Yesterday I had the perfect plan in my mind. I was going to use Russian with unknown people, in an easy situation. I'd prepare what I'd need to say, and it would look so perfect that no one would notice that I'm a foreigner. My aim was to talk with enough insurance so that I could pretend to be a local.

I had to go and buy a stamp at the post ( Read more... )

I've had shitty job interviews before, but it's the first time that I'm not even offered to have a seat.

It reminds me of a joke about the job interviews for Ikea:


( Read more... )

Nobody knows I'm a spy. It's because I'm a good one. On almost each game I play/played, I ended up playing a spy. It's fun, you get to use cryptography goodies, and conspire with other players in the same position.

This evening, thanks to someone whose name I won't reveal in order not to blow her cover, I discovered the personality test of the CIA. ( Read more... )