Nerves and Free Runners

Guts. Just a lot of guts.

Man, I’m behind on my posting. I’m trying to get back to having something up every Tuesday and Friday, but time is a real deal-breaker.

Anyways, I finally found a job. I know it was only two weeks, but when you’ve worked since you were 13, two weeks can seem like eons. It’s funny, though. I’m now on day four of training to work as a Search Engine Marketer, but I’m still nervous. This is crazy because I know I have nothing to be so neurotic about.

While I was unemployed, I started playing Assassin’s Creed 2 (between checking job listings, of course). The acrobatics in the game truly astound me. All graphics and coding aside, you really have to hand it to the free runners that provided the basis for Ezio’s wall-scaling feats. Seriously, how do they do it? Are they completely fearless? Do they have something to prove?

After spending some time unemployed, I can’t help wondering if people with awesome resumes are the free runners of the business world. There are a few ways that these groups are similar:

• They impress everyone with their dynamic and almost unbelievable abilities.
• They sail past obstacles.
• Unless you’re in either of these groups, you have to wonder how they got to where they are.

Think about it: what makes a guy get up in the morning and say, “I think I’ll learn how to jump between two buildings,” and/or, “Today seems like a good day to give up the legal profession and go into IT.” It’s incredible, and it takes a lot of nerves.

Damn, I want to be a free runner.

Unemployment Day 4

I finished Mass Effect 2. That’s how bummed and bored I am. Did I gain any insight from it? Only that human-alien romantic entanglements are awkward. Aside from that… No, not really. Disappointing, isn’t it? It’s this well-written, uber-hyped game, and it really only seems to cover the same things as Star Trek.

So as to my newly minted “Unemployed” tag, well, I can honestly say it isn’t my fault, and I’ve got the references to prove it. Budget cuts suck! I mean, really, how can the state go in after a budget has already been implemented and take back 5%? Someone, please explain it to me, because I was under the impression that once money isn’t yours, it’s out of your control.

Guess it doesn’t matter anymore, though, does it? Hopefully I’ll be interviewing and getting a job soon.

Anyways, since my income is limited, it looks like I’m going to go back and beat some games I pansied out on. So far I’m planning on:

• Twilight Princess
• Uncharted and Uncharted 2
• Overlord (I love this game, but I keep halting my play every time a new game comes out.)
• Maybe some Metal Slug just because that game rocks.

I really don’t know what else. When you write for a living, you type really fast, maintain documents and it generally doesn’t take you very long to look for a job because you can write letters like no one’s business.

At any rate, should I start reviewing stuff? I’ve got so little going on right now… Would that be too uber-geek? Am I using uber too much?

This unemployment shiz is teh suck.

Assume Nothing

I should have known, but I was cocky. I was informed yesterday that I’m unemployed beginning on Friday afternoon. And here I was about to post about teamwork as evidenced in the Mass Effect series, about how everyone at a business can work together in spite of differences in background, education and pay. Now, though? I don’t know.

If anyone knows of any open jobs, please let me know.