Entries from February 2008

February 28, 2008

Update

Make that two scheduled phone interviews, one successful mock interview (ooh’s and ahhh’s, I’m telling you), and two helpful chats with friends familiar with the Bay area apartment market. Thanks all for your positive vibes and your sweet, supportive e-mails. Y’all rock my West Coast world.

February 27, 2008

Glimmer

A few days ago, I received an e-mail from one of the organizations I applied to in San Francisco, thanking me for my application but letting me know that because they needed to fill the application quickly, my mid-May start date had effectively bumped me from the running. The employee ended the e-mail, however, [...]

February 27, 2008

Memetastic

Alright, folks, though I am usually loathe to pass on memes, I have been nonetheless tagged by Average Bean. And she is unfortunately sick, and I’m feeling sorry for her and stuff. So, I’m playing the little meme game so she’ll have something to read next the time she needs to avoid working on her [...]

February 21, 2008

Also…

Let it be said that adding to my confusion as of late is this whole deciding what I want to be when I grow up thing. Helpful friends keep asking what kind of job I’m looking for, and I get this glazed over look where I’m all, “uh, communications, non-profit, people, and stuff.” The [...]

February 21, 2008

In which I ramble aimlessly

I spoke to a friend on the phone earlier about some recent changes in my life, and she replied, “does this mean you’re not going to be blogging anymore?” I chuckled and sayed, no, I would probably blog again soon. But that right now it was hard to know what to say. Looking for a [...]

February 8, 2008

Umm

To the person who got here by searching “taser handmade,” I offer two things:
a) Sorry, but no, not going to find that here.
and…
b) Son, that sounds dangerous. Can I just suggest some conflict mediation first? It might save you both a lot of trouble in the longterm.
Think it over.

February 8, 2008

Motivation

People, I have reached a place of no return. I was just contemplating this movie I really want to see: Broken English (Exhibit A: Melvil Poupaud – scruffy French hotness!) Then I realized, with a thud, that I won’t be seeing this movie for a very long time because, alas, I still don’t have a [...]

February 7, 2008

Yessss

For the record, today I updated my blogroll. F yes! Success! I’m a success-story, people. I am capable and can make positive changes in a forward-thinking direction!
In related news, life-changing and job-applying is fucking exhausting. I am so tired of talking about how awesome I am! And how awesome your job is! And how perfect [...]