what i've been up to

essentially, just job hunting. it's starting to take a toll on me, i think. i mean, i spent nearly four months trying to find a professional job, and, well, still unemployed. so since the turn of the new year, i've been applying for servicey jobs. ok, not too many. i've still been sending out resumes to people looking for assistants and receptionists and the like. i believe i already mentioned the resume to texas monthly for a copyeditor position they had open. (i say had because the ad is now gone from their website, so i can only assume that they've hired someone already or have stopped accepting resumes. either way, i never heard from them, so i guess i'm not as qualified as i thought i was.)

i've been contemplating applying for this editorial assistant job at the georgetown paper that i saw an ad for yesterday. except...it sounds more like an assistant editor job rather than editorial assistant. because, well, the ad says the asst. would also have to do general assignment stories and routine photos and designing pages. yeah. i can do with collecting obits and letters to the ed, and assisting the editor, but everything else does not sound like an asst. job. and i don't want to get screwed over again like i did when i worked at the seguin paper. sadly, this is the job i'd be the most qualified for. the cons (besides what i already mentioned) are it's only part time, and it's in georgetown. and it probably gets paid shit since the paper is a semi-weekly (and they don't even have a website). and i've been spending a lot of money on gas. the pro: i'd be employed. sigh.

today i finally submitted my applications for tetco and texadelphia. i opted to not apply at either of the valero stores by my place because, well, they know me there and that i usually buy beer and cigs semi-regularly. so i opted to apply at the tetco store on 29th (near vulcan and conan's) because, well, they don't know me there. and texadelphia is right across the street from me.

a problem i'm coming up with applying for servicey jobs is trying to find a way to sell my newspaper experience as customer service. admittedly, at the seguin paper, i did do a bit of customer service because i was in charge of collecting the wedding/engagement announcements and obits (which meant pricing and trying to upsell to run more than once).

then again, i don't have to worry about selling such info until i get a call back.

and there's nothing sadder than waiting to hear your phone ring and hoping that it's someone from a convenience store or food place wanting to interview you for a job.

honestly, i'll be surprised if i get a call back from any servicey places. because, well, having to list the last three places i worked, which were two ad agencies and a state agency. yeah.

the next step in my descent is, if i don't get a call back in the next two days, is to go around to the pizza places near me and apply to be a delivery driver. again, i do have previous experience from when i was in high school. but...i've been avoiding applying for these jobs because my car's been acting funny for most of the year, and i've not had the money to get it looked at. and the last thing i need is to get a delivery job, and then have my car break down.

again, i probably couldn't even get hired as a delivery driver at this point.

sigh.

in other news, at least i'm losing weight. and i am getting some form of exercising by taking a walk almost every day. and every time i do walk, i try to go a little further than the last walk. it helps that there's really nothing on tv that i want to watch. also, i have a couple more days left to cancel my cable, which will give me an extra $50 a month to play with, maybe even giving me the chance to eat something other than raman or rice and canned veggies. and...i've kinda started things up again with my former fwb. only now we're trying hard (ha) to be more friends than benefits. it's kinda working.

ok. time for a walk. gah.