Gilbert Ybabez:  

It's 3:32am as I'm starting this so forgive me if I'm a little incoherent. Let's what have I been doing for the past nine years? Well I did go to college for a few years, didn't get a degree through. I was studying computer programing. If I didn't suck at the whole 'what is the symbology/analogy/metaphor of this story' type stuff then maybe I could have passed English 201 and maybe gotten my ass. degree. In 2000, I think, I started working at a Circle K, what are now called Stripes. I worked the graveyard shift 11pm to 8am on the weekends while going to school during the week. Piece of advice never work the graveyard shift at a convenience store cause drunk people will come in and try to buy beer after it is too late and they won't want to believe you about it being too late. Stayed there for three years until one night this guy pissed me off, I yelled at him and accidentally spit a little on him while yelling and the next day he came in talked to my manager and I was fired. In retrospect I deserved to be fired for blowing up like that. I very briefly worked at a Speedy Stop for one month before getting fire because my drawer came out short a few to many times. I swear I wasn't stealing it just came out that way. Back in 2002 I had moved in with my sister and her kids. Now in 2003, I was unemployed and she was starting to work cause her boyfriend had left her. We heard that the workforce center would help her pay for babysitting so she could work. We went down to see if we could set it up where I would get paid for watching her kids while she was at work. Well it worked well enough that I didn't need to get another job. This lasted a year then she lost her job and ...Expand for more