I brought another book to work last night and read the whole way through. Trust me, I do my job to a "T" also. I just have a lot of down time.
The book is called How to Self Destruct: Making the Least of What's Left of Your Career by Jason Seiden. The book is fun to read because it mixes fun reading with great advice. I'd recommend it to anyone who has, or is considering getting a job. =)
This is quickly becoming Dustin's Book Club.
I also wanted to say that mornings are way more beautiful than evenings. I'm truly sorry that I've missed [almost] every morning for the last 4 years of my life. I at the very least failed to appreciate the beauty of a morning when I did happen to see one.
This job is alright. I got moved to a different post. So rather than just logging cars in and out of a parking lot I log cars in and out of a gate and perform random foot patrols. Basically, I sit in a booth and make money. That's all I'm really doing.
Friday, April 24, 2009
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Here's more pages of life that I'm stealing from popular culture to reflect what I'm going through.
Before I get to the quote I just wanted to say that I've never read a book this fast. I tore through this book. I read the whole thing in about 10 hours. The best part is, I was being paid to do it. I have so much down time at this security job that I can read a book. Which I guess is cool.
This book, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, by Stephen Chbosky, is a series of letters written by a high school freshman, Charlie. Charlie is a very endearing character. I mean that. You really feel for him. The transformation that Charlie goes through is so delightful.
I read this book like 6 or 7 years ago and I didn't really understand that much of what the book was about. Reading it now was a whole new take on the book. I understood it.
Anyway, the quote that I wanted to tell everyone about is towards the end of the book. Charlie and his group of friends are sitting around celebrating the older kids graduating from high school. I don't really remember ever doing this because of the circumstances of my graduation. Or that I just didn't have friends in high school. They're all sitting around, reminiscing, and Charlie reflects on the moment by saying this: "The inside jokes weren't jokes anymore. They had become stories. Nobody brought up the bad names or the bad times. And nobody felt sad as long as we could postpone tomorrow with more nostalgia."
Now, I was thinking about how this doesn't exactly happen in college. At least not towards the end. The only time that I remember this happening is at the end of freshman year. Which is interesting to me.
*shrug*. Let me know what you think. Or if you want to read the book. I'm done writing for the moment.
Ta ta for now.
Before I get to the quote I just wanted to say that I've never read a book this fast. I tore through this book. I read the whole thing in about 10 hours. The best part is, I was being paid to do it. I have so much down time at this security job that I can read a book. Which I guess is cool.
This book, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, by Stephen Chbosky, is a series of letters written by a high school freshman, Charlie. Charlie is a very endearing character. I mean that. You really feel for him. The transformation that Charlie goes through is so delightful.
I read this book like 6 or 7 years ago and I didn't really understand that much of what the book was about. Reading it now was a whole new take on the book. I understood it.
Anyway, the quote that I wanted to tell everyone about is towards the end of the book. Charlie and his group of friends are sitting around celebrating the older kids graduating from high school. I don't really remember ever doing this because of the circumstances of my graduation. Or that I just didn't have friends in high school. They're all sitting around, reminiscing, and Charlie reflects on the moment by saying this: "The inside jokes weren't jokes anymore. They had become stories. Nobody brought up the bad names or the bad times. And nobody felt sad as long as we could postpone tomorrow with more nostalgia."
Now, I was thinking about how this doesn't exactly happen in college. At least not towards the end. The only time that I remember this happening is at the end of freshman year. Which is interesting to me.
*shrug*. Let me know what you think. Or if you want to read the book. I'm done writing for the moment.
Ta ta for now.
Saturday, April 18, 2009
And the Hero Dies in This One
I cried today. It was good.
I was watching October Sky and thinking about the parallels that it had to my life.
The father character seems a whole lot like my father.
One scene in particular the father is giving his son a hard time for wanting to pursue his dreams to work with rockets and space. The father then asks his son how meeting his hero the rocket scientist Wernher von Braun. The son replies to the father something to the effect of "Dad, I may not be the best, but I come to believe that I got it in me to be somebody in this world. And it's not because I'm so different from you either, it's because I'm the same. I mean, I can be just as hard-headed, and just as tough. I only hope I can be as good a man as you. Sure, Wernher von Braun is a great scientist. but he isn't my hero." The son walks away and the father goes back to work visibly touched by what his son just said. I wish I had the balls to say that to my dad.
Note: Life never happens like it does in the movies.
I was watching October Sky and thinking about the parallels that it had to my life.
The father character seems a whole lot like my father.
One scene in particular the father is giving his son a hard time for wanting to pursue his dreams to work with rockets and space. The father then asks his son how meeting his hero the rocket scientist Wernher von Braun. The son replies to the father something to the effect of "Dad, I may not be the best, but I come to believe that I got it in me to be somebody in this world. And it's not because I'm so different from you either, it's because I'm the same. I mean, I can be just as hard-headed, and just as tough. I only hope I can be as good a man as you. Sure, Wernher von Braun is a great scientist. but he isn't my hero." The son walks away and the father goes back to work visibly touched by what his son just said. I wish I had the balls to say that to my dad.
Note: Life never happens like it does in the movies.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Breakfast at Tiffany's (Song)
Hey all. It's been a while. I'm going to chalk that extreme sadness to the affects of quitting my depression medication. I can now say I am completely off the drug with no more 'tics' or negative effects.
"And I said, 'What about Breakfast at Tiffany's?' She said, 'I think I remember the film. As I recall I think we both kinda liked it.' And I said, 'Well that's the one thing we got.'"
I've been working my 2 jobs now for a little bit. The security guard job isn't anything near cool. I log cars in and out of a parking lot. By myself. For 12 hours straight. If I leave my post anytime for any reason, I'm fired. The data entry job isn't so bad. The boss is awesome.
TTFN
"And I said, 'What about Breakfast at Tiffany's?' She said, 'I think I remember the film. As I recall I think we both kinda liked it.' And I said, 'Well that's the one thing we got.'"
I've been working my 2 jobs now for a little bit. The security guard job isn't anything near cool. I log cars in and out of a parking lot. By myself. For 12 hours straight. If I leave my post anytime for any reason, I'm fired. The data entry job isn't so bad. The boss is awesome.
TTFN
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