New job?!?!

Sort of.

It falls under the header of the "entertainment industry". Details are still fairly sketchy at the moment as the clear cut outline of the job is, well, rather preemptive.

The first self promoted show is slated for early summer. One of the biggest aspects that I would like to clear up personally, is establishing this a bit more seriously. The problem is that if I go about this the wrong way, it could take the fun out of it for them.

Using this platform, I'd like to see an integration method done here. We could promote local bands at the same point (ala battle of the bands format) in between set changes. In this manner, we can charge admission to patrons and an entrance fee to those wishing to promote themselves at the same point. The bands get to have fun getting themselves out there, the guys still get to go out there, the crowd gets to have a good time and the business actually makes a profit.

Of course, there comes one small hypothetical problem: How to keep the event clean. The solution of course is simple: we are already friends with bouncers and my real job required me to have a basic knowledge of security anyways. Regretfully, the only way to get people to come in is to have alcohol available on the site (which is going to be painfully awkward as 3/4's of the company doesn't drink.) So by segregating the drinking and non-drinking sections, we'll be able to include all possible target demographics.

Okay, maybe I'm going a bit over board here. However, he's already spent thousands of dollars on dj equipment (literally, the speaker that came in on Friday costs $3000 alone.) He intends to buy a license to do this professionally and intends to rent out the hall in order to preform for friends. Why wouldn't it make sense to open this up to the public then so that you actually see a return on investment?

A different move?

Perhaps I jumped the gun a little as the pile of boxes behind me looks awfully suspicious considering the fact that I haven't told them that I'm moving yet :p . Odds are that they have already figured it out but some of the obliviousness seems to be permanent.

Apparently I don't have to try and figure out where everyone will sleep as yet another plan seems to have died out. Honestly, it's a bit disheartening but I can't much say that I wouldn't have taken the same path. Blaming the mixer though because it makes too much noise when they have it with them anyways doesn't really make much sense though.

If the Toy department manager position falls through I believe I will be filling out a transfer request form and moving to Selkirk in June then. I'd be working for Ian again which would be nice, primarily because I miss the feeling of being appreciated as an employee and as a person. Ian's one short fall I suppose, is that he puts people before profits it seems. The other reason for Selkirk is for training from Rob. It gives me a chance to peruse both opportunities at the same time.

bleh

Been sleeping off and on for a few hours at a time at the most. Not too sure why exactly, but there's probably some logical explanation. Since the usual culprits are gone, I just don't much know what it is yet.

I think I'll end up getting a few odds and ends for the apartment today. Well, inverted duplex sounds like a better way to explain what it is. "Cozy" seems like the only way to describe it, despite my initial feelings that it was "small". However, since it's being split anyways, there's essentially one or two people living out of there at any given time.

Being a bit more tactful lately for some reason. I found myself being more borderline hurtful than humerous last night, and then having what I said sink in after I had already said it. I'll either chalk that up to the sleep deprivation or the coffee I've been intaking to counter the sleep deprivation.

Ah well, back to packing.

Edit: Worrying myself again. Rather than block I continue to proceed like there is no problem. It doesn't bother me all that much I suppose but still seems to be cause for alarm none the less as a few red flags have appeared.

As the prophet Jager said

"You can't always get what you want, you can't always get what you want, but if you try sometimes you just might find, you get what you need." A wise enough statement, one about setting goals that are realistic and will bring you strength when you need it most.

I've been contemplating again, nothing really too significant, just the usual "why are you so far behind" kind of stuff. It's not really all that surprising I suppose considering this isn't at all what I had in mind of doing with my life. I could see sticking with it, but I just feel like there's something missing. If I could figure out what that is, maybe it would help.

Dance Dance Revolution was a pleasant return. Nothing like managing to increase in difficulty level by not playing for half a year :p . Mostly it's the songs on there that make it such a good game.

Part of the contemplation is deciding upon what to do after they tell me "no" in the next few days. I don't feel like being a vampire all my life, that much I know for sure. However, I don't much believe in not having a job. If it comes down to it, I suppose I'd just have to move then and find work else where. To get my training done at the same point would be kind of nice, but regretfully they don't want to post the price of the course. That's down right damoral of him.

Regeneration

So in the interests of maintaining a slight level of entertainment, I'm replacing the competitive writing aspect with blogging for a while, or at least going to try to. The whole he said, she said scenario really kills off any and all form of fun anyways. On the plus side, we're being civil now that he sees where I'm coming from so all is well on that front, even if I am still leaving.

Grandma's spending the weekend here with Uncle Matt. For those of you still new to this, he suffered brain damage from hospital negligence so, she's been raising him ever since. We're still slightly on edge since the last time she came to visit is pretty much when we first got Felix and Brianna so the correlation seems a little too coincidental.

Went out for lunch today with Sam, still being sociable like after last nights trip with Mom I suppose. That, and I felt like going for Chinese anyways. Am I the only one that feels bad for them though? I can't do the whole eating in a real restaurant part, I see them too much as real people and so it seems more like I'm eating at a friends kind of thing. Somehow, saying thank you for every little thing and then paying for it seems odd. Granted, they are a place of business but since they are still friends of my sister's, then I'm obligated to pay more in the form of a tip. I liked it better before I knew what tipping was. Why should I have to pay for something and then pay more because it was good? Shouldn't it have been good in the first place, hence why I paid for it?

My boss was kind enough to send me a message on Facebook letting me know that there are two people work this weekend. Since I'm back Saturday night, I'm hoping she wasn't counting me as one of those two. Oddly enough, she hasn't responded yet as to how on earth that was allowed to happen. So needless to say, there goes my shot of being on days if they can't even put together a crew in my absence.