{"id":834,"date":"2009-12-02T03:06:34","date_gmt":"2009-12-02T07:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/underbellyofsunshine.com\/?p=834"},"modified":"2025-08-28T10:50:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T14:50:13","slug":"sha-na-na-na","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/underbellyofsunshine.com\/?p=834","title":{"rendered":"Sha na na na"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Na na na na na wa yip yip yip yip yip yip yip yip ma ma ma ma ma ma get a job.<\/p>\n<p>So the time has come. I have been home for 6 and a half weeks. I am broke and kinda bored. Plus Christmas is coming. And even though I already told everyone I know I am not buying them anything this year I still wanna be able to go to parties and hang out and stuff. Plus the movies. The MOVIES! I would have to give up those and become more of a hermit than I have been.<\/p>\n<p>But since I have been home it is not like I have been sitting twiddling my thumbs. About 2 weeks ago after a lot of self doubt, procrastination, and laziness I pulled myself together and went out to get a distributor for my jewellery. I went to a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.corktowndesigns.com\">CorkTown Designs<\/a> in the Distillery District. It was the only place I could think of where I believed my work would fit in. And it took me months to get up the courage to go there. Even on the day I went I sat in the car for a good 20 minutes psyching myself up before I could even get out. I took some deep breathes and walked in. And you know what? The accepted some of my pieces. I know. I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know why I didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t mention it before either. It is a really big accomplishment for me. For a long time people have been telling me my stuff should totally be in a store but I just couldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t bring myself to go out and try to present myself to people. But I did it. I haven\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t heard anything since and I have to work myself up to call them to get an update. I will see.<\/p>\n<p>To keep myself busy I have been doing some web design, just site layouts in Adobe. I first started because we are looking to redo Underbelly but then I just kept going. I have done 25 so far and I still haven\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t picked one and I have been getting better and better. The more I do the harder the choice is going to be but I am so indecisive about it.<\/p>\n<p>What else have I done? I started painting again. I did 2 canvases (24&#215;24) with acrylic paint.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/underbellyofsunshine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Poppies.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-757 aligncenter\" title=\"Poppies\" src=\"https:\/\/underbellyofsunshine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Poppies.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"380\" height=\"152\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I drew them up in my sketch book months ago and just never got around to it. Then I had this \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I have to paint\u00e2\u20ac\u009d moment a couple of weeks ago and bought some canvases with my quickly diminishing funds. And I drew them up just before I got sick. And then on Saturday, it was the first day I was feeling well, I put on my headphones and some music, pulled out the brushed and got to work. They\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re supposed to be poppies, at least that is where the inspiration came from. I think it came out kinda great. It is already on my wall.<\/p>\n<p>Now the rest of my time off was just really regaining my mental health. Well I kinda gained it, then lost it, and now it is back I think. But I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have that tired, listless, continuously defeated feeling anymore. I feel rested and my mind is working. I know part of it has to do with getting up at 11 every day (thanks for the wake-up call Cory) and just being on my own schedule. But it also has to do with not being in the stifling, boring, soul robbing office that I was subjected to everyday. But it seems this will be and has to come to an end soon.<\/p>\n<p>I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t really want to get a job. If I did I probably would have found one already. And it is not that I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t want to work, I actually don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t mind working at all. It is just the office environment that is so disheartening. I was hoping I would have found some way to make money already that would keep me from going back into that environment. And then I would have a business that could grow and then one day when I do go back into an office it would be one that I own. Looking to grow <a href=\"https:\/\/royalvending.co.nz\/\">buy vending machine<\/a> models from certified suppliers.<\/p>\n<p>But for now I guess I will have to touch up the resume, iron my shirts, and polish my uncomfortable shoes. Also practice my smile and firm handshake. I am not looking forward to having to trot in and out of offices and putting on a show. But I gotta do what I gotta do.<\/p>\n<p><code><object width=\"320\" height=\"265\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/TwI2DTiVSJ0&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;\"><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"320\" height=\"265\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/TwI2DTiVSJ0&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/object><\/code><\/p>\n<p>I wish it was that easy. You know anyone who is hiring?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/underbellyofsunshine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/icon-copy-profile.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18\" title=\"icon-copy-profile\" src=\"https:\/\/underbellyofsunshine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/icon-copy-profile.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\"><\/a>Tra<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Na na na na na wa yip yip yip yip yip yip yip yip ma ma ma ma ma ma get a job. So the time has come. I have been home for 6 and a half weeks. I am broke and kinda bored. Plus Christmas is coming. 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