Got a very nice no thanks email from the place I last interviewed. As usual I’m off my feed for a couple of days while the continuing rejection of the market settles in my gut, but ah, well. It’s a numbers game.
Month: April 2016
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Not exactly progress.
Lunch at Planet Bachelor today.
After a good night of sleep, a terrible, terrible one. Went back to sleep and woke up again at 9:15. blerg.
Ordered Mike and Nita’s wedding present after conferring with the family.
Interview was good. There’s a lot of competition and I probably won’t get a call back but hey, it was an interview and it’s a numbers game.
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Very proud of myself. Went to bed last night early, telling myself that I had to get a good night of sleep for the interview today, and I a) blocked out all the light coming into my room b) left the computer in the next room and c) wore earplugs. As a consequence I got seven solid hours of sleep (I remember coming to a couple of times but rolled over and went back to sleep without difficulty.
As one can see, progress continues on the last novel in the trilogy.
Caravaggio masterpiece recovered.
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Continuing to grind. Raven’s dropped in to see an old boyfriend and fill out her lifetime morph list. Still really really enjoying the Last Kingdom.
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It’s either keep writing or clean my room….
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Couldn’t sleep for the rat in my room last night. Buster did not get it. Sigh.
I’m watching a new BBC show called The Last Kingdom. It fits in very neatly with my previous readings and interests; the Adventure of English documentary, King Hereafter by Dorothy Dunnett, and of course it’s wonderful to see the extent to which they’ve made the clothing very accurate, including the pale dyes and the use of fur and frogs for fasteners. Also, lead player super hot.
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off to brekky!
So good to hear Tammy’s voice this am.
Slept on the sofa, there was a rat in my oom.
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It’s gonna be interesting, jamming everything into 25K words.
Cora’s Burnaby is terrible. It’s only their 5th day open, but Jeff and I had a breakfast experience that is driving us back into the arms of IHOP.
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That’s more like it. I’ve just packed 4000 words off for mOm’s inspection. She’s seen parts of it before.
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I actually wrote more than that but I haven’t transferred it from handwriting into Scrivener so that will come later.
Second day no light in bathroom. Landlord informed, waiting on electrician or whoever they think is cheap enough to be allowed to do the work.
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Went to see Zootopia with Keith last night. It was simply lovely.
Writing continues.
I’ve been here since noon
In a couple of minutes they’ll call the flight and I’ll find out if I’ve been sitting here like a fucking idiot for no good reason for the last day. Fort St John is not a fun place to fly to on passes. PAUL WANTS TO TAKE THE SKYTRAIN HOME. On April 4. With no Compass card. My feelings are simple. He can do what he likes, although with no Compass card he’s not likely to get far, as I laboriously explained to him. I’m going home in a cab; it’s hours after my normal bedtime and I have hours to go before somebody offers up a bed for me.
later….
Home. What a fucking waste of a day. Three flights came and went and I’m not going to FSJ unless somebody pays for my return flight.
Some man was shot dead a few blocks from here. I don’t think I want to live on this planet any more.
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Jeff was very kindly taking me out to breakfast and I had some kind of nerve spasm. I was practically sobbing as I left the restaurant the pain was so piercing. I took Robax and applied heat and got almost immediate relief. If I’m still feeling better in half an hour perhaps we can continue our aborted food schlep.
Saturday I spent the day over at Mike’s being incredibly lazy. Much talking, many insights.
There is a non-zero chance I will be in Victoria within the next two weeks. There is a smaller chance I’ll be going to FSJ with Paul, since his cousin has broken something and is recovering in hospital up there and could probably use some company. WHOOPS I’M LEAVING IN TWO HOURS back Thursday ish this week.
I keep flashing on Alex signing mORE MORE MORE in the swing. It is so lovely to see him talking.
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Off to Metrotown today. Keith has two jobs now, one of which involves close acquaintance with fish, and the other is actually in his field (optician – even edging stuff!!!.) To celebrate (yay!) I am taking him to Metrotown (boo!) where we are going to walk around (yay!) and I’m going to spend money (boo!) so that he can refresh his wardrobe. After all he’s tall, slender and goodlooking, so let’s see if we can get him into something in colours and fabrics which suit him.
Yesterday Katie and Alex came over, and Jeff and I met her in the park at the end of the street. Alex laughed in delight at the swings, at the kitty (he petted Margot very gently for a toddler) and is now old enough to pull the ball launch and get it consistently onto the playing field. I think it’s fairly clear he will be a fourth generation pinball aficionado. Jeff went on the swings too because you can’t get too old for that.
Still not much verbiage, but he signs constantly. MORE MORE MORE at the swings (Katie warned me, he could go all day.) ALL GONE to the sandbox when we left. BYE with a kiss for grandma as he left.
Really not feeling the writing today, so I will do something else useful until Keith shows up.