More testing
Remind me again why we have cats?
I wasn't actually intending to turn off comments on LJ at this point. I just forgot to switch it back on after my last crosspost test. I am leaving them off for this post, because several people indicated that they found it annoying to be linked to the reply page, and I want to test a new version of the footer.
Been wandering from link to link through some of the old Geocities BtVS archives - really old stuff, mostly written in S2 or the summer after. It's interesting. These days, most archives are devoted to a single character, pairing, or concept (all Pylea fic, etc.) But a lot of these old archives are just general collections of stories. A lot of it is B/A, because that was the five-hundred pound gorilla in those days, but there's a fair bit of Willow/Oz, Xander/Cordelia, Spike/Dru, Spike/Willow, Spike/Buffy - Spike was versatile even then. *g* Very little slash, comparatively few non-canon pairings, but I don't know if there really was less, or if I just don't have the right links for that.
It's like wandering through a museum. There's a definite qualitative difference between fic written now that takes off from a point in canon and goes AU, and the speculative fic written back when we didn't know what was coming next. It's hard to describe, but impossible to miss. (And it's kind of freaky to realize that I'm one of the exhibits in the museum, albeit from a later-built wing.)
I have an interview tomorrow. Somewhat before the layoffs, one of the two managers in our department resigned. Manger #2 has now moved into his old job, leaving hers open. I applied for it, though I don't think I meet the minium experience for the job. I don't know who the other candidates for the position are, but I would not be surprised if some of the people who got laid off were applying, since they were all eligible for rehire and encouraged to apply for open positions that hadn't been cut.
I don't know if I want to get it or not. It would be considerably more money, but I feel that I've barely settled into my current position, and if I did get this one, it would be the Peter Principle in action. On the other hand, Manager #2 offered to go over my resume for me, and has been asking when my interview is, so I get the impression that she thinks I'm doing the right thing. On the gripping hand, I am just not a people person. I can play one on the internet, up to a point, but while I am fine with people coming to me, I'm very bad at going to them. And that's what a manager needs to do, a lot of the time. Also I hate confrontations. What if I have to reprimand someone, or worse, fire them?
And yeah, I'm counting my chickens. The odds of me getting it are not great. I need to start practicing my "It's an honor to be nominated" speech, not my "I'd like to thank the Academy..." speech.
And Writercon is in a week and a half. Deer, meet headlights. :whimper:
I wasn't actually intending to turn off comments on LJ at this point. I just forgot to switch it back on after my last crosspost test. I am leaving them off for this post, because several people indicated that they found it annoying to be linked to the reply page, and I want to test a new version of the footer.
Been wandering from link to link through some of the old Geocities BtVS archives - really old stuff, mostly written in S2 or the summer after. It's interesting. These days, most archives are devoted to a single character, pairing, or concept (all Pylea fic, etc.) But a lot of these old archives are just general collections of stories. A lot of it is B/A, because that was the five-hundred pound gorilla in those days, but there's a fair bit of Willow/Oz, Xander/Cordelia, Spike/Dru, Spike/Willow, Spike/Buffy - Spike was versatile even then. *g* Very little slash, comparatively few non-canon pairings, but I don't know if there really was less, or if I just don't have the right links for that.
It's like wandering through a museum. There's a definite qualitative difference between fic written now that takes off from a point in canon and goes AU, and the speculative fic written back when we didn't know what was coming next. It's hard to describe, but impossible to miss. (And it's kind of freaky to realize that I'm one of the exhibits in the museum, albeit from a later-built wing.)
I have an interview tomorrow. Somewhat before the layoffs, one of the two managers in our department resigned. Manger #2 has now moved into his old job, leaving hers open. I applied for it, though I don't think I meet the minium experience for the job. I don't know who the other candidates for the position are, but I would not be surprised if some of the people who got laid off were applying, since they were all eligible for rehire and encouraged to apply for open positions that hadn't been cut.
I don't know if I want to get it or not. It would be considerably more money, but I feel that I've barely settled into my current position, and if I did get this one, it would be the Peter Principle in action. On the other hand, Manager #2 offered to go over my resume for me, and has been asking when my interview is, so I get the impression that she thinks I'm doing the right thing. On the gripping hand, I am just not a people person. I can play one on the internet, up to a point, but while I am fine with people coming to me, I'm very bad at going to them. And that's what a manager needs to do, a lot of the time. Also I hate confrontations. What if I have to reprimand someone, or worse, fire them?
And yeah, I'm counting my chickens. The odds of me getting it are not great. I need to start practicing my "It's an honor to be nominated" speech, not my "I'd like to thank the Academy..." speech.
And Writercon is in a week and a half. Deer, meet headlights. :whimper: