In Norse Mythology the World Tree, Yggdrasil, is the center of the nine worlds

I am adventuring in a far away land, and my heart is no longer here nor there, materially in one place, spiritually in another - It now finds its home in cyberspace, inextricably bound to the World Tree, whereby it may remain connected to every world in which I have ever lived. Let our minds leave our private worlds, let our thoughts, ideas and experiences course freely through the roots and branches of Yggdrasil where they may be shared and united.


"An Ash I know, Yggdrasil its name,With water white
is the great tree wet; Thence come the dews
that fall in the dales, Green by Urth's well does it ever grow.
Thence come the maidens
mighty in wisdom, Three from the dwelling
down 'neath the tree; Urth is one named,
Verthandi the next,--On the wood they scored,--
and Skuld the third. Laws they made there, and life allotted
To the sons of men, and set their fates."

- From the "Voluspo" in the Edda of Snorri Sturleson

Monday, January 7, 2008

You Can Take the Waitress Out of the Restaurant, But...

Due to the expenses incurred by my wild-rockstar-Lindsay Lohan- party lifestyle, I have decided it would be wise to get a 2nd job as a waitress...

to pay for all the weed and booze.

So I have my 2nd interview (with the corporate manager) at TGI Friday's tomorrow at 5pm EST. which would be about 4pm WI time, 2pm CA and OR time, so, since i've been so kind as to do the math for y'all, i'm expecting your intercessory prayers to St. Joseph the Worker at that time.

And i just signed up for this new Etherealnet connection with St. Peter - for one low monthly rate you can get all intercessory prayers regarding yourself sent to your Inbox, so you can approve them. i.e., you can filter out the junk prayers - like the ones from your Mom begging that you'll marry that really sweet, down-home ornery Catholic guy because he's "just so nice and safe", or the ones from your BFF asking that you'll blow your New Year's resolution and polish off the holiday See's candy and blow up like a balloon to make her look comparatively skinny. Or, you can add an "URGENT" attachment to those really cool priority prayers - like the ones from your favorite Aunt asking that you'll meet and fall in love with your dream guy, or the one from your dream guy begging to meet you soon . . .

Anyway, the point being, i'm about to find out who my true friends are b/c i'll know if you've prayed for me or not.

So, I think I've already got the management at Friday's wrapped around my little finger, they WANT me, "It'll be no problem wha'soever, like a piece a' cake, a piece a' crumb cake." (10 pts for anyone who can reference that movie quote. Come on, Amy!)

I am SO looking forward to cash in my pocket on a daily basis - this is the first time in my life where i've actually had to wait two weeks for a paycheck - no pocket $ from tips. It's a hard life. Did you know that VA minimum wage is a whopping $5.35?!?! I almost up and died when i discovered that. What is the deal, people?! But Friday's has a bar and should be a pretty happenin' place, so i'm hoping to break even.



And if for some reason things don't pan out at Friday's, there's always Hooters right across the street.

1 comments:

mags said...

Ye-ah... are you sure that they don't have a seperate minimum wage for servers?

In WI servers had a minimum wage of $2.33 when I used to play that game here, the idea being you should be making most of your wages in tips. And by the way? Californians, despite paying triple that hourly, STILL tip better.

In my experience, California is a total anomaly on the serving scene...