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bending_sickleToday I woke up feeling absolutely exhausted and it just went downhill from there. The morning - what was left of it - went by in a fog (and cramps). I made lunch. More fog.
I read through the two job magazines I'd acquired throughout the year (one UK focused, one for the Science employment fair I missed 'cause I was in Kenya, who's companies ads' wordings** made me want to jab pencils into people's faces and scream "But what do you doooo?!?). In conclusion, according to one of the magazines, the majority of science jobs are software programming. According to the other magazine, the only entity that mentioned "sustainable development" was one for Scottish National Heritage, which sounds promising.
Although, if they're of the same mindset as the guy who interviewed me for graduate studies in an English university, then I might just scream. Now, I don't quite understand why they needed to interview me for an MSc acceptance/rejection decision, but they did just that, over the phone. That's perfectly all right, except that I was in a large city in Canada and had never lived in Europe - save for 1.5 years at the age of 7 or so - and they guy was asking me whether I could identify the local English birds. "Um, no, but I can learn! And I can identify a lot of Canadian birds, and African birds and all the invasive birds of Australia." He also asked if I went hiking or bird-watching. "...I'm a full-time student in a large metropolitan city." Gods, I hated that interview.
Anyway, so I did a list of possible places to check out for openings, and made another list of webpages with jobs listings, and then tried to google, started reading about the competitions for EU positions but freaked out. Badly.
So I made dinner and read Watchmen fanfic instead. I spent a good long while reading Anonymous' Sweet Child of Mine featuring Child!Rorschach (aka Walter) and Dan, which just melted my heart. The last chapter is still pending, but I'm going to haunt the page until it does. I'm not one for children - alive or in fiction - but this fic made me want to hug the beejezus out of Walter. And of course, I've been reading OT3 fic, the appeal of which was described better than I did in my last post by![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
_ryouseiteki:
Then I watched The Sarah Jane Adventures "The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith" purely because the Doctor shows up. There's a scene at the end of Sarah Jane's, which felt like saying goodbye to Ten all over again, and it felt right.
And now I'm going to watch Recovery, also featuring Tennant. I'm going to try to work tomorrow and get out of the house: I've found another second-hand bookstore quite a ways away, so I'll try unloading my books there, and I need to post a care-package.
Dream 1: I'm carrying a rectangular bag from the supermarket filled with water and two sharks. Mom puts them in a bucket and starts to wash them, then whisks at the water the make it foamy.
Dream 2: I'm with Mom and Dad in Amboseli, except the hotel is awful and run-down. I talk about traveling to Lamu as if I've never been, although I have. [The Lamu bit may be due to the article I read about plans for a port possibly destroying this World heritage Site, which yay.]
Dream 3: I've tried to show my brother things I've done - accomplished - and am angry at him and shout at him because he can't take five minutes to check it out. [This is basically reality.]
Dream 4: We're packing house again, or unpacking, and throwing things out. [I hate doing this.] I find a small box with old candy stashed for some reason, and decide it's time to let go. [Candy here probably due to SMP's latest video, "Man Bait".]
Links of the Day:
Doctor Who:
x5649's Picspam John Simm
snowgrouse's Icons of Win
Davidtennanttwitter's David Tennant asked about British paparazzi on Rex Is Not Your Lawyer set - With audio clip!
Watchmen:
i_am_your_spy's Fanfic Masterlist
Phoq's Deviantart - Watchmen Comic, Page 10
Random Fandom:
fv_poster's Festivids Masterlist ; obsessive_24's Recs
Furniture Porn - *sporfle*
Random:
blizzardcake's Oh Noes I Haz Burn - "Put your hand on a hot stove eh? Fucked up while trying to cook your pasta, and spilled boiling water all over your hand did you? Well, since there's no turning back time, the only thing to do is treat that sucker."
Film Daybreakers Trailer - "In the year 2019, a plague has transformed most every human into vampires. Faced with a dwindling blood supply, the fractured dominant race plots their survival; meanwhile, a researcher works with a covert band of vamps on a way to save humankind." This movie is pushing all my SF, post-apocalyptic, dystopian buttons. (Although, seriously, you can't sustainably manage your food supply? Fail, vampires.) It will be glorious and I need to watch it now!
Addicted To Being Good? The Psychopathology of Heroism - *waves at Batman and Rorschach*
Neil Gaiman's Jan. 1, 2010: What I said at 3 minutes after midnight
* Happy Harry, to Rorschach, Watchmen
** "...everyone should do what they do best", "...immune to stress."
I read through the two job magazines I'd acquired throughout the year (one UK focused, one for the Science employment fair I missed 'cause I was in Kenya, who's companies ads' wordings** made me want to jab pencils into people's faces and scream "But what do you doooo?!?). In conclusion, according to one of the magazines, the majority of science jobs are software programming. According to the other magazine, the only entity that mentioned "sustainable development" was one for Scottish National Heritage, which sounds promising.
Although, if they're of the same mindset as the guy who interviewed me for graduate studies in an English university, then I might just scream. Now, I don't quite understand why they needed to interview me for an MSc acceptance/rejection decision, but they did just that, over the phone. That's perfectly all right, except that I was in a large city in Canada and had never lived in Europe - save for 1.5 years at the age of 7 or so - and they guy was asking me whether I could identify the local English birds. "Um, no, but I can learn! And I can identify a lot of Canadian birds, and African birds and all the invasive birds of Australia." He also asked if I went hiking or bird-watching. "...I'm a full-time student in a large metropolitan city." Gods, I hated that interview.
Anyway, so I did a list of possible places to check out for openings, and made another list of webpages with jobs listings, and then tried to google, started reading about the competitions for EU positions but freaked out. Badly.
So I made dinner and read Watchmen fanfic instead. I spent a good long while reading Anonymous' Sweet Child of Mine featuring Child!Rorschach (aka Walter) and Dan, which just melted my heart. The last chapter is still pending, but I'm going to haunt the page until it does. I'm not one for children - alive or in fiction - but this fic made me want to hug the beejezus out of Walter. And of course, I've been reading OT3 fic, the appeal of which was described better than I did in my last post by
_ryouseiteki: Also I'm totally in love with 'doesn't know wtf to do' Walter and 'predatory and sly' Laurie and 'mothering I love everything' Dan.
Then I watched The Sarah Jane Adventures "The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith" purely because the Doctor shows up. There's a scene at the end of Sarah Jane's, which felt like saying goodbye to Ten all over again, and it felt right.
SARAH: "Is this the last time I'm ever going to see you?"
DOCTOR: "I don't know. I hope not!"
SARAH: "Bye Doctor. Until the next time."
DOCTOR: "Don't forget me, Sarah Jane."
SARAH: "No one's ever going to forget you."
PAN OUT to sad music and sadder Doctor.
And now I'm going to watch Recovery, also featuring Tennant. I'm going to try to work tomorrow and get out of the house: I've found another second-hand bookstore quite a ways away, so I'll try unloading my books there, and I need to post a care-package.
Dream 1: I'm carrying a rectangular bag from the supermarket filled with water and two sharks. Mom puts them in a bucket and starts to wash them, then whisks at the water the make it foamy.
Dream 2: I'm with Mom and Dad in Amboseli, except the hotel is awful and run-down. I talk about traveling to Lamu as if I've never been, although I have. [The Lamu bit may be due to the article I read about plans for a port possibly destroying this World heritage Site, which yay.]
Dream 3: I've tried to show my brother things I've done - accomplished - and am angry at him and shout at him because he can't take five minutes to check it out. [This is basically reality.]
Dream 4: We're packing house again, or unpacking, and throwing things out. [I hate doing this.] I find a small box with old candy stashed for some reason, and decide it's time to let go. [Candy here probably due to SMP's latest video, "Man Bait".]
Links of the Day:
Doctor Who:
x5649's Picspam John Simmsnowgrouse's Icons of WinDavidtennanttwitter's David Tennant asked about British paparazzi on Rex Is Not Your Lawyer set - With audio clip!
Watchmen:
i_am_your_spy's Fanfic MasterlistPhoq's Deviantart - Watchmen Comic, Page 10
Random Fandom:
fv_poster's Festivids Masterlist ; obsessive_24's RecsFurniture Porn - *sporfle*
Random:
blizzardcake's Oh Noes I Haz Burn - "Put your hand on a hot stove eh? Fucked up while trying to cook your pasta, and spilled boiling water all over your hand did you? Well, since there's no turning back time, the only thing to do is treat that sucker."Film Daybreakers Trailer - "In the year 2019, a plague has transformed most every human into vampires. Faced with a dwindling blood supply, the fractured dominant race plots their survival; meanwhile, a researcher works with a covert band of vamps on a way to save humankind." This movie is pushing all my SF, post-apocalyptic, dystopian buttons. (Although, seriously, you can't sustainably manage your food supply? Fail, vampires.) It will be glorious and I need to watch it now!
Addicted To Being Good? The Psychopathology of Heroism - *waves at Batman and Rorschach*
Neil Gaiman's Jan. 1, 2010: What I said at 3 minutes after midnight
* Happy Harry, to Rorschach, Watchmen
** "...everyone should do what they do best", "...immune to stress."
