The Smurfs full length feature movie, live action with CGI. Is nothing sacred?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0472181/
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grmpysmrf
were i able to access, that would be cool.
Oh yeah, that’s due out pretty soon, right? What was it called again… Oh, right. “Avatar.”
Ba-ZING!
Grmpy, how is the job hunting going??
Grmpy, how is the job hunting going??
Fucking slow going! most of my applications go ignored. Of the two interviews I’ve been to (the first one I failed miserably at, second one I destroyed-shocked and mad I didn’t get that job-) both interviewers may have just as well raised their middle finger and said “you can start on this date!”
working on my last 2 classes right now for my Special Education Credential. Should be done with the SpEd Credential by Mid January. So I’ll have 2 teaching Credentials and NO job! There are exactly 100 Jobs for the entire San Bernardino county, and there are almost 100 School Districts in the county and of those 100 jobs most are “Substitute bus driver” “Food service worker” and shit like that! Of the actual teaching Jobs that are available they are very specialized i.e.“home econ” and “Wood shop” and what not. now with winter break coming on I’m sure there will be even less jobs being offered.
Thanks for asking though. Just trying to be patient and not let the stigma of being a piece of shit lay about while my wife trudges off to work get to me. I’ve kinda taken on the role of house wife, what with laundry dishes and cooking. My wife is in heaven with me being all domestic and shit!
Late,
grmpysmrf
both interviewers may have just as well raised their middle finger and said “you can start on this date!”
Ouch.
I went for an interview for an IT position at a lawfirm a few years ago which went really poorly. The yuppie douche who conducted the ‘interview’ stared at me like I was something stuck to the bottom of his shoe and asked every question in a bored/irritated tone and ignored me when I tried to make small talk.
When I got home from the interview, fifteen minutes later, there was an email waiting for me advising that I had been considered but unfortunately was ‘unsuccessful’ in my job application.
They must have thought long and hard about that one.
Should be done with the SpEd Credential by Mid January. So I’ll have 2 teaching Credentials and NO job!
There are university graduates here who are finishing their degrees and whatnot and are going straight to work at McDonalds or stacking shelves in supermarkets because of a lack of qualified positions - so I can sympathise with you.
Our idiot Prime Minister is too busy skipping from country to country wowing the rest of the world with his ‘knowledge’ on climate change to bother doing anything to address this.
So go figure.
Thanks for asking though. Just trying to be patient and not let the stigma of being a piece of shit lay about while my wife trudges off to work get to me. I’ve kinda taken on the role of house wife, what with laundry dishes and cooking. My wife is in heaven with me being all domestic and shit!
There’s no shame in a role reversal - in fact it’s remarkably commonplace.
Y’know…I’ll bet if you went and committed a serious crime and then did a serious stint inside, you’d probably get more help from the authorities in regards to finding work and integrating back into the community than what you do now.
Funny isn’t it.
Y’know…I’ll bet if you went and committed a serious crime and then did a serious stint inside, you’d probably get more help from the authorities in regards to finding work and integrating back into the community than what you do now.
Funny isn’t it.
This is true… and sad. The sanctimony and pretentiousness of the powers that be to prefer to look after those who have done wrong than those who have not makes me feel ill. It’s all a big experiment with their simplistic notions of redemption.
Anyway.
Icepick, Ba-feckin-zing indeed.
Grmp, keep the head up. Utilise the free time (if you’re not already) with books. Books are great.
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Grmpy, how is the job hunting going??
Fucking slow going! most of my applications go ignored.
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In that case I suggest you start putting your real name on your CV and not Grumpy Smurf.
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Grmpy, how is the job hunting going??
Fucking slow going! most of my applications go ignored. Of the two interviews I’ve been to (the first one I failed miserably at, second one I destroyed-shocked and mad I didn’t get that job-) both interviewers may have just as well raised their middle finger and said “you can start on this date!”
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That’s a pretty good description of my love life.
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Grmpy, how is the job hunting going??
Fucking slow going! most of my applications go ignored.
grmpysmrf[/reply]
In that case I suggest you start putting your real name on your CV and not Grumpy Smurf.[/reply]
Come on man, everyone loves the smurfs, should definitely give a leg up on the other applicants.
if youneed some short term work, the US census beurou is hiring people.
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When I got home from the interview, fifteen minutes later, there was an email waiting for me advising that I had been considered but unfortunately was ‘unsuccessful’ in my job application.
They must have thought long and hard about that one.
That’s funny! all of these people must have gone to the same school of “fuck you” cause that’s pretty much the standard email/letter that I get. that is if they even bother to send one! Yeah, I got the letter (the one I thought I did well on) from the second interview within 2 days of the job closing. I didn’t bother to look at the post mark date to see if it was sent before the interview even took place. In today’s job market everybody’s brother in law needs a job and my brother in law lives two states away!
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Right now at my wife’s school they have a lady teaching outside of her credential. She has only a multiple subject credential (under that credential your only allowed to teach K-8 grade- It’s the credential that I have) and yet they have her teaching High school English. That’s not a district policy, that’s a Federal policy(or maybe just state but either way!), that forbids her from teaching that! Everyone on campus wants to know how the School got around that law! Meanwhile, I’m about to have 2 Credentials and can’t get one job, which sucks because with 2 credentials, I’m more qualified to be in that class than she is!
There are university graduates here who are finishing their degrees and whatnot and are going straight to work at McDonalds or stacking shelves in supermarkets because of a lack of qualified positions - so I can sympathise with you.
That’s been the joke here in the states for the better part of 15 years! but never more appropriate than now. Jobless Figures now at 10.2%
Our idiot Prime Minister is too busy skipping from country to country wowing the rest of the world with his ‘knowledge’ on climate change to bother doing anything to address this.
So go figure.
AS much As I have Championed Obama I gotta say I’m a bit disappointed in the progress that has been made with his administration… I know he can’t get too much done in less than a year but it seems to me he isn’t even starting in the right direction, makes me antsy! I can’t believe that the very few repubs in congress are able block the Health care reform. That issue should’ve been done and solved before August! So believe me. I know how you feel when you say your leaders are off doing other less important shit!
There’s no shame in a role reversal - in fact it’s remarkably commonplace.
I’m alright with role reversal if we could afford it. I’m Not completely shrouded in gender roles. I think what it comes down to is old fashioned jealousy. I’m jealous she has a job and purpose while I don’t. Makes me feel like a little kid again depending on mom and dad to pay the bills. It wouldn’t be as bad if I were able to contribute somewhat to the house hold bills. but the piddly unemployment I get is barely enough to pay my car and my insurance and that is about it.
Y’know…I’ll bet if you went and committed a serious crime and then did a serious stint inside, you’d probably get more help from the authorities in regards to finding work and integrating back into the community than what you do now.
Funny isn’t it.
More sad than anything cause I think you’re right. Not willing to take on the stigma of hardened criminal though.
In that case I suggest you start putting your real name on your CV and not Grumpy Smurf.
What is a CV?
it doesn’t matter anyway though. I’m hooked into the teaching community site run by the state. the only thing that is grmpysmrf is on is my actual email. all the rest of my deets are legit.
if you need some short term work, the US census beurou is hiring people.
I’m sure, to help replace people like that guy that got hanged from a tree in Tennessee.
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grmpysmrf
CV = curriculum vitae (read: ‘resume’ for Americans)
[reply]if you need some short term work, the US census beurou is hiring people.
I’m sure, to help replace people like that guy that got hanged from a tree in Tennessee.
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Turns out that guy killed himself.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/11/24/kentucky.census.worker.death/index.html
Jesus. If YOU can’t get a job, I’m fucked.
Turns out that guy killed himself.
Holy shit! thanks for the Link. I had no idea. gotta confess I have stopped watching the news with the usual fervor that I normally do because I’m sick to death of hearing that “nothing new has happened with health care today but were gonna dedicate the whole day to telling you about that ‘nothing’ anyway” or “Serious setbacks hinder the the health care bill and we’re gonna spend all day telling you about it” So for the last month I’ve been skipping my normal News programs. Hell, Olberman seems to be gone half the time anyway. they should rename the show “countdown with Lawrence Odonnell”
never really been a fan of rachel Maddow Show although she was the one who pushed that census worker story the most… wonder if she broke the news to her audience that it was a suicide, or if she just “forgot” the story.
Jesus. If YOU can’t get a job, I’m fucked.
No way. employers don’t want “educated” people. people who have college and what not will either try to take over, or leave the job for something better when it comes along. better to trap the people who “need” that job rather than waste time hiring some know-it-all. so if you got college leave it off your application. just don’t expect to get more than a McMinimum wage, but that’s really not a big deal considering that if there are any jobs to be had right now that is pretty much what it will be paying.
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grmpysmrf
Turns out that guy killed himself.
I was reading the paper yesterday and came across a story from Australia about a lady that did one of those “self help” courses…anyway after she did this course she stripped naked and jumped off a building to her death.
If that’s the way to help yourself in this day and age…things are pretty tough!
Jesus. If YOU can’t get a job, I’m fucked.
No way. employers don’t want “educated” people. people who have college and what not will either try to take over, or leave the job for something better when it comes along. better to trap the people who “need” that job rather than waste time hiring some know-it-all. so if you got college leave it off your application. just don’t expect to get more than a McMinimum wage, but that’s really not a big deal considering that if there are any jobs to be had right now that is pretty much what it will be paying.
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Good to know. I’ll be sure to keep this tidbit in mind in the future.