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Jerle · Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 6:57 pm Post subject: The happy things thread.

This thread is for the good things in life that happen to you. Gush freely!
I'll start.

For the past couple of months I've been doing construction cleanup jobs and then last week was the last week, so the past few days I've been jobless. I got a new job today at a box cutting place, which is easy work to me, because the job prior to the construction job was strut packing. So really the big change in that would be instead of folding the boxes and putting struts in them, I'm putting the boxes in a machine to be cut. Same wages as the strut packing job, but it's a 90 day temp to hire deal. As long as the co-workers are decent people unlike at Arvin, I really won't have a problem. The pace is what I'm used to, so no big change there. The "I'm on a quota, I must hurry." frame of mind from Arvin kind of transferred over to the construction cleanup thing, so my supervisor there was really pleased with my work, and I have very high recommendations for any job from the supervisor AND the temp service, so if I make the supervisor at Green Bay Packing happy, it may take less than 90 days to get hired on. Smile

Yay! MONEY FLOWING IN AGAIN! YES YES YES YES YES!
btw, 8.50 an hour is darn good cash around here. Ghettoklahoma
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Strange Ian · Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 8:58 pm Post subject:

What is this money you speak of? It seems... familiar, somehow... Like something I might once have touched...

Hey, congratulations, Jerle!

Hagar · Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 10:31 pm Post subject:

Cool for you Jerle! make 20NIS an hour (about 5$) so I have 4 jobs. & school... sigh.

I too have good news. The reason I have 4 jobs is because I signed for the international university at Venice, for the semester program. It wasn't a sure thing (though, with my grads they would take me) but it is done- I'm going! I will study 1 semester at Venice, Italy. It will cost me about 30,000NIS (you do the math, 1$=3.5NIS, because the $ is down)... Oh dear. Well, parents pay, but it's not fair. & it WILL prolong my finishing B.A, which mean MORE money. & the professors are STILL on strike here, so no one knows what's about to happen...

But still, good news. Oh, & I get the scholarship- 800$. That's about one plain ticket. The dorms will cost me about 1200euro... for 3 months. Yep, good news. Confused

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Jerle · Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 5:54 am Post subject:

Here's the update on the job front Razz

Was a good night all told
Half the night I was shoving boxes into an oversized paper shredder.
The other half was cutting straps off of stacks of cardboard for the feeder guy. I was watching them do the actual box making work, and it actually is pretty easy. Machines do most of the work, the hardest thing about it is setting up the machines. Supervisor told me if I keep working like that, I'll be hired on BEFORE my 90 days Razz

Good stuff yo.
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Silvara_Dragontear · Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 7:52 am Post subject:

Congrats to getting a chance to study in Venice Hagar. You know I am slightly jealous.

And congrats to you too Jerle for the new job.

The only happy thing in my life today is that it is friday, finally...
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KEZ · Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 3:38 pm Post subject:

LAST DAY OF CLASSES OF THE SEMESTER, whoo!

Congrats, Hagar! It will be AWESOME, even if costs that much! Very Happy

And congrats Jerle, on the making of the monies!
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Silvara_Dragontear · Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 9:47 am Post subject:

I saw a mouse in the library yesterday and decided to be happy for the fact that it wasn't one of those mutated cityrats. Plus the mouse was pretty cute. Smile

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Elle · Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 5:39 pm Post subject:

I'm with Kez. END OF SEMESTER, END OF SEMESTER WOOOOOOOO YEAH. Only two more projects and two more exams and I is DONE.
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Coldfire · Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 6:55 pm Post subject:

COLLEGE APPLICATIONS ARE DONE FOREVER

The bad part? I've spent the whole vacation doing college apps, and now I have half a day left in the break and a whooole lotta homework I have to do before tomorrow. And midterms in a week. Oh god . . .

BUT COLLEGE APPS ARE DONE!
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Hagar · Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 9:45 pm Post subject:

Congrats! So where did you applied?
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Jerle · Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 9:48 pm Post subject:

I assume it's that one place where they teach the school stuff.
Just a guess.
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Strange Ian · Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 12:19 pm Post subject:

No wonder you're the Cookie Overlord, Jerle! U so smartz. Razz

I'm amazed at how complicated and time-consuming that whole business seems...

Coldfire · Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 1:23 am Post subject:

Um, Hagar asked what schools: Yale, Harvard, Wesleyan, Princeton, Oberlin, University of Michigan, Swarthmore, Amherst, Northwestern, Brown

They're all in the US. ( . . . This is pretty random, but I'm gonna be in Israel in February, actually. Maybe I can wave at you, Hagar Smile

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Most certainly complicated and time-consuming. That was the most stressful winter vacation I've ever had. Sad

(Especially with deciding to send an arts supplement at the last minute - but that was my fault Razz

) Some people start worrying about it like a year or two before. Crazy people.
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"The firefly's?" said the minstrel.
"The spider's. The blinking arsonist had set the web on fire."

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Hagar · Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 7:24 am Post subject:

Wow, good schools! Is this list your priority list as well? I hope you'll get what you want...

When you're coming? I'll be going to Venice in mid month... But have fun anyways...

& in other good news- I got had a ceremony yesterday. They gave me a diploma & a check. I'm a rector honorary student... Not much money though. University in trouble... But plenty prestige, so I'm told! Wow, good schools! Is this list your priority list as well? I hope you'll get what you want...

When you're coming? I'll be going to Venice in mid month... But have fun anyways...

& in other good news- I got had a ceremony yesterday. They gave me a diploma & a check. I'm a rector honorary student... Not much money though. University in trouble... But plenty prestige, so I'm told! Cool

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Jerle · Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 7:37 am Post subject:

*pokes hagar*
You might wanna edit that post Razz

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