I'm applying for a job in Urbana-Champaign. It's basically the perfect job description for me, and a former colleague who works there now says overall it's a good place to work (although the governor is currently screwing with the entire university system.) But the thought of upheaving my whole family AGAIN is practically killing me, and if I can't put that aside I can't possibly get the job, because they'll know I'm half-hearting it.
Just tryin' a little spicy talk.
Tara ,'Get It Done'
Natter 74: Ready or Not
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
flea - Jan 23, 2016 7:26:16 am PST #14039 of 30003
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lcat - Jan 23, 2016 9:08:33 am PST #14040 of 30003
I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.
I went to law school in Urbana-Champaign and I thought it was a great place to live - the advantages of a smallish city plus the advantages of a major university. If I hadn't set on getting out of the Midwest and all its snow, I would have happily settled down there.
Dana - Jan 23, 2016 9:09:38 am PST #14041 of 30003
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
flea, I may know someone who works there, if you want me to check.
sarameg - Jan 23, 2016 9:19:17 am PST #14042 of 30003
I napped. I think it's snowing harder.
Calli - Jan 23, 2016 9:46:23 am PST #14043 of 30003
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I applied to UI Champaign-Urbana. It seemed like a lovely area, and the job bennies were fab. I was sad not to get it.
Consuela - Jan 23, 2016 10:29:07 am PST #14044 of 30003
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Oh, good, my friend is up and has keys, so I will be able to get lunch. Yay for food!
Now to see what's open this afternoon...
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 23, 2016 11:49:27 am PST #14045 of 30003
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Ugh, noisy people leaving a birthday party next door kept me up until 3 am (the host ended the party at 1:30, which isn't super unreasonable for college kids on a weekend, but apparently loud sorority girls and exiting stairwells don't mix). I was tempted to fill a bucket up and start dousing people with water to make them go the fuck home.
But at least it resulted in me being outside at the right time to find out the restaurant next door was out of cat food, and getting to pet most of the resident alley cats while feeding them.
Tom Scola - Jan 23, 2016 11:56:02 am PST #14046 of 30003
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Jeez, my sinuses are really hating this weather.
Jesse - Jan 23, 2016 12:35:02 pm PST #14047 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I just did the work I should have been doing at the end of the day yesterday, so that's nice. I need to do some more, but probably tomorrow.
flea - Jan 23, 2016 1:25:37 pm PST #14048 of 30003
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In continuing "heroin is bad and too close to my life" news, two people overdosed in a bathroom at my workplace at the end of the day yesterday. They were successfully Narcan-ed.
The letter p in this post was brought to you by Jesse's post above, and cut-and-paste.