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I must find a place to hide, a place for me to hide...
Okay... I'm not much of a holiday person. Easter is just one of those holidays that brings back a lot of bad memories for me. It must be the whole full moon, spring equinox thing. Everything just lines up bad for me, I guess. I don't really want to go into any of it - suffice to say that I've been poisoning myself with colossal amounts of alcohol for the last three days. By the way... I apologize to anyone who sent me an e-mail recently. I've been kind o' busy. I do plan on responding. So I wasn't being a dick, or anything. Between work and play, I just haven't had time. At least the whole dizziness thing cleared up. It took about two weeks, and now, I'm happy to report that I haven't been hit with any vertigo for over a week. |
spent most of the long weekend with this guy - my new best friend...
I also might be leaving Sealy for another job. Actually, it's a job I held before. I might be going back to work for the United States Government. I scored in the top two percent on the entrance exam, and I've had my interview. I'm waiting for either a phone call or a letter now. A phone call would be some one telling me where and when to report for work. A letter would be some one writing to me to let me know my services aren't needed by Uncle Sam at this time.
Needless to say, I'm hoping for a phone call...
I know people I work with read what I write here, so...
No, it's nothing Sealy did or didn't do. It's just a better opportunity for me. It's better money, better benefits, and a much easier life.
I was heartbroken when I got laid off (because of George Bush's oil war) back in 2006. I'd always said that I would never return to Baltimore Avenue under the pretense of a temporary status. I maintained that the only way I would ever even consider returning would be unconditional permanent employment. This posting offers it. I applied for this along with one-thousand other people, and I was lucky enough to be one of a hundred interviewed for seventy-two available positions.
I scored high enough to be strongly considered. The test is everything. The interview is mainly to find out if you have some crazy-ass grudge against the government and/or to find out if you can read, write, perform basic math, and use a computer. Basically, as long as you're not smoking crack in the lobby when they come out to talk with you, you're pretty much okay.
We'll see. It's also been my experience that Uncle Sam can surprise me sometimes.
Sealy, Inc. has been very good to me, and this was one of the toughest decisions I've had to make in my life thusfar. They've placed a lot of faith in me as a lead operator, and in this economy, making the money I make working for them is a wonderful thing. So-far, Sealy's been wearing a recession-proof vest in our current economic environment, and leaving the company would actually be a pretty scary thing for me to do.
Anyway...
Another way I've been keeping busy is constructing a whole new domain to augment what I've been doing here. Damnage.net is pretty much up and running.
Photography is very important to me. It's something I do a lot of, and the volume of pictures I compose is a bit much for a blog like this one to handle. Dot net's mission is to be an online photobook/portfolio for me. Coppermine is an excellent script, and I'm using it to run the domain.
I did manage to get out today and take some pictures (after lunch at my cousin's house) with my mom. We stopped off at the Forty Fort Cemetery so that I could visit with some of my favorite subjects.
Like her:
final judgement: click above to visit damnage.net
Easter or not, it's Sunday, and another binge is done. This was a three-day ripper that ate up a huge chunk of cash and left me even more perplexed about life than when I went into it.
...petition the Lord with prayer
It's time now to kick back on the couch and watch Sunday night cartoons on Fox. Sunday is pretty much the only day of the week when I watch television. When that's done, I just bought a new Sony five-disc DVD changer that I've been putting some serious mileage on...
sony...
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