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Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 8:03 am

I.. guess so.
I rather see it as, not only am I putting something nice on an ugly piece of clothing, but that piece of clothing itself will be highly unflattering on anyone who wears it.

Make the person look good, then the print will look a billion times more beautiful too.

I'm probally going to make an account on Etsy after I get some of the Ebay stuff sorted.
I can't sell my guitars on Etsy and stuff since I didn't hand-make them.
Etsy has better fees <.<

Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 7:37 am

[.SamusAran.]

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But you never explained why you lost your original job. No way of getting it back? You said it was a better job than McDonalds.

My boss said I'd asked for too much time off, and it wasn't working.

Actually, I was never even given a chance.
I asked for one weekend off, about 3 weeks ago, and a few evenings off in the past few weeks, which shouldn't have been a problem at all, since I don't usually work evenings.
.. it wasn't working because the moron gave me one 4-hour shift a week, and complained she couldn't fit me in any more.
How's one supposed to learn and get the hang of something like an entirely different till system at 4 hours a week?
I shake my head at the whole thing.
I came in earlier in the day to collect my paycheque, and she said I had to come back later and have a chat since I'd asked for alot of time off over christmas.
I said to her, "Er.. I told you specifically I'd be around all christmas, and the week that everyone's still in school, I could pull a few more shifts-" but she cut me off, quite rudely, and said, "Yeah, whatever, just come by later."
At that point she'd already fired me, it didn't matter that she was completely wrong. There was nothing I could do.
When I came back that evening, a new girl was working there. She'd already hired someone else before evening firing me.
She gave me a free drink. The new girl made it, and asked about 3 times if it was soy milk or regular. I told her specifically I'm lactose entolerant.
I leave.
Go back to improv.
Drink it behind stage, still getting over the shite feeling.
15 minutes later I feel horribly ******** moron didn't use soymilk.

When I got home later I ended up on the bathroom ******** floor, in pain.

I loved the job. Hated my boss. She was rude. She was impatient. I was never given a chance. I came home crying a few times because she was so ******** rude.

I don't want to go back there. I'd love to work in another coffee shoppe, ut not one she's at.

I know that feeling... I'm not REALLY bad, like I can have some dairy, but if I over kill it or depending on how much is in it.

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Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 1:59 am

I hope this doesn't end with you hating me Samus, but personally I don't think it's a good idea to just upheave everything and move at this point. You shouldn't sell your stuff, you shouldn't feel rushed to move, you should just... wait until you are financially comfortable to have a life there. I can't claim to know you as well as I'd like to, so I don't know how dead-set you are on having a life there, the logistics of your emmigration, etc etc... but to make a long story short, my sister's fiance (an englishman, fancy that) rushed his emmigration to Canada and due to her inability to support them both, my parents are now several thousand dollars in debt. I'm not saying you're that irresponsible, but I seriously can only see rushing something as big as this ending horribly badly. Wait things out until you can get a new job, and work at that job until you can get the money you need to support yourself. England and Gaughan aren't going anywhere. If you ******** up, it will end up as a slippery slope. (Not to imply that you would... but I figured that's important to say)

I'm not feeling particularly articulate this morning, probably because I've been up roughly 22 hours straight, but... I dunno. In my experience, rushing things like this always end in tragedy.

Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 9:41 am

Yoshi King

I hope this doesn't end with you hating me Samus, but personally I don't think it's a good idea to just upheave everything and move at this point. You shouldn't sell your stuff, you shouldn't feel rushed to move, you should just... wait until you are financially comfortable to have a life there. I can't claim to know you as well as I'd like to, so I don't know how dead-set you are on having a life there, the logistics of your emmigration, etc etc... but to make a long story short, my sister's fiance (an englishman, fancy that) rushed his emmigration to Canada and due to her inability to support them both, my parents are now several thousand dollars in debt. I'm not saying you're that irresponsible, but I seriously can only see rushing something as big as this ending horribly badly. Wait things out until you can get a new job, and work at that job until you can get the money you need to support yourself. England and Gaughan aren't going anywhere. If you ******** up, it will end up as a slippery slope. (Not to imply that you would... but I figured that's important to say)

I'm not feeling particularly articulate this morning, probably because I've been up roughly 22 hours straight, but... I dunno. In my experience, rushing things like this always end in tragedy.

I don't want any of this crap I have in the first place, nor can I take it with me even if I decided to go to university next year anyways.
I don't want another job, I want to work at my one pace, when I please. If I need money, I have to get off my own a** sort of thing.
Next year is the only year any of this is going to work, due to Gaughan's placement. The year after, he won't be making a full time high-paying salary. He'd be in school, and only able to work part time comfortably. I wouldn't ever want him to feel pressured to work more, and concentrate less on his education.

Why didn't your sister's fiancee right away look for a job, even if it was something as crappy as working full time at McDonalds? It's something till he found something good. Working full time at McDonalds, just as a first level cashiere, he'd be making about $800 a week. I know from experience. I also know that apartments can be rented for $800 a month, and less if you look. He would've thus been able to afford an apartment, and food and bills. No luxuries, but he wouldn't be the only one in the relationship, hmm?

I'm not going over there expecting Gaughan to fully support me, and I just hang around. I'm going there expecting to work full time, at a crappy job, but experience living in another country.
Because that's what I want.
.. a decent minimum wage job would be a super-bonus.

I don't hate you, and I know you're talking from experience, but it seems unfair, considering you don't understand that this is the only time I can move there, and I'm not being being forced to sell things I want. I've decided to sell things I don't want. I have 5 electric guitars. Two of which I've been trying to sell in the paper and to pawn shoppes for 4 years. Pawn shoppes don't give me decent money, and the paper doesn't work.
I have vintage clothing, given to me, that I've never fit, and don't want, worth a fair bit of moola.

I see it as, even if I don't go to England, if I move to Vancouver to go to school, I'm still moving out and don't want this stuff any more, nor can even take it with me. Either way, I need about the same amount of money.

I should be fine finantially. My parents are buying my plane tickets, and my visa as christmas-birthday-graduation presents. I don't have so much to save.
And if you noticed, I'm not selling everything that's mine. I did say I'm going to start making things and selling my artwork. I want to go to artschool, I want to be an artist, this is an obvious thing to do.

Bah.
You struck a Samus-smash chord.

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