There are something which i feel potential employers would find unnerving about a candidate sending a resume in any time after 10pm at night. It shrilly squawks "insomniac" or "head-case" or even "nut-job." Due to this I have given myself little choice but to write blogs when I struggle to sleep. Don't get me wrong, i can sleep just fine. It is just usually between 4am and noon. This does no good to anyone.
I realised tonight that it has been one month since the original job offer I received. It was with a dodgy sort of company and the hours were not ideal. In hindsight, all i can think of is the lost income. This next week has to be the week where dreams come true. A slight hindrance is the door-to-door sales aspect of, seemingly, every customer service job in America. I could not sell miracle knives and keep a straight face. Bar and hospitality jobs are an idea but their hours ignore the reason i am here. Why would i work nights and weekends when i am on this adventure, mostly, to be with Laura. Seeing as we are getting on famously, there is no reason to try and avoid her!
Thought i would take the time to give some differences that i have come across. In terms of the music festival, i was so blissfully aware of the lack of dickheads at Coachella. No agro, no sleeve tattoos, very few people there to show off their steroid cycles. This was completely different to what i was used to back home. Be it a bigger appreciation of the actual music, the laid back nature of Californians or that this demographic has not discovered music festivals yet (face it, they have gun shows to contend with...), it was an aspect i enjoyed and reveled in.
Last weekend I discovered a huge cultural difference between the two nations. Particularly amongst their men. I had a few drinks last Friday night and made my way to the men's room. It was small and there were more individual toilet blocks than i was used to and a two (maybe three man) urinal. I calmly found a place and did my thing until an American walked in and saw that this was the only viable option. He must have been desperate as he sort of half giggled and moved past me stating "this is the gay-est pisser ever." This was nothing, i thought. I tried to tell him of the pros of the trough but he would not have a bar of it. I was reminded of a game I went to at Penrith Park once when a friend told me to use a specific bathroom and see the "trough of legends" that went as far as the eye could see. Maybe it is a homophobic thing, a self conscious thing... i won't look into it too much. But it is definitely a thing.
The bar scene in San Jose is interesting. I have been to most venues by now although most people seem to settle on the Wagon Wheel of a Friday night. This has a Peachy feel due to the beer garden but it is much nicer and filled with people of a lot more respectable demeanor. And! They totally encourage the playing of drinking games. Beer pong, flip cup... anything you can think of with a cup and a ping pong ball, they will let you do it!! It makes it so much easier to talk to people and everyone is, mostly, there to enjoy it all and have a good time. Being America, there is an option for a much larger than necessary beer at the bar. Both times i have been here people have bought me a drink and both times it has been the big one. I think it is the "he's an Australian" thing. They probably expect me to either skull it or smash it over someone's head.
Every American man i have encountered in bars asks me the same question - "would i be able to pick up Australian girls if i visited?" It is honestly the only thing they all have in common. I decide to just give a resounding "yes" and state that they have accents, are exotic, interesting and disposable. It is way easier and safer than finding reasons why they would not be able to.
This weekend has a wine tasting festival and party in San Francisco in store which, no doubt, promises to be fun, frenetic and fabulous! Bring it on! Along with a hair cut tomorrow which will surely bring a renewed sense of confidence, self and ability! Plus, i want to look amazing at Lor's graduation ceremony next week!
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