Work, shopping and the weekend

[rockfotze]

My new job is pretty good so far. I feel so much more grown up and like I'm actually doing something kind of important now I'm not in a shitty call center. I'm already done with "training" and am actually doing proper work, which is cool. I was so bored watching people show me the systems I very nearly fell asleep about 10 times each day, and now my day goes super quick. The only negative thing so far is the act they have a much more strict dress code, which means I need new tattoo-covering tops and nice non-sneaker shoes D:

I went shopping today and crap I spent so much. At lunch I wandered into Dotti thinking "Man I'd love a bright pink woolen vest to wear over black shirts" and holy crap they had one. I've been thinking of looking for one for ages, and today was the first time I'd ever actually looked for one, and within 10 minutes of my search I had one! This afternoon I went to Indro to get makeup for the Brisbane Zombie Walk on Sunday (I HOPE ALL YOU BRISBANITES WILL BE THERE!!!), then I went looking for some work clothes. Bought a black cardigan and a black long sleeved business shirt for the pink vest. And then I discovered a sale on underwear and ended up spending more than $50 on bra's and underpants. Needless to say I sheepishly returned later on to return some of them.

Seeing Reel Big Fish tomorrow night, which is very exciting as I actually know who they are, as opposed to when I first saw them about 4 years ago. Gonna do some serious skaning! On Saturday I'm meant to go to a BBQ my old team is having which I seriously couldn't be arsed with. I love some of those guys, but for the most part I'm not missing most of them at all. I'm seeing the Potbellez Saturday night I think, despite not knowing them at all. Story of my (music) life. And as I said earlier I'm going to zombie it up on Sunday with a few thousand other people in the city. I actually chose the Walk over going to the V Festival, because I was so jealous about missing out last year. I haven't told Daz yet that I'm not going with him, god I hope he's not mad.

I need to go to bed ASAP. Time moves way to quickly these days, I can barely keep up with anything any more :S

Comments

[honeymink]

Congrats on the new job! I hope everything goes smoothly for you. Take some pics of the new serious clothes! :)

[http://users.livejournal.com/disarm_/]

what the fucking fuck i'm missing the zombie walk, that is fucked, so fucked that i can't even think of a better word than fuck. ahhhhh i did so much for them last year they could have fucking contacted me and let me know the dates for this year or something. grrr i am filled with murderous hate at my missing zombie day fun. last year's zombie walk was possibly the best day brisbane has ever seen :(
fucking stupid fucked up america, i'm not even having fun here any more and want to go home :(

oh cara i miss you and all my friends and now i'm all sad

[dienacht.livejournal.com]

I have been ranting and raving about how you won't be here non-stop since I heard the date it was happening. Of all people to miss out and it's you??? SO NOT FAIR OR RIGHT!

When are you back, I am missing you heaps.

[adrianadw.livejournal.com]

the link don't wanna work for me :(
Do the the zombie walk - okay it is actually hammer dance but i did some improv ok
good to hear the new job is beter - fucksakes i got paid again today - first time in months - i am sooo fucken happy, i'm so happy :))))
gonna do some shopping and some good eating and some wine for my broken heart and some and some and some
i've got 4 months left cara - holly shit man, i can hear it ticking in my ear - geez why could i not have been english born! alas...you know the rest
lots of love
xxxx

[dienacht.livejournal.com]

Oh crap...ok I've fixed the link now. So cannot wait to walk around the city like the undead!

Oh wow, you've coped this long without income? How on earth are you doing it anyway? I am so impressed, though also very sympathetic.

Remember, I would welcome you here with wide, open arms!

[maceo.livejournal.com]

Ah those zombie walks are so cool, I was working during the last one down here but the swarms passed me a few times and I cheered them on in my cigarette break.

What is your new job doing? I freaking hate call centre work so I feel your pain there, working for Telstra customer service made me want to slit my wrists.

[dienacht.livejournal.com]

Hahaha, I'd have done the exact same thing had I been stuck at work while that was happening. GO ZOMBIES! WHOOOO!

I now work back-of-house which means minimal customer contact and fixing landline orders up on the systems. Dead easy, and NO SALES!!!

[maceo.livejournal.com]

So are you still at Telstra? I used to wonder how those lucky fuckers got to work back of house... Sales are sooo tedious. I was actually really good with sales but still hated it. While I was there they had this totally gay '1-2-3-4' sales technique where you had to sell in this really forced and unnatural manner otherwise you'd fail your call quality. Ugh!

I'm glad you got out of sales & like your new job.

[dienacht.livejournal.com]

Yep it's still Telstra. I just went through an agency and because I had lots of experience with the landline systems, they hired me right away!

You're not talking about Exceed, are you? Fuck I hate exceed. Punciest thing ever. Some o the people I now work with are pretty rude on the phone, and it ddoesn't matter one bit. AWESOME!

[maceo.livejournal.com]

Oh I wish I had've done that. I had really minimal fixed experience, only used it for single billing.

haha it's always better when you can be rude on the phone! Hooray for that! haha. And yeah, it was Exceed, it was the biggest freaking waste of time ever. Just pointless useless crap. Argh, I'm getting angry just thinking about ye olde Telstra days.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_megalomania_/]

That never happens to me if I walk into a shop looking for something. Woe. Life is cruel! :P