Applicant #8: Corey Williams

Corey Williams is a 22-year-old from St. Louis.

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Corey's current situation:

It's almost 2:45AM as I write. I am merely HOURS away from my audition for AMERICAN IDOL. Excited does not begin to do the way I feel JUSTICE. At the moment (until I am chosen as Young & Free St. Louis' SPOKESTER), I am employed at Costco Wholesale in Manchester, MO as a full-time cashier. Basically, I provide EXCEPTIONAL service and accept payment. I am nearing my 21st month at Costco, and I feel my time has come to move on to bigger, more important ventures. Simply put, move on to something I actually ENJOY and would be WILLING TO DO FOR FREE. I feel it's NO COINCIDENCE I became aware the Spokester position was open almost immediately before I made up my mind it was time to move on from Costco. Well, in ALL HONESTY. I could go on and on and on forever. However, I actually WANT you to choose ME. ;)

Corey's blog post:

It's officially 3:00AM. Hope all is well with you, thanks for joining me once again! I will not abuse your eyes too long for this blog post, but I do want to try and destroy a VERY COMMON topic in a matter of seconds: CREDIT CARDS. I know, I know, your Uncle Sam and Aunt Jemima have instilled within you to NEVER touch a credit card, because credit cards are "BAD. THEY ROB THE PEOPLE THAT USE THEM WITH HIDDEN FEES!" What ensues? You take Jemima and Sams' advice and 20 years later you are working the SAME job, with the SAME amount of happiness. I always say, "(if) you buy someone's opinion, you take their lifestyle as a package deal." My response to Sam and Jemima would simply be "CREDIT CARD COMPANIES DON'T ROB PEOPLE, BANKS DO!" That would be my INITIAL response. My first emotion, if you will. However, let's take it a step further. We will still keep it simple. Don't put your ear buds in NOW, for I'm alm ost finished, see?? OPEN those eyes. Tell Jemima to quit snoring. Now: PAY THE BALANCE OF YOUR CREDIT CARD OFF BEFORE THE DUE DATE, AVOID PAYING INTEREST. You build your credit and fast and you only pay for what you purchased. What's that? You didn't know you could do THAT? Don't feel bad. NEITHER DID I. I learned the hard way. Hard head makes for a soft you-know-what. Thanks for reading. See you tomorrow.

P.S. Freedom is simple to me. Freedom is living life as desired, even though you are encourage to live it other "more common" ways. A general "Coreyism", if you will..... be VERY careful when you find yourself doing what the MASSES do, for the MASSES usually don't have the lifestyle you DESIRE. Tu comprenez?

Corey