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pipsqueaky

FYI

Mar 17, 2005 19:01

First of all: Happy birthday to permetaform, and happy belated (eek! sorry!) birthday to river_boat! Whee! *snogs you both*

I haven't been online much in the past week, and it will probably stay that way for at least a little while longer, due to the new job and other stuff. My free time has been severly curtailed (as in, the entire day used to be free time, and now ( Read more... )

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heresluck March 18 2005, 02:23:06 UTC

Hey -- speaking of Nashville -- I'm going to be in your neck of the woods in... good heavens, less than a month. We should hang out. I'll email you.

pipsqueaky March 18 2005, 02:42:19 UTC

OMG SQUEE!!!!

Hell yes, we will hang out! I can't wait to see you. (Um, but your trip isn't the first weekend in April, is it? Because I'll be at a wedding in Charlotte then.)

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pipsqueaky March 18 2005, 02:47:44 UTC

You're welcome! Hope you have a wonderful day!

sdwolfpup March 18 2005, 02:35:18 UTC

Sorry the editing was a mislead, but, hey, it's work, right? And that's always good. :) Well, not always, but in this case.

So if you didn't live in Nashville, where do you think you'd live?

sdwolfpup March 18 2005, 02:47:18 UTC

Um, I realize that comment doesn't sound as sympathetic and uplifting as I meant it to be. Sorry, long day at work. Let me start over -

I'm sorry the job sucks. Hopefully it will continue to get better and better, and you'll move on to even greener pastures when it's done.

pipsqueaky March 18 2005, 02:58:44 UTC

Oh hey, it's okay! Actually you were totally right the first time - it IS a job, and that IS actually a good thing. I think the first couple days were just unusually rough because it wasn't quite what I was expecting. It should be much less sucky from now on. :) Not my perfect cup of tea, true, but still a good temporary work experience.

Thanks for the sympathy and, er, upliftyness.

pipsqueaky March 18 2005, 02:55:03 UTC

Well, I really really like Chicago. Or at least what I saw of it in a grand total of three days spent there a couple years ago. (Not counting VVC, because we were in the hotel the whole time.) If I had to move right now, I'd move there.

I have lived in the South my whole life, and there are many things that I love about it and it will always be my home, but I am getting rather tired of, um, being surrounded by Republicans. Heh. I'd like to live in (a) a big city and (b) the North or Midwest, while I'm still young and liberal and independent.

laurashapiro March 18 2005, 02:43:34 UTC

Very sorry to hear the job isn't what you signed on for. In a word, that *sucks*.

But it sounds like you have plans to get the hell out of there. I'm sure better things await you.

pipsqueaky March 18 2005, 03:10:05 UTC

Thanks for the support. I will indeed be getting the hell out, although the specific project they brought me in to do is actually starting to look interesting, so I won't mind staying until that's finished even though the company atmosphere is not the best. (Plus, income! whee!)

They didn't really misrepresent themselves at all; it was just a weird situation because they offered me the job (and I took it) after only a 15-minute phone interview. So I never really got the opportunity to evaluate the company and the position beforehand. If I had, I might not have taken it. (Although maybe I would have, because again: Income = Good.)

P.S. OMG I LOVE "ING" SO MUCH YAY. Love love love. And I will send you specific feedback this weekend, when I have time to gather all my thoughts and write them down. Anya! *sob*

laurashapiro March 18 2005, 03:53:12 UTC

Sounds like you've got a balanced attitude about the whole thing.

Thanks so much for your kind comments about "Ing"! I'm really glad you liked it.