Riko

I love how, unfailingly, my preparation for job interviews goes something like this:

1) Talk to lots of people who have interviewed successfully with the same employer to get a sense of what kind of interview vibe/focus to prepare for (ie. is it heavily substantive? will they just want to talk about my hobbies or the weather?);

2) Prepare on the basis of the information received from these talks; and

3) Go to the interview and have it be the exact opposite of everything I was told.

LE SIGH. I have no clue how that went, so I am returning to the wait and see game.

OH MY GOD necklaces THE FUCKING REAPER IFF HOW COULD YOU NOT WARN ME AAAAAAA

Things Which Are Awesome: Learning you have two days more than you thought you did for your directed research project.

Things Which Are Bad For Your Study Ethic: Learning you have two days more than you thought you did for your directed research project.

Hello, flist! Why yes, I have survived the holidays more or less in one piece. It was touch-and-go there for a while due to surprise relatives and in particular my 90+ year-old grandmother coming to stay for a while. But overall, I've had a pleasant week and a bit. I hope you guys all have too!

Special notes:

✣ attilatehbun, I got your card and package and was super delighted by both. You are seriously the sweetest thing ever. What is that all about?

✣ I went and saw The King's Speech on New Year's Eve and enjoyed it a lot. I've always found that particular period of Royal scandal interesting, but everything I've ever read about it has always focused on the David Edward and Wallace Simpson aspect of things, with George VI as a footnote more often than not. I was very pleased to see the movie twist it around. How perfectly cast was Guy Pearce (and everyone else too but seriously Guy Pearce)?

✣ And then I basically listened to DJ Earworm's 2010 mash-up until midnight. Which I have had stuck in my head since. Good times.

✣ I now officially have a word file saved in my writing folder entitled "SKRULL PRESIDENT.docx". Consider yourselves all forewarned.

✣ My little sister gave me Mass Effect 2 for Christmas, and I was enjoying the heck out of it until my desktop computer decided to sputter and die. So now I'm in the market for a new desktop. Still! Mass Effect 2! Like the Seven Samurai but in space! I'm liking it so much more than the first one so far, and the first one is one of my favourite games of all time.

✣ I felt like I had more to say, but hmmm I guess not. Tomorrow I will try to get my butt back into shape for going back to normal life. Tonight, I think I will drink lots of wine, write more SKRULL PRESIDENT (hence the compulsory drinking first), and watch a terrible movie.

A big ♥ to all you guys!

Sittin' in Dulles, listening to the airport people fail at pronouncing French last names. NYCC was off the hook, which I blame mostly on tussah, atti, and mici who are all extremely fabulous. Must now begin complex plans to kidnap them all and keep them in my basement. After I sleep for a week.

Quick round-up of TV I've tuned in for in the last week that I may or may not continue watching for the rest of the season! As spoiler-free as I can manage!

( CASTLE )

( HAWAII FIVE-O )

( GLEE )

( NO ORDINARY FAMILY )

( THE GOOD WIFE )

( UNDERCOVERS )

( THE WHOLE TRUTH )

( NIKITA )

( THE MENTALIST )

( SUPERNATURAL )

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In non-TV news, I have actually finished a fic. Now the issue is deciding whether I hate it too much to ever post it ever. That happens surprisingly a lot for me! B|

So I ended up spending an extra day in New Jersey because of weather. FACT: I could have spent an extra FOREVER here and been perfectly content. But now I am sitting in the airport, waiting to board a flight to Detroit where I will then sit down and wait to board a flight home. Long night ahead, but I'll make it through. /musical cue

If, starting tonight/tomorrow, you start getting comments from me on things you said or did a week ago, this is why!

THINGS ACCOMPLISHED:

✣ Got to hug tussah lots (though obvs. not nearly enough)
✣ Eat SO MUCH delicious food (SO MUCH)
✣ Finally saw the end of the most recent Doctor Who season (awesome!)
✣ Watched the last 16 episodes of Supernatural, which tussah hadn't seen (better on rewatch, actually!)
✣ Watched the first five episodes of Pillars of the Earth (freckles!)
✣ Went to an awesome art gallery
✣ Did not take many pictures but watched tussah take many pictures
✣ Watched a lot of food television and chatted and HUGGED MORE and seriously just had a fantastic time

Reporting in from a Starbucks in Toronto where I am nursing an iced chai. I'm done most of my interviews at this point, which means that in the last day and a half I have actually done more interviews than I've done in my entire life. One, I think, was a complete write-off, and one I liked them but I think my own performance could, in retrospect, have been better. (They also only asked me, like, two questions and then were all OKAY THANKS FOR COMING, which was very strange to me.) I had a fantastic interview with two potential employers last thing yesterday, though, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed for that one especially.

Should hear back tomorrow at 5. And then half an hour later I hop on a train and head back home! Phew. I really am about ready to collapse. Mostly because I've been almost non-stop stressed out for like four months now over articling. Hopefully it will be all done soon. /crosses. fingers. some more.

(Also sorry for my recent major fail on replaying to comments/PMs/e-mails. Hopefully I'll get caught up tomorrow on the train if the wireless is okay!)