i'm so tired, my mind is on the blink

i'm three days into my training as a consumer service rep at p&g. it's getting better as we get into it. orientation the first day was painfully boring, yesterday was a little better, and today was much more interesting now that we're starting to learn the programs we'll be working with. of course the program they're teaching us that is used to record the details of each call is being replaced in october, so this will be useful for four whole months, and then as soon as we start to get used to it we'll have to deal with learning a whole new program. oh well. i've only gotten to know the other twenty or so new hires a little. there's only 3 other guys, and half of the people seem like they're either in or recently out of college, while the other half are middle-aged mothers getting back into the workforce. oh, and riding the metro is always an adventure.

we got paired with CSRs yesterday and listened as they took calls, which were hilarious as usual. lots of old people with way too much to talk about. i saw jen yesterday, and almost got paired with her to take calls, but the girl in front of me went with her instead. and she has a picture of robby in her cubicle. how cute. tomorrow we start learning about some of the products we'll be taking calls on.

i'm still trying to get accustomed to the schedule. even after working full time at the park from 7-4, the 8-4:30 five week training schedule takes up almost twelve full hours of my day from the time i leave to catch the bus to the time i get back to my car and get home. i'm probably going to be very anti-social for the next 4 1/2 weeks.

i've been listening to a lot of new music lately, including the newest cds from audioslave, moby, foo fighters, and system of a down. 2005 has actually been a little disappointing musically; while there's been a plethora of good bands coming out with new albums, all of which have been well done, but none of them have been downright outstanding. just good. continuing with that trend, billy corgan's first solo album can be listened to here.