Where Have I Been!?!

I know there are a few of you out there that have not yet heard my latest news, but I have been unable to announce it here until now because I was waiting for ASU the most horrible university in the state of Arizona to work for to cough up ALL of the money they owed me after wrongfully terminating me. Even though my fired letter did not state this, I had a bad feeling that if ASU T.M.H.U.I.T.S.O.A.T.W.F. thought I had another job while I was also still living off their dime (which, who knows if I did or not?), they would try to make me pay back the money they owed me. Which they actually tried to do, but I eventually straightened it all out, and *think* I have been paid what was due. I'm sure you are wondering why I think the money powers that be at T.M.H.U.I.T.S.O.A.T.W.F. would be interested in reading my blog... well, because when it comes to money, I'm a bit paranoid, as I love it and do not want it taken away from me and I do not trust that last place of work for anything as they truly and apologetically did not pay some employees for a month when they switched over to a new payroll system. So you will notice that when I make my big announcement, I will not give actual dates. I'm so tricky!

Anyway, as you know, I was looking for editing, writing, marketing, or design type jobs. After searching for awhile and interviewing for some really bad jobs (and declining the offers), I found out that marketing is another word for sales, which I did not want to do, so I scratched that off my list. I tried networking and got invited to some pretty awesome events and made a great (and powerful at least to me) new friend, who did manage to get me an awesome freelance writing job, (which is really what I should be doing right now, but I kind of don't have the focus for that right now and the articles aren't due til later this week or so, and I have been dying to share this info with you) writing up to 25 350 word articles for the Phoenix magazine Medical Directory in January, so I highly recommend that all of you subscribe to Phoenix magazine. My name won't be published (that I know of), and the writing they want for this particular project kind of reminds me of a cross between 3rd grade power writing and a wikipedia entry, but it's still awesome! That is, if the sales staff books more than the 4 clients they have sent to me so far, and then if the said clients will respond to my phone calls, and then if I can fake knowledge of whichever medical field each client is an "expert" in. On second thought, maybe don't rush out to subscribe, except that if you do, you'll see my new friend Ashlea, the Editor, who picks excellent restaurants to go to.

Sorry, I got sidetracked. That wasn't the real news. So, as you all know, I was looking for editing, writing, marketing or design type jobs. After searching for awhile and interviewing for some really bad jobs (and declining the offers), I found out that marketing is another word for sales, which I did not want to do, so I scratched that off my list. One night I found an ad for a job that seemed like the PERFECT transitional job, 50% admin & 50% graphic design, for an unnamed company, but it seemed legit, so I applied. The next morning the company owner e-mailed me that he wanted to set up an interview. Before I responded, I googled his e-mail address and found the company... After watching a few seconds of the websites' introduction page, I figured out why the company was unnamed... it sold porn. So I called my mom and said, I've got kind of good news. I have an interview for a job that I thought I really wanted. Unfortunately, it has something to do with porn. Fortunately she was cool with it and after I drove by the building to make sure it wasn't scary looking, I agreed to come in.

I totally rocked the interview, and really liked the 2 people I met with and they seemed to like me too. They told me that they would let me know in two days, but barely 2 hours passed before they called to tell me they wanted to hire me, even though they had 2 other people to interview. I accepted but then nervously waited for the next few days in case they took the offer back. See, I'd been so used to being lied to repeatedly by my old manager (another side note, do you think she'll reuse the clown costume she had me sew for her daughter now that she hates me? If not, every time she looks at Halloween photos of her baby she will be reminded of me. Mmwwhahahah!!! Avenge me, costume! Avenge me I say!), that it was hard for me to believe them. However, since the new employers are decent human beings, they did not lie and I started almost immediately. It turned out that it is a warehouse distribution company of fairly soft core products. The boss says that on a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being some of the most disgusting things you could imagine/ don't want to know exist, we are a 2.

Within the first few weeks of working there I got to design an ad for a nationally syndicated magazine, help design a label for a product we sell world-wide, Photoshop and send images of some of our products to Amazon.com, help Photoshop images and proof our 2008 catalog, and attend an all expenses paid trade show in Las Vegas. So, yeah, I basically feel pretty awesome and am quickly building up a fantastic portfolio. Although, I don't think that porn will be my eventual forte, I am much happier with this new company than with the last craphole place I worked, plus this is the first job I've ever had in my adult (heh heh) life, where not only am I not embarrassed to tell people what I do, but it's also been a super conversation starter, where nearly everyone has been super impressed/ jealous, or asked for free stuff, which unfortunately I don't get much, if any, of.

In honor of my new job, I am planning to showcase a product of the week or so, because we sell some pretty interesting stuff, but I've been incredibly busy ever since I started, so it may not happen as frequently as I would like, but keep an eye out. Also, now that I am out of the clutches of the Evil Empire I can blog more often again. Yay!