Cold Pizza

I like cold pizza. I really do. But thankfully through the grace of God and a close family friend I have a brand new too me microwave. A humongously heavy beast of an old school Toshiba that has to sit on the bar table that seperates my kitchen from the rest of my studio. It works great but is inconveniently large. So much so I was surprised when I was able to actually fit 2 large pizza boxes and 2 orders of breadsticks in it. That's a big microwave.

The thing that gets me though is when did large pizza's get so small. I mean back in the day a large pizza was really big. Now adays it seems that they just cut a medium into more slices. Call me crazy but the boxes are still big. Huge actually. But you open it and there is this little pizza that slides around in there. I don't know. Only a couple of people I know have noticed a similar phenomenon. But then I'm one of the last Pizza Hut customers among my friends. I can't speak on other restaurants. But Pizza Hut... mark my words... they are up to something.

Ambitious Denial

The following is an excerpt from the e-mail my recruiter sent me, about that job interview I had:

"a strong candidate but he expressed a great interest in doing network work to a couple of us. We need someone who really wants to work with clients, not with equipment and wiring. We would like to consider him for future positions."

Wow talk about a reality check. So basically if hadn't aspired to be more than just a phone monkey I would have gotten the job. Man, it wasn't that long ago when an employer would have admired my desire to better myself. Damn I'll know next time. Keep whatever desires to advance to myself. What a strange world we live in.

Temporal Job Hunting

Seems like time is just flying by. January is already almost over. It seems as though the older I get the faster time seems to be moving. So I get older faster and time moves faster to make me older faster... Well you get the idea. See I had an interview last Monday and it just dawned on me that it had been a week with no word. As I thought about it I realized that the phone interview leading up to the in person meeting was in December. Around the second week if I remember correctly. And even before that the recruiter (is it just me or do they all just suck) told me about it around the end of November. My God that's 3 different months. When did it get so hard to get a job? Normally they submit you, call you for the interview, then you interview all within a week or 2. But this is dragging out way too long. Man I need a new career. Maybe I should look for a recruiter job. From what I've seen they get paid pretty well to not do much. But hey what do I know I've been looking for a new job for months now.

same ole same

Not much going on this week. Just tired as all hell. Working the graveyard shift is taking alot out of me. Normally I'm cool but I've been just extra tired for some reason. I thing I need some vitamins or something.

The Phones Don't Stop

The other day my boy sent me this article:
Part 1
Part 2
Dear God this guy is living my life. I just hope I can escape it soon.

Pre-Approval Denied

A couple years back I had really really bad credit. I mean pitiful. When I moved into my apartment I tried to finance a Cort furniture coffee table for $250. DENIED. Apparently I was some type of flight risk or something. Atleast that's what Wells Fargo eluded too when I talked to them about it over the phone at the furniture store. Embarassed and ashamed I kept my head up and enjoyed the rest of the festivities (apparently every year they have some type of party for potential business customers, thankfully (or not) I had a DBA (doing business as...) at the time). About a year or so before that I was DENIED a pre-approved credit card. Yes, you read that right. My credit used to be so bad that I was DENIED a credit card that was supposed to be pre-approved for me to get. I guess I should have realized that it was still messed up. But hey cut me some slack, by the time the incident at Cort happened I had been working at my new job for like 6 months paying my bills on time and everything. Now that I think about it I hadn't made any late payments in years. And still $250 for a guy like me was a credit risk for Wells Fargo.

I must admit I was a little shocked several weeks ago when I got the pre-approved mastercard application. It's been years I tell you. Never in my wildest dreams did I think that I would be able to actually get it. I filled out the online app just on a whim. At the very least I figured I could get some free credit reports once I got the DENIED letters. Though I knew my credit had gotten a little better. Last year I tried to get a condo only to discover that if your income is in the low to mid $30K in southern california you can't really buy shit. Atleast not shit that you might want to live in. I was pre-approved for a marginal mortgage of about $65K. Not that I found anything for that price. But then I was told it is easy to buy a home on credit than it is to just get credit for stuff. Who knew. Needless to say I am still renting.

So, imagine my shock at the sight of the letter from the credit card company saying that my card would be here soon. And when it came I was still in disbelief. I still can't remember the last time I had working plastic in my wallet. Speaking of which when I called to activate it I was greeted by a customer service rep after entering my card number. She again asked for my card number. After a couple seconds she said that this account was not active and that I should call back on monday unless I have just a general question.

"Oh No," I thought. "This is all some horrible mistake. A cruel creditors joke played upon wannabes that long for the college days of pre-approved credit applications ."

My heart sank as I explained that I was calling to have it activated.

"Oh," she said. "I can do that for you."

And just like that I was credit worthy again.

Thankfully I am no longer a broke college student. Though I am a some what broke working class guy. Who am I kidding? I'm still broke. But now maybe I can get this credit to work for me. At the very least I have grown wiser over the years. I'm thinking I might be able to flip it. Investing would be better than that Gamecube I was thinking about getting. Now if I can just find a quick and easy investment that pays out better than 9%. To be continued...