Today on playing with fire
Dec. 22nd, 2023 12:17 pm( Job hunting )
Briefly but with feeling
Jun. 17th, 2022 08:58 pmThere are a lot of good things about my new job, not least the fact that the work unit functions as a team for realsies, not just for rah-rah crap.
I am back in the groove of asking Jack, "Cowboys or pirates?" in which question the "cowboys" means working on a beta-read of the cowboy romance novel I wrote, and "pirates" was Our Flag Means Death for a while and is now Black Sails, not in search of more OFMD vibes in any way, but because Black Sails is lovely.
I am back in the groove of asking Jack, "Cowboys or pirates?" in which question the "cowboys" means working on a beta-read of the cowboy romance novel I wrote, and "pirates" was Our Flag Means Death for a while and is now Black Sails, not in search of more OFMD vibes in any way, but because Black Sails is lovely.
I got a job. It isn't Saving the World, and it sure as hell doesn't use my higher education, but it will pay me to do helpful things for people for several hours a day after which I can be done with it and write. So I'll take it.
I hate my brain
Apr. 26th, 2022 03:49 pmMe: I haven't written today! I haven't practiced my music! I haven't taken a walk!
Also me: I've applied for six jobs today.
Me @ Me: What the actual fuck is your goddamn problem?!
Also me: I've applied for six jobs today.
Me @ Me: What the actual fuck is your goddamn problem?!
I miss the days before algorithms
Mar. 29th, 2022 09:30 pmToday's ZipRecruiter email with jobs that the algorithm says are like the jobs I've applied for included "Trauma Surgeon." Given that I don't have any medical background, and therefore I haven't been applying for jobs that require it, I'm baffled.
Job searching
Mar. 10th, 2022 04:08 pmHow the heck do the white boys get the courage to apply for jobs they're not fully qualified for? I just don't get it.
A pill of fulfillment +12
Nov. 11th, 2021 05:45 pmI spent today catching up on a virtual conference, which meant I accomplished 4.5 hours worth of concrete useful things on my day off, apart from the telehealth appointment and the phone call to establish that we can get someone to plow the driveway on a per-instance basis rather than for a flat fee.
I would like to feel as though I have accomplished something other than providing a warm place for the cat to sleep.
Neurodivergence sucks.
I would like to feel as though I have accomplished something other than providing a warm place for the cat to sleep.
Neurodivergence sucks.
Me: So, my pronouns are she or they.
Target Audience: OK.
Me: ...cool. We're cool, right? This is cool? Yeah, this is cool.
Me: And yours?
Target Audience: *gives mostly useful answers*
Several members of target audience: Thanks so much for asking!
Me: Cool.
Target Audience: OK.
Me: ...cool. We're cool, right? This is cool? Yeah, this is cool.
Me: And yours?
Target Audience: *gives mostly useful answers*
Several members of target audience: Thanks so much for asking!
Me: Cool.
There's a tumblr post going around
Aug. 31st, 2021 09:44 pmIt has an alignment chart with different definitions of gender. The lawful good square is "whatever makes my workplace more inclusive."
Tomorrow I'm gonna announce my cheerfully flexible "she or they" officially.
This should be interesting.
Tomorrow I'm gonna announce my cheerfully flexible "she or they" officially.
This should be interesting.
This is not a rant post
Oct. 16th, 2020 05:52 pmIf it were, I would be telling the internet how absolutely inadequate for their nominal jobs Google Classroom and Google Forms are.
Nope.
Instead, plasma lightsabers that retract and cut things are real now.
Watching one cut things is deeply therapeutic.
I'll just be over here, singing along with If I Had A Bulldozer.
Nope.
Instead, plasma lightsabers that retract and cut things are real now.
Watching one cut things is deeply therapeutic.
I'll just be over here, singing along with If I Had A Bulldozer.
Time management
Oct. 24th, 2019 10:37 amThe problem with feeling better enough to work part time is that my time management has gone completely to hell. I still have a solid part time job with thoroughly unpredictable hours in the form of taking care of myself (thank you for this definition, ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
sage) so adding in outside work on top of that, I am all over the place and nothing I think should be easy actually is.
That said, hey, I'm doing a lot of things. That ought to count for something in the grand scheme of things.
sage) so adding in outside work on top of that, I am all over the place and nothing I think should be easy actually is.That said, hey, I'm doing a lot of things. That ought to count for something in the grand scheme of things.
A mystery wrapped in an enigma
May. 11th, 2017 06:39 pmNext week I have an interview for a job that would involve working an undisclosed number of hours at an undisclosed number of locations with an undisclosed number of groups. All I know is it's in my field and it would happen in a specific area between specific months. I asked HR; they ignored some questions and gave me overly broad responses to the others.
I am enough of a dyed-in-the-wool MUSHer that my response to this is: @gregorvorbarra. I think the HTML version of that is &gregor;. Either the function or the HTML code would return:
"Let's see what happens."
I have zero ability to invest myself in something and be open to any possible outcome. There's a lot of unexamined privilege in being Emperor.
I am enough of a dyed-in-the-wool MUSHer that my response to this is: @gregorvorbarra. I think the HTML version of that is &gregor;. Either the function or the HTML code would return:
"Let's see what happens."
I have zero ability to invest myself in something and be open to any possible outcome. There's a lot of unexamined privilege in being Emperor.
Things that don't work as advertised
May. 26th, 2015 03:19 pmBog standard air fresheners.
No.
No, they don't.
Using them liberally in a public space is aromatic warfare against those of us who can't handle the smell and who may have to carry on in that space anyway, pretending nothing's wrong and our eyes aren't tearing up and our noses aren't running and incidentally we can't really complain to the perpetrator, who holds the power in the circumstances.
(Note: edited to reflect scientific update in first comment.)
No.
No, they don't.
Using them liberally in a public space is aromatic warfare against those of us who can't handle the smell and who may have to carry on in that space anyway, pretending nothing's wrong and our eyes aren't tearing up and our noses aren't running and incidentally we can't really complain to the perpetrator, who holds the power in the circumstances.
(Note: edited to reflect scientific update in first comment.)
