So I've been living in New York for over two months now and am finally starting to settle in with some regular work, which means I'm officially off of unemployment. On the plus side, it will be nice to possible afford my monthly rent, however I sure do miss having the entire week free except for the few hours a day I spent job hunting. Still don't have the dream job, but I have a job and possibly jobs that will fill up my time.
So here's an update on the job front. I got a job as a bartender at this fancy new hotel in Chelsea. My friend was one of the managers there and after they fired one of the bartenders for attempting to walk out with over $800 of hotel property, I was quickly called in to work the next night. I also was offered a position to bartend at JFK airport, actually before I was offered this hotel job, but the process of getting security clearance has been a huge pain in the ass. I've been at my new job six weeks now and still haven't cleared the process for working at the airport. As much as commuting over an hour to work each day has its own annoying appeal, things are going just fine at the hotel now, which is only about half an hour from my place.
I know it has been a couple of months since my last post, so I need to provide some adequate drama for you all. Unfortunately, my life has been riddled with disappointment for the most part, but work has provided ample entertainment for me to share with all my readers. My first day at work, I'm walking through the dining room and look at this woman sitting at dinner and thought to myself, "She looks so much like Anne Hathaway." That's because she was Anne Hathaway. Supposedly she is friends with this guy I met when I was living here in New York last year and he was having a birthday party downstairs in our private lounge. And by "met", I mean I made out with him for a few minutes before going to have a three way with his roommate and my friend, but we were all too drunk, so I just hooked up with the roommate in the morning while my best friend was asleep in the bed next to us. That's how single gay guys say hello.
Anne Hathaway was just my first of many celebrity sightings at my new job. A week or so later, Michael Trevino, AKA Tyler Lockwood of Vampire Diaries and Jenna Ushkowitz, the Asian chick from Glee show up at my bar. By the way TMZ, they are so dating. And of course I'm the only queen in the restaurant at this time and no one else watches these shows but me. So while I'm gleaming like a little school girl, I have no one to share my news with. It was very frustrating. Another week goes by and Kyan from Queer Eye for the Straight Guy shows up. Again, I'm on the only queen in the restaurant that gives a shit.
Since then, the celebrity sightings have seem to dwindled, although I was told that Beyonce showed up one time when I wasn't working because her recording studio is next door. Jimmy Fallon was due to arrive one night, but then the manager who invited him was fired due to budget cuts. Speaking of employee cuts, let me tell you about how I got promoted from the new guy to head bartender in a matter of a month. One Saturday in January, when I had asked off of work for some random reason, there was a party in our nightclub at the hotel and all the other bartenders were working. They decided to hang out after work, get shitfaced, steal a hotel room key and party until 6am. Suddenly, I had more shifts and the rent getting paid was no longer an issue. Still looking for that MBA level career, but until then, things are working out well at Hotel Drama Central. Until next time... TGG.
