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daemonluna ([personal profile] daemonluna) wrote2004-06-17 11:11 am
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mph.

I want this job, but moving to the States isn't really an option right now. Could move to Edmonton if I had to. Would also consider moving to BC. I would rather not move at all, however. Arrrrgh.

Signed up with temp agency. May have a admin assistant position for the summer. Data entry. Whee. Horribly demoralized.

So instead of listening to me feel sorry for myself, you should go read this article on writing, community, gender and genre, and slash! Eleanor Arnason, Lois McMaster Bujold, Patricia Wrede, Pamela Dean, Peg Kerr, Lyda Morehouse, and Caroline Stevermer. (In which I find out that Pamela Dean's Secret Country series is three books, not two--which I belieeeve are being re-released by Firebird Books--and there's a sequel coming, that there's a sequel to Caroline Stevemer's a College of Magics (A Scholar of Magics), and that Patricia Wrede and Caroline Stevermer's Sorcery and Cecelia has an upcoming sequel, The Grand Tour.

Or you could go scare yourself with World's Worst Food, British counterpart to the Gallery of Regrettable Food, some truly scary bento boxes, or origami Mothra and Godzilla.

[identity profile] alessar.livejournal.com 2004-06-17 10:48 am (UTC)(link)
You are teasing me! You realize that library is about 5 blocks away from where I work?

[identity profile] chaleur23.livejournal.com 2004-06-17 11:07 am (UTC)(link)
May I just point out that going to the US for a year or two can be a very good experience. It's actually quite nice down here, and I've found, contrary to my expectations, that Americans (or at least Californians) are very friendly. There's really nothing inherently wrong with it, and earning US$ is certainly nice, when you have Canadian debts to pay (like a student loan).

[identity profile] guyindkny.livejournal.com 2004-06-17 11:23 am (UTC)(link)
At least you can get an admin assistant job. I can't in Calgary because I'm a boy, and they don't hire boy admin assistants in this city. They might be gay or something. *flicks them off* But I can in Ottawa, which is reason number 2 for leaving, and no before you ask, my boyfriend is not reason number 1. More like reason 3. Reason 1 is my journalism career (in case you were wondering).

[identity profile] dine.livejournal.com 2004-06-17 11:30 am (UTC)(link)
fascinating article - now I want to locate and reread Eleanor Arnason's books, because they're fantastic. if you haven't read them, you should track then down - I highly recommend them!

Job woes

[identity profile] starplex.livejournal.com 2004-06-17 08:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Hang in there, Daemonluna. We're all rooting for you, and I'm sure the right job will come along soon. :)