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Sound familiar?
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Hello,
Another part of Armyism is completed and it turns out I am not a complete thicky. Though the medical portion might see me rejected because I had a little bit of flu (or pneumonia, depends who you talk to) and just to be on the safe side I was issued with some inhalers, so I need to have a natter with my doctor to get them to fill out my medical stuff and see if they can put a little footnote on saying issued and never used or (depending on the legalities) not listing it at all. Though I do believe I my Army career is over before it started.
Which means back to trolling the agencies, which doesn't seem to be the most proactive use of time for me as I never hear back from anyone. Which is a pain in the arse as there is so much I want to get done this year, but it all revolves around me getting some steady cash flow.
I thought there would be more to blog about right now, but really I've just been working on my upper body strength for a fitness test I will most probably never be allowed to take, but there you go.
Take care,
~Jordan |
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I can't tell whether he's brilliant or nuts.
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Hello,
Due to those commies in China still bugging the shit out of my comments sections I have turned them off again. Makes me want to see a rerun of the Tiananmen Square massacre all over again, maybe then I'll get a little rest bite, in 24 hours I had to clear up damn near 200 spammy comments trying to sell me all sorts of drugs and most annoyingly some of them are now advertising for Google. It is a good thing I am not American or I'd be suing them for compensation because clearing spam caused me mental anguish or some such.
It would also appear that something has gone pop in my PC, now it has been showing its age for quite some time now, but a little tampering here and a little tweaking there and she keeps on going, but it finally looks like it is pretty much at the end of its shelf life. Which sucks as I don't have the cash to upgrade, so I am relegated back to my laptop until I can think up some form of fix to get the old girl limping for a little longer.
I have the pleasure of making my way into Grimsby of all places on Monday which isn't the most pleasing thought in the world, but one is required to take a BARB test and the result of that is I have to make a trip to Grimsby as the Scunthorpe recruitment branch do not the equipment to do them here. It isn't the end of the world, just it means I'll have to hang around for approximately 1 hour because the trains suck.
I am quite enjoying the exercise schedule for the Army to such an extent that even if I am deemed unsuitable I can at least keep myself healthy, I am also started to get seriously annoyed by the whole job hunting process and the fact that it would appear I am not suitable for a simple computer techie job is rather demoralising. But I shall keep on it, maybe I can find a dead-end factory job to slave away at until retirement.
Though even that is unlikely as when I tried my hands at an agency they made such a hoohar about the fact I am British you'd think they found out I was some mass murder, but it turns out they made a big deal over it because they'd rather hire non-natives which I really think there needs to be a law in place to prevent, much like in Canada as a Canadian citizen has job priority over anyone else, but no, England is too liberal for that.
So I am stuck squandering what little I had saved up as I am unable to claim job seekers because until September I am still classed as a student and unlike government claims, being University educated doesn't make one more employable, though I should have learnt that lesson from watching my mother, who has a sought after degree, Restoration and Conservation, but despite that a year after graduating is still unable to find work. So that was money well spent.
Take care,
~Jordan |
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Looks like something more than forensics be jammin' a brother up in here.
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Hello,
It would appear turning on comments involves way too much hard work, I am constantly in a fight with those communists in China as they are flooding my comments with spam, right now I already have a couple of hundred of their IP addresses blocked and I am pondering posting a lot of anti-China propaganda in the hopes that it gets my site blocked from their Internet and cuts down on how much cleaning I have to do.
I have also upped my training regime to try and get myself Army fit, the running 1.5 miles in a specific time limit is going to be considerably easy, however I need to build all my physical strength back up which is a bit of a mission and if the little guide book I was given is anything to go by physical strength is lost in just 2 weeks of not being used, so all the work I did at university in the gym was a waste of time as the same book claims it'll take me 1 month to put back on what was lost in 2 weeks. Such a pain in the arse.
But I shall persevere because I am British, in the time between all the physical and medical tests, I am still trying to find a job, just in case I don't get into the Army, unfortunately that is easier said than done.
I figure I shall adapt this to be a chart following my progress to physical manliness and hopefully acceptance into the Army, if not it'll just return into a sporadically updated website full of communist spam.
Take care,
~Jordan |
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Broken heart and he's a killer.
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Hello,
Technically it is Tuesday, but my server still sees it as Monday so that is what I am going by. I get more news from the Army Recruitment place and my interview is on the 3rd of July, which I am quite looking forward to. Admittedly there are all sorts of tests and what have you so I'd guesstimate I wont know if I am suitable for the military for at least a couple of months. Which means I am focusing on trying to find work again.
The downside is I am running out of places to try at a rapid rate, the way things are going I suspect there will be nowhere left. Which is rather worrying as I need to start lining my pockets with money as I'd quite like to get out of at least my debt to the bank.
I feel compelled to go on a rant though and reading the news this week has given me plenty of material, first we have this ridiculous state of affairs.
I honestly find it hard to believe that because a child didn't invite two other children to his birthday party it violates their human rights and requires the Swedish Parliament to get involved. Where are the initials child's right to invite whoever he wants to his party? It not only seems like it is going to be a huge waste of tax payers money and parliaments time, but where is this "common sense" I hear so many people banging on about? As right now the only common thing about it is the fact it is uncommon.
Then we have this, now I know this will only add to my label of being a monarchist, but seriously, is it such a bad thing? 66p per person is a nothing figure, I've seen more money wasted on silly schemes that never get past planning stages and I quite like having a Royal Family, sure they are mostly just to look pretty, but I like it. Assuming I get into the Army I'd feel proud to say I work for the Queen. Agreed in reality I'd be working for the Government, but I'll over look that.
Now suspect I could do this all day, but by now anyone reading this would have given up and gone to do something more productive, like invent bread. Hopefully I can avoid updates with Royalty in them for a while, or I'll never get any mention of them off the first page.
Take care,
~Jordan |
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It seems possible.
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Hello,
I've still not got back into the swing of weekly updates, but there you go. After a few weeks job hunting and receiving quite a few rejection letters I've ended up with two targets now, my last ditch attempt at civvy life was an trainee technician at Eden Mobility, if that fails I shall be going through with my application to the Army (REME for those interested), the plus with going the military route is it'll give me a lot of new skills which will make me more employable if I ever survive a tour, all if which also increase my chances of ever being able to immigrate to Canada.
So in light of a possible career in the Army I have upped my training regime to try and get myself in better physical shape, as even my first few runs caused me to cough up crap from the depths of my lungs that have never been used before.
I do feel telling friends and family about my choice was a bad idea, as they have all stopped talking to me because of it, my parents because they are sure I'll end up dead, most of my friends because of their feelings towards the military and what they are doing right now. Which is a bit of a shame, as I do consider them to be important people in my life, however if they choose not to accept my choices then I will quite happily make do without them, it'll be hard at first, but I can live with that, there is no point in keeping people around who are willing to hold you back because you don't follow all the same beliefs they do. I suspect to many that makes me an arse, but again, I can live with that.
Take care,
~Jordan |
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