Life in the Cheese Drawer

since i put in my two weeks at target, i thought i would now take the time to talk about the “people” at target.
the guys
the guys fall into two groups, i’ve noticed. the younger guys who are there because they’re in school, they’re looking for other jobs, they’re just at another job. then the older guys, who tend to be there because they’re angry guys, weirdos, or losers. then there’s dave. we’ll talk about him later.
the girls
most of them seem to be butch. there’s a couple of older women in the group, with kids, so it seems to me they’re trying to save on childcare or something like that. the younger ones are kind of, hmm, odd, it seems. they’re not the girls who were class presidents or “most likely to be a model,” that’s for sure. they’re all kind of socially “off.”
then there’s the oddities.
albert
this guy creeps me out. he wears the same pair of navy blue sweatpants to work every day. his ears stick out like no tomorrow. he has bad gas and doesn’t hide it. his glasses are like coke bottles.
TRUNCATED! ohnoeessss
Dave
dave reminds me of my dad – he’s an older guy and i’m not sure if he is working there because he’s bored or because he has to. he drives an astro van. how fitting. however, he does not take lunch in the van, like my dad. they don’t let you out of the store for lunch breaks (otherwise, he might). there’s a snotty girl who works there,
chrystine
who ALWAYS picks on dave, and i just want to slap her. she’s self-centered, and never shuts up, “knows” everything (unlike shawn, who really does know everything), and i swear, she’s never had something not go her way. she’s probably an only child and i hate listening to her whiny voice. i tune it out whenever i work near her.
that’s my night crew. and in two weeks i’ll no longer be there! and my feet will become un-numb!! i’m very happy about this. 🙂

first, you know i’ve been working overnights when ANY activity during the day gets me giddy. last week angie and i planned to go to old navy and eat cheese fries, and i was so excited i could barely sleep that morning. today nate and i are going to the MOA for some out-of-town adventure, and again i’m very excited. this is sad; i need to get off working overnights.
which may be soon! i got a job offer from merrill for a prepress technician (basically a graphic designer who prepares things for print). it would start at $13/hr, which isn’t as much as i was making at poopwest supply, but a TON more than i’m making now. BUT i am not entirely excited for the job. would it be extremely tacky if i took it and then continued looking for other jobs? what if i got the scsu job and then quit at merrill a month later? opinions please.
ok, i am off like a dirty turtle shirt.
ps- also, my friend melissa has a blind date! how exciting for her!

I have been slacking lately. I’m sorry.
Not much is new except i am now graduated and smart, i guess. Fat lot of good that does since i’m working at target! Speaking of target, i had my orientation session yesterday, and that was, um, interesting. I am so not looking forward to working there. Well, i like the discount, except you can’t use a regular check-card to get the discount! That is the dumbest policy ever, IMO.
So, i start on the 28th. That gives me the day after christmas plus a day to reverse my sleep schedule. My last day here at this job is tomorrow, and they’re taking me out to lunch 🙂 which will be fun.
Sunday i think i’m heading over to new london for xmas. My sibs will all be there, so that’ll be nice. Nate has to work on xmas eve day til 6:30 he thinks, which is uber dumb. Hopefully he won’t pull a typical nate and not show up.
I’ve been kind of bored lately. Since i finished my huge paper (which i got a 95 on, btw! I was impressed cuz i thought that thing made no sense), i have been feeling like i have nothing to do.
Anyway, over my lunch i’m going to go buy my present from nate, which is practical and the only way he would agree to get me something for xmas. Isn’t that dumb? Who cares if we have no money. I WANT A PRESENT. End of story.
The end.
Ps – i’ll try to write something christmassy later on. I have to think of something.

RAH RAH RAH!
RAH RAH RAH!!
RAH RAH RAH!!!
(giving myself a pep rally, cuz right about now, i need it!)

i got rejected for the grandforks job! i didn’t know what i was going to do if i got offered that one. ick! still waiting on SD.

i forgot how fun it is to design crap! holy crap! my last job REALLY sucked.
anywho, classes at scsu start tomorrow, and i have my first class on thursday. i have been able to get all my classes to be evening classes except for this last semester. i have one evening class, and then one class tuesdays and thursdays noon-1:40. talk about a stupid time. seriously, i think it’s the only grad class that ISN’T offered as an evening class. pretty dumb if you ask me.
fall is approaching; i can smell it. i love fall, but i hate the beginning of cold. yuck.
nothing much else. i’m trying to find an easy part-time job to supplement my income. i’d love to work at a halloween store, but i have no idea how you go about applying for it. i can’t even remember the name of it.
that is all!

i talked to my supervisor at SCSU today, and he mentioned that after i graduated there would most likely be some job opportunities available at scsu. one inparticular is in the department i’ll be working in as a web content manager. awesome! i would love this job, but i have to improve my web copywriting skills. which, he said, i could hone during my tenure as graduate assistant.
w00t!1!
(i hate job searching (the first part of the year confirmed that), and if this is a possibility, i am ALL for that!)
anyway, i start on tuesday, 20 hours a week, so i will be in the office tuesday, wednesday and thursday. which means 4 day weekends for me!!
and, i will be making even less than i did on unemployment. i called today for an application for food stamps, and i’m thinking of working part-time at crafts direct over the holiday season. oh joy. $3 gas and paying bills is annoying.