Yeah, I'm sorry ( Read more... )

I am tired. I am tired of working for mediocre straight, cis, white men who I'm much smarter than, and who got where they are not from any particular intelligence or talent, but just because that's the way things work. I am tired of being treated like a secretary because yet another Boomer boss just treats all women that way. (There's nothing wrong ( Read more... )

One perk I've wrangled recently is a trip to Chicago for Book Expo America 2016 (BEA). It was my first time attending, and though I often heard how much smaller this year's event was than those in past years (because it was in Chicago instead of NY), it was still pretty great to my eyes. A book lover's dream ( Read more... )

The Big 3 in life: Love, home, work. The joke is that you can never have all 3 at once, only ever 2 at at time, if that. I'd just like one ( Read more... )

As I check my home voicemail 2-3 times per day and constantly refresh my personal email, I know that limbo is my least favorite place to be. I will be heartbroken if my big day from last week doesn't bear fruit, but I do know that I did my absolute best, and that's good no matter what happens. It was an amazing, stimulating day, regardless of ( Read more... )

I took a last minute trip to Chicago this week for some freelance work for the first time in a year and a half. It's hard to believe it's been so long since I've visited, but my job/money situation (the fact that I lack both) has prohibited me from any travel. I was a little nervous. Wondered how I would feel entering the city I used to call home ( Read more... )

I've been struggling with writing about this for some time, because I don't like to talk about work/career related things online, and opening myself up like this isn't easy. But it's time ( Read more... )

...I leaptThe last year has been really great in many ways, and really bad in others. Many things happened just as I wanted them to (apartment, car, family, friends), and one glaring thing has NOT happened at ALL like I wanted to (WTF do I have to do to get a damned full time job here, FFS? I'm going to have to go into to this in more depth in ( Read more... )

I'm coming up on the 2 month mark of my move from Chicago to GR. As I mentioned before, it's been a fairly easy transition. While there are definitely things I miss about Chicago (hanging with friends, wandering around the neighborhood on foot, Ping Pong, Piehole, a Borders with a great bargain section in every neighborhood), I've found things to ( Read more... )