gah! i hope i caught it in time... I dont need any bad CARma....
Happy Belated Birthday, Phillis!!!
one year ago on April 19th i legally took possession of my car.. one year ago last wednesday the car sat in my driveway, after all initial repairs were done, ready to be driven...
I'd run down the cost of this car with you in my first year of ownership.... but i'd probably jump out my window if i saw the total....
Until next time....... *fade to black*
:: Eldorado ::
Wednesday, April 26, 2006 ::
1:55:00 AM
Song of Choice: Islands in the Stream - Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton
it being 2 weeks and a day since my interview, I got on the horn to the Agency I applied to that forwarded my information on to Cogeco.
Good news is they've only hired about 3 or 4 of the 40+ they need. Better news is the guy said as far as he knew, I was front running for one of the remaining positions.
He told me that Cogeco was having some problems with the hiring process though.. someone didn't think the process through clearly enough.
Turns out Cogeco hired 3 agencies to find employees for these jobs.. so they're getting a lot of people that applied to all 3 agencies that in turn forwarded their info to cogeco... so technically one person is getting 3 interviews. Cogeco is weeding these people out, because that's not allowed.. so there aren't as many people applying for the job as there may seem. Integrity Canada, the agency I am dealing with, submitted 30 names. That's the most of the three. So, worst case scenario, there are 90 people that were forwarded to Cogeco.
Of those 90 people, say 5 people decided to apply to all 3 agencies and get 3 interviews.. that's 5 x 3 agencies = 15 names that are immediately removed. So that leaves me with 75 names.
Another issue that they're having is people are applying even though they've already been turned down by Cogeco, but they didn't tell the agency this.... so *they* are immediately removed.. say out of the remaining 75 people, 5 people did this... that leaves 70...
they're looking for upwards of 40 people... Which leaves me with approximately a 50/50 chance at getting this job...
More good news is that this guy at Integrity Canada likes me so much, if I dont get in this round to start next week, then he'll recommend my name for the next round to start June 5th.
It's not over yet!
Which makes me smile. My car is almost up to 100% again. Which means I'll be paying for gas again... and at $1.10/L for the cheap stuff, that doesn't bode well for me. I knew I should have stocked up when it was around 80c/L a few months ago.
On that note...
I was talking to Anna earlier tonite. I was reading through some old posts of mine, and I noticed that The Omega Void turned 3 years old last week.. everyone join me in a round of Happy Birthday!!
ok, I wont make you sing... But in seeing that, I started going back through old posts. Why does it seem like my posts of old seem so much more intelligent and thought provoking than the ones now where I just reiterate things that happen in this mundane thing called my life? I have discussed some pretty serious issues including, but not limited to:
Ok, none of those were really "serious". But They were either dealing with serious topics, or they were at least (for me) entertaining to read... what has happened to that? where did it go? I'd really like to know....
Anyway... Because I'm currently totally unable to write something of any substance on my own... I'll steal something that I wrote almost two years ago. It's one of my favourite posts... I should do this more often... *maybe*, instead of doing a "song of the choice" (which has mysteriously been missing from my last bunch of posts.. I'll add one now!), I should do a "post of choice"? Something to think about ... anyway, here you go! 'Who am I?'
Sunday, August 08, 2004 :: 2:29:39 AM
Song of choice: It's a Long Way to the Top (if you Wanna Rock and Roll) - ACDC / The School of Rock
*Warning - dull rambles ahead. And you're going to wish that you had bought the rights to the question mark when you're done reading this entry...*
Life. Or something like it?
I like that phrase. It makes me wonder whether or not life is something everyone experiences, or just a select few that are lucky enough to win some sort of devine (or if you dont swing that way, 'mystical') lottery.
I look back over the years of me growing up, and I think about all the people that I used to be. I was innocent. A mama's boy. I still am, actually, as much as I'd hate to admit it. But now it doesn't quite define exactly who I am anymore. When my father lived on the east coast for those years (moved because of work, came home for a couple days once or twice a month), it brought my mother and I closer together - almost. From her point of view, we were never closer because of my father's absence. Was it because of this? I dont know. But that's when I started to get all nasty.
Who was I?
Was I the kid that cut a girl's hair in grade 2? Was I the kid that shot water on a neighbour's silk shirt on their way out to a wedding when they explicitly told me (as I held the water gun out to them) not to even think about it? God did I get burned for that one.... Was I the kid that went into the teacher's desk in grade 6 when nobody else was around to reclaim what was rightfully mine that was taken away? Was I the kid that, at the same time, reclaimed what rightfully belonged to others, for myself? Was I the kid that liked to set the tennis courts at school on fire? Was I the kid that liked to create home-made pyrotechnics and light them in a friend's garage? Was I the kid that took the same pyrotechnics, and lit them in my (former) grade school stairwell? Was I the kid that always got into fights, or the kid that bit a hole (Yes, bit) through another kids hand because he "wrecked my pile of rocks, and then proceeded to jump on me because I told him off for doing so"? Was it me that wrote my name in HUGE letters on the asphalt of the playground in chalk? At the time I denied it, although everyone knew it was me. Was I nearly beat senseless by a group of 7 students because I made a crack about the leader of the "group" and a girl he liked? Was it me that got blamed by the principal for provoking that 'gang' attack "because I was white, and should have given the "less intelligent" group of black kids the benefit of the doubt"? Was it really me that picked a fight in the middle of my grade 8 french class with a guy that was bigger, and had bigger friends than I did? Was I the kid that went through a time in his life where even those closest to him saw how messed up he was, to the point that they seriously entertained the idea that they might find me hanging motionless from the closest "hangable" object?
Or, am I the guy that pokes around harmlessly on a computer? Am I the guy that would, without question, be there if I was needed? The guy that loves before he is given a reason to? Am I the guy that follows what his heart wants, risking being outcasted by most that love him? Do I really have people that love me? I'd like to think so. Am I the guy that wants to stay up with someone when they're having trouble sleeping? Am I the guy that sits and thinks about his future, and how he can absolutely spoil every person who is a part of it? Am I the guy that just wants to have his arm around someone whom he loves, and who loves him, as I sleep? Am I the guy that has a million things to frown about, but a billion things to smile about? Am I the guy that sits and ponders how he could have spent most of his life alone? Especially knowing (now) what kind of people really exist out there? Am I the guy that is THAT lucky? I mean, *really* that lucky?
How can this be? How can I be all of these people? How can all of these people be me? I'm not looking for a cliche answer to these questions... Not really, at least... The point of this post was to just explain that although we may know ourselves... That doesn't mean we know who we are, or who we will become. We never know what sequence of events is going to push us down another path of life. For me, my days of hair cutting, smoke bomb making, fire starting, and fighting ended the day that I met the people I did in grade 10. The day that I said that I would spend my time playing Car Wars, actually, with a guy that I had known from my french class. THAT is how random life can change. Dont ever assume that your situation now will reflect your life 10 years from now, 10 days from now, or even 10 seconds from now. You can look back at who you were, but all you know is 'now'.
Live what you know. Dont live what you think you know, or what you knew.
Sign my Guestbook, damnit. For now, you know that!
Until next time....... *fade to black*
Until next time....... *fade to black, indeed...*
:: Eldorado ::
Saturday, April 22, 2006 ::
3:06:00 AM
I'm trying out something I've never done before.. Posting to my blog using Outlook.. lets see how it turns out.
OH GOD it felt good taking my car out for a drive... like.. *really* good... I got everything all sorted with the vacuum leak. Just a simple hose popped off just under the intake manifold that I was able to re-seat and all became well again...
I still need to get my belts retensioned... *crosses fingers* I really hope i dont break a belt before i get around to doing that - that would be bad. If my timing belt breaks, I bend valves.. and if I bend valves, I smoke the head....
it's just not a pretty sight.
I had the interview with Cogeco. For those of you who are wondering (which probably aren't many considering i dont think anyone reads this anymore, save for Bao... David occasionally... and Anna.... and maybe the odd time Ching might come take a gander..) Anyway, back on track.. for those who were wondering, I haven't heard back yet. I'm still really optimistic, though... I have to be - I need this job! They said they'd let me know in about 2 weeks - this monday marks the 2 week mark.. so we'll see... please hope for me!
I downloaded and burned Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 2 for xbox... I've gotta say, I was never one for an RPG game.. I never really found them exciting.. but this one suits me. There's just enough fighting and stuff to keep me entertained.. and the dialogue and story are pretty good... *MUCH* better than battlefront 2.. I'm already up to 15 hours into this game and I'm not done... not even close...
I'm in love with the idea that every decision you make while playing the game will either give you "Light Side" points, or "Dark Side" points... obviously turning you into a Jedi Master or a Sith, if you go to one extreem or the other. I love this - it just adds another dimension to the gameplay outside of the story and item collecting...
Anyway, I'm tired.. this wasn't meant to be a long post.. just one to test out my posting from outlook... It's 3:04.. and I'm sleepy! G'nite all...
Until next time....... *fade to black*
:: Eldorado ::
Wednesday, April 12, 2006 ::
12:41:00 AM
I started this post a couple weeks ago... but no matter.. point is we started work on the car...
So! We were off to a good start, Andrew and me. I ripped my intake apart to try to find the source of a vacuum leak... and he started to rip my rear wheel apart to replace a bunch of little bits in there. In there we got a surprise.
This is your wheel bearing.
And this is your wheel bearing on drugs.
Well, ok.. maybe not 'drugs', lets say that's what happens when you drive a car for 2 months with a sound coming from your wheel that (you think) is just a stuck brake caliper.... but oh no. it was your wheel bearing. it trashed everything in there...
anyway... andrew started it....
..and i lost the box with all the parts in it. D'oh!!! stupid me... turns out the box was, all along, in Andrew's garage (we were working in *my* driveway) from the last time we attempted this job.. but we didn't find that out for a few days.
I got the box and finished the job myself (go me!). Now my wheel is all better...
but my damn car still wont keep an idle! it stalls out.. i'm hoping i can take it in tomorrow and have them look at it. *crosses fingers*
anyway.. that's my post for the day.. anything else new with me?
oh! I had a meeting on Monday at Cogeco. They had talked to me on the phone twice previously, and i passed both interviews with flying colours and they wanted to meet me. I got there, was greeted by a great guy who was part of the tech support division, which was a job i was applying for. He seemed like a really nice guy, and he took me up to Human Resources to meet with Janice, the HR rep who was going to hire me. potentially. we talked for about an hour and 20 mins.. they got all my references and all my information. To work there they're going to need to run a credit check, criminal (background) check, etc etc.. pretty tight stuff... but I love the idea of working in a building where you walk by a reception desk to a bunch of elevators that you need to swipe your card to get into... it's totally like the movies - really awesome.
anywho, they said I'd know in at most 2 weeks. How did I do? I was kinda nervous. It's not every day you apply and get an interview for a job that could potentially lead into a career in your field (in my case, telecommunications). My nervousness showed in the interview, but i think my cool hair-do and freshly cleaned and pressed black suit made up for it. *grins*
As for the feedback of the interviewers... they were really stone-faced. They had close to no expression as I was talking, unless i engaged them with a question.. then they lightened up a bit, but other than that it was completely serious... like i was suddenly sitting at the table of the world poker champinship.
I suppose if they didn't like me at all, at the end of the interview they wouldn't have asked me to fill out the release forms giving them permission to do a background and credit check on me, which is a good sign....
I'm really keeping my fingers crossed on this one. It's a dream job (for now, at least. But it's not something i wanna be doing 10 years from now i dont think.) And pays very very well.
In any case, i'm keeping my fingers crossed.
Until next time....... *fade to black*
:: Eldorado ::
Wednesday, April 05, 2006 ::
11:31:00 PM
Stalking on the mini-mall parking lot, wielding a sharpened screwdriver, cometh Kyle Eyers! And he gives a spectacular cry:
"I'm going to pummel you with such disregard for common sense, your reincarnation will be a scientific anomaly!"
Edit: lol I just did it again with my name without caps....
Zang! Who is that, stalking along the mini-mall parking lot! It is Kyle Eyers, hands clutching gilded boxing gloves! And with a gutteral roar, his voice cometh:
"I'm going to hump you so forcibly, you will wake up from the Matrix!"
:: Eldorado ::
10:13:00 PM
people who know me think i have a pretty good memory. I was shocked at how good just now..
I went to the Cogeco website and immediately, when the picture of the couple on the couch loaded, I recognized them.
It took me about a second and a half to realize that they're the same people, in the same clothes, on the same set, as Zip.ca...
I haven't been to zip.ca's website in AGES.. it's really been a long time.. it's funny to see things that trigger other memories like that so instantly...
and yet, I couldn't tell you half of the questions that were on the fibre optic and photonics midterm i wrote tonite...
wonder why that is....
Until next time....... *fade to black*
:: Eldorado ::
Saturday, April 29, 2006 ::
2:15:00 PM
