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2004 29 May :: 12.34am
I had to work 4-close tonight, but it wasn't so bad. Eric was managing and Will was working, so I didn't have to close the kitchen by myself. Earlier today I stopped at school to take care of some yearbook stuff. Laura and Jessica started the Senior Seminar page. I had to make some changes, but they did a good job. My story is almost done, too. I just need to write some captions and it's done. As for the total yearbook, there are 3 seniors who aren't featured that much, so I have to hunt them down at the all night party...another page that I'm doing. Well, tomorrow I'm off to Chicago. ("I'm a chicagoan till chicago end" - lyric from dilated people's "this way" that I got stuck in my head). Emily's family is picking me up at 7:00 am and we're spending the weekend there. I'll be back sunday night with a follow-up post.
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2004 27 May :: 10.41pm
Just got back from baccalaureate night. I got my gold cord for 3.8 to 4.0 GPA (there was only 9 of us). I also got my NHS stoll. As for scholarships I got the MCC Faculty Scholarship for $200. It was kinda ironic because I asked Mrs. Dornbos to recommend me, and she was the one who handed it out. Stefani Gilbert also got it. Tonight we also found out about the Muskegon County Community Foundation scholarships. I got a measely $700. True, it's better than nothing, but not nearly as much as I needed. Hopefully it's at least renewable. Stefani Gilbert got $4,000 from it! As for awards I got pins for play and yearbook. I also got recognition certificates for English and Social studies, as well as a plaque for 4 years of "academic excellence." Mrs. Wiewiora announced that I got the Michigan Competitive Scholarship, but I can't use it out of state so it's pointless. Overall, the night wasn't bad. Katie walked away with a garbage bag full of awards...practically. I still don't like my job, and they just fired a cook, but wednesday was pay day, and I got to see the fruits of my labor. A whole $180 some dollars, after taxes of course. Stacey said she should be able to hire me full time in the summer, but since I don't like my job I don't want to work full time. Maybe I'll get used to it. If 20 hours a week is bad, how much worse will 40 be?
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2004 26 May :: 9.58pm
Choose a band/artist and answer only in song TITLES by that band: Cursive
Are you male or female: A Gentleman Caller
Describe yourself: Staying Alive
How do some people feel about you: Herald! Frankenstein
How do you feel about yourself: The Recluse
Describe your ex-boyfriend/girlfriend: Art Is Hard
Describe where you want to be: Sierra
Describe what you want to be: The Ugly Organist
Describe how you live: Some Red Handed Sleight of Hand
Describe how you love: Driftwood: A Fairy Tale
Share a few words of wisdom: Butcher the Song
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2004 23 May :: 11.20pm
:: Music: incubus
This upcoming week is going to suck. I had to work today, but that wasn't so bad because 1) it was only for 3 hours 2) eric, the manager, wasn't there 3) Doug kept me company in the kitchen. He told me that Steve was pissed that I wasn't talking yesterday...well, excuse me. Anyways, I have to job shadow tomorrow and then work 4 to close. I also have to work tuesday, wednesday, and a hell of a long time friday. Thursday is Baccalareate (yeah, I can't spell it) and that is gonna be one looong day. Tonight I went to the PDM/Calc dinner at Mrs. Charron's. If you ask me, her spaghetti isn't as amazing as it's made out to be, and her brownies are good until the after taste hits. I wonder WHAT her secret ingrediant is? At first I couldn't find the place, but when I stopped at 7/11 I saw Kirsten Vanderwater, and she showed me how to get there. It was still nice of Mrs. Charron to host all us kids. I got to see Mrs. Netcott's baby, Morgan, too. She's tiny. Afterwards, a bunch of us went to Andrea P's house to watch the season finale of Alias. I haven't watched that show in a few weeks, but it was a good season ender. Well, I gotta go run on the treadmill and then TRY to get some sleep (lately, I haven't been able to sleep at night). I haven't ran on the treatmill for a while since I started working, but I don't want to fall too horribly out of shape.
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2004 22 May :: 2.28am
Okay, so nothing much happened today but I still felt like shit. I went into G&L to write down my schedule for next week. I told steve, the manager on duty, that I had trouble with two of the days: monday, because of job shadowing, and thursday, because of baccalareate. Well, steve tried to call stacy, the manager who does the scheduling, but she wasn't avaliable so he called eric, who wanted to talk to me. "Justin, what did you tell me last week?" "Uhm...that I couldn't work Saturday or Sunday." Yeah, I know it's my fault that I didn't get my "conflicts" in on time, but I learned my lesson, move past it. I know eric's gonna say shit about it tomorrow. He's strange like that. One minute he can pretend to be all buddy-buddy and the next he's a prick. Oh well. Maybe they'll fire me...hahaha, only in my dreams. I don't like working with food, going home all dirty, but it's money. When it comes to it, the anticipation of going to work is much worse than the work itself...even though I nearly got second degree burns last night (it was my fault - I'm a dumbass). Later tonight was a little better. Emily and I watched the rain and lightening off the grand haven pier. Then we rented the worst scripted, worst acted movie ever. Even scary movie 3 was better than that. We ditched the movie idea and talked about all the ho-ish people at catholic. That was fun. Well, I gotta get up early for good ol' work. Is it september yet?
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2004 19 May :: 11.31pm
I had to work 4 to close tonight. I got done at about 9:45, so it wasn't bad. I was the only cook (besides eric, the manager) and I think I handled the kitchen well...besides, tonight was slow. Yesterday I got to job shadow at Reid tool. That was cool because I got to shadow every section of the marketing department from catalog to advertising to web, and I learned a lot. I got their a little late, so I missed going to Double JJ with some of the advertisers for promotional reasons. Instead, Mr. Judy (the marketing director - what I want to be) told me about the company and what he does. Then I got "handed off" to the catalog department. Ried sells over 45,000 industrial supplies, so a lot of work goes into making that. I got to hang out with the desiners and two of them took me to a "press check." It's kinda like yearbook when we get proofs, except here they had to travel to the printer, and they checked mostly for color. It was weird because the one girl had something wrong with her eye(s) so when she spoke, I wasn't sure if she was talking to me because her eyes weren't directly looking at me. Anyways, after we got back from that I got to hang out with the advertising person, Melissa. I thought that was really cool. I never really realized that there was actually a side of advertising where you didn't have to be artistic. You just have to have ideas. She explained her career to me, we took a ride to the airport to check up on a display, and overall I had a nice time talking with her. Then I got passed to Mike, the e-commerce/web guy. He explained his job to me. Personally, I think it's kinda boring, but it's just not something I want to do. All of my experience made me realize, however, that if I'm going to be a marketing director I'm going to have to know a little bit about what everyone under me is doing. I'd have to say the best part, though, was sitting in on the group meeting. Ben and Melissa went to a conference where they had their catalog judged, and basically they were presenting the results of that. The whole meeting was how they could improve it, which I thought was cool because everyone from web to designers had input. Well, I'm gonna go watch Nutty Professor now. Tomorrow my dad and sister are going to a Dashboard concert. I hope my mom goes with them, but tonight she said she won't "leave me alone." It's not like I need to be babysat.
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2004 19 May :: 11.21pm
I hate GVSU. If you plan on going there, either don't tell be or don't go. They are guilty of dickery in the first degree.
In other news:
I did my first job shadow for mayfest at Community. That was fun. I got to meet the hyperactive vegitarian Liz for the first time. She's cool, and a good dancer to boot.
My car may yet survive, I just need to get ym hands on some F4 tape. That's the stuff they use to put airplanes back together with. Watch out leaks!
Still single here, so Mikey, STFU about being "just friends". Shit, I don't even have that. All the girls I'm interested in are unavailable. I don't know where BJ is, Kassy lives in Arkansas now, with her Fiancee, Randi is married and lives in Brekenridge, and Jessa doesn't seem interested. Even the girls I'm not interested in are taken. Tonna's married, Patty's engaged, Lindsay is kinda engaged to Jake, Samera is engaged, Melissa disappeared, and Katie's a lesbian! GO ME!
...wait...poop...
Anyway, not everthing sucks. Tim's in town until the 24th, and that's cool.
Only 3.5 weeks until I have the house to myself for 3 entire weeks! w00t!
Peace
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2004 17 May :: 9.54pm
I had a long day today. This morning I went in and paid off the balance for my tuition and turned in my sign-out sheet. At 9:00am I had to report to the Fraunthal Center for the Performing Arts (FCPA) for my first job shadow. It was a looong day, but it was still fun. I met with Mary Oleniczak, executive director of the theater. There is so much she has to do from deciding what shows to book to payroll to public relations to applying for grants and much more, but theater management looks like an awesome job. The first half of the day she just spoke about her career. She graduated from MSU with a business degree concetrated in marketing. At noon she took me to Racquet's for lunch. When we came back, channel 77 came to videotape all the "nooks and crannies" of the theater. That "Tom" guy was kinda loud-mouthed and annoying, but it was awesome seeing stuff about the theater that no one ever gets to see...like the top of the "occulus" or the trap room or the organ pipes or the projection booth. I even heard about "PJ" the theater's ghost. Later in the day, I got to observe Mary talking with her assistant, planning which day would work best for their first annual block party. There's so much work that goes into planning all their events. I was also there when Mary called Jane, a booking agent of sorts who was trying to finalize the deal to bring Tapdogs to the Fraunthal. She put her on speakerphone, which was cool because Jane got me involved in the conversation as well. As the day ended I got to meet Michelle, the house manager in charge of the volunteers. She said they have my number and might call me about volunteering this summer. That'd be pretty cool, but I told them I'd like to Usher. If I could usher at the tribute to John Lennon, that'd be awesome! Well I gotta get directions for tomorrow's job shadow. Later.
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2004 16 May :: 9.31pm
I've been so tired the past two days. Today I didn't want to get up, but I had to go in to work at 11:00. I got to work with Will in the Kitchen. Yesterday he was doing drive-thru, and I was told he "hates cooks." Working with him proved that he's actually a good guy with a sense of humor. I also worked with this girl from Muskegon, but I was never told her name. My conception of her changed too. I saw her briefly on wednesday when she came in to pick up check. She seemed like a bitch, but she's not. Yesterday I went to Dr. Reily's with Katie and Josie. We watched the picture DVD show that he made for us. I thought it was really good. Dr. Reily is an awesome photographer...and it's his hobby! Later, Josie and I prank called Kenesha and George, pretending to be the Library. "Kenesha Strong-Rule, you have a book overdue. It's called 1000 ways to bang a guy..and a girl." Anyways, I'm tired and I gotta job shadow tomorrow, so I'm gonna hit the sack.
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2004 14 May :: 11.48pm
I got it done. Emily, Amanda, and I went to Needle Fire Tattoos, where emily and i got our eyebrows done. Left side. I think it looks pretty good. The guy wasn't very nice, but he did a decent job. We took Amanda to Area 51 to get her nub peirced because they didn't do that at Needle Fire. The guy there was much better. He explained EVERYTHING, whereas the guy we went to only said stuff if we asked. Afterwards I had to pick up my sister at school. I saw Debbie so I showed her. Then Lacie and Christina wanted to see it. A lot of people saw it up at school. I swear there is some generation gap/mom-thing about piercings. First of all, when i came home, my mom talked to me for a full minute before she recognized I had it. Then she looked at me and said "WHAT did you DO?" It's funny because Emily's mom said the EXACT same thing. Emily asked her mom if she still loved her and she replied "I love you, but I don't love that ring!" My mom made it very clear that she didn't like it either. She told me to "take that thing out." I think I started having the most doubts about it after I showed it to Mrs. McConnel. I actually respect her opinion, but when she saw it she said "What did you do to my face?" Oh, well. I like it, and that's what matters, right? It has to be a generation gap because everything single person I've seen my age likes it...or at least they say they do. I was told it's "sexy" and "badass." Just wait until I put the barbell in. Unfortuneately, I'm supposed to wait 4-6 weeks. We'll see. I just hope it doesn't get infected...or ripped out. My dad keeps on going around pretending like he's going to rip it out. That pisses me off so much. If he keeps it up, eventually he'll slip up and "accidently" rip it out. I'd go spastic. Anyways, about the job front. After my first day, I seriously wanted to quit. I went as far as calling sears to see if they were still hiring in electronics. They weren't, but I went in for my second day anyways. It seemed much better. I still don't like the job that much, but I think it's something I just have to get used to. I don't like working with food, but it's money. Tracy is the one girl whose name I couldn't remember. I swear she looks a lot like Christina Applegate. Her and the manager flirt a lot too. Yesterday I met Tim, another cook. He's a nice, funny guy. "You know what I"m sayin" is his catch phrase. Tomorrow I work. I won't have to close, which is good. Since it's a saturday I"m guessing it will be VERY busy. There will probably be 4 cooks in the kitchen. Hopefully I can just stuff the buns all day. Well, I'm out. I'm gonna try sleeping with this eyebrow ring.
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2004 13 May :: 9.30pm
To those who remain...
To Andrew - For all the good times and all the bad times.
To Greg - For Wan Hung Lo and the food
To Ashley - For taking command when I was to lazy to.
To Matt - For throwing the shoe.
To Katie - For being broken, and for the smile.
To Natalie - For looking funny, and for the wave.
To Liz - For the laugh, and for the talks.
To those who led me through the times of trouble:
May the road rise up to meet you,
May the wind be always at your back,
May the sun shine warm on your face,
May the rain fall soft upon your fields.
May our children and their descendents
Be a hope to all humanity
May their hopes and dreams become united,
may we help one another to survive.
And until we meet again
May God hold you in the hollow of his hand.
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2004 12 May :: 11.20pm
"schools out...forever"
I am finally "done" with school. Done is in quotations because even though I don't have to technically show up to school anymore (except for yearbook), I still have some school obligations to fulfill. Today was the looongest day ever, mainly because we had absolutely nothing to do in any of our classes. The senior lunch was nice. Afterwards, Wiewhora and some school administration kinda made me angry. Wiewhora, well right when I was going to ask her a question she walked away. Then the administration "couldn't accept" my sign-out sheet because Gayle VanDYKE didn't sign for the business office (we still owe on tuition). YET, the form says if the person won't sign, to list why in writing. WHY do they have to write WHY if you can't turn it in? That's dumb. Gayle VanDYKE wrote "why" but they still refused to take it at the office. Anyways, I started my job at G&L today. It really sucks. It's only my first day and I already want to quit. I don't mind working hard (which I have to do), but when it's not doing something you love (or at least like), I'm not sure it's worth it. I wouldn't mind busing tables or washing dishes. That'd actually be kinda fun. But cooking food really stinks! I will NEVER eat a greek chili dog. Those things look so gross. I hate working with the food because everything in the kitchen is all greasy. I go home with greasy, burnt hands. By the end of this summer, I'm going to have lost all feeling in my fingertips. I have newfound respect for people with jobs, especially jill and andre. It's tough work. At least the people I worked with tonight were alright. Doug, the fellow cook, graduated from Shores and is going to WMU this fall...I think. Jackie, the drive-thru girl, is a senior at puffer. I can't remember the waitress' name right now (except that it started with a "T"...I think). My first impression was that she had an attitude (she flipped the manager off - only in jest) but she's actually kinda nice. Eric's the manager. I guess you have to get to know him, but for now, he seems kinda like a prick. Oh yeah...him and the waitress have real thick michigan accents. I don't know how i noticed that, but I did. Okay, for some reason, my hearing is not fully functioning. Maybe the kitchen is too loud. You know...if I "accidently" cut my finger off, I could not have to work anymore and get paid workers comp. I'm going to miss my finger...
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2004 11 May :: 9.36pm
Tomorrow "SCHOOL'S OUT...FOREVER!!!" Those shirts we got are awesome. All the seniors are going to wear them tomorrow (well, almost all of them). I've decided to get my eyebrow done. I still have to talk to my future co-workers about the peircing policy, but I'm pretty sure i can have it. I looked at some pictures tonight and I think it looks cool. I just gotta decide which side. I was originally thinking right, but after seeing pictures I think left looks good. Maybe I'll just get both done!
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2004 10 May :: 8.20pm
So much has been happening lately, and I haven't updated in a while. First of all, my family has been pissing me off completely. I constantly find myself flipping the finger behind my dad's back because of his annoying, pig-like behavior. My mom is so far disillusioned that it makes no sense to reason with her, but I still try to anyways and get even more frustrated that she won't change her thinking. My aunt, whom my mom is in conflict with, is supposedly going around gossiping about my mom, all on assumptions (some of which are false). I'd have to say my mom annoys me the most, though. Someone in the family committed suicide. It was my mom's cousin's daughter. She hung herself. She was only 17. What does my mom do? Call up her cousin, leaving a message asking if she goes to church with her ex-husband!! Then she proceeds to record on the machine "I go to church EVERY sunday, and I recieve communion AND reconillionation AND I go to the novenas." Who cares, mom! Are you trying to prove to someone how much of a "chirstian" you are? Or are you just bragging? It doesn't help that she tries to sugarcoat things. Maybe it's that she doesn't know what's really going on, but she talks to her aunt and to her dad saying stuff like "yeah, we're doing good. Elizabeth is in a dance recital and justin's got a job, and yeah, I pay my credit card off every month, and we're just doing fine." No, mom, we're not doing fine in this shitty hell-whole! I think I posted earlier that I got a job. I don't start that until Wednesday, but already my aunt and uncle are like "you should've taken the job at sears." Sears didn't even offer me a job. I would work at both places, except that it's my first job and I don't know how much I can handle. I'm guessing I can't do 80 hours a week and still stay sane. Okay, now to prom...No offense to the junior student council or anyone involved, but prom kinda sucked this year. Not that it was any better last year. I had more fun at fremont's prom dancing with amanda; at least she didn't walk away from when while we were "dancing." At least I'm glad about who got prom king & queen: Brian and Katie. No one deserved it more than them. In any case, I think the evening proved to me that me and my date are strictly friends and never anything more. Now about girl #2, well I'm not sure what to do there. Sometimes she aggraivates me too, just because we've spent so much time together and things just get old. I don't feel like we're all that compatible anyways, and yet she likes me. Is there anything wrong with just being friends? You know, I feel bad for one of my friends. She's not acting like herself, and it's because of relationship issues. I wish I could comfort her, but I dont know what to say. She's really upset right now. Finally, Emily and I are all set to get our eyebrows pierced on friday. I'm not so sure that I want my eyebrow pierced. I'd rather get my ear done (It's more conservative in my opinion) but I suppose I'll get my eyebrow done anyways. Well, I gotta go take out my cookie bars that I'm making for my lunch table tomorrow. Last day at lunch.
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2004 6 May :: 8.43pm
Hmm...not sure about the AP English test. That could really go either way. I hope that I at least got a 3. It's possible that I got a 4, but only if the ap readers actually buy into my b.s. The 55 multiple choice questions weren't too terribly bad, but there were a few that I left blank. Better blank than wrong: wrong answers count against you. The three essay questions kind of sucked. The poetry essay was probably the worst to write even though poem selection was good: Emily Dickinson and Robert Frost. Then the prose essay dealt with some short story by James Henry. I'm just wondering if that's the same author known as O. Henry. That essay was alright, but I didn't explicitly state what the tone was. Finally, the promt for the free-response essay wasn't too bad. I had to talk about some "central question" in some work of literature. I wrote about The Great Gatsby and how the central question was wether or not man should live with a single dream - Gatsby died for it, but I concluded that if someone is that far disillusioned, then having a single dream is actually better for them. I want to find out my score! I'll just have to wait a month and a half. In good news, I had an interview at G&L today. The manager arranged for me to come in for a second interview, and he said unless I botch that, I pretty much got a job there and can start next week. Not where I prefer to work, but it's a job. I don't know if I should give sears a call or not. I'd rather work in retail than food service (I'd be a cook at G&L), but then again I don't want to comprimise my morals by working at sears. I shouldn't complain though. I'm not exactly in a position to discriminate against where I want to work.
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