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| Wednesday, September 24th, 2008 | | 6:12 pm |
Well, I suppose its time for my yearly LJ update. I would like to say things are better than they were at this time last year, but its not even close. It's been almost 2 years now since I graduated, and I still have not found a job. I mean, yeah I go to work every day, and earn money, but its only a temp position (that a monkey could do) with no benefits. I must have applied to hundreds of jobs in that time period, and I can count the number of interviews I've made it to on one hand. On top of that I was informed today by my boss that his boss has told him that they will be letting temps go in the very near future due to budget cuts. That means I have maybe 1 or 2 weeks tops until I am unemployed completely. On top of that Dianna still doesn't have a job despite her constant looking for literally ANY JOB. Needless to say a household can not pay the bills when neither member is working. So, in order to hopefully help find a job I'm going to ask you guys for help. Here's my resume. I have a BS in Psychology, experience in management, Marketing, secretarying and a bit of freelance game writing work. If anyone knows of any job openings that I even remotely qualify for I would love to hear about it. Thanks, -Saleem Saleem Robert Halabi 5275 West Mountain Street • Stone Mountain Georgia • 30083 404-423-1918 • halabis@yahoo.com EDUCATION6 Valdosta State University Valdosta, Georgia B.S. in Psychology Valdosta State University 12/2006 WORK EXPERIENCE 09/07 – 03/08 Marketing Intern CCP North America Atlanta, Georgia • Generate articles and website content supporting multiple game lines • Create banner ads for online marketing campaigns • Conduct interviews and write articles for Quarterly publication • Edit short stories & articles for Quarterly publication. • Generate retailer news letters and fact sheets • Playtest and troubleshoot multiple products to discover errors and implement improvements • Assist in developing internal universal reference document for EVE: Online • Freelance writing for upcoming unannounced board game 02/07 – Current Temp Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, Georgia • Resume previous duties from 09/00-08/04 09/06 – 01/07 Receiving Manager The Wooden Nickel Pub Valdosta, Georgia • Oversee daily restaurant operations of approximately 85 employees • Train new employees in customer service, sales, and operations • Inventory supplies and place orders with vendors • Account for money from daily sales and complete sales reports 03/03 – Current Volunteer Coordinator North Georgia Games Atlanta, Georgia • Plan, budget, purchase, prepare, organize, and serve meals for up to 100 people • Supervise volunteer work force of up to 10 people • Evaluate rules systems for mechanical viability & consistency 09/00 – 08/04 Student Assistant Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, Georgia • Create, maintain, and verify spreadsheets for tracking of large numbers (200+) of accounts & customer billing • Dispatch technicians for maintenance and repair of campus systems • Create & maintain large preventative maintenance system with over 250 individual pieces of equipment • Develop, maintain, & apply scheduling system for technicians • Receive & allocate work requests • Implement system for entry of technician time card information into database • Logging & entry of purchase card information • Facility Focus Database use • Convert, edit, & upload technical drawings to online database Additional Skills • Well versed in Microsoft Word, Access, Excel, PowerPoint, FrontPage, and Adobe Acrobat • Basic proficiency in Python & HTML • Skilled in internet and traditional research • Basic understanding of software Quality Assurance principles • Highly proficient in computer use, maintenance, & assembly • Highly creative and task oriented Current Mood:  depressed | | Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007 | | 1:28 pm |
A year in review.
Well, it's been a little over a year since my last update, so I suppose its time for my annual LJ post. Lets see, I graduated in December with a B.S. in Psychology. It is a useless degree. I've been looking for real employment for the past 10 months with no success. I've been holding back the bills with a temp job at Tech, but its only good for a year before they have to let me go. On a related, and completely awesome, note I just got an internship with White-Wolf. That place is insanely awesome to work at. They have a corporate chef, every night of the week theres something to do after work, whether its Halo 3, an RPG, or office MMO night. Its really cool get an inside look at the functioning of one of my favorite companies. Im a Marketing and CCG intern, which means I do a lot of bitch work and write articles for the EVE CCG website. Its pretty fun so far, but unfortunately its also unpaid, which means I have to divide my time between it and the crappy job at Tech, and am making less money to boot. On a totally unrelated, but even more awesome note, I'm getting married. To the most awesomest person ever. In just a few short days. I'm totally supper stressed about it. Theres so much stuff to do, and too much lazy going around for me to get everything done. The wedding is this Saturday, and then on Monday we hop on a plane and fly down to Disney World for a week. Today we go to the courthouse to get all the paperwork straitened out. Peace. Current Mood:  nervousCurrent Music: some song Dianna is playing | | Sunday, September 10th, 2006 | | 4:12 pm |
| | Thursday, September 7th, 2006 | | 12:01 am |
I just had the funniest conversation on Yahoo messenger,
It went something (or exactly) like this. [23:43] mariamjones007: Hi....I am Mariam Jones from England and we are looking for a representative in the Unites states who will be working for us as a partime worker and we are willing to pay 10% for every transaction,which wouldnt affect ur present state of work,if u are interested am online u can chat with me..pm.thank u [23:43] Halabis: indeed, you arent from nigeria [23:43] mariamjones007: nope [23:43] mariamjones007: from Uk [23:43] Halabis: nore are you running a scam [23:44] mariamjones007: nope [23:44] mariamjones007: this is not a scam [23:44] Halabis: amazing [23:44] mariamjones007: this is legit sorry [23:44] Halabis: what do I have to do? [23:44] mariamjones007: First, i would like to know your Age, Sex and Location, and what you do for a living. I am 30 female from England and i work for Rose household Textiles Ltd Uk in the Human Resource Dept. [23:45] Halabis: Well, my name is Raul, I am 42 and I manage a resteraunt [23:46] mariamjones007: awesome [23:46] mariamjones007: The company name is Rose Household Textiles Ltd. Uk and we are located in Khan House, Chattley Street in Manchester, Lancashire Uk. [23:46] mariamjones007: Our main factory and head office is located in Uk [23:47] Halabis: nie [23:47] Halabis: nice [23:47] mariamjones007: We manufacture duvets,pillows,bedlinen, covers, mink blankets, satin bedspread. These are the main Products which we manufacture and supply to our customers. [23:47] mariamjones007: These products are being supplied to our customers who are in the united states and some other countries around the world. [23:47] Halabis: what do they do with them? [23:48] mariamjones007: we are looking for a representative in the Unites states, someone who would help us recieve payments from our customers in the United states. [23:49] mariamjones007: We are willing to pay 10% per every payment you recieve and you can still keep your regular job while you work for us. [23:49] mariamjones007: These payments are in Personal or Business Checks and they would come to you in your name to your location [23:50] Halabis: Did you know that my wife was the minister of finance? She recently died and I need somoen in the UK to help me get to her money in ofshore acounts! [23:50] mariamjones007: So all you need to do is to receive these checks or (it would be delivered to you by FEDEX or UPS to your loation) [23:50] Halabis: Can you help me? [23:50] mariamjones007: As soon as you receive it, you take it to your bank and cash it, Then you take 10% of the money and send the balance to us through western union money transfer. he transfer fee would be from our part. [23:51] Halabis: You arent very good at this [23:51] mariamjones007: oh yes [23:51] mariamjones007: i can help you if you help me [23:52] mariamjones007:
[23:52] mariamjones007: how may i help you though?
[23:53] Halabis: I can help you! I just need your bank acount numbers to start transfering funds
[23:53] mariamjones007: really
[23:53] mariamjones007: ?
[23:53] Halabis: Indeed. I can gie you 10%
[23:55] Halabis:
[23:55] mariamjones007: wow really
[23:56] mariamjones007: how would u transfer the money?
[23:56] Halabis: To your bank account. WE can do that on the internet.
[23:57] mariamjones007: not interested byw
[23:57] Halabis: Sad
[23:58] Halabis: and you realy suck at this. | | Sunday, July 16th, 2006 | | 4:59 pm |
| | Monday, August 15th, 2005 | | 1:19 pm |
Note the percentages!!
Very Well-Rounded
You have:
62% SCIENTIFIC INTUITION and
62% EMOTIONAL INTUITION</b> |
| The graph on the right represents your place in Intuition 2-Space. As you can see, you scored above average on emotional intuition and above average on scientific intuition. (Weirdly, your emotional and scientific intuitions are equally strong.) |
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Your Emotional Intuition score is a measure of how well you understand people, especially their unspoken needs and sympathies. A high score score usually indicates social grace and persuasiveness. A low score usually means you're good at Quake.
Your Scientific Intuition score tells you how in tune you are with the world around you; how well you understand your physical and intellectual environment. People with high scores here are apt to succeed in business and, of course, the sciences. | |
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My test tracked 2 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender:
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You scored higher than 99% on Scientific |
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You scored higher than 99% on Interpersonal |
| I r teh smartzorz!! Now I just wanna know which ones I missed. First day of scool. Yay. Current Mood: bored | | Wednesday, July 27th, 2005 | | 11:45 pm |
tell me its not true!
the Ham
(43% dark, 52% spontaneous, 38% vulgar) | your humor style:
CLEAN | SPONTANEOUS | LIGHT
Your style's mostly goofy, innocent and feel-good. Perfect for parties
and for the dads who chaperone them. You can actually get away with
corny jokes, and I bet your sense of humor is a guilty pleasure for
your friends. People of your type are often the most approachable and
popular people in their circle. Your simple & silly
good-naturedness is immediately recognizable, and it sets you apart in
this sarcastic world.
PEOPLE LIKE YOU: Will Ferrell - Will Smith |  | My test tracked 3 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: | You scored higher than 21% on dark | | You scored higher than 67% on spontaneous | | You scored higher than 65% on vulgar |
| I hate Will Ferrel so much. Although I do like me some Will Smith Current Mood:  tiredCurrent Music: the fan! | | Wednesday, April 27th, 2005 | | 1:01 pm |
| | Monday, March 21st, 2005 | | 10:19 pm |
long time no update
 | You scored as atheism. You are... an atheist, though you probably already knew this. Also, you probably have several people praying daily for your soul.
Instead of simply being "nonreligious," atheists strongly believe in the lack of existence of a higher being, or God.
atheism | | 67% | Buddhism | | 63% | Satanism | | 50% | Paganism | | 33% | Christianity | | 33% | Judaism | | 17% | agnosticism | | 17% | Islam | | 4% | Hinduism | | 0% | </td>
Which religion is the right one for you? (new version)
created with QuizFarm.com |
that is all | | Thursday, December 23rd, 2004 | | 4:00 pm |
Heh, im soo gonna regret this
but at least it'll give me reasons to Update my LJ. 1. reply to this post if you'd like me to tell you how cool/stupid you are. 2. watch my journal over the next few days for a post just about you and why i think you rock/are lame. 3. post these instructions in your journal and give your friends some love/hate! P.S. living on the other side of Atlanta from Dianna with no car sucks. Current Mood:  stressedCurrent Music: you think i listen to music? | | Wednesday, November 10th, 2004 | | 3:12 pm |
well yahoo mail is down, so im posting this here so i can access in the library and print it off for class.
www.chadd.org
This is the website for the organization Children and Adults with Attention Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder. It includes useful on AD/HD information for all types of people including families, adults and children with AD/HD, teachers, students, and organizations who have members that might have AD/HD. The website is geared towards helping those with AD/HD, especially in finding someone in their local area to provide them with counseling services.
www.adhd.com
This website is designed to help parents of those with AD/HD and adults with AD/HD. It provides an overview of what AD/HD is as well as tips on handling it. The most helpful thing I found on this site was a test to determine the probability of whether or not a person has Adult AD/HD. Also they have a forum for those with AD/HD to discuss their experiences with one another.
www.adhdnews.com
This website serves as a clearing house for news related to AD/HD. I think that this site would be useful to anyone who wants to keep abreast of the latest developments in AD/HD. This site was particularly useful in that it contained links to many outside sources that had news articles about the latest in AD/HD news.
www.add-adhd.org
This website serves as a FAQ (frequently asked questions) about AD/HD. It seems to be designed around informing parents and teachers about the symptoms and treatments for children with AD/HD. It also contained links to news articles posted on the web and on TV. Also useful, the site had video’s of news articles covering AD/HD.
http://www.edutechsbs.com/adhd/
This site is called the AD/HD owners manual. It is presented a guide for those who have AD/HD. It contains essays describing what it is like having AD/HD and methods of coping and living with it. The site also includes information on the cause of AD/HD and the neurological reasons that it occurs.
http://www.pediatricneurology.com/adhd.htm
This site hosts an entire E-book on the topic of AD/HD. It seems to be directed at anyone who wants to know more about AD/HD, but it uses lots of technical terms that make it practically useful primarily to those who have a strong background in psychology. Beyond its strong technical nature the site has lots of useful information about almost every facet of AD/HD.
www.adders.org
This site is presented as an information clearinghouse for those with AD/HD. It is poorly organized, but contains a wealth of information if you are patient enough to navigate its poor layout. The site has contact information for organizations hosting events in support of AD/HD, forums for discussing AD/HD, and many other articles designed to promote awareness of AD/HD.
http://www.help4adhd.org/
This is the home page for the National Resource Center on AD/HD. This site is primarily designed for parents of children with AD/HD. It contains information about the diagnosis and treatment of those with AD/HD and methods of coping with it. It also includes information on how schools handle children with AD/HD. The most useful feature about this site is a link where you can enter in a question about AD/HD, and a healthcare professional will answer your question.
http://kidshealth.org/parent/emotions/behavior/adhd.html
This is a site intended to educate parents on what exactly AD/HD is. It contains a list of the symptoms of the different types of AD/HD, although it doesn’t offer any information about their treatment. It is a good site for learning what exactly AD/HD is, but not for learning any in depth information about it.
http://www.ritalindeath.com/
This website is intended for parents of those with AD/HD. It is designed to inform them of the dangers of the treatments used to control AD/HD. It contains a lot of useful information that could be important to the making of informed decisions regarding whether on not to medicate a child. Unfortunately the site takes a sensationalistic attitude about it and comes across as far too biased. On the positive side it advises that parents learn all that they can about AD/HD before making any decisions that may adversely affect their child’s health.
| | Monday, October 25th, 2004 | | 1:20 am |
Your
Ultimate Roleplaying Purity Score | | Category | Your Score | Average | | Hacklust | 41.51%
Will kill for XP | 53.5% | | Sensitive Roleplaying | 32.91%
All the game's your stage | 54.4% | | GM Experience | 43.48%
Puts the players through the wringer | 69.4% | | Systems Knowledge | 74.72%
Local rules guru | 90.3% | | Livin' La Vida Dorka | 31.03%
Carries dice in pocket 'just in case' | 63% | You are 47.83% pure
Average Score: 68.7% | | Current Mood: tiredCurrent Music: must sleeeeep | | Monday, October 4th, 2004 | | 10:20 pm |
Well, my computer has been taken over almost completely by spyware. I have hardly been on at all these last couple of weeks. Its slow, and annoying. Im making this post from the Library. Peace yo | | Thursday, September 9th, 2004 | | 4:32 pm |
Update
Valdosta is hot. Internet has gone down in my room again, so I'm in the library. School is going ok. I'm not feeling perticularly verbose at the moment, but I figured an update was due. Life is going pretty good, I love Dianna, she is "da shiznit" if you will. Dragon*Con was fun, although I spent way too much money. I need to find a job and pronto. Anyways, peace out yo. Current Mood:  sickCurrent Music: i gotta poop | | Saturday, August 14th, 2004 | | 5:53 pm |
Im in valdosta
but I dont have the internet in my room yet. I have to log into the hall network, and the IT department doesnt open until Monday to give me a friggin password. Byork. Current Mood:  okay | | Thursday, August 12th, 2004 | | 9:19 pm |
Im gone!
I'm in the process of packing up to head down to Valdosta now. We're going down tomorrow morning! About to turn the computer off so we can load it in the car. My next transmition will be from Valdosta!! Current Mood:  energetic | | Friday, August 6th, 2004 | | 10:59 am |
Shebang!
I get to see Dianna in 60 minutes!! Yay! Then NERO-ETN with her all weekend! *dances* On another note. I yesterday I went out to a junk yard and purchased a wheel and tire for my car, and installed it myself. No one even made me do it! OMG work just got busy, gotta go! Current Mood: accomplished | | Wednesday, August 4th, 2004 | | 1:56 pm |
Well, fuck
On the way to work yesterday I wrecked my car. I r sad. Current Mood: depressed | | Thursday, July 22nd, 2004 | | 11:38 am |
Doopy Doo!!!!!
I just got a call from my dad! He got a call from my mom! She got a call from Valdosta State University Housing Department! I have a dorm room for the next school year!!1!!1!one Yay!!! Yay!!!! Yay!!!!! Weeeeeee! I can't wait to tell Dianna! Cause i get to see her today! Cause she is coming over! When I get off work!! In 15 minutes!! Yay!!! Current Mood:  giddyCurrent Music: yay! | | Tuesday, July 6th, 2004 | | 12:55 pm |
Long time, no update!
Well, I've been pretty busy lately getting everything ready for Valdosta. I'll probably be moving down there early August. I've been spending most of my free time with Dianna, and have never been happier. This weekend we died my chin hair blue. The color didnt show very well, so its kinda hard to tell. =( Well, I should get back to work. Current Mood: working |
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