i'm getting too old for this

productivity=busy

i love work (seriously...no really) i am taking a japanese class once a week. which i actually think will suck. but it was cheap and it's something to do, and an excuse to have a textbook. i had the class all to myself for the first one and the lady pronounced me fluent. har dee har har. haven't been reading much. (book recommendations por favor) been watching lots of movies. looking forward to seeing the namesake. read the book and loved it. the previews made the movie look super cheeseball, but i love that hot kal penn.

Posted by kittenfat at 8:16 PM | Permalink | Comments

productivity=busy, yet not really feeling productive...hmm

updates

-thinking of getting a vespa. 80 mpg and i can probably afford to get one in cash.
-maybe moving soon (within LA) house owner is coming back.
-fully enjoying quiznos
-feeling incompetent at work. (i hate being the new one)
-done drinking at the moment (hangovers have gotten worse. excruciating now)
-new cell fone totally sucks compared to its japanese cousin
-i'm still adjusting (obviously.....haha if you've ever read this at all)

Posted by kittenfat at 8:26 PM | Permalink | Comments

productivity=working

well. i have a full-time job. i start officially on monday. never did hear back about the NHK job. tis a shame. so anyways, i have quit the english teaching. (ended up liking that place way more than i expected, it was a little sad to leave) i am working at the production company full time. 8:30-6 pm with an hour for lunch. $2,400/month. i am office manager/production assistant/editorial apprentice. however, my most primary duty is answering the fone, and keeping the food stocked.

here are the things i like about the job in list form:
-everyone working there is fun and nice
-it's casual work environment, no need for khakis and button down shirts
-i'm learning new things every day
-it's a clean yet non-sterile work environment
-i have decent hours for a living wage

things i don't like:
-it's not so close to the home (approx 45 mins by bus+bike)
-they want me to buy a car (for the grocery shopping/errands/and what foolish fool doesn't own a car in la anyways)

i don't have some huge opposition to driving a car. but. i really don't want one. for the following reasons:
-gas money
-insurance money
-i can't see @ night
-money to buy the car itself
-parking
-traffic

last week i was hit by a car while riding a bike. this sucked to the extreme, but it really didnt change my mind about not wanting/wanting a car. nor did it change my mind about bike commuting.

Posted by kittenfat at 2:42 PM | Permalink | Comments

productivity=what

ok. the jobs are good. but the future of the one i like is shaky. i'm not sure how much longer they will need me. plus the future of me is shaky. what a what. i'm here. i'm queer...um ok. there is a job i desperately want with a certain japanese broadcasting company. i want it. i want it so bad. i want to take japanese class. bad. i want my effing textbooks to show up. i want a surfboard. i want a friend who will take me. i want to be in school. i want to be working. i want to know everything about everything i like. i want to know about computers. but not for a job. i want to be trilingual. i want a faster bike. i'm stuck. in a rut. i'm not learning. i'm not saving. i'm not enjoying as much as i once was.

Posted by kittenfat at 8:07 PM | Permalink | Comments

productivity=kind of

i worked all weekend in the animation studio. mostly doing tedious tasks like updating spreadsheets and making notes of things. did get a few hours free to do a tutorial on final cut pro. very fun.

today was first day at new job. it's ok. i won't love it. i won't hate it for a while. it's something. more to come on that. the only stressor now is my wardrobe. i ain't got no clothes. i just spent $75 at express on shitty clothes that i don't like, but they are business casual. this goes against my rule of not buying clothes unless i absolutely love them. these clothes suck. but they were $10 per item. i am keeping them as a last resort. i will try to assemble something acceptable from the things in my dresser first.

and i was almost late for my first day today. the shittiness of that connecting bus is too much for me, so i put my bike on the reliable bus and ride the rest of the way. the bus that came today had the bike rack torn off! this is the first time i've seen this! i made it in just before the start.

searching for cheap japanese class but no luck:
berlitz=expensive
community college=only beginner level
ucla=still $400 for a few months. that aint that cheap
everything else is too far away

suck.

Posted by kittenfat at 7:05 PM | Permalink | Comments

productivity=medium

i have been applicating for jobs like it was a full time job. the thing is-i know i'm not going to find a job i *love* in the classifieds, so these jobs are just shit to get the rent paid. admin ass, data entry, phone surverys. etc. spending so much time to find a suck job.

yesterday was a low. i had an interview at an art gallery. got lost. bike tire popped (yes, i rode there on my bike) gave up.

had a phone interview with CALPIRG. sounded like a great job. low pay ($23K/yr), but sounded interesting. i've never heard so many euphemisms. basically it is door to door asking for money and sometimes working 80 hours a week.

today. interview with ESL school. i woke up early. took the bus. early. then! proceeded to miss my connecting bus. i still don't know how this happened. i took my first bus earlier than scheduled. ended up waiting an hour for another bus to come. from the other direction nonetheless (effing internet bus route planning) showed up 45 minutes late to interview. they still hired me. they just checked for a pulse, slapped some textbooks on me, and told me to show up tuesday for my first class. umm. what. so this is what i will be doing. i guess. $15/hr, 9-1 every day.

i'm not thrilled about this job. but, it's more pay than the other shit. all the kids going to the school are in their 20s. and i have the rest of my day free to find some sort of unpaid internship. plus if the animation studio finds money, they are right down the street, so i could part-time it with them for low stress. even in worst case scenario, i never find another job, i will just have to live super spartan. my life will suck, but oh well. all the free time in the world!

got my bike tire fixed today and picked up extra tubes. contemplating going hard on my bod since i have so much time. may use savings for a wetsuit. ($300)

Posted by kittenfat at 5:22 PM | Permalink | Comments

things have been massively shitty, thus, the lack of posting. i couldnt even force myself to get on here and write a little bit. i am off to see about a job in an art gallery. ($9/hr)

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