January 2011

I really must try to be more organised

it has been WELL over a year since my last post - and I don't even remember posting about the "new" job prospect ... company has undergone a few changes / so have the staff - and the role - but i'm still here - wonder if that is a sign

time still ticks on

perhaps it shall be another year between visits - I certainly hope not

Late November

Late November 2008


The latest update ... I've been working / temping at a financial services company - ... office administration / office management and some PA work. The office is only small - but the people are wonderful .. friendly, professional and helpful.





As of last friday - they've expressed their interest in me staying on ... and then on Monday - a meeting with the CFO explaining that he's not prepared to pay the full recruitment agent fee - so now i'm feeling a little bit stressed again ... I have to wait for the outcome on Thursday when they meet with the recruitment agent.





Interestingly enough - horoscopes today





"A door is opening in some way around your career. it's up to you whether you walk through it, but the new dawning brings interesting possibilities. someone may go absent without leave"





So the first part I get .. totally .. the 2nd part .. not so much .. i mean really - absent without leave??





But the first part is relatively spooky





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With that I probably should just leave it alone .. i've been sending out enough conflicting information to the universe - I probably need to be very clear about what I want ..





But just to end -- Here is my favourite photo of late ... taken at the camelia gardens the other weekend with T .. photo buddy extraordinaire. Whilst her photos are still worlds ahead of mine - I like to think I'm improving - even without the super $$$ macro lens.

interviews

I never wanted to use this as a platform to vent .. but after 1 wine - resistance is fading.

Interview number 2 was completed last week in this latest 'adventure' or operation 'find me a new job'.. and again by being me it appears that I've inadvertedly 'threatened' the other staff in the company - this time - the office manager who thinks i would be after her job becuase i have a number of skills that she doesn't have and that my previous experience was quite extensive ... again it appears that my previous job is 'still' making my life hell from 'beyond the grave' so to speak ...

So what's the answer? Dye my hair blonde as a friend suggests and act like an idiot in the interview? I just don't think i can do that .. but I'm so very gutted by this latest rejection ... I know better to be over qualified than underqualified - but I'm still so upset by another staff member viewing me as a potential threat.

All I'm after is to work for a company that will actually 'support' their staff and reward hard work .. seems like a bit of a heavy ask in hindsight. I wouldn't be so upset if I hadn't felt that the interview went well and that I impressed the directors (is that me being a bit conceited?) and that I actually would have enjoyed the position .. I'm so annoyed right now and upset - I'm struggling not to send out the negative vibes to the universe that the successful person crashes and burns ... I know that's not the attitude of a positive person - but I'm just so upset and angry .. angry goddammit that such a seemingly positive interview could result in a less than optimal outcome.

Back to my glass of wine and review the new outcomes - the recruitment agent has sent through the next job details - again i'm not too sure of this position - but I guess I need to approach it with a clear head and a positive attitude ...

Where's that wine bottle?

Sculpture by the Sea - Oct 2008

Last weekend involved a visit to an annual scuplture festival held on Bondi Beach to Tamarama Beach - Sydney. This year makes the 12th incarnation of the festival.

The decision to visit had been percolating around in my head since last year when I missed the 11th festival (the usual reason - work / and other things) - so this year - I woke up Sunday morning and decided - 'that's it - get up and go to the event now' - two bus rides and one train ride later - I finally made it to bondi beach (1.5 hours). Unfortunately - it appears that most of sydney decided to visit on this sunday as well... maybe it was the weather, maybe it was becuase it was a sunday ... maybe it was just becuase it's a very popular free event on sydney's premier beach.

With the temperature soaring to a balmy 30+C (my kind of weather) - I traipsed around the pathway - dodging other visitors and trying to obtain photos of the artwork 'sans' people (easier said than done).

Over 100 pieces of sculpture were exhibited in 2008 - I found more than a few I would categorise as 'favourites'.




2 hours of walking around / fighting with strangers to get them 'out of my damn shot' - and generally enjoying the fresh air and sunshine - I was ready to return home - this time I managed to complete the trip in under 1 hour :)

Another 2 hours of uploading and editing photos - (yes that's right - over 2 HOURS of uploading and editing and deleting photos - 500+ photos of the day - granted many were multiples) - and finally I had a record of the day.

After seeing the standard of artworks exhibited this year - I can't wait until the 2009 round of entrants.

new coincidences - and too much tv

Maybe the reason for my increase in coincidences is that being off work .. i've been watching perhaps a little too much tv lately ... or perhaps not

latest round:

1. Actor: Colin Salmon
- last week: 'Resident Evil' - recorded and watched today
- the other night - 'AVP - Alien vs Predator'

2. I woke up yesterday morning singing the old nursery rhyme 'michael finnegan' over and over in my head... not having heard it for years. Tonight - watching a re-run of 'Pricilla Queen of the Desert' - they start singing this little ditty as they set off on their adventure

Coincidences - October 2008

I've been noticing a number of coincidences lately ... perhaps not coincidences per-se .. but ... more so a number of incidences that have cropped up all around a similar timeframe.

It could also be that I've noticed one incidence - and that my attention has been drawn to subsequent references .. they others may have already been there .. but these things have tended to clump together.

Son of Sam:
In reference to 'david berkowitz' - a 'serial killer' / shooter confessing to 8 shootings in the US in the late 70's. I've noticed this referenced in the last few weeks in tv shows: Bones / Criminal Minds / and now a couple of books I've read recently - I believe by either: George Iles and / or Michael Connonly [yes yes - i'll check later].

Actor:
Marton Csokas
- Television references:
Last night - in the Bourne Supremacacy
Tonight - in Aeon Flux

reference:
- Slight of Hand & Misdirection
Originally noticed in context in the book 'the devils teardrop' by Jeffrey Deaver
And now in a couple of tv shows (svu) and another book .. all within the last few weeks

Yes - it seems silly now that i've put it into text .. but i'm going to try and keep a record - just for me - of those items that appear to 'clump' or appear in close proximity to others.

I'll also try and make accurate records instead of just vague rememberances.

back to the show

the beginning

in the beginning there was stuff

and

there was nonsense

there was love
there was light
there was wine and food and cookbooks

and of course

a wealth of random information and things generally not too much of interest to others

but of interest to me

instead of bombarding friends with the usual random emails - perhaps this might be a better repository of such information.

and thus it begins


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