| | Alright, let's make this as quick as possible. This has been a bit of snowball. Every time I've been at a computer with the time to update, I've been too tired to write everything, and then it just became more for the next time. So we'll make this quick and dirty, not too many details.
- The iPhone launch was INSANE. I worked 44 hours in three days. o_o
Granted, the paycheck for that TWO WEEKS was THREE TIMES its standard size because of that, so it wasn't all bad, but still. Damn.
- Work has become a horrible, bitter process for me. I got put in line for the position that I wanted a few months back, the one where you train customers on the programs. Well, I've been training the customers, but I haven't received the training I'm supposed to get to make progress towards the position. For some reason, miscommunication between me and the managers was pushed on me as MY problem, despite my efforts to convey that they weren't really being clear, either. I'm willing to meet them halfway, but that doesn't work when they stand me up on that meeting.
Things got eventually sorted out, but not before my months of working my ASS off and doing far more than I should have been got completely shoved aside in favor of some fresh new faces. The friction that existed between me and the managers, for some reason, had carried over from a previous manager (whom I have a nagging suspicion is racist) who decided to apparently talk enough shit before she left that I got a negative prejudgement. At this point, I'm still doing more work than I'm being paid for and have pretty much been told that I need to raise my numbers. To train people. Right.
I'm so fucking angry and pissed off at my job right now that every fucking day there is a constant reminder that I'm being passed up and left out in favor of people who don't necessarily do the job better, they just have funnier conversations with the managers. I've been told things to improve, but my employee review came around a couple of days ago and it was ALL FUCKING POSITIVE. There was NOTHING left for me to improve on other than selling stuff DURING my sessions, and STILL I got a measly raise that, if I were working full-time, would have worked out to less than eighty bucks a month more. Before taxes.
Fucking no commission bullshit.
- School started. I picked up Music Theory, English 1A (it's required, even though I've had a college reading level since I was fucking ten), Philosophy 1, and Public Speaking. I dropped English because it was condescending and a waste of my fucking time (not to mention that the teacher managed to be both monotonous AND overly dramatic about stupid things at the same time), Philosophy because it's bullshit (I'm sorry, if I ACTUALLY have to argue that you shouldn't hand a two-year-old child a loaded handgun with the safety off not because of a question of right and wrong, but because of LOGIC, and then have the other guy get commendations for being "philosophical," then I don't want to be "philosophical" because it seems to mean nothing more than sticking your tongue up the teacher's ass), and Music Theory because I had no idea exactly HOW hard it would be without knowing an actual instrument.
Man, this was looking like such a good year.
- Starting my own business selling stuff on the side. It ain't half bad. Not making terribly much money yet, but we basically work on commission, so we'll see how it builds up.
- I am now "The Sound Guy" for TWO startup production companies. One is specifically film for now, the other is a multimedia dilly which will encompass many different fields, including film, music, graphic art, etc.
- I'm just going to copy and paste an e-mail I wrote about a small show I rigged a little while back (late august).
"Today I worked my first live show. It was a small church benefit, but it was basically a couple of Christian bands that wanted to help out and several local bands who wanted a venue to play. I was originally only meant to set up my friend's band, but was asked to be an assistant to the sound director for the entire show, and that turned into me being the sound director for the entire show in general, so I ended up being in charge of setting up and taking down seven bands, which included miking everything properly, balancing the EQ and levels for the monitors and the PA system, and coaching some of the bands on why they have to decide how far away they want to be from the microphone when singing and stick with it. Also had to deal with some "mix on the fly!" shit when one of the bands just started playing once the mikes were hooked up, like a sound check was a foreign concept to them.
A very, very hectic day, but a lot of fun. It was very cool to get compliments from people on the quality of the sound, and even cooler to see their reactions when I told them it was my first time doing a live show. I exchanged info with the band in the picture (the best band there, with some SERIOUS songwriting talent) and I may end up mastering for them soon. I also connected with an engineer who works with audio hardware. He liked some of the things I tossed out as ideas when we were talking and wants to get together for some brainstorming regarding new ways of working with audio hardware."
Shit, I need to call that guy. Still, GREAT stuff, fun experience, absolutely useful.
- I miss my friends. Holy SHIT do I miss my friends. One of the main things that make you realize how much you miss a friend is talking to them for the first time in AGES and realizing that they're one of the best people you've ever had in your life and that you haven't seen them in MONTHS.
Aside from the angry, bitter life at work, there's also the mildly satisfying but mostly depressing life in my room late at night most of the time. I end up not wanting to deal with anything because I'm so tired, yet still missing the friends I wish I had more time for.
For example, today I've chatted with Lani. Some of you may remember her, some of you may now, whatever, it doesn't matter. She's an adorable 5-foot-something-short-inches hawaiian-mexican-filipino girl. Just know that I was in love with this girl at one point and still love her absolutely and dearly. She's been in Fremont for quite a while now and just now moved back to the other side of town, but she's still TOO FAR for me to get to easily. It's infuriating because I got to chat with her online and was reminded FROM TEXT exactly how funny and cute she is, and how she can make me smile. Just talking to her makes me want to find her and hug her RIGHT NOW but I can't. So frustrating.
- Trying not to spend money too frivolously. Doing badly at that.
That's pretty much my life right now. Not doing terribly well, but mainly because of my job. Everything else is pretty interesting.
Catch you on the flipside.
- Mujah |
| | Posted 10/20/2008 9:58 PM - 47 Views - 10 eProps - 5 comments
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