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	<title>Don't Laugh At Me</title>
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	<description>LIFE is a WEAPON when you LIVE it</description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 01:08:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Dear America,</title>
		<link>http://www.sparkeh.com/blog/2008/09/04/dear-america/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 01:08:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[What is wrong with you? 
It sure feels like we are going backwards in this world. This seems to be going on with every group of people but I&#8217;m going to focus on the gays and the women. Homosexuals and Women have fought for many years to better themselves but it sure looks like the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>What is wrong with you? </strong></p>
<p>It sure feels like we are going backwards in this world. This seems to be going on with every group of people but I&#8217;m going to focus on the gays and the women. Homosexuals and Women have fought for many years to better themselves but it sure looks like the new generations are just ready to give up all that and go back to square one.</p>
<p>Women: Through 70s and 80s, women really pressed for their rights. The right to choose. The right to vote. So many things that women did not have and finally were able to get. They fought to prove that they don&#8217;t need to have a man to take care of them. Women were finally doing well for themselves and proving to the world that they didn&#8217;t need men to help them along their way. </p>
<p>But now, we have all these teenage girls who <em>want</em> to get pregnant and be married in their teens. They want a man that is going to pay their bills and take care of em. So much for wanting to be that independent woman their parents and grandparents fought for. Why would you stop fighting for your rights? Do you want to be dependent on men? Just a house wife again? Women deserve better and should <strong>demand it</strong>. Where is my Rosie the Riveter? </p>
<p>Homosexuals: What&#8217;s going on, guys?! I thought we were done with the AIDS crisis but apparently my amigos who love to hit the clubs don&#8217;t understand the risks they take. The homosexuals were known for promiscuity and carelessness with the AIDS crisis back in the 80s and finally got that mess under control coming through the 90s. Now though, it seems like we&#8217;re headed back to the 80s again. </p>
<p>Why are we letting this happen? Isn&#8217;t there someone out there that can just slap this new generation and go &#8220;WAKE UP!&#8221;? We need to wake up guys. AIDS is real; there is no cure. Do you want to die that painful death? Ok, so maybe you do. I don&#8217;t know why, but maybe someone wants to. </p>
<p>Isn&#8217;t it time that the faggots stop giving the normal homosexuals a bad name? Can&#8217;t you guys just stop having all your crazy bareback sex and settle down with one guy? Or at least fuck the same guy all the time! Please, for the love of all things holy, be safe out there. It makes me scared to think that maybe someone I know could get it. I don&#8217;t want to see anyone close to me go like that.</p>
<p>Ladies and Gays: Isn&#8217;t it time we do something to change the path we are on?</p>
<p>*I&#8217;m obliged to mention that McCain and Palin don&#8217;t want women to choose.</p>
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		<title>I Hate</title>
		<link>http://www.sparkeh.com/blog/2008/08/25/i-hate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 04:45:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[John McCain.
End of story.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>John McCain.</p>
<p>End of story.</p>
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		<title>Library vs. Ryan</title>
		<link>http://www.sparkeh.com/blog/2008/06/14/library-vs-ryan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2008 22:28:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The City of Houston has taken library fines to the next level, ladies and gentlemen. I received a letter today from a collections agency on behalf of the Houston Public Library telling me that if I don&#8217;t pay my fines, it will go on my credit report. Surely they can&#8217;t really do that?
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The City of Houston has taken library fines to the next level, ladies and gentlemen. I received a letter today from a collections agency on behalf of the Houston Public Library telling me that if I don&#8217;t pay my fines, it will go on my credit report. Surely they can&#8217;t really do that?</p>
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		<title>Dems for McCain!?</title>
		<link>http://www.sparkeh.com/blog/2008/06/01/dems-for-mccain/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 04:43:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Just because your girl isn&#8217;t winning the nomination is no reason to vote Republican. Democrats should stick together. America&#8217;s future is in your hands.
McCain wants to stay in Iraq forever, just like Bush. When you vote for McCain, you vote to murder soldiers. Oh yes, I did say it.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just because your girl isn&#8217;t winning the nomination is no reason to vote Republican. Democrats should stick together. America&#8217;s future is in your hands.</p>
<p>McCain wants to stay in Iraq forever, just like Bush. When you vote for McCain, you vote to murder soldiers. Oh yes, I did say it.</p>
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		<title>Customer Service</title>
		<link>http://www.sparkeh.com/blog/2008/05/28/customer-service/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 04:34:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[If working at Wells Fargo has taught me anything so far, it&#8217;s definitely taught me how to provide excellent Customer Service. It has also really set me up for a let down in a lot of places. Sometimes I go places and the Customer Service just isn&#8217;t good. It wasn&#8217;t something that bothered me before, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If working at Wells Fargo has taught me anything so far, it&#8217;s definitely taught me how to provide excellent Customer Service. It has also really set me up for a let down in a lot of places. Sometimes I go places and the Customer Service just isn&#8217;t good. It wasn&#8217;t something that bothered me before, but now I expect to see the high energy service Wells delivers, and I just don&#8217;t find that anywhere else. </p>
<p>Deliver better Customer Service people; We&#8217;re expecting it!</p>
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		<title>Congrats America</title>
		<link>http://www.sparkeh.com/blog/2008/05/21/congrats-america/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 04:12:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[You have finally picked another &#8220;American Idol&#8221; who is not my idol. I&#8217;m so glad the 5 months of that crap is over. Can we please go back to normal operations without talk of that crap?
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You have finally picked another &#8220;American Idol&#8221; who is not my idol. I&#8217;m so glad the 5 months of that crap is over. Can we please go back to normal operations without talk of that crap?</p>
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		<title>Wells Update</title>
		<link>http://www.sparkeh.com/blog/2008/05/11/wells-update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 05:11:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[So, it&#8217;s been a week since I started at Wells Fargo. I think I can say that I love it. I&#8217;m really picking up on the system pretty quick. My supervisors and trainers have noticed that I&#8217;m moving through the stuff pretty quick. I&#8217;m actually doing transactions with few questions. It is a lot more [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So, it&#8217;s been a week since I started at Wells Fargo. I think I can say that I love it. I&#8217;m really picking up on the system pretty quick. My supervisors and trainers have noticed that I&#8217;m moving through the stuff pretty quick. I&#8217;m actually doing transactions with few questions. It is a lot more money than I am used to but I will learn to handle it. </p>
<p>Everyone at the store has turned out to be really awesome. I honestly look forward to going to work. I am a bit worried about the sales goals, but I know that I&#8217;m going to be able to handle it. They will put the tools that I need to make it in my hands. I should be done with all the training by the end of this month; there&#8217;s so much. </p>
<p>It&#8217;s 25 days until my vacation. I&#8217;m so excited!!</p>
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		<title>Wells Fargo</title>
		<link>http://www.sparkeh.com/blog/2008/04/24/wells-fargo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:13:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Wells Fargo has decided to take me on board. I start orientation and training for a week on May 5th. I guess I really said the right things and acted the right way. I followed up with an awesome thank you note as well. I&#8217;d like to thank my friend Matt B for helping me [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wells Fargo has decided to take me on board. I start orientation and training for a week on May 5th. I guess I really said the right things and acted the right way. I followed up with an awesome thank you note as well. I&#8217;d like to thank my friend <a href="http://www.metropride.com/">Matt B</a> for helping me with my resume and with for helping me be prepared for the interview. </p>
<p>I don&#8217;t think I could have done it without him! If you haven&#8217;t seen my <a href="http://ryanottele.emurse.com/">resume</a>, you should. </p>
<p>Thanks for all the encouragement everyone.</p>
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		<title>Malibu MPGs</title>
		<link>http://www.sparkeh.com/blog/2008/04/22/malibu-mpgs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:54:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[With the advances in technology and with global warming, would it be unreasonable for me to assume that a car manufacturer would want to make cars more efficient? Apparently this is not the case the Chevrolet. My 2005 Malibu gets better mileage than the new 2008 Malibu. How is it that three years have passed [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>With the advances in technology and with global warming, would it be unreasonable for me to assume that a car manufacturer would want to make cars more efficient? Apparently this is not the case the Chevrolet. My 2005 Malibu gets better mileage than the new 2008 Malibu. How is it that three years have passed and the MPGs have actually went down on the car? It&#8217;s not a more powerful engine or anything. </p>
<p>Maybe it&#8217;s time car companies really start to pay attention to things like this. Oil at $116 a barrel tells me it&#8217;s time to start caring about our use.</p>
<p><a href='http://www.sparkeh.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/malibuisworse.png'><img src="http://www.sparkeh.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/malibuisworse.png" alt="" title="Lower MPGs?" width="466" height="560" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-72" /></a></p>
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		<title>Interview Updates</title>
		<link>http://www.sparkeh.com/blog/2008/04/17/interview-updates/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 05:09:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wells Fargo (Baybrook): The interview went very well. It felt much like me and the interviewer knew each other and were able to just sit and have a very conversational style interview. It wasn&#8217;t as much as her asking me questions and then me answering as much as me picking topics and running with them. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wells Fargo (Baybrook): The interview went very well. It felt much like me and the interviewer knew each other and were able to just sit and have a very conversational style interview. It wasn&#8217;t as much as her asking me questions and then me answering as much as me picking topics and running with them. I made sure to bring up the cross-selling on my own and let her know that I am committed to helping Wells achieve their goal of getting 8 products/services with each customer. As we ended the interview, she told me: &#8220;I like your resume and I like you.&#8221; So I don&#8217;t know if that&#8217;s good or not. I should know something regarding this Wells by this Friday or Monday. </p>
<p>Texas Coastal: The interview there went very well. I have a job there if Wells falls through. She told me that the position has been open for 4 months because they want an experienced teller only. I told her that I interviewed with Wells and that I had a good feeling about it. She told me to go for full-time if I could get it. She said just call and let me know what happens. She kinda laughed and was like, if you do get it and know someone else that might want part-time, please send them my way. I think she was very understanding about the waiting period. </p>
<p>Wells Fargo (Fairmont): They called saying they received my resume and invited me to come in for an interview on Wednesday. </p>
<p>My resume is pretty good. Special thanks to my good buddy Matt B for making it for me. He works in HR and told me what kinda things financial institutions are going to be looking for on a resume. I owe him a ton for the resume building assistance! You can view it over on <a href="http://ryanottele.emurse.com">emurse</a>. </p>
<p>I&#8217;ll post another update when I find out what the deal is with Wells at Baybrook. I&#8217;m hoping they will offer me the position. It&#8217;s not &#8220;lead&#8221; since they don&#8217;t hire those from the outside they said. But that&#8217;s okay, it&#8217;s still a full-time position with a leading business where I can really develop a career. </p>
<p>Keep your fingers crossed for me! =)</p>
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