randomly chaotic and frequently mundane

Browsed the classifieds today.  Marked all the possibles and looked up the locations.  All too far.  I wish they put addresses in the classifieds.  That would make things easier.  I tried to make sense of the bus system here, and I’m confuzzled.  I know “it’s just a bus system,” but it really makes no sense to me.

In other news, I just need to make the wings for Gage’s Halloween costume.  I’ll probably start gluing later today.  Gonna glue layers of newspaper together to make the wings out of, with some wire to support.  Then I have some black crepe fabric that I can stitch over that to make em black.  I wanna get some of those glowing neckaces to glue to the wings for the bones, or some glow in the dark paint to just paint the lines.

Tiger almost jumped over the fence the other day.  Him and the neighbors dog (a GORGEOUS German Shepherd) keep trying to get at each other.  On one hand it’s kind of amusing.  On the other hand, it’s a little frustrating.

I never realized how effective a resume on Monster.com could be.  I’ve gotten 3 calls today, along with 2 yesterday with job information.  Unfortunately, all of them require having a vehicle to do the job.  One of them was working for a mobile phone company going to various Best Buy stores in the Denver Metro area educating employees on the features of new phones and making sure that the in store displays are set up properly.  Oh how I wish I had a car.  I could do that, I think.

Mom asked me to send her some of my Noah’s Ark Animal Workshop catalogues so she can give them to co-workers and have Tammy give them to some co-workers.  Apparently they’ve been talking about the animals on the website and stuff and people are interested.  So I’m gonna get those out today and hopefully some of those people will order from me.

Trying to find a job that is.  I’ve been walking, calling, putting in applications.  I’ve got resumes on snagajob.com and monster.com.  I keep getting calls from stores at Cherry Creek.  I wonder how long it would take to get there and back by bus.  And how that would limit the hours available for working.

I’ve even been checking the classifieds for clerical jobs in the area that are part time.  So far there’s nothing.  It’s frustrating as hell.  I need a car.  That would expand my search range and depending on how far away I go, my available hours.

so it’s midnight-thirty or so… and here i am.  i should swig some nyquil cough and go to bed.  i will very soon.

i’m just sitting here thinking about money.  being poor and all.  i do payperpost entries in my other blogs, tho they have a low page rank so with the new system i don’t make much money that way.  when i started out with payperpost i probably averaged $150-$200 a month.  i’ll admit i’ve done several ppp opps just for the money, but i do take the time to check out the website in question.  i do take the time to add a personal “slant” to the posts.  it’s not like i write exactly the number of words needed for the opp and just “glide my way thru.”  anyhoo, now i’m averaging about $75 a month.  which is still nice, but now it doesn’t even cover 1 bill.  at least before i could have gotten a bill paid with what i made.

not that i did that.  i went a little nuts when this money started coming in… see, for 5 years i haven’t had any income of my own.  i’ve depended on woody.  which means that while woody has always said that the money is “ours” it never felt that way.  i never had a problem buying things for the household or paying bills or getting stuff gage needed.  but when it came to “selfish spending” on me… my only indulgence has been bath and body works — and we always hit good sales on that stuff.  bubble bath and body spray.  i’ve only purchased clothes, shoes, etc for myself when we’ve gotten bonuses or income tax refunds and then… usually it was with much encouragement and pushing from woody.  so, when i started getting payments from payperpost… i went a little nuts.  i bought a bunch of stuff on ebay.  and it just made no sense, except that i finally felt like i COULD waste a little money on myself…

so now i’m doing the payperpost thing, as much as i can… i’ve also submitted some stuff to associated content, which isn’t bad.  i’ve probably earned about $125 in the past 2 months from them.  the problem is that i run out of ideas for articles.  i’ve also recently signed up on digital journal, which is news centered.. and i’ve earned about $10 so far, but it doesn’t pay out until the beginning of the month.  so the first week of may i should get paid by them, and hopefully by then i’ll have quadrupled my earnings, at least.  there’s also stuff a friend, but i haven’t sold any of those yet.  i’m hoping that if i keep promoting it, i’ll get some sales/business.

i’ve applied at alpine access.  i’m waiting on the results of my recorded phone audition.  here’s hoping.

and i’ve been listing things on ebay… hoping to earn enough to at least put a dent in the phone bill or the electric bill or something.

ziggy is bitching at me.  so i think it’s time for bed.