Stuff and Things

I am not absent without reason, so I thought I'd talk, instead of just appearing to post once a week, and disappearing again.

I've been job hunting for a while now, no real bites for weeks, but then things started to turn around a bit. A few week ago, I went for a job interview - told a few of you about this one, there was a meet & greet night (with yummy snacks), where you could go talk to the staff, and they could get to know you a bit. It was a really cool company, and for once, it seemed like the myriad of almost-useless skills I'd acquired would actually be of use. I felt like I had a real shot at this one (especially as the staff there seemed to like me, liked my skillset, WPM, whatnot).

Never heard one word back. Not even a form "sorry you were unsuccessful" email. After a few days, I sent in an email, asking if they'd filled the position. No response.

I got really down about this. I don't exactly have the most impresive resume, mainly because I went into study straight after finishing school, and the qualifications (Stormy the scientist!) I have aren't related to the kind of job I'm trying to get now (there's no point in being able to PCR DNA when you're trying to get an admin job).

(And before you ask, I've kind of ditched the idea of going into science as a career, it was awesome to study, but I don't think it's something I want to dedicate my life to. You guys all know what I want to dedicate my life to).

Since then, I've had a couple of phone interviews, a couple of IRL interviews (one this week, which I also thought I did well at, but was unsuccessful). -_-

About the only step forward I've made is getting signed up with a temping agency (this was yesterday) - I mean, there's worse things to be in life than Donna Noble. :P But they'd already filled their needs for the week (not surprising, given that my interview was Friday afternoon), but they'll keep an eye out for anything that matches.

I'm really, like RAWR to get a job because we need to move. It's been ok here, but things are sort of getting a little strained (family-wise), so moving out will be a good, er, move for all. Plus we've picked a really nice area to move to.

Somewhere in there (when I was feeling down about not getting the job as described at the top), I started playing WoW again. Yeah, yeah, sue me, but it's comfortable, familar, and easy to get lost in when IRL is sucking hard.

But then there's the thing where I'm pretty sure I sold my soul at the crossroads at some point.

I can be a good writer, or I can enjoy other things. It's probably the way I'm wired wrong, but I just can't split my focus between writing and...anything else. It's the same reason I have real trouble sitting down and reading books (though I did finish Dresden #2, grabbed that for my birthday). When I'm reading, I'm tending to be thinking "YOU SHOULD BE WRITING YOU SHOULD BE WRITING YOU SHOULD BE WRITING HOLY FUCK I NEED TO DO AT LEAST FIFTY BOOKS AND KEEP GOING HOW ARE YOU GOING TO DO THAT UNLESS YOU WRITE YOU SHOULD BE WRITING" kind of thing, maybe not that bad, but it does guilt me a bit, and take the enjoyment out of it.

TV, however, is an odd exception. I can enjoy TV as much as I want and still write. (Huh, I need to go rent Deadwood S3 today, neeeed more SWEDGIN).

Same with gaming. I can play WoW or I can write. I just can't...moderate. I mean, I banged out a chapter last night, but that was more because I'd been thinking all damn day that I needed to get a chapter out (I hate seeing the "days since last chapter" thing get up too high.

Plus, for a while there, I seriously was just working on the chapter summaries. (Of which the latest chapter was not one, so +1 to the number). I've still got to fine-tune the end of the flashbacks, but I've got plenty of time to see how that works out. That, and I think the next chapter is also unplanned, but...should e good. Weird, maybe, but good.

And for the past three days, when I wasn't out at job interviews, I've basically been watching them (thankfully resolved) clusterfuck that was the Blizzard/RealID debacle.

My plan for today is: play WoW for a bit (gnomey on a sparklepony, awesome). Eat breakfast. Paint a wall. Sundry housework. And this evening, hopefully write.

(And to my editors/betas/typo farmers, don't think that your work is unappreciated, I'm really, really grateful, and...probably going to implement something that's going to make your lives easier, but give me a bit to fine tune that).