Yes, I'm still burning off comp time. However, I had some useful things to do with this 1/2-day off; I went to the agency and filled out my paperwork for my summer temp job! Huzzah! I've got a job!
I feel like Harvey Pekar, when, in American Splendor, he awakes from a troubled dream with a start, exclaiming "I've got a job! I've got a job!" So when I left school I went to the agency office and filled out the same forms I've filled out again and again and again; then, I went to another location and peed in a cup. (No worries there; I've been a very good boy!) Kinda sad that this has become so much the paradigm-I've been in that place where, due to a relatively innocent indiscretion, I had to worry about whether I would pass that test. And while I understand employers don't want the indemnity of having meth-heads or junkies on their staffs, I think it's pretty sad when decent folks can't get a job because they took a puff off a joint at a barbecue. And that really happens-you don't have to be a regular user to get contaminated enough for rejection. Sad, sad.
So now we're back home and happily frustrating the kitty by having a laptop in the lap. Having written about American Splendor, I think I might drag it back out for a watch. Tomorrow we run a full-bore test for the rescheduled virtual space mission-I'll be in school early to set that up-then it'll be another 1/2-day. Hope to get to work on some video projects, maybe play some guitar, and fire up the grill! I think it's time to grill some chicken....
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Big congrats on the job! Well done!
ReplyDeleteNow you won't have to share the kitty food with your cat this summer. That'll make it happy too. BTW, how about a kitty picture? I love those animals myself. Man's best friend by a long shot to me although I like dogs too.
How was your chicken?
Thanks, can't say how relieved I am to have the future rendered a bit more certain! It's funny that you hit on our running joke-I come home unexpectedly from work and the cat looks at me and "says" "Oh, no! You lost your job! We'll have to live on cat food....hey, wait a minute..I ALREADY live on cat food!" And while I like dogs just fine, there's a difference in the companionship of a cat. I think I'll make that the subject of a post-I'll put up a pic, too.
ReplyDeleteI didn't get around to grilling yesterday-I'm thinking grilled breast meat today, for chicken burritos and empanadas! I know the roommate and girlfriend would dig that!