it looks like things are moving slowly ahead to NYC. I am still conflicted but resolving myself more to the fact that it's just going to happen.
everyone i talk to says i will love that area... *shrug* maybe i will! I will still miss my friends though... i won't get a chance to hang out with them anymore... and that kinda sucks...
anyhow... still looking around the atlanta area... still finding nothing... but we will see...
Monday, April 27, 2009
Thursday, April 16, 2009
well... i passed the interview
I passed the interview with the CIO of the company... and if all goes well... i will most likely be leaving Atlanta... this is such a crazy world...
I have a TON of mixed emotions about this... as most people know...
Moving to where employment is a good thing... and my friends and family up north are esctatic...
My friends down here though, are less than thrilled, and I have become quite close with some of them... it would sadden me to leave, but i do what i must in the end...
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on a side note... i leave in 3 hours to go pick up my mother... who hasn't been to atlanta in over 3 years... i am quite nervous about her visit... i just want it to be a good one, she is staying till monday. It will certainly be interesting.
I have a TON of mixed emotions about this... as most people know...
Moving to where employment is a good thing... and my friends and family up north are esctatic...
My friends down here though, are less than thrilled, and I have become quite close with some of them... it would sadden me to leave, but i do what i must in the end...
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on a side note... i leave in 3 hours to go pick up my mother... who hasn't been to atlanta in over 3 years... i am quite nervous about her visit... i just want it to be a good one, she is staying till monday. It will certainly be interesting.
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
started dating someone
Yes... had 2 successful dates with someone... a church musician... (i know...)
he's a really nice guy... seems to really like me... (well... i would hope so if he went on a second date)
The only thing i am currently concerned about... is what happens if i have to move? that won't be fun... IF this relationship progresses.
he's a really nice guy... seems to really like me... (well... i would hope so if he went on a second date)
The only thing i am currently concerned about... is what happens if i have to move? that won't be fun... IF this relationship progresses.
The great descent!
Mom is coming down... after over 3 years! My mother is coming to atlanta... tomorrow! She is coming down to spend the weekend... I am looking forward to it, but a little nervous/scared too...
she's not as mobile as she really needs to be, so we can go to the museums and such... We would need to schlep long a wheelchair and stuff... (of which i am trying to procure for the weekend)
I am also trying to empty my refrigerator... because i know she will be cooking like crazy! (not a bad thing)
she's not as mobile as she really needs to be, so we can go to the museums and such... We would need to schlep long a wheelchair and stuff... (of which i am trying to procure for the weekend)
I am also trying to empty my refrigerator... because i know she will be cooking like crazy! (not a bad thing)
Job is done... looking for another
My contract ended... so... i have been lookin for a new job.
The company i was with wanted to keep me... but they got their budgets MAJORLY slashed... so... no more money for me to stay...
oh well...
i have been spewing resumes all over the place, and no-one has bitten, i have been given leads... but... nope... no responses...
Right now, though i have been waiting for a couple days, about a job in North Jersey, right outside of NYC. I have to be honest.. I have very mixed emotions about moving...
what do i do about my condo... my friends... etc... but i am not closed minded about the whole thing... just unsure... i guess if i get the job up there... i will really have to see...
The company i was with wanted to keep me... but they got their budgets MAJORLY slashed... so... no more money for me to stay...
oh well...
i have been spewing resumes all over the place, and no-one has bitten, i have been given leads... but... nope... no responses...
Right now, though i have been waiting for a couple days, about a job in North Jersey, right outside of NYC. I have to be honest.. I have very mixed emotions about moving...
what do i do about my condo... my friends... etc... but i am not closed minded about the whole thing... just unsure... i guess if i get the job up there... i will really have to see...
He Wooed me with Multi Level Marketing
Yes... you read the title correctly...
One of the guys I was interested in, have been for some time, but we just recently got together for the first time... He's a nice guy, has his crap together... owns 2 businesses and really is on top of everything he does...
So... our first meeting was nice, but un-eventful... we met for lunch and talked about alot of different things. We left it so that we would chat with each other again soon, and hang out more.
He wasn't one of those fly-by-night characters either... we did stay in touch!!! So... about 2 weeks go by and we had planned a date for thursday. (it's monday of that week)
Tuesday, i hear nothing from him... a little odd, but i had been trying to get confirmation as to whether or not we were still on.
Wednesday morning comes around and we start chatting... I mention our hang out (which i thought would be more of a date) and he mentions he has a meeting with a client. I was like... oh... well... i am sorry to hear that... (but i understand... he does own 2 businesses) i wish him good luck on the meetings...
He then contacts me through txt messages and said the plan has changed.. he's going to a "build a better business" seminar and doesn't want to go alone, so he asked me if i could go with him. It was close to where i was working, but he didn't really tell me what the meeting was all about. I agreed to go, because... well... i wanted to hang out with him.
So... I got there and everyone was friendly and stuff... i was like... OKAY... i can deal with this... Then it happened... we went into the presentation and it was for a network marketing thing... Selling products, getting people recruited, etc... you know how those pitches are... full of energy, comedy, and "logic".
I am normally a sucker for those things because i see the potential... but i am not a good sales guy and don't want to damage my reputation with my friends/family by doing a hard sell... HOWEVER... i did sign up...
The guy that brought me there thinks that i signed up because it's an awesome deal... but i did not! I signed up, because, well... he wanted me to, and i wanted to spend time with him. He was happy, and so i was happy... I already knew i was not good at these things... but hey... i am only a guy right...
The next couple weeks, i was told about how he was going to use one of his businesses to ensure we were all successful... (hasn't happened... and every time we are SUPPOSED to talk about it... it never seems to come up) and every time i talk to him now.. the conversations are dominated (though not exclusively) about this multi-level marketing thing...
Every time i want to meet and hang out... he mentions that we do it at the office, which, is every time i have seen him since...
So... i confronted him on this... told him i have been wanting to hang out with him and possibly date... that's when he said... oh... he's not interested in dating... just looking for good friends...
seriously? *sigh*
I said... okay... well... friends it is... (if someone wants to be my friend... how can i really say no or not want that.. he didn't do anything wrong right?) But since that conversation... i have lost interest in being more than friends... which is good i guess...
The epilog is... ofcourse... i am signed up for this MLM campaign, out a few hundred dollars... and everyone i do talk to about this thing is not biting... so i am labeled a poor performer... mostly because i have a conscious and don't push people.
i mentioned this to my aunt... and she said... "OH MY GOD... WORST DATE EVER!"
ya got that right!
One of the guys I was interested in, have been for some time, but we just recently got together for the first time... He's a nice guy, has his crap together... owns 2 businesses and really is on top of everything he does...
So... our first meeting was nice, but un-eventful... we met for lunch and talked about alot of different things. We left it so that we would chat with each other again soon, and hang out more.
He wasn't one of those fly-by-night characters either... we did stay in touch!!! So... about 2 weeks go by and we had planned a date for thursday. (it's monday of that week)
Tuesday, i hear nothing from him... a little odd, but i had been trying to get confirmation as to whether or not we were still on.
Wednesday morning comes around and we start chatting... I mention our hang out (which i thought would be more of a date) and he mentions he has a meeting with a client. I was like... oh... well... i am sorry to hear that... (but i understand... he does own 2 businesses) i wish him good luck on the meetings...
He then contacts me through txt messages and said the plan has changed.. he's going to a "build a better business" seminar and doesn't want to go alone, so he asked me if i could go with him. It was close to where i was working, but he didn't really tell me what the meeting was all about. I agreed to go, because... well... i wanted to hang out with him.
So... I got there and everyone was friendly and stuff... i was like... OKAY... i can deal with this... Then it happened... we went into the presentation and it was for a network marketing thing... Selling products, getting people recruited, etc... you know how those pitches are... full of energy, comedy, and "logic".
I am normally a sucker for those things because i see the potential... but i am not a good sales guy and don't want to damage my reputation with my friends/family by doing a hard sell... HOWEVER... i did sign up...
The guy that brought me there thinks that i signed up because it's an awesome deal... but i did not! I signed up, because, well... he wanted me to, and i wanted to spend time with him. He was happy, and so i was happy... I already knew i was not good at these things... but hey... i am only a guy right...
The next couple weeks, i was told about how he was going to use one of his businesses to ensure we were all successful... (hasn't happened... and every time we are SUPPOSED to talk about it... it never seems to come up) and every time i talk to him now.. the conversations are dominated (though not exclusively) about this multi-level marketing thing...
Every time i want to meet and hang out... he mentions that we do it at the office, which, is every time i have seen him since...
So... i confronted him on this... told him i have been wanting to hang out with him and possibly date... that's when he said... oh... he's not interested in dating... just looking for good friends...
seriously? *sigh*
I said... okay... well... friends it is... (if someone wants to be my friend... how can i really say no or not want that.. he didn't do anything wrong right?) But since that conversation... i have lost interest in being more than friends... which is good i guess...
The epilog is... ofcourse... i am signed up for this MLM campaign, out a few hundred dollars... and everyone i do talk to about this thing is not biting... so i am labeled a poor performer... mostly because i have a conscious and don't push people.
i mentioned this to my aunt... and she said... "OH MY GOD... WORST DATE EVER!"
ya got that right!
so... what's been going on?
i know i know i know... you can yell at me because i said i would write in this more often... and i don't seem to. It's out of pure laziness, not because i haven't done anything or nothing is going on... so there will be a couple updates in succession.
Sunday, April 5, 2009
thought for the day
ya know... in a couple hundred years... if humanity survives (and i'm sure it will) this time will be looked on as the dark ages...
I can only imagine what would be said...
"a keyboard? why do you need a board of keys... we just wave our hand and the door opens"
"you mean... computers were NOT built into your brain? they were seperate boxes?"
"people used gas? really"
"what is trans fat? and for that matter, what is fat... and what is this food you speak of... is that something like our nutrition pill?"
"is talking like our little mental communicators?"
"what came first... the chicken or the egg" (some mysteries in life will never be revealed)
"what is pure bred?"
"you mean... people actually deficated in a bowl of water that flushed?"
yeah... this is the dark ages isn't it?
I can only imagine what would be said...
"a keyboard? why do you need a board of keys... we just wave our hand and the door opens"
"you mean... computers were NOT built into your brain? they were seperate boxes?"
"people used gas? really"
"what is trans fat? and for that matter, what is fat... and what is this food you speak of... is that something like our nutrition pill?"
"is talking like our little mental communicators?"
"what came first... the chicken or the egg" (some mysteries in life will never be revealed)
"what is pure bred?"
"you mean... people actually deficated in a bowl of water that flushed?"
yeah... this is the dark ages isn't it?
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
interviews
well...
monday i had an interview for the job in NYC... it was more like a test though... I know it was supposed to be techncal, but it was more like a test... asking me specific questions for stuff that i would never need to know outside of the system... in other words... knowing which documentum object nes to be extended to create document templates is not really required "top of your head" knowledge... especialy since it's easily found when the system is in front of you...
combine that with the fact that i was no even told or warned that the interview was coming... it happened at 5:30pm, a time i didn't expect it to happen, so i had invited a friend over... and he arrived just as the interview was happening... so the phone was ringing off the hook for him to come up.
All said though, despite the fact ithought i did horribly... apparently they liked what i said and i will be progressing to the next round, which will probably consist of me headng up for an n person interview up in new york...
we will see...
monday i had an interview for the job in NYC... it was more like a test though... I know it was supposed to be techncal, but it was more like a test... asking me specific questions for stuff that i would never need to know outside of the system... in other words... knowing which documentum object nes to be extended to create document templates is not really required "top of your head" knowledge... especialy since it's easily found when the system is in front of you...
combine that with the fact that i was no even told or warned that the interview was coming... it happened at 5:30pm, a time i didn't expect it to happen, so i had invited a friend over... and he arrived just as the interview was happening... so the phone was ringing off the hook for him to come up.
All said though, despite the fact ithought i did horribly... apparently they liked what i said and i will be progressing to the next round, which will probably consist of me headng up for an n person interview up in new york...
we will see...
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