Earlier this semester discovered something wonderful; my roommate has nextflix. Now live in a house with three other people, students and now alums. We don't have cable at the house so we basically get all of our media from the Internet or from video games. That is until I learned about the true greatness of netflix.
The way that it works is you pay a small monthly fee and you make a queue online on their website. This list is slowly sent to you via mail, and you watch it, then send it back whenever; another movie or dvd disc will arrive in a day or two. Awesome. But the convieniance and fun is just starting.
Having netflix also entitles you to use their instant view online or even on my roommate's Xbox 360 Live. This means in my house the amount of media we are able to enjoy despite the lack of cable is still copious. Between netflixs, hulu and the vastness of the Internet, I can watch almost anything I want, its wonderful.
I have watched some really great films since I have been able to enjoy the benefit of this awesome service, it is quite a worthy investment. Check it out.
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Thursday, February 4, 2010
New Job. . . It Sure Beats Unemployment
After a full semester of unemployment and much time devoted to searching for a restaurant job I was beginning to get desperate. The money in my bank account was slowly dwindling down and I began to become concerned. I been to every restaurant that I would consider working at, omitting fast food places, and was starting to look at other forms of employment. It was then when I remembered my long time friend was working at the Calling Center on campus, so I figured "Why not give it a try". I mean, no where else seemed to be hiring, everyone was "accepting applications" but certainly not hiring.
Well let me tell you a bit about the calling center. This is the place where students working for the school call out to alumni and parents asking for them to make donations to different facets of the school. My job is to be one of the people calling out asking for money, which is interesting to say the least. We don't make commissions or anything like that, we are "student fundraisers" but its fine because there is a paycheck, something I've gone awhile without.
The hardest thing to get used to is trying to ask for donations and being faced with comments that it is hard to bounce back from. Comments like "I'm unemployed", "I'm putting two kids through college", "You people have been calling me every night", & "I'm not interested". Its hard to ask for donations when you already have been told that its not an option for them. You'll try to ask again and you can just hear their tone change as they reiterate why they can't donate. I'm not used to trying to talk to people and get money from them, even if the money is for a good cause, EX: the University, but its something I'm trying to get used to... and I have to, for the paycheck. It's a job for now and it sure beats unemployment.
PS: As an update to my previous post, the actor canceled on us... again. So we found a new actor and rescheduled a shoot for this Saturday. If all goes well we will be done completely with shooting after Saturday, then we will be deep into editing and creating the world the film takes place in. Wish us luck.
Here's a piece of concept art for the film just because pictures make posts better.
Well let me tell you a bit about the calling center. This is the place where students working for the school call out to alumni and parents asking for them to make donations to different facets of the school. My job is to be one of the people calling out asking for money, which is interesting to say the least. We don't make commissions or anything like that, we are "student fundraisers" but its fine because there is a paycheck, something I've gone awhile without.
The hardest thing to get used to is trying to ask for donations and being faced with comments that it is hard to bounce back from. Comments like "I'm unemployed", "I'm putting two kids through college", "You people have been calling me every night", & "I'm not interested". Its hard to ask for donations when you already have been told that its not an option for them. You'll try to ask again and you can just hear their tone change as they reiterate why they can't donate. I'm not used to trying to talk to people and get money from them, even if the money is for a good cause, EX: the University, but its something I'm trying to get used to... and I have to, for the paycheck. It's a job for now and it sure beats unemployment.
PS: As an update to my previous post, the actor canceled on us... again. So we found a new actor and rescheduled a shoot for this Saturday. If all goes well we will be done completely with shooting after Saturday, then we will be deep into editing and creating the world the film takes place in. Wish us luck.
Here's a piece of concept art for the film just because pictures make posts better.
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