First on a side note:
Good news! My fingers are cold!
At work I am constantly working with chilled and frozen food, also it is winter, therefore my fingers get very cold. Before the holidays my fingertips no longer felt cold, they would just start hurting and I knew it was time to stop and warm up. I was seriously worried about nerve damage, but after the break I now feel cold again. No permanent damage.
Back on topic:
This year instead of making our own resolutions half-heartedly just to say we made one, my family made resolutions for each other. This made everyone really think about what would be a challenge or benefit for another person. I now have 3 resolutions this way. One of my resolutions was to be productive about the books I read and movies I watch by starting a review blog. Right now it only has one entry but you can find it here.
Thanks for reading! : )
Sunday, 15 January 2017
Wednesday, 31 August 2016
My Summer
I realized I have terrible titles for posts. Oh well.
I am still making pizza. I did get another film job, not paid but it should actually go somewhere beyond online festivals. The script won money to be produced and there is a name attatched. A famous in Canada, not Hollywood, name but that's cool. I joined the team as a set decorator so this will count as experience toward union work. Unfortunately I only joined a week before the shoot so I was unprepared on the day. Everything worked and now I know some more questions I need to ask before the shoot day.
Other than this awesome weekend filming I have been doing a lot of reading because my room is so hot my laptop repeatedly overheats. I havn't done much more for my Etsy shop because of that.
The library now has instruments to borrow. My goal for the summer was to learn a new instrument. I finally got a ukelele this week and after and hour realized I need something between ukelele and a guitar so my fingers actually fit the frets properly.
Summer is nearly over and my holidays was 3 days off from pizza in a row so I could help my parents move into their new house. Christmas things are in Micheals and everywhere else has Halloween stuff out. School hasn't started yet and I can no longer buy freezies from dollar stores :(
Adult summers suck
I am still making pizza. I did get another film job, not paid but it should actually go somewhere beyond online festivals. The script won money to be produced and there is a name attatched. A famous in Canada, not Hollywood, name but that's cool. I joined the team as a set decorator so this will count as experience toward union work. Unfortunately I only joined a week before the shoot so I was unprepared on the day. Everything worked and now I know some more questions I need to ask before the shoot day.
Other than this awesome weekend filming I have been doing a lot of reading because my room is so hot my laptop repeatedly overheats. I havn't done much more for my Etsy shop because of that.
The library now has instruments to borrow. My goal for the summer was to learn a new instrument. I finally got a ukelele this week and after and hour realized I need something between ukelele and a guitar so my fingers actually fit the frets properly.
Summer is nearly over and my holidays was 3 days off from pizza in a row so I could help my parents move into their new house. Christmas things are in Micheals and everywhere else has Halloween stuff out. School hasn't started yet and I can no longer buy freezies from dollar stores :(
Adult summers suck
Wednesday, 15 June 2016
News
I am now making pizza as I try to get film jobs.
I had my first paid film job! I was a PA/ "B" Camera Operator for a series of interviews. The company was from the US so I got paid in American money. With the low dollar right now it was like getting paid extra!
I started an Etsy store. ThisLittlePigCo. I like doing stuff in Illustrator so right now it is just colouring pages. No sales yet so feel free to browse!
I seem to be using a lot of exclamation points in this post. I guess I am just excited.
I had my first paid film job! I was a PA/ "B" Camera Operator for a series of interviews. The company was from the US so I got paid in American money. With the low dollar right now it was like getting paid extra!
I started an Etsy store. ThisLittlePigCo. I like doing stuff in Illustrator so right now it is just colouring pages. No sales yet so feel free to browse!
I seem to be using a lot of exclamation points in this post. I guess I am just excited.
Friday, 19 February 2016
Friday, 29 January 2016
Hello
The new year is under way and I am still jobless, never mind a career. School was supposed to help get a job but it doesn't seem to be working. I have been out of school for a year and a half and have no job.
Over the holidays I decided that since nobody seems to want me to work for them I would have to find a way to work for myself. I still have not found the niche in which I could do this but it is something simmering in my mind as I continue to ask people to hire me. I have gotten to the interview stage a few times but mostly I am waiting for people to acknowledge my application.
As I wait I have been reading a lot and watching movies and TV shows. I am in the middle of "His Dark Materials" the Golden Compass series. I am keeping up with the new episodes of the super hero TV shows. "MARVEL's Agent Carter" is my favourite right now.
Over the holidays I decided that since nobody seems to want me to work for them I would have to find a way to work for myself. I still have not found the niche in which I could do this but it is something simmering in my mind as I continue to ask people to hire me. I have gotten to the interview stage a few times but mostly I am waiting for people to acknowledge my application.
As I wait I have been reading a lot and watching movies and TV shows. I am in the middle of "His Dark Materials" the Golden Compass series. I am keeping up with the new episodes of the super hero TV shows. "MARVEL's Agent Carter" is my favourite right now.
Wednesday, 28 October 2015
Now
Wow I haven't written here in a long time.
Life update:
I am in a church where I know people now! Which is awesome! I also have a job doing the powerpoint and playing bass some Sundays. So I have some people I "work" with at church.
I moved, so I am way happier now. It is more expensive and I need to take transit to go anywhere but that's not much of a downside.
I quit my job at Subway which is good, but do not have a new full time job, which is bad. I have been able to get temporary work through the school but it isn't quite enough. Still working on it.
Life update:
I am in a church where I know people now! Which is awesome! I also have a job doing the powerpoint and playing bass some Sundays. So I have some people I "work" with at church.
I moved, so I am way happier now. It is more expensive and I need to take transit to go anywhere but that's not much of a downside.
I quit my job at Subway which is good, but do not have a new full time job, which is bad. I have been able to get temporary work through the school but it isn't quite enough. Still working on it.
Saturday, 2 May 2015
People
Now working in the service industry I have a good chance to observe people.
Voices and appearances often don't match. Accents cannot be predicted based on clothing or hairstyle. Some large people have very quiet voices. There is a regular that sounds like Winnie the Pooh.
I have served tourists that know zero English. Pointing didn't work this time so they finally got out their phone and communicated through the advertised prices. There was also a mute person who came in and asked for pen and paper by mime and wrote down his order.
People are usually good. I was serving 2 people at once and they discovered they both wanted a 6 inch of the same sandwich on the same bread, so these strangers decided to share a footlong to save money. They took turns ordering toppings and only cut it in half at the very end.
Often when a person is working the front alone and there is a lineup customers give an encouraging word when they get to the till. Really I am not worried if I can handle the customers, I just hope that they aren't in a hurry and leave.
One guy in a really good mood was trying to ease the stress of the me serving a long line. I asked if he wanted the sandwich toasted and he said " No, frozen," which got the people in line and I to laugh and relax a bit.
Voices and appearances often don't match. Accents cannot be predicted based on clothing or hairstyle. Some large people have very quiet voices. There is a regular that sounds like Winnie the Pooh.
I have served tourists that know zero English. Pointing didn't work this time so they finally got out their phone and communicated through the advertised prices. There was also a mute person who came in and asked for pen and paper by mime and wrote down his order.
People are usually good. I was serving 2 people at once and they discovered they both wanted a 6 inch of the same sandwich on the same bread, so these strangers decided to share a footlong to save money. They took turns ordering toppings and only cut it in half at the very end.
Often when a person is working the front alone and there is a lineup customers give an encouraging word when they get to the till. Really I am not worried if I can handle the customers, I just hope that they aren't in a hurry and leave.
One guy in a really good mood was trying to ease the stress of the me serving a long line. I asked if he wanted the sandwich toasted and he said " No, frozen," which got the people in line and I to laugh and relax a bit.
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