recession

Been a bit since I posted anything up here so here’s some random crap that’s happened to me in the past few weeks. Tonight i spent the evening chillin’ w/ a friend and catching up on The L Word. Um WTF?! I mean I know this show has sort of lived in fantasy land pretty much after the first season but wow has the train left the tracks here. Shane and Jenny going at it. Bette and Tina completely out of the blue deciding to adopt a baby but oh there’s a recession and both of their jobs are in jeopardy. Tasha should dump Alice for being condescending all the time. Jamie. Can we say future awkward threesome there? Kit has become retarded and a psuedo lesbo or something. Helena is chasing after the woman who was straight, sued her for sexual harassment, won millions then ran off to San Francisco to be gay. Um ok. That’s exactly how it happens. And Max…seriously. Pregnant after taking all that testosterone. Like he’s not having a mutant baby. That shit is disturbing.

Now I’d just like to say to all those watching this in the mid-west where you’ve only ever met one gay person your entire life. This is not how lesbians in LA act. Plus not everyone looks like a barbie doll. Granted there is drama but not like this and never does so much drama happen to the same person. I think you could take one characters entire storyline and spread it amongst 8 lesbians and that would probably be more accurate but would make boring TV. And not every group of lesbians all date each other, which doesn’t happen too much on L Word but just get that thought out of your head. Not perfect out here…there are the mischievous, drama inducing ones but I’ve never even heard of a female in transition getting pregnant. :/

In other real world news…I went to Vancouver last weekend and am in love. I love Canada! I had a good feeling that I would love it there because I always pick the more difficult of two options. But it feels like home there and I haven’t been to a foreign country since London, England where I really didn’t want to come back to The States. Ohhh and the Canadian dollar tanked while there so it was $.70 to the $1.00. Awesome! AND since I have more of a neutral Chicago accent people thought I was Canadian. Bonus.

Now to only find some money. I’m unemployed again but really need to find some work. I’m trying desperately not to spend any money but have failed every single day I’ve been unemployed. I need to put the credit cards away and sit my ass on my couch. Tomorrow is tax day. Yes, I do my own taxes and am quite good at it. Just another weird talent I happen to posses. BTW did I mention that the weather sucked a big one in LA while I was in Vancouver where it was beautiful and sunny. Ahhhh….Oh and I stocked up on Vancouver Olympic 2010 gear. Love it and I got most of it on sale. Ohh and we got an even bigger discount for being foreign.

Side Note: The woman who had the Octuplets needs to be shaken till she can no longer reproduce. She doesn’t have the money to pay for them and her 6 other kids. So guess who’s getting to pay for them and their millions of hospital bills? Yep, the wonderful Californian tax payers. The same ones who are getting State tax I.O.U’s. I cannot be more excited about this one. Oh and now she’s begging for money on the Internet. Nice. Get a freakin’ job! Did I mention she had a doctor sperminate her w/ 8 embryos so she could have octuplets. And her parents lost their home paying for hers and Dad is heading back to Afghanistan to work to pay for this shit. Please someone shake her til she gets a clue.

For the past few years I’ve only come home for the holidays for a week due to work. Each year I feel rushed and that I never am able to spend any time with my parents. This year I thought my job was ending right before the holidays so I booked almost a month at home. Then my job was extended which is great for my bank account but not so much for my trip. I left for home thinking it was going to be ok to work from home; esp. since most of my work is done via. Internet. Yesterday I found out this was not an option.

Here’s where I get annoyed. First my boss has been nonstop bugging me with requests but let it be known that though I was spending a decent amount of time fulfilling his demands I would not be paid unless in LA. Um….that sucks. Next, apparently some CDs have gone missing and my elephant brain has decided to fail me. Not good. Therefore I’m spending $400 to fly back a week early to find said CDs and perform other fun tasks. To be honest, most of the time I will probably be sitting in our cold offices twiddling my thumbs questioning my existence. Really, I might have an hour or two of work a day right now. It’s unbelievably frustrating!

BUT I need another job and soon so being “unreliable” is not an option. I have to be “available” in order to make a good impression in order to be considered for another job. Plus the difference between a week’s pay and the cost of the ticket isn’t horrible. AND I’m trying to be grateful I even have work. Many, and I mean many, of my friends are out of work and it’s not looking like that is going to change anytime soon. Um…recession! Love it! Mainly I’m just sad to have to leave my parents and not finish everything I wanted to accomplish here. I want my other week. I have a feeling I will not be able to have any type of vacation for the next 6 – 8 months which is daunting. Yes, I know normal ppl live those lives but normal ppl do not have to run around trying to find Revolutionary war experts to interview in the next 24 hrs at a battle site (that I only have GPS coordinates to locate it)and then clear said battle site with the National Park Service. Did I mention I booked that and three more impossible shoots in a day. Yes, that’s my average work day. Oh…and did I mention that in the past I have held a cargo plane at LAX so my giant poster comps could get on board so that they arrive in London by 9am the next day? I can get anything anywhere within 12 hrs as long as I have a limitless budget. Yes, these are the job skills you learn in La La Land. Too bad they do not translate into a normal job skills set.