{"id":218,"date":"2005-06-01T14:13:53","date_gmt":"2005-06-01T18:13:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/happypoet.com\/arglor\/wp\/?p=214"},"modified":"2005-06-01T14:13:53","modified_gmt":"2005-06-01T18:13:53","slug":"what-ok-ok-i-was-busy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/happypoet.com\/arglor\/2005\/06\/01\/what-ok-ok-i-was-busy\/","title":{"rendered":"what?  ok&#8230; ok&#8230; i was busy&#8230;."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>and depressed.  Man I was hit hard.  Long and detailed rundown of my life the last few days and my interpretations follow:<br \/>\n&#8211; Go to see Star Wars and ended up being mildly disappointed.  Well actually really dissappointed.  I had built up going to watch this movie so much due to the large amount of time spent at work at M.I. dreaming of the three day stretch i had coming up.<br \/>\n&#8211; Go to see NIN in concert and i was mildly dissappointed.  Yet again, really dissappointed.  &#8220;I wanted something i could not have.&#8221;  The best part of it all was seeing how much enjoyment Trey got out of the concert.  There is a little part to the concert you might not know.  Since we staggered in so late, we got split up.  The whole concert i spent 15 seats from the people i came with.  This was very prophetic.  Seeing as the next day i would be so many miles away from them.<br \/>\n&#8211;  I got to the hotel and the realization that my mom that would deposit a check earlier then anticipated, which meant i would get a 30 dollar non-sufficient funds charge.  Not the best news to come down to after a concert.<br \/>\n&#8211;  After getting lost in houston trying to get to an airport i&#8217;ve never even heard of, we finally make it to the airport with plenty of time to get through security.  But then it strikes.  It being the recognition that i will be saying goodbye to some  close friends and a brother that i have always been around and influenced by.  Needless to say it wasn&#8217;t the best feeling to say goodbye to all of them.<br \/>\n&#8211;  I get on the plane and suffer through some of the worst airtravel i&#8217;ve ever been on.<br \/>\n&#8211;  Landing in Atlanta i learn that the airplane&#8217;s departure has been delayed to to rough weather in New York.  3 hour delay plus the original 1 hour layover meant an insane amount of &#8220;me&#8221; time in the airport.  This allowed me to think over a lot of things.  The conclusions of which i will never give to anyone.<br \/>\n&#8211;  Landing in NY at 9:00 instead of the planned 5:00 set me in an odd mood.<br \/>\n&#8211;  Thursday i wake up to work on getting everything ready to present, but i can&#8217;t seem to get motivated.  I&#8217;m seriously wiped out.  Mary and I work on my resume.  Trey reviewed my resume and sent back advice.  Congealing all the advice into a consistent resume, i came to the conclusion that i need to start looking for a job.<br \/>\n&#8211;  We go grocery Shopping.  It is a lot of money for a week.  I worry.  Money is dwindling and job hasn&#8217;t been secured.<br \/>\n&#8211;  Friday my computer is dropped off.  I have a sinking feeling as i evaluate the box.  It doens&#8217;t look good.  Opening the box up i see that the stirofoam protecting my case has been torn into pieces.  My heart falls to the ground.  I do this worried pacing thing i always do when i recognize that something is about to go seriously fucking wrong.  I open up my case and all my parts fall onto the ground in a disorganized mess.  I feel sick.  I call Allied Services and tell them my problem, they lodge the report and say they can&#8217;t get back to me until tuesday.<br \/>\n&#8211;  Saturday trying to get my mind off of the week of depressing events, Mary and I go to central park.  It is beautiful.  We get lost in Harlem as Mary decides to &#8220;explore&#8221;.  Not the safest of places Harlem.  Don&#8217;t worry nothing happened, just realized that after all is said and done we should have avoided one of the spots we went through.<br \/>\n&#8211;  Sunday i spend most of my day occuping my time since we have only one computer right now and it is Mary&#8217;s computer.  She wants to write.  So I do other things.  Like Zelda Four Swords.  Yes.  Its a bad game.  I won&#8217;t get into how boring the game is.  I couldn&#8217;t do anything productive because my mind was scatterred.<br \/>\n&#8211; Monday we go shopping at the mall and i get a shirt to go to interviews in.  I finish my resume and finish a cover letter.<br \/>\n&#8211;  Tuesday i wake up and begin working again about to send my resume out, when i notice UPS HAS yet to call me.  So i call allied services again and stress the exact dilemma i&#8217;m facing.  Lack of computer and the lack of progress with finding a job due to the lack of my computer.  They tell me they are trying their best to expedite the procedure.<br \/>\n&#8211;  In the background here i failed to mention the fact that I am in need of a new phone number.  One difficulty in applying for jobs with a louisiana phone number, is that they don&#8217;t want to call you back.  I can&#8217;t change my phone number because the UPS people have my phone number as my only contact information.  Catch 22.  Except this is not a duality.  I force UPS to update my phone number and run off to cingular to change my phone number.  UPS uses Mary&#8217;s phone number and i get my new phone number from cingular.<br \/>\n&#8211;  I call UPS and give them my new phone number and i put my new phone number on the resumes and send them out.  I send five resumes to temp agencies.  Pleased i begin adding more jobs positions to my database so i can send out my resume to even more.  I&#8217;m doing the shotgun effect to getting a job.  Sending out as many resume&#8217;s as possible and hoping someone bites.<br \/>\n&#8211;  This morning i wake up and finish another resume to send out.  I call two more temp agencies and set up an interview appointment with one of them.  I call Mr. Kinsella and get the information needed to finish my NAACP resume.  It is now ready to send out.  In a couple minutes i&#8217;ll be done with my ACLU resume and i will send it out.  I will also be sending out resume&#8217;s to the Lambda group and also to the Innocence Project.  Each with tailored Cover Letters.<br \/>\n&#8211;  I finally get a call from UPS and find out they will be sending an insurrance agent soon. <\/p>\n<p>In all aspects, the view from here and now looks positive.  And that is why i wrote this blog entry.  I&#8217;ve been avoiding the blog, because i had nothing but bad news to share.  Now i have good news.  <\/p>\n<p>Tonight Mary and I are going to a park to watch Garden State under the stars.  It should be nice.  It is free to.   free is always good.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>and depressed. Man I was hit hard. Long and detailed rundown of my life the last few days and my interpretations follow: &#8211; Go to see Star Wars and ended up being mildly disappointed. Well actually really dissappointed. 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