it's my initiative.
i've been working a lot for the
film festival, and it's a lot of fun. well, mostly it's been a lot of sitting around and falling asleep, so far, but it's a welcome change after being on my feet running around serving pricks for 8 hours at benny's. i like it a lot, and i'm really glad i'm doing it.
i've also started sending out resumes to post-production houses. before i moved to chicago, i had a list of about 30 houses in chicago alone, and i don't know why i never sent out resumes to them before. i think i was partly scared of starting a "career," and also thought maybe it would be hard? sending out paper to a place, i mean, phew, that's hard. so i'm leaving bennigan's because i can't work jobs like that anymore. i'm 23, i'm smart, and i'm qualified. truthfully, i'll probably be working at the gap in 3 weeks for the christmas season. sigh. but whatever, i'll find a (desk) job somewhere. it's time to start my life. i actually could leave chicago for a couple months after the fest is over and go home, and i'm very surprised to find out how much i don't want to leave chicago.
dedication.
i just got off work. it's 1:30am and i had a horrific -
horrific - night at benny's. but i will say this: the majority of our customers tonight had all come from this 5k race "run hit wonders" or something like that, and they were all super nice. super nice. and it reminded me of when i worked at cosi and some runners came in after the shamrock shuffle and
they were super nice too.
so, i don't know if it is the runner's high or what that makes runners so happy and understanding, but please, please continue to support our happy runners and don't ever do anything to put them in a bad mood. because they are really, honestly, always so nice.
jinx.
"again?!" you say!
anna is right: where the hell have all the bloggers gone?!
i am blogging today to get myself back in the habit.
mike is gone,
joe is gone,
shannon is... hey she's back! i totally just checked her site to link her here and she is totally blogging again. yesss! well, as for the rest of you, no excuses. no excuses. except for joe is probably pretty busy with the film fest and site 9 and mike is... busy... um, who knows. anywa, i miss your blogs and i wish you would update it.
what should i do for the holidays? should i get a second job or find a holiday job and hope they hire me on full-time? this is all very troubling to me. bennigan's just isn't worth all the work. i made less than 10% last night and i ran my ass off. i make about the same as i would at a crappy retail job only at a retail job i'd run around a lot less and my knees wouldn't hurt so much.
why am i posting today, you ask...
... well for several reasons. 1) tucker chewed up my ethernet cable about 4 days ago and i just got a new one, 2) i have to occupy myself until work because i feel really restless, and 3)
betsy is posting again after months of not posting and even she told me it had been a long time since i updated.
tucker started puppy obedience classes today and i'm happy to say not only is he one of the cutest dogs, but he is also pretty smart. he's pretty good at sitting, especially when you have a treat in your hand, and when the instructor used him as an example of how to teach your dog to sit, she actually struggled to keep him from not sitting. tucker:1, the world: 0.
work is slowing down some. tourist season is pretty much over so we've been pretty slow. well, in comparison to how we usually are. it's good because i hate to work and really hate to wait tables, but it sucks because rent is due. and the comcast bill. and the people's energy bill. just let me live for free!
love, kate
what weekend?
today is wednesday. and tomorrow is thursday. i know that. you know that. but, the difference is... i don't really
feel like i know that. i have today and tomorrow off, so it feels like saturday and sunday. kris' alarm just went off, why the hell is her alarm going off on a saturday? wait, wednesday. oh right. the major upset to this disorientation is that when i go back to work on friday, i'm going to wonder, why is it so freaking busy for a monday? then, oh... it's friday isn't it? right...
