gripping your pillow tight
Thank you to everyone who commented on my last post. I will answer comments soon. *g*
So I did not sleep well again last night (on the upside, another 500 words written on one of my wsip), but I dragged my sorry ass into the office, only to be told by ex-new big boss to pack up my stuff and go home - there was no reason for me to hang around. Which, you know, fine. The hilarious part was that each time I was ready to go, someone stopped me and needed to know something, so maybe they should have been a little more organized, but what the fuck ever. I am out of there. I still have to go back for my exit interview with useless HR lady, which should be fun.
I came home and did some grocery shopping, which I tend to loathe, mainly because there are always really old people with really large carts trying to run me over. I hoped there would be fewer menaces on a Friday morning, but no. I survived unscathed, and am now in possession of a lot of macaroni, which I will probably eat until I really am utterly sick of it. I forgot ice cream, though. I don't care how bad life is, there should always be ice cream if possible.
I tried to take a nap, but D. called me (she's my friend from college who now lives in London - her husband also works for BEMC - he got me the job I just lost, actually), so I was the phone with her for a while, commiserating and complaining about how completely BEMC screwed the pooch on things.
Then I made the mistake of going to the NY Times job listings, which prompted me to open up my resume and dear god, I am old. I did some quick editing to add in this latest debacle position, and wrote a hopefully not horribly sketchy cover letter (cover letters are of the devil), and applied to three jobs, which, because I had to open up profiles etc. took FOR. FUCKING. EVER. GAH. And I am sure I have too much experience/want too much money for any of these positions, and also, they are with non-profit types, which, well, less money is a given. I just wanted to get it out there and see what happens, you know? Since I now have an extra week, I am probably going to mostly laze about next week, while applying online for things, and then I need to get started on cleaning out some of my crap. Even if I don't end up having to move (please god, no), I still have too much crap in too small a space.
Hopefully, I will not subject you to much of whatever misadventures I have while job hunting (unless they are really hilarious). I suppose I should have a tag for it, though. Huh. With some time on my hands, maybe I will get some dvd watching done - I still have all of Mad Men to watch - and maybe I will do a BSG s4.0 rewatch before it starts up again next month. And fleurdeleo wants to have a SPN s4 marathon, which I am totally onboard with.
Also, don't forget Leverage starts on Sunday night - the show with Timothy Hutton, Aldis Hodge, and Christian Kane as con men. Aldis Hodge's character, Alex, and Chris Kane's character, Elliott, have serious slashy chemistry of the bickery kind. I kind of love Aldis Hodge a lot in the pilot, and I hope he remains awesome and the series does well. I think it's on TNT, and a second episode airs on Tuesday, which is going to be its usual slot, I think. Though given that it's TNT, I am sure it will be repeated ad nauseum.
Now I am going to run out to get ice cream, and then maybe I will finish my yuletide source review so I can start writing. I want to be done by 12/10, so I can work on my catchallathon after that.
I still need to upload new icons. 195! Woo!
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So I did not sleep well again last night (on the upside, another 500 words written on one of my wsip), but I dragged my sorry ass into the office, only to be told by ex-new big boss to pack up my stuff and go home - there was no reason for me to hang around. Which, you know, fine. The hilarious part was that each time I was ready to go, someone stopped me and needed to know something, so maybe they should have been a little more organized, but what the fuck ever. I am out of there. I still have to go back for my exit interview with useless HR lady, which should be fun.
I came home and did some grocery shopping, which I tend to loathe, mainly because there are always really old people with really large carts trying to run me over. I hoped there would be fewer menaces on a Friday morning, but no. I survived unscathed, and am now in possession of a lot of macaroni, which I will probably eat until I really am utterly sick of it. I forgot ice cream, though. I don't care how bad life is, there should always be ice cream if possible.
I tried to take a nap, but D. called me (she's my friend from college who now lives in London - her husband also works for BEMC - he got me the job I just lost, actually), so I was the phone with her for a while, commiserating and complaining about how completely BEMC screwed the pooch on things.
Then I made the mistake of going to the NY Times job listings, which prompted me to open up my resume and dear god, I am old. I did some quick editing to add in this latest debacle position, and wrote a hopefully not horribly sketchy cover letter (cover letters are of the devil), and applied to three jobs, which, because I had to open up profiles etc. took FOR. FUCKING. EVER. GAH. And I am sure I have too much experience/want too much money for any of these positions, and also, they are with non-profit types, which, well, less money is a given. I just wanted to get it out there and see what happens, you know? Since I now have an extra week, I am probably going to mostly laze about next week, while applying online for things, and then I need to get started on cleaning out some of my crap. Even if I don't end up having to move (please god, no), I still have too much crap in too small a space.
Hopefully, I will not subject you to much of whatever misadventures I have while job hunting (unless they are really hilarious). I suppose I should have a tag for it, though. Huh. With some time on my hands, maybe I will get some dvd watching done - I still have all of Mad Men to watch - and maybe I will do a BSG s4.0 rewatch before it starts up again next month. And fleurdeleo wants to have a SPN s4 marathon, which I am totally onboard with.
Also, don't forget Leverage starts on Sunday night - the show with Timothy Hutton, Aldis Hodge, and Christian Kane as con men. Aldis Hodge's character, Alex, and Chris Kane's character, Elliott, have serious slashy chemistry of the bickery kind. I kind of love Aldis Hodge a lot in the pilot, and I hope he remains awesome and the series does well. I think it's on TNT, and a second episode airs on Tuesday, which is going to be its usual slot, I think. Though given that it's TNT, I am sure it will be repeated ad nauseum.
Now I am going to run out to get ice cream, and then maybe I will finish my yuletide source review so I can start writing. I want to be done by 12/10, so I can work on my catchallathon after that.
I still need to upload new icons. 195! Woo!
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