MAY 21ST 2010

HAPPY FRIDAY TO ALL !!!

Well it's been a whirlwind week so let's get right into it .....

THE GOOD.....

This week was the end of my part time job I have had for the last 8 months, so now the blog really is "unemployed" in the USA and not "under" employed. I went out with a whisper much like I went in, no handshake, no begging by management to stay, nothing, just punched out and hugged one friend and left....I know you are all thinking "what you quit?" - well we can refer back to my post a few weeks back logging the reasons, now I can concentrate FULLY on getting that next career move, and so we go!!

REFINANCE - it looks like I am going to get my mortgage refinanced, for less money a month, almost 2 percentage points less and 2 years less to pay on the mortgage, so that helps! Luckily the credit process is them looking at my W2 form last year's taxes (nice!) and I've never missed a payment and my credit score is in the 700's which I guess is good, so yeah for me!

THE BAD.....

The company that I had an interview with finally called.....

Folks the interview process these days can sure by a long drawn out suck fest, I had an hour interview over the phone with these folks at the end of March, in the middle of April I had a 2 1/2 hour interview with 3 people (which I thought went very well) and finally this past Monday they called me to say they were moving forward with another candidate. Now on one had I guess I am happy that they did finally call me even if it was 4 or 5 weeks after the interview, but on other hand, how mucked up are they to take that long?? Not sure, and now it doesn't really matter, it's their loss.

THE UGLY.....

Just when you think things can't get any worse, guess what, they probably can. The last thing that needed to happen to me was to rear end someone and have to shell out $800 bucks for damage to their bumper and a rental car while they got the car fixed, alas that's what happened to me last week, that's right after I quit the part time gig ...nice. As fate would have it last week I cashed out all my stock in that big old company I used to work for, so at least I had the cash. But it's pretty untimely, stupid rain makes people slam on their brakes....at least the woman I hit was pretty cool about it and I think this should be it. Some of you might ask why I didn't put in an insurance claim, according to several people I talked to including lawyers and insurance folks, it was probably better for me to just cash it out and be done with it, this way 4 years from now when she can't move her neck they can't go after me for millions ... or something like that, either way it's all done, hopefully.

I could go into more, about how I lie awake every night and wonder what the hell I could have done differently in my life, how did I get here, and all that crap, but I don't want to bring the whole world down with my depressing thoughts, but they are there ..... trust me.

That's all for now, next week we talk INDY 500!!!

Sir El of Roy

THURSDAY MAY 13th

Hi Folks - yep, still no word on the interview. I guess it's time to forget about it, it's almost been a month now and no call no email no letter, and as most of my friends have been saying...HOW RUDE!!!!

Would I even want to work for this company that seems so ass backwards they can't even drop someone an email, or a letter or a phone call to say thanks but no thanks...I'm starting to doubt it, I mean come one I interviewed with 3 people there for 2 hours!! This was after the phone interview that almost lasted an hour....but lets be honest yes I'd still go to work there.

If things couldn't get any worse in my life they have, I rear ended someone last week, so now I am waiting to hear what the recourse on that is, at least they seemed nice and I don't expect them to act too crazy or sue me, but I'm still thinking about it.

I found myself last night thinking about the old gig, that I haven't done in over a year, wondering what I could have done differently, was it my fault, I mean I did a lot of great work for that company, I know you're supposed to tell your self it's not personal, they did not fire you, the position was eliminated, blah blah, but let's be honest, if I was that irreplaceable I would still be there. In all honesty all I ever did there was what I was told to do, I tried to do what was best for the company, oh well I need to forget about it.

ON A HAPPIER NOTE

I am going to a friend's cabin this weekend, so that should be fun, I am going to drink beer and pass out and not think about life for a while.

ON A SERIOUS NOTE

I realize there are a million things going on in the world right now, but Nashville can use your thoughts and prayers, the whole town is under water, thousands have been flooded out of their h0mes, the Grand Ole Opry is ruined, and from a musicians standpoint that's like finding out there is no Santa Claus. Several one of a kind and rare instruments are ruined, which is sad. Just keep them in mind, it's their Katrina and with all the other issues happening, they are getting no press....

STILL NEED TO SELL THE BIKE .....

STILL NEED TO GET THE CAR RUNNING ......

Peace!

May 11th

A crappy day in paradise.

Hello folks I will keep today's blog short, but I thank all of you who have been reading and responding and keep telling me to keep my chin up.

As it was a rainy day I decided to go hit a movie and take my mind off things for a while. I went and saw Iron Man 2, pretty good flick, if you go see it, stick around until after the credits.

The question on everyone's mind is have I heard from my potential new employer, the answer is no. Wow, I am starting to wonder about that, how can you have a meeting with 3 people lasting 2 hours and you don't get a call, email or even a letter of thanks but no thanks, that's not cool. Well I have started to look into other avenues.

That's about it for today, I am sorry it's so short but there isn't much to add today, and hey the weather sticks, but I did do some house cleaning so I have that going for me. Still need to sell the motorcycle, and then the car, and then do some more house work, get to the basement, fix the deck, yep I get plenty to do! :0)

TTFD

FRIDAY MAY 7TH

Back by POPULAR DEMAND!!

Hello folks, sorry it's been a week, this was kind of an odd week for working the part time gig and running around doing errands and other stuff, this was also the first week of softball and that felt great! It's good to get out and toss the old ball around.

First - to answer the question on everyone's mind, no I have not heard from the folks I had my job interview with, good or bad, oh boy I love waiting. I did in fact give them a call and leave a message to ask what was up, I asked a lot of folks if it's appropriate to call or not to call, some of you said absolutely and some said no, but I gave it an ample amount of time and checked in...so there.

The thing that sucks about waiting is that the rest of your life is currently on hold, I can't make any travel plans, or anything else some what permanent. I am still applying for other positions, which is what I should be doing, but if it's NO just let me know that.

Also, I am going to retire from the part time gig, I know some of you are probably saying "Geez man are you mad??? after all you have been talking about???" - I can explain.

Retail is not an easy play, that's for sure, you know you are going to work weekends, and there is no rhyme or reason to your schedule, I have not had a weekend off since New Years, when the rest of your family and friends have weekends off and you miss events and what not, that starts to get to you. I can't even go have a fun weekend with my lady, or the guys, it's draining. Also where I work is very political, frankly too political for me, which is sad, it shouldn't be but it is, basically I have no where to go there because my 'numbers' aren't good, you see they want you to sell all these attachments and add ons, I get that, this is how they make money, but if you don't sell it you're frowned upon, so there, retail should be about what's right for the customer. Finally as some of you know, finding a job is a full time job, I have to start giving this my full attention, plus I have some work to do on my house, at some point I am going to sell it, and my car, and my motorcycle ..... frankly if I sell my car and bike, I'd make as much on that as a whole summer working the part time retail gig (funny huh?) so there you have it.

I can always find something else part time too, something a little more set schedule wise.

So now we are all up to date, now it's time for

RANDOM THOUGHTS IN MY MIND!!

Everyone buy their "I survived the 2:45pm market crash" T shirt? what's up with that??

Iron Man 2 - I feel I've seen the movie already with all the trailers, so I probably don't need to see it now.

Where I live, we don't get ANY oil from the gulf of mexico, so why is gas up to 3 bucks a gallon?

Greece, why does what's happening in Greece affect my stocks??? I don't really need a answer to that......

SATURDAY MAY 1

Well folks happy Saturday!!

I realized it's been a couple of days since I have posted something and you are all probably on the edge of your seat wondering what's going on ..... well NOTHING is going on!! Nothing at all. It's been a whole week now of not hearing a thing on the job interview, someone told me that yes I should call them, I am really not comfortable with that but maybe I will, I mean just check in right? Let's see what everyone thinks of that one .... discuss.

I just worked my part time for the last 4 days straight (doesn't feel like part time work). I'm a little wiped out. I went to see funny man and late night host Craig Ferguson last night and laughed my arse off! We all need a good laugh now and then. It's been a week of frustration, anticipation, and more frustration. The part time job is probably the most frustrating job I have ever had, but I am trying to be open and maybe it's me, I mean I am going from making 90 grand a year to about 13 grand a year .... I could go mow lawns and make the same money and probably be less stressed, oh well we'll see.....

PAY IT FORWARD - told a co worker about MN CARE, hopefully he can get it, he just broke his hand and he has no health insurance, did anyone else see that in LA they are holding free clinics in the LA Coliseum for a whole week?? And people think we don't need a better health care system in the US ... ok I'm off the soapbox.

OK it's time for a new segment in my BLOG called..

RANDOM THOUGHTS IN MY MELON .... enjoy!

MACGRUBER...are you kidding me? They made a movie out of this ..... good LORD!!! I'll be seeing it.

KICK - ASS ..... go see it, it's name is quite dead on, it rocked.

Vampire Weekend .... not very vampiry are they???

I just wanna be in a beach somewhere doing nothing....suggestions?

Softball season starts next week THANK GOD!!!!

Betty White is going to be on SNL....that should be funny.

Well that's enough for today, I will probably check back in on Monday and let everyone know if I ended up calling my potential new employer.

"Super Star with Cheese"