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Abbondanza's is the Italian restaurant that I work at. It's taking me a four year degree, a healthy two and a half months of unemployment, and endless dreaming to land me a job making Italian food in Seattle, Washington. . . and it is amazing!
Now that I'm employed in honest work, I feel more at ease sharing my experience as far as work goes. Since being here, I've worked as a telemarketer for an online marketing business, a ticket taker at the Bumbershoot festival, an aspiring busker, and an Italian cook. Aspiring to get into busking has been a job in itself though I haven't seen any return (because I don't get my ass down into the city enough). The Bumbershoot gig only lasted a day but it involved a free t-shirt and free entrance for the day so I could see David Cross (Tobias Funke from Arrested Development), Tribe Called Quest, and a couple other bands. I got fired from the telemarketing company. I don't know if it was my lack of interest, my endless use of free internet at their expense, or my general punctuality in the work place. I took a three hour lunch one day, turned up late the next (traffic!ha), was not able to contact them about my absence the following day (I had an interview for something more interesting), and didn't fight them a whole lot when they said, "As a business, we're just going to have to let you go." I didn't see a big problem with what I was doing since I would stay over to work and did not leave my desk like a good lemming would throughout days that I did show up. Plus everyone just came and went as they pleased. It might have been just a vibe that I got. (I think Adam- he was the first man to walk the earth I believe- made a lot of excuses too and look where that got him). Anyways, I hope they made an example of my lack of interest, but let me tell you getting fired from a job is not as glorious as it is cut out to be. Much like "sticking it to the man". I did that once working for a We're-a-big-machine-like-wal-mart-esque store and I thought it would be fulfilling for some reason. Not so much.
Busking has been pretty much non-existent, though I prepare for it everytime I play music now. I really should get into it so I can add more to this blog because I know that you are incredibly interested.
Cooking though. Man, I love cooking at this place. It's this small authentic italian restaurant down the road from EZ Street records (I say the record store because that is the same store that Eddie Vedder frequents because he lives around here, which means that he comes into the restaurant a lot, which also means that I may or may not have made a pizza or calzone or whatever for Mr. Vedder. enough of that.). The owners and pretty much all the employees either speak in sign language or broken spanish. I am in the greatest environment. Ever. I won't go into anything about more about that. It's steady though and a good education.
There isn't much else to say. My truck is broke down, which is worthy of note. My schedule for the week is pretty fantastic. I get plenty of sleep. I get the chance to read more than you, I'm sure of it. I saw the top Ultimate Frisbee team in the nation warm up the other night. F-ing fantastic. Much like the Doors, I've grown to be annoyed by the Eagles, though I will not argue anyone if they say that Desperado is one of the greatest songs ever written. oh yeah,
here's my address. send me cookies or juice or your own mailing address...

3525 SW Webster Street
Seattle, WA 98126.

Yes. Cookies or Juice. I have to go. really, I have to GO.

Jim