Job Applications

Inconsequentialness is inconsequential.

/ Lisa

Writer’s block?

Yip.

Um…

I didn’t do anything of consequence yesterday (read: today). It seems to be a growing trend, yeah?

I did end up going around to Benny Boo Boo Bear’s Purple Pimp Pad to watch some movies. Due Date and The Hangover.

Due Date is so completely random. Almost to the point of why was this movie even made? However, it was still quite hilarious.

The Hangover – finally watched it! Had never seen it before and I laughed pretty much the entire time!

SO FUNNY.

And he shared his Peanut Butter M&M’s that @LittleIchiban bought him in the US of A.

NOM NOM NOM.

I did get an awesome phone call from my man piece (I think this is the appropriate description, however the vote is still on. If you wish to vote, tweet me or comment below. The options are now Boyfriend, Man Piece, Man Bitch and Meat Puppet.)

I also called my t’other Friend Hayreeeeeee. She is moving to Darwin this week so it was a bit of a catch up call and a have fun, see you around type call. I will miss her in the the whole, she’s no longer in the same country, miss her.

But the plan is to go visit! Apparently Darwin is pretty cool.

Um… yeah. We might just leave it here for now.

I did do one time job application! #progress

Um…

/ Lisa

I have only been up for about 12 hours right now. It’s just after 2am.

MAJOR FAIL.

I don’t know what it was, but I woke up at 11am, usual wake up time, all was good. Then I fell back to sleep! I don’t even know how. When I woke up again, it was just before 2pm. The only possible explanation that I can think of is that I needed sleep. But now I am here, two in the morning and I am not even a little bit tired.

Sometimes I hate my body.

I probably should have actually done something with my day, but I didn’t.

I did do some photography work and I did manage to apply for one job. That is a productive day right?

Probably should have gone for a walk or done two job applications.

It doesn’t matter how productive I think I am in a day, I can always do more. I struggle with motivation sometimes. Currently, I’m really struggling. I’m not seeing any rewards for all my effort, therefore I lose motivation. It’s a vicious never-ending cycle.

I need to see rewards, of sorts. When working, I can see the work that I have done – it ends up in print and it urges me on to do more. There’s also the added bonus of getting sweet, sweet money.

But right now, applying for job after job, I’m seeing no rewards. It might be alright if I was getting interviews for every one of those jobs I’m applying for, but I’m not.

It really doesn’t do anything for the motivation or confidence, I tell you.

OH WELL.

I guess my main motivation is getting out of Hastings again and getting my own place. It’s hard having to come back and live with parents when you’ve been out flatting for five years.

I’ve now been here for 14 months. That’s A LOT longer than what I expected.

I honestly don’t know where this post is going. I’ve just been rambling. Once again my ability to write inconsequential nothings takes over.

I achieved nothing today. There. End post.

Dr Suess meets the two Deans.

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I actually have to start thinking quite hard so as to remember what I did in a day. Today I even needed to read back over the days tweets.

AWKWARD.

I think this is starting to show that the days are starting to blend and be fairly similar. It surprises me on a daily basis that I can actually think of something different to write everyday.

Sign of a true writer?

I’d like to think so.

I still haven’t figured out why some of you read them either. Maybe it’s time to enlighten me? Feel free, comment box is below.

So today…

Earthquake this morning at 4am woke me up. Got the adrenaline pumping, but I was so tired I got back to sleep fairly quickly. You could definitely tell this one was bigger than the ones we’ve been feeling in the last few months.

This morning on twitter, I saw a tweet that really spoke to me, you could say. It was tweeted by Rose McGowan, but I think she was retweeting Julie Benz. Either way, both are pretty amazing actresses. It was a quote from Dr Seuss, of all people. You kind of don’t think Dr Suess can actually offer anything profound, it’s all just green eggs and ham right?

Well…

“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.”

This sums up a number of things that I believe in. You shouldn’t bite your tongue because something you say might offend someone. It’s your opinion and everyone has the right to voice theirs. Also, there are people in this world that you are not meant to have in your life. This is a lesson I learned the hard way. You won’t get along with everyone, it’s just how life is, you can’t change that. But those people who don’t appreciate you for who you are, do not deserve to know you and you shouldn’t waste any of your precious time trying to get them to like you. Cut them out of your life. That’s what I did with some people and I’m better off for it.

I really didn’t mean for this post to turn into something like that, it just came out, which sometimes is a good thing.

So what else happened today?

I received a marriage proposal from Westfield via email. I told @jethrocarr he has competition, but then @shrimp_features informed me that Westfield had proposed to her too! Westfield was playing us both! That means I *may* just keep @jethrocarr.

In other emails, got another job rejection. It stung a little, as they all tend to do. But it kind of spurred me on to get back to it. I went and registered with Adecco, but they informed me that in Hawke’s Bay they don’t get many journalism jobs, but they were going to forward my information onto the Wellington office and hopefully they will have something.

HOPEFULLY.

But it still got me into a bit of a funk and I haven’t done any more job applications. This weekend I must do some. It’s just starting to get ridiculous. There’s just not much out there. *sigh*

In a shock horror moment to me, I walked out on buying a new handbag. I think I’ll just go digging around my wardrobe to find one I can use and then save the money.

HOW ADULT OF ME.

@LittleIchiban had sent me some American food and it arrived today! Pop-tarts! 3Musketeers! Zinger!

WEE!

It is always a good day, when Supernatural is back too! I didn’t realise it started again on TV last week, or I did, but it didn’t really register. So I quickly found the first episode of season 5 and watched that then watched the second episode.

TWO EPISODES IN ONE DAY. OMG. I LOVE MY TWO DEANS. *SWOON*

Have also been put onto a new web comic that brings teh lols (new for me, at least). It is questionable content and it is hilarious.

I AM IN LIKE.

Soz for the TL;DR post. I guess today was just rather eventful and there were lots of things I wanted to tell ya’ll bout.

Surprisingly, there is a life in there somewhere.

/ Lisa

I really don’t have anything of consequence to write today, so we’ll keep it short and to the point.

I slept last night! Woo! Probably because it was much cooler. Thank gawd!

In it being so much cooler today, I decided to try out my GHD. OMG, my hair is so purdy. I can’t stop stroking it.

TIS NICE.

I had a pointless trip into town. Only had to do two things and neither were successful. But that is life.

Came home and did some washing, because I like clean clothes. Then did two job applications, yes TWO!

I’m on a roll, almost. I think I’d be on a roll, if I got more done, so this weekend will contain lots of that.

YAY FOR JOBS.

My Grandparents came out for dinner tonight, as it is my Grandfather’s 85th birthday. Gran is also 85, but her birthday was exactly two weeks ago. Yes, my Gran is a cougar. Apparently it runs in the family.

They are both going really strong still, with no signs of quitting. They have been a solid part of my life and I’m lucky to still have them, when I know a lot of people never knew their grandparents. They are even lucky enough to be great-grandparents and are actually going to meet their great-grandson in the coming months. Not many people can say that.

The rest of my night was spent on the internet, just doing the usual and now I am packing for an exciting weekend.

I TOTES HAVE A LIFE.

Dud among brilliance.

/ Lisa

Today has being ridiculously uncomfortable with the heat and the humidity, with no relief in sight.

It has been blur of a day. Just all hazy.

I had a chiropractor appointment. Ah sweet relief. Back feels so much better.

I then finally got my Christmas present from my parents and grandparents – a GHD hair straightener.

TOTAL FUCKING WIN.

Then when I got home from town, my grandparents were actually here, so hung out with them a bit. Then went for a swim.

There was so much crap on top of the pool from the tree, I must have spent about 20 minutes just clearing that off. Made me even hotter and the pool even sweeter when I finally got in.

It was an awesome swim. Ah sweet relief.

The rest of the day was spent being a bum on the internet. I have semi-done another job application. I just have to print something off, fill it in then scan it so I can email it with my application.

The aim is to do at least one a day. I technically haven’t done that today, so tomorrow I really have to finish that one and do the next.

This is a really boring, inconsequential post, but you’ve got it, because I’m still going strong with my one post a day. There is always bound to be a dud among the brilliance.

(This is the dud.)