And That's All Folks

That was my entire time at Job Corps. Take my story, learn what you can from it.

May. 3rd, 2006

Well, it's been four weeks or so since I last posted.

I wanted to have this long drawn out post, but too much time went by and I think I should have made shorter posts instead.

But what the hell. Let me bring you up to speed.

I've been in Burlington, VT the last four weeks, trying to find a job and a place to live. I finally got the job at the Coyote Cafe washing dishes, and yesterday I moved into my new place which is a basement apartment.

Well, that's the short of it. I'll be writing out a whole series of short stories in the next few days that will basically fill in the blanks. If you want to read them they'll be on http://www.hubpages.com/ and my screen name there is NateSean.

Mar. 16th, 2006

Well, after a year and a half at Job Corps, I'm going back out on my own again.

Monday I'll be going back to Burlington, Vermont where I left from. There I'll be getting a Job Interview the very next day and hopefully the actual job.

Whew. Hope I'm ready.

Mar. 10th, 2006

Well, my exit date has been set for April 5.

I'm a trade completer now and Job Corps wants me gone. But the road to finding a place to live is riddled with obsticles.

I have profiles at three different sites for finding roommates, but I can't access much more than basic profiles unless I want to pay twenty dollars a month for an account.

Mar. 8th, 2006

I called my parents last Friday. After talking to them I asked to talk to Mollie.

Mollie: Hi Nat. Me: Hi Mollie. Mollie: I love you. Me: I love you too Mollie. Mollie: (Off phone) Talk Nat! Talk Nat! Me: That's right, you're talking to me. Mollie, are you my sister? Mollie: Sistou. Me: Am I your brother? Mollie: Bruther. And Daral. Me: That's right, Daryll's your brother too. Charlie. Mollie: Chalee. Me: And Quinn. Mollie. Qinn. Me: An Mollie, where's Alex. Mollie: Ayex in the Hoomy.

I thought she said, Alex is not home.

Me: That's right, Alex isn't home. He's in the army.

Mollie: The hoomy.

I can hear mom, Dave and Daryll laughing in the background and I am too when I figure it out.

Me: (smiling into the phone) That's right Mollie! Alex is in the army. Good job Mollie.

Mar. 1st, 2006

Why is it fanfiction writers can never respect it when an author asks them to stop writing fanfiction about her own characters? Yes, I'm dropping the subtlty so I can talk about Anne Rice.

Anne Rice is a wonderful writer. She has had her following since before the Internet was even a glimmer in Al Gore's eye (joking). Her following comes from her ability to weave a beautiful story into a world of eroticism, the supernatural and timelessness.

She doesn't need fanfiction to help her following along!

That said, she has made a reasonable request that fanfiction not be written on her characters. Do people listen? No, as certain inconsiderate people on fictionpress.com can prove.

If you ask some guy with a camera not to take pictures of you and your kids, should they respect your wishes? What would you do if they went ahead and did it anyway? You'd probably press charges on the grounds of harassment, which you'd be in your rights to do because no one has the right to invade your privacy like that.

True. Anne Rice cannot stop anyone from writing fanfiction in secret. But she is not the only author out there to make that request. She is one of a dozen or so novelists who do not like people writing stories about their characters.

So if the readers are truly her "fans", they will respect her wishes. And if not they can deal with the cosnequences and I will not feel one iota of sympathy towards them.

Feb. 28th, 2006

The Job search continues. It's a toss up between Sitel and a place called Atex. At least with Atex it would be handling inbound calls and I would be reading out of a how-to-manual.

I'm trying to see if I can improve my options.

Working on a new writing project. Not sure what do think of it though.