Hey! First off, my NaNoWriMo: I'm on the cusp of 10000 words and about to catch up to the word count for today, which I believe is 13,333. But I'm dropping in on everyone here (those three people) to offer a link to see how I'm doing.
Here's my account on NaNoWriMo so that the three of you that read this can see how I'm doing and perhaps encourage me as you see fit. There's a few tidbits on there about my novel and a little exerpt, so maybe a few people'll look forward to this being done, as this one won't be a gigantic steaming pile of shit.
But that's not what I wanted to talk about tonight.
I should have mentioned this earlier here, but I did officially get a position at Gamestop. Whee! *celebrations* I know Gamestop doesn't have the best reputation, but honestly, this seems like one of the best jobs I could have. Yes, yes, I do have BURGER KING as my sole comparison - I know.
Anyways, I just got back from a meeting, and...it honestly seems like one of the best things to be doing. Hell, let's do a side-by-side comparison.
Typical Burger King employee: "I hate my job." I kid you not. Every single person I talked to - well, okay, sans one person that REALLY REALLY dislikes it - has told me they hate their job. Or told me that their job was hell. I'm not going to go into whether it actually is or not - like any other job, it has it's ups and downs. But, every person I worked alongside seemed to really hate it.
Typical Gamestop employee: "Man, I get to hang out in a game store at work. And I get discounts on games! This is awesome!" And yeah, it's not just hanging out, it's selling shit, organizing shit, trying to deal with the soccer moms that don't know anything about games; but it's ALSO talking with people about games, seeing new deals and new releases-- fucking god, midnight releases are amazing fun and if you haven't been to one then you're missing out. AND WE GET DISCOUNTS ON GAMES.
Which leads me to my next point: WE GET DISCOUNTS ON GAMES. I spent 7 bucks on a 10 dollar game and could've eaten on that 7 dollars. Who needs food when you have used games? And did I mention? We get discounts at Barnes & Nobles and the Starbucks inside of them. So awesome. Soooo awesome.
Ehhn. I'm going to stop talking about how awesome working at Gamestop is because I have a NaNoWriMo to write. But man, it's REALLY cool. Okay. Okay. I'm done.
Want to tell this author what you think, but you don't want anyone else to see it? Think she's full of it and need to set her straight? Want to worship the ground she walks on? Well, good luck with that last one, but you can email Chrys at catharticgamer@yahoo.com and at least tell her what you think.
Hahaha... Working at a game store would be great for me if they, you know, also dealt with imports (spent ~$110 on Bayonetta and ~$124 to get FFXIII this winter). But at least it sounds like fun. I'm not really sure on how to deal with the soccer moms myself seeing as how I can't seem to explain some of the concepts to even my own mom. Although I have made some progress due to puzzle games.
ReplyDeleteHave fun at your job and good luck on finishing NaNoWriMo.