First day at my new job!! Yay! How Thrilling it was to be in the world of employed people again. yes this was the day that things were going to change for me. I was waiting ever so long to get a job. Sending resume after resume out and to get this job meant that finally things were looking up for me. I could finally retire my candy Crush addiction and have a real job that paid real money.


 At this point I really needed a job because I was already tapping into my personal savings to buy boosters to be able to get to the next level.

I get to the job and I meet with the personnel department. She gives me more forms to fill out and I also had to take a pee test to prove that I am not taking any drugs.


Clear all the Jelly is all I could hear and taste, breath and smell.
You failed to remove all the jellies! What!!!??

Candy Crush Crack the Mayor Rob Ford way

Admitting that you have an addiction is the first step to recovery. There are many addictions, like alcohol, gambling, crack, and add to the list now Candy Crush. I never knew how bad my addiction was until I saw Mayor Rob Ford of the great city of Toronto admit to his Crack addictions.

What Is Addiction? What Causes Addiction?

People with an addiction do not have control over what they are doing, taking or using. Their addiction may reach a point at which it is harmful. Addictions do not only include physical things we consume, such as drugs or alcohol, but may include virtually anything, such abstract things as gambling to seemingly harmless products, such as chocolate - in other words, addiction may refer to a substance dependence (e.g. drug addiction) or behavioral addiction (e.g. gambling addiction) or CANDY CRUSH addiction.

The Saga of Rob Mayor Ford was even worse than my Candy Crush Saga Addiction. 

 Yes I smoked Crack! 

Yes I smoked Candy Crush Crack!

I mean are there really any differences here?? So as the Mayor of Toronto's Crack addiction admission continues this Saga that  has not only taken this city and shaken it up, but it has been sensationalized throughout the world! 

I want to thank Mayor Ford because not only has he increased tourism, but he finally put Toronto on the map as a functioning city with real scandal and promotes the use of crack! Awesome!! We are American now!

Well know that my own addiction to Candy Crush seems small, I shall continue my own addiction of Candy Crush Saga. 

Best to you Mayor Ford.

Candy Crush Interview pt 2

I filled out as much as I could on those forms and then was directed to another room where there were already several other candidates sitting at computers to take these tests. The young Asian guy sat me down, logged in and got me stated on the test.

There were ten pre-employment tests to take and all averaging about 20 minutes in length. I started the first one which seemed fairly easy. It was all true or false questions about how would you treat a customer? the questions started out fairly easily some were like "Customers are more easily satisfied if their expectations are

effectively managed." True or False. I answered True. And another one: "In responding to a frustrated customer's question, it's a good idea to immediately offer a solution". True or False. I answered False.

There were about 67 questions that went on and on  like this and I was getting dizzy about answering these questions. The questions became one big blur and I was seeing things like " If you play Candy Crush all day and night long, you will get hired for this job: True or False? "If you get past level 21 you will win a pot of candy crush gold." True or False. True! I exclaimed! Everyone around me just looked at me briefly with disdain in their eyes nodding as I crept deeper into my chair.

Finally got through that test and then 4 others followed. Something on Excel and Word, and typing and all I could think of to get me through this was that once I was done I could turn my phone on and play Candy Crush....

 Candy Crush was my savior! Candy Crush will get me this job! Candy Crush, Candy Crush.. Chanting Candy Crush and everyone in the Computer Testing room was cheering me on. Level 21 You CAN PASS it.. Get Boosters. Do it You Can Beat this level.. Candy Crush Candy Crush..Sweet Divine Sugar Rush...CANDY CRUSH CANDY CRUSH ALL IN UNISON..CANDY CRUSH.

...and all of a sudden.. I hear my name and some Lady taps me on the shoulder...."Ms. Gates...You got the job..You start Monday". That's when I woke up.

NEXT: First day at new job

Candy Crush job interview pt 1

After months of being unemployed and sitting in front of the computer I was becoming a CANDY CRUSH Champion. I was clearing levels like nothing . I was by passing all my friends and every time I got a SUGAR RUSH I felt great with a warm tingly feeling of accomplishment inside.

The fun ended when I finally got a job interview. Yes I did need a job but I was living off my bank account and I didn't really need much. Didn't need change of clothes or food really. The occasional shower to keep fresh. But as long as I had Candy Crush, I could stay in my pajamas all day long and never leave this magical Candy land and all would be good in the world.

Then my little perfect world of shiny candies came tumbling down when I got a job interview. I was excited for a second. After months of my phone not ringing it was good to know my phone number was working I guess. So I got myself into Office working girl Interview mode. As much as I didn't want a job I knew I needed one to buy more Candy Crush boosters and I needed some income for that.

For the love of the game, I propped myself out of the house and onto the world of working employed people. I got on the subway, and made my way to the interview in the downtown sector of town. I find the address to the building, I enter, sign in with the front desk person, show my ID, and head to the interview. 

 A young guy gives me a clipboard with a pen and tells me to have a seat and fill out this 10 page form. I'm filling out my name, address, social security number and then I get down to the page where they want me to list previous employers and references. I'm like what?? How do I even begin to fill that out when I have not been working for months?

I started making up fake past job experiences and put down that I was a supervisor in a Candy factory and had experience at packing and switching candies around. Then where it said references I put down contact Ms. Candy Sweet. that's when I started feeling ill and was having the shakes. OMG not now. I started getting sweaty and hot, my hands were trembling, my eyes were twirling. I was in CANDY CRUSH Withdrawal. God Help me. 

I still had 9 pages to fill out but I needed my fix. I reached into my purse and grabbed my phone, turned it on and luckily I had the APP downloaded for a quick fix like this. I put the papers to the side started playing Candy Crush in the reception area and felt much better.What a relief. SWEET! 

After a few levels completed my blood pressure went down and the young man called me over to do some testing in another room.

Next: CANDY CRUSH Test taking at the agency

Candy Crush, addictions

 Candy Crush the Addicts' Saga

Its amazing how addictions can overtake your life. Actually addictions can seriously ruin your life. Sure there are drug addictions, alcohol addictions, gambling addictions, etc. But there is one addiction that I tell you after being through Candy Crush HELL and back, I can tell you that this is far worse than Heroin.

It all started form a simple request which seemed harmless enough. I kept ignoring and ignoring the requests thinking it would go away. But the request and help for lives kept coming and coming. 

One day while being really bored and unemployed, I finally gave in. I remember it was a hot August day, very humid and the AC was kicking and I thought much better to stay indoors. I was playing words with friends and was waiting for moves when another request for Candy Crush popped up.

The request on the bottom of the screen was about to fade and I barley clicked it on and within seconds I was brought into this magical paradise of a Candy Land World. It was just so shiny and sweet and so inviting. So the Candy Crush girl invited me to play and I said " hey why not" how hard can it be to "switch" candies around and crush them.

So I started with a couple of the blue ones, then the yellow ones, then the bright orange ones. I switched some more and a striped one came down and ended up in a huge gumball that exploded and all the candies got zapped and crushed and flashes of words like SWEET, DIVINE, and CANDY CRUSH popped up. The candies flying everywhere on the screen it was wild.. I cleared that level and I really wanted more. Little did I know that this sweet innocent candy girl with her pet dragon were enablers and they were evil. 

This was how it began. The Candy Crush Saga of how Candy Crush ruined my life...

Next: taking days off of work to play Candy Crush....