At last, I have found my new interview outfit. After searching for weeks for wool skirt suit in a nice dark conservative style and color, I’ve finally found something I can feel good about wearing to an interview. It’s a charcoal gray three-season wool, with a longer skirt and a pair of trousers, too. I paid a little more than I had hoped, but it’s exactly the kind of style and fabric I can feel…
It’s the first day of the new year, and I spent it watching something delightfully old. A group of friends and I saw a restored version of Fritz Lang’s “Metropolis” today. One of the first science fiction films ever made, it’s legacy and influence can be seen in films today. If you haven’t seen it, your education is not complete. I also continued the search for the perfect interview outfit. Although I bought something that…
It simply doesn’t feel like the end of a year. It feels like just another day. Granted, I am certainly looking forward to calling 2002 over and done and getting on with 2003. 2002 was an incredibly odd year for me. I worked at best job I’ve ever had in January and February. Since the layoff on February 28, I’ve been unemployed or, as I’ve been calling it, “an unplanned sabbatical”. I’ve been living on…
Today I uploaded my revised resume to CareerBuilder, Monster, and Sprint. There are precious few jobs listed at the moment. I can only hope that things pick up after the 6th. When it does, I’ll be ready. The only think I’m missing at the moment is an really good interview suit… Today I also shipped a box of art to my first show of the new year. I was invited to show my work at…
Mike, my significant other, bought a new version of my favorite board game, RISK. This one uses a map of Tolkien’s Middle Earth. We invited our writer’s group over today for a little holiday cheer and a bit of world domination. It took about four hours, but my limey green elves were victorious in the end. Sometimes, the dice and the cards are with me. Now, if I could just manage that much luck in…
