Samui’s Blog

and so, i have moved again. this time i am living in the city of elgin, illinois. i am so happy to see more life here than in bremen. i am also happy to be away from that douchenozzle i previously lived with. oh, and i did file a complaint about the landlord. i do not know the outcome, and i doubt i will, but, i don’t really care about those people anymore. bremen didn’t count. this move will. i still have yet to land me a job, but there are plenty of opportunities. and once i get a lock for the bike, i’ll be able to extend my search range even further. there’s a mall not too far from here, and several shopping centers. there’s likely one place that would be crazy enough to hire me.

on other news, my laptop’s power adapter finally crapped out, so i am stuck using my netbook. at least it performs well enough (now that i took the time to tweak everything to my liking), so i can do what i need to do. i’ve already established my main goals after i actually find work. first i’m going to pay off verizon so i can get my regular phone online again. then i’m going to get a new case and PSU for my main PC (or, at least a new power adapter for my old laptop).

I’m getting kicked out of my apartment. For not being Christian.

Let us rewind to this morning. Well, early afternoon. Because I went to bed late and was forced out of bed by my landlord. I was on the phone with the real landlord, and he wanted to talk to me about Jesus, and the bible. He wanted to invite me to church. He offered to let me borrow his bike on the condition that I look for work daily, and that I spend 15 minutes per day reading the bible. I refused. Why? I do not want to be converted to Christianity. I was raised Catholic, went to a Catholic school, a Christian high school, then after that, I went my own way. And I am not turning back from that. The only reason I would ever step foot into a church is if it is with my own family. Or if it’s with my friends from high school. Other than that, no. I will not be dragged into Christianity again.

Early this evening, I was told by my landlord that if I don’t get a job this week, or if I don’t change my heart, I am going to be kicked out. Fine. Whatever. I already have a plan B. It was my plan A before I had an interview with Burger King on Thursday. I am still waiting to hear from them, but I am working fast on this plan. At this point, I don’t care if BK doesn’t hire me. I want out of this place.

Now, before you say anything like “you can sue him” or whatever…No, I can’t. There is no binding contract or agreement. They are not legally obliged to let anyone stay here. I’ve been working off my rent during the past couple months, but that doesn’t mean anything. So, no.

There’s only one thing I have to say to them, and it’s right at this youtube link below:

so, the year is almost over. what have i accomplished? well, i got fired from my job, and moved to another state which i actually enjoy more than california.

i still have yet to find another job. and right now, a job would make an excellent christmas present. i’m currently living off of the money i make off of the GPT sites you see to the right. it’s not much, but is enough to get me some food to eat. hopefully soon, i will find work.

i’m not going to worry about making new years resolutions right now. it’s pretty obvious what they are. i need to find work, and maybe actually start school. slacking on my projects is another issue i need to fix, and i’m already starting on that now.

oh, right. i forgot to make a blog post about my move. it went well, the train ride was quite pleasant. it got off to a bit of a rocky start — i missed the check-in time, and the computers that printed out the tickets were down. but, i was able to get on and put my luggage in the cargo area. when we reached reno, i got my tickets, and found out that i could check in my baggage at chicago. my original plan to spend the whole two days playing FFIX didn’t happen — i spent the time enjoying the scenery and watching videos on my netbook. though, i did play some FFIX and FFVI.

fast-forward to making it to my new home — that, too got off to a rocky start. there were issues with the landlord getting paid on time, and my roommate keiro went to nebraska to stay with his girlfriend for a month. we finally paid the landlord, and everything seems fine now.

i am still unemployed, but i am doing some computer work for the landlord, and i am getting paid for the time taken to change out the electric outlets and winterizing the apartment. the electric outlets were one obstacle in getting my server back online, as well as the shortage of power cables. the power cable situation was helped yesterday. i went with the landlord to pick up a computer i found for him on craigslist, and the seller had spare power cables and a vga cable for my monitor. we also got a cat, which makes things interesting considering we have a dog as well.

on monday, i plan to go down the street to take some sort of test for a job with the us census. i’m not sure what this test entails, but i will find out soon enough. i’m also going to apply to a few places around here. my options are somewhat limited, but i’m sure i can find some place that will hire me.

At some point in November, I will be moving to Indiana. This decision has been made because I have been unable to find any work for the past three months, and I am almost out of money. I don’t know which day in November I’ll be making this move. It will probably be on the 15th. The plan is to go on some sort of road trip with a friend. He will drop me off at my destination and head to his destination. Yes, I’m going by car.

Right now, I am preparing for the move – packing up my stuff, and figuring out what I can take with me in order to reduce shipping costs. I’ll have to figure out how much my friend’s car can hold. Once that’s done, I’ll need to think of how to deal with my furniture. Obviously, I can’t take it with me. It’s more of a timing issue -when I should dismantle it and possibly sell it or donate it to Goodwill (which is kinda funny, considering that’s where I bought my desk).

You might be wondering why I chose Indiana. Not only do I have a place to stay there, but I also have a possible job opportunity. I also feel that it will give me a chance to turn my life in a new direction. Once I’m financially stable again, I plan on starting school, and doing some of the other things I said I was going to do at the beginning of this year.

Things might have turned to crap over the past couple of months, but it’s given me something to look forward to….a fresh start in a new place. Let’s hope I don’t fuck it up this time.

still haven’t found a job. my plans to go out this week were pretty much scrapped because my roommate accidentally took one of my shoes with him to wisconson. as a result, we both have mismatched shoes until monday. he is letting me borrow his sandals, but those aren’t exactly kosher for job interviews. xD

i tried to apply to sears yesterday, but their online application system broke during the tax questionnaire part. i’m going to try it again today, and if it fails, i’m going to go there in person. i’ve also formed a list of places where i could submit applications – based on search results from careerbuilder and craigslist. thirteen places. and two from craigslist which i’ve e-mailed stating interest. i hope i get a job soon, because after november, i will not be able to pay any of my bills. (at least, rent and utilities).

on other news, i received payment from dollarclickorsignup. it wasn’t much ($1.05), but that was because i cashed out at the bare minimum. and i registered two days before cashout day. it showed me that these sites work. i have something to do on the side that will earn me a little bit of cash. and right now, i can use that little bit of cash.

also, i’ve found a theme that will most likely stick. i like this one.

nope. target didn’t hire me. fuckers.

this past week, i got a call from primerica financial services, inviting me to an interview. apparently they saw my resume on caljobs, and liked the fact i was a good cash register monkey or something. after research, i found that they were very bad people. so i didn’t go to the interview.

i’m continuing to submit applications to places. i should actually keep track of this shit. let’s see…hot topic, see’s candies, campus shell, safeway, rite aid, um…i forget where else. it’ll come to me. it’s the holiday season, so i need to get my name out there as much as possible. i kinda need a job, considering, i’m not getting unemployment benefits. luckily i have enough in my reserves to survive the next couple of months. assuming nothing tragic pops up.

in the meantime, i’m doing a little something to make money on the side. my sister’s blog pointed me to another blog of hers, regarding “get-paid-to” (gpt, for short) sites. all one has to do is check their e-mails, or fill out surveys, and they get a little bit of money. it’s not much, definitely not enough to live on, but it is a little extra cash to spend on lunch. i’ll find this quite useful to be able to buy food without dipping into my bank account so much. you can see a list of GPT sites i use on the right.

as for job hunting? i’m going to fill out a few online apps over the weekend ( cvs, staples, savemart… ). on monday, i’m going to go out and submit offline applications (sweet factory, gamestop, fry’s…).

from the looks of it, my unemployment benefits will be $189/wk. that is enough for me to pay my share of the rent and utilities, and my other bills. hell, i’d hardly have to touch the money i already /have/. so, guess what, it gives me a chance to save money.

this past tuesday, i had a job interview at target. i’ll hear from them in 5-7 days, whether or not they’re willing to hire me. in the meantime, i’ve got plenty of applications to fill out and submit.

on other news, some of you may notice i keep changing the theme on this site. i just can’t find one that will satisfy me, so i am going to make one myself when i have the time.

Belatedly posting my report for Sunday because I was still tired on Monday. I am not too tired now, oddly enough.

Anyways, Sunday morning, I got my camera working properly, which was good because I wasn’t about to rely on my phone with its low battery life. Oh, I brought my Eee with me to the con to use as supplemental power. Upon arriving at the Radisson, Raine went to Subway to get a sandwich, and I decided to wait on getting food. I headed to the dealer’s room, and found @jhicks, who was running the Little Vampires booth. I bought a pin from him that said “low on whimsy”.

After that, I went back to the hallway to meet up with Raine and another Digimon fan. We talked a bit about Digimon and a MUCK we’re working on. We also saw someone cosplaying as Beetlejuice. Someone would say “Beetlejuice” three times, and he would “attack” them. He was quite amusing. I also encountered a guy wearing an EarthBound t-shirt. It’s nice meeting a fellow MOTHER fan.

I then headed to the artist’s alley to look at more artwork and leave more “graffiti” in notebooks. I also tried out an engine demo of a game called Helicopter Beast Freak. Went back into the dealer’s room, and actually got someone to draw a picture of Mizu, one of my characters on a Pokémon MUCK. To kill time while she was doing my commission, I tried out another game on display in the artist’s alley whose name escapes me — it was using the MUGEN system and had all sorts of superheroes in it. I also bought a Tails plush from the dealer’s room. I sat down in the lobby to relax, and check on the Internet with my Eee while charging my phone. I then headed to Extreme Pizza for dinner. After getting the picture of Mizu, I just stayed and chatted with MiakaLin until it was time to leave.

My overall opinion of the con? It was fun. It gave me a chance to get out of the house. My biggest complaint would be the overcrowding in the hallway, where they had the artist’s alley. They probably could have put that in a more open area. Other than that, I had fun. I’m looking forward to the next con I go to.

The ride that was supposed to take me and Raine to SacAnime overslept, so we ended up walking. The directions Google Maps gave us was highly inaccurate, thus having us have to walk all the way around the Cal Expo center, over the freeway…it was a 5 mile walk. And my backpack was heavy because it had my tail and other things in it. But…we made it there. Then, there was the long line for registration. After getting in line, we saw a girl with this sign that said, “You just lost the game.” Fffffuuuuu-…. Oh, we also saw someone cosplaying Ruki Nonaka from Digimon Tamers, and there was someone with a Gomamon plush. …and pedobear wanted hugs.

Anyway, after registration, we checked out the dealer’s room and artist’s alley. Then, we had lunch. The place had a good deal, too. All you can eat sandwiches, soup, pizza, and salad, dessert, and drinks for $10. We then went to the ATM to take out money for the dealer’s room, to find out that it was out of order. So we tried going to CostCo to use theirs. It was out of service, too. And, the nearest place that had an ATM after that — would have been too far to walk.

Though, fortunately, some of the dealers took credit cards. So, I bought a Shaymin (Sky Forme) plush and a figurine (which I found out I have to assemble myself), and eventually took a break to sit down. During this break, I saw a girl cosplaying as Ness. Also I found that my regular camera’s batteries died (thanks for telling me beforehand, camera), and my phone was running low. In fact, I was /barely/ able to get a picture of said girl, and it didn’t come out too well. So hopefully, I’ll see her again tomorrow for a retake — with my camera that should have fully charged batteries by then.

Other than that, I just traded DeviantArt info, and left some grafitti in someone’s sketchbook (hey, the sign requested it!). I gave ‘em my e-mail, dA name, and a link to ParaBound.

That’s about it for today. I’m going to need to lessen the load in my backpack because it’s just too damn heavy. But it was fun.