First of all, thank you eraine for sending me the Justified DVD! (she used to have a blog!) I've been in a good mood lately because I've been able to watch Mr. JT whenever I want.

Also, Jenny gave me a cute Mrs. Timberlake shirt for my birthday last week. Sooooo cute and the writing is pink! I love pink. My mom took me shopping last weekend (we were at the mall from open to close on Sunday!) and I bought this really cute Tommy Hilfiger underwear in the same pink/green as my journal layout. Tommy underwear is the best - it doesn't sag like the Victoria's Secret ones do so you don't get panty lines.

Elisha Cuthbert to Marry - if you can't have the man, I guess his best friend is good enough :). Congrats to her though.

I'm still sore from my workout Tuesday night - it's worse today than it was yesterday. I guess I went overboard trying to regain my muscles.

So I gave Stan my 2 week notice last Friday and he tells me 2 weeks isnt enough time. "Some people give a month's notice." Yeah freakin right. The only person I know who gave a month notice leaving here is that girl Felita and she was leaving to move back to Hong Kong so it wasn't like she had another job to go to. Daniel gave a week and a half notice and Bhanu gave them a week notice. I told him 2 weeks notice is standard and I stood firm on that. My head hunter Linda told me to tell him, they wanted me to start right away but they understood I had to give 2 weeks notice. Stan said some shit to guilt me into staying longer but whatevers, he's had me as an underpaid employee for 2.5 years longer than he should have. I've been here 2.5 years and you just don't pay college grads, esp. UCLA grads, what they paid me. When I started here as an assistant, I didn't care as much about the salary because I was living at home and driving a car my parents bought for me. Three months after I started, I moved out and took over the lease on my sister's Audi and I've struggled ever since. I've been pissed because they promoted me to business manager (handling accounts on my own) after I was here for 6 months and they waited a year after that before they gave me a raise. I think our assistant was making the same or a little more than me for a while there. At this new job, I have way less responsibility and they're paying me way more starting salary. One of the other head hunters I went to before I got this job called me up yesterday to see if I was still looking. I told him I got a new job and he said that the company I'm going to is a good firm, they'll take good care of me. He has no reason to lie/exaggerate to me. I understand that Linda (my head hunter) and Liz (the lady who hired me) would exaggerate to get me to take the job (Linda - so she could get her commission) but a head hunter that has nothing to do with this transaction telling me that this is a good company, means a lot. Linda asked me if my current company wanted her to find them a new employee and I told her the company is too cheap to pay a finder's fee and I wouldn't want any of her people stuck in a dead end job like this. It'll be hard for her to sell the company to anyone looking for a job.

After 2 months of interviewing and getting nowhere, right after I get this offer from the business management firm, the other place I interviewed at right before I got the final ok, calls me up to give me an offer. The business management firm is offering me a little less than I wanted but it is still more than I'm making now. The 2nd place - a production company with innovative technology, etc - is offering me $10k more than I make now and more than I was looking for. I didn't like the place as much though because I miss the whole downtown feel and the production company's offices are like any of the offices in Hollywood - looks like a warehouse. The accounting department is only 5 people and I know I'll get sick of them quick. The overall company is doing great though - they're pioneering the digital age when it comes to movie distribution but since some theaters are just being built and companies just don't want to switch to digital (from film) equipment until they have to, they haven't exploded yet. The company started 2 years ago, they had 60 people... now they have 120 and by the end of next year they want to be at 200 people. It's expanding and its exciting to think about but I think I need the business environment right now. I didn't even think I did that great at the interview because he was talking the whole time. I'm going to do the stupid thing and choose the better work environment over the money. Kick me next year if I regret it. :)