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roseembolism ([personal profile] roseembolism) wrote2009-02-02 01:33 pm

Friday is a Million Miles Away

So, Identify that song!


Trick question actually, AFAIK there is no song with those lyrics(Though I'm waiting for one of my friends to dredge one up).

I am exhausted. This weekend I went to a party, watched Shakespeare, drank too much port, couldn't sleep, and woke up with a headache. More or less in that order, and repeated. So today I am dragging along, too tired even to take a nap during lunch.

On the plus side, my resume now reads that I've worked at this job for a year, though according to the earliest message I have in Outlook, I actually started on the 6th of last February. I am dimly amazed that I've lasted so long; I fully expected multiple times to be fired or quit, or for the business to go out of business, or be raided by the IRS, or...but we're still here. I feel kind of a perverse sense of accomplishment at being here as long as I have, kind of in a samurai "It's more honorable to serve a bad master loyally than a good one". Not that I'm inclined to serve all that well any more. And I may be here as much for my resume and a "better the crappy job you know than the unemployment line" attitude than anything resembling loyalty.

Still, I have this thing to cling to; I have survived here a year. I choose to feel good about that. And I have more UTGM posts coming out Real Soon Now. That makes me feel much better. Live for my hobbies, say I.
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[personal profile] mithriltabby 2009-02-02 10:33 pm (UTC)(link)
It’s also useful to have jobs on your résumé that show you can hold one down for a good while. I nearly missed out on Electric Cloud because all of my previous jobs were 18 months – 2 years, and they were worried about whether I’d stick around. Now I have proof I can stick around for 4+ years, which will reassure any future employers. This may not be so much samurai honor as street cred...

[identity profile] roseembolism.livejournal.com 2009-02-03 01:05 am (UTC)(link)
Oh definitely, especially since my resume up here isn't too good on that account. Staying here for four years wouldbe incredible for my resume...but then again, do you recall the end to "I Have no Mouth and I Must Scream?" that would be me. Slithering my way between the desks to answer the phone.

[identity profile] etoilenoir959.livejournal.com 2009-02-03 03:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Brownie points for the good attitude despite a horrific boss and not-the-best working environment.