My Job Hunting

So I have been looking for a job for a while now and I still have not managed to find one yet. Granted it might be because after I put in a bunch of applications I then decided to change my phone number. After realizing this when I woke up this morning, I pretty much snapped. I used so many profanities in the next 30 minutes that I even offended myself. Didn’t even think that was possible. So I might have had a job right now had I not been so stupid, but as most of you know my IQ is somewhere in the region of 82, so I have an excuse. So I went job hunting again today to see if I could get anymore applications. So I went to the place where I could get the most I could in the shortest amount of time…The mall. A huge mall at that, this place takes like a half hour just to walk around it. It had a plethora of stores to try and get a job at…HAHAHA I used the word plethora; I love that word but have never gotten to use it. In your face High school English class. Anyway…after being laughed at when I asked for an application at Gamestop, I realized that I was about to have a bad afternoon. Since I am getting rather desperate for a job at this point, I was willing to go into any store to try and find one. After being told that they weren’t hiring at a few more places I found myself in an awkward position. The only places left were stores that I would normally never go in, but desperate times call for desperate measures. So the next thing you know…I was strolling into a woman’s clothing store. I walked up to the lady at the check out counter and asked if they were accepting applications. And not to be mean, but she was huge, like the mother in the movie “What’s eating Gilbert Grape” huge. After looking around the store for a second I realized that this was like a women’s big and tall store and she must have been the owner. She looked at me as if she was trying to figure out if I was actually a girl…I don’t think a man has ever asked her for an application before. (Remember I am not in the best of moods at this point) In a very “mean” tone she then asked if I was seriously that desperate for a job to which I replied, “I don’t know, are you seriously that fat” (bad decision) I don’t think she appreciated that too much cause she just stood there glaring at me like I was about to become her dinner for the night. So I backed up slowly and then ran like hell out of there. I don’t think that they will be hiring me any time soon. So needless to say, I still don’t have any good job prospects yet. Now that I have calmed down since this afternoon, I would like to go back and apologize to her, even though she started it. But I also want to live so I think that I will just keep my distance from the mall for a little while.

My annoyance

Have you ever known someone who was so annoying in practically every way that you seriously just want to just beat the hell out of them. I had dealt with plenty of annoying people before, but this kid must be the leader of all the rest. I seriously think that he spends his days thinking of annoying s*** he can do to me. Lets just say that he is a “curious” person. He never stops asking questions…NEVER!!! I will be playing a video game, which used to be my stress reliever, and he will be sitting right there firing questions at me non stop. Idiotic questions at that. I have come so close to just launching the game controller at his face, but then I look down and see my W.W.J.D. bracelet and I think…What would Jesus do?...so I lit him on fire and sent him to hell. Just kidding…I don’t even have that bracelet. So anyway, it seems like every move I make in the game, he needs an explanation for why I did it. If I turn my character left, “Why did you go that way”, “can you go the other way”, “what’s over that way”, “why didn’t you go that way”. Like nails on a chalk board, I can’t stand it. So by this point I start thinking about how this kid might “accidentally” fall off of the balcony. I know what you’re thinking…that would never work. I know it won’t work, but I can still dream can’t I? Don’t take my dreams, they are all I have!!! I have even tried completely ignoring him, but that doesn’t even stop him from asking more questions. I just sit there staring at the screen and no matter how many questions I don’t answer…he just keeps coming with more. I’m pretty sure he’s a robot. Cause only a robot could be so persistent as to keep asking questions hours on end without getting answers. I’m hoping that one of these days he will just short circuit and I can finally play my games in peace.

My bad traffic

Being here for a few weeks now I have noticed a few things about the people here in Phoenix. They are, without a doubt, the worst drivers I have ever seen. So of course I do fit right in, but that’s not the point. I don’t understand how these people got their drivers license, it’s like they were just handing them out at a chucky cheese or something. Chucky Cheese is awesome…anyway…Some of the things that I have seen are making me lose my faith in humanity, at least here in Phoenix, cause not only are they bad drivers, but they put the dumbest things on their car windows. I saw one lady today that had a big sticker on the back side window that said “Drive safely, Baby on board”. Now it was a little difficult to see this since she flew past me going about 90 mph, not too safe especially since it was on an eight lane highway in the middle of rush hour. Another guy had one of those sun deflector things that you put in your windshield, still up in his back window and he was missing his two side mirrors. So there was no way he could see who was behind him or even to the side of him. Yet he just kept on truckin it like 80mph down the road. It scares the hell out of me to drive down here…now I know how everyone else felt when I lived in Athens. And traffic is always horrible it seems, I’m not used to having to wait in traffic jams pretty much everyday. The other day it took me 45 minutes to get home from school, and I only live 5 miles away. When you combine traffic jams with bad drivers…it makes for an interesting ride anywhere.

My distraction

I think I am really starting to get myself setup here. I am making new friends, figuring out where things are, all that Jazz. But there is one thing that does bother me a little bit about this school. So I know it was my choice to go to a school that is dominated by male geeks, but I figured there might be at least one or two girls here...well, it would turn out that I was very, very wrong. Finding a girl at this school is like trying to find a straight person in San Francisco, you know there has to be some, but finding them is damn near impossible. I do have one girl in my class, but...not to be mean or anything, but I actually thought she was a dude the first time I saw her. True story...and I wasn't the only one who thought that either. One day a guy in class reffered to her as a "he"...she took it rather well to be honest. She only cried for a little while. He...well, she is definitely a trooper. I'll give her props for that. Anyway...Back to the point of not being able to find any girls at school. Even though there is the "one" in my class, I know there must be more fo them out there. I mean women do outnumber men 52%-48%...so odds are there has to atleast be a few of them going to this school. Honestly I don't even really care that much right now. The last thing I need is to be distracted from my studies, which happens really easily to me. I actually got distracted from reading the other day by the wall...I was reading my book and then out of nowhere just started staring at the wall instead. There wasn't even an ything on the wall, it was blank. How bad is that. Now if a wall distracts me, just imagine what a girl would do to me...I am so screwed...

I love this school

So Im sitting here in my "Intro to Game Design" class and I just realized by looking around the room that this is the best class ever!!! You might ask "why", "why is it the best class ever Jason?" Well Im about to tell you. In a normal classroom people would be studying or taking notes right now, but not this class. I look around and the only thing anyone is doing...is playing videogames. Seriously, Our desks have huge televisions on them. How sweet is that! I just wanted to let people know that this class rocks.....That is all.

The beginning...

This place is pretty much how I pictured it: Hot as hell, barren as hell, and confusing as hell, which can only mean one thing…I must be in hell. I knew I shouldn’t have taken that left turn at Albuquerque. Stupid New Mexico…Has to be the most worthless state there is, next to Florida. Anyway, I’m getting off topic. I was talking about my new found home in Hell. It’s not as bad as you would think. Sure it is 117 degrees outside as I am writing this, but that is beside the point. It’s a DRY HEAT!!!! Believe it or not the no humidity factor is definitely nice. The fact that I break out into a sweat just by walking out my door means nothing… “At least there is no humidity” I say to myself over and over again. It helps…so shut up!!! In all honesty though, I think I am going to like it here. There is tons of stuff to do, the school seems awesome, and my roommates so far seem cool enough. My apartment is pretty far away from the ASU campus though, which kind of sucks. That seems to be where most of the cool hang out places are…and yes, by cool hang out places I really mean bars and other places in which I can get my drink on. I’ll find a way though, it’s how I roll. But back to my apartment…it might as well be a resort as far as I’m concerned. A very cheap one, but a resort none the less. All the apartment complexes out here seem to be really nice, I guess cause no one wants to go out in the heat so they want their apartments to be kick a$$. But it’s awesome, there is: 2 pools, a weight room, little fountains and streams everywhere. I know, extra water just being run throughout the complex, crazy isn’t it. I didn’t think they would have much water to spare. I do feel the need to inform everyone out there though that do to the heat and the fact that it is always sunny…There is a very slight chance that I, Jason Winnett, might…..get…..a tan. I know, its never going happen, but don’t ruin my dreams of one day no longer being able to hide against a white wall. It was cool at first, but now, it’s just getting old. It’s really strange though, of the few white people I have managed to find here…they are all almost as white as I am. It doesn’t make any sense, but I will figure out this mystery of how people out here manage to stay so pale…It is my destiny!!! It’s shaping up to be an interesting couple of years here, but I am ready for it.