Obama and Twilight Mania

so far I've had zero luck with my job leads! I'm beginning to panic a little. oh well at least panic mode keeps me on my toes. better than to just submit to being unemployed!

also, with so much time on hand I've come to realize America has not only been hit by bad economic times, but the Obama and twilight mania as well!

I'm all for Obama, i hope he carries through with his word on change and brings America back to stable economy, tolerance and acceptance of new cultures, traditions and religion. after all that was the dream behind making this great nation. a nation for the people by the people. and no where is it said people have to be a certain ethnicity or religion to be part of this big dream world.

so yea go Obama! but i don't know about all the gracing magazine cover bit.I mean instead of publicity stunts lets walk the walk, not just talk the talk!

and there's twilight. sure the kids are talented, and the make up artists do a great job of making them look great too. and are people confusing the characters of the book with real life! yes but so what1 it happened with harry potter too. movies is a business and the more the stars generate interest and more the cults follow the movie only then will sequels and trilogy movies make money. after all, whats the point of investing and spending millions when you are not going to make even more millions!

sorry don't normally go on such tangents... and oh yea Justin Timberlake has been voted sexiest man by GQ! well about time GQ realized that, the world knew Justin brought sexy back for quiet some time now!

random rambling

so i just started blogging. still pretty new to it. but I'm curious do blogger blog daily?
i mean there are trivialities of life we like to discuss and too often don't in fear of not being interesting enough to popular consensus.

i personally hold many fascinating conversations in my head but i doubt people will find them that fascinating.maybe its a lack of confidence on my end.

well at least the snow is finally melting. i love seeing the green grass under the winter white snow. makes me happy to know summer, and barbecues and lake activities are just around the corner :)

personally, i cant cook worth a damn! but my husband now he can cook. About all I'm good at is making dessert, maybe its because that's the one part of the meal I do look forward to.

recruiter from hell!

So I finally got in touch with all my recruiters. and got in contact with a few new ones. and all goes well till i meet this recruiter who is really feisty and trying to get me to apply for a job i don't want. now i know beggars can't be choosers but seriously! imagine Rocky intimidating you to apply for a job and little me (teeny tiny me) holding my ground saying "i don't think so.."

well this went on for ages until i finally manned up and said
"look i can be picky. I know what my skill set is worth. so do you have other job opportunities?"
now Rocky looks really mad (I'm sure he will pound the table or me, maybe I should save my coach bag?)
but Rocky surprises me by saying and not fist pounding "no that's all I got, recruiters have it tough too with all these job freezes."

Aah.. so i get it.. Rocky is saving his ass by throwing me into a thankless situation which I will end up in anyway but this time no paycheck to ease the pain!..

Well "NO thank you Rocky!" is all i have to say... I pick my coach bag up before it really gets pounded and looses its boxy shape. internally I'm thinking "douche bag much!"

Well Rocky isn't finished he's telling me how I got to cut my salary needs. and jump at what ever bone he throws. Well news flash Rocky, I need my salary it pays bills. So, i take a deep breath and say to him " Well when you have a job that matches my skill set and salary range please do get in touch. "

Maybe I should write in qualifications "calm under pressure" I mean I did survive Rocky!

oh well, Craig's list has job posts does anyone reply to those when you send out emails for job applications?

unemployment here i come!

OK, so it was a typical day at work. Until I got summoned to a meeting in which I along with 50 other employees are told due to economic reasons our position in the company in being eliminated.

I'm stunned! sure people are being fired due to the bad economy! but you never think it will be you. Anyway, we were told to just hand in our keys and call and set a time to come and clear our desks.

I didn't know what to do, so I drove to my husband's office. Broke the news to him in his lunch room.
He seemed to take it calmly which made me feel like "okay, maybe we can work through this, maybe it isn't the end of the world"

Once home I filed for unemployment. It was surprisingly easier than I thought. The whole instructions of 16 pages was more intimidating than the actual filing process!
Maybe the state just wants to scare you out of filing, I'm not really sure.

I also, got in touch with my network of recruiters, sent them an updated resume.
hopefully they will call. (fingers crossed!)