Hey everybody. I haven't posted in a very long time. I have been busy. This summer I did a lot of traveling back and forth between El Paso and Odessa. But now, I have moved back to Odessa because I now have an actual for-real 40 hour a week with benefits job. I know! Who knew? So I had to move back in with my parents. (I know.) But that's because I can't afford any place of my own. And I have a huuuge credit card debt to get out of. So my parent's house it is.
I got a job writing for the Odessa American, the city paper. I had interviewed at a bunch of advertising agencies in town over the summer but that was a bust. Then I went in to the OA and interviewed for a different position, but they needed writers (or reporters) and I tried that freelance for a few weeks, and then they offered me the full time position. Yay!
My brother was in El Paso until election day in November because he had gotten a job as campaign manager for this woman on the east side who was running for County Commissioner. (Or however you might spell that.) But she was a republican in a democratic town and thus lost. He said he was getting pretty fed up with that job too. Apparently he rarely had volunteers come in when they said they would, they spent way too much on signs and cards, and my brother recently found out when it came to pay, he was getting screwed. So when that was all over, my brother moved back home too! So it's all four of us under the same roof once again. Weird.
Anyway, I've been writing for the paper since October and I'm still getting the swing of things. The training program here is non-existant. I pretty much find out what not to do after I've done it. Other than that, it's going well so far. I do enjoy getting paid. Money! Yay for money! I've haven't had money in a very long time. Sometimes I still act like I don't have any and will think, I can't afford that. Then I remember, Wait, I had a paycheck the other day. Woo hoo!
So that's what I've been up to since summer. I'm still madly in love with Ok Go. They rock. They were on the VMAs to perform their video Here it Goes Again live. It was awesome! And they now have a DVD of videos out. I must have it.
Alright then. Until next time...whenever that might be.
Here's the link to the Odessa American website: OA online
