work work work

I got a job! Hooray! aw, bummer, now I have to go to work... Oh well, at least I will have something new to complain about. :-) It is a big relief to have a steady paycheck coming in again.

I start tomorrow morning. The rate of pay is about the same as my last job, but they won't be screwing me out of 3 hours/week, so there'll be a small jump in weekly pay. They also have insurance, including vision and dental. I'll have a retirement plan (not that I plan to do this forever) that already has some money in it because my job at the Statehouse also contributed to the public employees retirement fund. The staff members that I've met so far seem very nice. I'm really looking forward to getting started.

Back from the Dead

Well it's been a few days since I've posted. Most of what has been going on in Ericville has not been the kind of stuff that anyone would find interesting. After helping a friend move on Saturday I went home and promptly became horribly sick. Two days and fifty million mad dashes to the bathroom later I was somewhat recovered.

I had a job interview on Monday for a court clerk position in Noblesville. It's not exactly what you would call "lucrative," but it is what you would call a "job." It's got all these funny things like "benefits" and "insurance." I'm not sure what those are, but I have a feeling that I want some. I have a good feeling about it. I had a chance to meet the judge and the office manager.

Garfield

Jeremy - an old friend from Ball State - clued me in to this website where Garfield is redacted from old Garfield comics. From the website:

Who would have guessed that when you remove Garfield from the Garfield comic strips, the result is an even better comic about schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and the empty desperation of modern life? Friends, meet Jon Arbuckle. Let’s laugh and learn with him on a journey deep into the tortured mind of an isolated young everyman as he fights a losing battle against loneliness in a quiet American suburb.

This is really funny. Check it out.

Trivia - Jim Davis is from Muncie, Indiana, where Ball State is located.