Everybody dies, Tracey. Someone's carrying a bullet for you right now, doesn't even know it. The trick is to die of old age before it finds you.

Mal ,'The Message'


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.


brenda m - Aug 07, 2014 4:31:00 pm PDT #3697 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

It should be.


-t - Aug 07, 2014 4:45:46 pm PDT #3698 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

OK. I will make it so.

ETA: 2 oz gin + 3/4 oz lemon juice + heaping tablespoon of strawberry puree. Pretty good! And that's the last of my Hendricks. I am tempted to search back through Natter for my initial asking for gin buying advice so I can nail down exactly how long it took me to drink that...


Consuela - Aug 07, 2014 4:52:36 pm PDT #3699 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

So the interview went pretty well, although I'm worried because I'm near the end of the interviews, and apparently being near the end is bad.

Anyway, a woman I know/am friendly with was on the panel, which was a surprise. Not sure whether this is good, but I choose to think it's good. It was all women, actually, surprising because last year it was all men (maybe they got comments on that). They had good sensible questions and I had answers for everything, and we filled all the time. They even had follow-up questions, and I had questions for them about the job.

I'm still waiting on another, federal, job, which would be Great if I get it, but I probably won't, even though I'm totally qualified for it. That one would be great because it's a promotion and it's two hundred yards from my current job, and thus a relatively simple cheap commute that keeps me on this side of the Bay.

The job I interviewed for today would be in SF, and would be stressful, probably, with a rather more difficult commute (bus to Muni or carpool to Muni, or bike to BART with a 15-minute walk, or some combination of all that). And I would probably have to take a pay cut. OTOH, local government job with low turnover and good benefits. ::shrugs::


Consuela - Aug 07, 2014 4:54:28 pm PDT #3700 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

TJ's vegetarian potstickers:

tommyrot, continued good luck with your dad.

And ita, I'm glad to hear the interview went well!


-t - Aug 07, 2014 4:58:41 pm PDT #3701 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

That sounds like a good interview, Consuela! Good luck with both possibilities.


sarameg - Aug 07, 2014 5:05:53 pm PDT #3702 of 30000

Yay for good interviews day!

Poor Loki was presumed pregnant by the neighborhood kids tonight. And he accidentally met their pretty girlkitten ( oh god, why do I foresee a third cat??) and they were AMAZED at how both cats puffed up. Sigh, guess it's time to do some cat-ucation again.


Burrell - Aug 07, 2014 5:12:06 pm PDT #3703 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

Why is being near the end of the interviews bad? I had never heard that before.


Consuela - Aug 07, 2014 5:46:58 pm PDT #3704 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Why is being near the end of the interviews bad? I had never heard that before.

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Studies have shown that people in earlier positions are more likely to be remembered well, basically.


§ ita § - Aug 07, 2014 6:03:29 pm PDT #3705 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I did not know that. I always ask for the earliest possible spot, and worry I should be relying on recency, not primacy.

Good oops?


Burrell - Aug 07, 2014 6:04:41 pm PDT #3706 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

Huh. On the one hand, OK I guess if studies show it, then there's an effect, but on the other hand, if you click with the committee and it feels like it went well, that's a good thing no matter when in the cycle you interview.