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Don't be deceived by his cuteness. He is evil.
Thursday, December 16, 2004
Interview recap and losing a whole freakin post!
OK,
I spent over a half an hour writing about how my job interview went and I decided to run the spell check feature here to lo and behold lose all that I wrote!
Sonofabitch!
Quick recap:
Place was killer. Hip people, hip offices, person felt I wasnt' qualified (not enough writing experience but respect her for her honesty), met with someone else for another job, went well, now have to sign off to write thank you letters which should have been written last night!
I spent over a half an hour writing about how my job interview went and I decided to run the spell check feature here to lo and behold lose all that I wrote!
Sonofabitch!
Quick recap:
Place was killer. Hip people, hip offices, person felt I wasnt' qualified (not enough writing experience but respect her for her honesty), met with someone else for another job, went well, now have to sign off to write thank you letters which should have been written last night!
Wednesday, December 15, 2004
hangingin the city
Well, just finished my interview and as usual I'm being kept in the dark. Hard to read how it went. In the Apple Store looking at stuff I can't afford (as usual). Will go into details later.
Useless talent
I had my friend come over last night who belongs to a local electrician's union and he was nice enough to look around my new house and see things that needed to be done (changing outlets, adding a air vent in the bathroom). He started taking out all his doohickies and stuff and realized damn... what kinda of talent do I have.
I guess I have knowledgable talent. It's not anything that can be used around the house or if lets say a friend calls you over and he needs help with something. I'm an editor so I don't get too many calls from people asking me for my expertise. I don't expect anyone anytime soon to say "Are you free this week? I can sure use those editing skills of yours right about now."
I did help my sister with her son's elementary school newsletter and was able to find a few typos but I'm sure if kids are going to write to the head of the newsletter and complain about their grammar.
I guess that's what has me worried about this interview. What if I show that I have useless talent? They want someone with experience in managing titles (which I do) along with some light Photoshop, Dreamweaver, and Quark skills (which I have to some extent). Am I going to come across as some phony that if hired will be chastised by manager who'll tell me "Didn't you say you were skilled in this?"
I better start ironing my shirt and dwell on how my interview went later.
I guess I have knowledgable talent. It's not anything that can be used around the house or if lets say a friend calls you over and he needs help with something. I'm an editor so I don't get too many calls from people asking me for my expertise. I don't expect anyone anytime soon to say "Are you free this week? I can sure use those editing skills of yours right about now."
I did help my sister with her son's elementary school newsletter and was able to find a few typos but I'm sure if kids are going to write to the head of the newsletter and complain about their grammar.
I guess that's what has me worried about this interview. What if I show that I have useless talent? They want someone with experience in managing titles (which I do) along with some light Photoshop, Dreamweaver, and Quark skills (which I have to some extent). Am I going to come across as some phony that if hired will be chastised by manager who'll tell me "Didn't you say you were skilled in this?"
I better start ironing my shirt and dwell on how my interview went later.
Yet another blog
Yeah I know its another blog to take up bandwith but what the hey. Something in me was inclined to start a log (or blog) of my experiences ever since I moved to what I consider the suburbs. I used to live in New York City (Astoria, Queens) but somehow was convinced and was caught in a moment of weakness to move out to Teaneck, NJ. Well its been about 8 months now and I'm still getting adjusted to life out here. To be honest with you... it blows! Man there is nothing to do out here and you need to rely heavily on your car. I can go on forever but I'll save some of my other pet peeves for some other time.
Today I'm heading to an interview. I'm a bit nervous to be honest with you. I haven't prepared for it. Its for a Web Editor position at publishing company in the city. Please God let me get this job! I'm tired of working here inJersey (that's yet another story).
To get my mind off things I went for a suicide mission (i.e. junk food excursion) and came across White Manna's Hamburgers. They kinda resemble White Castle hamburgers only that they're slightly bigger and messier. I'm not sure what was going through my mind when going there. I think as with any junk food, its best to eat them when you're not sitting on your ass for a few hours otherwise they have no where to go. Heaven forbid I have to go to the bathroom badly during my interview!
Today I'm heading to an interview. I'm a bit nervous to be honest with you. I haven't prepared for it. Its for a Web Editor position at publishing company in the city. Please God let me get this job! I'm tired of working here inJersey (that's yet another story).
To get my mind off things I went for a suicide mission (i.e. junk food excursion) and came across White Manna's Hamburgers. They kinda resemble White Castle hamburgers only that they're slightly bigger and messier. I'm not sure what was going through my mind when going there. I think as with any junk food, its best to eat them when you're not sitting on your ass for a few hours otherwise they have no where to go. Heaven forbid I have to go to the bathroom badly during my interview!
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