~~~SANDBOX 77~~~

i'm never hear!

aw gawd, i'm screwed

moment at which you accidentally jog the computer, repositioning it to reveal that you have blocked sunlight from your apartment with a mattress. "oh that? sure yeah i just LIKE TO KEEP THE NOISE OUT"

you'll be fine!, the idea of a skype interview blows my mind but i can think of notable advantages, eg you do not have to wear trousers

haha, this is my first one (and hopefully last - i'd prefer in person, and if i make it through this first round the final interview will be in person in either Chicago or Brooklyn), so yeah it's gonna be a little weird! i am, however going to wear nice pants and shoes and the rest, just to get myself into the full work mindset as much as i can.

abbbott <3

There's no 'fuck cancer' thread on sandbox but ms mac's dad just got an all-clear after two years and i wanted to say

I've been overwhelmingly sad and anxious lately and it's been tough. I'm concentrating on the little things like today being Friday and the fact that I'm getting a massage tomorrow morning. I did something to my back/neck a week ago - over a week ago - and have been in agony ever since so tomorrow morning can't come soon enough imo.

Good luck ZS. Chicago sends you like positive vibes and stuff.

given that my better half is now at the end of an intense 9 months process of chemo/stomach removal surgery/chemo i too would like to shout out "fuck cancer" ..

v. glad to hear of the all clear SB, that's a day i look forward to

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holy shit mark e, i had no idea. hope you've turned a corner now and that things are now going well <3

Good luck ZS btw!

xp Also, you may have to get up for some reason during the interview, or they may make up some reason for you to get up so that they will know that you are "detail-oriented" and all that rot.

whatever kind of construction is going on over there, it apparently involves a big vehicle that is always moving backward

BEEEEEEP, BEEEEP, BEEEEEP, BEEEEEEP, BEEEEP, BEEEEEP, BEEEEEEP, BEEEEP, BEEEEEP, BEEEEEEP, BEEEEP, BEEEEEP,
BEEEEEEP, BEEEEP, BEEEEEP, BEEEEEEP, BEEEEP, BEEEEEP, BEEEEEEP, BEEEEP, BEEEEEP, BEEEEEEP, BEEEEP, BEEEEEP,
BEEEEEEP, BEEEEP, BEEEEEP, BEEEEEEP, BEEEEP, BEEEEEP, BEEEEEEP, BEEEEP, BEEEEEP, BEEEEEEP, BEEEEP, BEEEEEP,
BEEEEEEP, BEEEEP, BEEEEEP, BEEEEEEP, BEEEEP, BEEEEEP, BEEEEEEP, BEEEEP, BEEEEEP, BEEEEEEP, BEEEEP, BEEEEEP,
BEEEEEEP, BEEEEP, BEEEEEP, BEEEEEEP, BEEEEP, BEEEEEP, BEEEEEEP, BEEEEP, BEEEEEP, BEEEEEEP, BEEEEP, BEEEEEP,
BEEEEEEP, BEEEEP, BEEEEEP, BEEEEEEP, BEEEEP, BEEEEEP, BEEEEEEP, BEEEEP, BEEEEEP, BEEEEEEP, BEEEEP, BEEEEEP,
BEEEEEEP, BEEEEP....

i can't see it from my window, but it's possible that the 4th annual Big Machine Backwards Race is being held today in my neighborhood. just my luck

$5 on the backwards gravelator

great, now i have 'love in a gravelator' stuck in my head

The Caterpillar engineer who invented that sound died about a year ago. (No, I don't know why I know that, either.)

i am having evil thoughts about the sounds of his funeral, and also the way he died

That guy and the guy who put strobe lights on the tops of school buses are both on my list.

perhaps his eulogy was delivered in morse code:

BEEP, BEEP, BEEEEEEEEEEEEEP, BEEP!
BEEP, BEEP! BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!
BEEEEEEEEEP, BEEP, BEEEEEEEEEP, BEEP!
BEEEEEEEEEP, BEEP, BEEEEEEEEEP!

BEEEEEEEEEP, BEEP, BEEEEEEEEEP, BEEEEEEEEEP!
BEEEEEEEEEP, BEEEEEEEEEEP, BEEEEEEEEEEP!
BEEP, BEEP, BEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!

it made that noise as they lowered his coffin

his gravestone says RIPEEP PEEP PEEP

Bestest wish, Abbott - take care.

There's no 'fuck cancer' thread on sandbox but ms mac's dad just got an all-clear after two years and i wanted to say

― Sad Banter (p much resigned to deems),

Thought about starting that thread yesterday -- my dad's not doing too well right now.

fuck cancer tho

otm. Also fuck sepsis and staph infections that get in through chemo ports.

i really dont want to wiki what that means now do i, sounds grim William :(

ignorance is bliss and all that ..

fuck all, of it, yeah

thoughts to both of you

just finished interview

jesus fucking christ

interviews are INTENSE, man

good lord

word

i always feel like there's this mutual awareness of the performative, pantomime element that is going on, something that could at any moment be ruptured by you breaking the fourth wall & saying CMON YOU KNOW I JUST WANT THIS, I ACTUALLY REALLY JUST WANT THIS JOB + COULD DO IT TOTALLY

you try to imbue your answers with that subtext like it's pictionary or something but it's incredibly frustrating to have to tip-toe around the kind of useful/sentimental/enthusiastic declarations that might actually offer some insight into yr reasoning

Oh your interview. Right.

I thought you were dissing someone here for a second!

co-sign with everything schlump said.

i think it went well! i did about as well as i can imagine doing, although a few of my answers were a little too long. but even if i don't make it to the final round, i'm not going to be kicking myself for not preparing well enough.

it's a lot like girl probs imo

Posting from Amtrak wifi

Were you wearing pants during the interview?

i was. and shoes!

no shirt tho, gotta keep it fresh

shoes, for that professional feeling

I meant "pants" in the British sense.

I'll just say it plainly. ZS, were you wearing panties?

i would do anything for this job, anything!

*hangs head in shame*

yes

lol

I can barely make rent, but I really want to buy tickets to the live John Waters Christmas show next weekend. Is this a dumb use of money, or will I be forever happy for seeing JW live.

feel like playing with those effects some webcam software offers would have been a winning skype-interview strategy, like they ask you about whether you're technologically literate & suddenly your head is on the body of a fish in a fishbowl

this is not the job pro-tips page, and i don't feel like creating a new one just for sandbox, so ww77d:

- i would like to send a thank you note to the interviewer. in fact, important interview guides printed out and laying out nearby reported say "Sending a thank you note is not an option; it is a necessity"
- "email is the standard form for sending a thank you note; always email your thank you note within 24 hours of the interview."
- cool. i can do this. *winky fingerpoint*
- BUT
- my interviewer never directly wrote to me, so she never gave me her email address. instead, a generic email address set up for this round of interviews has been used to correspond with me and the rest of the candidates
- BUT
- of course, it's the internet, and i found the interviewer's normal email address in about 7 seconds FLAT. 7 seconds FLAT, people
-BUTT

- i'm probably overthinking this, but should i write to the personal email address and risk looking like a creepy internet researcher?

i would probably use the generic address but put an FAO in the subject line

hmm, that sounds like a good idea, thanks!

try to find a home number z s

the only way you should be playing w/any FAO bullshit is if you're spraying something on the side of her house, which i guess now i mention it is maybe an option?, show you're keen &c