what am i doing?

i cant complain much, i have a job in an industry i never figured id get with my young age and lack of immediate experience...for this i am very thankful for however in the last few days several things have been on the mind concerning my employment...the biggest question is "have i started too early?" im 23 years old, in a management position, working 50-60 hours a week, and im not sure being tied down to a specific career is where i wanted to be right now...of course the opportunity came along and it was and is too great to pass up but i still wanna be the slacker who works barely 4 days a week, takes random trips places, gets drunk occassionally without worrying about showing up coherant the next day, and i could keep going...sure ill travel next summer and sure ill go out with the boys every once in awhile on a day off but...i talked to my uncle today for a very short 2 minutes and in joking he reiterated about not getting sucked in too soon...and this i fear...this im on the path for...this is not what i wanted to be doing...so am i going to quit and move to a foreign country tomorrow, sadly no...im going to use this opportunity i have for as long as its there until i reach the point where ive learned what i came into this business to learn...i just hope it doesnt take forever and i hope i have a friend or two to lower a rope and pull me back out if ive slid too far away after all is said and done.

en todo mexican casa

in their house...ill prereq this with im not racist blah blah blah i have mexicans in my family...this is pure comedy...that said...every mexican household has the following 5 things:

1. a mini-fridge full of corona
2. two or more car subwoofers and box in closet
3. the smell of enchiladas in the kitchen
4. Mary, mother of Jesus and associated crucifixes on every wall, nook and cranny
5. one perhaps two televisions in every room tuned to Univision if powered on
   

thats about it on this edition of whats next door, turn in next time when ill explore the bathroom and kitchen cupboards.

owning up and calling out

so im sitting in my bed last night trying to sleep...this before i wrote my blogs at 4am...and i have this feeling i might get called out on today for a decision made at work last night...i even thought about what i could do now that i was at home to rectify the issue before anything had the possibility of occuring...i ended up reasoning myself out of any actions but sure enough i got called out...

it wasnt a big thing but really just an extension upon my work related blog from yesterday...ends up the decision to talk to new big boss was done for me...so what did i do? i owned up while also explaining my reasoning for the situation...this situation however was just to bring out the bigger one spoken about last night...and it worked, albiet not the way id have preferred...in the end however i think i ended up fine and if not on top...

so the rest of this "meeting" went into the first of many changes im sure we'll see over the coming weeks as we ramp up for the season...the reassignment of responsibilities which left me with a new "title" of bar manager...sweet, i can dig it...i dont know all of everything yet that will fall under me but i know a majority and im ready and pysched now that i actually know what my role is going to be...basically i get to hire/schedule all the bartenders along with keeping track of liquor and beer sales/orders/inventories...sounds simple enough.

so the bottom line is im ready for the challenge and im hoping nothing gets in the way again...the new big boss seemed to give me a nod of approval and respect today and for me, thats all i need...

calling out politics

i never write about politics...so enjoy or dont enjoy this as it may be my last...why perhaps is the biggest question...i grew up a fan of politics, of government, of the right to vote...when i was a senior in high school i so wanted to vote in the big election between gore and bush...but unfortunately i was only 17 at the time while the rest of my friends were 18 and gave a fuck...today i nearly feel as they did 6 years ago...

i read a poll from one of those pollsters about the growing number of persons my age have grown disenfrancised with government...and i realized i was becoming apart of this statistic...now dont get me wrong, im not talking about dissatisfaction with the current administration nor am im throwing my support in the favor of "the state of the nation"...im withdrawn, distanced from it all...

and its odd feeling this way as i once saw myself running for some random office in some random place...granted if anyone read my blogs id never win but thats a different story...it wasnt even until a week or so ago id decided i might as well go ahead and vote...and yet the time lapsed for transfering my voter registration or getting an absentee ballot and my voting never happened after all yet im not upset about my failure to take part in this democratic republic of a goverment we have...im not overly happy or sad about the results either...im just that mentally removed from it all...

perhaps the big question then is why? i could write on partisan politics or questions on congressional ethics but it doesnt matter...the bottom line is ive not seen anything "on the whole" that impresses me about politics lately...sure perhaps there are respectable individuals/politicians out there somewhere and i do not fault those who agree or disagree with me for following their beliefs, ambitions, or platforms...but im not interested right (or left) now.

in the end im glad this midterm election shit is over...thank you to every congressman/woman, senator, amendment, and referrendum in colorado, dont forget cheney, george w and laura, for calling me on my cell phone from restricted, blocked numbers with a voice recording, (if i wanted to listen to a computer id call technical support) but u didnt get my vote.

working overtime

in more ways than one...ive not posted anything in quite a while for me...perhaps due to work...i finally completed my first 40+ hour week...this is a rather new concept to me...ive worked longer at previous jobs dont get me wrong but its been awhile...ill go over again this week and its only fitting this blog is a vent about work, my first major issue...here goes.

recently, read two days ago, the backcountry changed management hands...the owners decided to hire an outside restaurant management group to take over the place so they can pull out of day-to-day operations...one of the major players already did so at the end of the summer and now the next is taking his step aside...first off, i think its great but my staff isnt so sure just yet...perhaps its because while "nothing will change" we all know something will and it might be big, might be small, but the unknowing is of course the achilles...personally im excited so this post isnt all negative...

the other floor manager and i have been exchanging or not so much communication lately...as our former general manager put it, we have very different styles...im not going to specifically boast on mine because i think different viewpoints are good but lately i seem to be gaining steam with the staff, read respect, while losing it with her...im a confrontational person i like to believe yet im not sure this time around if directly propositioning a "little meeting" to discuss our differences is the right step to go or whether i should wait it out until the new GM comes on this Friday...i dont want to be the new guy bitching about his coworkers, thats not my style, but i also want to see some major improvements in the increased "communication" my co-manager asked me to have yet has not shown herself...so i guess my question is should i work overtime to change the state of affairs or sit around and wait?

this is a boring blog, but it is what it is, ill be back for something better soon.