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Hi, Jen here. Pretty much the same one. But I'm in a whole new world now. I broke up with Cameron, moved in with Young Bryan, and am in one of the most bizarre love triangles ever between him and Mike. I live with Bryan, and he's... technically my boyfriend, but we're in an open relationship, so I'm also sort of dating Mike. But, they're best friends and we're all completely aware of the situation, so it's awkward at times when we're all hanging out. I love them both. I just want to be close to the people I care about.
We're all going to be porn stars. Kickass, eh?
I'm practicing more yoga and studying more magick. I'm having fun with food and creating things. I'm learning to live in the moment, for the moment. I'm experiencing things most people can't even dream about and seeing the world in a million new ways.
I'm happier than I've ever been.
Life is wonderful.
Tuesday
March 10th
8:22pm
My best friend at work, Debbie, has decided that Thursday will be her last day on the job. The owner's an egotistical wopzilla who hates people he can't piss off, and therefore terrorizes the world trying to single those people out. Debbie's not one of those people, so she... uh... got pissed off enough to quit. I'm really gonna miss her. She was the only person there who I really felt I could talk to, especially about work-related problems. Hopefully I'll still get to see her sometimes. Her sister is a manager at a pizza place 10min from her house, whereas our current workplace is nearly an hour's drive for her. She'll be going there and managing three days a week.
I was hired in mid-December. Since then, six people have been fired, and now we're losing Debbie. I'm still the newest person there, and one of VERY few people trained in the juice bar. I really hope they decide to hire another person, because I've lately been doing the work of two people... and would prefer that the number not inflate. It's becoming more and more like the deli every day. But I can't quit here.
At least not yet. I want to have at least six months here for my future applications since my last job I only lasted three months at before quitting.
And I like my employee discount.
A lot.
I also want to kill my mother.
All she does is make me cry.
I have to move out. Soon.
Fuck her. She's not getting any more of my money.
WILL SOMEONE PLEASE TEACH ME TO DRIVE SO I CAN GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE?!
At Niki's
Tuesday
January 13th, 2009
2pm
Happy New Year.
Everything is constantly changing. I got a new job in the health food store I love so much, working in the juice bar. I miss my deli buddies, but my new job is so much better and I'm making good friends. Too bad they'll all eventually quit and/or move to California. Christmas was full of Hello Kitty. Cameron's becoming a voice actor and plans to get a house with a couple of his friends after this semester. I'm not ready to move in with him yet, but I'm still not sure what my plans for moving out are. I'm still saving for my degree and need a car/license before I feel comfortable moving out. Niki's back to obsessing over guys and forgetting the rest of the world exists. Who's the real Hachi in this friendship? I miss her. Even though we're in the same room.
She's getting on a plane (or two) by herself to go half way across the country to see this guy. But she's scared to take the bus 15 minutes down the street by herself.
I got a Nintendo DS (and Pokemon Mystery Dungeon / Hello Kitty PDA software) and DDR for my PS2.
I just bought an Aquasana shower filter to celebrate my first paycheck from my new job.
Cameron said his parents are thinking about giving or letting me borrow their laptop that they don't really need anymore to use for school. They think I'm just taking online classes from the local community college I went to for a semester and a half (ish), and don't know about the grandma-box situation. If they decide not to, I'm going to get a credit card and start building up good credit by buying a laptop (that I can afford to pay off right away). Hopefully I'll be back online soon.
My mom's getting off work now. Cameron didn't answer his phone, so I think he's in a class. I really need to see him.
I'm not taking the bus because apparently there's a rapist/theif with a gun on the loose (local enough for concern). I guess I'll end up leaving with my mom while Niki's still asleep.
I told Niki last night how I was upset about her ignoring me to talk to Brett the last three times I've come over. I tried all evening to get her to pay attention to me, but she was more interested in talking to him. Even though it's all she does, and she only sees me once a week (or less). I told her I don't care if she wants to talk to him, but that she shouldn't tell me she's going to hang out with me if she's just going to ignore me.
I finally got her to shut off the computer and watch the Nana anime with me, but I could tell she didn't want to and just felt bad about upsetting me. After the first episode ended she went in the bathroom and didn't come out for at least a half hour. I cleaned up the kitchen and got ready for bed. I wasn't enjoying forcing her to hang out with me, so I rolled over like fifteen minutes after she came back. I heard her get on the phone with Brett. I shut off the tv.
I don't know why I bother.
Thirteen days until I turn twenty.
I think I'll build a snowman when I get home.
At Niki's
Thursday, October 23rd
Just past noon
Worst closing line EVER. What the hell was I thinking? I completely forgot the last like, minute of my song (which is pretty sad considering it's not even three minutes long) and just stopped before going,"What are the words...?" which did get some laughs. But then, when I started again I only got out about three lines before forgetting what came next again. So I just said,"I think I'll stop there. Thanks for tolerating that." Then I laughed awkwardly and got off the stage. People did cheer, but I don't know if it was because they liked what I COULD manage to remember of my song, because they felt bad for me, or because they were glad I was off the stage. XD When I went up to the counter to get some more cider for me and Knickers (which they were OUT of and I didn't even get to try. Terrible.), Frank, the announcer guy said I was good but just needed to not be so nervous.
But it was really awkward. First of all, my song was sort of depressing. XD And that's not good considering the fact that I was following a song that went "One, two three! The kids love the monkey and four, five, six! The monkey's got a hockey stick. Seven eight nine! Havin' a good time, yeaaah..." (Favorite song of the night for me, by the way. XD) But I was also the only girl who went up there. And the only person who didn't have an instrument playing in the background. And the only person who had everyone go completely silent and just STARE the entire time I sang. All of that added to the pressure. And some douches were mocking me and started singing "The Lion Sleeps Tonight". I'd like to see their sorry asses get up on stage and perform something they wrote a week ago a capella perfectly. Fuck off, wankers. I sounded damn good.
Anne couldn't come because of her daughter, but Danielle and David from work (who also both happened to be in my graduating class) just happened to be there. Danielle will probably be all like,"What HAPPENED up there?" tomorrow. Oy. LOL And me and Niki ran into John (from the kitchen) on the trolly and told him about it, but he didn't show up either. God. Fucking monkey song. I should have gone up after "BLESS MYYYOIL!" (dedicated to Bush) but then Cameron would have missed my performance. XD Cameron did his synthy thing and it was a hit. The crowd loved the cowbell. XD And he spent like ten minutes fucking around. LOL Doing music trivia and playing video game themes and stuff. It was hilarious. I filmed it all. XD
Also. We went to the health food store and got FREE BANANAS. And cranberry treat sticks! AND I GOT AMAZING RAW ORGANIC CHEDDAR (Jack Style). And I love Lil' Kookz. ^n.n^ AND CINDY SAID I CAN HAVE HALLOWEEN AND THE NEXT DAY OFF! PARTY, HERE I COME! AND CINDY'S GOING ON VACATION THIS WEEK! *LEAPS WITH JOY* Meaning I'll be training the new person we get this week. XD Well. Me and everyone else. LOL
Sunday, October 5th
Noon
I has a shed. We were supposed to paint it today but it's too cold, so the paint wouldn't stick right. Or something. It's huge, but still doesn't completely block the creepy old staring guy from my bathroom window. *shrug* Gramma's stuff is gonna go in there when she moves in. Some of it anyway. Not all of it would even fit in this house if we took all of me and my mom's stuff out (which also barely fits). A lot of it will be given away and some will go into storage I think. Terrible. But I don't care. I'll be moving out anyway. I really should save more. I've been spending a lot lately. But I can't help it. I've gone so long without being able to have anything that I really want to reward myself for little things in a way I never could for... any things before. I'm not buying too much STUFF really. Just Wen and food. Really great food. Delivered to me. Dot com. XD!
I went to Niki's after work on Friday and we ordered in from a sushi place. The sushi was amaaazing and I got a delicious seaweed salad too. Niki got teriyaki chicken (of course XD!) that came with rice, miso soup, a salad (for little kookz!) and these mysterious, yet delicious, pouches of meat. I french-braided her hair, trimmed her NANA wig to perfection and we watched The Breakfast Club (and took pictures). It was super duper fun. And then I went to sleeps.
Yesterday I woke up at 8:30am to find that Chris had been there the whole time. I thought he was at his dad's, but he had just been in his room sleeping since like 6pm the night before. XD!!! I took a shower, then we chatted a bit while Niki was sleeping, and watched super hard mario.
Me and Niknik went to the health food shop and found out the goff girl there is having a baby girl! But apparently it's Tim's, so Niki's back to marrying the sushi chef at my work. Even though the baby is really hers. XD!!! We got mint chocolate swirl rice cream and ate it outside the closed cafe next to the health food shop and had a chat. Then we went back to her house on the bus (while taking pictures) and watched mochi poof up in the oven while laughing (and taking pictures). We had it with some of the agave nectar I bought, and it was reeeally good. And I gave her a treat stick, which she enjoyed. XD
Then I went to Camcam's and watched him fly around his tiny RC helicopter. It's sooo cute! Then we had chicken/azn n00dles/key-lime bars his mom made (surprisingly edible... because it all came out of boxes besides the chicken which was juicy but devastatingly flavorless), and he played with his synth some and showed me Portal before we watched some Initial D and had super cuddles times™. JESUS, that's my boy.
My mom is driving me nuts today. It's one of those days where she got up at the exact same time as me, and decided to do shit in the room I'm in, and give me no privacy and not allowing me to concentrate... CONSTANTLY interrupting me to make me set up this stupid fucking shelf.
There are three new girls in the deli, so I'm working four days a week now instead of five. That gets me $180 a week.
The new health food store opens up in like a month (maybe two?). It's really tempting. If I could work five days a week there, even with slightly less money per hour I'd probably be making more and liking my job more.
She's pounding metal with a mallot three feet away. HELP ME.
9:30pm
The new health food shop is going to be right near my work. It will be four times the size of the original store, and have a juice bar in it. There's still no official opening date yet. I could DIE of joy.
Right down the street from the original health food shop there's also a CPS shop, a fairy/nature(/CPS?) shop, and an Irish pub (which I got stew from with Cameron today. IT WAS SO GOOD.). My next day off I want to walk around that area and check out all the places. And the other health food shop across the street from the one I go to that I still haven't been to yet. There are apartments in that area too. And it's all in like a half hour walking distance, in a nice neighborhood. That's where I want to live as soon as I have my degree paid for and own a car. If I moved there right after getting my degree, I'd be paying rent out the ass and wouldn't be able to afford a car. So even though I'll be mostly walking, I still need to get a car first.
They have mint chocolate swirl ice cream (at the original health food shop XD) that's made from rice milk. It's AMAZING. I think I like it better than Bryers. No milk after-taste. Excellent texture and flavor. Not so good once it's melted, but it melts very slowly. The chocolate swirls are fudgey and minty. Not sure if I like that so much. The new store should have more flavors. I think they have it at Giant Beagle too. Maybe they have more flavors. Unless they only have the rice milk, and not the ice cream. Anyway, it's called Good Karma (Rice Divine). Let's check it oooout!
I want to make a work people list too. Yes.
Cindy (aka: Hitler/Christine2): Self explanatory.
Anne: HILARIOUS. 25. Has a 5 year old daughter. I thought she was like eighteen and was so shocked about the kid. LOL We take the (breaded) soooole train to Clam Town whenever one (or one hundred) opens up, and we mimic Hitler when she's off. We salute each other when it's time for our lunch breaks.
Justin (aka: Daddy/Captain/Squirrelaroo): Jealous because he was off the day me and Anne formed 67687963123 inside jokes. Slacker. Dave the Laugh. Drinks and parties a lot. Squirrelaroo is his species, because stores cheese for winter in his apron pouch. (Me and Anne are GENIUSES.). Went to L.A. to try to become a DJ right before I started working there, came back a week later. Currently trying to figure out if he's capable of developing musical taste. I'll determine that after he plays some music from the band he was raving about yesterday. Calls me Meat Man. Smoker (ick, elch, eltche). We talk about cartoons. Cameron hates him with a passion.
Jenn: Went to our "rival school" and does a lot of black head motions when she's got an attitude. Round, with glasses, same age as me. I steal her customers and she tries to crush my arms when I try to get meat out of the case. XD She tells me about how her old boyfriend cheated on her and how she thought she might have been pregnant a while back. I sit there and nod, trying not to hurl at the idea of someone touching a person that physically terrifying. She constantly tells me I'm weird. I tell her I know. Anne can't stand her. Justin asked if I'd stab her with a poison dart in the break room if he gave me one. I said I'd think about it.
Pam: Tiny, cute grandma type. From England, and therefore so much fun to hear talk. All of our customers from the UK talk to her, and bring her newspapers from London, etc. Really cool.
Ed: Best person to close with 'cause he's so laid back. Probably in like his sixties. From New York. Light-hearted. Hates Cindy's bullshit. Starts chats when it's not busy instead of making us clean the world in silence.
Mary: Greatest demo person ever. Me and Anne always hope she's going to give out samples. Speaks kind of slowly. Really nice. "Come on over here and get a sample. I have breaded soooole. I have clams here ready for sampling. One just opened up." Good times, good times. When I brought Cameron in to introduce him to everyone, she said we were so cute walking around the... stooore together. ^-^
Maryanne: Usually nice, but snapped at us for talking the other day (bizarre). She's the one who sneakily threw away chicken because she was annoyed by Cindy being Cindy. She shakes. Like a chihuahua.
Myra: Nice. In her forties or fifties. Good to close with. She said she likes closing with me. ^-^ Her and Justin joking around together is REALLY hilarious. She laughs really hard at a lot of the "that's what she said" type of jokes. Only they're usually worse. XD She'd make a much better manager than Cindy.
The Sushi Chef (whose name I still don't know): Really nice. Cute. Thick Japanese accent. Should let Niki live with her. LOL
That's everyone in the deli (I hope I didn't forget anyone LOL). Unless you count a couple people from the seafood department who come over to help when we're short-handed. Outside of the deli there's my friends from school, Mary who trained me (I'm her unofficial dietician XD), John from the kitchen, and Cathy and Corrine up front who I talk to the most in the breakroom.
I got my first five-day-week paycheck yesterday.
$240
I deserve a juicer.
Then I'll move it faster, faster, faster, faster.
Wednesday, September 10th
Noonish
Only two days off this week. Today and Friday. I fucking NEED a day off after closing with Cindy last night. She makes us do twice as much as anyone else makes us, and every time she walks past me, she goes,"Faster, faster, faster, faster!" SHUT. UP! MY ARMS WILL NOT MOVE FASTER THAN THIS WITHOUT FLYING OFF OF MY BODY. GO. AWAAAAY.
The store was closed. The customers were all gone. The EMPLOYEES were all gone. Except for me, Justin, and Cindy. Yet, for some reason, it is inappropriate to talk while I'm cleaning the glass on the meat display case.
I was already pissed at her for being such an annoying bitch, and for having to clean ALL THREE slicers that night because there were only two of us closing the deli (Cindy had to close up the seafood department because the guy who was supposed to got hurt in culinary school today). But. Even though I'd been working my ass off and putting up with her shit for the past nine hours (THAT'S RIGHT KIDS, NINE FUCKING HOURS OF CINDY) I wasn't allowed to make idle conversation to take my mind off of murdering her in the face. FINE. I'LL JUST GO FASTERFASTERFASTERFASTER. MY RAGE FUELS MY ARM. AND MY MURDEROUS PLOT. ENJOY.
"Nooo taaaalkING! You need to be working!"
"We can do both at the same time! (forced happy tone)"
"No you can't! If you're looking up at him you're not looking at what you're cleaning."
What?! I didn't even know where the fuck he was at. I just responded to a voice from beyond the counter. SHUT. UP. CINDY. THIS IS NOT STUDY HALL. I HATE YOU.
"I wasn't looking up at him."
"*hushedgrumble*"
And as if that were not enough, they had to shut the power off because they're doing something to the freezers or something. I don't know. But, Cindy had us rush over to the machine to punch out, BUT IT WAS TOO LATE. WOW. SO, A FUCKING HALF HOUR AFTER WE'RE SUPPOSED TO LEAVE IS TOO LATE. IMAGINE THAT. So, she had us go fasterfasterfasterfaster back to the deli, and I was THOROUGHLY PISSED, rushing round like a fucking maniac, and slipped on the floor (I didn't know Justin had just mopped. I was too consumed by my attempt to burn a hole through the glass I was cleaning with my fasterfasterfaster arm.) and landed flat on my ass (and killed myself). It was a classic Charlie Brown football kick fall, without so many flips.
She was acting all fucking concerned. Concerned that I might report her ass and jeopardize her fucking JOB maybe. It's her WHOLE FUCKING LIFE. She is the ONLY person I've met there who talks about nothing but work. Justin told me she has kids! SHE HAS NEVER MENTIONED HAVING CHILDREN, A HUSBAND, A PET, A FRIEND, A THOUGHT, OR ANYTHING BUT MEAT AND CHEESE. DIE ALREADY!
Me and Justin had a very serious discussion about this (while she was at her 2 o'clock meeting and the employees were allowed to speak) and decided that no one would fuck that. The kids are either a lie, adopted, or were artificially inseminated. No one would even rape her. She'd be talking about stock levels. Who gets off on that?
Anyway, when we FINALLY got out of there (9 fucking 15 pm), I was on the bench in front of the store trying to release all of the day's frustration by crying and ranting to Cameron on the phone, when Cindy comes around the fucking corner and starts talking to me! "Are you okay? How long until your ride gets here? Do you want me to wait with you?' WTF?! NO! GET THE HELL AWAY FROM ME!!! IT'S HARD TO BITCH ABOUT YOU WHEN YOU'RE A FOOT AWAY. IT'S YOUR FUCKING FAULT I'M ENRAGED AND HAVE A THROBBING ASS-BRUISE RIGHT NOW. DON'T TRY TO MAKE YOURSELF FEEL LESS GUILTY BY PRETENDING TO CARE. YOU ONLY CARE ABOUT GETTING IN TROUBLE FOR HARASSING AND CAUSING INJURY TO CUTE HAPPY NEW EMPLOYEES THAT THE MANAGER ABOVE YOU LIKES. YEAH. MAYBE YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE TOLD HIM WHAT A GREAT JOB I WAS DOING SO FAR. MAYBE YOU SHOULD HAVE KILLED YOURSELF INSTEAD. HAVE A GOOD EVENING. I HOPE YOUR CHILDREN KILL YOU IN YOUR SLEEP. YOU KNOW THEY WANT TO.
Wednesday, August 27th
4pm
I get paid for my training! YESSS! It was so exhausting, though, so I'm sort of not surprised. LOL 4pm-8pm Monday and yesterday. Mostly handouts, videos, and paperwork. But I did get to shadow for quite a while yesterday. I was taught how to use and clean the meat slicer. The scales look really confusing though. They punch in like a million numbers after they weight stuff. How do they know what to push? I'll let you know when I find out. XD
I get an hour lunch, and a fifteen minute break. And I joined the muthafuckin' union. XD My department manager's name is Cindy. It was SO hard to not be like, "HI CINDY!!!" Like I did with Jonjon's Cindy every time she was nearby. XD
There was this one video that's supposed to be "funny". The only funny thing about it was how TERRIBLE the acting was. It (like everything else in our fucking training) was all about customer service. And EVERY time a customer was treated well, they said "WOOOW!"
There were two other new guys (Stephen in dairy and Alex in produce, both from a nearby Catholic school, though Alex just graduated) who started the same day I did, and while me and Alex watched the WOW video, Stephen was downstairs doing a customer service computer quiz thing with Mary (who's was doing all of our customer service training. Out of everyone I've met so far she's my favorite, though everyone is SO nice). So, when it was Stephen's turn to watch the video, we told him to count the wows. LMFAO I don't know if he actually did, though. He's very quiet. And for once, I'm not. XD Except with some of the cashiers who look like they might be snobby. I'm still careful around them. But yeah, if I ever get to train people, I'm definitely counting the wows next time I see that.
And yesterday, I saw Lindsay! Michelle's sister. We were choir buddies back in the day, and she was best friends with Mesa. I had NO idea she worked there! We were very excited, and caught up on each others' lives (I was early, and she'd pop over between bagging groceries). She was like,"If you're ever working an eight hour shift...*nod* lunch." XD!!! She graduated a year before me, and other than a "Hi, Lindsay!" in the Land O'Lakes halls a couple times last year, I haven't really talked to her since her graduation party. It's funny. I knew her longer, but ended up a lot closer with Michelle. I guess we just have more in common. I still haven't asked her how her China trip was. TO MYSPACE!
BUT FIRST. I MUST SAY THIS.
THE BAKERY.
IS MY WEAKNESS.
NIKI. I WILL BRING YOU NOMS.
I should bring you to the store so you can pick out favorite noms.
Here's a list of all the people I've met (and remembered):
- Bob (Manager)
- Sean (knew from school, manager's son)
- Alex (produce)
- Stephen (dairy)
- Danielle (knew from school)
- Lindsay (knew from school)
- Jen (also in deli. hate that I'm not the only one. my name tag has to say Jennifer now instead. I might change it to Jenni before I start interacting with customers. No one calls me that anymore but Cameron and sometimes aunts and uncles. And I'm sure Devin would if he knew who I was. LMFAO Anyway, I miss it.)
- Mary (basically everything)
- Anne (deli)
- Maryanne (deli)
- Cindy (deli manager)
- Nick (dairy manager)
- Cory (female. customer service desk)
And I met at least another ten people whose names I can't remember. Mary introduced us to EVERYONE we walked past. It was a bit overwhelming, but everyone was very welcoming. Thank god for name tags, eh?
Also! I has a uniform! It's kind of cute, but everything is so big on me. XD Because it's in "ladies sizes" instead of juniors, which would fit me. Black baseball cap (the visor was cuter, but it hurt my head and kept sliding down my face), hairs in a ponytail (all of them. XD Just because I'm in deli), light blue button-up shirt, black apron, black shoes (or white), black (or khaki, or dark blue) pants (which you supply). No facial piercings, and "offensive" tattoos must be covered. And no more than three piercings per ear, and two rings per hand. I don't think hair color is an issue, because there's a black lady who works in the kitchen with BRIGHT red-orangey hair. But that might be because she doesn't do as much customer interaction. I'm not sure. Boys need to have hair above shoulder length, and no facial hair. Basically, most of our customers are old people, who are easily frightened or offended... and most of all, OBSCENELY judgemental.
Monday, August 11th
1:12am
Time to turn that baby OVER!
XD
I've been sooooo ridiculously tired lately, and it's keeping me from getting things done. Like getting a job. And cleaning my room. And trimming my hair. And going to the beach. And OH MY GOD HE BOUGHT ME GODIVA!!! Sorry. I'm on the phone with Cameron, who is currently in Connecticut. I LOVE HIM!
Anyway, to get myself some well deserved (and well needed) energy for my many-a-task, I'm going to start buying (and eating!) some very healthy food! Tomorrow me and Niki are making our first green smoothies and doing a bit of banking. I'm pumped!
And for those of you who may be wondering, yes that spider was waiting for me last night. On the wall next to my bed, no less. I managed to catch it using a glass and a folder, and let it outside. I felt so brave afterwards.
Not during.
2:45am
After much thought and debate, I have decided that instead of buying an amazing distiller pitcher for $350.00 I will buy this little darling for quite a bit less. You see, I had some questionable photos on my other one, so I hid it somewhere, then forgot where I hid it and accidentally sat on it. Since then it's been so angry with me that it won't display things properly or even take pictures and video. I'm a bit of a photography addict, and have the occasional craving to post crap videos on youtube, so it's impossible for me to resist.
Also, after Pokemon League, I bought the CUTEST dress yesterday (bought under the guise that it was absolutely necessary because I had absolutely nothing to wear to my aunt's wedding next month) for fifty dollars, which I will have pictures of as soon as I get my new camera. XD It's okay, though, because I earned the fifty dollars on Saturday, and I'll be getting more this weekend.
I first saw it a couple weeks ago, and thought I'd never be able to get it when I saw the price, so actually trying it on, seeing it fit perfectly, and taking it home was like a dream come true. ^-^ It's white with pencil eraser sized dark blue or black polka dots, big yellow roses around the bottom, and the bottom flares out all adorably. XD I suck at describing dresses, but it's SOOO CUTE! You'll see. XD