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sudden (un)employment
Remember that there are only three kinds of things anyone need ever do. (1) Things we ought to do (2) Things we’ve got to do (3) Things we like doing. I say this because some people seem to spend so much of their time doing things for none of the three reasons, things like reading books they don’t like because other people read them. Things you ( Read more... ) -
zohmigod, like woah
The first interview went extraordinarily well. We talked in the owner's office for over an hour, chatting about theater, arts culture, the people we have in common, and my job history. The second interview, a more serious thing with the office administrator, went fairly well. It was less casual, more the regular check list of the sort of formalized ( Read more... ) -
on my way to learn pachabel's canon
- bOINGbOING: Stamp semaphore as early emoticons (& secret messages ( Read more... )
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I have a job interview there tomorrow
"It is only from one of the higher towers, the myriad smaller buildings laid out below and higher ones gleaming in the distance, that the City’s infinitude truly becomes intuitively and not merely intellectually apparent.Mastering new things generally comes easily to me, yet contact lenses are presenting a strange new kind of learning curve. ( Read more... ) -
news from the dark
- Chris Dame writes about our favourite night at Burning Man.Plans have changed, the April road-trip between Orlando and New Orleans with Van Sise has been canceled, perhaps to be picked up at some later date, replaced instead with a trip to New York City, when as yet unknown ( Read more... )
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a thousand thoughts
I felt immediately welcome at my interview this morning, which wasn't stressful in the slightest, but an undeniably positive experience. I liked the questions, the interviewer, the vibe, everything! I especially appreciated the quick tour around the office at the end, as it confirmed my brightest hope about the company, that it's built of the ( Read more... ) -
Speak the truth, even if your voice trembles
Back when I was laid off in December, I couldn't get a Record of Employment from my previous employers. Told me I was a contractor, then that contractors don't receive them, which I knew was wrong for a number of reasons, not least of which being that I've received them in the past as a contractor, at jobs where I've actually, you know, signed a ( Read more... )
