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Happy August

Friday, August 1st, 2008

While it’s only about 1:30 in the morning, it’s officially August.  July went by rather quickly.  I’m still in New York, I’m still searching for a job and I’m still working on straightening out my head so I can figure out exactly what I’m going to do with my life.  Numerous family members are sick, and while Sean and I have been at my father’s house this entire time, my father doesn’t seem bothered by the fact that we’ve both been here for as long as we have.  We’re hoping to figure things out as soon as possible but of course that requires some kind of a call-back from any of the positions I’ve applied for.

Today was pretty busy for me.  I put in a lot of applications and I spent about six hours (straight – no breaks) working on an account for a client.  I want to get everything accomplished with them over the course of the next few days so I can begin putting the finishing touches on things – mainly because right now I’m in the process of converting screen shots to code, it’s time consuming but I’ve half-assed a few things here and there just to get it done.  The finalization of things will look much better, it’s just a matter of changing some CSS attributes around so there’s a better flow with the template.  Right now it looks very pasted together, but the cosmetics aren’t the hard part it’s the conversions.  I’m moving along nicely though so I’m sure I’ll be done sooner than I think.

I have a few pending projects as well.  I need to renew this domain name so any money that shoots into Paypal over the course of the next couple of days will go right to that.  I’m also still working on loading everything to the new AGn Solutions database, it’s all automated but it’s the matter of getting my older clients worked into the billing area.  Time consuming but worth it in the end.

In any event, guess I should wrap up for the night and head to sleep.  I’ve been up for about 15 hours now so it’s definitely time to crash.

STILL waiting

Saturday, July 26th, 2008

I’m still waiting to hear from just about anyone at this point.  I had the chance to look over the application I submitted to the hospital and I’m starting to feel as though they aren’t even going to give me the time of day.  I didn’t see the small print during the application process (mainly because it was listed as recently updated) but they want someone with two years of experience in the medical field.

My issue is the fact that a family member of mine basically did the same job – starting back in the 80’s and working 20 years with them.  They had no prior experience so naturally I’m going to hope that they let that slide with me too.  The starting salary for them is about $40,000.  That’s all I need to get by, so hopefully something sticks.

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Storms a Brewin

Friday, February 1st, 2008

I just got back from my interview.  It seemed to go well but I’m not going to look too far into it.  As of right now I’m unsure of whether or not they see my design business as a conflict of interest.  I can understand their concern but at the same time, anyone who knows me knows that I put 100% into everything I do and considering this would be a full-time position I will more than likely completely walk away from freelancing.  Right now it’s repeat clients and it’s never really anything “big” it’s simple updates like uploading a new profile image or updating an email address.  There’s really nothing big going on with it, so trying to keep it above water isn’t worth it to me anymore.

After I met with the I.T. guy and filled out my application I headed through the maze (this office is pretty cool) and out the front door to wake Sean up and told him to start driving it’s time to leave.  I wasn’t expecting to be in there for as long as I was but I’m also not sure if that was a good or a bad thing either.  Either way we stopped at Starbucks and the book store next to it and I refueled because my coffee/nicotine buzz from this morning was wearing off.

I took over driving when we left the store and headed down to the beach.  With the way the wind was coming in this afternoon it was no surprise to me that 20ft. waves were crashing along the shore and putting most of the beach under water.  I love seeing sights like that but it’s chilly enough that I couldn’t stay long (no jacket).  And so much for doing my hair today because that frizzed out the second the humidity hit it today.  So much for Biosilk.

Right now it’s pretty windy and according to my Weather Bug with Firefox there’s a Thunderstorm outside.  I don’t really see anything but I also have my iPod on pretty loud so of course that doesn’t help.  Music seems to be the only way I can concentrate lately.

Filled with Excitement

Sunday, January 27th, 2008

On Friday I have an interview with one of the companies I’ve applied for.  I’ve been searching for design and marketing jobs for quite some time now and was very surprised when I found a company that’s located not even 10 minutes away from me and they’re looking for a web designer.  I’m hoping it works out well for me but if it doesn’t I guess I’m going back into the wonderful world of retail.  I’m hoping that’s not the case, but who knows what the future holds for me.

With that news aside…I need some coffee, I’m really lagging today.  I had a pretty late night getting my portfolio together and running on only a few hours of sleep really isn’t the best thing when you’re looking at a computer all day.