squeezing out drops of optimism
Today I really experienced a "depressed mood". It was a mild one, a zephyr, but it definitely made me want to drag. The only thing I did drag, however, was the outside-edge of my right skate, as I taught myself a proper T-stop. Even my first half-hour on the ice felt icky, and I had two near-collisions since I was spacing out. An aquaintance said to me "there's no such thing as a good-day or a bad-day on the ice. There's just on the ice, and off the ice". I thought about this and replied that I'd probably manage to feel like that by the end of the session. He remarked that "as long as you're not on the couch channel-surfing, and you are trying something, it's good". You'd think he knew that I'd watched TV for a good six hours last night.
Anyway, the magical, Prozac-like qualities of the ice prevailed, and while I didn't completely shake my mood, I managed to add some color to it. Incidentally my inside mohawks got a lot better, and I started experimenting with outside mohawks, and rockers.
On returning to campus and writing a cover letter explaining why someone with graduate school would appply for a job requiring an associates degreee, I unearthed some facts about my career that make it more likely for me to be a science journalist: I really have seen a wide range of science from physics to ecology and even their applications in the operating theater. Now if only I could get that pesky thing called "writing" under at least as much control as I have over an ice-skate, I might yet come out on top!
Dear Homo sapien:
I am applying for the position of a research technician in your study of olfaction, social deficits and schizophrenia.
I am currently enrolled in the "Foo" Program at Well-Heeled U. I expect to complete the program at the end of the fall 2006 semester, and I am primarily looking for full-time temporary jobs that finish at approximately the same time. I am, however, quite flexible about this.
I have a fair amount of experience with computers (PC, Mac, Unix, MS Excel and Access, HTML, as well as with more specialized technologies), and with data collection for scientific studies. I also have had a summer of lab experience isolating plant DNA and proteins, and two years worth of further experience in graduate school working with lab instrumentation including gas chromatographs. I also have a summer's worth of medical experience, having observed hospital surgery and private practice and volunteered with filing medical records.
I would welcome a job close to the Well-Heeled campus where I take evening classes, especially one that reflects my interests in science. My long-term goal is to be involved in science-journalism, and I therefore value opportunities to experience and contribute to science across a wide range of disciplines and at different levels (data collection, analysis, or publicity in both the popular and specialized media).
Thank You.
Anyway, the magical, Prozac-like qualities of the ice prevailed, and while I didn't completely shake my mood, I managed to add some color to it. Incidentally my inside mohawks got a lot better, and I started experimenting with outside mohawks, and rockers.
On returning to campus and writing a cover letter explaining why someone with graduate school would appply for a job requiring an associates degreee, I unearthed some facts about my career that make it more likely for me to be a science journalist: I really have seen a wide range of science from physics to ecology and even their applications in the operating theater. Now if only I could get that pesky thing called "writing" under at least as much control as I have over an ice-skate, I might yet come out on top!
Dear Homo sapien:
I am applying for the position of a research technician in your study of olfaction, social deficits and schizophrenia.
I am currently enrolled in the "Foo" Program at Well-Heeled U. I expect to complete the program at the end of the fall 2006 semester, and I am primarily looking for full-time temporary jobs that finish at approximately the same time. I am, however, quite flexible about this.
I have a fair amount of experience with computers (PC, Mac, Unix, MS Excel and Access, HTML, as well as with more specialized technologies), and with data collection for scientific studies. I also have had a summer of lab experience isolating plant DNA and proteins, and two years worth of further experience in graduate school working with lab instrumentation including gas chromatographs. I also have a summer's worth of medical experience, having observed hospital surgery and private practice and volunteered with filing medical records.
I would welcome a job close to the Well-Heeled campus where I take evening classes, especially one that reflects my interests in science. My long-term goal is to be involved in science-journalism, and I therefore value opportunities to experience and contribute to science across a wide range of disciplines and at different levels (data collection, analysis, or publicity in both the popular and specialized media).
Thank You.