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Thursday, March 19th, 2009
2:41 pm	Can I Get A Little Respect So I just finished, yesterday, an interview with one of the rudest, most arrogant, disrespectful bastards in the BPS system...fuck it I'll talk later. Current Mood: enraged (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, March 13th, 2009
8:39 am	TGIF What's good everyone? It's the usual. Friday's here, weekend is coming and the weather is gradually getting nicer. Just here chillin in the office while everyone is late...as usual. So I'm like "fuck it, pay me". Now I know I was supposed to be gone already and would happily accept a permanent job from these guys, but what's the deal here? Also, I would need to be paid a lot more to do this too. I may take this for $13/hr on a temp but I've got a college degree and two years relative experience. Also, I'm queuing for the interview to be a full time teacher as well. I know I should be getting at least one of these positions. This shit needs to end now. In fact, this shit should've ended a while ago. Current Mood: bored Current Music: "Let U Go" by Ashley Parker Angel (Comment on this)
Thursday, March 12th, 2009
3:33 pm	At the Crossroads... What's good? Once again, doing my thing here on the admin tip. At the moment, I'm also queuing on the impending interview that I have for the Boston Public School System as a math teacher. I'm sure I can get it. The stimulus money should open up more jobs in teaching and I would be perfect teaching math up in someone's high school. Also learned via the T that Karma is indeed a (well you know)... I'm on the Red Line making my way home last Friday. I normally go from Quincy Center to Park Street or South Station (If I can catch a commuter rail early enough). At JFK/UMass station, five teenagers get on and start acting stupid in the corner. Boys will be boys. However, no one has a problem with them since they're keeping to themselves. Anyways, by the time we get to Broadway station, one of them gets this stupid idea to run to the wall (a few yards away) and run back in while the train doors were open in queue of passengers. He was so confident that he could accomplish this act of stupidity that he left his bag in the train while he did this. So he does it and what do you know? The doors close before he could make it back in. Sometimes the doors open up despite closing so he thought he would be lucky as he's smirking. Not this time the train takes off and he looked salty as hell. I had tears in my eyes I was laughing so hard. I was laughing so hard that the two women next to me, who were trying to hold it in, start laughing too. Normally, I won't laugh at something like that but if it happened because someone was being stupid, yeah it's funny. Plus his boys held onto the bag so I knew he was good. lol. Fast forward to yesterday... I'm hoping off of the Red Line at Park Street to pick up the Green Line to go to Hynes Convention Center. I see the D-Line and start jogging for it. It was still in queue since the E-Line was going to go first. Right at the door, I get on the first step, slip and busted my azz! Not just lose my footing I mean I landed right on my ass. I was salty as hell. A couple of people checked up on me and I laughed it off and said I was good. That's why I love the T. You ride it enough and you're bound to see something funny there. Current Mood: amused Current Music: Desire by "Phil Perry" (Comment on this)
Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009
5:05 pm	Holding it down What's good everyone? It's the DJ doing my thing here and wrapping up before clocking out for the day. Things are beginning to pick-up here at I-Flex. I'm getting my own e-mail and set of keys. I think this means I may go longer than expected. (Theoretically, I was supposed to be gone last Friday.) I just hope that if they elect to not go with me permanently as their admin assistant that they do so gracefully and not like some other jobs. Other than that, I'm here knocking out everything that I need to do and with a sense of grace, style and class like only the DJ can. In this economy, I have to take the first good thing that I get on the table. Besides, it's not like I've been in a profession or field for thirty years. I'm 25 and of the two and a half years that I've been in the workforce, I've been unemployed for about eight of those months. Bottom line is that you ALWAYS have to have a plan B. If you don't, then you have some SERIOUS pondering to do. Got the annoying ass MTEL to take once again this Saturday. Seriously, if I ever have to take a standardized reading or english test, it will be WAY too soon. What's the fucking point of this test other than to be annoying as hell!? I took the math portion (required for Math teachers) and murdered it on the first try. I'm trying to teach my students numbers, equations, and shapes. My sub work proves that I can get the damn job done. Can't that substitute for that!? Geez. Speaking of teaching, congratulations are in order for my boy DaVaughn for getting a teaching offer in Boston. If you're reading this man, we're gonna celebrate the next time you're this side of the hudson river. For anyone coming out to Bosstown, give me a holla if you need accomodations. I'll see if I can hook you up. I only have 319 sq feet but two people can comfortably sleep there. Unemployment is STILL giving me the shaft too. I'm getting sick of these clowns and something needs to be done about them. Current Mood: relaxed Current Music: "Shape of My Heart" by Sting (Comment on this)
Thursday, February 26th, 2009
1:21 pm	Another Day... Another day of being an admin assistant... I'm trying not to let this economy piss me off but sometimes it gets the best of me. How can one administration (The Bush Administration) fuck up so royally and get away with it? Shit people with lesser political positions fuck up for lesser reasons in China and get executed. At worse, Bush might not get his library due to lack of funding and lack of people giving two shits (*sarcastically* aww poor baby). It just irks me how I've worked so hard to improve myself, be a better person, and set a foundation for myself and I'm still getting fucked over. During the economic boom, I would fill out an application for a job and based on my work ethic and appearance, I'd get the job like it was nothing. Now it's not about that. It's about who you know. It's sad to say but since going to college, I've NEVER gotten a position without knowing someone. It's a sad day when my qualities and skills outside of the job are seen as more important than my skills and qualities for the job. To make matters worse, here I sit, working a temp job that could end at any point with not much to do but to keep watch of the door, print papers, shred papers, deliver lunch, etc. If I come off as not busy enough, then I'm seen as a waste of money and time. If I come off wanting more work, then I'm seen as being annoying and dependent. I'm damned if I do, damned if I don't, damned if I do neither, and damned if I do both. Hopefully, the loan modification can bring me some good mortgage news. I still want to fuck up Robert Pena for what he did to me. Screw him and the rest of the predatory lenders. They say that alot of this was consumers knowingly getting homes that they couldn't afford. That's partly true. while there are some people who were just being plain stupid with their money, we also had lenders who were being predators and leeches. For my own living situation, I was doing just fine working at Liberty Mutual when I bought my place. The money was good and I lived more conservatively and paid off all of my credit cards in the event that I would walk in one day and catch a pinkslip...kinda like I did one year ago. Now I'm struggling to make my mortgage. I'm scared as hell that I'll fall through the cracks of this fucked up system in spite of the fact that I had been working hard, doing what I could for the community, and taking care of my bills like they were my own children. Now it's a struggle to do all of that and fucked up that I'm in my mid 20's and can't travel anywhere because of no money, and no fucking permanent and full time job. SHIT! Just getting all of this frustration off of my chest so I can at least say I did something while being the gopher here. Current Mood: frustrated Current Music: "One Hitta Quitta" by Three-Six Mafia (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Wednesday, February 25th, 2009
1:41 pm	Working and posting at the same time What's good? Doing my thing at I-Flex solutions. It's this temp job that I have. Nothing is glamourous about this job but it's paying me and I don't have to deal with the unemployment people for two weeks. Seriously, the people at the office are rude as hell and one woman in particular is like that one co-worker whose ass you're ready to beat. (If you can't relate to that last sentence, then you're probably the one about to get your ass beat.) Then again, appearance-wise, if the years were that unkind to me, I might be a little bit crabby my damn self. I didn't get a chance to see that speech that President Barack Obama delivered last night but I heard it was good. Our President has been a breath of fresh air since his election and I look forward to the next eight (not four but eight), years in office. His agenda is pretty much along the lines of what I would've done if I was in office. Additionally, I couldn't have executed these plans any better as far as the stimulus package is concerned. I've not been this inspired by a political leader since Nelson Mandela. Still subbing but have put that on hold at the moment due to this position right now. It is at least two weeks long and I'm still applying for more jobs since they're not giving me much besides monitoring the office and check the inventory every three days. *Sigh* Don't you just love corporate America? Current Mood: peaceful Current Music: "Porcelain" by Moby (Comment on this)
Friday, December 19th, 2008
2:45 pm	Sick of this mess. So another day... This job situation is just flat out ridiculous. Too much bullshit keeps on going down with these interviews. Tell me why I interview for PNC and didn't get the job because the fucking job wasn't even fully developed. Why even waste my fucking time with this shit? Then I applied for a job at the Whitter Street Health Center and didn't get that position because the boss was looking for someone to basically put up with the fact that she is a pigeon. The list keeps going on an on. Also on another note, fuck Court Street (aka the Boston Public School headquarters). These rat bastards decided to sum up the nerve to challenge my unemployment status because I'm working for them. I'm a sub on "PER DIEM" (that's the key word of this situation.) Meaning the hours of the week that I don't work, I should still be able to collect insurance for. I'm already living check to check because of the economy and I have a mortgage to keep up with. The last thing that I need is this crap from these people. SHIT! I know I'm going to win this case because of the fact that I cleared up a similar situation with the tutoring company that I work with but the fact that they elected to do this shit in the first place is uncalled for. Last but not least, fuck some of these students that I'm covering for. If I was willing to go to jail for it, I'd bash their faces in for the shit that they've put me through. One fat bastard in particular had the nerve to try and treat me like a student. Just goes to show how much age discrimination that I've dealt with. Do you and don't worry about my fucking age. Don't get me wrong, they all have what it takes to be successful in life but if I never see them again, then shit I'm not crying about it. Current Mood: angry Current Music: "Boiler" by Limp Bizkit (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Thursday, October 16th, 2008
3:45 pm	Mr. Jackson's not f*ckin around... I warned them...I fucking warned them. So today was already not a good day. (Didn't get enough sleep because I was prepping my test and had to make it SPED friendly as well.) However, temper-wise, I was cool like the other side of the pillow. Needless to say I must've missed the memo about the kids thinking that it was "Fuck with Mr. Jackson" day. So my first class which was my inclusion class took the test. A group of them after they were done start talking. So I politely ask them to stop. Usually they do what I ask but today, I couldn't tell these rascals nuthin. So I ejected three people. My co-teacher brought them back in since the Assistant Principal was getting in late and barked at them some more too. My other two classes (who were worse and the worst respectively) got out of line, after several warnings, and I did the same shit to them too. So by the end of the day, the whole tenth grade cluster (since I teach about 85% of them) was pissed off with me and frankly, I didn't give a damn. The other teachers were like "Geez, what did you do to them?" I explained and they all gave me props for not taking shit. Some of the folks even thanked me for owning their kids too. Needless to say, they stopped fucking with me from that point forth. Current Mood: accomplished Current Music: "Never Scared" by Bonecrusher (Comment on this)
Thursday, August 14th, 2008
11:51 pm	Frustrating... This is such bullshit.... How the hell am I to keep applying for these positions and I still can't get a fucking job? I have all of the credentials required to get a job and people still aren't hiring. This is ridiculous. Let's see what I've dealt with: -People not following up on e-mails -Recruiters bullshitting around -Being let go from my assignment on my way home -The supervisor of the aforementioned above not being woman enough to tell me to my face at work -Being tugged and dragged through the mud for months on end to be let go for a bullshit reason. So to all of you (and you people know who the hell you are too), if any of the above happens to you, remember me and everyone else that you did this to. You will all get yours I promise you. Karma takes no sides, just names. Current Mood: pissed off (Comment on this)
Tuesday, December 4th, 2007
9:58 am	Shiiiiit.... So I just found out that my job at Liberty Mutual is being eliminated...one hell of a Christmas gift eh? No worries though, I will bounce back from this. Current Mood: crappy Current Music: "Feelin Inside" by Bobby Brown (Comment on this)
Wednesday, February 28th, 2007
2:44 pm	Just closed out on the mortgage to get my crib. HELL YEAH! (Comment on this)
Saturday, December 30th, 2006
10:06 pm	What a douchebag.... Ok so here's what happened. I placed my offer on a condominium. The offer was accepted in late November. Prior to the situation, I was pre-approved, with excellent credit for financing in a new home. Not a problem. He said that if I complete everything on the list that he would have the approval and the check by December 29, 2006 (Today). He said this at the beginning of December and that the process should take two weeks. So I followed up with him a week later. He said things were going ok and to not worry. Feeling confident and happy, I left him to finish up. I followed up with him again and heard nothing from him. Then I get a call from my broker advising me to calm down despite the fact tat he has returned none of my calls. Apprehensively, I followed her advisory. Then on December 29, I received what I thought was the approval. Before I looked at it, I decided to grab some lunch and then review it. Then I find out via a call that it was not an approval BUT a list of 40 more things that the lender needed to have from me. So I'm pissed at the moment and ready to drive down to Brockton to confront the lender, possibly physically (Yes, I was that angry). My attorney told me it wasn't a big deal and that we continued. Long story short, he continued this crap for two more months. Then I dropped him and the broker and went with someone else who did this in two weeks. Moral of the story: good business and bullshit don't mix. Current Mood: pissed off Current Music: "I'll beat yo azz" by Crime Mob (Comment on this)
Saturday, October 28th, 2006
4:14 pm	A rainy day and yet I still feel really warm inside. Probably has to do with the fact that I just got back from preparing for the men's day with my church. It feels great to be able to give back to all of them after what they did for me when I was at Oberlin College. Many people don't know this but between the care packages, letters, hugs etc., my church at home and House of Healing helped me through a great ordeal. Thanks for everything. Last year, I was walking up Storrow Drive late at night frustrated at where I was going and what was happening to me. My initial plans were falling apart, I was stressed out, and I was afraid that I might not graduate on time or not be able to grab a good job. My, how much do things change. One year later, I was at that same street, looking at the Charles river and realized that if I keep my head up, I'll get through anything. However, something like that is easier said than done so I have to make sure to reiterate that to everyone else around me. Current Music: "I'm not sleeping alone" by JC Chasez (Comment on this)
Sunday, September 24th, 2006
1:04 am	Wow, it's been a while since I've updated. I've been contemplating on blogging here or on myspace. I just might do both. Anyway, I've been working around the clock and things are going much better since I've graduated. I've visited London, San Diego, Los Angeles, and Chicago. I'm truely blessed to be on my own, single, sexy, free and loving it. Pro-Wrestling school is going fine. I do feel a little bit alienated because I have such a different mentality than the others. Let's look at it this way: I'm the only active wrestler of color, I'm the only one who ISN'T from Malden, MA, and I'm the only guy who works a white-collar job for a living (How ironic). I'm not feeling the fact that everyone believes that Killer Kowalski's shit doesn't stink. Don't get it twisted. I respect the man and his accomplishments but there's more than one way to skin the cat in this business. Time for the question of the day: Question: DJ What is your stage name? DJ: DJ Himself Current Mood: happy Current Music: "Sensitivity" by Ralph Tresvant (Comment on this)
Thursday, March 30th, 2006
2:04 pm	Real-World Work > Oberlin Work Yeah you heard me right. Current Mood: tired (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Sunday, March 12th, 2006
7:03 pm	Annoying a** s*** Annoying shit. -Politics (Just altogether.) -People making things harder than need be. -People in a relationship who break up to make up to break up to... -People who steal and brag about it. -Being in the club and the DJ talks in the middle of the song. -Being cut off consistently and when I finally say what I need to say, it was actually pretty fucking important. -Going to a houseparty and the booze is gone. -People who think its funny to drink themselves stupid to the point where they need assistance and repeatedly doing it. -Going out to a houseparty with a group of people and other people in the group take up so much time that the party is near dead by the time you get there. -Stores closing earlier than indicated. -People who get easily offended. -Two people using the same IM. I thought AIM was free. -Crying babys on the airplane. -Loud people. (STFU) -People who waste my time on answering a question because they think quantity is more important than quality. -50% of what happens at Oberlin College. -People who think Aptitude is greater than Wisdom and vice-versa. Current Mood: frustrated Current Music: "Xscape" by Michael Jackson (Comment on this)
Monday, March 6th, 2006
1:00 pm	Will I Crack? Damn! When will this all end? Every day, I'm being ripped at and torn at and ripped at some more. I seriously can't stand it. I'm praying that I don't end up suffering the same fate as my father when he was in college. (Hospitalized from all of the stress.) Also found out that my Econometrics professor is giving us an 8 1/2 x 11 cheat sheet on the exam. FUCK! Why is this bad? This is bad because she can now make shit as bad as she wants to with NO REMORSE!! Fuck this shit. Current Mood: angry Current Music: "Crawling" by Linkin Park (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, February 18th, 2006
2:48 pm	I walk alone... Yes I admit, I can be a bit of a loner. I've always been one at heart. Yes I have friends and no I'm not sociophobic. I'm just not isophobic. One of my favorite things to do is to travel alone. There are several benefits to it. First off, it's very relaxing. I don't have to worry about anyone. I can do my own thing. I can minimize the possibilities of any setbacks. One more thing that I must clear up about me being a loner. It does NOT imply that I don't like people. If anything, I'm usually more than happy to hang out with other people. I usually don't because I find the spontaneous approach easier for me in terms of getting things done here at my personal hell, otherwise known as Oberlin College. Current Mood: relaxed Current Music: "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" by Green Day (Comment on this)
Wednesday, February 8th, 2006
9:34 pm	Random Thoughts While Taking a Break And the loads of reading get more and more ridiculous... Damn, Day 3 into classes and already the DJ is getting torn apart with reading. Seriously, I think as school as gotten harder, I've enjoyed reading less. Based on the hard times that I've been given by the professors, I can't remember the last novel that I read that I was interested in. It's like the professors here are allergic to giving me a break. This shit sucks. So I'm gonna say fuck this in my entry and do a little flash back. My 22nd birthday was probably my best birthday yet and staying with my runnin buddy John AKA JFOne was the shit. I visited him and his girlfriend at ASU and it was some good ass times. We got the pics on facebook to prove it! lol. One of my favorite moments on that trip were the double fistin the Coronas. We went to this one bar where it was 50 cent Corona nights. Why you ask? Just as the name says. 50 cent coronas. Getting fucked up was as cheap as it was. Plus the large number of ladies were a definite plus. So me, my boy JFOne, and several other cats are chillin in the lounge double fistin it like shit was sweet...and believe me it was. Then on the last night, despite the fact that it was Sunday, the DJ and JFOne were on the prowl...and damn do we have a story to tell. So we get to this one bar (forgot the name) and this one asshole was harassing a couple of ladies at the bar. Sensing trouble, J and myself go to the other side. It wasn't in these exact words but the bartender was basically telling this dude, who was blitzed like a mofo, to "get the fuck out", but much nicer. Dude is catching an attitude about the whole situation and insists on staying. Then this dude decides to play the race card. One problem though; everyone except for myself, JFOne, and a few other cats who weren't even involved were white! When we heard this shit, I was rolling! So security tries to calmly escort dude out. Dude refuses. Security drags him out kicking and screaming. Dude outside then tries to incite a fight and got the brakes beat off of his drunken ass. It was an express ass kicking. Po-po roll up and paramedics roll up. I'd hate to be this dude the next morning. Nothing says "THIS SUCKS" like waking up to a medical bill and a court date to answer some charges. Then JFOne introduced me to What-a-burger. Tha shit is crack in between two buns (no butt jokes intended). Perfect after party food. Now time for my question of the day. I think I ran out of FAQ's lol Question: DJ why do you sometimes address yourself as "The DJ" DJ: I do to clarify that I'm one of a kind. I'm my own unique person and that independence is very important to me. Current Mood: stressed Current Music: Limp Bizkit "Rollin (Remix)" (Comment on this)
Sunday, February 5th, 2006
1:27 pm	The N-Word (Yes DJ is getting political) I usually don't talk about race too often or get politically correct but this story was too compelling to ignore. Here's the link. http://www.whas11.com/sharedcontent/VideoPlayer/videoPlayer.php?vidId=49293&catId=49 As a black man, I'm getting very sick of people using the word like shit is sweet. I personally rue the day when the N.W.A. started using that word like it wasn't a problem. Oh what had me really laughing all the way to the fucking bank was the concept that only black people can use the word. How am I going to try to own a word where the original intent was to consider me as less than human? I'm sorry but with black people freely dropping the N-Word is spitting in the faces of those who worked hard to show the rest of the world that people of color deserve to be treated as equals along with any other race REGARDLESS of how much history we know, recognize, understand, or appreciate. Some other shit I've noticed is that whether it be on the internet, in rap music, the streets, or even in my own home, almost every person that has told me that the word "nigga" is "our word" was a male of color. Then the reasoning that I've heard for it every time was that "They (white people) don't understand what we've been going through." However, I noticed that almost every male person of color who have said the previous two statments won't hesitate to use the word "bitch" socially in reference to women. What gets me is that these same group of males of color want whites to refrain from using the word "nigga" because of lack of true understanding of the black struggle, BUT they feel like they shouldn't refrain from using the word "bitch" in reference to women IN SPITE of the same lack of true understanding. Think about it, women have been discriminated against for as long as we can remember and are still being discriminated against today. Humanity, regardless of race, has had some form of opression against women. So am I surprised that this shit occured? No I'm not. I'm offended to some degree but not as offended as I am disappointed for some of my people being irresponsible with this word. I knew this was eventually going to happen and if you think about it long enough, the teacher had a point about the word splitting and wth more people, regardless of race getting comfortable using the word. When you treat things as loosely as what we have here, it will be used as loosely. The problem of this word being used isn't us not understanding or even knowing the struggle. The problem is with us not RESPECTING it. This is why the word "Nigga" or "Nigger" has never freely left my mouth. Current Mood: disappointed Current Music: "We shall overcome" (2 Comments |Comment on this)