Tuesday, February 8, 2005

Alex- ^_^ Thank you. It was a pleasure to speak with you as well. I, uh, hope to do that again..
Corey- *shakes fist* I can be delicate!
Mimmis- Yar! Alex is the second OBer that I've gotten to talk to over the phone. I talk to SilpheedPilot all the time.
Baron- Yeah, it was sweet.
The Cool- XD
Shin- You're just jealous >:O
Alex-....rawr.
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Anyway, I may have told a couple of people about this, so I'm going to update them/and let everyone else know. There is a cable company near me called Time Warner Cable. It's where I get my highspeed, broadband internet. It's not dsl/regular dial-up, it's cable. So yeah..it's great.

Well, I submitted an online resume about two weeks ago. I hadn't heard a word, so I called yesterday. The lady asked me to come in today at 10am for an interview. I went in, sat in the lobby for fourty minutes (I was only 20 minutes early, but the lady got stuck in a meeting). Well, the actual interview consisted of her asking me about my strengths/weaknesses; would I be able to carry an 80lb ladder; would I be fine with working in adverse weather..so on and so forth.

Unfortunately, I found out that I have to climb poles during the training course to get certified. And this isn't like ladder climbing..this is gaffing. A little, one-inch piece of metal that's attatched to a foot harness (on each foot), and you use that to dig into the pole, support your weight, and climb up the pole. That's gaffing..and it's scary shit. Imagine, being fourty feet in the air, and you are putting your safety/life into these two, one-inch pieces of metal. If I don't pass that, I don't get a job.

Now, I'll do it, I'd rather not..but I had to do it in Texas to pass tech school, and I have to do it again next month. So, my job, a real job, depending on a week of climbing poles (which I probably won't do outside of training)..I'll fucking do it. Hell yeah. It sucks balls, but I'll do it.

The bad news (other than my fear of gaffing), the six week course of TWC's training starts March 7th. I'm going to be gone the entire month of March, and the first week and a half of April. I have to go to school for the Guard. So, I'll miss that session of training for TWC. The lady told me to go online and re-apply whenever I come back from the Guard school.

Definitely going to do that. That's all folks.
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