Jobs, movies, dates.

It’s been over a week since I’ve last made a proper update to this, so I’ll tell you what I’ve been up to. Well, I’ve been doing stuff, cool stuff, like getting my eyes tested, and getting a haircut, and most awesome of all getting myself a nice shiny new money-take-out-no-cash-needed card. Also had a job interview for a call centre, which I got through with flying colours according to the guy on the other end of the phone. Course that doesn’t mean I have a job, it just means I get to go onto the next round of interviews like every fucking company seems to be doing. The guy sitting across from me going for the same job spent the entirety of the time I was being interviewed talking about an epic tale involving broken pallets, a faulty plug socket, and warm meat. God I’m glad that I didn’t stumble at the first hurdle when that was the competition. So next week I’ve got the group assessment where there’ll be the usual talking about yourself for a minute and working in a team bollocks. If I do well enough in that it’ll be a few weeks of training and the official job start date is in the middle of december, so whether or not I’ll get any wages before Christmas is anyone’s guess. It’s in the technical department rather than customer service, which I wasn’t planning on going for but I was asked which it was and said that I would do either so got shunted onto that. Figured there’s a bit of a better chance doing that. I’m worried that I’ll end up living in a perpetual episode of The IT Crowd. And to round off the whingeing: I’m going to be sitting in front of a computer for eight hours a day, which is quite bollocks. Still, discounted internet and telly, and I might learn enough to give myself a bit more down the line.

Had a bit of a lover’s tiff with the girl from the work programme as well over not coming in to their offices an hour and a half early just to use their computers as I apply for work at home easily enough and would be looking over the same shit. In my infinite wisdom I think this is because they don’t get paid without showing some sort of proof that they had a hand in it, which is a load of shite. Basically they’re trying to profit from the graft I do, fuck that. Aside from that I’m meant to go for a few workshops where I’ll be told the same thing that I always am. I’m starting to appreciate the Jobcentre giving you a handful of applications and kicking you out of the door. Speaking of which, they don’t have a clue what’s going on with the government’s work programme, and how much power the companies in question have over the likes of stopping my dole. I really don’t want to waste hours doing nothing. Maybe I could get away with sitting in there and writing on here. Or maybe I’ll put /b/ as the homepage and Tubgirl as the wallpaper, just for shits and giggles. I get really grumpy as soon as I set foot in that place.

I’ve finished the 30 Days thing too. I was getting tired of spending time each day doing it at the expense of other things so I took the time to do the next week’s worth. They’ll be posted automatically around lunchtime each day. It had started off well but I think it became more than bit tired as time went on, but the OCD part of was determined to see it through. If they don’t appear it’s because I didn’t tick the right box or something, but they’re sitting there waiting to go, so I’ll find out tomorrow. Let’s face it, it seemed more like something a teen girl would put on her Facebook for a few days then forget about it. Highly doubt I’ll be doing anything like it again, mainly because I was already treading over old ground halfway through. I’ve been pondering changing the layout of the place, but it won’t be for a few weeks at the earliest if at all. The templates on here can be a bit restrictive and I don’t have much imagination when it comes to visual design so the black and sparse look will probably stay unless there’s a kind bored soul out there that wants to do a few mockups…

Last but not least is the news that I’m taking a girl out tonight, the big titted girl with the chest tattoo that made a surprise appearance at the end of my last non-30 Days post? That’s the one. She mentioned that she wanted to see In Time, the new film with Justin Timberlake (who I’ve grown to like over time), Cillian Murphy and Amanda Seyfried. It was only in passing so a couple of days later I asked if she wanted to go. We were at school together but never really friends and tonight will be the first time I’ve seen her since 2007 or so. I’ve changed a fair bit, but I’m not too worried about the fact as you never really have blind dates anymore these days thanks to the likes of Facebook. We’ve got a bit in common, school for one, the same kind of films, we even sign on on the same day! Other than that I haven’t much of a clue. This is the first thing that you could call a date in ages, rather than getting tanked or high and winding up both naked. It’s also the first time I’ve met a girl with a bit more of an open mind about ending up going out, though I’m not expressly looking for that.

I’m meeting her in around an hour or so, trying to keep myself in the sweet spot between nerves and convincing myself that I don’t care, that little area of confidence without idiocy. Just a drink or two and a movie, go for a cruise after it and see what happens from there. I’m not expecting a shag, and for once don’t mind too much. Off I go, being a grown up…