Your Day

Mindy · 02-17-2023, 05:22 PM

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Originally Posted by innerspaceboy

A positive update I'm pleased to share - Today I took IBM's MyInnerGenius Assessment test. I blew away the numbers in every category. IBM successfully matched me with a career in Network Engineering which was my goal to qualify for the apprenticeship I was hoping for.

I'm officially in the apprenticeship now. If I can make it through the training and placement, salaries are estimated at double my prior income.

I'm taking care of paperwork for grants while I do the unpaid portion of the training.

I just hope I can handle it and that they'll let me work remotely when the training is competed. But this is a BIG first step!

congrats ISB! Hope it all goes smoothly for ya!

rubber soul · 02-18-2023, 05:51 AM

Great, ISB. Maybe now things will start looking up for you.

innerspaceboy · 02-23-2023, 03:35 PM

I had an amazing day. I'll share the story for anyone who enjoys a tale with a happy ending.

I was speaking to my girlfriend who lives in Canada planning her next visit. This will be the last time she'll be able to see me for the foreseeable future and it's in celebration of our anniversary so we wanted to make it count. She doesn't have transportation so she secured her bus and train tickets in advance.

I found a dinner theatre screening of our favorite silent film, Metropolis during her pending stay. I am always proactive so I checked ticket availability and found all links redirecting to a showing a month later. I phoned the venue and learned that they ran into a legal rights issue and had to postpone the screening, so that date night was canceled.

I'd also found a local Broadway performance of Beetlejuice: The Musical which she was excited to see. Again, being proactive, I checked ticket availability. I found there were just THREE adjacent seats left on ONE particular night of her stay. All other nights for the week were fully-booked for adjacent seating.

Ticketmaster wanted $13.25 in TM fees on top of the $37 per seat ticket price. Then I discovered that Ticketmaster forces patrons to purchase all three adjacent seats to maximize their profit. I would have to buy the empty seat beside us and pay the surcharge on top of our occupied seats.

So I phoned the box office. A very kind gentleman there explained that while he can't sell me tickets by phone, if I drove downtown to the box office, he could sidestep Ticketmaster's forced third seat, AND waive the $13.25 per seat surcharge, (they charge just $3 for handling).

It was a race against the clock, as I'd watched the other remaining seats sell out while I had the website open.

I threw some clothes on and raced outside, only to find my car encapsulated in a thick sheet of ice. (We had an ice storm last night.) I couldn't even prise open my car door.

In an act of desperation, I phoned a neighbor friend who has come to my rescue many times in the past. She raced over and took me downtown. The city block where the theatre is was blocked off for construction, so I never would have found it on my own, but she directed me on how to get there on foot.

The tickets were still available when I arrived so I bought them on the spot for just $37+3 each. It will be a magical way to celebrate our anniversary and I may not see her again until next Christmas, so this will mean the world to us.

Yay!

jadis · 02-23-2023, 05:16 PM

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my girlfriend who lives in Canada

One for the meme thread

Trollheart · 02-23-2023, 08:23 PM

Shut up, you joyless...

ISB, great! Delighted something worked out for you: the gods must have been looking the other way. Maybe they were trying to buy tickets for Metropolis, but hadn't your foresight!

Excellent news and hope you both enjoy the show!

The Batlord · 02-24-2023, 04:54 PM

Had to watch training videos at work and for some reason they included this bat**** active shooter video that everyone should watch before they die. It's just the best thing.

innerspaceboy · 02-27-2023, 04:57 PM

Godd*mn it.

That major ice storm I mentioned that trapped me in my home Thursday night? I spent the next two solid days hacking and chipping away at the 3" thick layer of ice coating absolutely everything in an effort to free my car.

I got it done. I was exhausted. I said to myself, "whew! Hopefully that's the last severe storm for the season."

Just got the notification on my phone. Another severe storm just hit. Expecting another half of a foot of snow tonight on top of the sheet of ice still covering everything in the city.

Travel will once again be impossible.

My career counselor refused to answer my emailed questions so I have to drive downtown in the storm to see her.

I have two appointments this week.

I need to not die getting to them.

The Batlord · 03-01-2023, 07:03 AM

I was just scrolling through an article on my phone and coughed, getting a little drop of spit on the phone. It was near the top of the screen so I tried to scroll down so the spit would scroll down to my thumb so I could wipe it off. I'm smort.

Mindy · 03-03-2023, 04:06 PM

the grocery store was packed! I get weird in stores when there are lots of people too; I looked at the self-checkout area and saw 10 cameras, cameras EVERYWHERE. They definitely spying in there like "aww shoot, he bought the tea again"

- 2 packs of cantaloupe
- 6 pack of green tea (zero sugar)
- 2 packs of Uncle Ben's Rice
- 1 redbull

Key · 03-04-2023, 08:14 PM

Bought Bloodstained on sale and while it installs, I've got bagel bites in the air fryer. Hope everyone has a great Saturday night!

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Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,994	Shut up, you joyless... ISB, great! Delighted something worked out for you: the gods must have been looking the other way. Maybe they were trying to buy tickets for Metropolis, but hadn't your foresight! Excellent news and hope you both enjoy the show! __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

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Mindy ask me about cosmology Join Date: Oct 2016 Location: Milky Way Galaxy Posts: 9,045	the grocery store was packed! I get weird in stores when there are lots of people too; I looked at the self-checkout area and saw 10 cameras, cameras EVERYWHERE. They definitely spying in there like "aww shoot, he bought the tea again" - 2 packs of cantaloupe - 6 pack of green tea (zero sugar) - 2 packs of Uncle Ben's Rice - 1 redbull __________________ https://www.instagram.com/shhons_meme_agency

03-04-2023, 08:14 PM	#78450 (permalink)
Key . Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 13,153	Bought Bloodstained on sale and while it installs, I've got bagel bites in the air fryer. Hope everyone has a great Saturday night!