Pardon Our Dust; Erin is being renovated.
Posted by erin at August 13, 2003 01:29 PMEveryone keeps asking me what's been going on lately, and I have had very little time to respond. Finally, I can come up with something.
OK, first of all, it took three weeks to move into N.'s apartment. N. hauled boxes on the subway every day after work in order to avoid his building's moving-in fee. It was a long and torturous process which I helped with from time to time. Jay also lended a hand with some of the bigger stuff.
After that I began baking cookies for Otakon. I have no reasonable explanation for this, but I tried many sugar cookie recipies over my two and half weeks of unemployment, and at least two frosting recipies. I have pictures of said cookies, but I haven't downloaded the drivers yet to unload the camera.
My internship on Kids Next Door started unexpectedly the day before Otakon. That's where I am now - at the internship. I haven't found a part-time job to supplement my meager stipend-ed income yet, so keep your eyes peeled.
The internship and cooking dinner most nights have kept me very busy in the past week - that, and going to Otakon - so I haven't had time to unpack, let alone update my blog.
Otakon was a lot of fun, but the video programming was not very good compared to last year, which was disappointing to say the least. It was, however, extremely well attended, with something like 10,000 pre-registered attendees and maybe an equal number of at-con-registrations. That's about 20,000, which is apparently a lot bigger than even the biggest sci-fi cons.
The subject line of this post refers to the growing feeling I have that I am changing my life. I've lost 45 pounds and a really crappy job. I kind of feel like I'm on the re-bound, jobwise. I don't have to be all bitter and forlorn as an intern here. The work is enjoyable and interesting. The people are reasonably intelligent and friendly. They're even somewhat dorky. It's a strange thing to have to get over the bad feelings leftover from my last job.
Today, I saw a midget break-dancing in the Times Square subway station.
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August 13, 2003 03:02 PM, John said:
I think it's awesome. Embrace the career path of work that you actually enjoy, even if it means a financial sacrifice in the short term.
In the long term, it's much much better. For the mental well-being and also in the always-fun "What If You Died Tomorrow and Had To Look Back On Your Life" sense as well.
August 13, 2003 11:17 PM, Halifax said:
>It was a long and torturous process which I helped with from time to time. Jay also lended a hand with some of the bigger stuff.
*Cough cough*
August 14, 2003 10:47 AM, Rodney Dangerfield said:
Huh... I get no respect, neither.
August 14, 2003 11:15 AM, Erin said:
Sorry! I forgot Hal helped move the couch!
August 15, 2003 04:07 AM, Halifax said:
No regard. No esteem, either.
August 16, 2003 01:08 PM, Phil said:
>>I haven't found a part-time job to supplement my meager stipend-ed income yet, so keep your eyes peeled.
Know anything about hedge funds?
August 16, 2003 03:17 PM, Erin said:
Nope. What's a hedge fund?
August 17, 2003 10:30 AM, Phil said:
Beats me, but if you're interested in hedge funds and have strong writing skills, there could be a part-time (20 hours a week) paid internship opportunity available. Lemme see if I still have the e-mail...
August 17, 2003 11:55 AM, Halifax said:
>What's a hedge fund?
Shrubbery-related research projects.
Thank you and good night!
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