interview
at 9:30am today .........(i am feeling the anxiousness creeping in)
i'm confident on the graphics end but not on the 'technical writer' end. but only because i don't really have examples to show. i know i am perfectly capable of doing it though - i just need to impart that to them somehow. :/
ironically, if i had worked all that OT (till i died) and worked on that training manual like they wanted, i would have had good examples to show the new company. (but i'd held off because i hadn't wanted to do all that work when i know in the end it would be wasted and i was hoping for a different job before then.) fucknutz.
the best i could do is copy notes i'd made regarding doing things in the software i was using. the words are accompanied by small illustrations. if it was typed out and had screenshots instead, i'd be golden. but i'll have to bring the handwritten copies that still bear a noticeable replication of the coffee accident that marred my sacred notepad.
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the past week and a half has been insane. this is the first second i've had to even breathe. literally, it has been one thing or event or 'thing i have to do' after another and little sleep to top that. for example..............
thurs: work, gallery,sleep
fri: work, trying to figure out my art niche moneymaker, sleep
sat: trying to figure out my art niche moneymaker, running out to the pet stores for bird foods, gallery, crashed at mum's
sun: awoke on 6 hrs sleep, finished 2 projects for mum, worked on obtaining & installing last few web progs etc with my brother (ugh it took forever) drove back up to my end of town, got groceries, put away all groceries, cleaned apt, cooked dinner, died read 'Flash 99% Good' for 30 mins then slept
i could go on, but that would be painful for both of us. wow, i haven't been this busy since uni. and it isn't a bad thing... i kind of feel more alive. i just wish i wasn't working at current job, and i think the rest would be all good.
speaking of busy - i got a hookup from the gallery. someone in local politics that is also a guest artist (she does fabrics and stuff) needs web design work done. no deadline, and i told her i needed a bit of time to bone up on the programs which was fine. she said she knows a ton of people who also need sites designed. this may be a good in for web design. certainly i'll then have a portfolio to show. yeeeah.
i haven't forgotten about wanting to do manga. but the pay is dirt and the hours long. it will have to be a side job if anything and i need a sanity saving job to be my main one... which i am working on getting. have to be money focused for a bit... if i want to travel or pay off my student loan.
as soon as i secure a domain and create my art site, i'll link to it.
then, if anyone needs any revamping of a website, or creation of one... let me know. i'll be doing freebies for a bit just to get more practice doing different things, and increasing my speed at doing them. or hell, catch me before then. why not?
p.s. i give myself props for finally messing with colors and font sizes.
i was in the habit of writing as html and only really remembered tags for bold and italic. and i liked the spell correct on that side. now i just tab back to html if i want that and back to rich text when i'm done. i was so lazy before.
i'm confident on the graphics end but not on the 'technical writer' end. but only because i don't really have examples to show. i know i am perfectly capable of doing it though - i just need to impart that to them somehow. :/
ironically, if i had worked all that OT (till i died) and worked on that training manual like they wanted, i would have had good examples to show the new company. (but i'd held off because i hadn't wanted to do all that work when i know in the end it would be wasted and i was hoping for a different job before then.) fucknutz.
the best i could do is copy notes i'd made regarding doing things in the software i was using. the words are accompanied by small illustrations. if it was typed out and had screenshots instead, i'd be golden. but i'll have to bring the handwritten copies that still bear a noticeable replication of the coffee accident that marred my sacred notepad.
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the past week and a half has been insane. this is the first second i've had to even breathe. literally, it has been one thing or event or 'thing i have to do' after another and little sleep to top that. for example..............
thurs: work, gallery,sleep
fri: work, trying to figure out my art niche moneymaker, sleep
sat: trying to figure out my art niche moneymaker, running out to the pet stores for bird foods, gallery, crashed at mum's
sun: awoke on 6 hrs sleep, finished 2 projects for mum, worked on obtaining & installing last few web progs etc with my brother (ugh it took forever) drove back up to my end of town, got groceries, put away all groceries, cleaned apt, cooked dinner, died read 'Flash 99% Good' for 30 mins then slept
i could go on, but that would be painful for both of us. wow, i haven't been this busy since uni. and it isn't a bad thing... i kind of feel more alive. i just wish i wasn't working at current job, and i think the rest would be all good.
speaking of busy - i got a hookup from the gallery. someone in local politics that is also a guest artist (she does fabrics and stuff) needs web design work done. no deadline, and i told her i needed a bit of time to bone up on the programs which was fine. she said she knows a ton of people who also need sites designed. this may be a good in for web design. certainly i'll then have a portfolio to show. yeeeah.
i haven't forgotten about wanting to do manga. but the pay is dirt and the hours long. it will have to be a side job if anything and i need a sanity saving job to be my main one... which i am working on getting. have to be money focused for a bit... if i want to travel or pay off my student loan.
as soon as i secure a domain and create my art site, i'll link to it.
then, if anyone needs any revamping of a website, or creation of one... let me know. i'll be doing freebies for a bit just to get more practice doing different things, and increasing my speed at doing them. or hell, catch me before then. why not?
p.s. i give myself props for finally messing with colors and font sizes.
i was in the habit of writing as html and only really remembered tags for bold and italic. and i liked the spell correct on that side. now i just tab back to html if i want that and back to rich text when i'm done. i was so lazy before.