I don't know what I'm doing yet for Thanksgiving. I might go to my grandma's, but it's still undecided. Hopefully I'll be able to be with my family. I have friends coming in town though, so I'll spend time with them. I plan on eating a lot of food. I have to work on Black Friday so I'm kind of bummed about that.

I found a job at Whataburger in Red Oak as a team member. I found out that the duties and responsibilities would be to provide quality service to all customers, effectively communicate with management in a timely manner regarding scheduling issues, properly stock inventory, demonstrate fiscal responsibility with all company assets and following company cash handling policies. This seems like it would be an appropriate job for me because it doesn't require any kind of special education like a degree or anything, and it is a good job at gaining skills like people skills, time management, and many others that are good to have for future careers. To prepare for an interview at Whataburger, I'd fill and print out the application, find a nice outfit to wear, and think about why possible questions the manager might ask. I think that is important so I won't sit there and think about the question for too long and I could just go right into answering the question with a good answer. The level of difficulty on finding a job online isn't very hard at all. There are tons of websites that have local job listings.

I liked the movie a lot. There's other movies out there that have the same outline (a homeless/poor person who could easily give up and make nothing more out of their life, but instead turn it around and accomplish things unimaginable.) Most of those movies are just cliches with cheesy acting. However, this movie had an original story line with really good actors. I was actually wanting to know what would happen next after every scene. My favorite part was when she said "Sometimes I feel like there is skin upon the world. And those of us who are born under it can see through it. We just can't get through it." It was my favorite because I think that is the best representation of how the homeless really see the world and the reality of it. I don't think I would have been as resilient as Liz was. I don't go through half the things that she had to go through, yet she still had more determination in her school work than I do. Plus it's not easy to escape a family of drug addiction. Not only was her family addicted to hard drugs, but her grandparents were too. She overcame impossible circumstances with grace and determination.