Please excuse me while I rant for a little while about the unemployment benefit system we have here.
How come every one I know is on unemployment?
How come said people aren't even looking for jobs?
I don't bust my ass at work every single day to pay someone else to sit home and play video games, smoke weed, whatever the case may be. I know people that just stopped showing up for work, got fired (NOT laid off) or whatever. I know for a fact as I've seen first hand 2 of my friedns just living off the government and not doing anything to find a new job. Only one of my friends who is on it, truly needs to be. He's a sick guy and can't really work, and he's waiting for disability to go through.
I just get so frustrated. People are using school as an excuse for not working. I worked through college. Sometimes full time, sometimes part time. And when I didn't work at all during school, I didn't expect the government to hand me a check because I chose not to work. I somehow still graduated.
How can we screen this better? I don't think it's right. People should be given the motivation to get out and work, not an easy check.
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Monday, September 7, 2009
How things have changed....
So, yeah. My last post was about my grandparents getting old and what not. That Saturday in Omaha, my grandmother was rushed to the hospital, right as the chicken tetrazzini dish was coming out of the oven.
After lots of tests and what not, they found out she was bleeding internally, due to colon cancer. 82 years old, and diagnosed with cancer. Life fucking sucks. So she sees her oncologist this coming Tuesday, where they will figure out their plan of attack via chemo.
In other news, I got the job at WPLJ. Yep, you are reading the blog of a paid promotions assistant. no more working for free for me! Things are going excellent over there. It's a lot of work, it's time consuming, it's pretty much the best job I could ask for right now. The people are great, the job isn't the same thing every day. I get bored easily so this is a good thing. Lots of travel and I love it.
'Tis all for now, blog readers. (are there any?)
After lots of tests and what not, they found out she was bleeding internally, due to colon cancer. 82 years old, and diagnosed with cancer. Life fucking sucks. So she sees her oncologist this coming Tuesday, where they will figure out their plan of attack via chemo.
In other news, I got the job at WPLJ. Yep, you are reading the blog of a paid promotions assistant. no more working for free for me! Things are going excellent over there. It's a lot of work, it's time consuming, it's pretty much the best job I could ask for right now. The people are great, the job isn't the same thing every day. I get bored easily so this is a good thing. Lots of travel and I love it.
'Tis all for now, blog readers. (are there any?)
Friday, August 14, 2009
Omaha
I am currently blogging from Omaha, Nebraska. Take it easy over there, it's not that exciting.
It's a lovely place, really. I mean it. OK, you caught me, its exactly as appealing as it sounds. Although I do like exploring the place where musicians Conor Oberst and Elliott Smith hail from. Knowing that I'm looking at the surroundings that also surrounded them when they wrote their earliest material is humbling. I definitely want to check out Homer's before I go. That's an indy record store, and it seems pretty cool.
I arrived yesterday morning, haven't done much of anything exciting. Execpt, of course, a trip to the emergency medical center this afternoon. But I won't bore you with that mediocre story.
The main reason my mother and I come out here is to visit my grandparents. They're aging quicker and quicker. I come to this realization when I walk into their apartment every time I arrive. Hell, I can't take it. I love them a lot, and although they are very far away and were never a big part of my life, they mean a lot to me. My grandmother just had knee replacement surgery and although she's recovering quite well, I still get the feeling something is up. I don't know.
My other family out here is great, I get to see my two cousins and their children. I have three aunts out here as well. It's nice to be able to go to one place and visit everyone. That is, of course, until the family drama ensues. But that's normal with every family I suppose. Tonights the big family dinner, and before it even happened theres been some issue and one aunt isn't going. C'est la vie.
Still on the job hunt. Just graduated college and I'm working at Blockbuster Media, (yes, that's right, it's changed from Blockbuster Video to Blockbuster Media.) Not exactly the post-grad job I wanted but it's paying the bills. I really wanted to work at the radio station I interned with, but that didn't work out just yet. I'm keeping my fingers crossed, though. And you should too. Why? Because I said so.
Well, blogger, that's about all I have. I'll probably update again, because this place doesn't leave me with much else to do.
The weekend is almost here and hopefully when it arrives it will bring fun things with it.
It's a lovely place, really. I mean it. OK, you caught me, its exactly as appealing as it sounds. Although I do like exploring the place where musicians Conor Oberst and Elliott Smith hail from. Knowing that I'm looking at the surroundings that also surrounded them when they wrote their earliest material is humbling. I definitely want to check out Homer's before I go. That's an indy record store, and it seems pretty cool.
I arrived yesterday morning, haven't done much of anything exciting. Execpt, of course, a trip to the emergency medical center this afternoon. But I won't bore you with that mediocre story.
The main reason my mother and I come out here is to visit my grandparents. They're aging quicker and quicker. I come to this realization when I walk into their apartment every time I arrive. Hell, I can't take it. I love them a lot, and although they are very far away and were never a big part of my life, they mean a lot to me. My grandmother just had knee replacement surgery and although she's recovering quite well, I still get the feeling something is up. I don't know.
My other family out here is great, I get to see my two cousins and their children. I have three aunts out here as well. It's nice to be able to go to one place and visit everyone. That is, of course, until the family drama ensues. But that's normal with every family I suppose. Tonights the big family dinner, and before it even happened theres been some issue and one aunt isn't going. C'est la vie.
Still on the job hunt. Just graduated college and I'm working at Blockbuster Media, (yes, that's right, it's changed from Blockbuster Video to Blockbuster Media.) Not exactly the post-grad job I wanted but it's paying the bills. I really wanted to work at the radio station I interned with, but that didn't work out just yet. I'm keeping my fingers crossed, though. And you should too. Why? Because I said so.
Well, blogger, that's about all I have. I'll probably update again, because this place doesn't leave me with much else to do.
The weekend is almost here and hopefully when it arrives it will bring fun things with it.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Brief Update-
So, to the right of this post, and subsequent newer posts, is a widget. What's a widget, you ask? Check it out here. Anyway, J.C. is a friend of mine, and is trying to get a recording contract. He's a nice guy, and very talented so if you could give him a listen, and even possibly add his widget to your blog, MySpace, or even Facebook, that would be super.
In other music news, I saw Dave Matthews Band play at the Beacon Theater on Monday. What a phenomenal show. I am very grateful to have been provided the opportunity to go. Also, with my internship, I'm going to be working The Today Show, where DMB will also be playing. I gotta represent and get PLJ on TV!
In other music news, I saw Dave Matthews Band play at the Beacon Theater on Monday. What a phenomenal show. I am very grateful to have been provided the opportunity to go. Also, with my internship, I'm going to be working The Today Show, where DMB will also be playing. I gotta represent and get PLJ on TV!
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
This is our decision to live fast and die young.
I suppose it's become pretty evident I've neglected my blog. Sorry, blog. Now that I'm all graduated and all of that, I'm back in business for the summer.
Lot's have happened since I last updated. I started interning at 95.5 WPLJ again. It's been awesome. I'm trying to get as much out of it as I can. I can tell it's going to be one hell of a summer. So far, I've done a lot of work mailing out tickets, going to street events (go PLJ VAN!), and a whole bunch of other fun stuff.
A plane disappeared mid-flight, pretty wild. Maybe they should check an island in the South Pacific.
All jokes aside, I really want to know what happened. I can only hope for the best for those on board and their families.
Post graduation is a weird state of being. I'm nervous because after this internship, I have nothing to go to, except shift work at ShopRite. This summer is dedicated to job hunting.
And fun. Lots of fun.
Lot's have happened since I last updated. I started interning at 95.5 WPLJ again. It's been awesome. I'm trying to get as much out of it as I can. I can tell it's going to be one hell of a summer. So far, I've done a lot of work mailing out tickets, going to street events (go PLJ VAN!), and a whole bunch of other fun stuff.
A plane disappeared mid-flight, pretty wild. Maybe they should check an island in the South Pacific.
All jokes aside, I really want to know what happened. I can only hope for the best for those on board and their families.
Post graduation is a weird state of being. I'm nervous because after this internship, I have nothing to go to, except shift work at ShopRite. This summer is dedicated to job hunting.
And fun. Lots of fun.
Friday, March 20, 2009
As a senior graduating college with a Journalism degree, it's about damn time I get a blog.
The class of 2009. Quite possibly the worst time to be graduating. Who knows, maybe the class of '08 had it worse because they didn't know what was going to follow in the fall. Either way, I'm graduating this May, in an economic crisis. Not to mention as a journalism major. Breaking into a dying work force, in a recession. For some reason I don't feel as scared as I should be. Or at least as my peers. I know I'm going to have to work exponentially harder than say, the class of 1999 to get into the work force, but I'm accepting the challenge. There's something out there for me. I hope.
What comes after college, is what I am afraid of. Where will I live? Who will it be with, if anyone? I have moved past the point of relying on friends to my make own plans because that just doesn't make sense.
Not to mention I'm losing my health insurance after I graduate, and I have the ever-so-dreaded-by-new-insurance-companies "pre-existing condition." Just an eye problem that's going to need attention. I will cross that bridge when I come to it, I suppose.
How's that for an intro post?
The class of 2009. Quite possibly the worst time to be graduating. Who knows, maybe the class of '08 had it worse because they didn't know what was going to follow in the fall. Either way, I'm graduating this May, in an economic crisis. Not to mention as a journalism major. Breaking into a dying work force, in a recession. For some reason I don't feel as scared as I should be. Or at least as my peers. I know I'm going to have to work exponentially harder than say, the class of 1999 to get into the work force, but I'm accepting the challenge. There's something out there for me. I hope.
What comes after college, is what I am afraid of. Where will I live? Who will it be with, if anyone? I have moved past the point of relying on friends to my make own plans because that just doesn't make sense.
Not to mention I'm losing my health insurance after I graduate, and I have the ever-so-dreaded-by-new-insurance-companies "pre-existing condition." Just an eye problem that's going to need attention. I will cross that bridge when I come to it, I suppose.
How's that for an intro post?
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