People Don't Dance Anymore.

I'm at work. I'm bored. I got my salary and hours cut yesterday. Took it much better than I thought. So I didn't get the position that I had the third interview for. My head hunter told me that out of ALL TEN PEOPLE that I interviewed with, one of the last four said that I was "selling myself" and they didn't get to know me very well. WTF?!? It's an interview. You're supposed to "sell" yourself. I read Robin Ryan's book "60 Seconds & You're Hired" and I did everything right. I've been told many times that I interview well....I know, I know, "everything happens for a reason." Well, when you work in the situation I do, that sentence means little when the one thing you wanted slips away. I mean I invested two months of my time, energy, and a good amount of money in the interview process. Right, "Everything happens for a reason." So what was the reason? I have no idea.

My head hunter called me yesterday and told me that she thinks I'm great and since she's the President of the head hunter agency she's a good person to have say that. She said that she doesn't want me to change anything about how I interview and that she's going to be sending me on some additional interviews. I'm staying hopeful.

So I got a ticket for talking on my cell phone while driving a bit ago. My boyfriend and I got into a bit of a fight because I HATE THE CATS WE HAVE UGH(!)...and so I called my mom to vent and cry and yep, I got pulled over. Unfortunately it wasn't the California Highway Patrol (I have pull with them); it was the local PD. THOSE FUCKERS have been seen driving around town on numerous occassions on their own cell phones....and yet I get a ticket? What happened to human compassion? Normally I do drive with my earpiece; however, it happened to be dead at the time so I had to use my actual phone. Not only that, but I was only like 1/2 mile from my house (going to the local Whole Foods). I'm not saying that I didn't deserve to get a ticket; I was breaking the law....but why is everything so black and white sometimes? What about the gray area stuff? Like if you were an officer, and you pulled someone over who had obviously been crying AND was honest and told the truth that they were calling their mom because they were having a really shitty day...would you give them a ticket or a warning? I'm not mad about being pulled over and actually getting a ticket...it's the principle of the matter.

That brings me to freedom. When are we going to say that it's not okay? Statistics showed that last year there were about 1,886 accidents related to cell phone use. 1432 of those accidents were from drivers USING AN EARPIECE!!! So I wonder...If I'm driving while holding and ice cream cone and talking to my passengers, will I get pulled over? I mean really, how far will this go? Why is everyone so intent on putting more and more government into our lives? I agree that there are some various given laws that need to be in place to keep some peace, but...

HOA's? I've always wondered about HOA's too. Like, Really? I'm going to spend how much on my home, but my neighbors get to tell me what colors I can and can't paint it? Who are you to tell me what I should do with my home? I realize that people don't want to see "eye sores" and ugly lawns and things like that, but if people were MORE neighborly and we had more block parties, and people actually cared...I guess that's the problem. People don't care anymore. People don't care anymore and they don't dance anymore. People don't dance anymore.