Curse you Marriot
I don't understand why, but what channels you get in hotels are a complete crapshoot. A Marriot Courtyard in, say, Ohio doesn't have Comedy Central, while the exact same hotel in Denver does. Damnit.
I'm unsure about the Residence Inn across the street but I'd like to know. I like RIs better anyway. They have a whole stove that I don't ever use.
Well, I haven't posted in a heckuva long time I think. Maybe 2 weeks? CRR has floundered up off the ground a bit, but is now in danger due to the whole lack of Comedy Central out here in the Styx. Incidentally, that's the appropriate terminology. I hate it when I read people stating "out here in the sticks" as if that makes sense. Those friggin jackholes.
Worst case is I'll update the site once a week with diatribes about the week. Just a few changes to the Tivo and I'm good to go.
On the "real world" front, I'm still looking for jobs like crazy. It's still like dating only the spam is different. Instead of penis enlargement and V14Gr4 For CHEEP! ads I'm seeing "Entrepeneurs for Entrepeneurs in Laos" and crap like that. Same scams, essentially, but playing on greed rather than shame. Or maybe they're playing on shame. I'm not really sure. All I'm sure of is that George Bush is a giant prick.
No reason for the vitriol against our Douchebag-in-Chief, I just felt like saying it. And I hadn't in, like, 48 hours so I was way past due.
Rumor has it the most recent Harper's had a front cover of "The Case For Impeachment" but it must be the March issue. Or a total fabrication. I hope that's not the case.
Here's to hoping. While we're at it we should pre-emptively strike and impeach Cheney as well. And I'd like to eat butterscotch for breakfast every day. Failing that, plain old scotch will do.
Back to the job search - I actually comissioned a resume writer type to rework my resume. I'd come to the conclusion that I simply don't know how to structure it appropriately at this stage in my life, and I'm lazy. Seriously hate this sort of crap. Don't know how to sell myself appropriately and resent the fact that I need to do such a thing. People should look at me and be blinded by my sheer genius and beauty, and worship me as the Egyptian God that I am. And if their hearts weigh more than a feather, I feed them to a crocodile!
So, back from the megalomaniacal fantasies of godhood. The resume writing appointment went very well, and I'm pretty confident that this was $300 well spent. The guy I was working with asked a lot of really good questions that really highlighted what I wanted. We'll see the finished product on Friday, but I'm quite excited already.
I'm also getting in touch with all the contacts I have and seeing if any have contracting positions. While I want something permanent, what I want most is to get the hell out of my current firm. I believe I'm about to get hit with a late fee and a credit ding due to my Diner's Club card. That is a bunch of horseshit, since the expense reports that keep getting rejected are from DECEMBER. I already paid out a chunk of my own savings to prevent the hit in January, and I'm still attempting to get them paid. I escalated it as high as I can possibly go today and seemed to get some movement on it.
We'll see. Either way, as soon as I can take another position that will last more than 4 weeks, I'm gone from this gyp joint.
Back to contracting I go. This time, however, I'll be incorporated and my own business, and run QuickBooks or something to track all the expenses. Hell yeah.
I also want to buy a condo and eat butterscotch for breakfast.
Failing that, scotch.
mmmmmm scotch.
I'm so freakishly thirsty.
I'm unsure about the Residence Inn across the street but I'd like to know. I like RIs better anyway. They have a whole stove that I don't ever use.
Well, I haven't posted in a heckuva long time I think. Maybe 2 weeks? CRR has floundered up off the ground a bit, but is now in danger due to the whole lack of Comedy Central out here in the Styx. Incidentally, that's the appropriate terminology. I hate it when I read people stating "out here in the sticks" as if that makes sense. Those friggin jackholes.
Worst case is I'll update the site once a week with diatribes about the week. Just a few changes to the Tivo and I'm good to go.
On the "real world" front, I'm still looking for jobs like crazy. It's still like dating only the spam is different. Instead of penis enlargement and V14Gr4 For CHEEP! ads I'm seeing "Entrepeneurs for Entrepeneurs in Laos" and crap like that. Same scams, essentially, but playing on greed rather than shame. Or maybe they're playing on shame. I'm not really sure. All I'm sure of is that George Bush is a giant prick.
No reason for the vitriol against our Douchebag-in-Chief, I just felt like saying it. And I hadn't in, like, 48 hours so I was way past due.
Rumor has it the most recent Harper's had a front cover of "The Case For Impeachment" but it must be the March issue. Or a total fabrication. I hope that's not the case.
Here's to hoping. While we're at it we should pre-emptively strike and impeach Cheney as well. And I'd like to eat butterscotch for breakfast every day. Failing that, plain old scotch will do.
Back to the job search - I actually comissioned a resume writer type to rework my resume. I'd come to the conclusion that I simply don't know how to structure it appropriately at this stage in my life, and I'm lazy. Seriously hate this sort of crap. Don't know how to sell myself appropriately and resent the fact that I need to do such a thing. People should look at me and be blinded by my sheer genius and beauty, and worship me as the Egyptian God that I am. And if their hearts weigh more than a feather, I feed them to a crocodile!
So, back from the megalomaniacal fantasies of godhood. The resume writing appointment went very well, and I'm pretty confident that this was $300 well spent. The guy I was working with asked a lot of really good questions that really highlighted what I wanted. We'll see the finished product on Friday, but I'm quite excited already.
I'm also getting in touch with all the contacts I have and seeing if any have contracting positions. While I want something permanent, what I want most is to get the hell out of my current firm. I believe I'm about to get hit with a late fee and a credit ding due to my Diner's Club card. That is a bunch of horseshit, since the expense reports that keep getting rejected are from DECEMBER. I already paid out a chunk of my own savings to prevent the hit in January, and I'm still attempting to get them paid. I escalated it as high as I can possibly go today and seemed to get some movement on it.
We'll see. Either way, as soon as I can take another position that will last more than 4 weeks, I'm gone from this gyp joint.
Back to contracting I go. This time, however, I'll be incorporated and my own business, and run QuickBooks or something to track all the expenses. Hell yeah.
I also want to buy a condo and eat butterscotch for breakfast.
Failing that, scotch.
mmmmmm scotch.
I'm so freakishly thirsty.
posted by DancesWithWinnebagos at 6:09 PM
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I hate my job too. But I hate the job-hunting process. Now, what do I hate more? Or prefer; I guess it's better to prefer, than hate less...
Yeah they're both awful. I've got a whole rant about the job posting earlier, but you've probably read that.
Thanks for the comment, by the way; I saw it a while ago but was consumed with the job hunt. That has since been locked down.
I had my first headhunt in the curikudos job fair held in 2006. And now i think its time to switch over. Can some one let me know when the job fair starts again.
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