No Job, No Blog!

So I got an e-mail demanding I write a new blog because people just can't live without my witty stories of being balled and wrongfully arrested for traffic violations. Or maybe my writer friend is just pushing me to continue the art of blogging and to get out of my summer dry spell. Truthfully, though, I really haven't done anything this summer outside of looking for a job, preparing for an interview, and worrying about getting a job so I can stop worrying about bills that are being sent faster than rejection letters from the jobs I just applied to.

Today, however, I did have an actual interview for a real job. I interviewed for a Copy Editor Technical Writer position for Casino Enterprise Management. CEM is a magazine/trade journal that deals with casino issues such as equipment, on-line gaming, gambling in general, Native American gaming laws and what not. Though my position in the office wouldn't limit me to one particular job or title, for the most part I would be editing articles sent by our writers to go in the magazine. Peter E. Mead, Publisher and guy who interviewed me, told me there would be opportunities for some writing and other jobs. Plus, they're just starting video production for on-line videos and taping conferences they attend. They bought Avid editing software, which is pretty sweet, and he asked me about my experience with Pinnacle editing software when he called to set up an interview. And I'd get to go to trade shows with them, which would be a lot of fun, especially if they're at a casino. I'd be working in Fargo, and I'd be working for a small business. But the hours, for the most part, would be Mon-Fri. 8-5 on a salary.

I hate interviewing even though I've never had any problems in that area. Peter did tell me today that he thought I was very prepared. The interview lasted an hour and a half, and he gave me an assignment. He is going to e-mail me an article to edit. Than I'll e-mail it back to him to show if I really am qualified for the position and not just another handsome face in a Calvin Kline suit. If I do a good job on the article, he'll set up another meeting with him to discuss more about the job and what he thinks I'd be worth as far as salary. Salary is negotiable; it said so in the ad.

Otherwise, I applied to about 40+ other jobs in Minneapolis and Fargo for U.S. Bank. I also applied to a local gym that just so happens to be owned by the Fargo Park District. That one would be Mon-Fri as well, but the hours are 4:30am-1:30pm. Of course, then I'd have time for a part time job to make some fat cash and go to grad school.

This seems more like a really long, boring e-mail than a blog. So, just for shits and giggles I'd like to mention that I've been working out almost every single day for two months now. I've gained 5-7 pounds (depending on which scale I use), and for the first time in my entire life I had someone ask me if I've been working out because now I have muscles...and she hasn't seen me in two years.