This was supposed to be posted on 6/11, but blogger decided to take away my publish button again. stupid blogger...

wow, i have had a weird past 2 days. not really weird i guess, but different. as of last night i had 2 job interviews today. the first was with the place i mentioned in my previous blog and the other was for john t's, a place i mentioned a few blogs ago i think.
let's talk about the first interview... this is a place called Vector and they sell cutco knives. i was very skeptical from the beginning about this because it was some place i had never heard of and i had no clue how they got my address and had come to the decision to offer me a job. my skepticism grew even more today when i walked in the place this morning and it was literally a hole in the wall: there was no one at the front desk. all that was there was a little sign up book. there was no furniture..only some tables that seemed to be rented from a party supply store and folding chairs. i am in there and i have no clue what to do cause there is no one in sight. so i walk around this make-shift wall and i ask a guy who is also there for an interview what i am supposed to do and he tells me. so i eventually meet the manager of this place (and he looks no older than 25 yrs old.). after i fill out a short "application", he invites me and this other guy into his office and tells us that he will look at these applications and then give them to his "personnel department" and from there they will decide about who to hire. then he goes on to ask us a few questions, more like small talk and then he says something like "well, i can tell you guys have a positive attitude so why don't you guys stay and we'll go ahead with a second interview." at this point i am wondering what happened to his so called "personnel department." i guess i should mention that right before he invited the guy and i into his office, there were 2 girls in there and they stayed too, so apparently he tells everyone that they have such good attitudes that they can stay for a second interview. the second interview consisted of the 4 of us sitting around a desk in front of a small white board and this manager guy basically lecturing on how the company works and blah blah blah. he said he was basing his decision solely on this second interview and he asked us various questions..and i swear it was like being in a classroom and the teacher asking questions. this was no interview. he even told us that he didn't care about our past work experience or anything. he asked for no work experience, no resume...nothing. so after all of that, he asks us to fill out this acceptance form and he first calls the first 2 girls into his office and after me and the other guy in his office. he said that the other guy and i both got the job and everything and he made it sound like the other two girls didn't, but when i saw them leave they looked all smiles and happy, so i'm wondering about. so by now i'm like "shit" cause i am feeling very uneasy about this and the dude just offered me a job. so i talk to monique about it, my parents, and even rena asked a msg board that she frequents about cutco and she sent me various responses, such as: "My fi almost got sucked into doing this one summer, and it was terrible.She'd be better off spending her time looking for a real job," cutco is a company that exploits college students to sell their knives door to door thru referral only. she will have to hit up her friends and family for referrals. it's a waste of time and money that she needs to shell out to buy the "knife kit"," and I know someone that did it and it was a giant pain and stressor." so along with these comments and my skepticism and everything, I am going to call tomorrow and decline this job offer. though he already expects me to do it, i will tell him it is not going to work out. not to mention i'm not the sales person type.
after that i had my other interview, which went *much* better. monique and i are up for the same job, as are a lot of other people. john t's said they'd call on monday, so i guess i'll see, but i dont' really expect to get that job.

on our way home from the job interviews, monique and i stopped off at wal-mart. she wanted to show me some rings that she found and knew i'd like. for those who don't know, i really want a sapphire and diamond ring. well, she found some..they were only $8.88 and i looked at them and i found one that i really liked. i then took her home and around 4:30pm she called me and asked if she could come by and show me a letter that she had gotten. she said that her and her mom were out running around, so i said sure. she came over and she was showing me the letter and she reached for her back pocket and said "oh yeah i also wanted to show you this," and she pulls out the ring that i liked. she bought for me. i can not believe she did that. she just told me today that she didnt' need to be spending money because she just bought a car and her savings was getting thin, but she bought me the ring anyway. i asked her why she did this cause i knew she was running short in her savings account and she said she wanted to, plus she said that she got it because i was going to be leaving and everything. i swear i have the bestest friends. this ring means a lot and will always mean a lot. she and i have grown close the past few years and she's just awesome. : )

and for the finale of the blog...fullerton called me this afternoon and said that if i got my payment in within 72 hours, that i would have a dorm to live in!!! i almost started crying. now i do not have to worry about trying to find an apartment and even a job, at least not right away. i tell ya, these past 2 days have been pretty good..and i am really happy. things are starting to work out and i just feel great. : )

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