I'm not dead. Not this time, either.
February 3, 2009
So it's been precisely one month since I last updated the site, as it turns out. And what have I done in this last month, since last keeping you posted on my comings, goings, and of course my irrational rants and rambles? Well for one thing, my time at ADT has come to a close. I usually didn't name my primary employer in the past 'cause I know employers tend to look for that kind of thing now.
You know, in the event that people are either a) giving away their dirty laundry, b) bitching about them and ruining their carefully sculpted media image, or c) just being pricks. But now that I've been laid off in order for the company to be able to afford to sponsor some sort of wanky golf tournament, well, all bets are off now. Not that I really have a lot to say about them that I haven't already.
Though again, I really do pity you if you rely upon them for your home security needs. At any rate, the job ended, so now I've tried to wash my hands of the past, after a fashion, and get into the whole 'future' thing. While some of you may've just shook your heads and tried to get another job, I opted to take a special someone up on their offer and have moved. Half way across the country, even!
So yes, I have left the Dennycave for the time being, and am experimenting with this whole 'dating' thing again. I thought it'd be cool for once in my life if I could make that work. Invisible Space Boogeyman only knows how many times I've tried in the past, and failed horribly. Getting attached to people and their kids and their lives only to have everything take a big hairy shit super fast.
Not that this should be an issue here. Having settled in in Ohio somewhat has left me very very relaxed so far. The two of us haven't managed to kill each other and it's been what, about three weeks now. I think that's a new record for me, and I'm going to stick with it for as long as I can. That and I have a bit of time to get ahead on my Top Secret Web Site Marketing Enterprise in the weeks ahead.
Not that it's all that 'secret' really, what with me having been rambling on about the Web Marketing Man incessantly of late. But things are going well! And I honestly don't miss my job at the ADT, what with the stress of being screamed at by bloody-minded retards for having the temerity to call them when their house is being broken into - you know, like they're paying me to do or something.
So yeah, I did like the people I worked with, and the general notion of 'job security' and all that, but I won't really miss all my time in the break room (as indicated by Random Photograph One) dreading the time when I have to pull my carcass back up and get back to hell work each day. And I won't miss my badge, really, which I'd worn for over three years - see my really shorter hair there?
Though the pen? I'm keeping the pen. The pen was given to me as thanks for staying with the company for three years - about a month after they let us know that they had to get rid of us because they needed to save money. I guess sponsoring the Stanley cup was more important than actually providing the basic fucking service that they promise to their customers. But what the fuck do I know? I hate marketers.
Yes, ironic. But bear in mind I don't hate them as much as I hate anyone with 'human resources' in their job titles. You shit ticks.