GREAT.

[bluesoup]

So I applied for this job at the Bureau of Indian Affairs about a month ago through a contractor. I have yet to interview, as they keep pushing back the date. So today I email my intercessor, as I like to call her, and I'm like, "Bug them, please." She checks in with her POC (Point of Contact, I'm guessing), gets a reply, and then proceeds to send out an email to EVERYONE WHO APPLIED for the position, en masse. Now, this is, I suppose, against every single rule of professional etiquette ever ever ever, but the woman is about as old as I am, and she doesn't know these things yet. She may have also assumed that we would be too busy and important to troll the internet for tidbits on our competition. Well, bully for me! She's actually done this twice now, so I am now privy to the information that one kid has dropped out of the running, which is awesome because I facebooked her and she was a grad student at GW (and a Masters degree, as we all know, trumps a Bachelors). BUT my crowning, golden, shining joy of the afternoon is that grad school girl's replacement seems to be this guy:

http://le-swanns.com/group.html (Click on BENJAMIN at the top.)

THAT GUY? I'm competing with THAT GUY? That guy is wicked cool, albeit unfamiliar with the rules of subject/verb agreement.

What the hell kind of job is this?