some thoughts for the evening

[wispfox]

If I minded people drooling in my general direction, I would not wear the clothing I wear. Apologizing for a compliment is silly.

Interview today went well. Still need to chat with HR, though, so we shall see.

I said, while working at my last job, that I would dye my hair purple the next time I was unemployed. Apparently I get to do this, now. Preferably without jeopardizing my ability to obtain a job. This should be interesting.

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[humandays.livejournal.com]

don't apologize. celebrate! :)

[http://users.livejournal.com/sunyata__/]

See, now I'm all curious about the clothing...

[wispfox.livejournal.com]

Well, I'll be meeting you next week, as far as I know.
Should the weather continue to be warm, I'll wear something
which has tended to cause comments.

But, as an example, I had apologetic compliments in relation
to the chainmail shirt sorta pictured in my mail picture,
once.

Good interview

[ccprince.livejournal.com]

I'm jealous. I finally had my first interview this week, and by the end of the first session (job interviews at HP are team efforts, so I had four interviews scheduled for one job) I knew that I would be completely miserable if I took it. It hurt to cancel the rest of the interviews, but I'm still naive enough to think I can find a job I would actually want. My fingers are crossed for you.

And I believe I speak for us all when I say, "Purple? Pictures!" :-)

Re: Good interview

[wispfox.livejournal.com]

The thing about taking a job you *don't* want is that it a) tends to be a last resort kind of thing - because one has no money left, and b) tends to make one unhappy enough that finding another job one *does* like is that much more difficult.

So yeah. If you can afford to wait it out, I would agree with you on that.

And, pictures will happen. Once it's dyed, and when I manage to kidnap someone's digital camara for that purpose.

Re: Good interview

[ccprince.livejournal.com]

So yeah. If you can afford to wait it out, I would agree with you on that.

Actually, I'm in a really good position for that. While I don't have a job, I'm still employed; I have no work to do, but they're still paying me. The plan is that we'll all find new jobs in HP. The trick is, knowing when to take a local job I don't really want, or move somewhere else to take one I would. Most of the available jobs are in Fort Collins, Colorado and San Diego. (Well, SD isn't really an option. There are jobs, and probably even ones I'd enjoy, but I'm also pretty certain we couldn't afford to live there.) I'm still holding out hope for one project that's supposed to open up here in Corvallis, but I won't hear about that for at least another week.

A tough decision, but for the most part, regardless of the choice I make, we're not out on the street. So, I'm in a much better place than I could be.

[beowabbit]

Well, I sort of understand the sentiment of the person who apologised, because I think people should be able to wear whatever they like (or nothing), and still be left alone by people they want to be left alone by. I mean, you can't stop people looking, but somebody in shorts and a bikini top doesn't deserve harrassment any more than somebody in hijab (Moslem female headdress).

Of course, respectful appreciation isn't harrassment, but I think that may be a finer distinction than this particular culture is capable of making. :-( And there's so much harrassment out there, that I understand people being shy about anything that even vaguely resonates of it.

[wispfox.livejournal.com]

Person? People - it's happened more than once.

And I understand that people don't want to be seen as harrassing, but I don't think that a compliment - simply a compliment, nothing more - *is* harrassing. And preceeding a compliment with an apology just seems... strange.

And yes - I realize that it's at least partly cultural, that people don't want to be seen as offensive, and all that... *shrug*