do you think applying for just one job a day is a little lazy? that's five applications a week and 20 a month. maybe if i applied for 2 jobs a day i'd have a better chance. that would be 10 jobs a week and 40 a month. hmmm. perhaps i should do it that way.
maybe i'll stick with 5.
i'm so silly. as soon as i send off an application my heart starts pounding and a litany starts up in my head: please don't let them call me, please don't let them call me.
right.
ow, ow - my neck just cramped up. that really hurts.
ok - i'm going now.
25 March 2010
24 March 2010
good news
lordkilljoy often says how he would like to own a cleaver. my response was always: we don't need a cleaver and we have no space for it.
well, today i could have done with a cleaver. i got to hack chicken wings in half and it was so much fun. i got the biggest knife we had, pulled the wing open then whacked the knife down on it :) cut clean through the skin and bone.
great fun. my aim was off a few times, but over all i was quite proud of my butchery.
now the wings are cooking in the slow cooker with a fiery hot sauce on them.
in other brilliant news, davidnarby read my novel and loved it. wooooo :) i was so happy to hear that. it wasn't boring or slow or badly written. he said once the setting was established he was engaged the whole way. i'm so happy.
right, back to fiddling around with my cv. i've been at this three days, and i'm still not happy with it.
yea, you can tell i'm not completely focused because i've started updating my Lj on a regular basis again.
well, today i could have done with a cleaver. i got to hack chicken wings in half and it was so much fun. i got the biggest knife we had, pulled the wing open then whacked the knife down on it :) cut clean through the skin and bone.
great fun. my aim was off a few times, but over all i was quite proud of my butchery.
now the wings are cooking in the slow cooker with a fiery hot sauce on them.
in other brilliant news, davidnarby read my novel and loved it. wooooo :) i was so happy to hear that. it wasn't boring or slow or badly written. he said once the setting was established he was engaged the whole way. i'm so happy.
right, back to fiddling around with my cv. i've been at this three days, and i'm still not happy with it.
yea, you can tell i'm not completely focused because i've started updating my Lj on a regular basis again.
23 March 2010
i'm a little hungry
more procrastination today. i spent the whole morning caring for our pets. i cleaned out nymph's tank: got rid of the bit of algae that had started to grow, cleared the debris from the stones at the bottom of the tank, gave him bloodworms to eat (not so sure he likes them as much as crickets) and cleaned off all the ornaments. yea - might take a bit for most of the bacteria to come back, but i kept most of the old water.
then i fed yoshi. he's such a scardy-head. he flinches away from me when i give him some food. silly lizard-boy.
in job-hunt news: i discovered why i never get called for an interview. i have gaps where i didn't work and then whem i did get work it was always short term. i never even considered that prospective employers would see that as a bad thing - they automatically assume that those two things mean you are unreliable and a bad worker. isn't that absolutely horrific? they blame you straight away and don't consider that there may have been no jobs or that your managers were so bad you had to leave. :sigh:
it makes me remember how petty the working world can be. and how much i can't stand shallow people.
yea.
then i fed yoshi. he's such a scardy-head. he flinches away from me when i give him some food. silly lizard-boy.
in job-hunt news: i discovered why i never get called for an interview. i have gaps where i didn't work and then whem i did get work it was always short term. i never even considered that prospective employers would see that as a bad thing - they automatically assume that those two things mean you are unreliable and a bad worker. isn't that absolutely horrific? they blame you straight away and don't consider that there may have been no jobs or that your managers were so bad you had to leave. :sigh:
it makes me remember how petty the working world can be. and how much i can't stand shallow people.
yea.
22 March 2010
life moves on
i finished draft 2 on friday (at about 1pm). i printed it out and brought it down to cork and there it waits for someone to read it.
so my new task is to find a job so that i can beef up my bank account. and guess what i'm doing right now? (if you guessed procrastinating, have a gold star.) yea. i'll just check Lj and google reader and then i'll get to looking for a job.
and i have to do up my cv and write coverletters. god - there is nothing worse than this. well, except maybe the working itself. but i don't think so.
firefox updated recently and now its red wavy underlines (for wrong spelling) are very obvious.
can you tell i'm struggling for something to say, just so i can pass another few minutes?
yea.
i'll go.
so my new task is to find a job so that i can beef up my bank account. and guess what i'm doing right now? (if you guessed procrastinating, have a gold star.) yea. i'll just check Lj and google reader and then i'll get to looking for a job.
and i have to do up my cv and write coverletters. god - there is nothing worse than this. well, except maybe the working itself. but i don't think so.
firefox updated recently and now its red wavy underlines (for wrong spelling) are very obvious.
can you tell i'm struggling for something to say, just so i can pass another few minutes?
yea.
i'll go.
10 March 2010
life today
i suppose i should update.
i'm this close (index finger and thumb about a centimetre apart) to the end of draft 2. i finished the whole thing about a week ago and have been reading over it, sorting out bits that i'd skipped over the first run through. so that's kind of cool. i can't wait to get some feedback on this.
it's kinda funny, because when i started on the final bit of editing, i had to sort out the chapters (i'd had 13,000 word chapters - way too long) and now i'm thinking the number of chapters is going to double. i'm half way through and heading to ch. 15 and the original story ended on ch. 16. so yea. i guess 30 isn't a bad number of chapters. (this paragraph comes to you thanks to the word "chapters.")
apart from that, i really don't have a lot of news.
oh wait. i do.
we went to see star wars in concert on sunday. it was cool. my descriptive brain has failed me and all i want to say is: the guy on the tympanum looks like he's having a brilliant time. i want to play the tympanum. actually - i just watched the percussion section for most of it, because you can actually see what they are doing.
and it kinda made me want to watch the first three movies again. they are so pretty. i could fast forward all the bits with anikin in them and just skip on to the next pretty scene. anyway.
yea. i'll go now.
i'm this close (index finger and thumb about a centimetre apart) to the end of draft 2. i finished the whole thing about a week ago and have been reading over it, sorting out bits that i'd skipped over the first run through. so that's kind of cool. i can't wait to get some feedback on this.
it's kinda funny, because when i started on the final bit of editing, i had to sort out the chapters (i'd had 13,000 word chapters - way too long) and now i'm thinking the number of chapters is going to double. i'm half way through and heading to ch. 15 and the original story ended on ch. 16. so yea. i guess 30 isn't a bad number of chapters. (this paragraph comes to you thanks to the word "chapters.")
apart from that, i really don't have a lot of news.
oh wait. i do.
we went to see star wars in concert on sunday. it was cool. my descriptive brain has failed me and all i want to say is: the guy on the tympanum looks like he's having a brilliant time. i want to play the tympanum. actually - i just watched the percussion section for most of it, because you can actually see what they are doing.
and it kinda made me want to watch the first three movies again. they are so pretty. i could fast forward all the bits with anikin in them and just skip on to the next pretty scene. anyway.
yea. i'll go now.
01 March 2010
meme
From woodooferret, because i said i would in my answer.
++ If you're on my friends list, I want to know 35 things about you. I don't care if we never talk, or if we already know everything about each other. Short and sweet is fine.
++ Comment here with your answers and repost the questionnaire on your own journal.
01) Are you currently in a serious relationship?
02) What was your dream growing up?
03) What talent do you wish you had?
04) If I bought you a drink what would it be?
05) Favourite vegetable?
06) What was the last book you read?
07) What zodiac sign are you?
08) Any Tattoos and/or Piercings? Explain where.
09) Worst Habit?
10) If you saw me walking down the street would you offer me a ride?
11) What is your favourite sport?
12) Do you have a Pessimistic or Optimistic attitude?
13) What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator with me?
14) Worst thing to ever happen to you?
15) Tell me one weird fact about you.
16) Do you have any pets?
17) What if I showed up at your house unexpectedly?
18) What was your first impression of me?
19) Do you think clowns are cute or scary?
20) If you could change one thing about how you look, what would it be?
21) Would you be my crime partner or my conscience?
22) What colour eyes do you have?
23) Ever been arrested?
24) Bottle or can soda?
25) If you won $10,000 today, what would you do with it?
26) What's your favourite place to hang out?
27) Do you believe in ghosts?
28) Favourite thing to do in your spare time?
29) Do you swear a lot?
30) Biggest pet peeve?
31) In one word, how would you describe yourself?
32) Do you believe/appreciate romance?
33) Favourite and least favourite food?
34) Do you believe in God?
35) Will you repost this so I can fill it out and do the same for you?
++ If you're on my friends list, I want to know 35 things about you. I don't care if we never talk, or if we already know everything about each other. Short and sweet is fine.
++ Comment here with your answers and repost the questionnaire on your own journal.
01) Are you currently in a serious relationship?
02) What was your dream growing up?
03) What talent do you wish you had?
04) If I bought you a drink what would it be?
05) Favourite vegetable?
06) What was the last book you read?
07) What zodiac sign are you?
08) Any Tattoos and/or Piercings? Explain where.
09) Worst Habit?
10) If you saw me walking down the street would you offer me a ride?
11) What is your favourite sport?
12) Do you have a Pessimistic or Optimistic attitude?
13) What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator with me?
14) Worst thing to ever happen to you?
15) Tell me one weird fact about you.
16) Do you have any pets?
17) What if I showed up at your house unexpectedly?
18) What was your first impression of me?
19) Do you think clowns are cute or scary?
20) If you could change one thing about how you look, what would it be?
21) Would you be my crime partner or my conscience?
22) What colour eyes do you have?
23) Ever been arrested?
24) Bottle or can soda?
25) If you won $10,000 today, what would you do with it?
26) What's your favourite place to hang out?
27) Do you believe in ghosts?
28) Favourite thing to do in your spare time?
29) Do you swear a lot?
30) Biggest pet peeve?
31) In one word, how would you describe yourself?
32) Do you believe/appreciate romance?
33) Favourite and least favourite food?
34) Do you believe in God?
35) Will you repost this so I can fill it out and do the same for you?
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