"You wanna know how California got its name?
It's not named after some explorer or king
nope, someone made the name up.
A writer.
He just pulled it out of his imagination in the 16th century in Spain.
He made up this place where there was unlimited gold and pearls and beautiful fierce women wore gold armor and rode wild beasts.
And he called it California
it's true
it was a best seller back then"
~Evan Rachel Wood, King of California
which is an otherwise skippable movie.
I have quite a few life updates, so I'll get to some of them here.
I finally broke down and joined the modern world with an online calendar. I have eschewed my earlier ludlite "paper" version, and am now using Google Calendar. If you're on there and would like to add me, send a request to samsimmons at gmail. All the cool kids are doing it.
Thursday I'll be dancing Lindy Hop at the 9:20 Special in SF.
Friday is more of the same, to LPN at the De Young, because I can't resist a chance to Lindy-bomb a museum!
Saturday I'm totally free - anyone got something exciting going on?
Sunday I'm having brunch at Nona's.
I no longer work at ipsh.
Yes, I'll have to start paying my cellphone bill again like everyone else.
I prefer not to look for a job while still working another one, so I saved up a bit and put in notice. It was amicable, I'm still friends with the staff, I jut don't totally agree with the decisions they're making, and their stock continues to plummet, which doesn't inspire great job security feelings. So here I am jobless, enjoying my vacation, as it were (I also had a considerable amount of vacation time left). It's pretty amazing how busy one can remain while not actually working. On that note, I have a couple requests:
small request - if you're equally free during the day, we should totally hang out. Ping me, and we'll do coffee/lunch/whatever. May as well take advantage of it until I'm back at work!
large request - is your place of work hiring? Wouldn't they just LOVE the addition of a Sam? I'm awesome! I'm hard-working! I'm loyal! I'm cute! and I can start ASAP!*
I also come with a resume, available upon request. Really. No lines! I can email faster than you can raise your hand!
I live in Oakland, and will happily commute into SF or somewhere else in the East Bay. If you're farther than that (Peninsula or South Bay) I'd be very happy to at least interview, but I'd rather move there than commute from Oakland.
I have experience with tech support, reception, admin., and many other fields that I know you just can't wait to experience for yourself.
Would prefer a 9ish-5ish job.
*I'm also smart. Obviously that should have been in there. At the beginning.
Wed, March 5, 2008 - 9:57 PM
permalink
It's not named after some explorer or king
nope, someone made the name up.
A writer.
He just pulled it out of his imagination in the 16th century in Spain.
He made up this place where there was unlimited gold and pearls and beautiful fierce women wore gold armor and rode wild beasts.
And he called it California
it's true
it was a best seller back then"
~Evan Rachel Wood, King of California
which is an otherwise skippable movie.
I have quite a few life updates, so I'll get to some of them here.
I finally broke down and joined the modern world with an online calendar. I have eschewed my earlier ludlite "paper" version, and am now using Google Calendar. If you're on there and would like to add me, send a request to samsimmons at gmail. All the cool kids are doing it.
Thursday I'll be dancing Lindy Hop at the 9:20 Special in SF.
Friday is more of the same, to LPN at the De Young, because I can't resist a chance to Lindy-bomb a museum!
Saturday I'm totally free - anyone got something exciting going on?
Sunday I'm having brunch at Nona's.
I no longer work at ipsh.
Yes, I'll have to start paying my cellphone bill again like everyone else.
I prefer not to look for a job while still working another one, so I saved up a bit and put in notice. It was amicable, I'm still friends with the staff, I jut don't totally agree with the decisions they're making, and their stock continues to plummet, which doesn't inspire great job security feelings. So here I am jobless, enjoying my vacation, as it were (I also had a considerable amount of vacation time left). It's pretty amazing how busy one can remain while not actually working. On that note, I have a couple requests:
small request - if you're equally free during the day, we should totally hang out. Ping me, and we'll do coffee/lunch/whatever. May as well take advantage of it until I'm back at work!
large request - is your place of work hiring? Wouldn't they just LOVE the addition of a Sam? I'm awesome! I'm hard-working! I'm loyal! I'm cute! and I can start ASAP!*
I also come with a resume, available upon request. Really. No lines! I can email faster than you can raise your hand!
I live in Oakland, and will happily commute into SF or somewhere else in the East Bay. If you're farther than that (Peninsula or South Bay) I'd be very happy to at least interview, but I'd rather move there than commute from Oakland.
I have experience with tech support, reception, admin., and many other fields that I know you just can't wait to experience for yourself.
Would prefer a 9ish-5ish job.
*I'm also smart. Obviously that should have been in there. At the beginning.


