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Passed both my tests at Chili’s. Really like this job a lot. Need to find goddamn motivation. May still be depressed. Party tomorrow (yay!).

Guess that’s it for now. Sleepytime.

I’m sure you all noticed the new associates banners on the side of my site. Don’t mean to do that, and I hate ads, but hell, I’ve got no money ($1.23 in my checking account or something absurd like that), so I figure whatever money I can get off of you guys buying stuff through my banners…well, go me. So if you’re planning on buying something from Amazon.com or ThinkGeek.com, go through my banner first. Please? Oh, I’m so pathetic.

I’ve finally gotten together a rudimentary photo album. It’s not very good. I apologize. But it delivers the pictures and that’s what matters, right? Right. You can find it here: My Photo Album. ((Note to self: stop taking crappy pictures and cropping them. Gaaaaaaaaay.)) I had comments for all of the pictures, but they got eaten. I’ll probably re-do the album sometime soon, but for now, this’ll do. Sooner or later, I’ll be changing that “About Me” section on the side to be internal links, but I haven’t gotten to it yet. Soon. I promise.

I bombed my Day 1 Food Knowledge test at Chili’s on Tuesday. They’re letting me take it over again tomorrow, but I also have to take the Day 2 Food Knowledge Test. Sean was just over here for hours quizzing me on it, and I’m giving up for the night. I’ll look at it again tomorrow morning.

Just to prove that karma is not on my side currently…I was $8.97 short on my drawer today. This = warning. Shit, shit, and more shit. Jenn (at work) thinks there’s something up with this, that it’s not natural. I just think I’m a dumbass. Hopefully I don’t fuck up at Chili’s this much, hm? Cross your fingers for me.

Loews Work Day 6:

Bwahahahahaha! My box office drawer broke even tonight. For the first time. I RULE! In other news, I got written up for the $9.50 shortage. Apparently 2 is a warning and 3 is termination. If I get another write up, I’m just going to tell them to permanently put me on usher until I can pay some damn attention.

I’m really worried that at Chili’s I’m going to walk up to a table and be like, “Welcome to Loews, which movie would you like to see?” Oy. Maybe this will force me to be more attentive. Or maybe it’ll screw up my life forever.

Also, if those of you who love me could possibly check in on me to make sure I’m not wearing myself too thin, I’d appreciate it. I’m shitty at keeping up contact in the first place (you all know that), so you might have to go the extra EXTRA mile and check up on me, at least until I get into the rhythm of this whole thing. Blech. I’m really worried (in case you couldn’t tell).

Tomorrow’s orientation at Chili’s. Well, technically today, since it’s after midnight. But you know what I mean.

I went to “Boogie Nights” tonight, which is a dance club in Schaumburg by the Tower Records, for those of you not in the know. I went with Sean and two of my co-workers. A good time was had by all. Hey, maybe I can make some new acquaintances through all of this! Woohoo! *shrug* I’ll keep bad contact with them except when I see them at work, too, so don’t feel jealous.

Also, all my horoscope and tarot card readings have pointed to me taking time to myself. Since I just started two new jobs, that’s not going to be possible in the literal sense, but you guys might need to get used to not seeing me unless you come into my jobs and bother me, at least for a little while. I sort of agree. I do need some time to myself. Just to breathe. I feel like I’ve been running at 100mph on empty for the past two weeks. But…time will tell.

In answer to Erika’s question (not to avoid you, sweetie, just so everyone knows), I will be working at the Chili’s at Golf Rd. and New Wilke Rd. I work at the Streets of Woodfield movie theater, also, just in case you didn’t know which theater I worked at. All in all, come bother me all you want.

I’m off to bed. Stay tuned for updates. I’m getting better at posting here, so we’ll hope that stays consistent.

Work Day 5 at Loews.

Body: Ow…ow…and more ow. You know those bad back pain commercials where they show a guy and he’s got like…lightning bolts shooting into his back? That’s me. Except it’s my lower back, my upper back, my neck, my shoulders, my feet, my knees, my head…etc., etc., etc.

Mood: Oh, scads better. I love this job. Even when I hate it, I love it. It’s so hard to explain. I hate cleaning the concession stand, and I had to do that today. But I love this job so much. Even when I was bummed at my break (at 11:00), I still loved my job. I couldn’t be happier with it, unless I was directing the movies.

Mentally: It’s nice to not have to think. Unfortunately, too much non-thinking makes me $9.50 short on my drawer (like yesterday) or $4.50 over on my drawer (like today). Bad news: got written up for the $9.50 short. Anything over $5 in either direction means a write-up. I just…don’t know how this crap happens. I need to be more careful, I guess. I’m just going to have to slow down and pay attention. Good news: I’ve been in the box office for 5 straight work days. I know that concessions is looming closer, but I’ve had the luck not to have to work it yet. Box office is my favorite, for reference.

And the other good news: I got a second job today. I’ll be waitressing lunch shifts at Chili’s. I’ve applied there about 85,000 times, but finally, Manda got me an interview and I was hired! Huzzah! I love waitressing and I’m sure I’ll love the tips. Sure, on some days, it may add 3 and a half hours of standing on my feet to an already long day, but really, it’s so much fun. And the tips…did I mention the tips?*good mood*

So…don’t expect to see a lot of me. I’m going to be busy with two jobs. *scared!*

First of all, I changed the commenting system so it isn’t pop-up anymore. Now, it takes you to the individual entry page to make a comment. I just figure this’ll look better. Let me know if you don’t like it. I probably won’t change it though.

Sean and I saw “Shall We Dance” tonight, which was the first time we’ve been to a movie, just the two of us, since “About Schmidt”. And that was a long damn time ago. Anyway, the movie was alright. The Japanese version is better. Much better. Jennifer Lopez is just obnoxious. She’s like a too-bronzed, makeup-wearing, be-nippled piece of cardboard. I can’t stand her. Richard Gere was good, but not nearly as good as he was in “Unfaithful” or “Chicago”. Susan Sarandon was okay, but near the end, got a little stupid and sort of weird. The girl who plays Richard Gere’s daughter was just plain obnoxious. I wanted to punch her in the head.

All in all: B-

It made me want to force Sean to take dance lessons, though…

Apparently, I had Hufflepuff (70), Ravenclaw (69), Gryffindor (59) and Slytherin (40). What a load of crap.

…except not. So I just went through my first weekend back at Loews, and I don’t work again until Friday. Let me just say this: I love working at a movie theater. It’s so much more fun, exhilerating, exhausting and awesome than working behind a goddess-damned desk. W00t!

Anyway, it was great. They put me in the box office on my first day (after having me tearing tickets and deciding I could better serve by selling tickets). I’ve been in box office since then (I was sure today they’d put me on concessions, but no! I was actually scheduled for a box! Double-w00t!). Saturday, I did $7300 worth of sales. And Penny (who happens to be Airen DeCarli’s mom for those of you who know who that is, and on a sidenote: ew.), who has been there for a while, did $8300, so I gave her a run for her money on the second day back. Eat it! *dances* Airen and Penny both work at Loews, which is kind of obnoxious, but whatever. I can manage to talk to them without vomiting. Though, yesterday, Penny was like, “Oh, you’ve changed so much since high school, except for needing sugar. You climbed through my window to get more Kool-Aid with sugar, hahaha.” Okay, I was at her house once, and I have no idea what she’s talking about. There was a party at Airen’s, and it’s completely possible I was sugar-crazy (because I was, in high school), but still…it’s like…shut up. That’s even more obnoxious than the women who see me at GreekFest and shriek at me. “Oh, my God, you look just like your mother!” “Oh, I knew you when you were this big.” *vomit*

Anyway, I can deal with the DeCarli Sisters (not related to, but bearing a strange resemblance to the Duras Sisters [inside Star Trek joke]) and the rest of the job is a blast. So eat that, Mark Holihan Insurance Agency, you workplace of hell.

Guess that’s it for now. My feet hurt. But it’s the hurt of having a good time at work. SO HA!

Author’s Note/Addendum: Okay, I just spent the past 5 minutes imagining Airen and Penny as Klingons, and it’s friggin’ hilarious. Just FYI.

Welcome back to my ass-kickin’ new blog. Thank you, serendipity, eh? More later. Gotta figure out how to fix the clock in my post time. <–Apparently, I can’t. Boo.

Some of these are so ridiculous.

You should vote for Ralph Nader. Sorry, shirts and shoes are required in the voting booth.

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– Haha, that can be my pagan name, too. Er…I’m so lame. –