I don't know anything about friends, but I know who I like:

I used to be in favor of the death penalty. I used to be a believer in eye for an eye "justice". Then I got around to actually thinking about the issue. I think most people who are okay with the death penalty in a system where your defense depends on the amount of money can you spend on it are sociopaths, or aren't thinking about the larger implications of such a system.

There will be a longer rant/babble about it but I need to get away from this fucking box of light and noise.

Played with Stumble Upon (a sort of means of doing nothing. sort of like television), specifically on Sci-Fi setting. I was hoping for something interesting and inspirational. What do I find? Mostly Star Trek and Star Wars stuff. Guys, c'mon. Really. Star Wars was relevant decades ago (yea, they did come out with those god awful prequels. That should have killed it right there and then). Star Trek? I mean other than DS9 have any of the series really been particularly interesting? Insert technobabble here! Really? Can't we do anything new? I mean I see a lot of art produced involving these characters and concepts and I kind of wonder why these people aren't just doing their own stuff. It seems sad and repetitive.

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Current Mood: tired
Current Music: Dave Matthews Band Live from the Beacon Theatre on Hulu

A commission, and a birthday gift I forgot to post to LJ last month, both for seso.

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Current Mood: stressed
Current Music: Project Pitchfork - Carnival

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The Men who Stare at....WHAT?!

http://seanbonner.tumblr.com/post/239723435/men-who-stare-at-wait-what

If you are planning to stand for GUFF then nominations are due to close at midnight (GMT) on Friday 13th November. The candidates are due to be announced at some point during Sunday 15th November.

If you have been thinking about standing and have been umming and ahhing about it then you really do need to contact me before Friday. It is a wonderful opportunity and I would hate for you to miss it because you thought you had lots more time. Also: I can delay the announcement if I have good reason (i.e someone did want to stand but hadn't heard back from a nominator in time) BUT ONLY IF YOU TELL ME.

lister@liv.ac.uk for GUFF race communication, please. More details on the website:

http://pcwww.liv.ac.uk/~lister/guff/

Tweaked my wrist somehow. This isn't good.

Ever have one of those days when you think you've tipped your hand to the wrong people? My cards are all screwy (and I think I'm short a few cards in this deck), but they're mine to play, and I play them as best I can.

And sometimes that's not so good....

2010 Comics CD Cover

I have another interview on Monday. Supertemporary job really low pay, but right now I'll take anything.

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So, Bobby the Barbarian spends most of his childhood in The Realm with the other kids that Dungeon Master kidnapped. He's a young kid, only eight, and befriends Uni the Unicorn. We only see three years of his adventures in the series.

So, after spending a ton of time in the Realm, we can assume the kids went home, including Bobby. After spending so much time with a Unicorn and spending time with mythical creatures such as dragons, faeries and...well...faerie dragons, Bobby grows up with a real interest in the occult. Unfortuantely, being with a bunch of kids, he never really grows up, maintaining his childlike qualities as he gets older.

Eventually, he gets into college, studying parapsychology with a couple of friends, in hopes of getting a taste of the Realm he grew up in. And in his time, he does meet up with a good many etherial things.

Becuase Bobby grew up to be...Bobby Ray Stantz of the Real Ghostbusters.

And Slimer? Ghost of Uni.

Trying to figure out what's the right thing to do, and coming up blank.

Did some cleaning today (re-organizing mostly, and putting away about a month's worth of laundry and costumes!), then went to Goodwill to see what they had by way of useful household goods. I got some rubber bottle opener things, and a baster WITH a very long skinny brush for cleaning it (so awesome), and a bin for cleaning supplies (now I just need to get the bin up off the ground and I'll have an easier time of getting at them for a change). Now, while I need to do cleaning and stuff... I feel like I'm stalling with the art I'm working on. All the details takes time and energy, and the coloring feels like it's suffering. Hrm. Oh well, maybe I'll finish it soon.

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Current Mood: busy
Current Music: "Beautiful Day" - Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers

So. What's going on in your messed up life right now, Jenn?

Lemme tell ya.

About a month ago I got two large donations of $400 each. I'd hit my goal of finally being able to go home, and began making plans for it. At the time, I was planning to leave on November 4th, but suddenly I was called in for an interview with a good company.

The job interviewing ended up being an incredibly long drawn out process. At first there was a phone interview that went oddly. I'd put in for a job for tech support, but was being told that it was a job for web design. Which was okay, I could do both. The interview ended oddly, and I was pretty sure I'd not gotten the job. Lo and behold, I get an application to send in, as well as an aptitude test a few days later.

The aptitude test was insane. INCREDIBLY long.and took me two days to finish. The math part of it (MATH?!) got to a point where I just randomly clicked whatever I thought the answer was. Again, I wasn't to sure I was going to get the job And after almost a week, they called to let me know I had an interview.

The interview went incredibly well. The job wasn't web design, but tech support, which made me more condifende. The interview lasted two hours and was really in depth. I left there feeling like a million bucks.

Then came the background checks, and reference requests. At that point, and with the encouragement of a friend, I did something I shouldn't have done.

I got comfortable.

I began getting comfortable in the idea I would stay and have a good job in a few weeks. I changed my plans to "I'll leave when I get a NO from the job, but that won't happen, I'm a shoe in." I spent money a little more liberally.

Then a week went by with no contact. The one time I talked to them, they hung up on me. I became incredibly worried and depressed, the first of the emotional whiplash I'd experience that day. I waited all day Thursday for a call, and none came. So I took a shower, and they called while I was in. It was all staticky, and I couldn't hear a thing, but I felt all it could be was I Got the Job. I was happy as hell, but cautious (Whiplash 2).

The next day, I got a call frmo the job. I didn't get it. After almost three weeks, I didn't get the job. My references were great, my background check was clean, my interviews were tremendous...but they went with someone who had a background in their specific industry.

And that's when it all fell down for me. (Whiplash 3).

I'm angry. I'm angry and depressed. This has led to so many problems in my life, and my living situation and constant yo-yoing.

I need to call my former workplace and see if they have any jobs coming up. If the answer is NO, I'll be staying here. There's no reason to go back to Texas and get stuck in the same situation I am here, minus $500. If the answer is YES or I don't hear back from them, I'm going.

The reason I'm going on an "I Don't Know" response is, it's getting VERY late in the season, and the passes are beginning to snow over. If I don't leave soon, I'll be stuck here till Spring breaks (I can drive in snow, but the passes are dangerous, and the truck really isn't made for that kind of driving).

So that's the state of the Jenn....

Had a talk last night. Feel a little better about moving home now. Will check around tomorrow to make sure moving home is still a better deal than staying put.

MP3 version of the TransFM interview: http://www.dolari.net/pub/interview.mp3

I think I really want to work with plants.