How does one proceed if one is putting in hours upon hours doing something for free and decides they want to try to move on to getting paid for it instead? Is it practical to keep doing what you're doing while you're looking? What if the organization you're doing it for is driving you absolutely batshit insane, threatening your interpersonal ( Read more... )

I'm certain there are a variety of valid opinions on the difficulties posed by each fish/pond size combo possible in the old adage. Personally, I think the worst of all is being a small fish in a small pond. Small ponds, in my experience, have a much higher big fish : small fish ratio. The mediocrity that is easy to hide (and, more importantly, to ( Read more... )

So, the kids (well, primarily D.C.) have worn me down. They're *demanding* school lunch, and who-exhausted as most mothers are-could see fit to deny them? Is denying their request worth BOTH spending half an hour each morning writing clever notes and making sammiches AND getting them home again at least once a week? No need for lunch money, after ( Read more... )

...seems to be the perfect time to say "Hello!" 90% of my feed is Wil Wheaton & GRRM, but perhaps I'll come back here slightly more than occasionally if time allows. I like the fewer people than FB. Makes me more likely to be open about things, I think. I used to think my life was an open book, but lately, FB has gotten so crowded that I find it as ( Read more... )

Behind again, but what-evs...

Day 12 - Whatever tickles your fancy...Today, what is tickling my fancy is the notion of transportation. As those of you who are my FB friends likely know, our van took a powder on us Saturday night (leaving us stranded 30mi from home and resulting in a $125 towing fee & an $18 cab ride to work this morning.) Looks ( Read more... )

Alright, at the insistence of athaena, I'm back in the game. I'm pretty bad at this aren't I?

Here's the past few days:

( Day 09 - A photo you took )

( Day 07 - A photo that makes you happy )

Here we go again...

( Day 05 - Your favorite quote )

Wow. Well, we all see just how well *this* little experiment has gone. Sigh. I'm quite terrible at this updating regularly "ting." Sorry. Here are the days I've missed:

( Day 03 - Your favorite television program )

Day 02 - Your favorite movie -

Once again, another one which cannot be narrowed down to one. Hmmmm. Here we go, here's my list:

Neverending Story: This has been my favorite movie since I was 10. Like I said, I don't change things up very easily. I spent a good portion of my life obsessed with all movies based on books (Labyrinth, Princess ( Read more... )