YOB HUNT [2]

Unemployment is ridiculously frustrating, especially around the holidays. I filled out two applications for two different Starbucks locations, as well as two different applications for AMC 24 (Palm Promenade), and AMC 14 (Plaza Bonita). Game Stop apparently does not want me, so I don’t know whether or not to give up hope on that. I still have the filled out applications to the Las Americas Game Stop, as well as the National City Game Stop. I’d still love to work at a Game Stop… just imagine the discount I’d get on video games… I haven’t really gotten the chance to build my video game collection since I got my Wii. I still ONLY have Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles and Resident Evil 4.

All the really good places I want to work at hire at 18… and I’m only a month and a few days away from that. Borders is one of my new dream jobs. The Disney Store says they’ll take me back for the last month of the winter season -after I turn 18, but that’s not going to cut it for me in the next 8 months-or-so, until I go to college… wherever that may be. Sea World would be pretty cool to work at too… but my mom wants me to wait until I’m 18 if I want to work there, so I can trolley it back and forth… getting a car would be wonderful, but wishful thinking at that. (Speaking of, I should actually try studying for my permit test so I can get my damn license. Driving illegally for 2+ years is getting lame.) If I could get a legit job at Sea World with good hours and pay, then I’d definitely take that up. Alas, the waiting period to turn legal.

YOB HUNT

I don’t know why, but I woke up around 5AM and could not go back to sleep. I went back and forth between lying in bed listening to music, to Myspace in the computer room. Had 3 hour-ish phone talk, the longest it’s been in a while, which made me happy, even though most of the conversation was spent talking about Mobsters, lol. & I can’t believe… more or less 5 months.

After phone talk I busted out the white pages in hopes of finding some local places that would hire poor little unemployed, under-aged me. Most of the places I tried were either not hiring, or only hired at age 18 and up. I applied online for Game Crazy in Chula Vista, and when I drove my mom to Mervyn’s I applied on one of the computers at customer services. I didn’t even know they opened a new Game Stop on Saturn, but there it was… calling out to me. I was really psyched too, since the Game Stop on Palm had said they already finished hiring for the holidays. I walked in and talked with one of the employees… her name was Joelyn or something like that. She complimented my Gwen Stefani purse as soon as I walked up to her, lol; then she complimented my earrings, and then my sunglasses. We had small talk about how I got laid off at the Disney Store and stuff, and she gave me an application. She said that I shouldn’t keep my hopes too high or rely on just that store, since they already had a butt-load of applications, but I’m really hoping I get the job. I’d love working in a video game store… it’s hella nerdy, but come on, LOOK AT ME.

I was also thinking about applying at Starbucks, just not the one on Palm, because I’d hate to serve the little pukes I go to school with. AMC is also on my list of places I’d like to attempt applying at. As a last resort, I’ll apply at Levi or Nike, but for now I want to milk out all of my other options, because I want to work somewhere I love.

When I got home, I walked to Luzita’s and bought a California burrito ($4.09) and got an Arizona from Northgate, which was only $0.85(?!?!!!) Awesome. James Franco was there, but I didn’t go to his line since it was way too busy anyways. I weakly dragged myself home in the damn heat, and watched Maury… then I knocked out for 4 hours… a lovely, food coma/sleep deprivation induced nap. It was nice.

(By the way, I can’t get over how good I smell right now… thanks to Herbal Essences Long Term Relationship raspberry shampoo and that new orchid body spray from Bath & Body Works.)

SNAKES ON A TERRACE!?

I don’t really remember yesterday morning all too well, other than the fact that it becan with a wake-up call, like usual, and that is always nice. I think I went back to sleep and woke up around noon, only to find that the house was mine because my parents went to the store.

Played video games until my parents got back, picked up my $50ish paycheck at work, then drove to Party City in hopes of getting a job application… they hire at 18, dammit. I’m borderline legal, c’mon now! I can totally handle the chaos of Halloween season at Party City. IF ONLY I WAS LEGAL. Hmm, maybe next year I’ll apply at Party City to get extra money around that time.

When I got home, I played video games until Josalle got to mi casa, with pizza! We watched Snakes on a Plane, LOLing at all the ridiculous acting and decision-making that went on in the movie. We still had a couple hours to kill before Lakeview Terrace started, so we brainstormed up a bunch of movies and actors to have for “successful black men movie nights.” You wouldn’t BELIEVE the long list we had, not to mention sub-lists of “successful Asian men movie nights” (Jackie Chan & Jet Li) and other miscellaneous actors, like John Travolta, Nicolas Cage, and John Cusack. We ALSO made up a list of music from “successful Latino men,” like Enrique Iglesias and Ricky Martin; and music from  “successful black men,” like R. Kelly and Will Smith.

We finally left around 7, because Josalle’s dad wanted to meet up by Bank Of America to give her a coupon to something. He left me in complete smiles after meeting him! “Don’t get played. There are bad guys at the movies.” LOL. We both freaked the hell out when we saw that Eagle Eye was playing at the drive-in, and we almost watched that… it was really almost too close to call, but we stuck with the original plan of seeing Lakeview Terrace. Just as it was about to start, Josalle realized that we were parked at the wrong screen when Bangkok Dangerous started playing. She busted a Fast and the Furious and got us parked at the right screen, with the popcorn knocking over on the way there, lol. We were perfectly situated where I could see Bangkok Dangerous perfectly from the sideview mirror, and Eagle Eye perfectly from my left eye periphs.

The movie started out kind of slow, but things really began to pick up after about 45 minutes in, and OMG, Samuel L. Jackson is teh shit! There was a really good twist at the end, which seriously had my heart racing, lol! Lakeview Terrace was most definitely a good way to pop my drive-in movie virginity. Next week we plan on seeing Eagle Eye, a way to end fall break ‘91 on a really good note

ROUND ONE

Okay, let’s give this a try… I haven’t really dedicated myself to a blog in almost 2 years.

Today was pretty good; had the usual wake-up call around 6AMish, then went back to sleep. Jiao, Kim & Ruben came over and we got hella hella competitive while playing Mario Kart. Made a quick trip to Northgate so we can stare at the gorgeous James Franco look-alike. After about an hour of pacing up and down the aisles, Jiao decided to buy us a full gallon of sherbet ice cream :9

Victoria came over a little after we got back to my house, we were in the middle of another Mario Kart game before taking another ice cream break. The delicious push-pop ice cream seriously reminded me of childhood, as Kim pointed out. It was really nice to cool off with during the whack post-summer heat we get every year, and this year is no different. We played more video games, then made a trip to Luzita’s so Ruben & Jiao could get something to eat. After Luzita’s we stopped by Factory2U, where they had those cute, slutty red heels I had my eyes on the last time I went there with 007. It was only $1.99! I didn’t buy them though…

Played more video games at home, everyone saw just how excited I get while playing Resident Evil 4, hahaha. Watched 2 episodes of Maury (paternity tests & out of control teens) and played a few more rounds of RE4: Mercenaries. Everyone left & I gave James a call -he was in the middle of something, so I took a quick shower and checked Myspace, only to find that I got pwned in Mobsters. Mobsters is terribly pointless, but really amusing. I don’t know why. Anyways, James called back after having some difficulty with my whack phone and we talked for about 30 minutes. Both of us are really anxious to see each other- hopefully he’ll be back home by February or March. We need to work on a list of things to do for when he comes home. So far, I’ve got: play mini golf, have “sleepovers,” and watch Teeth.

Brad, Jiao & Hitler called me to see if I wanted to go bowling, but there was no way my mom would have let me go… at 10 PM?! Come on now, haha. As much as I would have liked to, I know I wouldn’t have been able to. I haven’t been bowling since this past summer with my cousins… and I totally won that game… with bumper guards on the gutters. I wonder how well I’d do without those…