I FINALLY get to get back on this thing. That editing for the B/R was really putting a damper on doing anything close to the computer lol.
Well I ended up not getting the job with them, but I'm not really upset. They basically told me that I would've have to been editing over 70 articles a week for two months and some change to get hired. And I believe them; that would be exceptional. Oh well, at least I got the experience.
Now I'm really on my grind trying to look for work. I'm still up here at R&H but this internship will be over in about 8 months, so I need to start saving, and have a backup plan. I can't go through a drought like I did last summer.
Besides that, life is still fine. I saw my gf the other day. AMAZING. It's crazy how much you never really miss what you got until it's gone. Hackneyed? Yes, but I had to say it. All I'm really waiting on is a job. I don't understand why that's so hard to get lol. It should be simple, but instead, you have to scratch and claw your way for the minor positions.
Sometimes I try to look ahead and see what my life could be like in about 10 years. Will I be able to look back and be like, "I'm happy where I am now." Or will I just be a bum?
Yea right, the latter isn't even an option. I will become wealthy or die trying; there is no in between. I'm out
All my family is gone and my girlfriend left and now it's back to regular life. It's bittersweet because I now get to save some money for myself, and I get some extra needed rest, but the companionship is gone. That's life though right?
Now I'm back at work and I didn't want to come because of the bugs. I'm really tired of these things (stink bugs). I killed about four or five of them in the house, and about two or three in the office. I'm just gonna go home and watch some movies on my computer.
BTW- I'm finally done collecting volumes 1-50 for Adventures in Odyssey. Now I gotta go through and organize the whole thing.
I also was able to get a new study Bible for men over the weekend. That thing really makes me want to read the Bible again. I'm also reading Max Lucado's book too. I can't remember what it's called, but I feel like I'm growing more as a Christian. I see now that I was in need of some spiritual food.
My family from London is leaving tomorrow and it'll be bittersweet. My girlfriend loved the coat that I got her, which is cool. She got me an expensive sweater. I love it cuz it's blue.
What else, what else?
Oh yea, I didn't have to work on Sunday and so I drove all the way up here for nothing! I was so pissed, but I just knocked it off and kept driving. I have better stuff to do than gripe to the front door about why it's not opening. I went and played some basketball instead.
I think I've worked just a little over a month at the B/R. I seem to be cruising along. I read somewhere that the B/R pays it's people $31,000. How true that is, I have no idea. But I know that would be nice to make $31k just for editing. It would give me more options. We'll just see how it plays out come mid-February.
Oh yea, yesterday I hit the wall to kill a bug and I swear it sounded like 1,000 bugs moved within the wall. It was a really gross sound and not one that I want to think of again. Speaking of which, there is another guy living in the house now. He leaves his fruit out and eats in the kitchen.
I don't know if he's used to bugs, but he certainly doesn't mind the ones that are living in the house. Maybe cuz he hasn't seen them. Either way, it would be nice to see if he gets as annoyed by them as I do.
I've also realized that I'm starting to get used to the bugs. I just come in and kill them now. This, by no means, means that I've accepted living with them. It's just means that killing them is mostly a routine now. I'm still holding firm to my promise that if they get too crazy at night during the summer months, then I'm leaving. I'll just pack up my stuff every night and drive home.
Speaking of going home...lol...I'm getting ready to do so in a couple of minutes. I've finished my work for the day and I wanna play one last game of Monopoly with my family. I've been the winner 2-3 times that we've played. I also need to take a shower because I feel really sticky.
My friend Mike left for Korea yesterday and I just wanted to mention that.
I've been organizing and listening to soundtracks all day!
That last post gave me 500 free credits. Whatever.
I realized it has been a long time since I've written on here but my life has gotten substantially busier. These editing jobs are becoming more and more hassling. I'm really frustrated by the fact that I'm not getting paid to edit articles for the B/R, but I just keep on pushing.
For one, I know that I'll have something else to put on my resume and I'll have become a better editor from the process. I just have to remember to take baby steps.
Also, RHPA LEAD needs to take it easy. They told me that I was brought in to replace their outsourced editors. Well if that's the case, then you people definitely need to pay me more than minimum wage. My head is barely above water financially and the last thing I need is people pushing me to do professional work for peanuts.
I've also concluded that during the summer, if the bugs become too much of a hassle, I'm leaving the farmhouse permanently. I'll just have to drive back and forth everyday. I shouldn't have to feel uncomfortable in my own apartment. It's ridiculous! And the fact that the building and the place where I work are infested with bugs, makes me wonder if it's a violation of a health code or something.
Anywayz,
So I got to see Katelyn, Madison, Bobak, Davis, Ryan, and a butt-load of other people I haven't seen in awhile down at SAA home game last Thursday. That was pretty neato lol
My girlfriend also came to town for the holidays, so that's extra special. She, along with a bunch of my peers, was able to see me baptized last Saturday.
Being baptized was a pretty cool experience.. I didn't think it was that big of a deal until I saw and felt the magnitude of what it really meant.
I was anxious/nervous before I gave my baptismal speech. I absolutely hate public speaking, but people tell me that I'm good at it. I know that I'm good at it, I just hate doing it. When I'm out there, I just try to remain calm, cool, and collected.
The other person that was getting baptized that day told me that I exemplified the aforementioned. I did get everybody to laugh at my jokes which was good. I also had a good message that I think everyone understood perfectly.
When I was done, I went around to the back of the church and got ready to step in the pool. I still wasn't really feeling any different until I was completely in the pool and I looked out among the congregation. The pastor, Steve Jencks, told everyone who was here for me to stand up and when I saw the volume of people that stood up, I almost cried.
It was the same feeling I got when I was down in Texas my senior year for the basketball tournament. The committee was calling the names of the players who had been selected for the All-Tournament team and when my name was called; it was magical.
Droves of people started clapping and, I kid you not, chanting "Hova! Hova! Hova!" repeatedly. I felt on top of the world that night and I hadn't had an experience like that until last Saturday. There were sooooo many people standing up for me that I simply had to say, "Wow."
People in the back, front, balcony, and even the mother's room were at their feet. It is an image that was burned into my retinas. Then the pastor dipped me back, and the water washed over me.
Pretty cool.
Now that I'm official, my next step is marriage to the person I love...in due time of course.
My hottest gift: Bobak gave me the book "The Screwtape Letters" by C.S. Lewis. I haven't read it yet, but I know the premise of it always sounded amazing to me. I have to finish "The Tale of Desperaux" before I start another book.
I get to go home today and see my girlfriend again. I can't wait to leave!!!
