Friday, October 19, 2007

Job Update, Again!

So, I’m trying to emerge from the 4-month slump that has been my job search. Since I’m just starting on this, I really can’t report anything; In fact, all I can say is that I’m obviously not very good at the entire “employment” thing. I mean, I’m trying, I’ve sent well over 100 job apps to various hiring departments around the city. It’s just that, every offer I’ve gotten has either required more experience then I have on paper, were already filled (and HR was just going though the legally-mandated motions), or were glassware-cleaning jobs.
The domestic side of my life isn’t going great either. Without a job, it’s been difficult holding up any semblance of an ego, and my self-esteem has flushed itself down the toilet, looking for better company then I can provide it. My parents are getting just of sick of this shit as I am, and to be totally honest, I can only do GRE review for so many weeks before I hit a wall. Not surprisingly, I’ve recently hit that wall; thus the introspection.
So I guess everything’s coming to a head. Hopefully, I can harness this, and boost myself out of the funk I’ve been in, and maybe get a job tutoring high-schoolers in the meantime. It’ll give me some money, a more concrete schedule, and it won’t interfere with the job search.
Looking at my situation from a more removed stance, have I really been doing anything at all? After all, while I know I've been working, I have nothing to show for it. Thus, without results, what proof do I have that anything of use has occured? Do my efforts matter? I've turned down jobs because I know I wouldn't be able to stand them, and they'd drain the time I spend studying and applying, but now that I really can't study andymore, and no job are coming, do I have any right to reject them? Am I turning into one of those lazy leeches on society and family that I so hate?
However it turns out, I know this: Other science majors have been having trouble getting jobs in their fields, and if I don't get a job sson, and get a stellar evaluation report, my grades from freshman and sophmore year will negate any chances I have of being accepted into a good graduate school.

--- On a Different Note ---

While trying to bring up my spirits after writing the last entry, I had a pretty good idea for a drink today. I call it, “Operation Iraqi Inebriation”

1) Mix 4 parts chilled rum and 4 parts chilled whiskey with 2 parts chilled grenadine (American brands only) in a clean highballer glass.

2) Next, carefully add 1 part vodka (Polish brands only) and 1 part gin (British brands only) to the highballer glass, making sure to keep layers separate. Both gin and vodka should be at room temp to increase separation from the American effort.

3) Consume by first sipping of the upper portion of the drink quickly, then enjoy the lower layer of the drink much more slowly.

4) For added fun, mix another glass, light the top layer of the drink on fire, and then throw it in face of nearest Arab. Finally, berate the Arab for making such a mess.

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