That's me grinding to a halt on yet another job application. This one is online, but overall nowhere near as bad as Unicru.
What's the issue? References. Companies these days don't allow personal references, and I don't have any real professional references built up from all of my less-than-a-year periods of employment. I do have to wonder, how does one get started in a system that assumes that everyone participating has already been in it, and managed to STAY in it long enough to get references?
No, not buying it. Personal references have to be allowed.
I'm just going to put my dad and say that I worked with him at life or something. Basically a giant middle finger to the system.
Sunday, March 15, 2015
Tuesday, March 10, 2015
I dunno anymore, Part 2
So, I think I'm just going to have to force myself to watch these YouTube videos. The oldest video is flirting with being two weeks old currently. I just need to set aside time and get it done.
Also, I failed to mention in my last post that I haven't read any manga since November of last year. I still get the RSS updates from the manga reader website that I read things on, and I've bought and been gifted physical volumes of manga, but I haven't touched any of it. I have no explanation for this. I still like all the things I was reading, but I never get in the mood to read any of them these days.
However, I'm still playing Chrono Trigger DS. You'll know something's seriously wrong if I stop playing it before finishing all these Dimensional Vortex runs. In terms of gaming on my 3DS, I have somewhat of a schedule. Once I'm done with the Dimensional Vortex runs, it'll be back to Bravely Default for a bit of science in figuring out what I can do to send the best Rejuvenation possible, then setting up the Big Pharma build, and finally benchmarking both Big Pharma and Elixir Mammon so I can draw a comparison between the two. Each of those three things will be its own blog post. Then, probably back to Chrono Trigger DS so I can play Arena of the Ages and try to get the last few items I need to get all of Extras Mode unlocked. After that, it'll be the Bravely Default demo, for two reasons. One: I've heard it's a side story and just want to see what it's like, and two: stuff from the demo carries over to each new game you create in the full game, and I might as well have that stuff available. I don't really have anything planned for after that. It kinda depends on game releases (i.e. whenever we get Bravely Second in the US). I've been flirting with the idea of grabbing a copy of Mario Kart 7...
Also, because of the affordable health care act and the fact I was unemployed last year, I have a big fat tax refund headed my way, so I may splurge on a New 3DS (red, of course). We'll see. People say that the face-tracking stereoscopic 3D works amazingly well, and I kind of want to experience Ridge Racer 3D with the stereoscopic 3D actually turned on. I've never been great at keeping the system in the sweet spot, and I'm one of those types that moves the controller around a bunch when playing racing games, so the images were always splitting for me.
As a bonus, after system transferring from my current 3DS to the hypothetical New 3DS, I could streetpass myself Mississippi finally. I could also set up the thing I wanted to set up in Bravely Default that requires a second 3DS, wherein I can streetpass myself a specific Nemesis whenever I want. One 3DS would hold them and I'd swap around the one that's set to Send, and then I'd streetpass and go fight it on the other. What I don't know is if I'd have to purchase a second copy of the game for that to work. If I do, I'm just going to buy it from the eShop. No sense in having two physical copies of the same game. (ha ha, this is being said by the guy that owns three physical copies of Chrono Trigger, all on different systems)
Also, I failed to mention in my last post that I haven't read any manga since November of last year. I still get the RSS updates from the manga reader website that I read things on, and I've bought and been gifted physical volumes of manga, but I haven't touched any of it. I have no explanation for this. I still like all the things I was reading, but I never get in the mood to read any of them these days.
However, I'm still playing Chrono Trigger DS. You'll know something's seriously wrong if I stop playing it before finishing all these Dimensional Vortex runs. In terms of gaming on my 3DS, I have somewhat of a schedule. Once I'm done with the Dimensional Vortex runs, it'll be back to Bravely Default for a bit of science in figuring out what I can do to send the best Rejuvenation possible, then setting up the Big Pharma build, and finally benchmarking both Big Pharma and Elixir Mammon so I can draw a comparison between the two. Each of those three things will be its own blog post. Then, probably back to Chrono Trigger DS so I can play Arena of the Ages and try to get the last few items I need to get all of Extras Mode unlocked. After that, it'll be the Bravely Default demo, for two reasons. One: I've heard it's a side story and just want to see what it's like, and two: stuff from the demo carries over to each new game you create in the full game, and I might as well have that stuff available. I don't really have anything planned for after that. It kinda depends on game releases (i.e. whenever we get Bravely Second in the US). I've been flirting with the idea of grabbing a copy of Mario Kart 7...
Also, because of the affordable health care act and the fact I was unemployed last year, I have a big fat tax refund headed my way, so I may splurge on a New 3DS (red, of course). We'll see. People say that the face-tracking stereoscopic 3D works amazingly well, and I kind of want to experience Ridge Racer 3D with the stereoscopic 3D actually turned on. I've never been great at keeping the system in the sweet spot, and I'm one of those types that moves the controller around a bunch when playing racing games, so the images were always splitting for me.
As a bonus, after system transferring from my current 3DS to the hypothetical New 3DS, I could streetpass myself Mississippi finally. I could also set up the thing I wanted to set up in Bravely Default that requires a second 3DS, wherein I can streetpass myself a specific Nemesis whenever I want. One 3DS would hold them and I'd swap around the one that's set to Send, and then I'd streetpass and go fight it on the other. What I don't know is if I'd have to purchase a second copy of the game for that to work. If I do, I'm just going to buy it from the eShop. No sense in having two physical copies of the same game. (ha ha, this is being said by the guy that owns three physical copies of Chrono Trigger, all on different systems)
Thursday, March 5, 2015
I dunno anymore
I really don't know what to call it, but lately, a short while after I start doing just about anything, I suddenly find myself wishing I was doing anything other what I'm currently doing. This is probably why, even though it's been a couple weeks since the snow-related internet outage that we had, that I'm still a week behind on YouTube videos. I still watch them, I just seem to have about a week's worth of them sitting there unwatched at any given point in time. Although, that isn't very accurate since occasionally I cherry-pick to watch several episodes of the same series back to back.
I wanted to crank out these last few Dimensional Vortex runs in Chrono Trigger DS, and while I am making progress, it's nowhere near the "one run a day" I originally wanted to do. Something about the whole thing taking over 4 hours makes that a little less appealing, at least to do in one sitting. I typically split gameplay up into about an hour at a time, but still.
I suppose the part of this that's the worst for me is that I still need a job. Now, I had reasons (parents read: excuses) why I hadn't made progress before this started, and those reasons still hold true.
I'm a bit down about a certain political party trying to take away my affordable health insurance, just because they're all well-off and don't think people who aren't deserve a chance.
I'm happy that we finally got the internet reclassified under Title 2 of whatever communications act that basically means internet providers can't throttle traffic based on its source, destination, or type and then force people to pay money to get it at the regular speed. There's a name for that, it's called extortion. Net Neutrality is a good thing. However, the ISPs just don't get it and are most likely going to appeal. They have a wide variety of baseless arguments in their favor, so hopefully whoever oversees the appeal will take note and uphold the previous ruling. Now if only this could somehow make forced bundling of services illegal, or the practice of selling internet service by itself for just a few dollars less than internet + TV that the consumer likely doesn't want because there's nothing good on these days and anything they do want to watch they can get on the internet, on demand, for less (or free, possibly).
Someone needs to get Siberia and/or Canada on the phone, tell them to come to the East Coast of the US, and take their damn weather back. Seriously, we were almost fully recovered from all the snow and then it snowed again.
So... I dunno. Can the world please stop sucking so much?
I wanted to crank out these last few Dimensional Vortex runs in Chrono Trigger DS, and while I am making progress, it's nowhere near the "one run a day" I originally wanted to do. Something about the whole thing taking over 4 hours makes that a little less appealing, at least to do in one sitting. I typically split gameplay up into about an hour at a time, but still.
I suppose the part of this that's the worst for me is that I still need a job. Now, I had reasons (parents read: excuses) why I hadn't made progress before this started, and those reasons still hold true.
I'm a bit down about a certain political party trying to take away my affordable health insurance, just because they're all well-off and don't think people who aren't deserve a chance.
I'm happy that we finally got the internet reclassified under Title 2 of whatever communications act that basically means internet providers can't throttle traffic based on its source, destination, or type and then force people to pay money to get it at the regular speed. There's a name for that, it's called extortion. Net Neutrality is a good thing. However, the ISPs just don't get it and are most likely going to appeal. They have a wide variety of baseless arguments in their favor, so hopefully whoever oversees the appeal will take note and uphold the previous ruling. Now if only this could somehow make forced bundling of services illegal, or the practice of selling internet service by itself for just a few dollars less than internet + TV that the consumer likely doesn't want because there's nothing good on these days and anything they do want to watch they can get on the internet, on demand, for less (or free, possibly).
Someone needs to get Siberia and/or Canada on the phone, tell them to come to the East Coast of the US, and take their damn weather back. Seriously, we were almost fully recovered from all the snow and then it snowed again.
So... I dunno. Can the world please stop sucking so much?
Friday, January 16, 2015
2015 is gonna be another 2014, I can feel it
Nothing about who I am has changed between 2014 and 2015.
Any sense of self esteem you might garner from reading my main blog, I assure you, is a facade. I don't like to be emotional on the internet, but when a guy has had enough, he's fucking had enough.
I probably need some sort of psychological help. But psychologists are all the same. They care more about lining their own pockets with money than they do about their patients' mental health. Because if everyone was sane, there wouldn't be need for psychologists. It's a classic conflict of interest, not too dissimilar to the one that all dentists subscribe to.
The list of what I need is simple, and yet complex. I need a job, but I need to find a company that has a position open that I can fill. No current job listing fits that criteria. Everyone wants experience and/or a degree, even for the most mundane of tasks. I need a positive constant in my life, and that in itself is complex. I'm not exactly in the best environment for finding a lasting relationship, all women treat men like shit these days, and even if I was in the proper environment and women weren't complete whores, I doubt I'd even say anything to anyone I was actually interested in, because all the good ones are taken already. They end up with douchebags that treat them like shit. Meanwhile, the guys like me who would actually be a good match are left to have empty lives.
I don't even fucking know where I'm going with this.
Employment is full of unwritten rules, one-upmanship, hidden cliques, and other general hostilities. Real life also similarly makes zero sense. I am incompatible with the way this country works. Sad thing is, there isn't any country on this planet that I would be compatible with. Find me a planet where people follow common fucking sense, and let me live there.
Any sense of self esteem you might garner from reading my main blog, I assure you, is a facade. I don't like to be emotional on the internet, but when a guy has had enough, he's fucking had enough.
I probably need some sort of psychological help. But psychologists are all the same. They care more about lining their own pockets with money than they do about their patients' mental health. Because if everyone was sane, there wouldn't be need for psychologists. It's a classic conflict of interest, not too dissimilar to the one that all dentists subscribe to.
The list of what I need is simple, and yet complex. I need a job, but I need to find a company that has a position open that I can fill. No current job listing fits that criteria. Everyone wants experience and/or a degree, even for the most mundane of tasks. I need a positive constant in my life, and that in itself is complex. I'm not exactly in the best environment for finding a lasting relationship, all women treat men like shit these days, and even if I was in the proper environment and women weren't complete whores, I doubt I'd even say anything to anyone I was actually interested in, because all the good ones are taken already. They end up with douchebags that treat them like shit. Meanwhile, the guys like me who would actually be a good match are left to have empty lives.
I don't even fucking know where I'm going with this.
Employment is full of unwritten rules, one-upmanship, hidden cliques, and other general hostilities. Real life also similarly makes zero sense. I am incompatible with the way this country works. Sad thing is, there isn't any country on this planet that I would be compatible with. Find me a planet where people follow common fucking sense, and let me live there.
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