Well, sort of....

You Are a Walnut

You are down to earth and genuine. Responsible and practical, you are a grown up in all aspects of your life. You probably eat a healthy diet and get enough exercise. And while you're not wild, you're not boring either. You're actually very deep and interesting.

What Nut Are You?

Found via Bess. I'm working on the healthy diet and exercise, all the time. I am forced to be responsible and practical. I have had to be a grownup since my teens, so, yeah.

Today was a knitting day. It was supposed to be a telephone interview day, but due to technical problems like the people at the agency not having my correct phone number though they are the ones who contacted ME via phone last week, it didn't happen. I didn't learn this until I sent them a WTF? email and the admin responded by saying headhunter woman left a message for me at xxx-xxx-xxxx, which was an old number. Yet I know they have the correct number, because, as I said, they called me. Every time I have an encounter with an agency or a headhunter lately, I marvel that they ever find anyone a job, and I feel really old when I say that, but it didn't usedta be that way. I think the shitty market has created the attitude among placement people that "What the hell, there's more where that one came from," so actually giving a shit about an individual candidate is a thing of the past. I sent this outfit (a big, well known in legal circles outfit) my resume back in January. They finally called last week about a potential job. The girl who called me wouldn't tell me anything about it, not even a hint, until I filled out all of their paperwork (don't say see resume, type it over again on their form). I obediently did so, then I checked their website, and if they are calling about the one and only paralegal position they have posted for Orlando, I am not right for that job. So I'm hoping it's for another job, one that doesn't appear on the website. Otherwise, they saw my years of experience and didn't really read my resume and don't realize that I haven't assisted at a trial since the early 90's, a fact that should be self-evident given that most of my career has been in-house, not in a law firm. So I'm hoping it's for another, unposted job, otherwise this really was a huge waste of time.

While I was waiting for the call that never happened, I finished the left side of the Suggestive Shrug. Or sort of did. I got to the "end" number of stitches on the needle about 5 inches short of the correct finished length. Um. Apparently when I started doing the underarm decreases, I just didn't know when to stop. Yeah. I just kept decreasing at the underarm as well as at the front, and ran out of stitches way too soon. So much for this being a brainlessly easy pattern, and proof that though I appear all calm and Zen and green tea on the outside, phone calls that don't come really do distract me and piss me off.

Unknitting linen is not awful, problem was discovered and fixed. Front side done, 2nd front side is on needles now. I have a CD of documents on the desk, a report to write and bill for (yay) so I do have real work, despite the lack of a Real Job. I do love working with linen - I know a lot of people hate it, but considering the state of the housing market, I think it is good that I love linen, because I have at least another summer in FL.

I know I keep promising pictures. It's a passive-aggressive way of passing my job search frustration on to all of you.