Alright, so I had a job interview in Sacramento and was thinking how very inconvenient it would be to have that kind of commute. Low and behold, I get a call for a job interview in Ceres, which is only half an hour from home as opposed to two hours, so I'm all excited!
Of course, Ceres wants the job interview on the same day as the one in Sacramento. All I could think was, 'really?' Out of all the possibilities... It's like someone knew, and just wanted to stress me out. But, the Sac interview is at 10 and the Ceres is at 1 and it will take an hour and a half to get there. I think, well, it's just an interview because I'd already filled out the application and done the assessment tests in the first Sac interview. As long as my interview doesn't talk for more than an hour and a half, I'll be fine.
So I get to Sac where they ask if I want to take another assessment exam, this time for a higher position. Then, when I'm done about half an hour later, they ask me to wait for just a little bit so I can interview with the manager, who is on her way. I do so, and at about 11 we're done, and then they wanted to do another interview with the regional and vice president. And I think, 'aw well. This job would pay more anyway.'
So I interview. This one takes about as long and I don't get out of the office until 12:30. I turn them down when they ask if I want to take a look at the property, letting them know that I had another interview. And bolted with an hour and a half drive to get to Ceres and only half an hour to get there.
I called every two or three minutes, trying to get a hold of the manager to let him know that I was going to be late, and that I was sorry, but kept getting the answering machine. I left two, semi-frantic messages.
I finally get a call back about 5 minutes to 1, after I'd been speeding and stressing, because as much as I knew there was no way to make it, I wanted to get there, and be offered the job because the Ceres job would just be so much more convenient.
Luckily, guy was really nice and offered to reschedule for three. Yay!
So I get there, we interview for about ten minutes, and it's going pretty well. We're talking, and I'm laughing, and answering all the questions as well as I can. When he says, "And you're bilingual in Spanish, that's good."
And of course I answer, "Um, no. I'm not." He looks at me, all surprised.
"You're not? Then ..." and he flips through my resume to the front where it says 'Profile: Bilingual/Spanish' and then mumbles something about wondering why he wrote it down and then continues to me, "Oh, I'm really sorry. I really liked you too. I was thinking that I was going to set up an interview with you and the regional."
Turns out being bilingual was a requirement for the job and I wasn't qualified. He thanked me for coming and apologized for wasting me time, and that was it!
All that stress for nothing. ~Sighs~
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Friday, January 28, 2011
I'll Be There by erm... Wedding Dress guy
Lol. I can't believe I've forgotten the guy's name! Tae Young, I think. Hold on, let me look it up. Ha! I was close! Taeyang. Ok, so here's the music video for I'll Be There.
Alright, so the clothes first. I actually though Taeyang's were ok. With possible exception of that vest thing with the large collar that he pulled up around his face, I didn't think any of them were bad. The bullet proof vest was, again, odd, but not bad, and I really liked the jacket with the yellow designs on the front. It looked military-esqe and that is my weakness. I was pleasantly surprised by the lack of crap costumes.
I was, however, unpleasantly surprised when his back up dancers (all men) showed up with no shirts on and oiled down. Not only that, but they had dark eye shadow on and they actually reached out and touched Taeyang when he did this move that had him bending over backwards. It was really gay, and this is coming from someone who is used to asian music videos and has become very desensitized to gayness.
I did like that Taeyang didn't over do his own make up. That is one thing that I appreciate about this artist. He's never put too much make up on (to my knowledge). He hasn't crossed the line that many male artists stomp all over. No glitter, no heavy eye liner, no sparkly lip gloss. Top points to Taeyang for that. And his hair doesn't scream, "Look at me, look at me, look at me" or "I'm gay" either, which is nice.
I really liked Taeyang's movement style here. There isn't really an impressive dance in this video, but he moves in those smooth spurts that totally go with the theme. When he's leaning over the girl in bed at about 2:09 and he clenches his fist and then sets it down beside her? That gave me chills because it just looked so unnatural. Same with that part where he steps away from the stair case at 2:07, almost on his knees? I had to watch that a couple times to see how everything worked. There were several times when I thought to myself, "well he's not my favorite dancer but he has complete control of his body," which I don't think most of us do. I know I don't! I'm way clumsy.
Anyway! The song itself is a little depressing. He's talking about how dangerous love is because of how bad it hurts. He compares it to a gun! And at the end he says in english, "I would die for you, and you know it's true. You're my love." Now the music video makes it look like he's already done that; died for her. Now, I know not everyone will agree with this interpretation, but it seemed to me that Taeyang died for the woman and then came to haunt her because he had promised that he'd be there for her. She looked totally creeped out, didn't she? And the black rose? Scary!
I enjoyed the song because even though the words seemed ballady, the beat saved it from being too slow. It's catchy and there's enough english that I can sing along with bits and pieces of it.
I don't know if I've already posted it, but this is the same guy that sang Wedding Dress, which I'm going to put up now, just in case I didn't before. If I did, consider it a refresher.
I'm a bigger fan of this guy when he's solo than when he's with Big Bang. He's the one who wore that stupid burger king crown in Haru Haru. He seems calmer and more down to earth when he's by himself. I've decided to think that G Dragon is just a bad influence on him. ~Laughs~
So that's it for I'll Be There.
Alright, so the clothes first. I actually though Taeyang's were ok. With possible exception of that vest thing with the large collar that he pulled up around his face, I didn't think any of them were bad. The bullet proof vest was, again, odd, but not bad, and I really liked the jacket with the yellow designs on the front. It looked military-esqe and that is my weakness. I was pleasantly surprised by the lack of crap costumes.
I was, however, unpleasantly surprised when his back up dancers (all men) showed up with no shirts on and oiled down. Not only that, but they had dark eye shadow on and they actually reached out and touched Taeyang when he did this move that had him bending over backwards. It was really gay, and this is coming from someone who is used to asian music videos and has become very desensitized to gayness.
I did like that Taeyang didn't over do his own make up. That is one thing that I appreciate about this artist. He's never put too much make up on (to my knowledge). He hasn't crossed the line that many male artists stomp all over. No glitter, no heavy eye liner, no sparkly lip gloss. Top points to Taeyang for that. And his hair doesn't scream, "Look at me, look at me, look at me" or "I'm gay" either, which is nice.
I really liked Taeyang's movement style here. There isn't really an impressive dance in this video, but he moves in those smooth spurts that totally go with the theme. When he's leaning over the girl in bed at about 2:09 and he clenches his fist and then sets it down beside her? That gave me chills because it just looked so unnatural. Same with that part where he steps away from the stair case at 2:07, almost on his knees? I had to watch that a couple times to see how everything worked. There were several times when I thought to myself, "well he's not my favorite dancer but he has complete control of his body," which I don't think most of us do. I know I don't! I'm way clumsy.
Anyway! The song itself is a little depressing. He's talking about how dangerous love is because of how bad it hurts. He compares it to a gun! And at the end he says in english, "I would die for you, and you know it's true. You're my love." Now the music video makes it look like he's already done that; died for her. Now, I know not everyone will agree with this interpretation, but it seemed to me that Taeyang died for the woman and then came to haunt her because he had promised that he'd be there for her. She looked totally creeped out, didn't she? And the black rose? Scary!
I enjoyed the song because even though the words seemed ballady, the beat saved it from being too slow. It's catchy and there's enough english that I can sing along with bits and pieces of it.
I don't know if I've already posted it, but this is the same guy that sang Wedding Dress, which I'm going to put up now, just in case I didn't before. If I did, consider it a refresher.
I'm a bigger fan of this guy when he's solo than when he's with Big Bang. He's the one who wore that stupid burger king crown in Haru Haru. He seems calmer and more down to earth when he's by himself. I've decided to think that G Dragon is just a bad influence on him. ~Laughs~
So that's it for I'll Be There.
Sunday, January 23, 2011
TVXQ Why? (Keep Your Head Down) Review
Another video that eat your kimchi reviewed first, but far be it from me not to put in my two cents. All right, so while TVXQ is just another name for the band DBSK, I'd like to take a moment to explain that to me, there is a difference. I've always known the five member band as DBSK (short for Dong Bang Shin Ki). JYJ split off from DBSK and now there are only two members left using the name. Most of the videos on the internet are calling them TVXQ. That's because in Korea, there is no difference in the sounds the letters make. T sounds the same as D, V the same as B, X the same as Sh and the Q the same as a K. So while TVXQ and DBSK are in no way dissimilar, to me they are. DBSK will always be Hero, Uknow, Micky, Max, and Xiah. TVXQ will now be Unknow and Max. So when I talk about TVXQ, I'm talking about post-split band and when I talk about DBSK, I'm talking about the pre-split band. Ok, on with the review.
Here is TVXQ's new video, Why? (Keep Your Head Down)
And Eat Your Kimchi's review...
After having seen their photo shoot for the cd cover, I was really nervous because they had a lot, a lot, a lot of make up on. And it wasn't the usual over abundance of eye-liner and lip gloss. It was like horrible opera stage make up where Uknow had really dark eye shadow that was all smeared and inelegant and Max had his face painted upper half gold and lower half white. And they had these cheap golden breastplate looking things on. So I'm glad none of that stuff made it into this music video. Their make up was not over done in this video so I was happy with that.
My relief was short lived. I really like Uknow's half dinner jacket half vest thing, but Max's black coat, with the puff sleeves and his hair all up and over styled...not so much. And yes, the owl/couch suits were horrible. I groaned very loudly when I first saw those. Not a big fan of the black, gold studded glove Max sports through almost the whole video either. The other costumes were good. It was just those three suites that I'm sad about.
I do want to add a note here that Max looked like he belonged in a high school marching band or drum line with that black and white costume with the short cape looking thing in the back. It probably didn't help that he was wearing it when they were doing the 'drumming the air' and the high school drum line choreography part that kicks into over drive at 3:37. It's also got the whole marching band sound with the big horns and stuff.
As for the dancing, Uknow is amazing in that all of his moves are powerful (if not exactly 'pretty') and sharp. Max, though, I felt looked really lost or blah through out. His opening dance sequence reminded me more of flailing than dancing and there were a couple times, such as 4:04 where he just kinda looks around like, 'cameras? where's the water? Are we done yet?' and 0:55 where he's in the back and sticks his hand up in the air when Uknow ducks, then just seems to let it drop, and a few other places where he just looks like he didn't put any energy into the performance at all.
I kinda wonder if dancing has always been Max's weak point but he was always held up by the four other members and I just didn't notice or if he was sick, or if he's feeling conflicted about the split. I don't know what it is, but I think I'm going to have to have a DBSK video day and keep an eye on Max to see if this is normal or not.
I've looked up the english translation to the song and it's kinda sad in an irritated way. I think that the singer is suffering from a bad case of 'sour grapes.' He's asking why she threw their love away so easily and saying that he doesn't think she knows what she did yet. He says that he was satisfied loving her but then goes on to lament that even though she's pretty, her personality doesn't match her looks and that she's beautiful but there's nothing important inside of her. He's very sad because of how immature she is and so on and so forth. So it seems to me that he was in love with her and really liked her up until she dumped him and then all of a sudden there's all this stuff that's wrong with her. Like I said, Sour Grapes. Oh, in the very beginning, he mentions that she left him but he hasn't been told the reason yet but all of their friends are asking him why he's such a bad guy. This sounded very high school to me because I saw couples break up and one would tell all their friends why they were the victim and, with only one side of the story, they would turn against the other person in the failed relationship. I just thought it was refreshing how real that chimed with me. It's immature, and I haven't had to deal with it for a long time, but it was so true to life.
There's one part I can't figure out. "Keep your head down." Are they talking to themselves or to the girl that dumped them? Are they telling themselves to just bare with it, to keep quiet and let things pass? Or are they telling the girl that she should be ashamed of herself or that they're going to go on the offensive so she should prepare for attacks... or what? I mean, the line is part of the title and is often repeated in the chorus, so it must be important. I just don't get it. Anyone out there who can help me out here?
And that's my review of TVXQ's Why? (Keep Your Head Down)
Here is TVXQ's new video, Why? (Keep Your Head Down)
And Eat Your Kimchi's review...
After having seen their photo shoot for the cd cover, I was really nervous because they had a lot, a lot, a lot of make up on. And it wasn't the usual over abundance of eye-liner and lip gloss. It was like horrible opera stage make up where Uknow had really dark eye shadow that was all smeared and inelegant and Max had his face painted upper half gold and lower half white. And they had these cheap golden breastplate looking things on. So I'm glad none of that stuff made it into this music video. Their make up was not over done in this video so I was happy with that.
My relief was short lived. I really like Uknow's half dinner jacket half vest thing, but Max's black coat, with the puff sleeves and his hair all up and over styled...not so much. And yes, the owl/couch suits were horrible. I groaned very loudly when I first saw those. Not a big fan of the black, gold studded glove Max sports through almost the whole video either. The other costumes were good. It was just those three suites that I'm sad about.
I do want to add a note here that Max looked like he belonged in a high school marching band or drum line with that black and white costume with the short cape looking thing in the back. It probably didn't help that he was wearing it when they were doing the 'drumming the air' and the high school drum line choreography part that kicks into over drive at 3:37. It's also got the whole marching band sound with the big horns and stuff.
As for the dancing, Uknow is amazing in that all of his moves are powerful (if not exactly 'pretty') and sharp. Max, though, I felt looked really lost or blah through out. His opening dance sequence reminded me more of flailing than dancing and there were a couple times, such as 4:04 where he just kinda looks around like, 'cameras? where's the water? Are we done yet?' and 0:55 where he's in the back and sticks his hand up in the air when Uknow ducks, then just seems to let it drop, and a few other places where he just looks like he didn't put any energy into the performance at all.
I kinda wonder if dancing has always been Max's weak point but he was always held up by the four other members and I just didn't notice or if he was sick, or if he's feeling conflicted about the split. I don't know what it is, but I think I'm going to have to have a DBSK video day and keep an eye on Max to see if this is normal or not.
I've looked up the english translation to the song and it's kinda sad in an irritated way. I think that the singer is suffering from a bad case of 'sour grapes.' He's asking why she threw their love away so easily and saying that he doesn't think she knows what she did yet. He says that he was satisfied loving her but then goes on to lament that even though she's pretty, her personality doesn't match her looks and that she's beautiful but there's nothing important inside of her. He's very sad because of how immature she is and so on and so forth. So it seems to me that he was in love with her and really liked her up until she dumped him and then all of a sudden there's all this stuff that's wrong with her. Like I said, Sour Grapes. Oh, in the very beginning, he mentions that she left him but he hasn't been told the reason yet but all of their friends are asking him why he's such a bad guy. This sounded very high school to me because I saw couples break up and one would tell all their friends why they were the victim and, with only one side of the story, they would turn against the other person in the failed relationship. I just thought it was refreshing how real that chimed with me. It's immature, and I haven't had to deal with it for a long time, but it was so true to life.
There's one part I can't figure out. "Keep your head down." Are they talking to themselves or to the girl that dumped them? Are they telling themselves to just bare with it, to keep quiet and let things pass? Or are they telling the girl that she should be ashamed of herself or that they're going to go on the offensive so she should prepare for attacks... or what? I mean, the line is part of the title and is often repeated in the chorus, so it must be important. I just don't get it. Anyone out there who can help me out here?
And that's my review of TVXQ's Why? (Keep Your Head Down)
Saturday, January 22, 2011
MBlaq Cry Review
Well, I'm not entirely sure why I'm reviewing this song since eatyourkimchi already did and did a fantastic job, as usual. They're freaking hilarious. This is the music video, and right below it is their blog on it. Luckily for you, you don't have to read theirs. They do video blogs!
And now for my thoughts!
I liked their costumes in this music video much better than those horrible glow in the dark extreme sports jump suits they sported in 'Y'. They stuck with black and white or a neutral looking tan. The one guy's shirt that kinda looked like a brown version of a musketeer's tunic was particularly interesting to me and I liked how it showed off his arms, because he has really nice arms. I wasn't digging the big, thick, black gloves. They kind of reminded me of mad scientists in their secret labs. Other than that though, I have nothing bad to say about their costumes.
I can't say I love the exaggerated make up on one eye thing they did, especially with the less than complimentary shades of teal and aqua, but it also didn't look horrendous. The only time the make up got in the way of my enjoyment was very near the end, 3:29 into the video, when blondie (sorry don't know their names) is crying in the rain and his eyes are closed but his make up always makes me think that his eye is open a sliver. I mean, it's white eyeliner encased in black eyeliner so it confuses my eyes for half a second. Just enough to think, hm, I probably would have done that differently.
I really like the dancing. My personal favorite is 35 seconds in, singing (forgive the extreme misspelling here) Oetoke? Oetoke? I probably like it because it seems so sensual to me. I also like the water parts but my room mate Veronica thinks that dancing under water is a very feminine thing to do since only female artists have done it before, so it detracts from the music video for her. She also doesn't like the ripped, wafting cloth strips they're wearing. I don't mind it. I think it makes them look even more ethereal. I almost had a huge issue when the group started to do that arm thing I hated so much in their previous video. This occurs at 1:43. My heart sank the first time I watched it thinking, "Oh guys, it didn't look good the first time. Why are you doing it again??" But luckily they kept it short and ended the move differently so I didn't have to stop the video and walk away from the computer in protest.
I found the song catchy and may, when I don't have any other song's I'm obsessing over, try to learn the words. However, I looked up the english translation and it's not as good as I could have hoped. They're saying how they're crying because the girl left them. There's a line that says "I'm your all, there is no one else" which makes me wonder why she left in the first place. The song is about how passionately in love with her he is, one line in the chorus even stating, "You are my life." It made me think what an incredibly one sided relationship it must have been. Girls don't usually leave a relationship unless there's no hope for it or because there's someone else or the guy cheated. So I'm inclined to think that this song is either incredibly sad because of how deluded the guy is, or that he cheated on her, she left, and now he's remorseful.
And that, ladies and gents, is my take on Cry, by Mblaq.
And now for my thoughts!
I liked their costumes in this music video much better than those horrible glow in the dark extreme sports jump suits they sported in 'Y'. They stuck with black and white or a neutral looking tan. The one guy's shirt that kinda looked like a brown version of a musketeer's tunic was particularly interesting to me and I liked how it showed off his arms, because he has really nice arms. I wasn't digging the big, thick, black gloves. They kind of reminded me of mad scientists in their secret labs. Other than that though, I have nothing bad to say about their costumes.
I can't say I love the exaggerated make up on one eye thing they did, especially with the less than complimentary shades of teal and aqua, but it also didn't look horrendous. The only time the make up got in the way of my enjoyment was very near the end, 3:29 into the video, when blondie (sorry don't know their names) is crying in the rain and his eyes are closed but his make up always makes me think that his eye is open a sliver. I mean, it's white eyeliner encased in black eyeliner so it confuses my eyes for half a second. Just enough to think, hm, I probably would have done that differently.
I really like the dancing. My personal favorite is 35 seconds in, singing (forgive the extreme misspelling here) Oetoke? Oetoke? I probably like it because it seems so sensual to me. I also like the water parts but my room mate Veronica thinks that dancing under water is a very feminine thing to do since only female artists have done it before, so it detracts from the music video for her. She also doesn't like the ripped, wafting cloth strips they're wearing. I don't mind it. I think it makes them look even more ethereal. I almost had a huge issue when the group started to do that arm thing I hated so much in their previous video. This occurs at 1:43. My heart sank the first time I watched it thinking, "Oh guys, it didn't look good the first time. Why are you doing it again??" But luckily they kept it short and ended the move differently so I didn't have to stop the video and walk away from the computer in protest.
I found the song catchy and may, when I don't have any other song's I'm obsessing over, try to learn the words. However, I looked up the english translation and it's not as good as I could have hoped. They're saying how they're crying because the girl left them. There's a line that says "I'm your all, there is no one else" which makes me wonder why she left in the first place. The song is about how passionately in love with her he is, one line in the chorus even stating, "You are my life." It made me think what an incredibly one sided relationship it must have been. Girls don't usually leave a relationship unless there's no hope for it or because there's someone else or the guy cheated. So I'm inclined to think that this song is either incredibly sad because of how deluded the guy is, or that he cheated on her, she left, and now he's remorseful.
And that, ladies and gents, is my take on Cry, by Mblaq.
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Lots of Catching up to do
Yes, it has been a long while since the last time I posted. This is mostly due to the fact that I didn't feel anything interesting enough to write about was going on. Now, there are a few things and instead of writing a hugely long blog that will get boring, and probably erased when I try to post it, making me incredibly irritable, I'm going to break the information down into smaller, bite size chunks and post them in the coming days.
Today's post will be about taxes, my kindle, and mom's birthday, I think.
I've gotten two of my three W2's and am simply waiting for the last...though it was supposed to be here, legally, already.
I'm a little nervous this year. Actually, I'm a little nervous every year, but especially this one because I was on unemployment for so long and I don't think I'll get anything back. Well, that would at least not be th worst case scenario. I could owe again. That sucked! I owed a couple hundred dollars a couple years ago. Ew.
Oh, and something of interest to me, I forget what the Korean writing is called... the Korean version of the Japanese Kanji? I don't know, but I can read that! Yes, I've posted this also on facebook, but I'm just so happy about it that I have to share it everywhere! It was really easy to learn.
I'm still fairly slow at it. It takes me a while to sound out all the words and I can't tell sometimes where one word ends and another begins, but I think that's mostly because I don't know any Korean words. Ok, I know like 10, but that's not much when you consider that you have to know about 500 before you can have a conversation. But! I have a "Korean Language Made Easy" on my kindle so maybe this will get better.
Oh, yes! I got a kindle for Christmas! Did I already write that? I can't remember. But I currently have about 20 books and 3 games on it. Most of the books were free downloads so they aren't books I wanted to read right away, they're more for when I'm totally bored and don't have anything else to do, or to look well rounded if they should ever come up inconversation. For instance, I have Easop's Fables, Phantom of the Opera (which I've already read) Arabian Nights, Gulliver's Travels, and a few other classics.
The ones I bought because I really wanted to read them are The Host, The Scorch Trials, and the Easy Korean. I have also found that there are some comics that I can get on my kindle, which is awesome! Though I haven't really found any comics I'm into that I can get, I'm holding out hope that since it's possible, it's only a matter of time.
Mom's Birthday is in only a couple days. I'm a little irritated because all she ever asks for are Starbucks gift cards. There's only so many times a daughter can give her mom the same present before she starts to feel ungrateful for the awesome presents she gets for her birthday and Christmas. And I haven't lived with my mom for a long time, so I don't know what else I can get her. It's a bit frustrating really. I know she'll say she loves whatever I end up getting her, but I'd really like to get her something that she'll actually like.
Today's post will be about taxes, my kindle, and mom's birthday, I think.
I've gotten two of my three W2's and am simply waiting for the last...though it was supposed to be here, legally, already.
I'm a little nervous this year. Actually, I'm a little nervous every year, but especially this one because I was on unemployment for so long and I don't think I'll get anything back. Well, that would at least not be th worst case scenario. I could owe again. That sucked! I owed a couple hundred dollars a couple years ago. Ew.
Oh, and something of interest to me, I forget what the Korean writing is called... the Korean version of the Japanese Kanji? I don't know, but I can read that! Yes, I've posted this also on facebook, but I'm just so happy about it that I have to share it everywhere! It was really easy to learn.
I'm still fairly slow at it. It takes me a while to sound out all the words and I can't tell sometimes where one word ends and another begins, but I think that's mostly because I don't know any Korean words. Ok, I know like 10, but that's not much when you consider that you have to know about 500 before you can have a conversation. But! I have a "Korean Language Made Easy" on my kindle so maybe this will get better.
Oh, yes! I got a kindle for Christmas! Did I already write that? I can't remember. But I currently have about 20 books and 3 games on it. Most of the books were free downloads so they aren't books I wanted to read right away, they're more for when I'm totally bored and don't have anything else to do, or to look well rounded if they should ever come up inconversation. For instance, I have Easop's Fables, Phantom of the Opera (which I've already read) Arabian Nights, Gulliver's Travels, and a few other classics.
The ones I bought because I really wanted to read them are The Host, The Scorch Trials, and the Easy Korean. I have also found that there are some comics that I can get on my kindle, which is awesome! Though I haven't really found any comics I'm into that I can get, I'm holding out hope that since it's possible, it's only a matter of time.
Mom's Birthday is in only a couple days. I'm a little irritated because all she ever asks for are Starbucks gift cards. There's only so many times a daughter can give her mom the same present before she starts to feel ungrateful for the awesome presents she gets for her birthday and Christmas. And I haven't lived with my mom for a long time, so I don't know what else I can get her. It's a bit frustrating really. I know she'll say she loves whatever I end up getting her, but I'd really like to get her something that she'll actually like.
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