So…why do you want this job

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There are so many ways this offends me.

A quick little post tonight. I thought after being succesful in getting a new job it may be encouraging to others to see that not all interviews I have been to have been that plain sailing. Some have them have downright strange.

Here are a few things I have experienced over the years: Continue reading

Awesome week

Perhaps a little further explanation is needed about my good mood, and about the picture in the last post. For the last few weeks everything seems to have gone right…if I fell in a huge turd I would come up smelling of roses. Life is good at the moment, and long may it last. Shiny Geek is well and truly here.

So what has been going on? Well: Continue reading

Mirror, mirror – The wickedness of Snow White

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Image by anemoneprojectors via Flickr

Poor, innocent Snow White. The fairest (source: magic mirror) of all princesses yet cruelly hounded until saved by her prince. How could I have issues with her? Quite easily it seems, because the fairy tale shows ‘princesses’ are naive and stupid, jealous and cruel.

Before the main event it’s probably best to tackle the villain of the piece “The Wicked Queen”. The Wicked Queen is a representation of the princess’ greatest fears, that there is someone in some physical way better than you (aka fairness). A constant need of reassurance not from another person, but from a mirror. Continue reading

I touched her bum – A night at Fight Like Apes

Today is one of those days I wish I had some spare posts to publish. Last night I was ‘awesomez’, it’s true…I was told so. This morning I am in a complete state of post-awesomez, and feeling far too tired because of it. In fact, despite being in a state of ‘post-awesomez’ I was still able to pass a first-stage interview, I am just *that* good.

Last night I went to see Fight Like Apes, and had a wee bit too much to drink. My tolerance for alcohol is very low anyway but last night I was very thirsty, this seemed like a good idea at the time…in fact it still seems like a good idea, thank you to my friend who decided that ‘Today I want to be…inebriated’. Continue reading