Paul T. Klein

I still haven’t been able to design and fully implement all my web ideas for my online social hub, but I’m moving in the right direction. Months ago I registered www.paultklein.com with DreamHost, but since then it has done nothing but sit, unused, unattended, dead. Sure, some of that had to do with not having a real, acceptable, steady internet connection for a period of months on my end, but that’s not much more than an excuse.

Today, however, I finally got something up. Following in the footsteps of my good buddy Jaryd Madlena, I set up a Magntize account for free, which acts as a sort of online business card. Then I redirected it to my web address, resulting in a “sort of” online hub. For now, until I can implement my own designs, this will have to work.

Well, clearly the first step in achieving this goal is having some sort of legitimate income… After all, being unemployed is what’s really driving me further and further into credit card debt.

But here’s the deal (and now, whether or not this is a good idea or not is beside the point)...

I figure one of the smartest things I can do to start this process is to reduce the amount of interest that is accumulating on my cards. My Chase card, for example, has an interest rate of 18.24%. So, in order to do this, I’ve taken out a final (seriously, final) credit card that will give me 0% interest for the first year. I’ll be transferring my balances from my other two cards onto this card until I become employed again and can start making large payments. This way, I can reduce the total amount I owe.

Once I’ve completely paid off my cards (I’m giving myself until the end of the year to do so), I plan on canceling one of the cards, as I don’t feel it will be necessary for me to have three lines of credit.

Here’s to hoping this works well…

During the last two weeks I’ve been moving slowly closer towards actual employment. I’ve been interviewed, and handed in references from previous employers.

Today I filled out paperwork to authorize Regal Cinemas to perform a background and credit check. Hopefully everything is in order, though my credit has been off lately due to my unemployment. Kim, the hiring manager at the Regal I’ve applied to told me that she would be calling me in a few days to get on to the next part of the hiring process, which may include an interview with the District Manager.

I’m keeping fingers and toes crossed. I am nothing but excited to get back to work, especially at a movie theatre. I love films, live and breathe the cinema, and get so excited thinking about being in that environment again.

For now, I’m hoping this all pulls through in my favor. I’m looking forward to putting on that suit, selling some movie tickets and popcorn, and sharing that magical experience of movie-going with the world.