I have found a new unemployment pastime. Leaving the vaunted halls of H.P. Core, I was following the father-unit and we played “Race the Train”. Now don’t get all sassy. It’s not: “Let’s run the crossing while its down” or anything dumb like that. It is more like “We were stuck behind a north-south train, then had to race the east-west train that was waiting…
August 17, 2001Today is my grandparent’s 53rd wedding anniversary. I managed to once again venture out of the house, this time with Kevin to the La Brea Tar Pits and the World Famous George C. Page Museum. It’s quite a good little museum. The museum highlights the various critters that they have dug up in the area of Hancock Park and the Tar Pits. Apparently they have…
August 15, 2001Holy Smokes!! Since August 8th, traffic is up almost by a factor of 10. I noticed that my position has improved to #4 on google (when searching for Charo). The funny thing is that the cached version on google is still the old design. Visited the St. Regis Monarch Beach in Dana Point today with my grandmother and aunt. it was a very nice place…
August 14, 2001Well the job listing on the Disneyland job line turned out to be a hoax. However all is not lost. I managed to get a direct number to the casting office so I can harass the lady who works there for jobs when they open up. I am leaning ever so close to going for the tour guide school. I think the only thing holding…
August 13, 2001Photos are up for my trip to Chicago. Another go-’round with my career counselor. I’m making progress, and it is interesting how some random test can peg you without you even trying to get pegged. I guess all I really want to do is have a job that will remain interesting and have some fun. I have some items to work on for next week’s…
August 9, 2001I was looking over some stats for the site and realized some links on the Charo index page were wrong. I fixed them up and tweaked the meta tags a tad in an effort to boost the site. Currently Charo is out pulling everything else on the site by a pretty good clip. I guess there really is an audience for good Charo data. The…
August 8, 2001I just returned from Chicago and Phoenix. My grandmother is doing fine, although she’s getting a Dick Cheney autographed defibrillator/pacemaker to keep her modified ticker working. While away, I played “dodge the severe weather”. The day before I arrived in Chicago there was a huge storm that brought the city to its knees and flooded everyone’s basement. My plane connected via Houston and I was…
August 7, 2001Today, my grandmother had open heart surgery to replace an “aortic heart valve”. The surgery went well, but I was unprepared for how she looked after surgery. She looked much better after a few hours, but that first cautious visit after the surgery is one that has been burned into my brain, and I will not be forgetting it for awhile. Trivia Note: a “tissue…
August 1, 2001As a going away present for my week vacation, I have left all of you a newly-revised Charo page! Now, don’t all of you go jumping up and down at once. I added a discography and filmography as well as revising the home page. I still have some more Charo photos that I have collected across the net that I want to get up on…
July 30, 2001Well I am done with my class and am even more prepared to head out on that job search. I also have filed for unemployment – woo hoo! A whopping $230 a week is coming my way, assuming I meet my job search criteria. Well before I can be prepared for my job hunt, I am off to Phoenix and Chicago for visiting of friends…
July 27, 2001