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catscradle Nov. 22nd, 2004 08:40 am)
catscradle Nov. 22nd, 2004 08:40 am)There is a squirel pressed up against the glass staring at me. Someone make him stop.
Last week, for all the good things that happened, I was still feeling depressed. I'm not sure if this is because it gets dark now at 3:30 or because Mecury is/was in retrograde. But I'm trying now to see the good that I missed due to general gloominess.
So last week I got my graduation application signed off on and turned into the graduate office. Carl was good enough to call me and ask what he was signing - just to make sure I wasn't trying to slip the thesis paper work under his nose. To my credit, I at no time screamed "WHY DON'T YOU JUST READ THE FORM, CARL!" a him. Granted, he was about to leave town and was in a hurry, and I am grateful he signed it and turned it in at all. We'll work on reading for content later. Hopefully he'll have that mastered by the time he starts reviewing my thesis. Or not, depending on how well I write the thing. Now barring I don't forget to turn in my thesis at the end of February, I should be graduating in March. Woohoo!
I also was interviewed for a job across campus at the business school. The interviewer told me they received 176 applications for the job. Many of them were from people who previously made between 70-100K a year. Shit. This is the Denver job market. She's not bothering at all to call those people, fearing they'll take off as soon as the job market changes, which is a fair assessment. But it goes to show the desparation out there. It seems I have a very good chance at getting this job as I have the advantage of knowing the university software and the ins and outs of the school already. I'm not thrilled with the pay, but it makes a little more than I get now. Plus there's a lot of room for advancement as it's the richest department on campus. Once I have the master's degree, there will be a ton more opportunities to advance. So even though I'm not thrilled with the money they're offering, it gets my foot in the door to one of the toughest to get into departments. Not bad.
Saw The Incredibles this weekend - very nice. Though for some reason I was sure the voice of Mr. Incredible was John Goodman, when in fact it was Craig T. Nelson. Not sure how I mixed those up as I think they're voices are easy to distinguish from each other. Maybe it was just that the character looked more like Goodman to me. Though I guess that Neaderthalish looking brow was more indicative of Nelson. Oh Well. It was a good way to pass a few hours :)
Last week, for all the good things that happened, I was still feeling depressed. I'm not sure if this is because it gets dark now at 3:30 or because Mecury is/was in retrograde. But I'm trying now to see the good that I missed due to general gloominess.
So last week I got my graduation application signed off on and turned into the graduate office. Carl was good enough to call me and ask what he was signing - just to make sure I wasn't trying to slip the thesis paper work under his nose. To my credit, I at no time screamed "WHY DON'T YOU JUST READ THE FORM, CARL!" a him. Granted, he was about to leave town and was in a hurry, and I am grateful he signed it and turned it in at all. We'll work on reading for content later. Hopefully he'll have that mastered by the time he starts reviewing my thesis. Or not, depending on how well I write the thing. Now barring I don't forget to turn in my thesis at the end of February, I should be graduating in March. Woohoo!
I also was interviewed for a job across campus at the business school. The interviewer told me they received 176 applications for the job. Many of them were from people who previously made between 70-100K a year. Shit. This is the Denver job market. She's not bothering at all to call those people, fearing they'll take off as soon as the job market changes, which is a fair assessment. But it goes to show the desparation out there. It seems I have a very good chance at getting this job as I have the advantage of knowing the university software and the ins and outs of the school already. I'm not thrilled with the pay, but it makes a little more than I get now. Plus there's a lot of room for advancement as it's the richest department on campus. Once I have the master's degree, there will be a ton more opportunities to advance. So even though I'm not thrilled with the money they're offering, it gets my foot in the door to one of the toughest to get into departments. Not bad.
Saw The Incredibles this weekend - very nice. Though for some reason I was sure the voice of Mr. Incredible was John Goodman, when in fact it was Craig T. Nelson. Not sure how I mixed those up as I think they're voices are easy to distinguish from each other. Maybe it was just that the character looked more like Goodman to me. Though I guess that Neaderthalish looking brow was more indicative of Nelson. Oh Well. It was a good way to pass a few hours :)
