I've been doing a lazy second job search for the past two weeks, secure in the knowledge that a) I work 16 hours a week, minimum already and b) I have a bank account with money in it, so I can still buy food and housing.
Still, I have more time than money and I would like to exchange the two at least temporarily.
Getting a serving job in DC seems to consist of three areas - wandering aimlessly around restaurants, pumping friends of friends for job openings, and applying online to the bigger chains. None of these seem to be very efficient way of finding either workers or jobs. It also doesn't indicate anything about their actual level of talent in the field. There has to be a better way of doing this than waiting for someone qualified enough to wander in based on a piece of paper that was put up on the door.
28 May 2012
I Can't Have Nice Things
After 9 months, I finally got around to getting my computer screen fixed. For some people this would be a long wait, but there is nothing new about me putting off spending money on something I need/want.
My last four pairs of Converse are pretty good examples of this - they all were retired only after each pair developed noticeable holes in sides - and in one memorable pair, the bottom.
(I was going to google image a picture of old converse, but not even google can match how bad my shoes were.)
For me, it's a combination of not liking to spend money and being lazy. It takes too much effort to do all the things without having to pay people at the end of it. Living is expensive enough without shelling out for all the accessories.
And yet.
My glasses are held together with tape, I eat donated oatmeal, nuts, and Top Ramen instead of buying groceries, more than 75% of my wardrobe is used clothes and still don't have lightbulbs or sheets because I don't want to have to buy them. I'm not sure if I could afford to have another lifestyle, but it sure would be nice to not have to fret about expenses Iis this even a thing that will go away?). Or to just be able to buy an ice cream without the induced money-guilt.
... I really want an ice cream now.
My last four pairs of Converse are pretty good examples of this - they all were retired only after each pair developed noticeable holes in sides - and in one memorable pair, the bottom.
(I was going to google image a picture of old converse, but not even google can match how bad my shoes were.)
For me, it's a combination of not liking to spend money and being lazy. It takes too much effort to do all the things without having to pay people at the end of it. Living is expensive enough without shelling out for all the accessories.
And yet.
My glasses are held together with tape, I eat donated oatmeal, nuts, and Top Ramen instead of buying groceries, more than 75% of my wardrobe is used clothes and still don't have lightbulbs or sheets because I don't want to have to buy them. I'm not sure if I could afford to have another lifestyle, but it sure would be nice to not have to fret about expenses Iis this even a thing that will go away?). Or to just be able to buy an ice cream without the induced money-guilt.
... I really want an ice cream now.
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