tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71340228347964271802011-04-21T19:15:38.155-04:00Nicholas Barnardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18315614343838586513noreply@blogger.comBlogger91100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7134022834796427180.post-39614871152655636262007-09-30T22:00:00.001-04:002007-09-30T22:00:26.420-04:00

This blog has reached the end of the road.I'm not really sure if I ever made it clear over here, but this blog is actually a little closet for me.I've been a blogger for quite some time, although at first I insisted on calling my blog an eJournal. (At the time blogs were really about being very link driven things, however the term has morphed to where it now fits my definition of an eJournal.)I

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I'm kinda annoyed at the medical/insurance mess right now..Not really their fault, but I need to get a prescription of my anti-depressant, Effexor XR. I hate the fact that I'm going to have to go to a doctor and the conversation is going to boil down to this:I have a long history of depression, Effexor XR works well for my symptoms, I have an old script that I've been taking, will you write me a

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So, I had this interview with this really cool company in Bellevue..Its set up a bit odd so that over the course of 3.5 hours I was supposed to meet and interview with six people...So the first two went really well in my book. The third was mediocre. The Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth cancelled on me.So I had this fun funky weekend where I got myself into an annoyed depressive funk and pretty much

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So I wrote about clubbing on my other blog. The other thing I didn't mention over there is I think the guys really thought my bald head was hot.. ;-)

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Note to self: Read cover letters out loud to yourself.. You catch stupid business speak.

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I fear the job hunt. I'm insanely underemployed at the moment, but its a stable job that I don't mind with consistent pay with consistent hours. (e.g. its not Starbucks.)Last time I did the job hunt thing I remember spending an insane amount of time writing out cover letters, sending in resumes, fielding calls from recruiters, and going to interviews for nothing. The one job that I finally got

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I think one of the things that really bugs me about being fired from Starbucks is that I was fired under a "three strikes and you're out" rule. Specifically a rule regarding punctuality.One of the things I have come to firmly believe from both my experiences in the workplace and from my academic work around managing employees is that people's individual needs and differences should be reasonably

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So one of the reasons I started this blog is that I didn't want my mother to know that I had lost my primary job.The second reason is that I didn't want my mother to know that I'm now wearing my hair in a mohawk.I've wanted a mohawk for a while. I usually think guys with a mohawk look sexy. There is nothing like seeing a nicely cut strip of hair down the middle that doesn't have any grooming

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This is probably a funny spot to start a blog, but I'll start it here anyway.On Friday, I was terminated from Starbucks Coffee Company. The store I was at had a pretty strong three times late and you're terminated policy...Friday wasn't the best day I've ever had. (nor was it the worst)At the moment I think I'll be fine, Starbucks's pension for only scheduling people the minimal number of hours

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