Showing posts with label job interviews. Show all posts
Showing posts with label job interviews. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

"Tik tok on the clock but the party don't stop" - Tik Tok, Ke$ha

Hey guys, how is everyone doing? Well well well. So much has happened!
I guess i shall start with last Friday 26th.

Like a typical Friday i had Geology, but today my teacher was dressed like he was going to go on a safari. No lie. He had on the khaki top and pants - which were of course belted high on his waist - and he was wearing those sandals with the Velcro straps. Me and Jen were talking about how we figured he even had the hat at home because he used to be a geologist. Jeremy and I were half talking during the lecture when we could, he's fun to talk to and when i got home i added him on facebook. Later on in the night he accepted! Go me haha.

This was the day i also had a interview with Marshalls Home Goods store, i'm telling everyone from New Zealand that its like Farmers just without the electronics. They had rung me on either Tuesday or Wednesday? Can't remember which day it was but it was done for 4o'clock. I had also made plans to pick up Katy after my interview for a GNI (Girls Night In). Anyway, i made my way to Marshalls and was actually in there for 1/2 hour! I talked to 2 managers as well.

After that was over i decided to put gas in the car, when i had done that as i was going through 40th and Bell the car decided to almost die on me... AGAIN... I swear the car hates me. Fucking scary but i made in through the intersection okay and parked in the Phoenix Hospital car park. I rung Katy and talked to her for almost 30min while giving the car a break, after that it seemed to have improved and i started driving again. I made it to 31st and Greenway when i felt like the car was gonna lose power again so i pulled into a parking lot. I rung Phyllis this time and told her what was happening, i then asked what the H and C stood for and after i said it was reading Hot she immediately said to turn it off. I didn't know to keep an eye in that! Dad never told me. Car was bloody overheating. By some cosmic occurrence i had parked outside of a auto shop! So i went in and asked if anything could be done to get me home. Nothing could. So Phyllis said she would come get me and follow me home, when she arrived we tried the car again and when i revved the engine the needle immediately started to climb towards hot. So we just locked the steering wheel and put the steering wheel bar on and she dropped me off at Katy's.

I got to calm down and chillax with Katy for a few hours because her grandma was letting her use her van. When i arrived at Katy's she immediately attacked me with a hug and just looked at me and handed me a smoke. She knows when i want one and when i don't. Around 7:30ish (?) her grandparents came and picked us up, i hugged her grandpa before i even got in the van! We dropped them at their house and came back to mine so i could get some jeans on and a different top. Katy made a mix cd and i was absolutely shocked when MY grandma (on dads side) added me on facebook!!! She said she only made it to have a better way of getting in contact with me which is cool. We left the house about 8:30ish (again i can't remember) and headed towards Kylee's (Katy's other BFF) so we could decide what we were going to do, i had grabbed 2 Miller Lites from the fridge to start our party early. :)

We ended up going out to Surprise for a party that Jake invited Katy too. He has like a monster crush on her, it was kinda funny to watch! The party was kinda fun, meet a few cool people and watched some epic beerpong battles! Had a shot of something while i was there too. Met this guy Dan and got his number before i left. He was quite intoxicated and very touchy-feely with not only me but the other females there. We left about 1:30am and Kylee drove us to her place then Katy and I headed to Jack n' the box before heading home. I guess we got back to mine around 3:30am and Jake was texting Katy all the way back and was put out that he didn't kiss her goodbye so she said if you want it come and get it. So he asked for directions which i gave. We had hardly been home for 10min before this guy Adam called saying we should come over and hang out. I was extremely tired but had decided to go anyway. We got there and i met him and this guy Devon. They were beyond drunk!! We each had a shot and decided to play beerpong. Me and Devon verses Katy and Adam. Surprisingly to me, I won the game for me and Devon! I made the last 2 cups and prolly the last 4 cups in reality. Adam was all over Katy, i know Katy wasn't appreciating the forcefulness of his actions but didn't want to hurt him. Devon was all over me, i didn't mind the kissing but he would not take 'no' for an answer and keep trying to put his hands up my top and down my pants. I finally text Katy when he finally managed to get me into his room, and that was only because i knew we were leaving soon, saying "are we leaving soon". It almost said "save me" and that was what she was expecting it to say! I said goodbye and Adam held up Katy again so i just left and started the car waiting for her to come out. By this time it was 4:30am. Katy finally came out and Adam followed saying that we shouldn't leave, he would come with us, we should just stay. I had only had a shot and a beer in that last hour! I was fine and really just wanted to go home. Devon had made me feel uncomfortable because he was just not respecting me!

We made it home safely and were in the door by 5am!! Turns out Josh was online so i just gave Katy my laptop and she was talking to him until i PTFO (Passed The Fuck Out) at 6:30. I asked Josh the next day what time she went to sleep, he said 8am. We woke up at 10:30 and Katy had to leave straight away cos her grandma needed the car.

I managed to get a 2 hour nap in the afternoon which helped me a lot! Ben had sent the tops dad had given him while he was in NZ and they arrived today. Ben's mum had gift-wrapped them for me, i tried to be good but i was dying to know what he had bought!! So i opened them and i have to say - he did a great job. He bought me my Canterbury Crusaders jersey!!! It's the one they wear when they play. He also got me a top that says "I still love you Dan"... You know as in Dan Carter. Dad and Phyllis were going out for dinner so i was gonna be babysitting my brothers. Started to watch Halloween but was smart enough to stop it before it got gorier than what it already was! Its on tomorrow night so i think i will record it! I was in bed by 12 and PTFO again!!

Sleep for 10 hours straight! Dad and i finally went to get the car! He showed me how to put water in and he drove it back home while i drove his new car. I like his car haha. Grandma and grandpa were coming over for dinner at 4 which was cool. I showed grandma how to write on peoples walls and how to send private messages.

Yesterday i got the best phone-call ever!!!! Marshalls Home Goods offered me employment!!!! Of course i fucking accepted!! I have orientation on Friday which goes from 1-9pm. I get a 1 hour dinner break as well. I will have to skip out on the Lab part of Geology but thats okay as long as i am there for the exam during the lecture.

So, a lot has happened right? I got drunk, the car overheated, partied, slept for 10 hours, and GOT A JOB!!!

[Breathes a sigh of relief] Dad is now off my back about getting a job.

ohh and Katy wants me to go and see Nightmare On Elm Street when it comes out at the end of April. I said if we could get Dj and Ilya to go so i could hold on to Dj i would love it haha but we might find other guys. This guy Mike who was at the party in Surprise offered to go and he let me hold on to him which i thought was super sweet of him! The fact that he's into Katy but wants to hang with me and will let me hold his arm in a death grip!!

Katy told me today that she was talking to Ilya last night and he said that "he doesn't know what Dj thinks about me but thinks you guys would probably be better off as friends with benefits." That kinda sucks if he's right. I would rather be in a relationship. But oh well, i've only hung with the guy once but text him quite often!

Hope you are enjoying your week!

Sunday, March 21, 2010

"Yes the rest is history"- Cruel by Dane Rumble

[insert depressing music]
Spring break is overr. :(

I know, it has flown by for me. Plus it doesn't help that it wasn't until Friday that i did something! This week has been very interesting for me. Mostly have been avoiding dad, which i know is not good. Phyllis told me Friday that i have to tell him what im thinking/feeling when he says things instead of just biting my tongue and bottling it up. I know its true but i don't want to discuss them with him!! I do that and i will cry just like i did with Phyllis Friday arvo.

Plus the whole not having a job, how many applications i put in daily etc doesn't help. I need a job!!! I had an interview Tues 9th for Blockbuster but i haven't heard anything back from them so i assume they do not want me.

Anyways.. Where to start, where to start??
I honestly have no idea. I don't know what to share. Haha.
[checking previous blogposts]
Ahh ok so lets see...

So my informative speech i did on Wednesday 10th i passed! 65/66. YES! Haha, i think they liked it. I didn't get it recorded but heres the link to the blog about it:

Plus here are 2 other blogs about some exciting adventures i had with Katy:
http://kiwiinthestates.blogspot.com/2010/03/saturday-6th-march.html - I need to edit this post to include the fact that dad and Phyllis were away for the weekend

Let me tell you about Friday arvo/night!

Katy came and picked me up when her dad got home from work and we went back to hers to chillax and all of that. Luckily i had bought clothes with me! Her dad went out to the shops so we didn't get it until around 7ish before we could leave again. At first we just drove around because we had to kill 3 hours before we headed over to her friend Josh's house for a small kickback. We got some energy drinks for the night cos neither of were planning on drinking. Rockstar was my fave over Monster.

Our plan was to head to Tempe and see who wanted to hang out for that time but.. DJ couldn't, Gabe was meeting for a group project, Justin was working, and Scott had a super stressful day so we just ended up staying in town and went over to see her friend Neal. He took us over to In & Out and bought us some fries cos thats all we wanted. During this time Katy's ex-boyf Bryan texted her telling her to stop spreading lies about him. Then he texted me to ask if i still talked to her. I mean she is my best friend so i was yes! He told me to tell her not to spread lies about him cos he's not saying shit about her. I won't share the details cos its personal and stupid. But in short she isn't saying why they broke up, she's not saying he is this.
So i told her she could drink tonight if she wanted. She did. I was DD.

After dinner, it was finally 10:30 so we were able to head over to Josh's place. I got to meet Rod, he's from Brazil and GORGEOUS!! Like HOT! And there was another chick there called Tabitha and she was a lot of fun too. We decided to watch a movie, The Italian Job, and then after 10min Katy wanted to play BP. Tabitha was her partner cos they were both drinking. The boys one 3 games plus the next 2 games they played! By this time it was almost 2am and we had to get the car home before 3!! So we decided to drop the car off get the guys to follow us then we could come back and restart the movie. I drove us to Katy's, and Rod drove us back. He had been drinking so i know it wasn't smart but there was no way i could drive his car haha. We made it back safely. Restarted the movie, me and Rod cuddled on the couch while Katy and Josh were in the recliner.
Then we all went to bed to pass out, i will point out i was sleeping in the same bed as Rod. Nothing happened. He tried to kiss me, i tried but, haha, it was not as pleasant as i was hoping it would be! After i denied him that he wouldn't cuddle with me haha. Oh well. I still think i should have tried a little hit harder and got into it cos he was hot but he just wasn't the one i wanted to cuddle and kiss. Last time i checked the time it was 6:20am. I got 3hours sleep that night! Katy got the same amount too. Josh tried to actually have sex with her and she told him no, at which point he moved to the other end of the bed.

When we were all up, to say it was a nice morning is wayyy off from the truth! It was painfully awkward!!!! I think that when Rod got up, he and Josh had a girlie convo about how they were both denied the previous night. Haha, i don't know. It just what i think. They dropped us home pretty soon after that but we did get hugs before they left.

We just pretty much chilled all day at Katy's before her dad got home and she got the car to take me home. It was a pretty fun time at Katy's cos we texted Rod all this random shit. Haha it was hilarious!! We ended up in Tempe. But did not meet up with anyone. Haha. Got home a little after 8pm.

And i did do something after i got home Sat night.... It was exciting.... I watched Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs!!!! It was on Disney channel. Tehehe. It was amazing!! I got it recorded so i was able to watch all of it at 10pm. All the while i was talking to Josh on FB chat. So all in all a pretty fucking great way to end Spring Break!!

Katy and I are pretty stoked today... ILYA GETS HOME FROM PARIS (or wherever he ended up) TODAY!!! We are gonna try and all get together at Ilya's place next Friday if he wants. I want to see DJ and Ilya but more DJ haha, and Katy wants to see Ilya so badly!!
DJ had actually asked me out on a date for last night, but i decided to postpone it until we could all hang out with which he was fine with. I wanna hang in a group environment before a date. But he asked me to a movie, and i was like.." me and you? or me, you and katy?" he said "me and you" YAY! I can't wait to freaking cuddle and kiss this guy. Haha.

Ohh and totally forgot to tell about the drama with the car! It happened after my job interview at Blockbuster. I was driving home and, its hard to explain, i started to lose power, i mean my foot was at that point on the fucking floor and i was just managing to get up to 30miles!! Scared me half to death but i made it home. Told dad, and i think he realized that i would not drive it until he got it looked at. So it went in on Friday, and from what i can remember Phyllis telling me, they took the Thermostat out and dad has to check the radiator every few days to make sure its cooling down properly. Not good!!! I hope he's not going to make me pay $500 for it cos as soon as i buy it, after i get a job, i will be saving for a new one. i will not drive that thing for long. I'll ask my step dad for $$ if i have too. Which i think i will have to do.

Katy and I have decided that we want to go to Amsterdam next Spring break. Haha, yes Amsterdam!!! We need jobs asap so we can start saving so we can do it!!

I think thats all i have to share... No doubt have missed loads of little things but whatevs. Those are the main points. :)

Planning on being lazy and hopefully getting in a nap :)

Thursday, February 18, 2010

Everything and Anything

"Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock
Jingle bells swing and jingle bells ring
Snowing and blowing up bushels of fun
Now the jingle hop has begun

Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock
Jingle bells chime in jingle bell time
Dancing and prancing in Jingle Bell Square
In the frosty air.

What a bright time, it's the right time
To rock the night away
Jingle bell time is a swell time
To go gliding in a one-horse sleigh
Giddy-up jingle horse, pick up your feet
Jingle around the clock
Mix and a-mingle in the jingling feet
That's the jingle bell rock."

Haha.. Sorry but it was so addictive to sing to and its at the start of Lethal Weapon - which is what i am watching right now.

Anywho
Time to get into writing this blogpost. I feel guilty with myself for constantly putting it off.
I did write ideas down on paper during math class this week as what i wanted to write.

Speaking of my math class... The people i sit with are very, very lameee! I mean one is this chick Sarah who i don't even know if i can explain. She has this pregnant chick who takes notes for her in class while she does other homework. I hope she fails. And this is her 2nd time taking this level of math! Its not that hard. I mean i admit to having trouble working out fractions. Then theres this guy Eric. I don't know who old he is but he is super annoying. What frustrated me even more in the last 2 weeks was that they were being absolute hippo-critical (?) of this group of girls! I admit they were being slightly catty to this chick at another table but she did bring it upon herself when she pulled out her laptop and went onto facebook. Eric and Sarah decided to be like them and gossip:
" I hope they just shut up today"
"I wonder if i would get away with bringing in waterballons" -Eric

On Monday 8th i presented my speech to my Public Speaking class. I thought it went well enough. I was right, haha, i got 61/62 :) My 'official' time was 5:59 BUT the guy who was timing me took off about 30-40seconds!! I love him haha.
Heres the link to my speech:
Lemme know what you think of it. I would love to show you the powerpoint i used cos it was pretty awesome!

So far i am still enjoying my classes! I don't mind having classes all week, its enjoyable to be out of the house every morning. Geology, for the most part, is a lot of fun. Also Psychology and public speaking are fun!! Although being awake enough at 7:30 for Psych is hard but walking over wakes me up enough.
Speaking of my Public Speaking class, hehe see my play on words, there is this super cute guy in my class. I mean i find him really cute and i have a crush on him but if i dont get to talk to him soon then i may just admire from afar. I added him on facebook and got a few replies back, he took awhile to reply so i messaged him my cell BUT haven't had a text or call from him. Kind of disappointed. I was hoping for a text. I sent the message last Friday, to be honest im not sure he has even checked facebook this week. I wrote on his wall that i thought he did pretty good on his speech Wednesday.

I didn't have any luck with those 3 job interviews i had 2 weeks ago?
I have applied at plenty more place i just still haven't caught a break yet. I wish places would call back! Get dad off my back, and i will get to buy the car. Employers want to hire people with experience but the only way for me to get experience is to be hired. Bad cycle.

Did anyone do anything special for Valentines Day? Get chocolate? or roses?
I got neither but i did get to spend the day/night with Kelsey which i consider to be even better!! We rented Penelope and Definitely, Maybe. Both were SUPER adorable! I loved Penelope more. We also watched the Olympics, did facials and Monday morning Kelsey cut my hair! Yes you read right. I finally got a haircut. Shorter than it normally would be but so nice. I wonder if my crush noticed? Hopefully.

Saturday im going hiking with Katy and i am super excited. I get to drive down to her place, i squared it with dad.
Two Sundays ago i went for a hike with Phyllis and my brothers, actually near Katy's, while dad went and looked at cars. By the time we got back from the hike, dad had bought a NEW car!!! Yes i am that much closer to getting his old car. Just need to find a job.
Here are the pics from the hike with Phyllis:

Lately i have been feeling the urge to write a story.
I need to come up with an outline and good summary.
I have an idea but im not sure which genre i want to use.
Im thinking either strictly romance, mystery, or murder.
OR combing all three genres into a romance murder mystery.
Actually, that is a great idea :-)

Yup, i think thats about all thats new with me.

Thursday, January 28, 2010

Why has this week been amazing?

This week has been pretty amazing.
I really do think/hope my luck may be changing.
Maybe I found that elusive pot of gold at the end of the rainbow?
In all honesty, this would be such a blessing if I got one of these jobs.

Today I have to call Albertsons back. The lady there, Emily, interviewed me on Monday. I came home from my morning classes to find a message on the answer phone asking if I could come in that day for an interview! Said yes of course. I think it went as well as it could have gone. I don't have any job experience so it only lasted 15min.
That same night Taco Bell called me and asked if I could come in Tuesday at 2pm for an interview. It was more like a job fair because there were, like, 10 of us waiting to be interviewed. The lady i talked to said that she wants to hire 3 people and I'd hear back from them around the weekend.
Yesterday, while in class, Wet Seal rung me and left a message asking if I could come in today at 4:30 for an interview. To say I was shocked would be utter nonsense! I had completely given up hope about those applications. Wet Seal is my favourite clothing store here in America.

Hopefully I get one of these 3 jobs. It would get dad off my back about going out and looking for job applications to fill out, and then I won't have to apply at Frys.

So wish me luck
Keep your fingers crossed
You will be the first to know if I find anything out