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Hello. I'm still up. I don't have a job right now, so it's ok, I can stay up as late as I want. Wee!

I've started a new blog about my new situation: http://thenextgig.blogspot.com/. Less personal, more about the job hunt (and hunt for other gigs).

I've also started reading way too many ( Read more... )

It's so easy to just blog when things are sucky (hate my job! hate dating!). But today I have nothing sucky to report. Skip this if you feed on other people's misery ( Read more... )

Okay, time to eat my words from my previous entry ( Read more... )

I was given notice last week, so my last official day of employment, for now, is next Friday, January 11. I'm excited. The start of the new year, losing my loser job -- the sense of possibility is almost tangible. What's next? Anything could be next ( Read more... )

Our CEO just stormed into our office (the one I share with my boss), all irate, yelling that the sales team is not selling his product because they don't have the right materials from us. Of course, we don't have the technical specs or a demo of the product, because it's broken and not ready for market. Hmmm ( Read more... )

I've known for years that 9-5 office jobs drive me batty. The only exception was the job that involved some hard publishing deadlines with interesting (at least non-technical) content, that actually ran 6-6 most days. I was so stressed and busy and beating the deadlines that I forgot that I hate office jobs ( Read more... )

Would someone please give me a kick in the rear? I'm turning into a pathetic couch potato. Work is somewhat frazzling (hermintage, be warned), and when I get home (if there isn't a rehearsal or radio show in between), all I want to do is veg out in front of the boob tube. Dishes are piling up. Mail is piling up. I'll catch up on the weekend. But this is not ( Read more... )

On Thursday my former manager called me, from a couple jobs past. He's been working a new company that's really taking off, and he needs to hire some help. What perfect timing -- I was scheduled to start my new contract this Monday. So I didn't even entertain the possibility seriously; I already signed on someone else's dotted line. But he told me ( Read more... )

Arrive on time. Shake hands, smile.

Sit down, smile. Listen attentively to job description. Nod understandingly. Make cute insider-like comments, such as, "Why, I can't imagine why you'd think that is important...Speak confidently about your experience. Be personable, up-front, honest, and smile, again ( Read more... )