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I'm noy sure why, but I can't get this blog to post my entrys...sorry about the lack of updates

Aimee

Driven By Desperation

I've started to write this blog a few times, and for many reasons (including a stupid computer day) I haven't finished it...in fact I have started it over and written about different things many times. I can't decide what to write about besides the job search. It has sort of consumed me lately so that's all I have been thinking about.

Since the last time I wrote, I contacted the rest of the second cup stores in Oakville and none are hiring until August. I have applied at banks, and grocery stores, the beer store and liquor store, and other places that I thought I might have a chance of being employed. I have called random labs in Toronto, I have begged people that I don't even know to give me a job. In fact, I could have had a job at Swiss Chalet in Simcoe...I don't think it would work though. I went for a job fair at the Holiday Inn in Bronte. I was willing to ride 3 buses to and from work every day to go clean up after other people. I don't care anymore.

In my Holiday Inn interview (which I wrote an entire blog about, but it got lost) I tried to convince them that they could really use someone like me working for them. I got a few questions about my schooling and then the worst part of the interview..."So...you sound really smart Aimee, and clearly you are willing to work hard, so...why are you here?!?!!"
Crap...overqualified...no shit
So I explained that jobs this summer have been hard to come across and that I would really enjoy working with the Holiday Inn team etc etc etc
Bullshit

I didn't get a phone call...

I went for an interview at Apple One (a job agency). Now, these people get word of jobs that aren't necessarily available to me in the newspaper or on the internet. I have talked to them a few times in the past couple of weeks and they offered me a job which they took back (bastards) when they found out I was a summer student. They stated that they weren't accepting summer students this year because there aren't enough jobs available. Great...

They called me back a week later and said they wanted me to come in for an interview. So, I got all dressed up and went to the office. I got a battery of questions, which I answered very confidently (out of necessity). I NEED a job...and then I agreed to a couple of tests to see if my skills were good enough. I did an hour worth of typing and data entry tests, and I was well above average. I proved that my resume doesn't lie. They gave me a package and assured me they would get in touch the minute they find something for me.

They haven't called.

But...I continue to send good thoughts out into the world. I have applied for a few more jobs on the net. I check it every day. I check the papers, and I type emails all day long. I applied to a group home, which would be a cool job (though minimum wage). I have made it my job to find a job. In fact, I want everyone to send telepathic thoughts to Environment Canada telling them to hire me. The job is data entry (which I rock at by the way) and the place is Burlington. The job pays a whopping $16 per hour. I am perfect for this job. They say some science background is helpful but not necessary. I have this...I have more than this...I am a science nerd. HIRE ME GOSH DARNNIT!!!

So, today I will send a second email, and remind them that I faxed my resume as well. This way I'll convince them. I will send an email every 2 days. I will give up on June 8th (2 days following the end of the post date). But in the mean time, every time you can remember, think good thoughts for me. If you know anyone at Environment Canada call them and tell them I am perfect, and I will work very hard for them.

I will continue to look for work. I will continue to hope that a higher power is patting my shoulder, telling me to have patience, because the perfect job for me is right around the corner.

Lucky for me, I have good grades at school and will hopefully get the 2 jobs I applied for back in waterloo next school year. I don't see how they could not hire me...but then again....

I am sick of blogging about not having work, so I am open for suggestions. I will blog about whatever topic, so leave any suggestions in my comments. If an employment opportunity comes to me, I will close this chapter of my life, and let you all know. If this doesn't happen, I will avoid the topic of work at all costs. I will count on my mother winning the lottery (since I can't afford a ticket, hehe) and continue my job of finding a job.

At least I am not alone...in fact I haven't yet talked to a single young adult that has found a "summer" job per say. I have friends who have found jobs, but who have had to commit to at least a year with the same employer. Wait, Greg...I forgot...he has a "summer" job, but it's in Guelph, and so I never see him any more. I understand though. I would have done the same. Oakville is in a drought.

Until next time...

Aimee

Psychic Joan

As some of you know, my mother went to a psychic party a few weeks back and met a psychic woman named Joan. Now, some of the things she has said to some people make me know that somewhere in her she has this gift. She knows what she's talking about some of the time. I know from reading a lot about psychic phenomenon however, that not every psychic person can be psychic all the time about everything or everyone.

So, last week my mom told me that Joan would be having a psychic party at her friends Mark and Kate's house. I expressed interest and had a friend that was interested in attending as well. So Sunday after baseball we head on over to the party. I'm not sure why seeing a psychic got scary all of a sudden but I was afriad of what she might say. In fact, I was sure she would bring out all of my crazy fears and tell me that bad spirits were following me into the shower etc. so, I agreed to go last and put it off for a little longer.

When my turn rolled around I went up the stairs and walked into the room Joan was in. I hesitated and then went to sit down on the sofa next to her.
Joan - "close the door, we have rules"

Aimee - incredibly intimidated by #1 meeting a new person (a little socially anxious) #2 the up-coming rules I was expecting to come out of her mouth

Joan - "go ahead and sit down"

I gave Joan a ring I had on which she put onto her little finger and twised and twisted while I shuffled the tarot cards and split them into three piles. I chose the pile I wanted and she took it away. But I wanted that pile....oh well. So I was left with this huge pile of cards that I didn't really want.

Before reading into the cards, Joan told me about a young man I knew with a "J" or an "I" that would get in trouble with drinking and driving and would possibly be incarcerated. OK...and she wanted to know my connection with Europe. I said I didn't have one, but that I would love to go there some day. She said I would go, within two years, and that I would stay there for at least 3 months. I would work there and jump from place to place, as this is apparently my nature. I am "flighty" and can't settle down into anything, including a career. I would be taking a lot of people with me on my trip to Europe, so if anyone is interested....

In terms of career, she saw law. Yes...law. I should be involved in law, no if's and's or but's
I probably rolled my eyes
she eventually asked me what I'm in school for
Me - "Biology and psychology...and I'm doing a minor in chemistry"

Joan - "that doesn't surprise me...you have kept your options open because you can't decide what you want to do with your life. It's your flighty nature coming up again"

Me - wanted to stick my tongue out at Joan

Joan - "I don't see you in science at all. Biology would bore you, and this is why you couldn't be a psychologist...because you'd want to put your hands around your clients necks and tell them to hurry up and get better already. You're impatient."

I was getting impatient with Joan alright...but she said I'd always have a penny more then what I needed in terms of money, and that I wouldn't marry for a long time because it was one of those things I'd continue to put off. Nothing about kids or anything...so I dunno

Joan dealt the cards out into a bunch of piles. They were random cards. No death card, or celebration or anything like what everyone else seems to get and she had like 3/4 of the pile. So, I don't know what all these cards mean.

Joan - "I'm confused by your cards"

Me - "OK..."

Joan - "but there's nothing bad here..."

Then she went on to talk a whole lot about nothing and told me to read a sylvia browne book. Haha I am in the middle of one. I laughed
I don't think Psychic Joan had a lot of luck picking up anything for me but she was a nice lady. I don't doubt her and her abilities. I think I just didn't provide the vibe. Anyways, she said my whole family is healthy etc so that's good. I don't regret the experience.

I have to go job hunting now...

Aimee

An Update Post

I was asked today by my loving mother "so Aimee, when was the last time you blogged?"
For those of you that know my mother (www.humblingmoments.blogspot.com) you know that this is her way to get me motivated. Her way of saying "write something gosh darnnit, before I come over there and..." well you get the hint
I havn't got much to say to be honest. I have tonsilitis, but thanks to modern medicine, I also have antibiotics. So this should be gone in a few more days. I have been tired and bored and havn't left the house (or my PJs) in a few days.
I still don't have a job (I know some of you are aware of this due to my constanmt complaining)
I called every second cup in Oakville. I found one of three answers....
1. Sorry, we're not hiring
2. No answer (no answering machine) over and over and over
3. well the second cup isn't hiring but Harveys is...oh man
So after long hard consideration about flipping burgers I laughed and cried and decided not to sink so low. I will make a list and go out monday (if I can get my butt outta bed) and hand out a thousand resumes if that's what it takes. No lost hope here...not yet anyways
So, that's why I havn't blogged.
I have nothing fun, interesting, or exciting to say
I'm sick and full of self pitty.
Let's be honest, I've bored myself already
And to top it off I'm PMSing...fabulous!

So...mom...I love you dearly and I save you the daily blog to avoid passing on this crappy feeling. What you need to do is hurry up and win the lottery so I can go on vacation and forget about flipping burgers and such. I could think of a few things I'd do if I had a few million. So get on it woman!! And in the meantime, quit worrying about my jobless ass and just keep smiling. It's all about the positive thoughts out into the world. Nothing is working now, because the world is helping me wait for the perfect summer job for me.

Aimee

Would you like fries with that?

So I spent the entire day at Job Connect today. I don't know why I was thinking that maybe they'd be able to connect me with a job or something but I was mistaken. Thing is, I filled out all of these papers and stuff and got myself permission to look through the secret binder. So I flipped through it and found 50% of the jobs were in Georgetown and Milton (is. unaccessable by public transportation) and the other half were jobs like "window washing technician" and "dishwasher" and "server" all for minimum wage or less and jobs I could have easily found without their help.
I try not to be pessimitic about things such as these, but lets face it...I'm competing for the left-over summer jobs, and I have a hard time with competition. Anyways, I kept a smile on my face and searched the internet for the rest of the day. I found a couple places to apply and sent faxes of my resume and stuff but who knows how it'll turn out.
So I feel useless for the time being. I'm thinking about paying a visit to AppleOne this week, but an agency means that I get thrown around to different jobs whenever the wind changes, and we all know how I am...Obsessive compulsive and I don't deal very well with change. So I will avoid working for an agency for another week or so and maybe work at MacDonalds or something instead. I figure I must be educated enough to ask "did you want that supersized"? I watched the movie...haha
But good news is that Jenny has a job. Not trying to be bitter, but it just fell in her lap, so I can't help it. Let's be honest here, I think she chose a simpler blueprint for her life (RE: Sylvia Browne) then me. So she starts work on monday at a dentist office making a sweet $13
Anyways, I never meant to use this blog as a place to complain so I will stop writing. I was supposed to go to the zoo this weekend with Greg but he's sick, so it looks like I'll be sticking around here. I'll let you know.

Aimee
PS. It hasn't stopped raining since I got finished school. I think the weather is playing with my head. When I have to study it's sunny and beautiful, when I have nothing to do all day but bop around town dropping off resumes then it rains and hails and stays cold. The government is punishing me for uncovering their waterloo secret weather machine. Geeze...

OCD...who woulda thought?

You May Be a Bit Obsessive Compulsive ...

Meticulous and detailed oriented, you have some irrational obsessions. Maybe it's your super neat closet or washing your hands a gazillion times. You probably know it's weird, but you just can't stop thinking about it. In fact, the more you think about your quirks, the more you have to do them.

What Personality Disorder Are You?

Am I really like this people?? Really?
Maybe I should seek councelling instead of giving it.
Or maybe I'm just organized, is that such a bad thing?