harbl encouragement thread

(hopefully far far to the left.)

she's probably off sighing somewhere.

i would sigh at a sardine party too

but yes hoping for leftmost like estela said

eating sardines right now in honor of harbl

i'd do anything to honor harbl (but i won't do that).

i am honoring harbl by donating my share of the sardines to her

i was relieved but not really ecstatic so i was actually pretty close to flat but that's just how i am. i was pretty sure i passed before but a tiny bit worried i might not have.

very proud of you and also happy

thanks, jergins

unofficially have 1st round interview @ intended job in january. not sure if they're really hiring.
running out of money, getting sad about it

i am v qualified but not v confident

i can't believe i have my own encouragement thread wtf

http://ehealthpeople.com/images/products/encouragement_card2.jpg

gonna be workin with omar little and friends at jail for a few months. kinda scared but mostly excited.
still got interview on tuesday and was rudely reminded by email i only have 2 of 3 reference letters in. i knew that because my third and most important person seems to have disappeared or retired. uh oh.

harblog

i found her, she has breast cancer :(
interview was ok, felt like i bungled some qns but i dunno. i'm sure everyone does and they were nice people. you get a score that tells whether you move on to bonus round. i might make up for it in on-paper stuff and recommendations i guess

<3

i <3 it when people bungle qns.

thanks estela. actually today i feel more worried about it :(. i hate interviews. i get too nervous and do not give thoughtful answers like i would normally because i am pretty thoughtful normally. not like they have any jobs for me anyway though. most of the hiring will be in rural areas because they have fewer attorneys in those offices, if one leaves they have to hire someone else. i really want to work in the city and don't want to relocate to appalachia so much. gahhhhhh

i passed first round but i have to wait for a vacancy somewhere to get second round :(

that's good! and while you wait you can do stuff you like that you won't have time for post-vacancy.

joblog

i got a letter about a 2nd round interview but i'm conflicted because it's in another county and i want to stay here and i wonder if it means they will be hiring here soon. i love the ppl in the office i'm in now a lot (i'm working there because i got a grant to "volunteer" so i'm not an official hire yet) and i want to stay. maybe i should ask my boss and boss's boss what they think.

no other place would be as perfect as here for the following reasons:

• jail is a 5 min walk from my house
• people hate every cop here, you win all the time
• everyone and everything is funny and intersting

also my boss is a hilarious gay and i made a best lawyer friend in the office <3333333

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2187/2074564520_8fe01b8619.jpg

wonder if i can get a poster of that

i encourage thee to ask your boss and your boss's boss what they think. they might be able to help you stay there where you are happy, which is the idea.

i am gonna email the hiring committee lady and say i am doing this interview but i would like to know if any openings are coming here. they are all on the same budget so it should be true imo. also called to schedule this interview & left message. either way money will be made soon, i hope.

i already have a list of all the stuff i'm gonna buy lol

spray tan
push up bra
'eat, pray, love'
chihuahua

lolstela no more like a couch, a tv, clothes, running shoes :)
i'm getting ahead of myself though, i just feel like it is closer than it was last week

well in my inimitable encouraging way i feel like it is too and i am glad.

finally talked to the lady and she told me the reason they are able to hire is they got a grant to hire one person on a contract basis.....................meaning no benefits and no union. gonna interview for it anyway because i gotta. i bet a lot of people want it too SUXXXXX

2day i am writing a cover letter for a job in ohio :/

aw shit

interview should be sometime though, and people keep saying they'll have to hire here too. the job is kind of perfect so i figured i might as well apply ˘\(o_º)/˘

i just feel despondent about life

i got a thin letter about that job today but it just said they're going to interview for it in may
still waiting to hear back from other job i'm supposed to interview for after they get the funding. i get home from jail too late to call sometimes. gotta make myself do it.

other than that i am doing 1 or 2 trials tomorrow and i am scared and not v confident but my gay boss said one of the cops i'm talking to is cute lol

i dunno what happened with that job in the other county but i got another letter about the juvenile division here. so i'm gonna interview for that. i'm scared though, i don't have much to say about juveniles. not sure how many people they interview for each vacancy.

tell them how much you hate teenagers, the job should be a cinch to get

they'll say "if you hate teenagers, you'll *really* hate these teenagers"

my sister was in juvie for a while. i never visited her while she was in, thank fuck

the juveniles i have worked with have been mostly ok. boys i mean, the girls are more demanding. i had a juvenile robber the other day and the intake lady was filling out the special form for juveniles where they ask about life and she was like "do you have any hobbies?" and he laughed and said "i like smoking" and i lolled. she scolded him, i didn't like that.

<3

interview is next thursday. better read up on juveniles and get some people to say good things about me. last time i met the lady who is interviewing me it was st. patrick's day and i was drunk. oops.

this thread has reminded me to track down proper mason jars in australia, which i just have, but the question is before i order some, are regular or wide mouth mason jars best for drinking out of, because i forget what f.'s mom uses but i always drink out of them when i am at her house. supposedly wide mouth jars say wide mouth on the side of them but i wasn't observant enough (because i never am) to notice whether hers did or not. help me sandbox and you will be helping f. for he loves them also, we had an effusive discussion of praise about them sitting at his mom's table.

― estela, Thursday, 30 July 2009 02:49 (8 months ago) Permalink

yes, wide mouth for sure, i got rid of all the other kind in my house

― lxy, Thursday, 30 July 2009 02:51 (8 months ago) Permalink

i can't believe lxy has never gone off on the sandbox about my love for mason jars

― jergins, Thursday, 30 July 2009 02:52 (8 months ago) Permalink

yeah they're so great. i don't really believe in having nice glasses or china or anything, it's all about utility and mason jars provide just what you need, while also being very attractive

― spite n ease (harbl), Thursday, 30 July 2009 02:54 (8 months ago)

i finally got myself a dozen wide mouth pint jars, i had to get them shipped from melbourne, i truly love them. they are so satisfying to drink from. and to look at. and to hold in my hand.

good luck for your interview, harby.

i liked it when we were driving around seattle last year and jergins pointed towards where his sister went to juvie.

thank u estela.

i got a box of quart mason jars when i had a free shipping coupon for jcpenney.com. i'll get some smaller ones next time, too. i had a couple drinking glasses i got at a thrift store but i got frustrated with them and threw them out. they were too narrow for harbl megahands to clean without a dishwasher. mason jars are great.

i was getting used to the idea of juvenile but i think because i told this other guy in the office about my interview he was like, oh a vacancy i'm gonna transfer there (i'm not mad, like i told him i didn't wanna go there), and now the interview is for his job in the office i'm in now. now i feel anxious there will be some unknown obstacle like another person interviewing for it who has been here longer? ughhdg;dlgkjdfg;lkdjgdfg;lkjdfgdfl;gjk