[Madmartagen]

This is it, real freedom. I turned in my resignation yesterday and have freed myself from the most unrewarding, boring and utterly life draining job I have ever had. I had to cover my mouth and let out some fake coughs to keep myself from laughing at my manager as I laid out the story.

Ive had this job for almost a year, and it was just one of those jobs where the money was just too easy to earn considering what your work actually consisted of. I just entered personal information into our student database......thats it. all day long, a sea of never ending lists of names, addresses and phone numbers gets keyed into the system. It was simple enough to not have any interaction with anyone and allow me to wear my headphones and just space out for 8 hours. That was really the only incentive other than getting paid $13 an hour.

My vacation was what made up my mind. I slowly phased out of college after i got my AA. My gf broke up with me, my dad had a series of never ending health problems and then my mom finally had to quit her job to take care of him. I had to put school off so that I could work more hours and help support my family. Last year i went with my ex friend to new york. this year we went to vancouver. it was really the best time i have ever had in my life. I have never taken a real vacation since i got out of the navy, so the last few years were nothing but work, women problems and wasting my years. i dont know what it was, but this last trip brought out the better part of me that wanted to better myself. my 'friend' goes traveling nearly 3 or 4 times a year whether its NY, Europe, San Francisco...you name it. Thats the life I should have been having this whole time, so when i got back last wednesday to my fuckin cube, i almost snapped. you could hear me typing all the way down the hall cause i kept smashing in those keys.

well ive decided that since my car is paid off and my visa is just about almost paid off, its time for me to gtfo and finish my shit.. i spent the weekend searching classes and this week, i registered for Cal State Fullerton for next spring and the local junior college to take some CIS classes ive always been interested in this fall. I have about 40 more units for graduation and this friday will be my last day (only gave them a few days notice) cause monday i start my programming courses. anyways, im really excited about this and i just thought i would share.

Im not too much of an attention whore so i wanted to ask if anyone here has any interesting job quitting/termination stories to tell?

damn it feels good to be a gangsta.