tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26077084444309594262024-02-20T17:53:18.858+11:00Talk TVSquare Eyeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15096148097790575634noreply@blogger.comBlogger72125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2607708444430959426.post-81262415423588203342012-07-11T05:25:00.000+10:002012-07-11T05:27:03.713+10:00Try, Try Again?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Earlier this year I applied for a job at Channel 7. From the description it was basically data entry and a good foot-in-the-door. I'd recently finished at Sensis so I thought "Why not?" I was shocked to get an interview. Fuckin' devastated to not make it to the second round. (I thought I'd done reasonably at the interview). Omigod it was SO cool being there. Just like a movie, as I texted my sister.<br />
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So last night I see the job re-<span style="background-color: white;">advertised, slightly different and perhaps better job description but basically asking for the same thing. I reapplied and now I'm thinking was that a dumb idea? All I can think is I'd be better prepared if I made it to the interview again. </span>Square Eyeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15096148097790575634noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2607708444430959426.post-88223662853390787052011-11-11T21:19:00.002+11:002011-11-11T21:21:57.304+11:00Another Friday<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p style=" color: rgb(51, 0, 51);font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">I’m feeling okay. Bit of period pain but not feeling too crazy. Not from that anyway.</span></p><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span> <p style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">I don’t know if I’m feeling better or just don’t give a shit about work any more. Like I’m not going to let it get me down. Shit happens and a lot of things are out of my hands. I’m not going to say it doesn’t upset or annoy me getting stuck on orders. Oh fuck it’s probably Friday talking. I can taste the weekend. It would be sweeter if I had someone or something to do after work. I did text a couple of guys but the one who replied is busy. (Must stop taking that as a personal affront. Still, can’t help feeling a little rejected). I’m seeing some of my friends tomorrow for lunch so that might make me feel a bit loved. The white wine might relax me too.</span></p><p face="georgia" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);" class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p style=" color: rgb(51, 0, 51);font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p>Square Eyeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15096148097790575634noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2607708444430959426.post-47543995507251313992011-10-27T09:47:00.007+11:002011-10-27T10:55:15.765+11:00Office Romances<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiruEGnm9FXX8PaJqENemniheJhtCg9RvM9-QPHM2NWi9f8Pkc_a5th_WqqC1YnrI8Neu4rXiRsk8iD5cuFztIQrGQzx4mqxbFHxtFVi9zmHpErxKtbKQHxhQSiw94eOEzTnGFiy-C5OVP-/s1600/729work-420x0.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 222px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiruEGnm9FXX8PaJqENemniheJhtCg9RvM9-QPHM2NWi9f8Pkc_a5th_WqqC1YnrI8Neu4rXiRsk8iD5cuFztIQrGQzx4mqxbFHxtFVi9zmHpErxKtbKQHxhQSiw94eOEzTnGFiy-C5OVP-/s320/729work-420x0.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667936612518471922" /></a><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51); font-size: large; ">Just thought I'd share this article I read last week in The Age:</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><b><span class="Apple-style-span">It's business time: work romance dos and don'ts</span></b><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><br /><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span class="Apple-style-span"><p style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; ">At least 30 per cent of worke</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; "></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: inherit; line-height: 17px;">rs have found love - or lust - at the office, numerous polls shows, and most haven't kept their feelings a secret. </span></span><p></p><p style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><br /></p><p style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; ">It’s understandable really, given countless people have found </p><p style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; ">'The One' in the office. And since we spend so much time at work, why not dabble in a bit of workplace love?</p><p style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><br /></p><p style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; ">A study by Ryerson University in Canada even confirmed that most employees don’t mind if their</p></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: medium; "></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span class="Apple-style-span"><p style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "> colleagues date, so long as the team’s performance and work environment aren’t disrupted.</p><span style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><br /></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><span class="Apple-style-span">The reality, though, is that it can be an awkward and uncomfortable experience. Rumours and gossip are inevitable. Someone might view a friendly request for a date as harassment. And messy break-ups could easily be on public display. </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><span class="Apple-style-span">Research conducted by Westminster University found no evidence that an office romance impacts negatively on productivity ... until the lovebirds break up. And in most cases, the relationship ends while the couple still works together, with the ongoing tension making it difficult to move on.</span></p></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: medium; "></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><span class="Apple-style-span">But sometimes the attraction between two colleagues is too strong to resist. They just have to be together. So, for guidance, I spoke to Helaine Olen, the co-author of <em style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; ">Office Mate: The Employee Manual for Finding and Managing Romance on the Job</em>. She shared with me her dos and don’ts for matters of love at work.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><span class="Apple-style-span">First, the don’ts.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></strong></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><span class="Apple-style-span">1. If you’re going to ask someone out on a date, don’t do it in the office</span></strong></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><span class="Apple-style-span">“If you don’t know them well enough to get them out of the office, you probably shouldn’t be asking them,” she says. “First, why would you want everybody to hear? Second, you’re putting the other person in a really bad position. And third, it could look like you’re using the workplace to get</span></p></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: medium; "></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><span class="Apple-style-span"> something.”</span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></strong></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><span class="Apple-style-span">2. Just because it’s an office romance doesn’t mean you conduct it in the office</span></strong></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><span class="Apple-style-span">“That means not going to coffee or lunch together,” she warns, and that includes the coincidental catch-ups at the photocopy machine or the discreet little chats in the tearoom. She adds: “It means being more professional than you were before you were dating.”</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></strong></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><span class="Apple-style-span">3. Do not use company property to send messages to your loved one</span></strong></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><span class="Apple-style-span">Employees often forget they lose much of their right to privacy when they use company-owned computers, phones, and other technological devices.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><span class="Apple-style-span">“The IT guys might read this stuff,” says Olen, “and if you think it doesn’t happen, you’re wrong; it does. It’s not private at all.”</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><span class="Apple-style-span">Well, that’s what to avoid. Here’s what to do:</span></p></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></strong></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><span class="Apple-style-span">1. Make sure you have more than just the workplace in common</span></strong></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><span class="Apple-style-span">“Familiarity breeds friendship,” she says. “If you’re only talking about your boss, maybe that’s a sign this wasn’t meant to be.”</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><span class="Apple-style-span">Workplace couples often think they have a lot in common, but on many occasions it’s not true. They <em style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; ">feel</em> as though they have heaps in common, but usually it’s just because they wo</span></p></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><span class="Apple-style-span">rk together. </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></strong></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><span class="Apple-style-span">2. Stay connected with other colleagues at work</span></strong></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><span class="Apple-style-span">“You and your loved one are not a self-contained unit,” she advises. “Make sure you don’t do that thing where you’re so in love that you let go of all your friends and co-workers. It’s bad on a professional level.”</span></p></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><span class="Apple-style-span">3. Spend time after hours at places where you won’t bump into co-workers</span></strong></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><span class="Apple-style-span">The local bar near the office, for example, is a bad choice. When colleagues see colleagues getting intimate – even when it’s outside of work – it fuels the fire of workplace gossip. “If you give people something to gossip about, they will,” says Olen. “It’s enormously entertaining when this stuff goes on.”</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><span class="Apple-style-span">Enormously entertaining, yes, but rarely for the couple involved.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><img src="http://images.smh.com.au/2010/07/19/1702037/Twitter-icon.jpg" alt="twitter" style="margin-top: 0px; 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line-height: 17px;"><br /></span></span></div><strong style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><br />Read more: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/small-business/blogs/work-in-progress/its-business-time-work-romance-dos-and-donts-20111020-1mao1.html#ixzz1bvmdhCkl" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); text-decoration: none; ">http://www.theage.com.au/small-business/blogs/work-in-progress/its-business-time-work-romance-dos-and-donts-20111020-1mao1.html#ixzz1bvmdhCkl</a></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span">This is the first time I’ve been in an office situation long enough to even think about it. I’ve thought/dreamt about the guy who quality checks my work but it wasn’t romantically. Not really. I mean I once dreamt we were in bed together but we weren’t doing anything naughty or interesting. In fact all I can remember now is I kept checking to see if he was still asleep because I wanted to go for a wee without him hearing. In the morning I thought, <i>this is about work not lust</i>. Rather me wanting to be able to do my job without his help; or at least more independently than I am at the moment. I do hate needing to ask for help and unfortunately I don't, or not right away. I HAVE to though. Been told numerous times. <o:p></o:p></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span"> <p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">In training I was told that office romances happen but so far I haven’t noticed anything. Maybe some flirting but I’ve never been good at picking up on that and I can’t report any flirting aimed at me. Everyone seems younger than me anyway and that’s not really my style. I should be flattered but…early twenties freaks me out! I don’t want to be seen or perceived as a Cougar at thirty-one! I don’t feel like being a “teacher” to these younger men because I don’t think I’ve got the experience. (Such nice bodies though. Sigh!) At the other end of the scale I don’t want to seem like a mail order bride, (good time not to be Asian or Eastern European looking), or a sweet-tooth with her sugar daddy when I’m seen with older men either. It’s like I’ve always wondered? Why aren’t I good enough for men my own age? (Some older men’s bodies are all right but they don’t always work as well as they used to).<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">This is really straying from the topic now but I want a baby. I always did but now that I’m older it doesn’t feel like something I can put off as easily. My cousin had a baby a couple of weeks ago. That’s me and him below. And the daughter of one of my mum’s best friends had a baby nearly two months ago. Some of my friends have babies now and I love them all. My dad’s death has made me think about it more as well. One of the first things I thought after I was told he died was that he should have been a grandfather. My mother seems keen on becoming a grandmother. She says she needs someone new to pour her love into, to paraphrase. She also wants to have the energy to enjoy grandchildren. I know I want one but I don't know how it will happen. I mean it doesn't seem like a possibility at the moment. And yeah, that gets me down a bit. <o:p></o:p></p></span><p></p></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span class="Apple-style-span"><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="line-height: normal; "><span style="line-height: 20px; "><br /></span></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="line-height: normal; "><span style="line-height: 20px; "><br /></span></span></p></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51); font-family: georgia; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: medium; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_XLfHX7rkTuZDiIkIjo_UOX7E8qyhfSkUxQqHqk6glFtpfvw4N7BqFfFt8Pog5bhh51Cdk9OrumBGpDXr-d93xQuvE36bUbWgZTg9lR-EkPHjJemp-fu7yAiaVOAIo3unIQFR4032aBYi/s400/DSCN1683.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667947279016217634" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><div style="text-align: center;font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; "><br /></div></span></div></div>Square Eyeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15096148097790575634noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2607708444430959426.post-79571678155699840592011-09-29T16:45:00.006+10:002011-09-29T16:50:53.127+10:00Office Life<span style="color:#330033;">Oh my God! Everyone knows your business at work. I've just had a chat with the security guard about my dad. He gave me his condolences. Holy Moley! I was freaked out just the other day when I went into the kitchen and he greeted me by my first name. (I only <em>think</em> I know what his is). And here I was thinking I'm all on my own in my little corner of the floor. Life's weird. </span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color:#330033;"></span>Square Eyeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15096148097790575634noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2607708444430959426.post-4235119558288328262011-09-07T21:07:00.003+10:002011-09-07T21:56:13.613+10:00More Work<span style="font-family:georgia;color:#330033;">I emailed my SME for more work today. And what I wrote was: Can I get a new job? The joke was not lost on me but I wonder if she got it? </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#330033;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#330033;">Something has happened. Either I've stopped letting the stress get to me OR I'm getting better at my job. No! It's not either of those. I'll telling asking for help does help; but only a little! I feel quite good when I finish an order and hand it in to be QC'd (aka Quality Checked). But then you get it back with a list of things you need to fix. That feels like a kick in the guts. It shakes my confidence that I've actually learnt anything. I suspect I'm being too hard on myself but if I'm honest I don't think I'm working hard enough. </span><br /><span style="color:#330033;"></span><br /><span style="color:#330033;">Perhaps I have a fear of failure. I'll ask my therapist. She'll know. She should by now! Part of me is thinking I'm sitting here waiting to be fired. We sort of talked about that. But the way she saw it was I was jumping from one point, a newly trained employee still on probation, straight to you're fired! Sure I guess I would be getting messages explicit or implicit from my SMEs or Team Leader that there was a problem before they told me to rack off. According to my one-on-two session, (with Rhett and Sas the SME), I'm not doing that badly. I may not work as fast as some but I am working etc. (Yeah...kinda). And I'm not the only that's on the slow end of the spectrum. They reassure me that the <em>lost</em> feeling I have is totally normal. And they pointed out I don't ask for help that often. That's when I broke. I've been brutally honest about how I feel I'm doing since day one. Some may say to my detriment. But I figure why lie? It's not going to take long for them to figure out I can't do my work. I told them how hard I find it to ask, being shy and all. </span><br /><span style="color:#330033;"></span><br /><span style="color:#330033;">The whole session has helped. It took off some of the pressure I had put myself under, although I still think some of it was valid. It felt like an introduction which is partly what I needed. I <em><strong>don't</strong></em> know these people I'm meant to be getting help from. Sas said I could email her any time if that helps. I decided to go straight to her which was good for me. Have emailed but find it less useful. </span><br /><span style="color:#330033;"></span><br /><br /><span style="color:#330033;"></span><br /><span style="color:#330033;"></span>Square Eyeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15096148097790575634noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2607708444430959426.post-50058723021446769012011-08-25T19:24:00.003+10:002011-08-26T00:56:57.023+10:00Frankly My Dear<span class="Apple-style-span">
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqahFSPqTUNcwqkfPiZlEQSClcqRxpuyVYfkQ4aur9LA46aSg2wf7gozK7bISW3qUk5DkaZZ5cjgYtO3l1YWkTFCRJSwWlHJmzWJ6k8x2HrAEZnqaGnPXtV_bK7gV5kBcJysMcRoUSeloG/s1600/250px-Clark_Gable_as_Rhett_Butler_in_Gone_With_the_Wind_trailer.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 250px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqahFSPqTUNcwqkfPiZlEQSClcqRxpuyVYfkQ4aur9LA46aSg2wf7gozK7bISW3qUk5DkaZZ5cjgYtO3l1YWkTFCRJSwWlHJmzWJ6k8x2HrAEZnqaGnPXtV_bK7gV5kBcJysMcRoUSeloG/s400/250px-Clark_Gable_as_Rhett_Butler_in_Gone_With_the_Wind_trailer.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5644793027058252818" /></a></span><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); " >He didn’t say anything but I was caught on Facebook and possibly Hotmail at work today by one of the SMEs. (Yeah I can’t remember what that stands for except Expert). Just one of the go-to people before you bug the Team Leader. The TL is called Rhett Butler. Would you believe? I knew it was a famous name from pop culture but I had to look it up to remind myself. <i>Gone with the bloody Wind</i>. Frankly my dear I do give a damn! Apparently he’s really laid back. (A team mate and gossip buddy of mine used to work with him. Judging from a Facebook photo they’re not bad friends). Tall and cute in a dressed casual sort of way. He likes his football though. L And frankly my dear I DON’T give a damn about that!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); " >
<br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">It’s not that we’re banned from going on to these sites, or the net in general, it’s just that as newcomers we have to <i>earn</i> the right. To the best of my ability I <b>did </b>earn it the first day but never again since. I do it anyway as I get bored and frustrated and as in the previous post I don’t ask for help so when I can’t get on with my work I need something to do!</span><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >
<br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">(Some one to <i><b>do</b></i> at the moment would be all right at well. It’s been a while. The last time I was touched by a man was a kiss on the cheek to say goodbye and good luck. This was the night before we started this job for real. Golly; that wet warmth was nice, however brief. By the way he’s the flirtiest and only married person in our group. He has this habit of winking when he talks to you. I’m going to stereotype him and say it’s part of his South American and Latin charm. That is to suggest it is his way rather than any particular interest in me. I thought he had blue eyes but today when the sunlight caught them I discovered they glowed like honey).</span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDcXPp6VAlO9E_NBfP5pSBQYTgpoBiI7CVEs9BXuOSDpfBwJ_xyCpJMTrfiaakxoU9s2iM-9ADSxkPAbPEBMyQnlhSYZqIj8b-FGY8QR0wYpcCMc5ooNdFezm7l9wvZkmQPNlOVvq8-Br2/s320/gonewiththewindPA_468x598.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5644793412421969922" style="float: right; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 320px; " /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">
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<br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); " >I'm too scared to talk to Rhett. In fact it took me ages to talk to Miguel the aforementioned SME and the guy Q Cing my work, that's Quality Checking people. He's checked one and it needs a rework. I still have my doubts any of this is every going to make sense.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); " >
<br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">It’s weird though, being caught, because it’s broken the ice. I went up to ask a question and it felt all right. Maybe it was because he came around and <i>offered</i> the help. I don’t know, but as long as that mental block of mine is gone who cares! Sing <i>Hallelujah</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">! The more I over hear the new people the more I see how we’re all in the same boat. That only gives me comfort when I'm still thinking rationally but once I get in a state I just think, "They're going to get rid of me they're going to get rid of me!"</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >
<br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span"></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span>I actually miss cleaning - bite my tongue! In that at least I knew what I was doing and could get on with it. I don't know why I can't ask. I know it's all right to and perfectly understandable but something is blocking me. I don't really want to go over this in therapy again. Thinking inward repression my have to be my damaging route for the time being. I've told Terry that I don't want to talk about work with him any more. He got pissed off with me the night before when I rang him and repeatedly said I can't do it. I've been wondering today if anxiety pills would help at all. I could ask the therapist that. I do like this therapist but I'm starting to feel like my life is crap. The whole process can get you down. It can make me dwell on bad things.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span>
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<br /></span></p></span></span></div><div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px; "> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia; "><o:p> </o:p></p></span></div></div></div></div>Square Eyeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15096148097790575634noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2607708444430959426.post-6394380112531252352011-08-22T20:24:00.004+10:002011-08-23T00:07:27.081+10:00Don't Ask<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span class="Apple-style-span"><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="line-height: normal; "><span style="line-height: 17px; " >I’m such a phony; then again maybe not. I mean I’m not claiming to know what I’m doing or to be any good at it. It’s about half way through day three of “being on the floor,” which just means training is over and the rest of this six month contract is work, with a probation period in the middle. (I forget how long that is).<b style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: bold; ">WORST FEAR:</span></b> That I won’t make it through probation. <b style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: bold; ">RESULT:</span></b> My self-esteem goes for a bungee jump without the bungee chord. It’s okay though, I’m back in therapy so it’s only metaphorical suicide I’d be committing.</span></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="line-height: normal; "><span style="line-height: 17px; " > </span></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="line-height: normal; "><span style="line-height: 17px; " >
<br /></span></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="line-height: normal; "><span style="line-height: 17px; " >Even the money – which I need quite badly – doesn’t seem that good now. It’s heaps more than cleaning but partly because it’s more hours rather than a better rate. I think I’m one of the few people from my training group who has to suffer the bite in my pay packet from the HECS monster. At $49 a week the government’s gonna own my arse for the rest of my life! Bastards! On the bright side it does make me feel a bit more grown up. So far in my work life I’ve only had one other job that paid enough to make it necessary to pay HECS. (That job lasted a week in the end). I can get pissed off with my friends who also went to uni and are “suffering” the consequences.</span></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="line-height: normal; "><span style="line-height: 17px; " > </span></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="line-height: normal; "><span style="line-height: 17px; " >
<br /></span></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="line-height: normal; "><span style="line-height: 17px; " >I rang my mum near the end of my second day telling her how lost I was feeling. She sounded a bit pissed off with me. The tone of her voice as if to say, <i style="line-height: 17px; font-style: italic; "><span style="line-height: 17px; font-style: italic; ">Don’t fuck this up Amy</span></i>! I admit I do get panicky with new situations but a little sympathy please. Granted she’s under a lot of financial pressure. The regular doom and gloom of being low income coupled with the savings gobbling price of rent has been made worse by my father’s recent passing. Didn’t help any that he lived overseas and we decided we had to go. I know owe my mother money for the trip over. And she in turn owes family and friends money. Her safety net is gone. One day we may get money from the will but it’s not much compensation. Especially emotionally.</span></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="line-height: normal; "><span style="line-height: 17px; " > </span></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="line-height: normal; "><span style="line-height: 17px; " >
<br /></span></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="line-height: normal; "><span style="line-height: 17px; " >My biggest problem with the job is being too shy and stupid to ask for help when I need it. I can’t help but feel like a moron because when I do ask for help it’s not long before I need more! I know it’s my lack of experience but when I look at my work I can’t always tell if I’m finished or not. There are all these hyperlinks and codes. AGH! And sometimes you feel like you’re going around in circles.</span></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="line-height: normal; "><span style="line-height: 17px; " > </span></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="line-height: normal; "><span style="line-height: 17px; " >
<br /></span></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="line-height: normal; "><span style="line-height: 17px; " >I actually told my therapist this would be my biggest hurdle; asking for help. Even though I know it’s not a bad thing I still find it hard to do it. She said to remind myself it’s okay to ask; that it’s expected, especially at this stage of the job, and to tell myself, “What’s the worst that could happen?” I know, I know, I know, BUT! I can’t…. I’m seeing her tomorrow morning. I’ll get to confess but I won’t feel any better.</span></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="line-height: normal; "><span style="line-height: 17px; " >
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Of all the jobs I’ve applied to recently that was the last one I thought I’d have a chance with. When I got the call over a week ago I had to say I didn’t remember applying. I didn’t even send a cover letter which shows I really had no hopes for it. It’s an entry level position and comes with training. I can only assume the training was the thing that caught my eye. <o:p></o:p></i></span></span></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span"><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="line-height: 115%; "><br /></span></span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span"><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="line-height: 115%; ">At first I was told it would start in </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; ">July but at the interview she realised she had made a mistake and the role she had in mind for me starts on June 27<sup>th.</sup> <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Fuc</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; ">k! It’s all happening so fast. My current boss gave me a glowing reference but now that I told her I have to resign she sounds a bit pissed off. I am giving her notice. But I don’t know if that means I’ll have a bit of overlap with the new job. That’s going to be hard. I’m willing to work up to and including the Monday my new job starts but Tuesday might be stretching it too far. I won’t have any time to sleep! I should have handed it in today. I would of yesterday but it was a public holiday. It’s giving me a bit of a headache.</span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><br /></span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><br /></span></i></span></p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3EXF6tIbBMiyCivpoOkzq81lSJYZNYh-ZLue25ESXvUqoRxfU9-OHkcFBKtl_BDZHHxg_0cw8GdCrjr1mI04Xd3fnLrlUTIZWJr41JzHqlI1BsZSjlf8xgiOKaz-Eml5A7Z0tEbo3EE7i/s400/Job20interview__20640x480-1.gif" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 398px; height: 400px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617928042222761794" /> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><i><br /></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><i><br /></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><i>It’s a funny world but someone I was thinking of calling today ended up calling me. He even asked if there were any shifts at my work. I said, “Yeah mine!” Explaining I’d been offered this new job. I told him how my boss seemed a bit pissed off but if he puts his hand up today or tomorrow it might make things a bit smoother between me and the boss in my last few days. Here’s bloody hoping! I actually talked to the recruiter today saying I was running out of time to give my proper notice. It’s sorted now and I am bloody well starting on the 27<sup>th</sup>. I realise how hard it is for them to get a replacement and I wouldn’t leave them in the lurch – I think that’s what she thought I was doing – even after telling her I wasn’t she seemed annoyed. I’ve known her for ages and she knows I never wanted to do cleaning so I was a bit disappointed that she wasn’t happy for me. I hope it’s more the suddenness of it all that’s upset her. (I hate people being mad at me!) <o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%; "><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%; "><i>My new hours will be 3 to 11pm. Not quite the “day” job I was hoping for but much better in a lot of ways than my current one. It’s a six month contract but full time hours. It’s going to make a huge difference on my resume and to be honest my self-esteem. I’ve always hated telling people what I do. <o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><i><br /></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Georgia, serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></p>Square Eyeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15096148097790575634noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2607708444430959426.post-45797812967666329182011-06-09T08:46:00.007+10:002011-06-09T09:46:18.596+10:00“Fantastic!”<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjofAL8rik8aiAJvrHtTsp7MuKk0DloM-tT48s1dRBev0U3meSllgzyFIJgBurglRvRKuQzJd1PG04T-q8oM36o3IEXE1M3KVgVu3RnDfVFWntQB5wY8m8f0fbTMWgsNztwhCUgtDlPQ8xK/s1600/Data+Entry+in+Torbay.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 285px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjofAL8rik8aiAJvrHtTsp7MuKk0DloM-tT48s1dRBev0U3meSllgzyFIJgBurglRvRKuQzJd1PG04T-q8oM36o3IEXE1M3KVgVu3RnDfVFWntQB5wY8m8f0fbTMWgsNztwhCUgtDlPQ8xK/s400/Data+Entry+in+Torbay.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615984668781133698" /></a><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma; color:#333333"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="line-height: 115%; ">Less then a week to go now and I might actually get what I really, really, want for my birthday, a new job! I got a call for an </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; ">interview for a data entry job I don't really remember applying for. That was last Friday. I just missed the call on my mobile and there was a message about a data entry job and to call back if I was still interested. Well easier said than done as the phone number came up as blocked. Luckily for me they also said who the recruiting company was. On a bit of a whim I went online to look the company up and then sent off an email explaining how I missed the call. I really did not expect them to get back to me as you can probably tell:</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 12.75pt"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; "><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 12.75pt"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; ">Sorry to disturb but I got a miss call from a private number then a text message from Garth(?) about an advertising data specialist role. I've been applying to a few places and can't honestly remember this job also I'm not sure if the call was for me or someone called "Benny." I use Seek but can't work out which job it might have been. It's probably all a mistake, sorry. I was seconds from picking up the phone it's just got me curious now.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Georgia, serif; "><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="line-height: 115%; ">Lo and behold they did ring back. I admitted again that I didn’t really recall this job having applied to a few recently. I imagine when I did apply I didn’t expect to hear from them. I had a nice little chat with the woman who’d called earlier and she said if I had access to a computer and the Net I could go on to the next stage which was a couple of tests. Speed/Accuracy and a general computer knowledge quiz. It took me a while to get the link and account set up and once I did I found out I needed a printer. Bugger! I sent another email but it was already 5 o’clock by then. I told Terry my dilemma and he offered to pay me back if I went out and bought one over the weekend. Seemed a bit much for me, (she says typing on the new laptop he bought me. I told him he shouldn’t have bought that as well!) <span> </span>My dad ended up buying me a printer/scanner. (Bloody hooked to the scanner! But I’m straying). When I finally took the test on Sunday afternoon I was SURE I had been too slow. So I was down and depressed and feeling quite shitty about going into work on Monday. (I've been feeling shitty and depressed lately anyway. That might sound normal but I mean <i>really</i> down).</span></span><span style="line-height: 115%; "> <!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="line-height: 115%; " ><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span style="line-height: 115%; ">I don’t know why it is but I’ve heard back from most of the people I’ve applied to and I only just started looking for work again. Last Friday I </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; ">had an interview for a casual cleaning job with Spotless, (again!) It’s at a busy city train station and I opted for day shift availability. I don’t know what possessed me. Those are the exact, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">public</i>, conditions I hate when I’m cleaning. Another whim slash desperation. Besides fucking up and getting there a bit late I think my interview went well. After all I sure know what I’m talking about! I might be hearing from them tomorrow. I assume only if I got the job. I’m okay if I don’t. I want to get away from cleaning! Remember?</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="line-height: 115%; "><span class="apple-style-span" ><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span style="line-height: 115%; "><span class="apple-style-span">Yesterday I went into Red Bee Media for some different tests. They do captioning work, in real</span></span><span style="line-height: 115%; "><span class="apple-style-span"> time, so you can imagine you'd have to be amazingly fast at typing. I applied for a job here a couple or more years ago and I know what the tests are like. First proofreading of a news story</span></span><span style="line-height: 115%; "><span class="apple-style-span"> that had been transcribed then a timed test writing captions for a documentary and a drama. I really doubt I’m any faster or better at spelling this time round but I thought I might as well go</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "> in. </span></span></p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCbaKdOU5Y_S8SrpP06SHEWD0rix5XISpLcJ9PXJgMoW8qhEpOx78zHczpH7GjYwPttYB4oaJroMfqSp8r9Gg8HtTppTixtL5Gp3g6pye1P4GTVnq5OtdOa0zG7HeBpbQhloVPYzQPAwIA/s320/redbeelogo.png" style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 81px; height: 81px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615994515548841298" /><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="line-height: 115%; "><span class="apple-style-span" ><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span style="line-height: 115%; "><span class="apple-style-span">Anyway I got the call for the data entry interview on the tram ride into Red Bee so that perked m</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><span class="apple-style-span">e up <b>enormously</b>. I still have my doubts about Red Bee and don't know why I agreed to come in. (Something to do of a Wednesday morning perhaps?) I'm not being negative, rather realistic. I'm not that fast a typist and a pretty shit speller.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><span class="apple-converted-space"></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%; "><span class="apple-style-span" ><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%; " ><span class="apple-style-span">Speaking of speed I still can't believe I passed the data entry tests. She said my results were "Fantastic." I'll show up Friday morning only to be told it was all a mistake. They're SO sorry! Can we get you a coffee at least? Okay, that's being negative!!!</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br /><span class="apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%; " ><span class="apple-style-span">Later that Wednesday....</span><!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--><!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="line-height: 115%; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="line-height: 115%; "><br /></span></span></span></div>Well the Red Bee test was rather fun. (And a wee bit familiar). Still not so sure about my speed or spelling but I <b>did</b> enjoy it. Nice Scottish man there and the people in the background sounded nice. He said he'd let me know how I went either way.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>And I remember they did last time I went in. I remember getting the call because it was during my lunch time when I was at Foxtel doing data entry and customer service. That was a disaster! For now though</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="line-height: 115%; "> </span></span><span style="line-height: 115%; "><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75" coordsize="21600,21600" spt="75" preferrelative="t" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f"> <v:stroke joinstyle="miter"> <v:formulas> <v:f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0"> <v:f eqn="sum @0 1 0"> <v:f eqn="sum 0 0 @1"> <v:f eqn="prod @2 1 2"> <v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth"> <v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight"> <v:f eqn="sum @0 0 1"> <v:f eqn="prod @6 1 2"> <v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth"> <v:f eqn="sum @8 21600 0"> <v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight"> <v:f eqn="sum @10 21600 0"> </v:formulas> <v:path extrusionok="f" gradientshapeok="t" connecttype="rect"> <o:lock ext="edit" aspectratio="t"> </v:shapetype><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_1" spid="_x0000_i1025" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Description: :-)" style="'width:.75pt;height:.75pt;visibility:visible;"> <v:imagedata src="file:///C:\Users\Amy\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image001.gif" title="-)"> </v:shape><![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--><img width="1" height="1" src="file:///C:/Users/Amy/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image001.gif" alt="Description: :-)" shapes="Picture_x0020_1" /></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="line-height: 115%; ">I'm happy.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="line-height: 115%; "> It’s amazing but that phone call for tomorrow (Friday’s) interview changed my whole world; turned me completely around. Of course I still might not get the job but to my mind I’ve soared across the hardest hurdle. We shall see! And I’ll enjoy this good feeling as long as I can.</span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="line-height: 115%; " ><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Georgia, serif; "><br /></span></span></span></div>Square Eyeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15096148097790575634noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2607708444430959426.post-49723490884620516932011-05-14T03:01:00.007+10:002011-05-14T03:21:56.897+10:00NQR HNT (WTF?)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh0mmRCAUik06dEUcX-1yZkJDiRDcmhYl_Qb24MfJHqIjTCvwVKpbEqK7rX_N0EB6jx5eub_wsbstDwh5TP-TEAeiI575mH-hS28TSBK4UkBTcW2DtNfRDg5kLqRe5DrPUjIDw9FEXKsuC/s1600/P1000330.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh0mmRCAUik06dEUcX-1yZkJDiRDcmhYl_Qb24MfJHqIjTCvwVKpbEqK7rX_N0EB6jx5eub_wsbstDwh5TP-TEAeiI575mH-hS28TSBK4UkBTcW2DtNfRDg5kLqRe5DrPUjIDw9FEXKsuC/s320/P1000330.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606247235153086642" /></a><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal; "><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 12.75pt;tab-stops:45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt;line-height:12.75pt;tab-stops:45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >For one thing it's no longer Thursday, at least not in this part of the world. However I'm not waiting another week to post this.<br /><br />I don't find the photo sexy at all, but it being me I wouldn't! It was more of a joke in my mind, a spoof of a moment in a movie I liked as a teenager. In the film Empire Records the employees find out the store is in danger of losing it's cool indie status and being swallowed up by The Man. Damn the man as they say themselves. They find the new uniforms, gross orange aprons and a list of what employees may or may not wear. The fairly-soon-to-be-famous Renee Zellweger playing the film's slut character has a rebelling scene in which she wears the new uniform with only her sexy, lacy black bra and panties on saying, "And they said no revealing clothing."<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt;line-height:12.75pt;tab-stops:45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br />We've had OUR new aprons for, gosh, a couple of months already. I was so disappointed when I found out you had either a choice of wearing that or a yellow and blue hi vis shirt. Although those shirts can on occasion look sexy on the right type of tradie I find them absolutely disgusting. There is more than a bit of the snob coming out of me when I say it feels like it's branding me in the worst way as a cleaner/low income worker. I don't understand what was so wrong with the white shirt I was wearing before and still wear most of the time underneath the apron. In fact the shirt has the company logo on it whereas the apron doesn't. I'm getting used to it but still find the apron a bit cumbersome. For example the strings if untied fall into the toilets when I'm bending over them. Gross. It's just something extra that doesn't seem necessary at all. And so my protest-cum-ode to its existence is the mock HNT. (I'm not completely sold on the HNT tradition either).<br /><br />Terry's arousal from helping me get this photo taken was surprising. (The photo doesn't exactly flatter). I wasn't going for that effect when posing. So it was a surprise to see Terry poking out and looking at me expectantly. I think I genuinely said, "Oh hello!" It didn't take me long to get on board and take advantage of the situation. Unfortunately my mum come home before either of us could.<br /><br />It's not ideal having your fella stay with you when you're still living at home. Picture day was the second case of coitus interruptus. The previous time I thought I heard my mum's car pulling up but you guessed it I was wrong. We didn't really get much intimate times at all. My bed's a bastard at giving the game away - squeak! My mum subtlety offered us the couch when we were all together so I did lie on his lap from time to time. I couldn't get to the kissing in front of her stage, not even on the cheek. Arm around his shoulder or hand on his head was about it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt;line-height:12.75pt;tab-stops:45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br />Returning to the work theme I have to say things have taken a dive. Not long after being told I was officially going up to 4 hours a day I suddenly and without no explanation went back to my original shift. That lasted around of pay, so a fortnight. I'm half way through the current round and have been given a few extra hours here and there but it's still a bit of a blow financially. The problem for me is the more often I do my original shift the less I can justify staying on and not going on the dole.<br /><br />My dole fears are mostly about never getting another job, except possibly cleaning,<i>again</i>! I've been on it before and hated it. I stayed off it a couple of times at the expense of my savings. Just this week I started looking for work again. Didn't see much but did apply to Hungry Jacks online and got rejected barely a couple of hours later.<br /><br />There doesn't seem to be anything out there for me. And after all this time I don't feel like I can do anything except donkey work. Which was kind of what my mum said to me on Wednesday when I was telling her I got some overtime that day that went to 9:30; and yet I still didn't finish it all! She suggested I do cleaning or something equally uninspiring at an elderly home. That really upset me because it felt like my mum had given up on me. I told her so later after I'd gotten over the initial hurt. We talked it out. Her point was if you have to do shit work then do it during the day. (Fair enough, I guess). My main issue is I don't want to be a cleaner at all. The comment reminded me of times when people ask what I do and when. I hate the reply of can't you do it at another time or somewhere else. Fuck sake that's not what I hate about it! I don't want to be doing it at all. Give me a little more credit, please. Oh and I'm not to fond of the "Someone's got to do it," response either. You know no one wants too and why the hell does it have to be me?<br /><br />God! I think I better go back to living one day at a time rather than thinking of being in this job for the long term. The more I think about it like that the more I want to give up altogether. (You know what I mean). No future; no point.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt;line-height:12.75pt;tab-stops:45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p></p></pre><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></pre>Square Eyeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15096148097790575634noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2607708444430959426.post-27189977586181785672011-02-10T11:42:00.007+11:002011-02-10T12:55:55.371+11:00Oh You're Kidding Me!<span class="Apple-style-span" >Which isn't quite the reaction I had when I went to check my email this morning but I don't want to set up a blog that gives potential viewers the misleading impression that this site is raunchier than it actually is. LOL @ "viewers."</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >As we all know I need a new job and how! Since getting back to my current one after the Christmas New Years break I've just been getting on with it. Getting some overtime which is good - oh wait, didn't I say it was crap in my last post? Well yes it is but the money I make when I do my normal hours is even worse. So, so pitiful. Anyway it's almost been a month back and as I said previously I've been getting on with it. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >I was talking to Terry about it and he asked if I had been looking for a new job. (<i>No of course not silly man!</i>) I think that was on Monday. The next day as I was wasting time online I decided I would check out the job ads on Seek. My preferred place to look. I found one for a job I applied to a couple of years ago. It was doing subtitles for TV and Radio. Would have been great. At the time I got a call to come in to be tested and failed miserably. I was told the standard was unusually high for that group of applicants. Unless he was a good actor he did seem sincere. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >Even though they were advertising for a part time position I was interested. Fuck anything to get away from cleaning. Then I read the ad more closely and they had something about previous applicants need not apply. I figured even after the time that's past that includes me. Also when I clicked on the link to have another look at it the ad had been removed. I stuck around to see what else there was. And to my surprise I found one and decided I'd apply. Entry level admin. Not a dream come true but still it's got to be better than working at 3 in the morning. And in all honesty I<b> know</b> entry level is where I am at. (So embarrassing). </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span">You know the expression, too good to be true? Well! the email that had be flummoxed this morning was from Seek. They wanted to let me know that the ad had been removed. They told me:</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >We have identified a job ad on seek.com.au which was placed by a fraudulent advertiser who used the company name "Anja's Stu</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >dio" - the title of the position advertised was "Office Administrator”</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 19px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span style="line-height: 17px; "> </span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 19px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span style="line-height: 17px; "><br /></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 19px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span style="line-height: 17px; ">As our logfiles show that you applied for this job, we wanted to warn you that this ad was placed in contravention of SEEK's advertiser terms and conditions. We have concerns about the legitimacy of this advertiser -- and any other which asks you to send your bank account details. </span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 19px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span style="line-height: 17px; "><br /></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 19px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span style="line-height: 17px; ">We strongly recom</span><span style="line-height: 17px; ">mend that you </span><b style="line-height: 19px; font-weight: bold; ">NEVER</b><span style="line-height: 17px; "> supply bank account details to a prospective employer.</span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 19px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><b style="line-height: 20px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="line-height: 17px; "><br /></span></b></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 19px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span style="line-height: 17px; "></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><b style="line-height: 20px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="line-height: 17px; ">If you have supplied your bank account or credit card details, please contact your financial institution immediately and ask for their advice. If you feel you may have been the victim of fraud contact the <a href="http://www.afp.gov.au/policing/e-crime/internet-fraud-and-scams.aspx" target="_blank" style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: underline; cursor: default; "><span style="line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; ">Australian Federal Police</span></a>.</span></b></span></p></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >I<span class="Apple-style-span"> have to say the ad didn't read as dodgy. Lucky for me it didn't get to a serious stage but I did recieve a reply from <i>Anja</i> that went to my junk mail. Bravo Hotmail! Just reading that email I knew it was bullshit. Good on Seek though. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >When I was talking to Terry yesterday I said I don't know if there is anything I want to do and that perhaps cleaning is for me. However depressing as well as financially inadequate that may be. A decent wage would make a huge difference. So would more hours even though that would be exhausting and mind numbing to boot. (I can't stand the idea of being a cleaner during the day. I'd find it too painful. I always imagine it would be in a shopping mall. All those people pretending not to see you. Ugh! Oh please, no). I looked through all these jobs that I can't do for one reason or another. I know I'm not stupid but I kind of feel like it. There was nothing there I really wanted either. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div>Square Eyeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15096148097790575634noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2607708444430959426.post-87329666753053518382011-02-01T16:47:00.004+11:002011-02-01T16:53:33.023+11:00Crapping On About Work<span class="Apple-style-span" >I don't want to go to bed yet. It's been hot the last few days but finally the firece wind outside is cool rather than warm. This is the easiest cleaning job I've had in terms of tasks to do but my God I was sweating up a storm last night. Not attractive. I was doing a bit of overtime but I think things are back to normal now. Bummer. Three hours a day fifteen hours a week, it's not a lot of money. I get paid fortnightly now. It kind of fools you into thinking you're making okay money, but I'm really NOT. I daren't re-check what the dole payment is because I know it's pretty close to what I'm making now. Rather than going on the dole I wanted to be making my OWN money but the strain it puts on my time and "social" life makes me think twice. Well it would if I could get over being on the dole again. Fuck no! Not again. Shit! </span><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div>Square Eyeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15096148097790575634noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2607708444430959426.post-68172315513343861082010-10-01T17:03:00.003+10:002010-10-01T17:18:05.217+10:00Spotted<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOgTlaNTDemwU8lmTucZ-XNLf7Y0AUNsN0EGuoSrzGwyn4ydzxb1_VCn0-q4r-E3yWUh8AjdwO5HwV5rzg2Yaxkn9XVe72uUIyUmQTlBNmryhyphenhyphenAxckFzfyFu5oDKce33KKSrqdyOZOUvCB/s1600/benaughty.png"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#330033;"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 94px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5522970032326963266" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOgTlaNTDemwU8lmTucZ-XNLf7Y0AUNsN0EGuoSrzGwyn4ydzxb1_VCn0-q4r-E3yWUh8AjdwO5HwV5rzg2Yaxkn9XVe72uUIyUmQTlBNmryhyphenhyphenAxckFzfyFu5oDKce33KKSrqdyOZOUvCB/s200/benaughty.png" /></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#330033;">Oh my God! I got recognised from the adult website <a href="http://www.benaughty.com/">BeNaughty</a> in Dan Murphy’s this afternoon. This guy said something like, “How are you doing?” And I think, “Can I help you?” He was wearing a yellow high visibility shirt and carrying a case of beer so for a moment I thought he might work there. So after I said no thanks I went back to my wine selection and then he asked if my name was “Oz.” Well that’s what I thought he said but when I said no he’s like, “Eyes from the net?” I denied it but I felt my face going red while thinking “Oh shit!” He had a nice voice and was young to boot – <em>woo hoo!</em> – but it still freaked me out a bit. I wasn’t sure if I recognised him, but I didn’t get that great, or long, a look at him.<br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#330033;">It was weird because when I was in Safeway earlier I was thinking about it happening. Not that I wanted it to. And actually one time in Safeway this man tapped me on the shoulder to get my attention because he seemed to know who I was. It turns out he was the painter doing next door’s house. I never really looked at him properly while he was working – shame because he was quite good looking in his civvies – so until he told me who he was my face must have been a startled blank. He was also with a woman, who I assumed was his partner so for a split moment I was thinking, “Is this some couple from BeNaughty who recognise me?”<br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#330033;">It’s a weird, totally sex with little commitment, site. I won’t bore you with why or how I ended up as a member but as it’s free for women I have checked it out from time to time. You can look at people’s photos and chat, email or “wink” at them. You can see who has viewed <em>your</em> profile and do your own searching. There’s all this explicit stuff you can fill out for your profile too. In a way it just seems pointless to me when free chat is used often enough for hooking up with people. Seriously can’t understand why anyone would pay. Men! I don’t know. I know I have pissed off a few guys for not being interested. I did close my profile down but about a week or so later I joined again. (I missed getting the annoying emails okay).<br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#330033;">I’m thinking now I’m going to be avoiding it. I’m not sure whether or not I will close it down again. I probably should but I have met some people I enjoy talking too. But really I know I have no proper place there.</span><br /><span style="color:#330033;"></span><br /><span style="color:#330033;"></span><br /><span style="color:#330033;"></span>Square Eyeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15096148097790575634noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2607708444430959426.post-76956570366285596902010-09-14T10:12:00.005+10:002010-09-14T12:43:07.366+10:00Give Us A Go<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_4XPFcl1FFs-MS-gpzDMyHsFXbrJj1yR6Pc9K99LswJvrPIW_WtUt1Msk5Vm_S6Czq-yTH8UctJ1GLc9yy-89jHESNxspNgdBa1FK5L6chKqIMyfFsc9HkTGz0gDS9rLFpBFaOin9kHSP/s1600/Rose.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 174px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 209px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516556191486603682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_4XPFcl1FFs-MS-gpzDMyHsFXbrJj1yR6Pc9K99LswJvrPIW_WtUt1Msk5Vm_S6Czq-yTH8UctJ1GLc9yy-89jHESNxspNgdBa1FK5L6chKqIMyfFsc9HkTGz0gDS9rLFpBFaOin9kHSP/s320/Rose.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="color:#330033;"><em>Hello there, how can I fulfil your fantasy today?</em><br /></span></span><br /><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#330033;">Oh crikey dot com! Amazingly I got a call back from Adult Fantasy House this morning (before ten! I don’t know, that impressed me). I was totally surprised and in the middle of a car race on my mum’s Nintendo DS. It was all a bit crazy. I was shocked and sounded a bit hesitant but then I mentioned having done it for fun with men from chat. She said all our men are lovely and regulars. I was trying to work out how it all worked, especially as they patch you through on your landline, and she explained you do shifts, how much you’d be aiming to earn when you start out and that I’ll need a bloody ABN.<br /></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#330033;">(That’s come up a lot lately in my job search. The first time I’d have to get one if I wanted to be a contract cleaner. There was no way I wanted to make that sort of commitment to cleaning! And it also came up for a job as a freelance writer for an online newsletter called <a href="http://www.weekendnotes.com/">WeekendNotes</a>. You subscribe and they send things to do in your city. From what I’ve read I feel my writing is up to scratch but I don’t feel creative enough to write regularly to earn any money. Plus I’m in Melbourne and I’ve never found that much to do here. However, I am tempted to submit something just to see what they say. I would like get some feedback on my writing).<br /></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#330033;">Anyway once I got an idea of how it worked it did sound doable. She suggested doing a trail shift next week. I was going to nominate Wednesday but I think I have a doctor’s appointment then and I hesitated again saying I need to check my diary and she said call the boss back if you’re interested and I was just about to ask for the number when she hung up on me. I hope I haven’t fucked up. I’ll just email them again and nominate Thursday morning. I need a bit of time to think up some dirty banter. It should also give me a bit of time to think and discuss getting an ABN.<br /></span></div><br /><div><span style="color:#330033;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">The most exciting news from that call is that they do have work available and I really don’t want to miss out. Oh blimey sometimes I <em><strong>know</strong></em> I’m my worse enemy. Still I am a little bit excited now.</span> </span></div><br /><div><span style="color:#330033;"></span></div><br /><div></div>Square Eyeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15096148097790575634noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2607708444430959426.post-57795249834508084492010-09-13T12:18:00.009+10:002010-09-15T14:24:00.499+10:00Should I Take That As A Compliment?<span style="font-family:georgia;color:#330033;">I had a job interview on Saturday morning for a fast food chicken bugger joint. They’re opening a new store in Highpoint. So basically it’s starting out from scratch. I was asked what I prefer to do, work out the front or out the back doing food prep. I said I love cooking so I wouldn’t mind working out the back. I think that was good that I like cooking but then he said, “We like to put the pretty ones out the front.” Now I already know that girls tend to be put out the front of fast food places. When he said it though I was like, “Oh?” I think that OH may have even been expressed on my face at the time. A nice addition the pink I could feel on my nervous, flushed cheeks. <em>Was that a compliment? Was he flirting with me?</em> (Fucked if I know!) </span><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#330033;">Although a good looking (young) man, I had already noticed his thick and prominent wedding ring. I was thinking, “Well what does that mean?!” And, “Surely that’s up to you/the customer (if I’m pretty or not).” It feels like it, but I just don’t know. I asked the Old Man about it and he thinks he probably was flirting. Okay that’s nice – as I said he was good looking so if it was an option I would go there. However what I really liked is he made me feel smart. Well smart enough to cope with that job at least. When he asked if I had worked in the industry before I said no but he didn’t think that was a problem. There’s going to be training and he said I could handle it. (Was that all he wanted me to handle? ENOUGH! God Amy get out a bit more would ya!) There are a lot of applicants so if I don’t hear by Friday then I didn’t get it. As far as interviews go it felt all right. But what the hell does that mean?<br /><br /></span><span style="color:#330033;"></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="color:#330033;">I went to the dentist today for the first time in over ten years. My mum had been recently so I was prepared for a long and expensive visit. She also told me not to get upset if they lectured me for not having a check-up in years. I got there early and once the receptionist was off the phone I was being lead into the surgery. I was shocked. Did you know you can now watch TV while you’re being scrapped and drilled? The sunglasses where interesting too. Not that I ever remembered being blinded by the overhead light before, OH&S at work here? If that’s the case I don’t think the TV was a very good idea. I could see the nurse glancing at it regularly. So, after all that I doubt I was in there for more than ten minutes. The doctor didn’t tell me off and I paid $45 less than my mother had to and I was expecting to. She was home when I got back and I told her. She was mightily pissed off about the money and rang them. It turns out my teeth didn’t need much cleaning and where healthy. It would have been nice of the dentist to tell me that at the time. At the end all he said was, “They seem good.” I was told to rinse and that was it. I was like huh? So once again I wondered, was that a compliment? I know for sure now because they explained the fee discrepancy to my mum.<br /></span><br /></span><span style="color:#330033;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">One last thing, about two weeks ago there was an ad in the local paper for looking for ladies to join an adult call centre. I applied eagerly and perhaps a little naively. In all honesty I think it is work I could do and it’s been suggested to me by men on chat who I’ve ended up talking to on the phone. Some strangers and some I’ve gotten to know. Anyway, I may not be the best at talking dirty but there’s something about my voice that they love. I never did hear back from them. You could either email or phone but I only emailed. Seems a bit redundant but I don’t like calling people. I didn’t want to give up so I found another </span><a href="http://adultfantasyhouse.com.au/html/home.html"><span style="font-family:georgia;">place</span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;"> to apply. They didn’t have any specific vacancies but you can leave a message and your landline saying you’re interested. So that’s what I did today:<br /></span></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color:#330033;"><em>Hello!<br /></em></span><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color:#330033;"><em>I have thought about doing this work before but I never knew how to go about getting it. (I tried applying to a newspaper advert a couple of weeks ago but they haven't got back to me).<br /></em></span><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="color:#330033;"><em><span style="font-size:85%;">As far as experience goes I've done this before as a bit of fun after chatting with men online. I have a nice, I'm told sexy, speaking voice. Some have suggested I do it professionally,(but I'm not sure if they were just teasing). I wouldn't mind finding out though. ;-)</span></em><br /><br /></span><span style="color:#330033;"></span></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="color:#330033;">About half of that came from my original email. See what I mean about it being a bit gushy/girly and naive? I’m curious to find out how it works. I remember seeing one of the characters, a stay at home mum, in <strong>Short Cuts</strong> doing it and other bits of telly and film. It all made it seem like something I could do.<br /></span><br /><span style="color:#330033;">I may not think I’m pretty – not Adult Fantasy House <a href="http://www.adultfantasyhouse.com.au/html/our_ladies.html">pretty</a> – but I do think I have a nice and maybe even sexy voice. It’s one of the few compliments I can take.</span></span><br /><br /><p></p><p></p>Square Eyeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15096148097790575634noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2607708444430959426.post-25382083111678188392010-07-23T10:47:00.015+10:002010-07-23T12:57:14.796+10:00I Don't Believe It<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyjWUoIkZLxMAmF-DAIH0KKCC8th48hB_evNcaocQFpC6Lo8zglS_kzUp8Hv-N7Cl8_48vR7i8X-poQ4Z1KTdjzHSYHZr_jEhfbBxF4JtVZ4X0BFkKOJxOk231aQXu6n-hN0xzcFyBV9Ba/s1600/tlogo.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#330033;"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 138px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 90px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496899821200564402" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyjWUoIkZLxMAmF-DAIH0KKCC8th48hB_evNcaocQFpC6Lo8zglS_kzUp8Hv-N7Cl8_48vR7i8X-poQ4Z1KTdjzHSYHZr_jEhfbBxF4JtVZ4X0BFkKOJxOk231aQXu6n-hN0xzcFyBV9Ba/s400/tlogo.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#330033;"> I went into </span><a href="http://seek.com.au/"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#330033;">Seek</span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#330033;"> today, just to check out what was happening on the job market. Top, as in most recent, cleaning job was my</span><a href="http://www.seek.com.au/job/cleaners-city-of-melbourne/melbourne-melbourne-inner/17753938/5/1/"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#330033;"> old job</span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#330033;">! I don't know if I should apply. It's actually a <em>Casual</em> role and I see the hours have been cut back (minus half an hour). I already knew they were doing that. Oh fuck! I just had a thought, what if that message I left on the whiteboard comes back to haunt me? Well, I doubt I'd get my exact floors again. God I hope not. Why am I even considering this?!?<br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#330033;">I actually applied for another cleaning job on Monday and got a rejection. Which is total bullshit because I was a certificate above what they were looking for but of course they tell me I'm not suitable. I DON'T want to be a Cleaner but I know I can do it. </span><br /><br /><span style="color:#330033;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">This morning I sent a text message to my very first cleaning boss. She was from Spotless but I know that site and contract at RMIT has been lost. I heard she was still working there but I assume that her mobile was a Spotless one so I suspect that was a futile exercise. I plan to get up early and try to catch her on her way out. I've done that before. The hours were hideous but there were more of them and it had a much better penalty rate so, yes better money than my last cleaning job. The vain side of me also likes the fact that I lost a hell of a lot of weight doing that job and I know I've put on weight steadily since the last Christmas holiday period. None of the men seem to care but I do. And women know, because they no longer ask if I've lost weight! Bitches!!! LOL. </span><br /></span><br /><span style="color:#330033;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="color:#330033;">I don't know what I want to do. I mean writing would be great but what? How would that work? So how about admin? Yeah I try, and rather junior positions at that, but still no joy. </span><br /></span><span style="color:#330033;"></span><br /><span style="color:#330033;"></span><br /><p><span style="color:#330033;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496924852162609826" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOp4k-Ne1666qljvgxrFChDwF-g9y6zLSWEQc5ev7yiI5E3VLeE1bakdoWR87U4jY3AA5qEROYhvTJtoZXVY8P0H2GKHz08ljmwkzHsVzp1wn1WvakzfUrcJfZ5sd2sQWlF8ladTtX7iLo/s400/4579229367_6be0cf6741.jpg" /></span></p><p><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#330033;">Looking at that photo I'd rather make a mess in an office than clean it up. I'm a bit reluctant to go back to school because I've done a short Tafe course before and it didn't help at all. The local Tafe is just down the road from Terry's place and they do offer admin classes but after a week here I'm not sure I could make this a permanent thing. (I'm a bit scared of meeting the family tomorrow. We're having a barbecue!)<br /><br />I obviously have to do something. But I don't know what. I look at cleaning as something to do in the meantime and a bit of dosh for a holiday or something. But then I know when I was cleaning I wasn't job hunting as hard. God! Maybe I am just a cleaner, as depressing as that sounds. A lot of people do jobs they don't want to. Although I don't have enough hours to make the money to have much of a life outside of work. Fucky, fuck, fuck!<br /><br /></span><span style="color:#330033;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="color:#330033;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="color:#330033;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="color:#330033;">You see I'm still not sure about applying for the Transfield job. I still have their card in my wallet so I could be rather direct in my application. Should I be a bit more ambitious and try for something better than cleaning? I do apply for other things but....well you know. </span><span style="color:#330033;"><span style="color:#330033;">Money or nothing? I haven't gone on the dole and if I could get a job soonish (and to my mind that means cleaning) then I can avoid the dole altogether.</span> I'd be happy about that but miserable about my job. Nothing changes. </span></span></p><p><span style="color:#330033;"></span></p><p><span style="color:#330033;"></span></p><p></p><p></p>Square Eyeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15096148097790575634noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2607708444430959426.post-79409389058606550112010-07-01T15:14:00.012+10:002010-07-01T16:16:07.242+10:00So Much For That!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5gA9ecp1nLlmoSwcBeZO-fDRswdYZ9yFPDd8wnxFD2qjuYQ-89pyJLL5WQMUnptYDifHdLkuD7nkhAbZRw8WCJ7KfPfXomlpSmqpyx6sNd7u15cRakIajXUjkoAFTQHDaQqjVkSNRAVLZ/s1600/DSCN0704.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 300px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488816626442963202" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5gA9ecp1nLlmoSwcBeZO-fDRswdYZ9yFPDd8wnxFD2qjuYQ-89pyJLL5WQMUnptYDifHdLkuD7nkhAbZRw8WCJ7KfPfXomlpSmqpyx6sNd7u15cRakIajXUjkoAFTQHDaQqjVkSNRAVLZ/s400/DSCN0704.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="color:#330033;">It was a month ago from my last post that I found - via a response to an email I'd sent whilst desperate for information - that there was no work for me at The Alfred. In Ms Gooden's words:<em> At this stage, I don’t have anything suitable. Given your initial reluctance to take the isolation cleaning role, we had to allocate it to another candidate quickly. I still have your details so if something else comes up that is similar to what you were looking for, then I will be in contact</em>. (Yeah right Helen!)<br /><br />Now the thing that pisses me off most about this is that in the meantime I was getting messages from my boss and her that there WOULD be something for me. She knew there wasn't an isolation/specialist position right away. She should have told me that. I wrote to her: <em>That's very disappointing and contradictory news. I don't think it was unreasonable of me to ask to think about it and have a chance to discuss this specialist cleaning role with my family and friends. I checked my email and I did get back to you the next day. You had told me originally it was a cleaning shift like the work I do currently, then at the second interview sprung it on me that it wasn't. I have to say I'm a bit surprised and rather upset by the news that there's nothing for me.</em> I felt strung along and ultimately ripped off. I'm still furious there is nothing for me within Spotless. I worked SO hard for them. </span><br /></span><div><span style="color:#330033;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="color:#330033;">Oh and yes you're right she never got back to me after that email. Terry wanted to call her and tell her off. He still wanted to last night when I started to cry and tell him about my last day. The shitty thing for me is a I found out the bad news a few days before my birthday party. I told people I wouldn't let it ruin my night and I'd try not think about it but you know me. No chance! And actually it was pretty much the only news I had to tell some people. LOL. (She can laugh now. But it won't last). </span><br /></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#330033;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#330033;">People have told me that's bullshit. (People at work have implied that too). Pretty much everyone is unhappy with that woman and Spotless in general. Most of the bosses and supervisors are out of a job now. Seems like all the other cleaners have something to tide them over. I don't know what I'm going to do. Even seeing it coming I don't think I could prepare myself for the tears I shed last night. I have applied for some jobs but no response so far. </span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#330033;">I happened to mention to one of the Parking and Traffic Officers that it was my last week, that we had lost the contract and I'd be finishing on Wednesday. Word must have got around because one of the lady officers that's always been nice to me said goodbye and that I'd be missed. I know, I know, it's a crappy job and I've bitched about people there before but it was all I had. Now I have nothing and it's really fucking scary. People tell me how nice and smart I am and that I'll get something else. Well I have to but I don't believe it will be that soon. It was hard enough and long enough waiting for my previous cleaning jobs. Plus I know what I am like in interviews. Oh God!</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#330033;">Anyway I was really touched by that woman's words and sincerity. There was one other officer there I really wanted to say goodbye to but I didn't notice him around during the week. I think I would have cried if I had gotten the chance, but that's okay. He talked to me properly and always asked how I was. And more often than not waited for a reply. I cried a few times last night. The first time was a little after that woman wished me luck. Not long after that I came up with an idea to say goodbye to all of them. I decided to leave them a message on one of the whiteboards. </span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#330033;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#330033;"></span></div><span style="font-family:georgia;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488809528936911058" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXwL7e2XLeNEoP7UH9oyjAE6bcl5soIQAQsxTu74CIXh3ZP1wh3-dFvlra_L2ulRuVuxJItINW4mvvwt7G1MswI4oAmVuAqzkyVK3_NH9yrAjde1beHAFJ-npXAA3V5jjRsKb-gD3F3gI1/s400/DSCN0715.JPG" /><br /><br /></span><div><span style="color:#330033;"></span></div><p><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#330033;">It said a few things I wanted to say and I hope it made it for most people to have a look at. Go out with a laugh!</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="color:#330033;">My Facebook status from yesterday is <strong>My Last Day of Work (Ever?)!!!</strong> Not that many responses. Then today I put up this photo. While replying to a friend's latest status she replied, "It has been ages, how are you?" I'm sorry! What the hell is Facebook for? LOL. Omigod. 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In the bits and pieces that have come to light since that fateful day in March it turns out that when this new mob put in a bid they hadn’t really thought about it. They’ve got a lot to sort out before July. They’ve recently started the offers for transfers, or rather keeping Spotless cleaners on if they’re interested. I can’t tell if we are. I know I’m not. I just can’t stand being there any more. So I am trying to get a transfer within Spotless. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51); font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Although we heard from our supervisors that we had lost the contract it took Spotless a while to send us official letters in the mail; a letter that also included a list of current vacancies. The location with the most jobs going is at The Alfred. There were two reasons I initially didn’t want to consider going there. One my sister works there in a much, much, MUCH better role than a mere fucking cleaner. And two it’s a hospital and I didn’t fancy the type of work that I’d have to do. The letter lacked accurate job descriptions. When I first read it on the way home from work I almost cried because I imagined that I <span style="font-style: italic;">was</span> working there. I was so overwhelmed with a sense of how ironic, well maybe not ironic, but cruel, it would be to end up working where my sister does but doing such a shitty, low paid job while she’s doing what she wants to do and making <b style=""><i style="">really</i></b> good money. (Fuck she’s moving out next weekend. She’s so lucky). I put aside the letter for a couple of weeks. But then I thought, well there’s an email address why not find out about the kind of cleaning they actually want. And with so many shifts available I did highlight one I wouldn’t mind working. She got back to me and things seemed good. I was told it wouldn’t be specialist cleaning, more of what I have done in the past. That was good news. Next week before I knew it I had an interview with her. That went well and then I got a text the next day saying come into The Alfred for an induction. Which as it turned out was just a second interview. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51); font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">It was at the second interview that things got bent out of shape. She had to apologise to me from the start, saying the shift I had expressed an interest in was in fact specialist cleaning. Basically disinfecting rooms after infectious patients had used them and new ones had to move in. My first reaction was, “My dad is going to freak out!” I told them – there was a second person there, another David can you believe it!? – I would have to consider it. I was a bit iffy about exposing myself to those germs but it is such an important job and they’re telling me it’s a chance to lift my skills and how they train you etcetera, etcetera. So they sounded like they thought I could do it. I suppose that's good. And yet it always comes back to, cleaning. And the horrible feeling that this is going to be my career.</span></p><p style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51); font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Of course it would be up to me in the end but I did feel like I needed to talk to my family and friends first. They’re divided. My sister made a good point that I’m in a hospital anyway, I’m at risk to germ exposure. And she made a point I didn’t even think of, how I sneeze a lot with the chemicals I work with now. How will I handle the really strong stuff? Well you HAVE to wear protective clothing from head to toe. (I get to hide that way, a plus. Another being that you work on your own or with one other cleaner and the areas you clean are closed off to everyone so I really would be hiding. I just hate people seeing me clean. I know people don’t really pay attention to you, maybe throw a pitying glance or patronising “Hello” but you know they don’t care. Agh! Rant, rant, rant. It was something I found really hard to adjust to when I started working at the Town Hall. People being around, yuck. Besides they get in the way).<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51); font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-size:100%;" lang="EN-AU" ><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);">Fuck I don’t know what to do. It would be nice to know where I stand though. I've checked my emails a few times today, just Facebook messages. I can't decide if it's too soon to email again about the job. I might get too desperate if I do, say something embarrassing. It's been weird. I get updates from my current boss and only the occasional email from this other woman. I'll wait and see if I hear anything when I get into work today. *Sigh*
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<br /></span></p> Square Eyeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15096148097790575634noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2607708444430959426.post-30081111017329883852010-03-01T13:15:00.017+11:002010-03-01T14:38:17.921+11:00Getting Wiggy With It<span style="COLOR: rgb(51,0,51);font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >It was my sister's Michael Jackson themed birthday party on the weekend. </span><span style="COLOR: rgb(51,0,51);font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >I had a good time though I was a bit worried about the </span><span style="COLOR: rgb(51,0,51);font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >wig either not sitting right or lasting the night. I still don't</span><span style="COLOR: rgb(51,0,51);font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" > think it sat right or looked like it did on the cover but people seemed to get it. </span><span style="COLOR: rgb(51,0,51);font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >I showed this guy on chat a photo of it and he said, "You're hair looks </span><span style="COLOR: rgb(51,0,51);font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >different." LOL! Of course it does it's a wig! It was an extreme close up</span><span style="COLOR: rgb(51,0,51);font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" > so I don't blame him really. </span><span style="COLOR: rgb(51,0,51);font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >He loved the red dress. </span><span style="COLOR: rgb(51,0,51);font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >A lot of people did. Not </span><span style="COLOR: rgb(51,0,51);font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >enough single straight men at the party but I </span><span style="COLOR: rgb(51,0,51);font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >still got a few </span><span style="COLOR: rgb(51,0,51);font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >compliments.</span><span style="COLOR: rgb(51,0,51);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRYrUJ6W0kOjDeetdjufytbNVKta8upddihJdptyIeH5mk7kmzwGMBnwYfeXJ0dKC8-icZyXJfPDFoxKdo2wSId_aULHbTdNaZhm47TVqDJolWLQgHyxHcRCiLL_6XVwFXeRPe5vPAvCFz/s1600-h/Phuong_Amy.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443499738025480962" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRYrUJ6W0kOjDeetdjufytbNVKta8upddihJdptyIeH5mk7kmzwGMBnwYfeXJ0dKC8-icZyXJfPDFoxKdo2wSId_aULHbTdNaZhm47TVqDJolWLQgHyxHcRCiLL_6XVwFXeRPe5vPAvCFz/s320/Phuong_Amy.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(51,0,51);font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >I remember a stunned look on my mum's best friend's face. (Pity I didn't get to talk to her that night). And her partner </span><span style="COLOR: rgb(51,0,51);font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >told me red was my colour. He should know he teaches design at RMIT. (Not the site I once cleaned at. No I did the boring accounting floor and other business stuff). </span><span style="COLOR: rgb(51,0,51);font-size:100%;" ><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><span style="COLOR: rgb(51,0,51);font-size:100%;" ></span><span style="COLOR: rgb(51,0,51);font-size:100%;" ><p></span></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhRuT18agiBGzOTzf8nL_als3NwtJ1o4aeOx4xARvv2RUl4ftVRlziVrTZ6P8VozellDt-ZqAVZTA8z0BJv0poUXZSpLqI_VkyWUmEw1OZbgYDOLz5MxAsZ8uR_A2dLmv7Swc-RDhsubPG/s1600-h/suresh_amy.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443498660236329250" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhRuT18agiBGzOTzf8nL_als3NwtJ1o4aeOx4xARvv2RUl4ftVRlziVrTZ6P8VozellDt-ZqAVZTA8z0BJv0poUXZSpLqI_VkyWUmEw1OZbgYDOLz5MxAsZ8uR_A2dLmv7Swc-RDhsubPG/s400/suresh_amy.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(51,0,51);font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >Not everyone dressed up but people did come up with some amazing efforts (as you can see below). Very gratifying for my sister. My mum "stole" the green walk sign. Her excuse is she is the mother of the birthday girl! But the guy as the Moon "stole" my sister's glittery jacket so it all works out.<br /><br /></span><span style="COLOR: rgb(51,0,51);font-size:100%;" ><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="FONT-FAMILY: georgia" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk0XVSldOIMmYIYNd4dnwOn5uc-kKy01fDjWdgW1cvjCPGp4ze5gj4ogYnv0ZDuB98zLInFnpIb1__hHvsRg2__vng1_L2TiE_MRyNIzaVXPiN26pNNrouYZOBRxR04vT3nY7mmvDEZfiJ/s1600-h/great_party_one.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443491651761623778" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk0XVSldOIMmYIYNd4dnwOn5uc-kKy01fDjWdgW1cvjCPGp4ze5gj4ogYnv0ZDuB98zLInFnpIb1__hHvsRg2__vng1_L2TiE_MRyNIzaVXPiN26pNNrouYZOBRxR04vT3nY7mmvDEZfiJ/s400/great_party_one.jpg" /></a></span><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(51,0,51);font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >I think I have the anti-climax/Monday blues. Today is the first day I could have gone back to work on the script but I just feel lonely and bored and rather shitty about having to go back to work this Monday.</span><span style="COLOR: rgb(51,0,51);font-size:100%;" ><br /><br /></span><span style="COLOR: rgb(51,0,51);font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >I can't help feeling like no one gives a shit about me. I'm thinking family, especially after the party, and then reading Facebook comments. Makes me thinking running off with Terry might not be so bad. Start my own family with him and forget about them.</span><span style="COLOR: rgb(51,0,51);font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style="COLOR: rgb(51,0,51);font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style="COLOR: rgb(51,0,51);font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >I think I just don't feel important enough within my family. I know I'm projecting my own sense of worthlessness of being a cleaner and still at home. No relationship etc., etc...!</span></p><p> </p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="FONT-FAMILY: georgia" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijckDpAYz4lJVkNKv991-greZDSF_PkeD4GoX1BD2WCxpRU3idUUWt0Kn5CUYroXsR89xUbECaLlkFCSWo8XX75KgUBhZLHrin6kKvikP21iKwqFuqA50l9x28PaxgqcdJc4wXjCCExdza/s1600-h/look+away.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; WIDTH: 348px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 263px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443488933395019090" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijckDpAYz4lJVkNKv991-greZDSF_PkeD4GoX1BD2WCxpRU3idUUWt0Kn5CUYroXsR89xUbECaLlkFCSWo8XX75KgUBhZLHrin6kKvikP21iKwqFuqA50l9x28PaxgqcdJc4wXjCCExdza/s400/look+away.jpg" /></a></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="COLOR: rgb(51,0,51);font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >Of course it was Molly's night too and</span><span style="COLOR: rgb(51,0,51);font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="COLOR: rgb(51,0,51);font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >I'm happy she did have a great time after getting anxious over so many things in the lead up to the night. </span><span style="COLOR: rgb(51,0,51);font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >But </span><span style="COLOR: rgb(51,0,51);font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >I didn't seem to connect among the </span><span style="COLOR: rgb(51,0,51);font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >cousins</span><span style="COLOR: rgb(51,0,51);font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" > as I saw them do. </span><span style="COLOR: rgb(51,0,51);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:georgia;">I had a group of </span></span><span style="COLOR: rgb(51,0,51);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:georgia;">friends at the party so I wasn't shy or lonely as I can get at some parties, however I still had these moments of </span></span><span style="COLOR: rgb(51,0,51);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:georgia;">feeling like the odd one out. 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I'm still "hot" though.</span><span style="font-family:georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family:georgia;">Groan. </span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic;font-family:georgia;" >Oh my God!</span></span><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(51,0,51);font-size:100%;" ><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic;font-family:georgia;" ><br /></p></span></span>Square Eyeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15096148097790575634noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2607708444430959426.post-88420176131578684482010-02-26T12:34:00.010+11:002010-05-17T10:54:33.267+10:00Sconesense<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAa_moRTUd2CyDVVO4R0XcWccPffSIWG3dVbN56I-7F_ZVl451pt1Np-nqomSqZxRm-Il7QieUBvCkf65zGLfPGZ5v895G8QOiDQ_o62O9JIgEapJyTzxRX1PurZZ_65eF3uNtE6xbAnYP/s1600-h/180px-Cream_Tea.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 180px; height: 222px;" 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There were scone crumbs everywhere like a scone and jam bomb went off in the mezzanine. Jam and carpet is not a fun mix. I imagined middle aged men and women chatting and eating but thinking they could do it at the some time and thus spraying crumbly pieces of cake all over the place. (Do I need to teach you to use a plate? Or even chew with your mouth closed?) When I got to the main kitchen area on level one it was the same thing: scones, jam and tubs of cream left out to go bad. For once in their lives the workers of level one weren’t as bad as whoever was in the mezzanine for their Devonshire tea. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(248, 252, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; line-height: normal; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; color: rgb(51, 0, 51); font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">
<br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(248, 252, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; line-height: normal; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; color: rgb(51, 0, 51); font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I’m a bit shitty about work last night. We were asked to do some extra work over the next two nights and because I actually did it I ended really late. I asked for overtime and they didn’t give me a straight answer. I asked via text. I already had a headache before starting work and was rather tense and upset by that stage. Thus I decided I wouldn’t read the reply until this morning. As I said the answer wasn’t straight. A text from the boss and one from the supervisor saying stop doing the extra work and finish your regular tasks NOW! So I assume I won’t be getting any. Fucking typical!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(248, 252, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; line-height: normal; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; color: rgb(51, 0, 51); font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">They asked so they can look good and pass the extra critical inspections. (Critical in that they will be more through. It’s not until the end of March that they will decide if we’re keeping the contract. The bosses sound more confident that they will. I just feel like it’s getting ridiculous. They keep pushing the date back so in theory we’re all stressed out and supposedly giving 110% everyday). Why should my hard work reward them and not me? Like I tell myself I don’t give a shit if they lose the contract but then I think well I do for my fellow cleaners. But management and the company can go...you know, themselves. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(248, 252, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; line-height: normal; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; color: rgb(51, 0, 51); font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(248, 252, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; line-height: normal; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51); font-family: georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-size: 12pt;" lang="EN">I’ll drink a cup of tea to that! Though I can’t say I’ve ever fancied scones. Not big on jam but there’s not much flavour without it. </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"><o:p></o:p></span></p> Square Eyeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15096148097790575634noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2607708444430959426.post-72059193122253079772010-02-22T22:03:00.006+11:002010-05-17T11:13:02.360+10:00Oh Shit!<span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);">I had a fairly shitty start to my work day. A classic case of the "Mondays." I just can't stand being there or doing the same old shit everyday. It has been over a year now, more than long enough to try any one's patience. I felt crappy before I got there, (as the Men in my life may have noticed), and I felt crappy once I started. Somehow I got through it. Perhaps because they did steam cleaning today and that cut down dramatically on my vacuuming. (Although truth be told I get pissed off when they steam clean because to my cleaner's eyes I just see so much stuff that they miss).</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"><br />Anyway! I actually finished on time which is usually a cause for celebration. But no, that's not the best thing to happen to me tonight. Not by a long shot. On my way home from the tram stop I usually stop to piggy-back some free wireless on my iPod touch; check the weather and my email. All I got was one email, but it was very exciting. It was from my old boss David and though extremely short it was good news. In fact all it said was: <em>Amy, We've been invited by Disney USA to submit scripts for the series. D</em>.<br /></span></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);">Hence the "Oh Shit!" Which was my initial reply to him. It's just shocking, and the last thing I was expecting to hear. Now that I've calmed down a bit I have to ask him what this actually means. And I also have to admit that I haven't been working on my script since last year. Once I stopped to go overseas I never really got started again. FUCK! Talk about screwing up. I've already replied asking him to tell me<strong> everything</strong> and what is expected, (if anything), of me now at this stage. [Omigod! We've reached another stage!!] But now I have to wait and see what that means.<br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNiW0qv2g7anzumWc39C2kNjJZTOq5gM3DxH6R2v1ypHdkCCT2E-qlsPykF2fpdWlTqP2UDR2tmYQkglcZJ2rJ-33YTLIpMeFn5TwtsT7G0ssrhFohjl3Q1GHgOppHc8DEAjXqyuu2pqG2/s1600/100_2130.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNiW0qv2g7anzumWc39C2kNjJZTOq5gM3DxH6R2v1ypHdkCCT2E-qlsPykF2fpdWlTqP2UDR2tmYQkglcZJ2rJ-33YTLIpMeFn5TwtsT7G0ssrhFohjl3Q1GHgOppHc8DEAjXqyuu2pqG2/s320/100_2130.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472039394561610402" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);font-family:georgia;" >I shall enjoy the the lift in my spirits for now though, as you can see in my photo. That's also the book I was so supposed to adapt into a script. I have started! But yes I may have shot myself in the foot by giving up so recently. That foot that wanted to get in the door.<br /></span><p><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);font-family:georgia;" ><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"></span> </p><p><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"></span> </p><p> </p>Square Eyeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15096148097790575634noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2607708444430959426.post-7786850280625938402010-02-19T08:37:00.015+11:002010-02-19T10:57:04.489+11:00Food Glorious Food<span style="COLOR: rgb(51,0,51);font-size:100%;color:#330033;" lang="EN-AU" >On Monday I got a phone call to come in for an interview for a kitchen hand position I had applied for around midnight on the weekend while I was wasting time online. The company name looked familiar and when they told me the address I knew it was the place I had applied to almost two years ago as a dishwasher. Back then they asked me in the next day but not to do dishes, as I would have expected, but rather count napkins and wrap them in cling-wrap. I guess I failed to impress because I never heard from them again. I wonder how I did this time. It’s really hard to tell because the interview itself lasted less than five minutes. The questions were pretty much what they asked me over the phone that morning. The only time I felt I stumbled was not having any immediate questions for them. I thought, shit this is happening too fast, I never even thought about what I’d want to ask them. All I could think of was “How many positions are there?” Just one. They’ll call if I get it. I don’t think I will. But of course feeling relatively okay after the interview I played the <i>What My Life Would Be Like If I Got A New Job </i>game. (I know, so dangerous for someone with my personality). What I was really excited about was the possibility of going back to tap dancing.</span>
<br /><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal" ><?xml:namespace prefix = o /><o:p><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;color:#330033;"></span></o:p> </p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal" class="MsoNormal" face="georgia"><o:p><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;color:#330033;">I miss it so much. It was the best thing I had going for me for the brief time I got to do it. I'm not the greatest student - it didn't help that I started when I was working the graveyard cleaning shift and thus was tired out of my brain to begin with - but it was so much fun and the people were really nice. Look at my teacher.</span></o:p></p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439735214975421218" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibnSI30XLsqwunUCp9erDxlW8eGhL1CPpfu3i7PUNNgN4KByBZilMKtWneKKM07cIBz2kJm7WpqKQi0vhhif1TT7tKOWUdoNnV5YpakW4QzeR1CkjqFdLTCchi1HCVs2ldVjQdkcuQYvw2/s400/Kate+and+Rosie+St.Kilda.jpg" /><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="color:#330033;"><span style="COLOR: rgb(51,0,51);font-family:georgia;" ><span style="color:#330033;">She's</span> beautiful! And not just good looking, (for a blonde), but such a lovely person: always happy, laughing and joking. It's hard to explain but I think about it </span><i style="FONT-FAMILY: georgia; COLOR: rgb(51,0,51)">so</i><span style="COLOR: rgb(51,0,51);font-family:georgia;" > much. I listen to some of the songs from routines for comfort. I often think about steps and want to do them where ever I am. Including the lifts at work when I'm cleaning them. And fuck it sometimes I do a bit. Who cares what the cameras see?</span><o:p></o:p></span></span>
<br /><p style="COLOR: rgb(51,0,51);font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal" ><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%" lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-size:100%;color:#330033;"></span></span> </p><p style="COLOR: rgb(51,0,51);font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%" lang="EN-AU"><span style="color:#330033;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">My original plan for Monday was to see <i>Julie & Julia</i> before work. When they asked me in for the interview I almost said I wasn’t free because of the film. Madness I know. Instead I just had to bring everything with me to the interview, just in case. It turned out fine. I thought I was going to be late for the interview but I got there with ten minutes to spare and as it turned out I was done with my five minutes (or rather less) interview at 1 o’clock the time I had to be there. </span></span></span>
<br /><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%" lang="EN-AU"><span style="color:#330033;"></span></span></span></p><p style="COLOR: rgb(51,0,51);font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal" ><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%" lang="EN-AU"><span style="color:#330033;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">It was a nice film, full of food, most of which I wouldn’t be game to eat but it all looked good. I was a bit jealous of Julie’s blogging success. (Of course I’m a petty person. And I want to be a writer just as much as her!) She had structure and purpose which is what I wanted this to have too but as you know <i>Go Girl!</i> never took off. I write a bit about work but I can’t find anything nice to say about it. You know what they say, “If you can’t think of anything nice to say don’t say anything at all.”</span> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="color:#330033;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Being a kitchen hand isn’t something I desperately want to do. Cleaning, cooking, I can’t help making “woman’s work” connections. Like playing “house” was really preparing me for adulthood, without the husband and kids bit. There’s nothing wrong with these jobs but...<i>some feminist ideals I can't express properly but which end up making me seem sexist in the end</i>. Of the two I actually enjoy cooking, but like in the movie it’s a pleasurable past time I don’t want it to be my career. Well obviously Julia Child was very happy cooking and ended up making it a great career for herself, but she belongs to the celebrity chef class. Besides if I cooked that much I’d probably start to recent it. Being a kitchen hand is still too close to the grunt work, making it nice for Other people with better (less embarrassing) jobs and decent salaries. See I am a snob! <i>Sigh!</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<br /><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%;font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;color:#330033;" lang="EN-AU" >Oh well it being Friday now and not receiving a call I don’t think I got the job. It’s disappointing but not as much as the first time. At least I have a job at the moment. Even one that upsets me so much I do stupid things like cry, cut myself or drink. I’ve managed a hat-trick some nights. More recently than I care to admit.</span>
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<br /><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 12"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%" lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#330033;">The Old Man didn’t really want me to get the job* and even my potential new “uncle” was trying to be upbeat by saying if I did get it he wouldn’t be able to see me during the day. Well so far I’ve been too shy to meet anyway. Sometimes it’s like, “God do I need another married man to hang out with?” And other times it feel like it could be fun. It is a good to have something to do be before the agony of work. And I don’t mean sex – shit, if that’s not obvious by now I am, publically and online, stating I am a BAD writer. No I just like the company. It’s not quite the same as saying we’re friends. (Friends with Benefits, gag! You know the married party came up with the one!) That’s the bright side Terry should keep in mind. If I got a day job obviously it makes it a lot harder for me to go off with married men. Or any man for that matter.</span> <o:p></o:p></span>
<br /></span></p><p style="COLOR: rgb(51,0,51)" class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%;font-family:'Georgia','serif';" lang="EN-AU" ><span style="COLOR: rgb(51,0,51);font-size:85%;" ></span></span> </p><p style="COLOR: rgb(51,0,51)" class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%;font-family:'Georgia','serif';" lang="EN-AU" ><span style="COLOR: rgb(51,0,51);font-size:85%;" >*Oh I tell a lie of course he would be please for me if I got a new job. He knows how much I hate cleaning and working those hours. A day job, full time hours to boot, would make a HUGE difference in my life. </span></span>
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It’s all right it didn’t happen, I didn’t hear anything from him. So I emailed him. That got a reply. I don’t know why I wrote this but I said I might run away with Terry; even though he’s old enough to be my father. Because what have I got to live for here? David said we should talk about it before I “run off with my chap.” Just about the scriptwriting I hope! God, how embarrassing would it be to talk about running away. I wouldn't do that to Terry. I'm a bitch but not that much. I'd only go live with him if that's what I truly wanted to do. At the moment the offer just feels like taking the easy way out, cheating.
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<br /></span></span></p><p style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:12pt;" lang="EN-AU" >Do you like them?
<br /></span></span></p><p style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:12pt;" lang="EN-AU" >I’m not normally the kind of woman who gets excited by a ne</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:12pt;" lang="EN-AU" >w pair of shoes but these babies – hideous kinky, aren’t they? – got me through work last night. (I’ve been beating myself up </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:12pt;" lang="EN-AU" >before work for not getting on with my scriptwriting). You see they’re a bit extravagant, they’re </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:12pt;" lang="EN-AU" >not everyday shoes by far, so of course I have to justify buying them. (Annoyingly they were surrounded by shoes on sale but there was no red sticker, $10 off, these ones). Well they go</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:12pt;" lang="EN-AU" > well with a new red dress I bought. <span style=""> </span>This dress I plan to wear at my sister’s birthday party next month. It’s fancy dress and I intend to go as Diana Ross, the </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:12pt;" lang="EN-AU" >Supremes Diana. I really feel like being glamorous and girlie at the moment. Just need to feel sexy? I don’t know. A distraction? I was smiling </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:12pt;" lang="EN-AU" >a lot to myself at work thinking how great I’ll look at this party. Singing Supreme songs as </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:12pt;" lang="EN-AU" >I worked, not always softly or in my head. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:12pt;" lang="EN-AU" >I was originally going to my sister’s party as the cute Michael Jackson of Jackson Five </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:12pt;" lang="EN-AU" >days. It’s easy to put together a mismatching 70s outfit. In fact last weekend we found a top I could wear at a </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:12pt;" lang="EN-AU" >vintage/recycled clothing store. I bought the top but I was really disappointed to give up on the Diana idea. I told myself this would be cheaper and I </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:12pt;" lang="EN-AU" >couldn’t get the perfect Diana wig I found online because they don’t ship outside of America. Well fuck it! There are ways around that. Being </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:12pt;" lang="EN-AU" >cute is fine but I really want to be sexy. LOL. An ego boost. I’ve been mistaken for a boy and </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:12pt;" lang="EN-AU" >man numerous times, and the last time wasn’t that long ago, so being ultra girlie appeals. <span style="font-style: italic;">Man I feel like a </span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:12pt;" lang="EN-AU" ><span style="font-style: italic;">woman</span><span style="font-style: italic;">.</span> Mind you only in the safe context and fantasy of a dress-up party at my auntie’s house. Not out on the town, God no! (Sorry, Terry I know you want </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:12pt;" lang="EN-AU" >to take me out in that dress. Although, now I have the shoes...maybe). Actually, this red dress was "justified" as something I </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:12pt;" lang="EN-AU" >could wear at an awards ceremony when <span style="font-style: italic;">Go Girl!</span> makes good.<span> </span><span> <span style="font-style: italic;">"And best script for a children's television show goes to...."</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:12pt;" lang="EN-AU" > (It was </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:12pt;" lang="EN-AU" >also on sale).</span></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:12pt;" lang="EN-AU" >I need a distraction. I started reading my script on the </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:12pt;" lang="EN-AU" >tram, the highlighted David version, and I couldn’t get past the first page. The corrections, although made with the best of intentions - </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:12pt;" lang="EN-AU" >(lessons rather than scolding) - and the way I was already feeling about the script, I found it devastating. My ego being kicked </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:12pt;" lang="EN-AU" >one too many times. I’m hoping, it being a new day, I won’t take the criticism so personally once I get back to re-reading my work. I know I have to remind </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:12pt;" lang="EN-AU" >myself this is a style of writing I’m not used to. And if it turns out I’m not good at it that doesn’t mean I’m a </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:12pt;" lang="EN-AU" >bad writer. I can’t stand this false optimism! <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:12pt;" lang="EN-AU" >David said he’d be busy again in February whether or not that means he’ll have no time to help me I don’t know for sure. I’m</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:12pt;" lang="EN-AU" > letting January get away from me. Shit! I need to get down to some serious work on my script; or just let it go. Sad to say those shoes </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:12pt;" lang="EN-AU" >made me feel better after that tram ride into work. A new job would leave me ecstatic.</span></span></p><p style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">
<br /></span></p><p style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:12pt;" lang="EN-AU" >January 21 2010</span></span></p><p style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:12pt;" lang="EN-AU" >P.S. I meant to add another </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj24v3xla23hBCGRXrE7hEScIcrXHnlHUYuC3UXJyUFYyrlDlCjqs2g3KOC4D1micALSIUyEUYuLAvaZe-qMwDe-GreYDG-HRLIA63KGiH8E74I29NtxrS7geB-QTv8nAp5R9qNm1P_b473/s1600-h/diana_wig.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 160px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj24v3xla23hBCGRXrE7hEScIcrXHnlHUYuC3UXJyUFYyrlDlCjqs2g3KOC4D1micALSIUyEUYuLAvaZe-qMwDe-GreYDG-HRLIA63KGiH8E74I29NtxrS7geB-QTv8nAp5R9qNm1P_b473/s200/diana_wig.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429152325346856274" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:12pt;" lang="EN-AU" >justification for buying the wig. </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:12pt;" lang="EN-AU" >I</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:12pt;" lang="EN-AU" >t's linked to the stuff above, about </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:12pt;" lang="EN-AU" >being mistaken for a man.</span> With that wig - that's on it's way, woo hoo! - I could also pass for a drag queen. I already have my name: Glamour Ross. Perfect, no? </span>
<br /></p>Square Eyeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15096148097790575634noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2607708444430959426.post-60237889866189842172010-01-13T13:33:00.007+11:002010-01-14T12:02:55.973+11:00Getting Lackey<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_ZE8ZiUwUy6GkC4zkA15FPGLtC-wgDAO5MOsefudA5D98ZQmYSasnxfbGzvLH_Oy0WeIXNo68I-HLvcGgMPidQ5i2RklaCT12eLoCFeyq5bGZmCwXiyGnGtf8BecPTwoEnW-qx7hTjahg/s1600-h/lackey.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 180px; height: 264px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_ZE8ZiUwUy6GkC4zkA15FPGLtC-wgDAO5MOsefudA5D98ZQmYSasnxfbGzvLH_Oy0WeIXNo68I-HLvcGgMPidQ5i2RklaCT12eLoCFeyq5bGZmCwXiyGnGtf8BecPTwoEnW-qx7hTjahg/s320/lackey.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426057010269871218" border="0" /></a>
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I’ve been applying to stuff in television, when I can find it, or entry level things in retail or admin – where people with arts degrees go to forge a funky/alternative existence. </span></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:100%;">Last month in my random job search on Seek I came across a job for a Deputy Editor at <a href="http://www.crikey.com.au/">Crikey.com</a> Looking at the criteria I decided I could do most of those things, maybe fake the rest. It didn’t matter really as I found the ad after the due date but they had given a name and an email address of someone to apply to. A real person rather than the standard Seek procedure. Finally taking the advice of friends I decided I would apply to them directly, as a shit kicker. The office lackey, basically willing to do anything for some experience and a job that won't embarrass me. In the original ad they asked for a sample of writing. I collected some posts on cleaning from this blog. Although I realise now that<a href="http://flirtanddirt.blogspot.com/"> Lust And Dus</a><a href="http://flirtanddirt.blogspot.com/">t</a> would have better examples of how much I hate cleaning. I did this last night and I don’t really know what to expect. I very rarely hear from anyone when I send off resumes. (And I don’t send off enough of them!) It was worth a shot anyway.</span></p><p style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:100%;">In the meantime I haven't done much with my script. I was tempted to send David an email saying I don't think I am a writer and thanks for the help anyway. I'm glad I didn't send that. Yesterday on my way to work I re-read the script treatment and it's not a bad story. It does seem like a bit of work though. I keep staying up late and getting up late so I fuck myself over and don't get much of anything done before work. Fear of failure if ever I saw it. I should at least take the first step and re-read my script. David's already seen that and gone through it with yellow highlighter. He didn't tell me to give up then. But I'm still scared it will lead to nothing.
<br /></span></p><p style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:100%;">In a book shop near work I've found a special <span style="font-style: italic;">Go Girl!</span> bag that comes with two books I've already read. I sort of want that bag, like a good luck charm. I also saw an Oscar the Grouch toy I think I could attach to my back pack. I thought, "Which one am I? The cleaner or the script writer?"
<br /></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:100%;">Is it too obvious to say I’m lacking something?</span></p><p style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:100%;">
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