Step off.

Ok. Here's the deal pickle.

I'm originally from a town in Arkansas called Pine Bluff. It's a river bottom farm town... lots of hay and cows and REALLY tall trees. When I was a baby we moved to Durant, Oklahoma... small, country and VERY Oklahoman. Did a little hop-skip-jump from there to Shawnee, Oklahoma. Which is ALSO very Oklahoman... meaning it was a pretty big deal to make a trip to the "big city" (OKC) to go to the BIG mall... you know, the kind that has a McDonald's INSIDE! WHAAAAAAAA??????

After my family conquered the carnies of Durant and Shawnee they had the inspiration to move to Moore, Oklahoma. If you want an idea of what you're dealing with in Moore, I invite you to check out the website www.PeopleofWalmart.com . Gu'head, give 'er a look-see!

I believe that explains it.

When I was 18 years old I came out of the closet to my family and moved STRAIGHT (no pun intended) to the BIG BIG city of Oklahoma City.

I remember even as a kid I longed to live downtown where the "big buildings" were. No matter where we travled in the United States I always wanted to see the "big buildings"... for me it was almost like an amusement park. Which was good for my parents, I suppose. Cheap Entertainment.

I guess I always knew that I wanted to be in the center of big city life.... Small towns always made me uncomfortable and to this day- suburbs give me the creeps.

Puttered around, grasping for my footing in OKC... I worked in restaurants for a while.... Odd jobs at Call Centers here and there.... Also did drag shows betwixt all the random shit jobs I had. That's when I realized I wanted to work for MAC.

It's the only makeup I used and I really loved all the people I would buy it from at Dillard's Penn Square. So applied.

And applied.

And applied.

Applied.

App....lied.

I think they got sick of me always filling out applications and added me to the staff.

A few short months later I felt it was time to shit or get off the pot. I had spent plenty of time being miserable in Oklahoma City... I didn't have anything tying me down except that I wouldn't get to see my family much. SO, with MAC as my employer I set my sights on Dallas, Texas.

Ohhhhhh what a journey that was. I won't write out all the details now... but it was a very bumpy, very rocky experience.

What's funny is that now... after 2 and a half years, I'm ready to do it all again.

THIS time I'm aiming for the Big Apple. New York City.

I've posted for a position at Bloomingdale's in Soho. It's the same thing that I'm doing now, just at a smaller location. I'm using this blog to write about what I'm going through as I set up for the interview process. You'll know first hand what I do to prep for the interview as well as the actual interview itself.... Hopefully I'll get the job and you can read about THAT too. (Because if I DON'T get it, I'll be reaaaaaaal embarrassed.)

After that I'll document my move to New York and my new experiences etc.

Consider it blogged.

Here's lookin' at you, kid.

XO -Joshua