How can I get people to read my blog?

[Hauldren Collider]

You know Kuciwalker, he who desires peace must prepare for war.

[Al B. Sure!]

I agree with the spirit of most of his ideas

WTF. You also think we desperately need to have more farmers and more people working in the factories so we can make more tanks, planes, and artillery? WTF?

I said spirit, kuci. Stuff like money isn't everything. You know I hate this Gordon Gecko stuff that you and KH espouse. I think we would do good to take a step back and appraise ourselves as a society and shy away from all this materialism and sexuality. I dislike Christianity and never want it imposed in any form but I have always believed that Americans in general need an awakening and stop being this society of drugged-up, obese, debt-producing, fad-obsessed, having babies as teenagers, reality show-watching, etc. creatures. I know it's cliche but that doesn't mean that it's not true.

[DaShi]

Well that's the thing... my interview skills aren't relevant because I never get the interview! It's all on my resume which I have posted here and I have worked on to change but I highly doubt my resume was that terrible especially since I took a resume writing class and I've seen what other business undergrads are capable of producing for resumes (which aren't pretty).

I think a lack of internships screwed me immensely. I couldn't afford to take an unpaid or even a low paid internship because I needed steady income so I worked two food service manager jobs (which, honestly, isn't even terrible for a college student; students usually are the servers/waiters/burger flippers, at least I shot into managerial jobs). What that means is I never got my foot into the door in the industry or could show that a financial/accounting/insurance/etc. firm had been willing to take me up. I think that may have been a big deal but I can't believe it would still be haunting me years later.

Then start low and work your way up.

[Al B. Sure!]

Then start low and work your way up.

As what? A cold-caller? A teller?

I've applied. I've been shot down for teller positions at PNC, Wachovia, Sovereign/Santander, Citizens, etc. (again, not even an interview and I've applied repeatedly) and I really really really don't want to be a cold-caller and I don't think that sales/advising would be the right career path for me.

[DaShi]

Then look at smaller firms. It's a tough job market, especially in finance. Consider branching out to something related to it that you can build upon.

I haven't seen your updated resume, so I can't tell how well you're selling yourself. But if what you showed us earlier was the output of resume writing courses, then you were scammed.

[Kuciwalker]

You know Kuciwalker, he who desires peace must prepare for war.

Blah blah we've got a bajillion nuclear bombs and an army that can curbstomp anyone. We don't need more ****ing artillery pieces.

[Elok]

I'm actually a little surprised that no one thought he was my DL, especially since he showed knowledge of long-time posters which is usually the mark of a DL.

No, the only thing that made me think he might be you was when he said something about going to a better school.

[Kuciwalker]

I said spirit, kuci. Stuff like money isn't everything. You know I hate this Gordon Gecko stuff that you and KH espouse. I think we would do good to take a step back and appraise ourselves as a society and shy away from all this materialism and sexuality.

This amounts to "other people enjoy stuff that I think they shouldn't enjoy, so they should somehow be made to want the stuff I'd prefer".

I dislike Christianity and never want it imposed in any form but I have always believed that Americans in general need an awakening and stop being this society of drugged-up, obese, debt-producing, fad-obsessed, having babies as teenagers, reality show-watching, etc. creatures. I know it's cliche but that doesn't mean that it's not true.

Called it!

[giblets]

I said spirit, kuci. Stuff like money isn't everything. You know I hate this Gordon Gecko stuff that you and KH espouse. I think we would do good to take a step back and appraise ourselves as a society and shy away from all this materialism and sexuality. I dislike Christianity and never want it imposed in any form but I have always believed that Americans in general need an awakening and stop being this society of drugged-up, obese, debt-producing, fad-obsessed, having babies as teenagers, reality show-watching, etc. creatures. I know it's cliche but that doesn't mean that it's not true.

Who is Gordon Gecko?

[Elok]

I think the last name is actually spelled Gekko. He's a character from the movie "Wall Street," which I never saw, but apparently he's a financial type who espouses this greed-is-good ideology to cover up and excuse his own unethical behavior somehow. There's a sequel in theaters now.

[DaShi]

Who is Gordon Gecko?

He does the Geiko commercials.

[Al B. Sure!]

Kuci:

Yeah I know but so the hell what? People enjoy crack. That doesn't mean I think they should smoke it.

Who is Gordon Gecko?

Only on Apolyton would someone want to point out a mis-spelling of the name of a fictional character when someone used the actual spelling of the name of the animal instead. Who the hell cares?

[Al B. Sure!]

Blah blah we've got a bajillion nuclear bombs and an army that can curbstomp anyone. We don't need more ****ing artillery pieces.

China and Russia?

But really more money going to the military would probably be best served if it went to the VA and the Wounded Warrior Program. Those programs are relatively underfunded.

[flash9286]

WTF. You also think we desperately need to have more farmers and more people working in the factories so we can make more tanks, planes, and artillery? WTF?

Not surprisingly, Curtis has chosen not to enter those occupations. I'm sure if Curtis ever had to work on a farm or an assembly line he would change his position.

[giblets]

Only on Apolyton would someone want to point out a mis-spelling of the name of a fictional character when someone used the actual spelling of the name of the animal instead. Who the hell cares?

I really haven't heard of this "Gordon Gecko" person. I don't care how his name is spelled I just want to know who the **** he is and I'm too lazy to google it.