Nothing Special

Hello all!
This part of the Whateverlution...is all about me. Call it an ongoing ever changing 'about the author' Dane Cook once said...A suicide note written by someone who is not suicidal is called an autobiography.

So what gives me the ability to speak out about the world? Why should anyone listen when I tell them about fitness, gaming, intellectual pursuits, the sociological ramifications of current world politics, and gummy worms?

Well that's something you're going to have to learn as you go. However if you want credentials, allow me to fill in a bit of my resume.

At 34 I have collected paychecks from over 30 different employers. I have built million dollar homes, I have driven a front end loader through mountains of trash, I've been to basic training and enjoyed some peace time national guard time, I've worked for restaurants, retail chains, and convenient stores and been a substitute teacher. However I have also spent over five years as a guard at a county jail AND 30 days as an inmate at a different county jail. (For CIVIL CONTEMPT-I couldn't afford to pay ALIMONY, and was subsequently put in jail, which caused me to lose my job with the Sheriff's Department)

My education involves an Associates degree, and 90 credits towards a BS in Mental Health and Human services, as well as a healthy interest in reference literature. School and I have never gotten along, I find it too rigid and constraining, I can learn more on my own.

The only things I know for sure...I've been pretty good at just about every job I've ever had. The closest to a job I actually liked was as a guard. I'm a people watcher and psychological dynamics fascinate me, plus I'm an adrenaline junkie and at the time thrived amidst the crazy fights, hangings, cut-ups etc etc. That being said I now have to pursue a different career, and this blog circle is part of it. It's a social and personal experiment. I know that everywhere I've gone, people tend to remember me. However despite being a quick learner, and intelligent and well-spoken, something seems to be holding me back. So I am now hoping to work from that into something here, maybe a job, maybe a career, maybe pocket money, time will tell.

Friday, November 4, 2011

Affirming defamation

I am all that I am.
I live and breathe.  A myriad of life experiences have shaped my abilities and shortcomings.  Who am I really?  I have since my youngest childhood memories experienced violent dreams.  They continue to this day.  As such when I experience real violent experiences I am hardened to them.  I don’t suffer debilitating fear, I don’t panic at all.  I have proven this fact several times during violent or traumatic situations at the jail.  I have responded without hesitation on several instances, and never once failing to act quickly and deliberately.  When they are over I am in great spirits.    I have conquered in the real world a demon from my subconscious. 
I am not a genius, or a mathematician.  I will say that I am smarter than many of my peers, however the way in which my mind works is what gives me the edge.  I don’t think I’m as smart as some of the testing indicates.  I think I test well.  However the reason I test well is because I fundamentally understand the nature of the test and the reasons behind the questions.  Therefore I am more able to anticipating the answers, it isn’t about knowing the answers, and it’s about understanding the need the question presents.  I carry this slightly askew thought process with me into conversation, work, and life.  I see things in motivations and rhythms and I enjoy understanding them.  In this way I tend to infer more from many situations than someone else might.  I am particularly comfortable with picking up on subtle inferences in spoken language.  Not lies or truth, that’s not how I work, I am good at picking up WHY someone chose the words they chose over other words.  You get an idea of how someone talks then listen to them relating things and you will get a sense of their attitude, motivations, and intent from how they say what they say.
I am comfortable standing in front of a group talking, and have prepared lesson plans and followed through on them.  I have been a long term substitute teacher. 
I am comfortable building things.  I am not a mechanic, but I can do brakes, change switches, doors and body panels, bolt on engine components, I can name most internal engine components and explain their function and placement within the engine.  I have framed houses, and done basic finish work, like hanging doors, installing and trimming windows, doors, and baseboard.  While rusty I have the basic skill set and tool familiarity to not look out of place in residential or wood commercial framing.  I can drive scissor lifts, aerial boom lifts, off road forklifts or lulls, front end loaders, small excavators, bobcats, and bosses crazy with bad jokes.
I can do things behind the wheel of a car that probably should NEVER be done.  I have paid some healthy fines because of a few of them.  However Age gradually slows me down and smartens me up a ‘little’ every year.  I am somewhat embarrassed to say that I have only driven a 5 speed a few times and really am not good at it.
I am not a salesman.  I am not comfortable trying to coerce someone into making one decision over another.  However if someone presents me with a problem or idea, I am very good at coaxing enough details to really solve the problem well, or providing a solution that is optimally ideal.  Oh yeah and I’m probably crazy but in the right circumstances I am a dynamic, creative, highly capable, fearless employee.  I don’t get intimidated, I know my place in a hierarchical structure, I am comfortable with policy and procedure, and know how to cover everyone’s ass.
Even though I can pass the PT tests, and have the ASVAB scores for most of the military positions I would like to go for I am ineligible due to age, and circumstances surrounding my civil contempt conviction.  This to me is very ironic.  I am as fit physically, and far more seasoned than so many of the candidates that would be considered ideal.  I don’t know what I’m suited to that I am still qualified for.  The help wanted are maddening.
Last but not least.  I learn very quickly.  I understand systems and am quickly able to find and optimize my place within them.  I have little doubt I could learn any job, on the job simply by looking on with or shadowing someone else doing the job for a fairly short period of time.  Not that any of that matters.  I am unemployed, and saddled by future support obligations, and a myriad of negative circumstances making any initial impression worthless over the multitude of candidates with less baggage.  The job hunt is beginning now, however simultaneously preparations must be made in case the job hunt is not successful due to the aforementioned baggage.  I present…dawn creeping over the horizon…the next few weeks should be enlightening.
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