My mutant lash has fallen out
For the past, oh, I dunno, month or so, I've been annoyed by this one lash on my right eyelid that just grew and grew, way beyond the length my lashes usually grow to. It was annoying because it looked weird, and because it was vaguely twisted and thus tended to irritate the eye. Well, it just fell out. (Final length: 13 mm - about a third longer than the rest of my lashes.) I'm almost sad now. ;-)
Yeah, I know, really important news that the world absolutely needed to know about. *g*
How about this for something actually useful:
http://www.thenag.net/
I think it's a *brilliant* idea.
Writing update:
the_borgi knows what I've been doing this week. She'll get massive credits in the story notes when this story is done. Massive, massive credits.
Same as last week, this week is mainly about writing, and the writing - also like last week's - is mainly about hurting this charming chap (see Loz's icon!) here. (I feel vaguely guilty when I look at that icon. How can I hurt someone as cute as that? I must be truly evil.)
I'm actually not writing this week, though, just sorting through my notes, and, well doing research - mostly by pestering the_borgi, at the moment.
Job search etc. update:
I have a difficult decision to make. I applied for a one-year postgraduate program about publishing and related work fields. They only take 25 people per year, so I didn't really expect to be accepted, but they did accept me. Now, the problem is, if I accept the place on the program, the fees I'll have to pay will use up pretty much my entire savings - and my student job runs out by the end of September. So, I'd need a job that pays enough to live on by the beginning of October. It's not impossible, but it's difficult, and I hate being entirely without savings, so I'm really not sure if I want to accept that place. On the other hand, it *would* probably give me some skills to put on my C.V. that I can't currently claim to have; skills of a sort that may help me to find a job I actually like. I'm not sure *how* much it would improve my chances, though.
The problem is compounded by the fact that I've decided that really, I want/need to work for a company or organisation that's directly involved in doing something that's relevant to, well, saving the world. (Because if I do believe that there is an urgent, existential threat, then I can't relegate fighting that threat to the status of a 'hobby' that I'll just devote a bit of spare time to now and then. That would be as if, on being diagnosed with cancer, one decided to let it go untreated until one could afford to take time off from work.)
So the field I'd like to work in is probably not really publishing etc. (unless it's publishing with an eco focus) - although some of the skills taught by the program would probably help me in any kind of communications/PR-related job, and I don't currently have *any* 'official' skills of that sort, and that's the only area where someone like me could possibly be useful for an organisation or company in the world-saving business.
I've also been thinking about the option of doing a Ph.D. on a world-saving-related topic. That would, conceivably, increase my attractiveness on the 'green' job market - possibly more so than the postgrad program. It would take years, though (although I suppose I could still get active immediately as a volunteer; well, in fact, I've already begun to.) If I decided to do that, I wouldn't be able to attend the publishing postgraduate program either.
Decisions, decisions.... why so difficult?
LJ catch-up and social life update:
I think I'll finally get around to catching up with a few people on LJ next week (loads of work without internet access this week, so definitely no catching up *now*). I'm also trying to kick myself into gear for doing things like meeting people, and phoning people. It's time.
Yeah, I know, really important news that the world absolutely needed to know about. *g*
How about this for something actually useful:
http://www.thenag.net/
I think it's a *brilliant* idea.
Writing update:
the_borgi knows what I've been doing this week. She'll get massive credits in the story notes when this story is done. Massive, massive credits.
Same as last week, this week is mainly about writing, and the writing - also like last week's - is mainly about hurting this charming chap (see Loz's icon!) here. (I feel vaguely guilty when I look at that icon. How can I hurt someone as cute as that? I must be truly evil.)
I'm actually not writing this week, though, just sorting through my notes, and, well doing research - mostly by pestering the_borgi, at the moment.
Job search etc. update:
I have a difficult decision to make. I applied for a one-year postgraduate program about publishing and related work fields. They only take 25 people per year, so I didn't really expect to be accepted, but they did accept me. Now, the problem is, if I accept the place on the program, the fees I'll have to pay will use up pretty much my entire savings - and my student job runs out by the end of September. So, I'd need a job that pays enough to live on by the beginning of October. It's not impossible, but it's difficult, and I hate being entirely without savings, so I'm really not sure if I want to accept that place. On the other hand, it *would* probably give me some skills to put on my C.V. that I can't currently claim to have; skills of a sort that may help me to find a job I actually like. I'm not sure *how* much it would improve my chances, though.
The problem is compounded by the fact that I've decided that really, I want/need to work for a company or organisation that's directly involved in doing something that's relevant to, well, saving the world. (Because if I do believe that there is an urgent, existential threat, then I can't relegate fighting that threat to the status of a 'hobby' that I'll just devote a bit of spare time to now and then. That would be as if, on being diagnosed with cancer, one decided to let it go untreated until one could afford to take time off from work.)
So the field I'd like to work in is probably not really publishing etc. (unless it's publishing with an eco focus) - although some of the skills taught by the program would probably help me in any kind of communications/PR-related job, and I don't currently have *any* 'official' skills of that sort, and that's the only area where someone like me could possibly be useful for an organisation or company in the world-saving business.
I've also been thinking about the option of doing a Ph.D. on a world-saving-related topic. That would, conceivably, increase my attractiveness on the 'green' job market - possibly more so than the postgrad program. It would take years, though (although I suppose I could still get active immediately as a volunteer; well, in fact, I've already begun to.) If I decided to do that, I wouldn't be able to attend the publishing postgraduate program either.
Decisions, decisions.... why so difficult?
LJ catch-up and social life update:
I think I'll finally get around to catching up with a few people on LJ next week (loads of work without internet access this week, so definitely no catching up *now*). I'm also trying to kick myself into gear for doing things like meeting people, and phoning people. It's time.