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Name: Ashi
Country: United States
State: Florida
Birthday: 10/31/1986
Gender: Female
Interests: Representing the nerd population, writing, reading, drawing, journal-based roleplaying, anime/cartoons, manga/comics, a little bit of TV, some video gaming, karaoke, Texas hold 'em poker (which I WILL learn to play someday!), driving, pondering the human condition...
Expertise: Representing the nerd population, writing (I guess), drawing (crap art), getting good grades even when I procrastinate (not a very good thing, but a skill nonetheless), lame journal entry writing...
Occupation: College post-grad/nerdy fangir
Industry: Hopefully mass communications
Message: message meEmail: email me
Website: visit my website
AIM:  rinachada
Yahoo:  loreli_leigalis@yahoo.com
Member Since:
8/4/2004
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| Because that's how old I am now. Emphasis on the "old." Derp.
I am so mentally and emotionally... um... way younger than that. Lolololololol.
Oh, did my first official work shift at Muvico today. Yay, money and maturity points. Or something. | | |
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and other such creative foibles
Checkity check-check it!
I started an online writing journal. Well technically, it's a creative works journal, but I don't really make icons or draw or compile fan soundtracks. In the off chance I do, it'll go there. And techinically again, I didn't just start it. When I was an ickle 17 year-old, I signed up for an LJ and completely forgot about it until this summer, when I went through my inbox old mail to new. "Oh hey, LJ verification e-mail from forever ago, holy crap!" I decided to use it for creative stuff but just got around to posting anything in it. Any of you writerly folk are free to check it out and leave feedback/concrit. I have a weaksauce ego, but if I ever want to improve my writing I need to learn how to work with criticism. I am gradually getting better at it, though. Hehh. It's very much a process.
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| Stopped by Wasabi yesterday to ask about how far along the hiring process management was. Turns out they'd already hired all their new employees. Bummersauce. Ah well. Did leave them a cute little handwritten note about how I appreciated their taking the time at all to interview me, so they'll at least remember me in case something doesn't work out with one of their employees and feel daring enough to take a chance on a girl who doesn't have the experience but is super eager to learn the ropes. I should start writing to more of my prospective employment companies so I can at least build that bitty congenial relationship. I've been meaning to write a cover letter and revise my resume for a publishing company in Clearwater. I don't know if they have any entry-level/internship openings for sure, but at the very least I could formally inquire and show them with my resume that I'd be qualified to work for them. Least I think I am. Guess that's in their hands to determine.
But! I'm no longer an unemployed bum anymore. Ce-le-brate good times, come on! I've been hired for concessions at Muvico. So yay, finally some paid work experience to put on my resume and ish. Went to the orientation class this afternoon. Blah blah, procedural stuff and corny instructional videos. Oh, and being older than my fellow newbie hires. Two 16 year olds and a 2-0. We do not need to go into how old I'm turning this Saturday because I have a big enough age complex as it is. Besides that, though, knowing I was there because -- wait for iiiiit -- I have a JOB was exciting. I can't wait for Wednesday's training. Hopefully I do well in the job. Now that I have one, I'm terrified I will suck, get fired, and walk away with a 0-1 good work record, sob. But I'll try not to think that. For once, I'm trying to think positive. I kind of need to when it has any impact on my future career chances and such.
Ummm, and that's all I can think of for now. Boo-yaka!
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| Wow, my Xanga profile was way overdue for an update. It's weird to think I've had this since my senior year of high school. That's kind of a long time ago, considering I'm through with college already. Guess I really am that old. Biologically, at least. Mentally and emotionally? I'm still an awkward kid trying to play grown-up. Someday I'll be a proper adult. As long as I get to keep some of the dorky kid I am now, I think I'll make it out all right.
Mm. Not much else to update about. Well, just got back from my interview with Bath and Body Works. Stumbled on my words some, but I think I gave some good examples to corroborate my work ethic, so hopefully that pans out. I'm still kind of a lot terrified of retail, but I think doing it will be good for me. I need to get out of my comfy shell if I'm going to make it in the media industry, right? The interview process was actually held in a group of four total applicants, which surprised but also put me at ease. My fellow interviewees were older and more experienced than I am, so I could coast through the interview off of their examples, hahh. The assistant manager was the one who interviewed us, and she said we all did a good job, so I'm hoping that means some points in my favor. She said we should hear back from her by Friday, so cross your fingers and wish me luck.
On my way back home, I saw that Wasabi Japanese Steakhouse no longer had their big "Now Hiring" sign up. Good thing I caught a glimpse of that sign Wednesday on my way back from turning in my Bath and Body Works and Subway applications and applied at Wasabi while I still had the chance. I didn't get a time frame as to when to expect a callback should I get one at all, but I guess that's all right. The decision is in the manager's hands.
Well, guess I had a bit more to talk about than I intended. That's all right. I'm just trying to stay focused during this whole job hunting ordeal and hoping something will turn in my favor. Preferably sooner than later, but beggars can't be choosers, right?
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| Quickie update about the job position from the last entry: They never called me back. I'm going to try calling the company today, but I'm feeling like this wasn't meant to be, and I best search elsewhere for employment. Ah well, c'est la vie. Can't do much about it.
Just filled out my first online job application. Wow, I did not realize they can read and review your application that quickly. In any case, I wasn't a good fit, which I pretty much figured early on during the multiple choice part that measures your work ethic and attitudes, opinions, etc. It did drill in one of, if not the biggest worry I've harbored throughout this whole job search. I don't think I have any real marketable or solid job skills that would make me a useful employee in any company. Which sucks, because I want to get into the working world, but I'm like the most entirely wrong type of person for just about any job. I'm too quiet, shy, reserved, don't have strong enough opinions on anything, couldn't succeed in a leadership position if you baited me there with candy, doesn't like working with people, the list of my sucktitude goes on. Maybe I'm better off looking for the kind of job that employers will pretty much take whatever they can get and don't have the luxury to analyze and match their prospective employers for company compatibility because, LOL I don't have any of that at all. And it's not like I've ever had a paying job before anyway, so I can't exactly expect to jump into a good proper job right off the bat -- even if the position the recruiter mentioned to me at the job fair made me think that, hahh. Maybe I should just look at fast food joints and the like since I don't see any other kind of institution hiring a bum, hikikkomori girl coasting on extracurriculars for "job experience."
I'm trying my best not to let my job hunting failures get to me, trying to take things in stride and all. But I kind of have the worst, unhealthiest self-esteem ever, and every little hurdle is hard to completely jump over. I guess I'm just terrified I'll never be good enough for any company to hire, which lends to my worry I'll never make it in the career world. That and well, I'd like to have some money coming in, too. My graduation money and such isn't going to last me forever, and I can't keep mooching off of Dad and Sis for it either. I just hope something goes my way, preferably soon. Le sigh.
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