So i have been looking for a job for the last 2 months. i have been occasionally working for friends during the mean time to have cash for food and random entertainment during this time of searching. i also have friends that buy me food, lend me money for a movie they want to see with me and other small gifts. i never ask for these things. at least i try not to. i would rather be bored and hungry than impose on my friends for things. and it’s not like i don’t appreciate these things. i REALLY do. it makes me feel loved. and that’s the greatest feeling in the world…
back to the whole getting a job thing. i have put in applications, both online and in person, at at least 20 places in the Batavia area. i have had 2 interviews at one place and one at another. neither of them have called me back regarding employment even tho the interviews seems to have gone great. i even have taken my lip rings out when i APPLY and turn in applications. and i definitely do it for the interviews. i don’t understand why no one wants to hire me. i have a lot of experience in a lot of different variety of jobs. maybe too many for some? i have a great work attitude and get along with most anybody.
maybe i am going about this wrong. maybe i should not be an individual anymore, change who i am and be cookie cutter, maybe that will get me a job.
maybe i get too comfy in people helping me and not being blunt enough with me. maybe i could get some advice, i always give it but never get it.
maybe i’ll just move away and go to FL where my friend wants me and already has a job lined up. but i really don’t want to leave just yet. i have all these relationships that have just started.
maybe i don’t really understand what God wants for me. maybe He wants me to stay, maybe He wants me to give all these things up i have here.
maybe i am just plain wrong. maybe i don’t have any clue of what i am doing, or what i am saying, or even what real life is all about.
i know 3 things: God loves me, i have the greatest friends known to man, and people will never understand me.
who wants to give me a job, who wants to give me good advice, who wants me to disappear?
October 29, 2007 at 9:21 am
Sometimes Its hard to give good advice about this kind of stuff dear. Also, Never lose your individuality. Never give it up.
To answer one of your last questions, I love you and I don’t want you to disappear.
Sorry I have nothing more yet.
October 29, 2007 at 9:32 am
Oh and I will always be here, Just talk to me when you need to.
October 29, 2007 at 3:59 pm
ok this is your older brother speaking to you. you have all these questions I could answer but due to the obvious known fact that we have of you never taking any advise from me, I am hesitant to answer any of your questions. I answer them in my mind, but I don’t feel that you would take the advise given cause that advise is from me. You never listened to Steve’s advise when he gave it, and since all I would say would be what Steve would say, that is another reason why I hesitate to answer your questions in this blog.
I will say this, everything I now know is from me taking Steve’s advise. His advise has bettered me. His advise has helped with me being the man I am today. but I ask you this, how much are you willing to take critisism from someone older than you? Cause the truth hurts sometimes, but if it’s real truth it may not feel right or look good, but if you follow it, it will benifit you in the end and it will make you better off.
that’s all I have to say about that.
October 29, 2007 at 6:27 pm
whats with the hugs dude….? if i was a chick, your name would be
“lare-Bear,”… wuss…. jjk, anyways, as far as your interviews go man, i dunno, besides the obvious questions like; do you dress appropriately? and you said you took out your lip rings…… do you have a resume??? how many jobs do you put on your application as previous experience and do you have good references for them? use the church as a reference if you can…. you work there on the sound for free…. put on there about your missions trip a few monts back also. im sure someone at church would step up for ya dude. during your interviews, dont go into too much detail, for instance; the fact that you have three roomates/the plans to move away in a short time/the fact that youve sent out 20 applications…..all these things can be left out, as you probably already know. keep your answeres short and to the point. let them know that you love to meet and work with all kinds of people. where was your last job anyway??? how long has it been since then? and when you are asked what you’ve been doing this whole time, just tell them youve been working for friends. dont use words like, “like, uuuuummmmm… and maybe, dont chew gum, and always have good posture. there you have it, interviewing 101. personally, for now i think you should be the bass player in this cool band i heard about “BY DESIGN.” and keep applying man, sum1 will hire you. as far as what god wants you to do, i can thelp ya there, im totally lost in that area. i think he wants me to play music, and i know that i want you to stay here and rock out with me. is it ok for the comment to be longer than the blog???? peace!
October 30, 2007 at 12:05 am
Everything that Jamie said is completely true!
Never ever ever use “uh or uhm” in an interview. Its bad to use it anyways because its just a time waster word.
And Interviewers know this!!!
If you’d like to know how to have good posture I can show you. I actually got complemented on it the other day by the pastor at church! He is fantastic btw. One of the best I’ve ever met or heard speak. But anyways…
Pshh I hate when people say that no one will ever understand them. Its not true at all. You just like to think it is
. Maybe no one understands you now, or maybe they do and you just don’t know it. Who knows.
A think I say to myself lately whenever I am feeling sad/upset/lost/depressed is “Let Go”. Thats really what you need to do. Just let go and leave things up to God. Of course you can’t just sit there. That gets nothing done. But don’t worry. Maybe you aren’t meant to go to Virginia (and Im not just saying that because I want you to stay here too). I looked at your later blogs on myspace and perhaps you are meant to be in Batavia serving God here because whenever you would say you were leaving it never ended up happening. Of course I don’t know the whole story behind each one. Maybe he is just testing you seeing if you are willing to go but doesn’t necessarily want you to go. Who knows.
Im just rambling off thoughts I have right now.
Don’t change who you are for anyone! Ever! Larry you are the most awesome/wonderful person that I have ever met and I don’t think you should change and become like everyone else. So if you change I’ll come along and make you change right back bwahahahaha!
I’m alway here if you need anything.
Well…yea. Hope this helped!
<3
See ya!!! Later!!! Awesome person!!!