Well here I go with my monthly entry into my journal. Once again so much has happened. So let’s start where I left off from last month.
In terms of employment, I began working at Wells Fargo shortly after my last post. It was a temp to hire position and had I chosen to stay, I could have had a relatively decent job on my hands as a Credit Analyst. Ok so what happened to the job with Channel 8. The recruitment process and whole resume bit takes so slow and apparently someone nabbed the position before anyone could even look at my resume, even with the help of the news anchor Dr. Viggiano hooked me up with. Regardless, I also began working with Apple Computer and completed training with them shortly after I started with Wells Fargo. Now I’m supposed to uphold all these non-disclosure agreements and what not so don’t expect me to write too much about my work there. Let’s just say that Apple is an AMAZING company to work for, even at the grunt level.
And so the apartment hunting started! I was looking for something close to work and I thought maybe I could find someone on roommates.com or something. Nothing really turned up because most of the places I checked out were so ghetto. And most times people on roommates.com are kinda scary to begin with. So I figured maybe I’ll just drive up and down the street where Wells Fargo is and see if there are any places that are renting. Lo and behold, just a block a way from where I work (a Las Vegas block mind you), there was a community that was renting. So I checked it out and immediately fell in love with the place. The apartment I was going to be renting out had a beautiful pool-side view along with an 80 gallon roman tub. So hot. It’s just a really really nice 2 bedroom 2 bathroom apartment. Needless to say, after about 2 weeks of saving up my paychecks, I moved out of Jenny’s apartment into my new home.
The view outside my living room during a sunny day.
Another one when it’s not so sunny. You can see the pool better.
Working two jobs had been incredibly tough. Often times I’d find myself waking up to be at work at 7 in the morning, getting off at 3:30, then fighting traffic to be at my job at Apple at 5…and then working all night long to close the store at 10pm. And that would be my typical day most times. That was about to change, however.
A good friend of mine from back home whom I used to model with, Anthony, decided to come to Las Vegas for Spring Break. During his stay here he introduced me to a good childhood friend of his named Dave. I began to know Dave as a lucrative real estate broker and rather well off for a person of his age. Furthermore, Dave was a creative thinker, much as I am. To make a long story short, me and Dave hit it off not only as business partners but as friends as well. Over the weeks, he’s offered me a proposition to work for him on a web project and become involved in what could be a successful company. By successful meaning how much work I…we decided to put into it. He introduced me to another friend of his, Chip, who is by far one of the most incredible programmers I’ve come across. So Dave saw an opportunity in both me and Chip in which, coupled together, could start something potentially big for all three of us. So what the heck does all that mean?
Well, to make a long story short, I quit my job at Wells Fargo just this last Friday to work full time for Dave and his upstart production company as Creative Director. A risky move, yes, but as most people would know, I wouldn’t make such a move if I knew I wouldn’t be able to make it happen. That’s just it too. I really share the same vision these other 2 have. And the project we’re currently working on now I see as only the beginning of what the three of us could create. And what’s more is I could definitely see them as become pretty close friends in the future.
Now on to my more personal life: Jenny and I have been together for 6 months as of Thursday! That’s an accomplishment on my part because I can never really stand to be in a relationship longer than 3 weeks! And the longest relationship I’ve ever been in was 5 months! Seriously though, I just can’t being in long relationships sometimes. Most girls I’ve dated I’ve broken up with in a matter of 2-3 weeks. So anyway, I bought her some flowers and a card. I really couldn’t do much else because we both had to work pretty much all day. But tonight I’m taking her out to the Olive Garden as soon as she gets home from work. Yippee! I’m so hungry too because I haven’t eaten allll day.
I’m still having a hard time making some good friends, and I had told that to Jenny. She mentioned that I just need to stop caring about other people and start caring for myself. Because the minute I’m actually thinking about myself for once, the normal, outgoing, bubbly-obnoxious Howie comes out. *It’s really frustrating* I don’t know what my problem is sometimes. I mean, back in high school, I was sooooo stuck up and cocky. Then after a few months going to college, I began to have some serious self confidence issues. And I don’t mean to say that I was an outcast in college. Anyone could tell you that I was probably one of the most social people on campus. I mean, heck, I postered on magazines, posters, billboards, and day planners for the school. But still…I had trouble “fitting in” sometimes. I guess most people wouldn’t be able to tell because I really am so outgoing, but it’s a feeling that I’ve had for a really long time. I don’t feel like I really fit in anywhere I go.
I’m just hoping that the longer I stay in Vegas, the more I’ll be able to make good friends. I really don’t want to stay here forever either, because I eventually want to head to Los Angeles and settle there for grad school. Anyway, I guess I need to start focusing more on being myself, rather than worrying about trying to be “someone”. After all, I am “someone” right?
Right.
