YES !

Big news, no it's not !

It's just that I FINALLY got my new credit card !!!! So happy !!

This afternoon, I was meeting a girl, Laura.

Laura is looking for a job, and seems desperate (no, not really), she had the same guy at the Job Center... 

Little break : Job Center in France... 

French Job Center may be hell ! 

When I went there for the first time, about one year ago, the woman who took care of me told me "You have a Master Degree, I can do nothing for you, you have too much diplomas..." W.E.L.C.O.M.E !

And at the end of the interview she asked me "but, what does it mean actual music ?" ...

When you registered to the Job Center, you have to meet an adviser every month, this person is supposed to help you as long as you're looking for a job. Cool ? No. 

Well, this is wonderful for a lotttttttt of people, but not for those, like me, who lost 5 years making studies ! :)

One day, in February, I missed an appointment.... I realized it three hours later. When I realized it, I called the stupid number to try to talk to my advisor.
IT'S IMPOSSIBLE !! You will never get the phone number or email address of those people. Just a stupid number that sends you to a stupid platform.

Anyway, I called, the woman who answered told me she will contact my advisor, and I will have a new meeting.

Two months later, so April, I was supposed to have this new meeting. My advisor decides, all by herself, the day, the hour and the fact that it will be a phoner !

The problem was that in April, I was working on ABF events, and was on the phone all day long for the job. And, as usual, she called me when I was already online. In a second, I tried to take her call, to late, she left a message and never try to call me back. Message "We decide a phone meeting today, and I only have your answering machine. I'm angry... blah blah blah" 

HEY YOU, WE never decide, YOU DID !!! 

She gave me a new meeting for May. And this time, I went.

What you must know : first day I hear "I can't help you, you have to much diplomas", after that I read "You're under 26, never worked, are not pregnant or taking care of a child or old person, you will not have unemployment benefit". So, I don't belong here ?

So, I went to my May appointment. She told me she was angry, bla bla bla, and suggested me another "help" from Job Center. This is how I met M. H. the one who was supposed to help me, the one who told me in August "I never called Universal back, because I thought that an internship there in Marketing was not the best thing for you" WHAT ???????????????

After this stupid email (yes he told me that by email), I found different excuses to miss the meetings : family thing in South of France, important meeting in Paris with a Professional, JOB. 

I met Laura this afternoon, because Laura is living the same love story with M. H ! 

My school was the EAC, hers was the ICART. Almost the same. She's looking for a job in Entertainment, I was looking for a job in Music Industry. He thought that it could be great for her to meet me. So, he gave her my email address and phone number. 

Me ? I'm still waiting for a message from him asking me if he can or not ... 

She sent me an email explaining her situation. She needed help, she needed to meet people... Anyway, I choose to answer and say "no problem, let's meet"

She answered, later by "Thank you very much for your answer, usual, people are not answering !"

I know ! I know ! How many emails and phone call never have answer ???

So we met this afternoon and it was very nice. (ok, we said a lot of bad things about Job Center too)

I gave her advices, she gave me others. It was very interesting.

And now, back home, I read an email from Alternantes FM, a french radio, saying they broadcast "Neighbourhood Watch" by A Joker's Rage since late September.

Another from Longueur d'Ondes, a french magazine, "not enough place to talk about english music"

And another, from Maggie, "Re: the contest  - bla bla blah", never heard about the contest, I knew that a radio wanted one. I sent a copy to the radio, never answered, and they called my coworker to talk about it ... Angry ? Yes, I think.

And, at last, a phone call from a guy who's creating a record company. He wants to meet me, he would like to know if I want to handle the booking .... (God, can you add 3 or 4 days in a week ? 7 is too short !) I meet him next Wednesday, after work ! 

Time to eat !