Also at times I think "What would (insert person or character you want to emulate) Do/act?" And then I do that.
"What would Sahjhaan do? Well, he'd travel through time and—fuck, I need a new role model."
Mal: Ready? Zoe: Always.
'Serenity'
Spike's Bitches 24: I'm Very Seldom Naughty.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Polter-Cow - Jul 03, 2005 5:11:00 pm PDT #8335 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Cashmere - Jul 03, 2005 5:11:59 pm PDT #8336 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
fuck, I need a new role model."
Or a time machine.
Fay - Jul 03, 2005 5:14:11 pm PDT #8337 of 10001
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
Baseball girl. Batlily. Fourth of July girl. The cuteness factor is getting overwhelming. She's so pretty, Stephanie, and I love that expression.
What Ginger said.
I like this 'What would .........do?' thing.
Susan, fwiw, having worked as an employment consultant myself, I'd have no problems with someone having taken a year out of their working life to raise their baby. It's a perfectly reasonable excuse for a gap in your CV, and your skills base is what counts.
Polter-Cow - Jul 03, 2005 5:14:18 pm PDT #8338 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Or a time machine.
Or a case of Chrono-Displacement Disorder.
Susan W. - Jul 03, 2005 5:18:57 pm PDT #8339 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Hmm. Maybe I'll start phrasing it as taking a year off after the birth of my baby and freelancing to keep my skills fresh. That should make me sound all balanced and hardworking, and makes going back to work sound like it was the plan all along, which might get me past the failed entrepreneur trap.
Fay - Jul 03, 2005 5:28:18 pm PDT #8340 of 10001
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
nodnodnod
I see no problems at all with that.
Cashmere - Jul 03, 2005 5:29:48 pm PDT #8341 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Good reason to be married #135
DH just went and evicted a Jilli, don't read the whitefont giant, hairy spider from the laundry room so I could get the clothes from the dryer.
Polter-Cow - Jul 03, 2005 5:31:02 pm PDT #8342 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Maybe I'll start phrasing it as taking a year off after the birth of my baby and freelancing to keep my skills fresh.
That sounds like a good idea. Seriously, the fact that you've been freelancing all this time is doubleplusgood and should totally counteract any fears you might have about their thoughts about your taking a year off.
Beverly - Jul 03, 2005 5:32:44 pm PDT #8343 of 10001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Stephanie, Fourth of July baby is seriously cute. Deadly with the cute. I may have to show that pic to everybody I know.
erika, great hair! I need a haircut again, too. I keep going shorter. I begin to fear where this might end!
Katie, such great news--So happy for you! And Happy Birthday to Mr. Katie!
beth b - Jul 03, 2005 5:37:04 pm PDT #8344 of 10001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
actually, the way you originally worded it , it sounded like you were planning to go back but that you recently decided it was time. Your panicing - is irrational. I was out of work for a year ( about) when we first moved out here. On purpose. I found work when I deciced it was time. The second time - 2 years. admitiedly I was subbing but that's a lot like frelanceing and temping. The concept of having steady employment all you life is odd now. and your hits will be way down. DH used to get 90-95% positive returns. It is something like 20% for him now. and that's about where I was when I was applying for only jobs I thought I'd really want. so you haven't even hit the panic numbers yet.