The Russell-P Project:

Bet you thought I died didn't you...

Well I bet you guys are wondering why I have not posted a blog in a bit, well there is a really really good reason for that. The reason is.... I have been hooked on X-Box. That's right how sad is that? I am a 28 year old dude sitting at home playing X-Box for like 20 hours a day this past week. I must say, this has been a blast!! Nothing like sitting around just wasting time.

My band has had these past 2 weeks off and I already accepted that job so now all I have to do is just sit around all day wasting time until I start my job. It's the life let me tell you.

On a side note the other night I felt like one of the three wise men. Allow me to explain. So it was Christmas night and I was a bit hungry. Well I jump in my car and start heading down the road looking for something to eat. I look up into the Northern sky and what do I see? No it was not the north star it was the golden arches. That's right, like a beacon calling my name the golden arches was the only thing lit up in the night sky. I imagine this was the feeling the Three Wise Men felt when they saw the North Star. So like the wise men looking for the manger I pulled in to McDonalds for a bite to eat. How sweet is that? On Christmas day I get to eat at McDonald's. Now that's some damn good Christmas dinner.

Well I promise I will try and get on here and do some more writing. I think my X-Box addiction is now up and I will get back to playing around on MySpace and writing blogs. I wonder if my new job has MySpace blocked at the office?

No longer unemployed...

That's right, I got offered a letter today to do sales for a large software company here in Houston. I have not excepted it yet but I think I am going to. It's a good company that has been around for a while and they sale SAP type applications to large companies. So the money will be good. I will let you guys know more about it later, I am running late to practice.

Another day another interview...

So once again I am up early and on my way to an interview. In fact this is the 2nd time for me to interview with the company. Today I am meeting with the CEO who flew in from good old California. I am pretty stoked about this company and this job. I think I would be a good fit for them as they for me. Not to mention it would almost be double my pay from my old job. So wish me luck here I go again.

Cute couple or not?

   

Unemployment Day 10: The Interview

Professional MySpace Stalker?

These days, you can get paid for almost anything. Get paid for blogging, get paid for shopping, get paid for trying out new products, etc. But what if you could get paid for just being on MySpace?

Imagine what would happen to the economy if suddenly millions of MySpace users were getting paid to hang out on MySpace. Wouldn't that be something?

Still, if I could pay someone to do something MySpace-related, it would be to cyber-stalk people for me. Ok, let me explain...

Now that MySpace has given its users the option to make their profiles private, it's gotten a bit harder to "stalk". Let's say your ex-boyfriend/girlfriend has a private profile. Now you can't secretly read their blog, comments or scope out their friends list. In fact, the only way to do that is to send a friend request and get them to ACCEPT it... and since doing that would most definitely "out" you...that's not going to happen.

But what if there were professional MySpace stalkers? Their job would be to either get themselves added to that persons friend's list or to find someone who already is who can give you the skinny on that persons profile. Their services would be in demand for sure.

This is all hypothetical of course. It's not like I actually stalk anybody on MySpace.

And if I did, I certainly wouldn't tell you... ;-)

New band photos... and maybe we are naked in some of them...

So we have had some new band photos taken of us and we have posted them to our photo site. We want to know what you guys think about them so why don't you come leave us a comment on them. Trust us, it will make you feel better when you do it.

Also come check us out tonight at Sherlock's in ClearLake. Rumor has it Chuck Norris is going to stop by and sing a version of Crazy Bitch. Should be a good time.

Adrenaline Boyz...

Unemployment Day... Hummm something or another.

So today I had another interview. It went good except it was for a position that I really do not want or is it wont? I forget these grammatical things like this. Well the good thing is the guy who interviewed me hooked me up with 6 contacts for people who are looking for sales guys. That's not bad, in fact I have an interview with one of them on Monday. I also have an interview for another company on this Friday. See not to shabby for a guy with a photo degree. The only down side is the one on Friday is at 8:30 a.m. and my band has a show the night before in Clearlake. That means my ass will not be getting home and hitting the bed till about 5:00 a.m. That might be one of the nights where I just stay up and pray that I can make it till 8:30.

Other then that life is going pretty sweet. My band and I went to The Warehouse live to check out where we are going to be playing for New Years and I must say... KICK ASS!! That is going to be one hell of a good time. I can not wait.

Also yesterday we took some pictures for the band with this guy in Houston named Tre Ridings. This guy has shoot all kinds of bands from Manson to Hoobstank to all kinds of people. Here is a link to his page if you want to check him out. Photographic Tendencies He is also the main photo guy for 94.5 The Buzz and for The Warped Tour. He got some pretty killer shots and I should be posting some of them tonight.

Also tonight is the new night of The Real World. I know, I know what you are saying, "Russell-P what in the hell are you doing watching that crap for. You could spend your time better just sitting around getting kicked in the nuts". Well what can I say, someone got me hooked on watching it and now I dig it and we watch it together. Could be worse, I could be watching reruns of The Simple Life with Paris Hilton.

Unemployment Day 10: The first job interview...

So today I had my first job interview and it went pretty well I must say. I have to give them a call back tomorrow to let them know if I am going to take the job or not. It's a pretty good job and it comes with a lot more money then my old job. I have another interview tomorrow so depending on how it goes I might end up taking this job.

Unemployment Day 6: YouTube is blowing up...

So somehow the video blog that I posted got huge hits on YouTube. In fact in 24 hours it has been viewed by over 30,000 people and has something like 20 honors to it. Here is the funny part of this, most people think I am serious in it. I mean yes I am serious that I don't have a job but the rest of it is somewhat of a joke. In fact it's funny as hell because most people get pissed at me about it and leave really rude comments. For some reason I find that extremely funny. In fact it has somewhat became an open forum for people to discuss the state of the economy in America and how we are lazy because we can't find a job.

Either way if you get a bit of time and want to laugh go check it out at YouTube, my video, and read some of the funny comments. Also feel free to rank the video. I mean what the hell might as well rank it and get it higher on the list for more people to see it and get pissed about.

On a sidenote I have an interview on Tuesday of next week so I think I need to get my hair cut. That's kind of sad because I was growing it out and it's been like 4 months since I have cut it but it looks like ass right now and not good enough to get a job with.

YOUTUBE PEOPLE: If you came to this blog from YouTube just leave me a quick comment and let me know, I am curious how many people are coming over from it.

Unemployment Day 5: My YouTube Plea...

In our thoughts...

I just found out one of my best friends his father just passed away this morning. Everyone keep him in your prayers.

Unemployment Day 3: Starting to feel like a bum...

So the novelty of this having no job thing is starting to wear off. I mean sure waking up at 12:00 everyday then sitting around in your underwear watching cartoons and eating cereal is fun and all but after 3 days of it I am about ready to get to work.

I have actually set up one interview for the week of the 11th and I have about 3 other companies I need to call today and set up interviews with. It's kind of cool knowing that it has only been a couple of days and already I have had a handful of companies looking at me. Lets just hope one of the works out.

On a side note I have found a new food to eat. At McDonalds they have these $1.39 chicken wraps that are cheap as hell and fill you up. So there you go, that's my first step I have taken in money managment. Hopfully that will be a lesson that I learn from not having a job. I have always had a problem with mananing money. Usually my money managment skills go like this, "I have money. I see something I want to buy and I get it. I then have no money and wish I had more". That's pretty much how it goes. This is basically what I know of money, "I't s green, smells good, fits in my pocket and I wish I had more of it".

Oh well. On a sidenote my band has a some shows coming up and my ankel is getting to where I can stand up on it. Maybe in a few weeks I will be able to jump up and down on it. Also there is a chance that our band is going to be opening up for somone at the Houston Rodeo this year. I don't want to tell you who the person we might open for is yet but it should be a fun show if we get it, keep your fingers crossed.