The search continues

Now we are into December. I look at all the time I spent filling out applications online and you want know something? It's really a catch 22. How many times have you gone to a store with a help wanted ad displayed outside only to find out that they don't accept paper applications, you have to fill them out online. Well I attempted something different today.
There is a gas station down the street, across from another gas station. Over the summer both erected a large sign in their tree lawn that said in large lettering "Help Wanted". I thought that this was going to be great. I live down the street, don't need to drive, could be there in a matter of minutes if they needed someone to fill in. Well it's been a few months since I filled out the application. Angered at the feeling that I was being ignored I debated over bringing in my resume and on a whim I printed it off and left the apartment to fill out a paper application. Luckily, (and I use this term loosely) there was no paper application to fill out and as the girl who helped me mentioned something about leaving a note for the manager, when I told her I brought in my resume. She took it and told me she'd leave it by the computer so the manager would look at it.
All this weekend I have been getting fired up, playing in my mind just how I'd march down there and talk to the manager so that I could rest assured someone, anyone, would look at the thing I have been filling out for the past 6 months.
This new fire came about after reading some articles from Forbes.com-- they said, you need to be aggressive. If you fill out an application in hopes of getting any job, even though you know you don't want it- you don't try as hard. You don't have that passion to push forward and get what you want.
Now don't get me wrong, I don't desire to work at 8 dollars an hour while I have a BA in Psychology. But I need money, to save up, to use towards a certification towards something more targeted and in demand.. We all need to start somewhere, and this temporary thing (if I end up charming them into getting it) will only be so I can eventually get a wage I am worth. But think about it. Degree or not, an empty space in your resume doesn't scream "I'm a Winner, you'd be stupid not to hire me." It sets off red flags to people before they even talk to you.