Entirely Frustrating

At work we pool our tips-- for those of you who don't know what that is, it means we toss all our tips in and split them evenly between everyone who works that night. Saturday was (obv) Valentine's Day which is a big night for us. I left early, but I pulled in about $113 in tips. I was sorely disappointed when I got to work today and found out that I only got $54 of that. Apparently it dropped off severely after I left, so my hourly plummeted. While I was still miffed, I didn't feel quite so bad when I found out that the two coworkers who were there from 4-past midnight only pulled $80, and the one who left after me about $10 more than I did. Nobody broke $100, which is kind of dismal in the long run. I think I had top sales, I pushed the specials and the second and third teir wines ($10-$12.50/glass) and sold between $88-160 per table (including two tops), so I'm going with a not so great night. On the upside, I won the $100 prize for the "bottom line" challenge for January! I'm aiming to win the prize every month, so I'm brainstorming lots of ideas to aim for the ultimate $200 prize!

Anyway, Jeremy was up this weekend and it was really great to see him. We watched a couple movies, cuddled up a bit, and went to lunch with Alexandros at Fritti-- which I was pleased to see Jeremy liked! Fritti is this fantastic Italian restaurant sistered with Sotto Sotto, they're known for their authentic Neopolitan pizzas. We had a pancetta, caramelized onion, and hot pepper pizza and split some calamari with Alexandros, then went to see Coraline. We missed a showing of Coraline that wasn't an hour and a half away, so we went ahead and saw Slumdog Millionaire.

If you haven't seen Slumdog Millionaire, stop reading this and go see it. Absolutely stunning film, the acting is amazing and the direction is brilliant, and the story is much more interesting than I ever gave it credit for from online synopses. If you don't know the synopsis: A "slumdog" coffee boy in Bombay goes on "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" and makes it to the final round. He's taken in to the police under suspicion of cheating after winning Rs. 10k and as the movie goes on, we find out the things in his life that cause him to know the answers to questions that someone with no formal education and no money should know. Some of it is extremely sad and some of it is funny and some of it is uplifting, and the ending is just... it's a perfect parallel climax and denoument all at once, it's just brilliant. I would be entirely happy if they won Best Picture, and I think it would be a triumph for the Oscars to get back on par with a win like that.

Plus, I have three words that mean this movie rocks above all else: Bollywood Dance Scene.

What, then.

Alright, there's not much else to say, so I'm going to work a few more minutes on the cards I'm doing up for Becca and then hit the hay so that I can not only help finish out the storage unit but go to Target and get some new Sharpies! And a bunch of other stuff. Yaaay for gift cards!

And again and again

Another slow night at work, but I used my time fairly wisely and applied for a job with the Thrashers, an office coordinator position for their practice rink, and looked at a couple other jobs at Georgia State including the Greek Adviser position which has some pretty heinous turnover. It would be a total 180 from what I'm used to at Rhodes, so I'm a little bit uncomfortable because I know E. Berry did a BAD job at Rhodes coming from a big state school, but the difference between us is not only in the pounds per square inch of makeup on our faces, but also that I recognize that there are major differences in the two systems. It also pays between $30-40k per year. Could definitely live on that one.

I'm working Wed and Thu night, and then Saturday, but if we don't get more reservations I might just ask off. There's no reason for us to have extra people there if there isn't money to be made, and since my fiance is coming in to town and I don't work Saturdays... I'm so out first.

Also, I'm not usually about commercials, but these two are crackin' me up-- Hulu Commercial) people are working WITH Alec Baldwin's crazy instead of against it, and Hyundai Commercial) as a Hyundai owner for 11 years... yeah, I totally love it. I do not own a Honda, they are not even made in the same country!

Aaanyway, that's about all for now, just thought I'd let y'all know I'm back in the job search. I'm nervous about it since this may or may not come back like I need it to, and because I don't know if I'll be here 9 months from now. I don't want to not move with Jeremy, wherever he ends up if it isn't in Georgia, it's been long enough already and we still have six months left. The state of the economy is rough, and getting rougher. I'm not saying the new stimulus bill is perfect, but House and Senate opposition needs to suck up that bitter stuff they've left in their mouths and pass it-- the demise of the country is not worth their pride.

Hitting Home... Again

My mom is going to be called in to a meeting tomorrow morning where she will be given her severance package. With five other people.