oh those 'third world problems' + Oh, How Pinteresting!

A recent conversation with my co-worker [also new to the company] via work communicator:

K: all i want to do is Pinterest the shit out of my 2 screens.....

me: bahaha same...do not remind me though...b/c it WON'T END

K: i need to find a good shot of 'medium cut layered with ombre'

me: i used to do that at lunch...i feel like i used to do a lot of stuff at work lol...like, i didn't spend much time on Pinterest at home..if at all lol

K: exactly! omg #TWP?

me: twp? lol

K: third world problem  :)

me: haha first?

K: ugh...yep

me: that was golden

Let's be clear - not having time for Pinterest at work is definitely a first world problem. LOL

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The End of an Era

Remember when I was excited about starting my corporate job just over two years ago? Yeah, I didn't either but this post refreshed my memory.

I mean, I remember being happy but I didn't realize I was that excited...and naive. So, so naive. I've learned so much since then - about what I do and don't want, about people, about looking out for myself.

I was very happy at my last job for the first year, when it started getting very bumpy. I even wrote this post about it. Things didn't get much better after that, because even though I had bursts of positivity and motivation, I just kept getting beat down. It took me a long time but I finally managed to jump off that sinking ship & I don't plan on looking back. 

I'm obviously super, crazy excited about starting my new job, but this time it's for the right reasons. With everything I learned over the last couple of years, I know I've based my decision on the right things.

I can't wait until tomorrow to jump into this new & exciting challenge! And hopefully a better work ID photo than this one...

But first things first...BON JOVI TONIGHT!

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Awesomeness Comes in Threes

At least it did for me this week.

I'm foregoing my usual Friday link-up fun to tell y'all about it.

#1

This guy moved in & now we're roommates!

We're not roommates yet in this picture but everytime I remembered to take one this week, I was already in my PJs with my makeup off and that just wasn't happening lol

He doesn't actually like when I say we're roommates though; "What, we're just roommates now? That's it?"

Umm no, silly. It's just fun to say. Mr. Serious over here.

#2

My Nexus 4 arrived in the mail!

It's not that my old phone died completely but it was not built for my level of usage [#nerdalert] & this brings me just a little bit closer on my quest of being contract-free!

Needless to say, I love it.

#3

I got a new job!

That's right - all the stress I've felt because of work will be over in one short week and I am extremely happy & relieved about that.

This was yesterday's song of the day:

Have a happy weekend y'all!
Stay safe & warm if you're in the #snowmaggedon belt like me!

Hello my good friend Monday!

Friend and enemy are interchangeable in this case.

Here's something to cheer y'all up today!

Especially since last Monday was a holiday! *whomp whomp*

Brave...and crazy.

Silver lining...

I would take up smoking just for the smoke breaks.

And my favourite one, because it's totally me.

*Note, these are all from the someecards website, the best place ever!*

Humpity Hump Day

It's definitely Wednesday. My day started with Googling the following:

"how much should you save up before quitting your job"

Which resulted in going through this post:

6 Questions You Must Answer Before Quitting Your Job

It was 100% what I was looking for. However, definitely not what I wanted to hear.

I don't have a plan. Not at all. I would love to be an entrepreneur but I've always known I'm not quite right for that - not a riks-taker & quite frankly I have zero ideas.

The only answer I have is to 'travel Europe'. But that's my answer every time I want to runaway from my problems life.

My perfect job involves what I love most & do best - social media & business. Not sure where to find it though, or whether it will pay the bills.

How do I start looking without even knowing what I'm looking for? Can't someone do it for me? That would be perfect.

On the bright side, if none of that works out I guess I can always rely on being a 'stunt' double for this guy:

 

Happy #HumpDay!

Chuck Norris quotes win every time!

My work BFF took quite the tumble at our work league softball game the other day and we had people bandaging & taking care of her for the rest of the game. She was less than impressed with the attention.

When asked the next day about how she's doing, her response was as follows:

"I try to model myself after my idol, Chuck Norris, and in that spirit we should be asking the ground if it's ok."

His response: "I actually emailed the ground but I'm still waiting for a reply...probably not a good sign."

My teammates are the best. :)

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The year that was...2010

As usual, it feels slightly surreal to find myself at the end of yet another year. You mean to tell me the big prep for 2010 was 365 days ago? Are you sure?

Not to say that 2010 went by uneventfully, that is far from the truth. In fact, this past year has been really good to me and for that I am actually very grateful.

Here are some of the highlights, mostly in order:

• Met the greatest boy in the world <3
• Lost the greatest boy in the world - Rockstar
• Got through my previous job alive....and without a criminal record - a serious achievement
• Spent 2 wonderful months in Bulgaria (here too) with family & friends at parties & beaches...L.O.V.E.
• Spent a weekend in Berlin with my flatmates from Germany and reminisced about exchange while partying like we were never apart <3
• A fairly painless job hunt compared to others & friends in high places to get my foot in the door!
• Getting the life that I want - big girl job in the big city!
• Ditching two boys from my past that are uberly useless douches - thanks for comin' out Mikey & Megaman
• Despite being a ridiculous hypochondriac...I'm healthy :)

But most importantly...I started this blog. And along the way I've made some wonderful bloggie friends & been honoured with some fantastic readers! Anything and everything that has happened in 2010 - good or bad - has been better because I've been able to share it with all of you.

So YOU my dears, are the reason why 2010 is going down in the books as *golden* - thank you muchly :)

I think this song is a very effective summary of how I feel about the way 2010 treated me...minus being a cash money hero with money falling from the sky while living the high life LOL

XO,

Channeling Paris Hilton on my 1st Day of Work

I was hoping to update sooner but work has been pretty busy right off the bat! Ok ok i went for drinks & karaoke after work on Thursday night and came home at 1am but that's besides the point...

Anyways, I LOVE IT! I know it's only been 3 days but i feel like it's going to be awesomeness. I think back to my previous jobs and say to myself, "I always knew I was born for bigger & better!" I walked by the admin assistant the other day, who is such a sweet lady, but couldn't help thinking "good fucking riddance, i don't have to deal with that dumb shit anymore". Corporate...it's all i've ever wanted ♥

Working with a bunch of my friends makes it all that much better! But i have actually been really busy. I haven't had any formal training yet - that starts next week - so I've kind of been floating around trying to figure out what ppl are talking about. Which is pretty much impossible because apparently only 3-letter acronyms are allowed in conversations. Seriously. EGM this, NPI that. WTF?!?!?! I'm looking forward to being less confused, that's for sure LOL [my 2 acronyms don't count :P]

Now it's the weekend & i don't know what to do. There's blue skies outside, but i'm sure that means it's FREEZING! Still, a walk would be nice. I should probably grab some groceries too so that I'm not eating the same thing every single day. I wish I had more time to cook like before though :(

Sorry this is so lame - i don't have a good excuse for that but hopefully my work ID card photo (taken on my 1st day] will make up for that. It's even better in real life...idk if that's a good thing or a bad thing.

My drug bust mug shot AKA permanent work ID photo.

Have a great weekend & I promise to get my blog/work balance in order ASAP! :)

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Big City, Big Job ... Big Girl :)

Guess who got a job headed in the direction of her dream career, & is moving to the city!!! You got it...yours truly :)

And my first gift to myself was the purse i told you about last week! Woot Woot!

<3

*pause* I definitely just saw a commercial for the company I'm going to be working for as I was telling you this. Crazy!

Apparently this was the easy* part though. I need to find a place and move in 3 weeks. And i've never been apartment hunting in my life. Let alone long distance apartment hunting. I'm sure even LDRs are easier than this.

*If you've been here you know that searching for a job hasn't been easy at all. On the contrary, super frustrating.

First of all, they all look the same. After looking at 20 places i feel like i've looked at 20,000 and it's all a big mush in my head.

Second of all, some of the places i called wanted "at least 24 hours advance notice" before going in to look at an apartment. Gimme a break, people. You're a fucking superintendent! Your job is to always be at the building - what's the difference exactly when i come in for a 15 minute tour??

Third of all, and the reason i'm complaining (a trademark of mine) even though when i should just be excited (which really, i am!) is because...the unknown scares the bejesus outta me!!!
I'm generally a confident person (over-confident some might say), but this is BIG! And way too full of unknowns for my liking.

So complaining is my way of freaking out about things that scare me - without actually admitting that i'm scared. Denial, denial, denial.

Where's my therapy lounge chair?  

That's a lot of sharing for one post. Point is: job-hunting is done. Apartment-hunting here i come! [please pray for me]

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Your tactfulness is much appreciated

Last week there were a few comments, both direct and indirect, that just rubbed me the wrong way. It may be that i'm just overly touchy at the moment, and often feel like no one in the world understands how I feel lately; but it may just be the fact that i have an opinion about EVERYTHING.

Exhibit 1

"I really hate it when people say FML, Gheez there's always some1 worse off than you..be grateful for what you have and instead say I LML! :)"

Retweet that showed up on my homepage

Ok - am i a fan of my unemployed, unproductive & currently-boring life? No. Do i think i have the worst life ever & would trade it or give it away in a split second? No, definitely not.

Of course there's someone worse off than me! Natural disasters aside, we could always use the poverty and/or 3rd world argument. Does that mean i'm not allowed to feel sorry for myself for a few minutes per day? HELL FUCKING NO! So kiss my ass. Sulking helps me get over it and move on with my day.

You try checking job sites every day and seeing no new postings! I'm really sure you'd LYL then. Therefore leave the rest of us and our vocabulary alone.

Exhibit 2

Similarly, I was bitter about not having anyone to go with to see Ronnie from Jersey Shore! [We won't get into JS - it's my guilty pleasure. Everyone's allowed to have one, no?] last Friday at a local club. Can you blame me? It's the weekend and I don't have anyone to go to the club with! Sad me :(

And i don't know about your Facebook but mine has been HELLA boring lately. No pictures. No videos. Not even hotties to creep. It's ok, i'm shaking my head at myself for that last one too.

Therefore the following status update was posted by moi:

"Facebook is old news. Just like Niagara. Lame all arounddddd."

Well that got quite the response. All along the lines of:

- So delete your Facebook!

- So move out!

Oh my! I didn't even know i had such genius Facebook friends! Clearly it's not possible that i would have come up with those solutions on my own. I have a rebuttal (of course) for both of these. Wanna hear 'em? Of course you will.

1) I honestly would probably get rid of my Facebook because there are various other outlets for the things it lets me do.

- Twitter for ranting

- Flickr/Picasa for posting pictures

- Blackberry for easy communication

Then why haven't I, you ask? Because when 15% of those friends are from my exchange in Germany 2 years ago - it's KIND of hard to keep up with them all via any other way. Not to mention family in Eastern Europe. So "deleting my Facebook" isn't really an option atm. I am seriously thinking about cutting down on the amount of friends though. I don't need their lameness.

2) I'm fairly certain that the ones shared the wisdom regarding me moving out have budgeted supporting my ass in the big city for next "n" amount of months while i find a job there. Bless their hearts. But seriously, shut up. As per above, it's not for a lack of trying!! :(

Exhibit 3

I started watching The Apprentice again this season as the show's premise of having contestants who have been affected by the recession really intrigued me. Plus, I never get tired of watching people in suits problem-solve in time-sensitive situations. *sigh* The life i so desperately seek <3

Anyway, what pissed me off was the one girl's introduction of herself. I wanted to find the video so you could see and hear the complete snobbiness but YouTube didn't have anything. So instead here is her bio from the website:

"She [Nicole] received her J.D. from Loyola Law School while holding the title of Miss Los Angeles, and placing 4th runner-up at the Miss California USA 2008 Pageant (part of the Miss USA Pageant). Determined to use her brains and beauty, Nicole left her law firm job, where she was miserable as an attorney, to prove that the recession can't stop her from pursuing her dreams."

REALLY?!

First of all, you mentioned your beauty in a bio for a skills competition. How very pageant queen of you.

But secondly, you left a good job because you thought you were too good for it?! When the rest of the contestants have been either fired, laid off, are barely making ends meet because they live off of commission or like one guy, are even going through a devastating divorce because of economic downturn?!

You. Must. Be. Joking. No no, she definitely was not joking.

In the end though, bitch got what she deserved and was fired. Guess who's probably going to go crawling back to the attorney job she was "miserable" at? You got it.

I feel so much better now that I've shared this with all of you, as I'm sure some of you will see where I'm coming from. This is why I love you :)

Whatta day for this Job Hunter

Currently trying to get into the series premier of Shattered. Key word being trying. I know i said no new shows, but Californication's Lew Ashby - aka the sexiest cokehead ever - cannot be passed up!

So anyway, my day.

Lunch with the ex-co-workies was aaaawesome! I will be the first one to admit i enjoy my share of gossip. But it's not about gossip. With this place, it's all about letting off steam b.c otherwise you might go crazy. Talk about office politics & management lacking in understanding! We had a fab time discussing though...b/c 3 outta 4 of us no longer even work there! Bahahah poor Dave.  Old jobs isn't what i'm here to talk about tho.

So i've been applying to jobs in TO for all of a week [9 cover letters down!] so of course i'm still semi-confident. Today a recruiter called me (i'd passed my resume onto a friend who works at a staffing firm) and during this convo i'm thinking she's just trying to get a feel for me and what i'm looking for, where i'd fit in, etc. Next thing i know she's asking me about salary expectations and giving me the details of the position she's trying to fill -  "Account Support Assistant". 

Really? After 5 years of university with 4 years of legit (ie: not fast food or retail) work experience, you expect me to be excited about a bitchwork admin job that isn't even in my field? Not to be cocky, but it's below me. I'm not picking up and changing my life for something i know will make me hate my life when i wake up in the morning. I can find a job like this here...and live rent-free.

courtesy of a fellow blogger :)

At first though i was going back and forth on this because i reallyyyyyyyyy wanna get outta here and that job's loca is AH-MAY-ZING. Plus, everyone's gotta start somewhere right! But i don't want to sell myself short, it's too soon to do that. I think Jes said it best:

"You need to figure out what it is that you want, and do what is going to get you there."

She's so wise. I am well-aware that i may regret this. But i'm trying to forget about regrets, so i won't focus on that now. Pretty much, support me in my decision so i don't have to cry myself to sleep. Please & thank you :)

As a reward, i shall feed you some of my awesome muffins! Yes, the rest of my day consisted of making apple-carrot-oat muffins with dried cranberries. *yum yum* And then i bought a pair of fabulous white Nine West heels...that i can't wear b.c my ankle is still in need of amputation (or just healing time). :*( I've decided to ask for a specialist referral next week, this is getting ridiculous.

After such an eventful day - read: day when i had to use my brain & thinking skills a little bit more - i hope my long weekend in Quebec is veryyy relaxing. I'm pumped for leaving tmrw! With university and work, i haven't had a chance to go in over 6 years! I'll make sure to post some key photos :)

Now this little tired muffin (albeit less delicious than the ones i baked today) is ready for bed! Oh yes, Shattered was pretty boring. Nooooooooooo, come back to me Lew Ashby!!!

ps: I loooooovey my new signature! :)

Time to 'switch' it up!

Well what can i say about 'The Switch'?  Jenn Anniston + Jason Bateman in a BFFs-turned-TrueLove scenerio = my kinda rom-com!

Except shit like that always makes me reflect on my own life [please recall one of the first posts where i tell you how increda-good i am at linking random crap to myself]. And i'm not a big fan of reflecting on my own life right now. Love life aside, you know what i don't want? Making a wrong turn when driving home and needing to do a 3-point-turn in a random driveway, only to realize that it's my highschool boyfriend's driveway! Or running into my grade 7 boyfriend at Shoppers Drug Mart! Ok, that right there sounds like a had a lot of boyfriends, but i didn't. Those were the only two. Really.

But this is exactly why i need to leeeeeeeeeave this place! I want to be somewhere where no one knows me, or anything about me and my past. I want to work in a thousand-story skyscraper where i know 4% of the employees, and getting in the elevator consists of courteous nods. No fake smiles, no fake-interested questions about my weekend.

Obviously, I need to write more cover letters.

It's true what they teach you in Business School...

...Networking is the shit! Maybe it's just me and my stubbornness to only selectively believe what my profs told me, but honestly i never believed in it. I've always felt that if you've got the skills, you'll be perfectly fine. Well NEWSFLASH! No one is ever going to look at your skills unless you know someone who's gonna get your foot in the door. Well, maybe not never, but it certainly helps. Those ACE networking lunches weren't just to kill time apparently. I think i spent most of them napping/going through my swag bag. Very productive of me LOL Also, you never really know who's watching and noticing what you do, and who will end up being a good 'ally'. I'm glad that after my one-year employment here, i at least learned this valuable lesson :) I was touched by the Board Directors' comments tonight, as well as their support, and I shall miss their awesomeness :)

Too bad i'm not really looking to stay in the area...i'd already have job offers :P