In a discussion of mythology in class today, I made an offhand reference to "bible myths". Some students seemed a little shocked.
Is this the sort of thing that can get me fired or burned at the stake?
Is this the sort of thing that can get me fired or burned at the stake?
I honestly don't know what to think of this job offer, as seen on Craigslist:
Date: 2009-09-17, 4:28PM PDT
Reply to: job-xkhdp-1379738943@craigslist.org [Errors when replying to ads?]
I need to hire a person to play World of Warcraft with me. This person must be at least a Rival+ in arena healing and be able to assist me in getting to arena rating of 2000+. You will need to be able to play at least 3hrs per day during the week and 5hrs over the weekend. You will also need to be able to play a DK to farm honor for items. You *MUST* be trustworthy, helpful, have vent WITH MIC, and not have an holy-then-tho attitude. I have a priest account but you may have to move your healer over to Eitrigg PVE. Must be able to start ASAP (like NOW)!
I honeslty don't know what to think about this job offer: whether to be amazed at someone so obsessed with wow (and yet so estranged from online friends) that they need to hire a healer, to regard it with a cynical "nice work if you can get it" attitude...or to gnashh my teeth because I no longer have a WoW account.
Looking For WOW ARENA Healer who can also play a DK... (mountain view)
Date: 2009-09-17, 4:28PM PDT
Reply to: job-xkhdp-1379738943@craigslist.org [Errors when replying to ads?]
I need to hire a person to play World of Warcraft with me. This person must be at least a Rival+ in arena healing and be able to assist me in getting to arena rating of 2000+. You will need to be able to play at least 3hrs per day during the week and 5hrs over the weekend. You will also need to be able to play a DK to farm honor for items. You *MUST* be trustworthy, helpful, have vent WITH MIC, and not have an holy-then-tho attitude. I have a priest account but you may have to move your healer over to Eitrigg PVE. Must be able to start ASAP (like NOW)!
- Compensation: Pay is $50.00 (USD) per hour played and it goes up to $100 (USD) per hour played after rating of 1850 plus a bonus of up to $5000 (USD) for a rating of 2350
- Telecommuting is ok.
- This is a part-time job.
- This is a contract job.
- OK to highlight this job opening for persons with disabilities
- Principals only. Recruiters, please don't contact this job poster.
- Please, no phone calls about this job!
- Please do not contact job poster about other services, products or commercial interests.
I honeslty don't know what to think about this job offer: whether to be amazed at someone so obsessed with wow (and yet so estranged from online friends) that they need to hire a healer, to regard it with a cynical "nice work if you can get it" attitude...or to gnashh my teeth because I no longer have a WoW account.
Put on the red shoes and dance the blues.
Sep. 11th, 2009 07:37 pm
Five hours of grading and training, and then three hours of classes. 12 students. Several hundred pages. Thousands of spoken words. Two sore feet.
I'm exhausted, but I made it through the first day. I've been accused of making my "g"s look like "q"s; I've been accused of being boring. But I got through it, and without any major nightmarish happenings. Not like the ones that have been giving me nightmares I've been awaking from with nothing but a sense of dread.
Ah well, there'll be plenty of time next week to accidentally set a student on fire.
I'm exhausted, but I made it through the first day. I've been accused of making my "g"s look like "q"s; I've been accused of being boring. But I got through it, and without any major nightmarish happenings. Not like the ones that have been giving me nightmares I've been awaking from with nothing but a sense of dread.
Ah well, there'll be plenty of time next week to accidentally set a student on fire.
Friday is a Million Miles Away
Feb. 2nd, 2009 01:33 pmSo, 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.
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.
Financial Manager fakes emergency call, parachutes out of private airplane.
I like the fact that the guy has that sort of "I'm an ex frat boy" look, or maybe like that one actor on "CSI: Miami" And with looks and a wife like this:
Naturally when it all starts crashing down he'll come up with a brilliant plan like:
I like the fact that the guy has that sort of "I'm an ex frat boy" look, or maybe like that one actor on "CSI: Miami" And with looks and a wife like this:
Naturally when it all starts crashing down he'll come up with a brilliant plan like:
- Fake an emergency call from my Piper Malibu that my windshield has caved in, and I'm bleeding heavily. Avoid getting any blood on upholstery.
- Put plane on autopilot, parachute to ground, while meanwhile, air force jets notice no one is in plane.
- Walk up to sherif deputies wearing flight equiment, and ask to be driven to hotel. Give actual ID in case of questions.
- Go into hotel with good surveilance cameras
- put on black knit cap.
- Run into woods
- ????
- PROFIT!!!
It's a change from my cold attitude...
Dec. 19th, 2008 12:03 pm
But now I go to work and I feel all warm and comfortable.
Unfortunately, it's got nothing to do with my actually work or relationship with my boss, and EVERYTHING to do with the cheap space heater I bought yesterday and installed under my desk. Hey, work sucks, but at least my feet are toasty warm and notice cold for the first time in weeks.
And maybe, just maybe, the really cheap heater will set something on fire under the desk. There's that to look forward to foor this holiday season.
Unfortunately, it's got nothing to do with my actually work or relationship with my boss, and EVERYTHING to do with the cheap space heater I bought yesterday and installed under my desk. Hey, work sucks, but at least my feet are toasty warm and notice cold for the first time in weeks.
And maybe, just maybe, the really cheap heater will set something on fire under the desk. There's that to look forward to foor this holiday season.
Something I learned at work this month...
Dec. 16th, 2008 10:28 am...It is pretty much impossible for me to concentrate on my work when my feet are freezing. Especially when they are freezing despite being wrapped in two layers of socks, and hiking boots.
We don't have a space heater, but I'm thinking of putting the pop-up toaster under my desk to keep my feet warm. IIcan always push the lever with my toe.
We don't have a space heater, but I'm thinking of putting the pop-up toaster under my desk to keep my feet warm. IIcan always push the lever with my toe.
We lost another person today, taking our company down to five people.
Today, I drove into the parking lot in time to see Adrian, one of the two people running the fortune cookie store, walking away. He had come in lone enough to get his check, and left. I really should have stopped and said goodbye to him, since he was a decent guy with a good sense of humor. Evidently being told to cold-call and try to sell fortune cookies to tax preparers was the last straw.
Joy of Joy, two more employees have whispered to me (Bossman doesn't like us to talk to each other) that they are looking for other work, and are on the brink of just quitting. Which will leave as employees, let's see...the IT guy and me.
And right now the one person Board of Director/backer/investor has come to talk to Der Bossenstein- they've gone to an early lunch to talk, I guess. I didn't even KNOW we had a backer. This seems ominous, even though the guy on the phone sounded so senile I couldn't give him directions to our location.
At this point, I'm mainly hanging around so I can use the computer to toss resumes out, and also to watch this slow train wreck happen.
Then again, I know a company a block away that just lost three employees this weekend- admittedly in a triple homicide. Maybe I should apply there. It couldn't be worse then here.
Today, I drove into the parking lot in time to see Adrian, one of the two people running the fortune cookie store, walking away. He had come in lone enough to get his check, and left. I really should have stopped and said goodbye to him, since he was a decent guy with a good sense of humor. Evidently being told to cold-call and try to sell fortune cookies to tax preparers was the last straw.
Joy of Joy, two more employees have whispered to me (Bossman doesn't like us to talk to each other) that they are looking for other work, and are on the brink of just quitting. Which will leave as employees, let's see...the IT guy and me.
And right now the one person Board of Director/backer/investor has come to talk to Der Bossenstein- they've gone to an early lunch to talk, I guess. I didn't even KNOW we had a backer. This seems ominous, even though the guy on the phone sounded so senile I couldn't give him directions to our location.
At this point, I'm mainly hanging around so I can use the computer to toss resumes out, and also to watch this slow train wreck happen.
Then again, I know a company a block away that just lost three employees this weekend- admittedly in a triple homicide. Maybe I should apply there. It couldn't be worse then here.
I'm not sick but i'm not well...
Oct. 29th, 2008 09:19 am
Well, actually I'm still somewhat sick. What I thought was an allergy-based migraine on Sunday turned out to be a nasty cold thaty kept me flat on my back for the last two days- not even any posting on LJ, for an indication of how bad it was.
But I'm back, now, sort of. I'm on a bronchitus watch right now, since at this stage once the cold migrates downt ot my chest I have a 50% chance of developing bronchitus. It's a sign of how old I am, that I can assign probabilities of where my illnesses will go.
So for those wondering, I'll take it easy for now. Maybe a few links to interesting articles, some pics, and...oh yeah. Lots of hot liquids, and going home if I get overtired. And if I end up not going to thinktank or the parties this weekend, I hope people will understand.
But I'm back, now, sort of. I'm on a bronchitus watch right now, since at this stage once the cold migrates downt ot my chest I have a 50% chance of developing bronchitus. It's a sign of how old I am, that I can assign probabilities of where my illnesses will go.
So for those wondering, I'll take it easy for now. Maybe a few links to interesting articles, some pics, and...oh yeah. Lots of hot liquids, and going home if I get overtired. And if I end up not going to thinktank or the parties this weekend, I hope people will understand.
In this Life I have some Egrets...
Sep. 25th, 2008 04:02 pmToday sucks, for a lot of reasons. Work, finances, stress...all combine to make one really depressing day.
But then again, just now on the oak tree across the stream from my work were two huge, beautiful snowy egrets. I watched them for a while, and then they suddenly took off, and curved around in flight over the parking lot. One sailed between me and the sun, turning his wings translucent glowing white.
They flew off, leaving me feeling better. I just needed to remember that there are bigger things in this world than my troubles.
But then again, just now on the oak tree across the stream from my work were two huge, beautiful snowy egrets. I watched them for a while, and then they suddenly took off, and curved around in flight over the parking lot. One sailed between me and the sun, turning his wings translucent glowing white.
They flew off, leaving me feeling better. I just needed to remember that there are bigger things in this world than my troubles.
The week continues its Ups and Downs
Aug. 14th, 2008 12:23 pmOn the plus side, we get to move back home today, which will be nice. Hopefully the house won't be too mildewy, but in any case my weekened is going to be spent in cleaning up. I can't thank ![[profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
sandpanther enough for putting us up on such short notice, as well as putting up with us.
On the negative, I have a follow up vist to a specialist fora medical problem I've been dealing with for a while, and has been keepingme awake recently. It's probaby a minor problem, but the fact that they were willing to see me the next day is really twigging the hypochondriac in me.
And right now I'm getting more registrations in than I can process. Bleh.
sandpanther enough for putting us up on such short notice, as well as putting up with us.On the negative, I have a follow up vist to a specialist fora medical problem I've been dealing with for a while, and has been keepingme awake recently. It's probaby a minor problem, but the fact that they were willing to see me the next day is really twigging the hypochondriac in me.
And right now I'm getting more registrations in than I can process. Bleh.
What do you do on a tedious monday?
Jun. 23rd, 2008 03:18 pm
There should be a term for the depression that comes from going in to work on the Monday after a really nice weekend. A weekend spent in (Fri) watching anime, drinking and eating with friends, (Sat) playing video games with friends, and (Sun) having spicy ribs and mint juleps at a friend's barbecue party. A term for the depression that comes from from looking at the work, knowing it's there, and having no enthusiasm to deal with it.
What did I do this tedious Monday? I went shop[ping. Specifically, I stopped at the electronics mart up the street from where I worked, which is having a moving blow-out sale. I didn't find a cheap internal laptop DVD/CD-Rom, which is what I really need, but I DID glom onto a really cheap wireless modem that will replace my current wireless. That is, as soon as I get my damn laptop fixed.
So, what have you all done to combat Monday tedium?
Minor Amusement
Jun. 20th, 2008 12:32 pmAs long as we're thinking about misinterpretations, I got an urgent request to do some market research and call the "Olympic Travel and Services" agency, and find out what they're about. I was supposed to pretend to be a client, get any information I could from our competitor, and use one of my personal e-mails for the brochures they were going to send. All hush-hush, I'm surprised he didn't have me call from a phone booth.
Two minutes of checking revealed no website and a location in Seattle. One minute of talking on the phone confirmed my hunch- it was a local agency for ttrips to the Olympic Peninsula, andOlympic National Park.
Silly Coffee-eaters, naming theri natural wonders after a game.
Two minutes of checking revealed no website and a location in Seattle. One minute of talking on the phone confirmed my hunch- it was a local agency for ttrips to the Olympic Peninsula, andOlympic National Park.
Silly Coffee-eaters, naming theri natural wonders after a game.
Dumpster Dving, First Thing Monday Morning
Jun. 9th, 2008 11:36 amNo, I'm not being metaphorical or ironic...at least not more than usual.
The first thing that happened when I came in, is my boss called me in and said "I think those folders are going to fall off your desk, but I have cunning plan", followed by a scheme to use part of the old desk (with a cut in it for the wall beam) as an improvised shelf.. Which lead to my wandering out to the dumpsters to see if the desk we broke last week was still around. It was, buried under over a week's worth of cardboard, so I pried up the board, and trucked it back.
Some days at this job I take the minor blessings. Like right now, I'm just glad we're using desks, and not boards over old milk crates. If I wasn't so sleepy right now, I'd be perturbed.
The first thing that happened when I came in, is my boss called me in and said "I think those folders are going to fall off your desk, but I have cunning plan", followed by a scheme to use part of the old desk (with a cut in it for the wall beam) as an improvised shelf.. Which lead to my wandering out to the dumpsters to see if the desk we broke last week was still around. It was, buried under over a week's worth of cardboard, so I pried up the board, and trucked it back.
Some days at this job I take the minor blessings. Like right now, I'm just glad we're using desks, and not boards over old milk crates. If I wasn't so sleepy right now, I'd be perturbed.
Some weekends, you just keep moving.
Jun. 2nd, 2008 06:13 pmI ended up taking a day off today, partially because of a minor ailment, but mainly due to my weekend. You see, my boss moved his business from our Cupertino location, to an isolated office that's half the size, out in the boonies of Central and San Tomas roads. Naturally, since my boss is a massively CHEAPSKATE PENNY PINCHING IDIIIOOOOOOT, instead of hiring movers, he had us, his workers do the job. With no overtime of course.
Oooooh, the nasty words I could come up with to describe my boss and this fiasco. Because my boss isn't so much malevolent, as an idiot. Here's how things went, in a loooong, loooong, post.
SUNDAY:
But the weekeed wasn't over: Sunday we got to relax: we had movies withpalecur and silverstreak (Indiana Jones: a wonderful end to the series, four thumbs up!), a british cooking show named Chef that was hilarious and very well acted, and some 80s geek flick I can't remember the name of. ;') It was a really nice way to cool down after the weekend.
Oooooh, the nasty words I could come up with to describe my boss and this fiasco. Because my boss isn't so much malevolent, as an idiot. Here's how things went, in a loooong, loooong, post.
( FRIDAY )
SUNDAY:
But the weekeed wasn't over: Sunday we got to relax: we had movies with
palecur and silverstreak (Indiana Jones: a wonderful end to the series, four thumbs up!), a british cooking show named Chef that was hilarious and very well acted, and some 80s geek flick I can't remember the name of. ;') It was a really nice way to cool down after the weekend.Guh. Zombie Tuesday.
May. 20th, 2008 02:07 pmIt's Tuesday again, the worst day of the week. The past weekend long gone, the next one aeons ahead. I'm sluggish, woozy, got a head full of cotton. and I have an immense hangnail on my big toe. I'm also doing the worst kind of repetitive computer work, the type that I'm slow at and hate.
I should be in bed, just contemplating getting up and getting food. But like Tom Sawyer, I doubt "My toe is mortified" will work as an excuse.
Meh. My mood is bad enough to go starting fights on the intertubes. Maybe i'll go say something nasty about Extruded Fantasy Product.
I should be in bed, just contemplating getting up and getting food. But like Tom Sawyer, I doubt "My toe is mortified" will work as an excuse.
Meh. My mood is bad enough to go starting fights on the intertubes. Maybe i'll go say something nasty about Extruded Fantasy Product.
Either Our Office has gone Gren...
May. 19th, 2008 04:43 pm...or the air conditioner is terminally broken.
Rght now the temperature in the office is a good 20 degrees higher than outside, and it's muggy like the air right before a thunderstorm. It's so clammy my shirt is sticking to me, and sweating at my desk.
At least the Asian market has peach and lychee fruit juices on sale...but it's still to be a long afternoon until I go home.
I heard back from the place I interviewed at on Monday; they gave the position to someone else. I really wasn't surprised, because when they mentioned "We need to make a quick decision", and "We're required to interview all candidates", I was pretty sure that they already had somebody in line for the position.
But that's OK. the important thing is I think the interview went really well, I was cool yet enthusiastic, gave good answers, got there on time...in short, nothing went wrong. And the people I interviewed with seemed to like me. In fact, they said when I called, that they would not only keep my file active, but they would personally keep copies of my resume because something might open up in summer.
So I may not have gotten the job, but I'll count this as a success, as it helped me build up my confidence a bit.
Now back to planning tours. Gosh England is a tiny place...
