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Post by Nadine Hurley on Feb 15, 2014 12:38:31 GMT -8
And as if to prove my previous feelings right, my girlfriend of almost 3 years told me last night that she wants to move apart to have some space. She's having trouble feeling the same way about me as I do about her, and I'll be damned if that isn't the shittiest feeling I've ever had. Sorry for being such a downer lately, but it feels good to be able to write these things down instead of letting them swirl around in my head, alone, all day. Dude. I feel your fucking pain. It's relentless and awful and I'm very sorry. Yesterday I listened to Avey Tare's Down There and just belted out the words while sobbing and it was very cathartic, maybe give that a whirl?
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Post by rüstü on Feb 15, 2014 22:23:26 GMT -8
And as if to prove my previous feelings right, my girlfriend of almost 3 years told me last night that she wants to move apart to have some space. She's having trouble feeling the same way about me as I do about her, and I'll be damned if that isn't the shittiest feeling I've ever had. Sorry for being such a downer lately, but it feels good to be able to write these things down instead of letting them swirl around in my head, alone, all day. Dude. I feel your fucking pain. It's relentless and awful and I'm very sorry. Yesterday I listened to Avey Tare's Down There and just belted out the words while sobbing and it was very cathartic, maybe give that a whirl? Tomorrow I will do just that. Thanks for the suggestion!
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Post by StormyPinkness on Feb 17, 2014 10:58:59 GMT -8
I need a job so bad. I've gone from looking solely for work in the field of videography, which I went to film school for, to giving up on that entirely and applying for every job I can find that isn't bartending or serving, and I still can't even get a bite or an interview. I've applied to at least 100 jobs in the last few months, and had exactly 0 interviews. I started school in January for web development, so in a little over a year I'll be very employable, but as of now I haven't had anything paying to do since mid October and it's driving me crazy. Aside from the total lack of money in my life, it's made me become a boring piece of poo with no ambition and nothing interesting ever going on, which is taking a toll on every other part of my life. The depression is slowly setting in and the whole situation is testing me as a person in every aspect. I can tell my lack of ambition is making my girlfriend be less attracted to me, which is tearing me up and making everything infinitely worse, but it's so hard to be ambitious when Fred Meyer won't even call me for an interview for a stocking job. Shit's tough. I just spent almost a year without a job and it was frustrating and stupid and stressful and all sorts of things. The best thing that I can recommend to you is to go through a temp agency. In the Portland area I would recommend Volt, Northwest Staffing, and The Personnel Department. Most people are going through these agencies now as it is cheaper to hire people that way. I just recently got a job through Volt and I have used them in the past. HG had a lot of luck with NW Staffing in the past. And until I failed a drug test and was not able to work with them anymore, The Personnel Dept was really helpful (several years ago). I am so sorry things are so hard right now, keep your chin up. But not too high, as you might drown like a turkey in all of this rain.
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Post by rüstü on Feb 17, 2014 11:41:07 GMT -8
I just spent almost a year without a job and it was frustrating and stupid and stressful and all sorts of things. The best thing that I can recommend to you is to go through a temp agency. In the Portland area I would recommend Volt, Northwest Staffing, and The Personnel Department. Most people are going through these agencies now as it is cheaper to hire people that way. I just recently got a job through Volt and I have used them in the past. HG had a lot of luck with NW Staffing in the past. And until I failed a drug test and was not able to work with them anymore, The Personnel Dept was really helpful (several years ago). I am so sorry things are so hard right now, keep your chin up. But not too high, as you might drown like a turkey in all of this rain. Thanks for those tips, I'll definitely look in to those today. It's been especially hard to get through all this stuff in my life lately because for a few years I've been a regular smoker, but I have been being responsible and not smoking during my job hunt so I wouldn't fail a test. I can't wait to get a job so I can finally smoke and take a load off my mind. And to conclude my previous girlfriend issues, we decided to just call it a break up and that's that. We share a room in a house with friends so now we both need to move out and find a couple to replace us so we don't screw our friends over with rent, but we won't be able to do it until April so hooray, I have to keep on living with her until then. I just want it to be 2 months from now and all of this is over and I'm happy.
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Post by weenie on Feb 17, 2014 15:17:50 GMT -8
I'm sorry dude, I just had to go through that and it is no fun at all. Could one of you stay in the place or is it just too pricey?
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Post by rüstü on Feb 17, 2014 16:30:11 GMT -8
I'm sorry dude, I just had to go through that and it is no fun at all. Could one of you stay in the place or is it just too pricey? Yeah, we have 3 bedrooms and split rent 4 ways, so we'd each have to pay almost $200 extra in rent alone to have just one of us stay here. I don't think any of us could afford that, unfortunately. We just moved here in October and it's an awesome house, I really hate to have to move out so soon.
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Post by Rusty on Feb 17, 2014 22:45:38 GMT -8
Do they seriously drug test people at a temp agency, or on any regular capacity down there? That seems so messed up. I've heard of it, but usually only for super important positions, like large truck or crane operators. Like as an office worker, is the fact you smoke weed really going to impact your daily activities.?
Anyways, good luck man. Sounds pretty lame right now, but I'm sure it will turn a round.
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Post by rüstü on Feb 17, 2014 23:14:34 GMT -8
Do they seriously drug test people at a temp agency, or on any regular capacity down there? That seems so messed up. I've heard of it, but usually only for super important positions, like large truck or crane operators. Like as an office worker, is the fact you smoke weed really going to impact your daily activities.? They definitely do. It seems super excessive to test for office jobs and all that, but I hear about it everywhere. My friend is applying for a second valet job and had to quit for a while so he could pass his test to be a valet... apparently it's serious business here.
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Post by Horned Gramma on Feb 18, 2014 10:14:47 GMT -8
It's fucking stupid, a piss test can't realistically detect anything but marijuana.
SOLUTION: Synthetic urine. Trick your friends, surprise your enemies!
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Post by Goldbart der Hexenmeister on Feb 18, 2014 12:53:31 GMT -8
It's fucking stupid, a piss test can't realistically detect anything but marijuana. SOLUTION: Synthetic urine. Trick your friends, surprise your enemies! When I was still an army officer 6 of my soldiers tested positive for COCAINE on a urinalysis. I was blown away. I asked them if they literally just did coke right before the test because honestly there should be no way to test positive for any drug (excluding opiates or scripts) other than marijuana unless you do it within 3 days of the test.
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Post by wonk on Feb 18, 2014 19:46:28 GMT -8
Do they seriously drug test people at a temp agency, or on any regular capacity down there? That seems so messed up. I've heard of it, but usually only for super important positions, like large truck or crane operators. Like as an office worker, is the fact you smoke weed really going to impact your daily activities.? This is fucking stupid. Someone working an "office job" can fuck shit up 100 times more than someone operating a crane. Do you think office workers just watch YouTube all day?
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Post by emptyfox on Feb 18, 2014 19:50:26 GMT -8
You mean you don't do that?
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Post by wonk on Feb 18, 2014 19:54:57 GMT -8
You mean you don't do that? YouTube is for poor people who wish they were at a nudity bar.
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Post by Goldbart der Hexenmeister on Feb 18, 2014 20:11:57 GMT -8
Do they seriously drug test people at a temp agency, or on any regular capacity down there? That seems so messed up. I've heard of it, but usually only for super important positions, like large truck or crane operators. Like as an office worker, is the fact you smoke weed really going to impact your daily activities.? This is fucking stupid. Someone working an "office job" can fuck shit up 100 times more than someone operating a crane. Do you think office workers just watch YouTube all day? Remember that office job that some trader on Wall Street accidentally put a zero in the wrong place and they had to freeze the stock market for hours to sort the mess out?
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Post by Horned Gramma on Feb 18, 2014 21:02:28 GMT -8
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Post by Cysquatch on Feb 19, 2014 6:55:07 GMT -8
Do they seriously drug test people at a temp agency, or on any regular capacity down there? That seems so messed up. I've heard of it, but usually only for super important positions, like large truck or crane operators. Like as an office worker, is the fact you smoke weed really going to impact your daily activities.? This is fucking stupid. Someone working an "office job" can fuck shit up 100 times more than someone operating a crane. Do you think office workers just watch YouTube all day? Watch YouTube, drink coffee, damn the man.
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Post by rimjobflashmob on Feb 19, 2014 9:45:56 GMT -8
wonk is apparently 250 years old.
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Post by Pea on Feb 20, 2014 12:22:12 GMT -8
Lost my third friend in three years to a drug or alcohol related incident. Take fucking care of yourselves, people. If you're going to incorporate substances into your life at least be responsible at it. Shit.
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Post by weenie on Feb 20, 2014 13:35:05 GMT -8
Jesus...that's awful. I'm so sorry.
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Post by rimjobflashmob on Feb 20, 2014 13:46:13 GMT -8
Lost my third friend in three years to a drug or alcohol related incident. Take fucking care of yourselves, people. If you're going to incorporate substances into your life at least be responsible at it. Shit. I wish I did not know this feel as well as I do. Condolences, my dude.
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