Black Tie Lounge

With the holidays right aroudn the corner, I got a part-time job at a retail store. I applied Thursday and they called me with a schedule on Friday to let me know that they will take me on as a temporary hire. So I'm sitting in training and we are filling out all the important forms so that I can get paid. We come to the Direct Deposit form and our trainer holds up the form and raves about how we should get direct deposit. He lets us know that direct deposit is so much better than receiving a check in our hands. Then he further proceeds to tell us a story. He tells us that each Friday a truck comes to the store with our checks. If the truck breaks down or something happens all of those without direct deposit end up getting their checks late. The trainer goes on to remind us about last year's blizzard and how all the people that did utilize direct deposit had to wait weeks for their pay checks. Needless to say, he made his point about direct deposit. Well at the end of his r...

Hind sight is always 20/20. Let me tell you what happened to me, starting from yesterday. I get a message from a company that I applied to via craigslist as a part-time writer. I'm desparate for work so of course I call back within the hour for further information. I speak with a gentleman who says that he wants to meet with me to do a writing test, which is very legit because most organizations have potential candidates complete one before extending an opportunity. So we agree on a meeting location and confirm that it will take place the following day. I ask what the name of the organization and he gives me an acronym to look up. So the next day comes and I get up before 6 a.m., which is crazy because I have not been on a working man's schedule considering. So I make it the metro station and am in transit to the meeting location. I'm running a little late so I call the gentleman to inform him of my potential tardiness. I get an answering machine, so I leave a message. ...

I FINALLY got a call from the VA Unemployment office. This is good news because I should be receiving my 3 months worth of benefit money soon. I REALLY need this. The only thing I'm nervous about is that my old boss will lie about what happened and I won't get my benefits. Dear God help a brother out on this one. I want my money! We'll see how this goes.

I love using random images and saying radom things just to throw people off. I guess you can say its my specialty when I'm in the right frame of mind. I spent my night applying to an Academic Counselor position with George Mason and going through my routine of finding modeling gigs on craigslist. As far as the Dream Talent Show I had to cancel practice this week because one of the guys in the band is sick. We had a good rehearsal last week so I'm confident that we can kill it with one more rehearsal. I got a job in retail. The only thing that I can say is that so far it has proven itself to be another job where no matter how hard you work, you get the same result. I'm keeping hope alive. I'm going on my first full year of living at home and close to 4 months without any consistent type of work. I've never seen my bank account get this low. The unemployment office has yet to schedule my screening interview and I was supposed to recieve my benefits back in August. ...

So apparently the video I found on Black Marriage Negotiations a couple of blogs earlier is a trend. I found several more videos that embellish similar themes. Although I don't agree with everything, they are hilarious to me because of the themes they perpetuate. Enjoy!

Last week was the birthday week so I only did the things that I was required to do. So, I left off talking about my first photoshoot as a model. It went great. Where else can I get 200 bones for under an hour's worth of work. It was great. This week is going to be just as good because I'm modeling accessories from de*nada for a runway show for Ready Set DC , which highlights the creative lifestyle for trendy individuals in DC. I'm excited because I can add a second opportunity to my resume and do some networking in hopes of expanding it. Peep the promo video featuring the designers of this week's show. fashion:district - Fall/Winter 2010 - Teaser from ReadysetDC on Vimeo .