Welcome to the 3rd in a series o/blogs I maintain, the number of which is mainly due to keeping up & communicating w/various friends via ea.o/their own special LiveSpace McBloggerBook spots. Eventually ea.blog may end up focusing on separate topics, but for now most entries are simply cross-posted.
First off, I think this Alex Ross shirt is awesome.
It can be acquired over here if you are interested.
Okay, now on to more important things. Life hasn't been incredibly interesting of late but it has been busier, which is good. I've had more interviews, which has been taking up a lot of my time considering the driving & all. The down side to this is that the past few clients decided to go w/other candidates for their positions (often ones they ended up finding in-house). Honestly I can understand that, though, because the positions for which the temp.agencies are submitting me only sort of parallel what I've done before. They've not yet managed to nail down an actual admin.position yet, only jobs that are sort of similar in nature to my background. The second-to-last position for which I interviewed was something along the lines of assistance in event coordination. While I'm a quick study & a hard worker, the fact is the company was actually about 2 mos.behind in even searching for someone to replace the previous employee (I found this out a bit afterwards), so though they like me and were impressed with my background, what they were really looking for someone they didn't have to train considering their rather close deadline.
There are a few up sides, however, the first being that ea.o/my interviews have still gone extremely well, and each of the companies with whom I've interviewed have asked if I'd be available in the future for something in another department. Another is that I'm still getting far more interviews than I was just on my own and I've had slightly steadier temp.work in the meantime, which is good.
In addition, my most recent interview on Wed.evening seemed to go rather well. I spoke to the president of a company over in Herndon for just shy of an hour, after which point she said she'd like me to come in again this evening to meet with two more people who weren't available for the panel interview she tried to schedules on Wed. It would be an 8a-5p, M-F job, the position (Production Manager) sounds to be a combination of admin., operations, and cust.svc., and the location isn't too far from the house. The benefits are okay and the salary would be an improvement over anything else I've yet seen. Either way, however, we'll see how things go this evening & what kind of response the company sends back next week. With this economy & the job market the way it is, I'm not putting my eggs all in one basket.
Aside from that, this weekend should be fun. I've Petunia's baby shower on Sunday afternoon & a trip to the National Gallery of Art planned for Saturday morning. Other than those two things, I'll probably just stay home for the remainder of the weekend. Much as I'd like to socialize, that would require extra money that I can currently only allot to go in the tank of my car.
All right, have to go take care of a few things before the interview.
::chuckles:: Just saw this posted in a friend's blog and now you get to see it here, b/c I can think of at least two people (offhand) who may at least a bit of a grin out of it.
A friend o/mine in WA sent me a link to this story last night, but lately I fail @ IM & forget to keep putting up the damned away mssg., so I didn't see it 'til just a little while ago. I must say, the guy was creative. Read for yourself.
I love anything that makes me laugh, and there’s not a whole Hell o/a lot out there that doesn’t at least make me giggle a little in one way, shape, or form. I’m kind of a laugh slut. Considering this, it shouldn’t come as that big of a surprise that a fair number of my Hollywood crushes are on comedians. In addition to a well-developed sense of humor, obviously, good comedians are usually incredibly intelligent and sometimes a bit off-kilter. They know how to connect with & read their audience well enough to judge the timing & impromptu tailoring of their performance or delivery. Through the use of brains, wit, and skill, they let people from varying backgrounds, ethnicities, and places in life see the world through their eyes. Good comedians really make you laugh your ass off at the view.
One of my Hollywood crushes is Patton Oswalt. If you’re not all ready familiar with him, you should be. I haven’t really met anyone who doesn’t like him, yet. If you don’t know who I’m talking about, go check out his stance on KFC’s “Famous Bowl”, or as he likes to call it, “...a failure pile in a sadness bowl”. (HERE is a link to the written article, and HERE is a link to a video o/his performance re:this subject.) Personally I think he’s a very talented comedian who embodies everything I described above.
All that said, he’s just recently written something new, this time about Mrs. Sarah Palin. In case you have not all ready read this lovely gem, I have posted here for your convenience.
I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. :)
* * * “LET’S ALL NOT BE MEAN TO SARAH PALIN!”
"I've been saying bad things about Sarah Palin before right now in the past ago. But that's only because I thought she was an unqualified, passive-aggressive, hypocritical cunt.
However, I was hit over the head 11 times with an amber paperweight this morning. Then, seventeen minutes ago, I got my head trapped in a big plastic bag, and was not able to get any oxygen into my breath-hole for several minutes. And then I paid the mailman to give me a screwdriver lobotomy.
And so now I see things different and also clearer than before back then.
For first things, everyone who's laughing about her on the TV with Couric needs to understand that, when it comes to the country's money and bank outlook, we need to consider what Sarah said about jobs making and also the shoring up of our proud country and the mountains of glory and tradition that we, as a people, have forever held. And don't forget the health care which for the body of Americans as people and as a whole is critical. Do you remember the people who died in the towers?
And to qualify more than Obama? Let me count on more than one hand! Obama went to smart-school Harvard only, which is shown by studies to be only a single school with a curriculum. Sarah spread her mind over five different colleges for more than that many years. Do you need a fancy school to know a thing or two about a thing or two? Ask a Democrat about the movie TRADING PLACES, where Eddie Murphy, with only street smarts, takes down a whole building of smart-school elites, and makes them poor. But that's because Democrats are racists and also Republicans freed the blacks which they also don't want you to know.
Now to bring into a finish, Sarah's foreign policy expertly. Obama spent years all over every part of the world except America with Muslims and terrorists. And where was Sarah? She was in America, knowing everything about our proud country and you can bet if foreign leaders come here she'll know tons and tons about our country, and will set them straight! And Obama does not wear a metal flag on his clothes, which is a signal for brown killers.
And also the troops babies eagles 9/11.
I type everything I do now and now I just boom-boomed in my sweatpants."
I’ve way too many books for specific fav’s., so I just picked 13 at random books from my shelves and listed them. Subject to change at any given moment.
Aside from that, I have a really good sense of humor & will laugh at/joke about damned near anything, ranging from ridiculously morbid humor to outlandish, sub-par slapstick depending on my mood. Life’s too short not to find something to laugh about.
I’m often giddy & silly, other times serious, and occasionally (just every so often) even get a little gushy. I tend to be as blunt as possible, though I try not to be rude, and if I’m angry or annoyed about something may very well discuss at length the positive aspects of fiery defenestration, or the pros & cons of sharp objects vs.heavy, blunt ones.
My favorite teas are Earl Grey & Lapsang Souchong. The former smells strongly of bergamot and the latter tastes like burning leaves smell. Both are equally lovely.
Anything else you’d like to know re:me can either be found in my profile, this blog, or by asking me whatever you like.
1. Anything in the world to do with cooking. I do it as often as possible & almost always in far greater quantities than would likely feed the entirety of Ethiopia for a day. I like to blame it on being from a rather large family, but really it's a bit of a sickness.
2. Smoking excessively, spicy red wine, Jameson, coffee abuse. These often go hand in hand.
3. Romance novels. Oh yeah, that's right, and not just any romance novels, either. I specifically geek over historical romance novels, usually based in England or Ireland, somewhere between the 17th & late 19th centuries, chock full of lords/ladies, bodice ripping & predictable happy endings. It’s kinda ridiculous, but there you have it. For me it's the mindless, mental equivalent of what video games are for most other people, but playing video games usually bores me, so I read these instead.
