Spring time...
Posted at 14:28 # G
Two weeks in Chicago... It looks like my planned week in Chicago for my b-day has turned into two (maybe three?) weeks. Looks like I'll be gone for most of June. Mmm, good pizza... The music ain't too bad either, but I don't know if I can stand to be away from my Mac that long. Or my DSL line. At least I'll have my music with me.
Posted at 13:58 # G
Uncommon courtesy The worst part of being unemployed these days is the feeling of total futility you get when you send out your resume. I have been told that once upon a time it was customary for companies to reply to people who sent in resumes, even if only to tell them they received the resume, or the position had been filled. It seems like that custom is only practiced by a few companies now. Recruiters are the worst. Especially when they insist on a meeting/interview with you, and make a big deal about how they are going to work really hard on getting you a great job. Then you never hear from them again. Ever. There are times when I have begun to wonder if my mail server is fucked up. I send all these emails with my resume attached. What happens to them? Are they not getting through? Or is it just that the people getting them aren't nice enough to let me know. Hell, it's not that hard to set up an auto reply to at least let people know that the resume got there and will be looked at. Only a hand full of companies sent replies (of thousands of messages I have sent). One actually sent me a letter, not just an email! I was shocked. Trying to find work these days is like sending a message in a bottle into a black hole and hoping someone will respond.
Posted at 12:12 # G
John Crichton was right...
Posted at 11:43 # G
Mmm, sleep... It's amazing what a good nights sleep can do. Of course, having to hear my nephew's hip-hop shit blaring in the next room is getting old, especially when I'm trying to listen to the new Flogging Molly album (which is excellent, BTW). (Must... control... fist... of... death!!!) Of course, being the BOFH that I am I could just activate the program I have on his iMac that will randomly crash iTunes... But that would be wrong. And besides, he turned it down before I had a chance to do it.
Posted at 11:06 # G
