Sometimes...

Sometimes I'm tempted to fake a resume to get a job I'm completely unqualified for just to see what that job would be like. You know. Like maybe I could be a crime scene tech for a day. Or a fire equipment mechanic. Or an assistant waterworks controller.

The Feynman Series: Part I

The 87s

We never check the weather here. Why? It's always the same. Highs in the mid 80s, mostly sunny, chance of showers. It will rain at least once during the day, and you will see a rainbow...or six. (That's my current record.) Someone told me they refer to the weather forecast on the news as "the 87s," because that's usually what the forecast is for the entire week.

Imagine my horror earlier this week when the day's weather turned out to be 77 and windy, and I'd sent my children to school in short sleeves and short pants. They nearly froze to death! What kind of mother am I?!

Flattery Will Get You...

Nowhere? Everywhere? How does that saying go? Eh, whatever. Here, flattery will get you more posts from me.

Everything is different. We live in Hawaii now, which is definitely a topic for future exploration. Xander is officially a math prof. He spends his time researching stuff none of us understand, writing (and getting!) grants, teaching students calculus, going to committee meetings, etc. But mostly it's just going to meetings, I think, which makes it pretty much like any other job. Except it's in Hawaii. Hawaii!

I had given up the blog because I have been looking for a job. Hard. For months. But if you live in the US, you know how that story goes. (Still no job.) I worried about the blog impeding my job search, either from taking up too much of my time or for making me look like an idiot. It turns out it doesn't matter if I look like an idiot. There are hardly any jobs to apply for in my field, so why not write to take up all this free time? Now if only someone would pay me for it...

Since we're on the subject, on the off chance you stumbled across my parcel of Internetland because you're reading my job application, you should totally hire me. I am amazing. Okay, I'm just a regular person, really. But I work my ass off. And I'm a good researcher and know lots of people, so even if I don't know how to do something you need me to do, chances are I can find out how with a few keystrokes. Resourceful. That's it. I work hard and I'm resourceful. Also, I brew beer and bake delicious things, and sometimes I give those things to people I work with.

One last thing. Please don't judge me because I like to start sentences with words like "and" and "so" and "but." I won't do it at work. I swear. Unless you need me to, in which case I will start sentences incorrectly better than anyone you've ever met.

Hello? Is Anyone Still Here?

Blogger tells me I can have "a whole new look." Are they talking about me or just my blog?

Am I back? I dunno. Sometimes I think about it...