So, I just heard a rumor that the head of the Classics Library at the local university is planning to retire at the end of the summer. A very well-sourced rumor. I was not expecting this for a long time (she's, I think, just 65.) In one way, it's the perfect job for me. In another way, I am not at all sure I am what they would be looking for. I am also rather wary of the politics of the situation - this is the library attached to the department where I was a PhD student. While I was well-regarded when a student, I kind of know too much about everyone to be quite at ease with then as a left-my-dissertation fugitive.
I caught her on a park bench, making out with a *chaos* demon! Have you ever seen a chaos demon? They're all slime and antlers.
Spike ,'Sleeper'
Natter 73: Chuck Norris only wishes he could Natter
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
flea - Mar 12, 2015 1:41:28 pm PDT #22085 of 30000
information libertarian
Connie Neil - Mar 12, 2015 2:07:59 pm PDT #22086 of 30000
brillig
Apply anyway! All they can do is say No!
Unless they have a cadre of ninjas who hunt down people who didn't finish their dissertations.
sarameg - Mar 12, 2015 2:09:02 pm PDT #22087 of 30000
Only got to swim 1/4 of my usual because pool had to close and they weren't sure if they'd reopen for over an hour. Cranky. And I brouhgt them cookies. (In fairness, it was a sub guard who messed it up, so I'm not mad at our staff.)
Connie Neil - Mar 12, 2015 2:11:56 pm PDT #22088 of 30000
brillig
ION, I haven't heard the details of whatever I've done wrong over the year, but I did get a raise! About 83 dollars a month, but yay, raise!
Steph L. - Mar 12, 2015 2:24:38 pm PDT #22089 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Yay, Connie! A raise is a good thing!
Zenkitty - Mar 12, 2015 2:25:45 pm PDT #22090 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Yay, raise, Connie!
House ~ma, Suzi and Strix!
Connie Neil - Mar 12, 2015 2:28:59 pm PDT #22091 of 30000
brillig
I hate when the supervisor says "Can you come to my office?" on an IM. Odds are I'd know if I was about to be fired, but there's always that adrenaline spike.
sarameg - Mar 12, 2015 2:48:19 pm PDT #22092 of 30000
Maria, rather than burnout, could it just be TOO FUCKING MUCH WORK? Because a shitton just got dropped on you at not ideal time. I mean that facilitates burnout if it never relents, but the onset of a period of that sure feels the same. Senior review for this 36 month long painful project is Monday. If we get approval, launch in a month. Worst of the work is done, but I'm not off the treadmill from hell yet. And then I can focus on the other six projects from hell that are also high profile that have languished as this thing has tortuously ground along.
Calli - Mar 12, 2015 3:25:38 pm PDT #22093 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Housing~ma to those dealing with it.
You know, three-buck Chuck is surprisingly drinkable, at least in the Cab Sav version.
I'm rewatching the Avengers and wondering if any of the jobs to which I've applied will ever call me for an interview. Or maybe climate change will make the North Atlantic Current stop, and I can make a living subletting my second bedroom to Midwesterners fleeing encroaching glaciers. Both seem equally likely.
tommyrot - Mar 12, 2015 4:16:53 pm PDT #22094 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Insert to profile addy, SailAweigh.