I looked at it and thought it was a little uptight (to be polite) about what they were asking. So I ditched it.
If I had to guess what dinged me, I probably over-edited it. I tried SO hard not to -- honestly, the position description reads very much like a human spellcheck and not much more -- but I probably did more than they wanted.
The pay really is way too low, unless I could edit at the speed of light (like, 12K word count in, say, 2 hours). So it's all probably for the best, but it still hurts my fragile baby ego.
I know! I've been there. But AMA is kickass! And there won't be any ass hooks! Probably.
Man, you never can tell with the AMA. They're freaks.
The AMA is more likely to deal with asshooks gone bad.
I hear that's a new show on Bravo next season.
I would watch the HELL out of it.
Frak. Latest family drama: my dad's new wife has a number of children, one of whom has mental health (and drug addiction) issues. My older brother ran into him at the pub where said older brother is staying. My stepbrother started threatening some fifty-year old, my brother intervened, and my stepbrother pushed him down a flight of stairs (onto concrete). My brother has a broken arm, and is lucky it wasn't much worse. They need to insert a metal plate, but it won't happen until Sunday. Meanwhile he's at home with a broken arm and a course of Panadeine Forte. He'll be unable to work for a number of weeks.
My dad talked to my brother's on/off girlfriend once, made excuses for my stepbrother, and hasn't been to visit.
Jebus. You dad didn't used to be a wackaloon. I'm sorry he's gone this route and embroiled you all in such crap.
Damn, billytea. A rotten situation turned worse. I'm sorry.
My God, bt. I'm so sorry to hear all of this. And I guess this specific family drama will create even more family drama "fun" in the future, so my ~mas and thoughts are with you and your family.
In other, petty, news: I have no idea why I thought cleaning my room and re-arranging the small library (the extension to my library) will only take about 80 minutes. It took me over an hour just to sort through and clean the mini-library, because I put away "temporarily" so much junk and paperwork on it.
