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All or nothing (not the O-town song)

thewalkhome by thewalkhome · Feb 9, 2004 · 287 views · Journal

So they say (and "they" are a group of old women from Hackensack) that when it rains, it pours...especially after a dry spell. Now, I'm the first one to get annoyed when people use catchy phrases to sum up experiencies, but...well I guess they can be true.
I work in construction (and not in the kind of "construction" like my distant, more Italian family works in Long Island, more like actaul jobsites where cement mixers are used for cement). Anyway, in NYC construction has seemed to slow down as of late,m and Ive been looking for work for a little more than two months. And NOTHING has come through. No leads, several interviews, and some false hopes. Anyway, I got an awesome job on Friday night with a brother, an electrician. im normnally, Carpentry, Paint, and Plaster (I know next to nothing about electricity besides white wire goes to white wire), but he is willing to train me, and has trained like 20 ppl before me. So thats PERFECT, and its gonna help to get a lot of my goals in the immediate and distant future accomplished. Point is, today is only monday, and already Ive gotten word about Fleet bank finally getting back to me about wanting to hire, as well as taking a test for the TSA (airprot screener). OK, i definitly got the best-case scenario, (even if the pay is sort of a cut for now) but I just think its odd how nothing is open for more than 60 days, and then all of a sudden, I've got jobs out the wazoo. Stupid old women.

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36 Comments

magnum #1 magnumOG 2001

take the job with the brother, a trade comes in handy alot more then working for a bank or being a airport screener, you can go anywhere and get hired with a good trade

thewalkhome #1.1 thewalkhomeOG 2003

definitly...its gonna be worth it, and the guy seems like an aweosme brother. plus i can learn a bunch of stuff.

yodasucka #2 yodasuckaOG 2003

hackensack? i am from hackensack.. but am i not old...

forrestina #2.1 forrestinaOG 2002

maybe he's talking about virgina and friends

thewalkhome #2.1.1 thewalkhomeOG 2003

it was actually a thiny-veiled dis on the valentis. hahaha. ok, maybe not.

forrestina #2.1.1.1 forrestinaOG 2002

we are a bunch of women but we're certainly not old

yodasucka #2.1.1.2 yodasuckaOG 2003

figures... LoL

skaorsk8 #3 skaorsk8OG 2002

you can be my personal soundtrack if you want...follow me around and play songs depending on how fast i'm moving...ie, driving...or walking to the copier...or crawling through the mall parking lot so they cops don't find the stuff i stole from ian's house...

punkprincess #3.1 punkprincessOG 2001

hahaha that would be so awesome! do you ever have a soundtrack in your head? like when you walk into a party...the rocky music...or something like that...oh...i dont...

skaorsk8 #3.1.1 skaorsk8OG 2002

when i go into a party...i get track 4 from the "can't hardly wait" soundtrack in my head...and pretend i'm seth austin

fivezero #3.1.1.1 fivezeroOG 2003

seth green? i loved his character. "i'll roll up on that shorty and she'll be like 'you don't know 20 ways to make me call you big papa'.....because i don't, yo."

thewalkhome #3.1.2 thewalkhomeOG 2003

my theme song is the theme from full house. have mercy.

englandkid #3.1.2.1 englandkidOG 2003

thanks a lot... now i have that song in my head!

punkprincess #4 punkprincessOG 2001

now... whats really a wazoo? wanna give me one of your many jobs?

thewalkhome #4.1 thewalkhomeOG 2003

wazoo is a north american ape.

punkprincess #4.1.1 punkprincessOG 2001

so youre going to go to a north american ape for jobs? hmm can you introduce me?

thewalkhome #4.1.1.1 thewalkhomeOG 2003

you already know dan hill...ouch, sorry dan.

skaorsk8 skaorsk8OG 2002

i've attended my last Walk Home show. From now on I am only supporting the Too Fat for Spandex project.

thatdarngirl thatdarngirlOG 2002

Yay! So very exciting.

malibu malibuOG 2001

oh my goodness lynz. i think we have our first fan. EVER. maybe others will now start catching on!!!!!! long live 2 Fat 4 Spandex

thatdarngirl thatdarngirlOG 2002

Do we give him a certificate or something!? This is all so new to me!

malibu malibuOG 2001

maybe a t-shirt signed by the whole band?

skaorsk8 skaorsk8OG 2002 malibu

yeah, i've been a walk home fan for a while, and i got NOTHING. the only thing that happened was people made fun of me.

from now on, i'm supporting a REAL non-existant band. WOOOOOOHOOOO

thewalkhome thewalkhomeOG 2003 skaorsk8

dan i heart the fact that youve been a fan..you rock hardcore dude

thatdarngirl thatdarngirlOG 2002 skaorsk8

Tell me a place where I can use zip-drives to print out my shirt pattern and get my a plain white T-shirt and Ill hook you up!

skaorsk8 skaorsk8OG 2002 thatdarngirl

umm...zip drives are weird...i don't trust them...maybe mr. zabel has one.

thatdarngirl thatdarngirlOG 2002 skaorsk8

Well, the thing is I made the design on a mac in school last year and saved it on a zip. I'm wondering if maybe Kinko's would have one?

skaorsk8 skaorsk8OG 2002 thatdarngirl

yeah, they might. it's worth asking. if not kinko's, maybe staples.

hunkpapap hunkpapapOG 2003

ok so something true along these lines...We saw a prog metal witness band at a metal club in Mount Vernon (home of DMX) and then saw them the next night in LI (home of many high maintenance women) and the band after them both nights had 5 losers.

So i'm outside the next night and i say, "Hey, it's the lead singer of gandell." He about fell over. He's like, "we're finally recognized!! we have fans! do you want an autograph?" I held back laughter and said, "uh, no i saw you guys last night.."

Talk about shattering a dream..

socalgal socalgalOG 2003

is that a band or an "experiment"??

thatdarngirl thatdarngirlOG 2002

It's a band in the experimental stages!

socalgal socalgalOG 2003

oh i get it! =)

violetboregaurd #5 violetboregaurdOG 2003

Wazoo? I think you may have been HANGIN' out with the old ladies from Hackensack... lol - well when it rains it really DOES pour as cliche as it sounds, but this is all SO good - many many choices from column A, B, and C. Chinese people from Jersey City offer that... lol.

ilikebirds #6 ilikebirdsOG 2002

it's alll or nothing at all... calll meee
or something.. anyway that song is hott !

T
#7 toxicgirlOG 2003

Since you mentioned O-town in the title, I sing this song in my head every time I see it. GRRR. And I had completely forgotten about that nasty group. You are mean.

rocksupastar #7.1 rocksupastarFounder

they are nasty? i thought they were kinda cute...

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