So I guess this post will be part 2 of my post from yesterday.
I woke up this morning kind of like how a kid would wake up on Christmas day (to a lesser extent of course). My reticular formation really snapped me into action. I opened my eyes and instantly sat up 15 minutes before my alarm even rang, immediately grabbed my phone and called Captain Place, the captain I talked about earlier. Despite only sleeping 3 hours, I felt relatively energized. Place double checked his schedule and said it was cool for me to come in today.
Long story short, I was probably at the station for about seven hours and they didn't get a single call. Well actually the engine (the truck that has all the hoses and water) got two calls while I was out on the truck (the truck that has all the ladders and other shit). Even though I didn't get to see them help anyone, I still had a great time. I got to ride in two different fire trucks around town and got to see what firefighters do at the station. Also, it feels pretty awesome riding in a firetruck just to run errands. Everyday, they play a game which involves cards and dice to see who is cooking dinner for the night. Everyone chips in some cash and the loser goes to Costco or another grocery store and buys the groceries around lunch time. It just so happened that they had free coupons to Chipotle today too, so I got a free burrito for lunch, SWEET. It was also pretty cool just to walk around Costco with them and see how many people wave at them. One of the firefighters I was with said "The difference between us and cops is that people wave at us with all five fingers." Haha, I thought that was pretty funny. Spending the day at the fire station was definitely a great experience. I got to see the more social aspect of the job. Hopefully I can go back on Thursday and see some actual cool shit.
In other news, that neck pain I was talking about earlier has reduced drastically. I am definitely pretty happy about that. The only problem is I now naturally tilt my head to the side for some reason and apparently it bothers my parents a lot. My dad keeps pushing my head into position every 5 minutes. I also got a really strange weird haircut the other day. Apparently the lady was able to correctly see that I have no sense of style and decided to cut my hair the way she thought would look best. For some reason she didn't cut the top of my hair any shorter and just kept using those scissors that thin your hair out. So now my hair is very thin and the length of my hair varies dramatically. It is like I have a regular hair length and then I have a scarce number of other hairs that stick up far above. Don't really know how else to describe it. And me, not really knowing what's suppose to look good and what's not, didn't say anything to her about it. I thought it was cool until I came home and my mom was like what the hell? Haha.. oh well.
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
making it up as I go along
Well. I just spent about 20 minutes reading blogs of friends of friends or other people I don't know. People put a lot of personal stuff on their blogs. I guess it is kind of interesting to read what people are doing in their lives even if I don't know them.
So my dad asked me a few days ago if I would want to work in Washington (the state). He says he has a friend who is starting a business over there. It was just an idea and nothing is even close to happening yet but I kind of surprised myself when I said yes. I always thought I would want to stay in Irvine after graduation but I don't think I really do. Yes, I will miss you all and everything but I really want to go out and do new things and explore new places. I think even living in Fremont now would be kind of new. By the way, you will never guess how much firefighters make here. Starting salary is $92,000.
I have a ride along with the Fremont Fire Department tomorrow and I am very excited. It is like 5 AM and I can't fall asleep. When I went over there to ask about the necessary paperwork to get the ride along, the captain sat me down and talked to me for about 45 minutes. He talked to me for so long I kind of didn't even want to talk to him anymore. I mean he was incredibly nice and I got a better feel about his department but damn, I thought the visit would have lasted about 3 minutes. I guess it was a very pleasant surprise. I can't wait to ride in the fire truck tomorrow. Or actually.... in 4 hours.
Anyways, in other news in the life of me, I hurt my neck lifting some how. I am now unable to turn my head to the left. It is incredibly painful but I have high hopes it will get better soon. I hope tomorrow they don't ask me to do anything super physical where I will look like a bitch if my neck gets in the way. I'm pretty sure I'll be able to man it up for a day. Not to be selfish, but god I really hope there is a fire tomorrow. Maybe they will let me pull hose for them.
I have also made another life changing decision today. Haha... not really. I will most likely be deactivating my facebook account. It takes up too much of my time and I don't want potential employers to be looking at it. Especially if I am trying to get hired by a fire department (even though that will be in forever). I mean they make you log in for them and then look at all pictures, friends, etc. Also I think it will help me stay focused on my dreams and goals. I recently bought a composition notebook where I planned to write all my goals for the day or errands I wished to complete. It seemed like a great idea but I only did it for one day. Maybe I will start that up again soon. It makes you feel very accomplished at the end of the day.
Anyways, I guess this post wasn't really funny or entertaining to read. I probably wont have many of these bland posts. I try to make most entries more interesting to read. I actually kind of really like writing now. Not gonna lie... hahaha.
So my dad asked me a few days ago if I would want to work in Washington (the state). He says he has a friend who is starting a business over there. It was just an idea and nothing is even close to happening yet but I kind of surprised myself when I said yes. I always thought I would want to stay in Irvine after graduation but I don't think I really do. Yes, I will miss you all and everything but I really want to go out and do new things and explore new places. I think even living in Fremont now would be kind of new. By the way, you will never guess how much firefighters make here. Starting salary is $92,000.
I have a ride along with the Fremont Fire Department tomorrow and I am very excited. It is like 5 AM and I can't fall asleep. When I went over there to ask about the necessary paperwork to get the ride along, the captain sat me down and talked to me for about 45 minutes. He talked to me for so long I kind of didn't even want to talk to him anymore. I mean he was incredibly nice and I got a better feel about his department but damn, I thought the visit would have lasted about 3 minutes. I guess it was a very pleasant surprise. I can't wait to ride in the fire truck tomorrow. Or actually.... in 4 hours.
Anyways, in other news in the life of me, I hurt my neck lifting some how. I am now unable to turn my head to the left. It is incredibly painful but I have high hopes it will get better soon. I hope tomorrow they don't ask me to do anything super physical where I will look like a bitch if my neck gets in the way. I'm pretty sure I'll be able to man it up for a day. Not to be selfish, but god I really hope there is a fire tomorrow. Maybe they will let me pull hose for them.
I have also made another life changing decision today. Haha... not really. I will most likely be deactivating my facebook account. It takes up too much of my time and I don't want potential employers to be looking at it. Especially if I am trying to get hired by a fire department (even though that will be in forever). I mean they make you log in for them and then look at all pictures, friends, etc. Also I think it will help me stay focused on my dreams and goals. I recently bought a composition notebook where I planned to write all my goals for the day or errands I wished to complete. It seemed like a great idea but I only did it for one day. Maybe I will start that up again soon. It makes you feel very accomplished at the end of the day.
Anyways, I guess this post wasn't really funny or entertaining to read. I probably wont have many of these bland posts. I try to make most entries more interesting to read. I actually kind of really like writing now. Not gonna lie... hahaha.
Monday, August 10, 2009
un-productivity
So I realized an easy way to increase my productivity yesterday. It came to me while I was lying in bed unable to fall asleep since I slept at 6 am the night before (doing nothing). Oops, I didn't mean to confuse you when I said I found a way to increase my productivity; it is more like I found a way to decrease the amount of time I waste. So in the past I have tried numerous ways to stop myself from wasting time, such as not going online every other day or not going online before 10pm or other ideas which involved not going online that didn't work. Between facebook, youtube, surfthechannel, wikipedia, google, aim and porn, I can easily waste many hours on my laptop accomplishing nothing that is really in the best interest of my long term future.
Almost all of the time I spend in my room, I spend lying flat on my bed, face up with my laptop resting on my chin while typing with my 4 fingers and balancing the laptop with my thumbs.
I know it sounds a little complicated but I have already concluded, after much testing, that it is the most comfortable way to watch youtube videos. So anyways the bright idea I came up with was this: don't use your laptop when you're on your bed. YES, I am a genius. It's actually worked pretty well for the 1 day I've used it. Pretty much whenever I am bored I tend to naturally grab my laptop without thinking, open it and log into facebook or aim or whatever. And usually when I am really bored on my computer, I instant message people on aim or facebook chat who I rarely talk to and try to force a conversation. Usually it is entertaining for about five minutes until we run out of things to talk about and then I remember why I rarely talk to that person. By the way if I have randomly messaged you recently, this does not mean I do not like talking to you. But by being forced out of bed in order to use my laptop, it cuts down internet usage a good percentage, maybe up to 50% even!
So on another note, I almost finally got a job tutoring an SAT1 math class. I just had my second interview today where I had to pretend to teach a 30 year old Chinese lady how to do algebra problems while she graded me on my teaching skills. I was kind of nervous but I think it went relatively well. I don't want to get too excited just in case I don't get hired. I tend to have the problem where I count my chickens before they hatch. I was planning to have made over a thousand dollars in the month of July from that Korean summer camp job but look how that turned out. I was telling my dad I was going to be paying my own rent from now on and everything too. Ha, I haven't even received my check for those three short days I worked yet. I ended up losing money at that job. Damn, kids! Anyways, hopefully I will get this job and will be less financially reliant on good ol' dad. I am also very happy that this place is a Chinese place and not a Korean place. There's no question people are nicer to their own kind. I remember when the new boss man called me for an interview, I was having a hard time discriminating whether his accent was Korean or Chinese. His last name was also Chu, not exactly a predominately Chinese or Korean name. And when I was sitting in the lobby waiting for him to show up for the interview, I couldn't tell if the kids around me were Chinese or Korean either. I frantically looked around and THANK GOD! I saw a paper with some Chinese on it. Not that I don't like being called Aur-burt all day, but I am particularly good at sucking up to Chinese parents. Actually I am very good; it might even be one of my top 5 skills. (Yes, I don't have many great skills). Anyways I am still looking for more hours to work if people are willing to hire me though, maybe something that is more related to my major. If anyone knows anyone... you know who to tell.
(me)
Almost all of the time I spend in my room, I spend lying flat on my bed, face up with my laptop resting on my chin while typing with my 4 fingers and balancing the laptop with my thumbs.
I know it sounds a little complicated but I have already concluded, after much testing, that it is the most comfortable way to watch youtube videos. So anyways the bright idea I came up with was this: don't use your laptop when you're on your bed. YES, I am a genius. It's actually worked pretty well for the 1 day I've used it. Pretty much whenever I am bored I tend to naturally grab my laptop without thinking, open it and log into facebook or aim or whatever. And usually when I am really bored on my computer, I instant message people on aim or facebook chat who I rarely talk to and try to force a conversation. Usually it is entertaining for about five minutes until we run out of things to talk about and then I remember why I rarely talk to that person. By the way if I have randomly messaged you recently, this does not mean I do not like talking to you. But by being forced out of bed in order to use my laptop, it cuts down internet usage a good percentage, maybe up to 50% even!
So on another note, I almost finally got a job tutoring an SAT1 math class. I just had my second interview today where I had to pretend to teach a 30 year old Chinese lady how to do algebra problems while she graded me on my teaching skills. I was kind of nervous but I think it went relatively well. I don't want to get too excited just in case I don't get hired. I tend to have the problem where I count my chickens before they hatch. I was planning to have made over a thousand dollars in the month of July from that Korean summer camp job but look how that turned out. I was telling my dad I was going to be paying my own rent from now on and everything too. Ha, I haven't even received my check for those three short days I worked yet. I ended up losing money at that job. Damn, kids! Anyways, hopefully I will get this job and will be less financially reliant on good ol' dad. I am also very happy that this place is a Chinese place and not a Korean place. There's no question people are nicer to their own kind. I remember when the new boss man called me for an interview, I was having a hard time discriminating whether his accent was Korean or Chinese. His last name was also Chu, not exactly a predominately Chinese or Korean name. And when I was sitting in the lobby waiting for him to show up for the interview, I couldn't tell if the kids around me were Chinese or Korean either. I frantically looked around and THANK GOD! I saw a paper with some Chinese on it. Not that I don't like being called Aur-burt all day, but I am particularly good at sucking up to Chinese parents. Actually I am very good; it might even be one of my top 5 skills. (Yes, I don't have many great skills). Anyways I am still looking for more hours to work if people are willing to hire me though, maybe something that is more related to my major. If anyone knows anyone... you know who to tell.
(me)
Sunday, August 2, 2009
soliciting
So on my quest to find a new part time job, I came across a posting on Craigslist which was titled "LOVE YOUR JOB AGAIN!" Wow. It looked very intriguing. It was posted by a chiropractic firm that was looking for more customers. Basically the job description was noted as a marketing job where you would go out to places around Irvine and get people to fill out surveys and give them a coupon for a free session and massage or something. Anyways, I went to the interview which pretty much was just me sitting there with 3 or 4 other young people and one really annoying old woman listening to the doctor give us a deeper description of the job. As he described it further (with many many suck-up comment interruptions from the old woman) the job sounded more and more like soliciting. At the end of his speech, the doctor basically said that it was actually a working interview, and now he wanted us to all go out and solicit for an hour and he will pay us for the hour when we return. Then the old woman asked some more ass kissing questions and we each got a stack of gift certificates and left. The gift certificates have a tear off section where the person is suppose to write down their name and number so I can call them later and harass them to come in for the free session.
Anyways, the whole time I was listening to this job description I was thinking to myself "Wow, I'm probably going to be really good at this" and "Wow, I am probably going to get hired and that old lady isn't" and "Wow, this lady is really fucking old." I based these thoughts on the fact that I have spent my last three years in college rushing people for LTD's and I have gotten pretty damn good at it. I have also mastered the art of flyering and faking interest in people I talk to. This job is going to be pretty much the same thing.
After I got the gift certificates and left the chiropractic office, I debated on whether or not I should do this job legitimately. I figured since I almost never do anything legitimately, I would try it for once. So I went over to The District in my dress shirt and tie and stood outside Target holding large neon green coupons. Immediately I realized I had a problem. Talking to Asian kids about joining a fraternity is nothing like talking to middle age white women about getting a free chiropractic massage. I'm not even that great at talking to white people my age, let alone old white people.
So I was standing awkwardly outside Target in my shirt and tie (while sweating), trying to convince people to give me their phone number in return for a free massage coupon. Needless to say, I was very nervous. I probably let a pretty good amount of people pass by before I was able to even open my mouth, and all I was able to say to these two older women was "Hello! How are you!" They said hello back and walked past. YES! Improvement! After about 15 more minutes of letting people pass by me without talking to them, I concluded that this is a really stupid job and went home. During that time span, I was able to give out one coupon without getting her number and got rejected once. On the drive home I was feeling kind of down because I realized I actually suck at talking to strangers which was something I thought I was relatively good at. I didn't even go back to the chiropractic office to get my money since I was embarrassed I didn't get any numbers. So I only slept for 4 hours that night, wasted about 2 hours on the interview and sweated a lot in my only good dress shirt (which I don't wash often), just so I could find out that I suck at talking to strangers. Not the best morning to have.
But then I took a nap realized I will probably never have to get a stranger's number in exchange for a free chiropractic message coupon ever in my life again. So its cool.
HAGS
Anyways, the whole time I was listening to this job description I was thinking to myself "Wow, I'm probably going to be really good at this" and "Wow, I am probably going to get hired and that old lady isn't" and "Wow, this lady is really fucking old." I based these thoughts on the fact that I have spent my last three years in college rushing people for LTD's and I have gotten pretty damn good at it. I have also mastered the art of flyering and faking interest in people I talk to. This job is going to be pretty much the same thing.
After I got the gift certificates and left the chiropractic office, I debated on whether or not I should do this job legitimately. I figured since I almost never do anything legitimately, I would try it for once. So I went over to The District in my dress shirt and tie and stood outside Target holding large neon green coupons. Immediately I realized I had a problem. Talking to Asian kids about joining a fraternity is nothing like talking to middle age white women about getting a free chiropractic massage. I'm not even that great at talking to white people my age, let alone old white people.
So I was standing awkwardly outside Target in my shirt and tie (while sweating), trying to convince people to give me their phone number in return for a free massage coupon. Needless to say, I was very nervous. I probably let a pretty good amount of people pass by before I was able to even open my mouth, and all I was able to say to these two older women was "Hello! How are you!" They said hello back and walked past. YES! Improvement! After about 15 more minutes of letting people pass by me without talking to them, I concluded that this is a really stupid job and went home. During that time span, I was able to give out one coupon without getting her number and got rejected once. On the drive home I was feeling kind of down because I realized I actually suck at talking to strangers which was something I thought I was relatively good at. I didn't even go back to the chiropractic office to get my money since I was embarrassed I didn't get any numbers. So I only slept for 4 hours that night, wasted about 2 hours on the interview and sweated a lot in my only good dress shirt (which I don't wash often), just so I could find out that I suck at talking to strangers. Not the best morning to have.
But then I took a nap realized I will probably never have to get a stranger's number in exchange for a free chiropractic message coupon ever in my life again. So its cool.
HAGS
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