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so today I went into work like any other given Thursday morning. I was so glad to find that it wasn't as hectic as it was yesterday. So I picked up my stack of serves and print jobs for the day and got to working.

Anyways, about lunchtime I went and bought two cans of baby formula for 50 bucks. Shits rediculous.....so I bought those and took them to KT. Then I go around town posting OTQ or serving subpoenas and I happend to be close to my aunts house....and I remember her lending me 10 bucks for lunch or something.

So I go over there and they always trip out on the hole in my ear...lol. They are so right-winged christians! Its all good though....yin and yang, I always say.
So my cousin's come over and do the usual sticking thier finger's through my ear and then freaking out...lol.

And then my aunt started talking about her hearing that I'm getting tatted. I was confused, cuz I thought everyone had seen my ink, but I guess not...so I lift my shirt and then my aunt goes....."ewww".....she saw my nipple rings..lol

Then she started telling me how I have a deep pain within and my body mods are my self-medicating with piercings or tattoos.....and then said she was very surprised that I came across as many good jobs as I had.  She said that if she saw me coming to her door, she wouldnt think I was a legal messenger...that she would think I was a burgler.......(i know..thats family). I just laughed a little and told her that if I put a suit and tie on a random joe and stuck him in my position, he probably wouldn't know up from down.

I am the first to admit that my piercings definately make me less "employable". The thing is though, that I can overcome those self-set barriers with ease. Seriously.....

I used to work at State Farm off of Camino Media....then I worked at Chevron out on China Grade Loop. At both places, the average employee age is 35+. Now I work at ADS with 3 other direct co-workers that are all 40+. Both places are pretty conservative. Add to that my fat 11/16 ears and other visable mods, and thats a hard act to sell to an employer.

But with all that stacked against me, I still manage to impress the interviewer, whoever that might be, enough to get the job at such a place. I think it might have something to do with my personallity and the way I am able to comunicate.....along with my street and book smarts. It really helps to be well rounded like that.

Where I'm at right now, they love how I am copletely eliminating the need to print medical records and other legal documents, saving the company money, and the world trees : ) by scanning everything into a pdf / database that I set-up

People always seem to take my being hired to a company as routine "out with the old, in with the new".....but
"the times, they are a changin"

And to top the day off....my jeep is starting to crap out on me. I owed my uncle 200 bucks from a mechanic job he did for MY EX!!!, so I went and paid him, cuz it was because of me that he fronted it in the first place. Anyways, he told me he would fix it for free, but that I would have to buy the parts and help him fix it. So looks like my Saturday morning just filled up...........

peace