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 March 25, 2004
more job interviews...
Can you see me working at a spa called Envy? I can't exactly, but hey, I'm giving a massage there on friday. She booked me over the phone, as we spoke for the first time, which was kind of wild. Her place is new and she doesn't really have shifts to offer, so she said she'd keep me on the list for on call massage therapy. It's a cool locale and the folks seem real nice, though I think I might fit in a little better if I spoke Vietnamese. It's something. The next interview is at the JCC. I have some mild trepidation about this one, having heard so much about the gnarly office politics and all from my friends Josh and Mandy who work there, and from my Robotic Cats who do their contract work... Plus it's way the heck over in Mercer Island. But the contact lady seems really nice and at this point, a job is a job is a job and goddamn it I need SOMEONE to say YES! It's kind of hard not to take it personally, all the rejection involved in this whole gruesome pavementpounding jobsearch ordeal. The 'experience' catch 22, I mean, how are you supposed to GET experience if they only hire folks WITH experience? And that selfselling thing-I've never been too great at that. It so seems to boil down to whether they like you or not, rather than whether you've got the skillset they are hiring for. No after no after no and you start to think: 'what's wrong with me, am I not likeable, worthy, hireable?' or at least I do, being of a somewhat melancholic bent. I bet there's a billion self help books out there just bursting with brilliant self worth advice for me, if I'd just take the time to pick one up... But alas, right now, my booktime is filled with sexy ninjas who can step out of their selves-leaving behind an illusory self to fool the ordinary minds about them whilst they slip into your boudoir to wreak some swift and stealthy mischief. I love that shit. 
Sayeth rzan at
02:46 PM
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Yeah, it sucks to look for a job when you don't have one. It's inherently miserable and degrading. Unless you're a ninja, in which case you might just cut your interviewers head off and not even think twice about it.
on March 26, 2004 12:12 AM
Try my take on it: After no and no and no, think to yourself "Why are people so blitheringly stupid! They SUCK!"
Then go write a long rant about some idiocy in the world at large and threaten to kill it with an axe.
Ok, maybe my way won't work so well for you....
on March 26, 2004 11:13 PM
No, I like it... Maybe a combination of the two approaches? Too bad ninjas don't use axes-no stealth factor and it's kind of hard to drop down from the ceiling wielding a battle ax.
Also threatening people with axes and/or berserkly chopping heads off is sort of considered poor form for a body therapist.
Sigh... Things are so much simpler in my own little world... Where I'm Queen of the Universe.
on March 27, 2004 12:42 PM
I usually refer to throwing tomahawks at people, and Ninja's would probably be pretty keen at that, given the star/knife/and spike throwing skills involved with general ninjadom.
Bad form or not, looking into the eyes of an idiot and calmly saying "If I were a ninja, I'd slay you with a tomahawk and nail your dripping scalp next to my Buhddist altar" would be worth it just for the reaction. :)
on March 27, 2004 02:06 PM