine has a hole and that makes it difficult to ride on.
At some point in time I need to work on a few secret projects I have planned as well. These kind of things always seem to get put on the backburner even tho they're often what I want to work on the most. So somewhere between errands and resumes I really need to sit down and work on these things.
I love being busy, so right now is awesome. Esspecially since Im busy with stuff that keeps me active, not glued to my desk studying lol. Honestly, I love my program but I just hate studying so much (except physiology lol). When Im not being reguarly active I get restless and have trouble focusing. During the school year I can at least aleveate this by going to the gym or whatnot, but during exams I got too busy for even that some days so yeah... yay having time now! I hope I dont run out of things to do too too quickly
Alrighty Internets, thats all from me for now. Have a fantastical day!
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