Job Update 12/9

Cutter's Log - Stardate 1102.80.21
Current Song - Keep Feeling Fascination (Human League)

I'm waiting for an offer to come forward from a gas station about an hour and a half away from home. It's the line of work I'm used to.

I had a couple of stops there in the past week, and it's a good $15 in gas per day. Figuring it's about a seven-hour work day, at $8.50/hr, total pay without taxes taken out would be $59.50/day. Take that figure multiplied by .80 for about $47.60. Then take that new figure and subtract $15 to make for $32.60/day.

Still, $32.60/day is better than $0.00 I'm making currently.

Christmas is 17 days away, and it's extremely sad to me that I'm looking at the day as a stimulus rather than the Christmas spirit. A gift card for fuel (note that the term "gas card" isn't correct because they can be used for other store things) would help me get around to at least a week's worth of games in the coverage area.

Another week and a half until I have bills to pay. I know I can get through that, but if no job comes up after that then I'm really screwed. That doesn't mean that I'll close NISB; I have plenty of plans for that if the "Day of Zero" comes.

At this point I'm getting a little worried. I have six more reasonable chances left before looking at breaking my back every day. Then again, I'm worried because I bring so little to the general table of things.

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This is like trying to hook up with a potential girlfriend. And those that know me over the years know that my luck in hooking up with girls is next to zilch.

Getting a job that I don't want to do is like going out with a girl that you don't want to go out with. You REALLY don't want to do this, and you feel that you won't make the place better with your presence.

Even worse is the blind date: temporary agencies saying that there is simply a "job opening" for a generic title. The who and what is unknown, and you only find it out when you get there.

Now if you'll excuse me, I have to figure out how to get this triangle-shaped thing into this circular hole.