2015 Wish Me Luck

2014 comes to a close. 2015 better be good to me. I have spent the entire 2014 looking for a job and I was unsuccessful in landing one. Everyday I been looking on the Internet to see what places were hiring. I could have just got outside to see who is hiring or even use a recruiter to help me find a job. I am just trying to get out of retail badly. I would love to do something that involves Asian American.

Ever since I graduated from San Francisco State University last year I been trying my best to find a job. I thought graduating from college would be easy for me to land a job. I ask students who have graduated if they can give me advices on looking for a job. I would not expect it would take me longer to find a job.

I truly want to get out of Sam’s Club. Eight years is enough for me. I got the experience in customer service. What else do I need to prove to get a new job. I feel like I am a joke to places that I apply for. I do mean it when I want to move on with my life. I am just not getting the attention of these places I apply for. I want to prove to them that I worth it. I want to be the person that they should hire. I really mean it and I want to prove them wrong.

Let hope 2015 will give me what I want.

Best of Off the Grid Performances 2014

Another Off the Grid Record and Still Going

I just found out that I have truly hit an Off the Grid record. 20 days straight of attending Off the Grid across the Bay Area. I did not know I have done an insane record.

Dates that I attended Off the Grid

Sunday October 26th
Off the Grid: North Berkeley (Sunday Dinner)

Monday October 27th
Off the Grid: Uptown Oakland (Monday Dinner)

Tuesday October 28th
Off the Grid: Serremonte (Tuesday Dinner)
Off the Grid: Burlingame (Tuesday Dinner)

Wednesday October 29th
Off the Grid: Pleasant Hill (Wednesday Dinner)

Thursday October 30th
Off the Grid: Upper Haight (Thursday Dinner)
Off the Grid: Twilight at Presidio (Thursday Dinner)

Friday October 31th
Off the Grid: Lake Merritt (Friday Dinner)

Saturday November 1st
Off the Grid: Concord (Saturday Lunch)
Off the Grid :Alameda (Saturday Lunch)
Off the Grid: Emeryville (Saturday Lunch)

Sunday November 2nd
Off the Grid: North Berkeley (Sunday Dinner)

Monday November 3rd
Off the Grid: Uptown Oakland (Monday Dinner)

Tuesday November 4th
Off the Grid: San Anselmo (Tuesday Dinner)

Wednesday November 5th
Off the Grid: Emeryville (Wednesday Lunch)

Thursday November 6th
Off the Grid: Upper Haight (Thursday Dinner)

Friday November 7th
Off the Grid Lake Merritt (Friday Dinner)

Saturday November 8th
Off the Grid: Emeryville (Saturday Lunch)

Sunday November 9th
Off the Grid: North Berkeley (Sunday Dinner)

Monday November 10th
Off the Grid: Hayward (Monday Dinner)

Tuesday November 11th
Off the Grid: Burlingame (Tuesday Dinner)

Wednesday November 12th
Off the Grid: Emeryville (Wednesday Lunch)
Off the Grid: El Cerrito (Wednesday Dinner)

Thursday November 13th
Off the Grid: Novato (Thursday Dinner)

Friday November 14th
Off the Grid: Lake Merritt (Friday Dinner)

20 days and still counting. I know that the record will keep on going until I find a day that I can not attend Off the Grid. It will happen eventually.

Con Brio Off the Grid Lake Merritt/Oakland Museum of California 10.24.14

This is how to party down at Off the Grid Lake Merritt/Oakland Museum of California on Friday Night

An Off the Grid Record

Wrote this on the paper wall at the Oakland Museum of California on Friday October 10 during Off the Grid: Lake Merritt (Friday Dinner)

Three Lunch Market, Sixteen Dinner Markets, Twenty Different Markets, Fifteen Days Straight of attending Off the Gird. I have defeated my other streak of seven days straight of Off the Grid from Friday August 22 through Thursday August 28. Insane record that I did huh?

Here are the dates and location of all of the Off the Grid markets that I have attended.

Friday September 26

Off the Grid: Lake Merritt (Friday Dinner)

Saturday September 27

Off the Grid: Concord (Saturday Lunch)

Sunday September 28

Off the Grid: North Berkeley (Sunday Dinner)

Monday September 29

Off the Grid: Uptown Oakland (Monday Dinner)

Tuesday September 30

Off the Grid: Serremonte (Tuesday Dinner)

Off the Grid: Burlingame (Tuesday Dinner)

Wednesday October 1

Off the Grid: El Cerrito (Wednesday Dinner)

Off the Grid: Pleasant Hill (Wednesday Dinner)

Thursday October 2

Off the Grid: Upper Haight (Thursday Dinner)

Friday October 3

Off the Grid: Fort Mason (Friday Dinner)

Saturday October 4

Off the Grid: Emeryville (Saturday Lunch)

Off the Grid: Concord (Saturday Lunch)

Sunday October 5

Off the Grid: North Berkeley (Sunday Dinner)

Monday October 6

Off the Grid: Hayward (Monday Dinner)

Off the Grid: Uptown Oakland (Monday Dinner)

Tuesday October 7

Off the Grid: Serremonte (Tuesday Dinner)

Off the Grid: Burlingame (Tuesday Diner)

Wednesday October 8

Off the Grid: Pleasant Hill (Wednesday Dinner)

Thursday October 9

Off the Grid: Upper Haight (Thursday Dinner)

Friday October 10

Off the Grid: Lake Merritt (Friday Dinner)

I will doubt I can ever duplicate this awesome record. It was a difficult challenge to do this. Exhausted from commuting from different markets across the Bay Area. They did appreciate that I was able to come to their market daily. Maybe it was too much but it was worth it.

The comment that Off the Grid left me on Instagram when I posted this picture from Oakland Museum of California

Brian Wong performing at Off the Grid Uptown 09.15.14

Borrowed Trouble at Off the Grid McCoppin Hub 09.12.14

Heartache Sisters Off the Grid Hayward 09.08.14

Off the Grid - An All Time Record

Twelve markets in seven days, three markets in on day (one lunch market and two dinner markets), and three days of attending two markets. I have hit a all time Off the Grid record. It is something that I can not duplicate and it is something that I would not do again.

Here are the list of markets that I attended in seven days

Friday August 22nd

Off the Grid: Lake Merritt (Friday Dinner)

Saturday August 23rd

Off the Grid: Concord (Saturday Lunch)

Sunday August 24th

Off the Grid: Pleasanton (Sunday Lunch)

Off the Grid: North Berkeley (Sunday Dinner)

Monday August 25th

Off the Grid: Hayward (Monday Dinner)

Off the Grid: Uptown Oakland (Monday Dinner)

Tuesday August 26th

Off the Grid: Burlingame (Tuesday Dinner)

Wednesday August 27th

Off the Grid: Emeryville (Wednesday Lunch)

Off the Grid: El Cerrito (Wednesday Dinner)

Off the Grid: Pleasant Hill (Wednesday Dinner)

Thursday August 28th

Off the Grid: Millbrae (Thursday Dinner)

Off the Grid: Upper Haight (Thursday Dinner)

Why did I attend these markets and do something ridiculous? I just felt like I was home attending these markets and I knew these people that serve the city. These people that is involve with Off the Grid are my friends. I have gotten to know a lot of people and I felt like I should support them doing their job.

I hope my seven day attendance will get the attention of Off the Grid. I truly want to work with them instead of eating. I can do a lot for them and they would appreciate my help. I been applying every month and no luck on a interview. I attend their market and give them support. Let hope for the best will happen sooner.

Steven Norman Long “Neon” Off the Grid Belmont

Colin Cotter at Off the Grid Serremonte singing “Truly Madly Deeply” 07....

Colin Cotter performing at Off the Grid Concord 07.26.14

Steven Norman Long performing at Off the Grid North Berkeley 07.27.14

Steven Norman Long at Off the Grid North Berkeley singing “I Walk The Li...

Steven Norman Long at Off the Grid North Berkeley singing “Roxanne” 07.2...

Off the Grid Video Bombing

Off the Grid Video Bomb Again

Keeping The Faith

It has been a long time since I posted a blog. I been having problems on what to write about.

I been job searching for six months now and I have not landed a job yet. I feel like my qualifications does not fit the description on the jobs that I been applying for. I been revising my resume every time I apply for a job. Maybe my resume is not the way that employers see. I do not have the right answer to my job searching problems.

I want to move on with my life. I got my Bachelor of Arts in Asian American Studies. I would expect places would be dying to get a college graduate. I been applying to places that is looking for a college graduate. I just think I have the skills that the place is looking for. Maybe I should try harder and keep in contact with places that I apply for. I just wish it was easy to get a job right away.

I want to leave Sam’s Club badly. The place is going downhill from my view. I know I can do better and by finding a better job is the right choice. I do have a great job experience due to staying at a job for more than five years. It is time for me to change. Most of my co-workers are allowing me to use them as reference whenever I apply for a job.

I am not losing my faith. I have to stay positive until I get the job that I wanted. I refuse to allow bad luck to get to me. It will happen shortly. I know that I can do it.