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Monthly Archives: October 2005

first day of work

Wow. Temp agencies rock my world. My job is way better than the other one, I can’t believe I stuck it out there for even six weeks.
So. I can come and go whenever, as long as I put in the hours and I get my work done. I can work from [...]

more shopping

I spent plenty of monies today on more work clothes. Green sweater, yellow checked skirt, and black pants from Value Village for $30. Hit up Winners and found nothing. The VV pants were from Fairweather (the tag was still on) so I went over there to find a matching jacket. There [...]

:)

I got the job

getting home last night

What a bloody balls-up. James and I caught the bus in Langley at 11:05, being the last bus of the night, and got on the skytrain at Surrey Central. I naively assumed that the skytrain would take us to Vancouver like it normally does.
At New Westminster (less than halfway) though, the transit employees [...]

Interview Monday morning

And I have to dress professionally. When I went to the temp agency, the lady I spoke with mentioned that normally the dress code at this company is a little less formal, more like business casual, but what I was wearing that day didn’t even measure up to that. “But this is the [...]

Good news

So I’m apparently an expert at MS Access. News to me, since last time I used it was in grade 10 computer class circa 1998. I called up the temp agency I’d registered with in August first thing yesterday morning, and they had me come back in today to do a couple extra [...]

shit.

I got laid off today.
I’m rather optimistic actually, maybe this will give me more opportunity to do some writing, find a good job… yesterday I planned to start applying for some today anyway. If only it weren’t for MONEY. I’ve got one month’s rent in the bank and a paycheque on Friday. [...]

Saddest song ever?

My vote goes to “Eye on the Finish Line” by Pedro the Lion. You could google the lyrics, but David Bazan’s sound is so remarkably… DEPRESSING that it’s just about a million times sadder hearing it.

awwwwww

Me and James at Garibaldi.