September 13, 2007

• A Plank Between Here and Perdition

  Well now, it sure has been a while since I've written anything here. I could go on forever about the reasons why but I don't want to sound like a broken record belting the same excuses everyone knows about. What I will do is say that I'm going to try and settle back into a routine of updating more often, mainly because I need to keep my writing skills sharp. Why that is will be will be talked about later.

  So, long story short I'm back from my trip to my homeland of Trinidad and now I'm looking for full-time employment. Which is, for lack of a better expression, a serious pain in the ass. I've lost count of how many resumes I must have sent out in the last month and I haven't heard a thing from 90% of them. The one job I did hear about, a gig as an Assistant on the Tyra Banks show seemed to be going well because not only did I get two interviews, the second one was with none other than Tyra Banks herself. As hard as that might be to swallow you have to believe me; Tyra interviewed me for the job (which makes sense because had I gotten to job I would be working under her, specifically). I think I did well, but there was so much competition for that open slot it's not hard to imagine someone else coming along and impressing Tyra much more than I did. Such is life I guess. At least I have a story to tell. Since then I managed to get a two-day temp assignment doing data entry work for a non-profit organization which went well, and I was certainly grateful for the paychecks, but now it's back to square one. I went to a job fair at my alma mater yesterday (NYU for those who may not know/remember) but that was mostly catered to people looking for jobs in the financial district (JP Morgan and friends...). In other words, not up my alley. I did seem to hit it off with the folks at CNET, and I passed a resume on to them. Next month they plan on contacting those of us who did get resumes in for some dinner or something. I've been doing this long enough to know that I shouldn't hold my breath. But if something happens, well then, great!

  I don't know...sometimes I feel as if I wasted my time going to college majoring in Media. Maybe I should have just started somewhere after high school and worked my way up, because this is getting a bit disheartening. I have friends in the same predicament as I am and while that should make me not feel so alone, it doesn't. There are so many things I want to do once I start working, and the fact that I'm not is not making me all that confident in my abilities. Lord knows when was the last time I touched my bass guitar or piano. You hear all the time about people not being able to have time for hobbies after they enter the real world but not me; I plan on making sure I get myself active in music once I start working. Why not do music now? Well it costs money (rehearsal space, instrument repair/replacement etc) and for that I need a job.

  I guess all I can really do is carry on and try to find a way to take my mind off of my predicament. Believe me when I say I'm doing all I can, I guess sometimes life decides to deal you a bad hand more often than you'd like. Instead of having "one of those days", it feels like "one of those days again". And again, and again...

                                                                                                             SEE YOU SPACE COWBOY...

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