Personal: Work History

Sandy Starship Theatre
Sandy, Utah

Probably the best (funnest) job of my entire life. Greets to Scott Harding, Dixie Vandenberg, Julie Esplin, Hayley Manning, Carolee, and all the other people I loved there. Super-mega-greets to my x-manager Mel! Always the coolest of guys!

Addendum: What a heart breaker... I went back in September, 2002 and discovered that it had been closed for a long while. The "big budget" theatre next door was now a dollar theater.

<Something> Twin Theatre,
Salt Lake City, Utah

Another theatre... can't remember the name, exactly. I only worked there for a month or two. It was related to the Sandy Starship. It was also a cool job, but it never did any real business. Checked again, a few years ago... the theatre is gone, and it's replaced by a video rental store

Consolidated Theatres, Inc.
Salt Lake Metroplex, Utah

Corporate office for Sandy Starship Theatre, and the <something> Twin Theatre. I got in good with the big boys. I don't remember actually doing any work here (or getting paid), but I supposedly programmed laser light shows. This was just before I left for college.

Lyman Brothers, Inc.
South Jordan, Utah

Bounced telephone calls off of satellites, during forest fires in Idaho. I wrecked the company Ford Bronco on a blazing mountain. I had driven all night, and then passed out, while driving. Could have been the smoke, could have been exhaustion... probably both. Boss wasn't happy. He was a decent guy, though!

Comcon, Inc.
South Jordan, Utah

And I sucked. Kinda. Well... I think I was good, but I didn't make any money out of it. It's nice to have guaranteed paychecks.

CDI (Cassette Duplicators, Inc)
Salt Lake City, Utah

midnight to 8:00am shift, load videotapes into VCRs, push record. Play master tape. Take videotapes out... repeat. Worked with some great guys... Ilia Iliev, Mark Copeland, a dude that really loved "Home Improvement". There was also my boss... some guy named Orlando Muniz... He was a dick.

This job was really boring, because we mostly copied "Living Scripture" video tapes, golf videos, some of those video tapes that you get with "as seen on TV" products... and we did a pretty exhaustive "Quality Check" which meant watching these damn things over and over again. *agh* The golf videos were true suffering. We also copied "Willy the sparrow" for ages, it seems.

Kid Power (I think)
Somewhere in the Salt Lake Metroplex, Utah

This was a fun job. Lots of cute kids, starving for attention. Some of them were mean little buggers, but most of them were great. That was a pretty fun job. I had a giant latex dragon mask, which I liked to put on. The kids would kick me and yell at me while I growled. These are probably the same kids that are shooting each other in schools, today.

Cinemark Movies 8
Sandy, Utah

Well... wanted to relive my wonderful glory days in previous theatres. I went to the wrong place. This theatre was one horrible place to work. Almost intolerable. The manager was an annoying jerk, and it was compounded by the fact that several employees were stealing from the theatre... which turned Mr. Jerk into Admiral Asshole. I've never been this happy to quit a job. In fact, I've never been happy to quit a job, except this once.

I just went back in September 2002. It's a dollar theater now. This was once the "big budget" first run theatre that was literally next door to the Sandy Starship.

Wiltel/ LDDS/ LDDS Worldcom/ Worldcom/ MCI Worldcom/ whatever...
Tulsa, Oklahoma

My first real job! I worked with a lot of great people. This was my first exposure to corporate culture. Wow... a company will really try (and succeed) to screw you. Nonetheless, I had one truly super supervisor. Hails out to Scott Schad! Lots of great co-workers, too: Mike Kelly, Linda Carberry, Chris Villarma, Dave Keating, Marvin Tom, and... there are so many of you, I'd have to sit down and make a real list.

Snelling Personnel
Carrollton, TX

Well, I hated Tulsa, and I wasn't getting anywhere working for Worldscum, so I moved to Dallas in fall, 1996. Among the places I worked with this temp agency were: Bimar Foods, A Jewelry store (forget), A video camera manufacturer, NEC (warrantee service receiving / data entry)... none of them were great jobs, but none of them were bad, either. I really liked a lot of people at NEC, although I forget names.

Alcatel Network Systems
Richardson, TX

Well, here is where my life really took a turn for the better. Had a great boss named Ammad Jilani. Met my closest friend, Mike Tate, here. Bought my house from Jake Howton -- another great guy. Greetings out to Riccardo Flores, Daryl Pollack... Well there were a lot of you, but names escape me, right now.

(First Word, Employment Services)
(StoneBridge Technologies, Consultancy)
Occidental Chemical Corporation
Dallas, TX

Got this job thanks again to my buddy Ammad Jilani!
I still work here, so... uh... I love this job. I love my management. My coworkers are all talented, fun, and generally groovy people. This job kicks ass

Occidental Chemical Corporation
Oxy Services, Inc.
Dallas, TX

Well... I got to be a real employee when I became webmaster. It's probably all the same to you, but it's a big difference to me. My first employee-with-benefits job. Greets out to my boss, Jeff Brewer, my coworker (and roommate) Chris Padgett, Rana, Rick, Ray Garrison, Terry, Tammy McDonald, and lots of others. You guys are great!

Oxy Inc.
Dallas, TX

This is the same job, really... just a different title and a different name (my group was shuffled from the Chemicals division to the "corporate services" division)