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I Gots Bennies

Posted June 2nd, 2008 at 12:55PM

I was hired full-time a week ago (I was a temp working for Kelly Services since March, which, by the way, sucks) and benefits went live yesterday, the first of June. Health, prescription, dental, vision – hell, complementary life insurance!

Woot!

Ever get excited to visit the dentist or doctor? Well, me neither, but at least I won’t be paying out of pocket from now on.

My Digital Life

Posted October 10th, 2007 at 3:39PM

Figured it was time to update the blog with some inane daily going-ons.

I’m currently trying to start freelance photographing for a local paper. (Will go into further detail if it goes anywhere.) I also want to start delivering their papers. Two easy ways to get into journalism without actually having to write anything.

But getting a job means tidying up my digital persona. Which means not bitching about having to write if I ever want a writing job.

I still have an alternate domain at surfingonarocket.com, which I’ll be putting to use shortly as a front page for me, myself. It’ll include links to my flickr (both my personal account and the new “professional-ish” account?), the blog, and â€“ naturally â€“ my resume. Which I’ve been working on lately.

Oh, it’ll be awesome. Just you wait.

Party on, Garth.

Want More? Read my 1st Paying Gig

Posted July 31st, 2007 at 11:53PM

I recently got an issue of Fuse in the mail. It was the second issue of the glossy colorful publication that’s essentially promotional material for Ithaca College. But who cares considering they offered money to reprint an article I had already written for the IC View (where I interned last spring).

If you get a chance, pick up a copy of the magazine. My article on Second Life was the cover story and the spread is very sharp! Only one mistake on the copy too.

And if you can, check the latest issue and the next two of IC View, for more goodness written by yours truly. (I can’t seem to find a website for the view, since it changed names.)

Bizzy

Posted July 16th, 2005 at 10:09PM

This Wednesday I went to orientation for my new job — clerking at the USPS. I started Thursday, and I haven’t had a whole lot of free time since then. I’m working every day up until my parents and I go to Chicago next week, for Lollapalooza. Including Sunday. Who would of thought?

Been putting in eight or nine hour days, and my job description basically includes everything except actually delivering the mail. It’s been a lot to take in, and I’m on my feet the entire time. I’ve been getting home anywhere from six to seven. Then I usually lay down till dinner; watch an hour of TV, or a movie; spend an hour online, checking my e-mail and this site; then it’s off to bed, exhausted.

Suffice to say, I don’t have a whole lot of time to blog. Earlier this week I even had two or three article ideas that I wanted to expand on. I don’t even remember them now, although one had to do with supporting progressive causes through everyday means. The idea for this came when I applied for a credit card from Working Assets. Ten cents from every transaction is given to a variety of causes that I support. This doesn’t sound like a lot, however they contribute millions of dollars each year this way. The same company also has similar schemes involving long distance and wireless phone plans. And these opportunities are all over the place — ways to support causes that you believe in. In the same way that you can avoid Wal-Mart and shop locally, you can also support fair, ethical companies and avoid the others.

If I had made this blurb into an article, I would have done a little research and found some more links. Made it more coherent, but I’m typing on a schedule, as I already noted. Dinner is ready, I need to eat. Can stay up a little later since Sunday is a short day, and I go in late. But then it’s back to the grindstone. Ugh.

Uneventful Summer

Posted June 19th, 2005 at 12:34AM

Since the last update, surprisingly little has happened, in my life and in the world. My passport finally arrived. So did my new license. My 21st birthday came and went, bought some tequila and ate some cheesecake. The operation on my wrist went well enough. Been playing a helluva lot Sims 2 since it arrived last Tuesday. Had a drug test; apparently I’ve lined up a job for the remainder of the summer.

I need to buy plane tickets. And… Then I’ll be on my way.

There’s been a few good CDs I’ve been listening to continuously. The new NIN, Weezer, Beck, White Stripes. It’s been a good summer music-wise.

At the moment I’m copying all necessary files off of my old computer, putting them onto CD-Rs. This is an incredible pain in my ass, but it’s a last-ditch effort to save them. I tried booting up the old PC tonight, and it freezes up as XP loads. Safe mode, nada. Eventually I had to hook up the hard drive to another PC we have, which doesn’t have a firewire port (which would of made transfering files a lot easier (understatement)). Then I couldn’t find my USB drive, although that would have taken even longer since it’s only a 128MB. So I’m reduced to using CD-Rs. I think I’m burning my 10th as I write this. Might run out.

We’ll see.

On Hiatus?

Posted May 21st, 2005 at 1:05PM

I’m starting to get use to the new Mac. Downloading a few SNES roms so that I’ll have something to do, since there are exactly 0 games made for Macs.

Still been wholly ignoring the news. Should probably keep up a little better, but it’s always so depressing. I want to relax a little during summer, fer chrissakes.

Might have a job lined up. And I’m still fooling around trying to get all the paperwork done for next fall. Want to fix the Saab soon. Probably going to just take it to our Saab mechanic, so he can go over it with a fine-tooth comb. Then maybe I’ll be able to convince my parents that we can take it out to Chicago this summer for Lollapalooza. It’d be great taking the Saab. Just need to make sure it’s mechanically tight beforehand.