I think I’m pretty proud of what happened today. Election day is coming up in a few days and I just realized that with the massive crowds expected during November 4, I didn’t want to be waiting around in line just to cast my vote…I mean, it’s not as if I currently have anything else better to do on Election Day, but I wanted to make sure that I had my voice heard without running into any glitches that may happen during the day. So I woke up early to head down to City Hall in San Francisco to cast my vote early. I’m thankful that I got this opportunity to vote too…that’s really the reason why I got my new license and registered. I didn’t want to vote in this election in an absentee capacity so I went ahead and changed my residency…and it’s a good thing too.
So I voted (in case I didn’t make it abundantly clear)…and chose who I wanted for my president & vice-president. Then I got to choose the next congressperson. I’m probably the most proudest of saying “No on Prop 8″ and allowing gay marriage to take place in California. We’ll see if my choices made a difference, but I’m satisfied that I got to vote…so now I can complain if things don’t go my way…at least I tried to make a difference, yeah?
Other than that, I think I’ve walked quite a bit today as well. Went through downtown and SOMA before heading back home and then decided to visit the beach. Of course I couldn’t have chosen a worse time as it was foggy as hell and somewhat cold. Surfers were out in the water so I took my camera to capture them surfing…didn’t turn out well either. It sucked, but at least I got to visit the beach. Had dinner with my cousin afterwards down on Irving and that was pretty much it. Can’t say that there’s anything much more that I did today, but it was a pretty interesting day. Now just to wait to see what other stuff I can cram in while I’m looking for work.
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I’m not sure whether this trip is a good one or not, but I’ve been making some slow movement in getting situated here in the Bay Area. Not sure what it is. I’ve been living in the city going to some of the sights and lugging around my camera and trying to enjoy the city. Now I’m living in my own place in the city (so that’s a new experience), and been going to some interviews all around the Bay Area from in the city to San Leandro and to San Ramon. I hopefully will hear back soon on some of them and maybe even start some interviews shortly, but not really sure.
One good milestone is that I got my car, although a little bit depressing now that I have most of my major possessions with me and no longer at my folks’ place. I also took my car in and got it registered with the city and narrowly passed my driver’s written test for my license. Now THAT was a scare…five wrong with a max of six. Phew! Talk about pressure. Although the whole process didn’t take that long…only a couple of hours and afterwards, I relaxed with some good ol’ In & Out Burger. Yumm…I guess it’s becoming a substitute for Chick Fil-A but we’ll see.
Got my place pretty decked out, albeit I’m missing some major pieces of furniture, but that can wait until I get a job. I never believed that it would be like that and I’d be forced to “wait it out” until I got job. I’m thinking that soon I’ll need to go to Best Buy, Office Depot or someplace retail’ish so I can get me a part-time job and move on and pay my bills. On the upside, I do have a part-time contractor gig with my old employer since they haven’t found someone to replace me yet. So now I technically have the best of both worlds, aside from the fact they aren’t paying my benefits and I’m without major funds.
But I’m managing right now and limited my funds so we’ll see how things go. I’m hoping to snatch something up before the end of this month so keep your fingers crossed.
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I must say that I’ve grown quite accustomed to being here in San Francisco but what’s becoming very apparent is that I’m here for more than a year or a vacation. I guess it’s bizarre to me because it seems that I’d like to go back to visit my folks and family back east. Every day I’m here doing my own thing without any problem or concern and living life somewhat normally, and then my parents are shipping stuff over to me, I’m getting that reality-check that I’m here on a more permanent basis.
In a few days, I’ll be getting my car from my parents. It’s going to be the true reality that I’m here. Moreover, I’m getting my computer too. So no longer will I be here without necessities or my own material objects. Now I’ll have everything that I have basically own. Very strange feeling, really.
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So yesterday I met with several producers and the managing director at iCrossing and it was very informative and I like their office very much - great view of the city and the bay! It seems to be a place where I feel comfortable being myself and talking to people of like-minded interest and it doesn’t hurt that the client I’d be working on would be a major brand that I can simply take pride on. Downside? It’s located nearly 90 minutes away assuming that there’s little traffic. Bummer after a few months but I think that I’ll be fine.
That interview was the third time I spoke with them and after that meeting, I had another interview scheduled with another member of the team. I’m thinking that after four interviews, something has to be going well, right? Well I’m still waiting to hear back, but I do have another interview lined up with a different company scheduled on Monday so it’s probably a battle that I’m going to have to deal with in the next few days.
Don’t get me wrong, I love that I’m doing so well with companies and hope that I wrap up something in the next week or so.
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I’m not sure what the hell is going on. It seems that I’ve only been here over a week and things are slowly getting worse. I don’t have a job and I seem to be seriously wearing out my welcome with my friend. I’m not trying to impose…but things just don’t seem to be going my way these days.
Just yesterday, I went out to Emeryville to check out the apartment complexes over there and found one that I thought I liked. It was a pretty developed area, but I’m not really reassured by the leasing agent about the security PLUS it’s right by the railroad track. What’s a huge downside is that the studio isn’t available until October 5! So that means that I’d have to ask my friend if I could stay at his place for another few weeks. That’s really rough for me because he’s letting me stay here out of the kindness of his heart and I know that his girlfriend and him both want some more privacy before I rolled up in here. So while I do have a lease, I’m very weary about this place so I’m going to have to cancel it…and go back to square one and look for work AND a place to live. There were some options for me, but I’m not sure what’s right for me. Maybe I’m thinking that I’m entitled to too much too soon?
Waking up has no meaning for me anymore. This is probably the worst maneuver that I’ve made in my life…moving out here at the wrong time. I should have tried a career change in DC before moving out here to SF. But I can’t look back…need to look forward and try and get out of here as soon as possible. I suppose it’s back to looking for me. Wish me luck…because lord knows that I’m going to need it.
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