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Now, that's a COMMUTE!
Posted Feb 16, 2008
I got a call today from one of my employment agencies -- an opening came up for a temp to permanent job that's just perfect for me. It's a little bit too late -- as of November 2, the commute would be about 450 miles!
Sadly that agency doesn't have a branch up here. I suspect all the jobs at my level of experience are filled through temp agencies. I wonder if they'd give me the name of the firms they use, if I called NASA Ames, Lockheed, Google or Apple? Think maybe Steve Jobs needs a secretary? 
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interesting (not)
Posted Jan 28, 2008
My last journal entry was for my 7th Hootooversary...I passed the 8th without note or comment. Tells you how much I find virtual homelessness uplifting, eh? Hard to celebrate *hereness" when you've lost your referent.
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Scared of the future...
Posted Aug 1, 2007
Apparently, scared of making decisions, most of all. IF I had applied for permanent disability last year, IF I had taken any old job, no matter how hard to get to, IF, IF, IF.
Big changes within the month. I may not be here much anymore. 
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Yay!! Nov. 5 -- 7th Hootooversary!!
Posted Nov 5, 2006
I've been a Hootoozen for 7 years today! (at least as Spacecadette; I joined a couple of months prior to Nov. 99, but forgot my account info and had to start over! 
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Ordinarily, I'd expect the 7-year-itch in this relationship, but I found something out: In all the other blogging sites I've tried, H2G2 is still the best. The level of communication and debate here is far higher in quality than any of the other sites I've tried. It's fun, it's controversial, it's silly -- the best of them.
I originally joined because I got tired of hearing about how the world worked from the myopic viewpoint of the US media. I figured the only way to find out how the world saw the U.S. was to go out and ask. I'm still amazed at how much Americans are NOT told about what happens in the rest of the world. It's appalling and dangerous, when the citizens of the U.S. are so open to manipulation by our media and our government.
Thank you, DNA, for opening up the world for me. 
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Moving Forward!
Posted Sep 2, 2006
Well, I can now go out and be able to get all my errands done. If I put my feet up for a couple of hours, the swelling usually goes down all the way. And, cross my fingers, the bottoms of the scars on my legs have closed and haven't oozed in over a week. I think it's time to get back out there and work.
I got a couple of job notifications from the resume I have posted at California Institute of Technology. I've sent in applications for both of them. Usually, they take a while to process any apps, and you can be sure I'm not the only one who applied! The pay scale is very reasonable, and the most important thing, is that I think the place rocks! Any job in that place will *not* be boring, by definition.
I figure by the time they get back to me, I can be working temp again. The thing is, CalTech/JPL will not hire the unemployed. As explained to me by a jewel (truly!) of an HR guy, "We get so many apps, we have to have *some* way of filtering them down." That may sound harsh, but I really appreciated an honest answer, and I can definitely see their point. Besides, they *have* an agency that contracts to place temps with them. Go, me!
So, I'm off the see the wizards...soon!
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