Online Again

11 09 2008

So I finally go the internet booted up properly here at the apartment. I am actually in the apartment now, I’ve been living here for almost a week now! Great excitement. I’ve managed to set off the fire alarm once (with the oven) and my door lock is a nightmare and a half but aside from that all appears to be well in my little two room world here.

I also had an interview today which I feel went very well. Here’s hoping I get the call back to the second interview, in the mean time I am going to continue sending out resumes.
Classes are also going well. My Intro to Anthro may need to be replaced. It’s a first year that I picked up so I would have the option of adding an anthropology minor (which would be good if I decide to apply for a museum management grad program. It is very much a first year course with reading responses to do and probably research workshops. Which may be draggy. Also I don’t know how much social anthropology will appeal to me. The physical and archeaology streams that we are covering in my second year course are facsinating. I will give it another week before I make a decision.

Text books are a pain in the behind though. I bought just over half of the ones I need and it cost me $400. And I have at least one more course kit to buy which is another 100. All in all, the furniture in my living room costs less than the freaking books. Grr. Argh. Fume, Fume. I do have heavy reading lists but not so heavy writing. More tests, fewer papers. It all balances out I guess.





Hello world!

2 09 2008

I spent half the summer blogging at work but that was specific and pointed writing with an obvious audience and organized topics. This is a more free-form attempt at blogging. If it turns out to be utter failure well, I hope it will be worth it.

The greatest drawback of a blog like this is that I lack real topics to write about. I’m in the process of moving into my first apartment and I have packing and scheduling woes to complain about but would anyone really be interested in all of that?

If you are interested, you should know that the last tenants were late moving out and now my residency has been pushed back a week. I don’t actually get to move in until next weekend. This isn’t the end of the world of course but it is irksome.

As much as I love my family by the time September rolls around I am ready for a change of scenery. Besides I really like the idea of having my own space, not a corner in a residence but an apartment that is all mine. I’m looking forward to decorating and obsessing over furniture placement and cooking things with the shiny new pots I bought.

I’m also working my way through a job hunt. Unfortunately apartments are pricey undertakings and a part time job will help keep my head above water and food in my pantry. I’ve sent out some applications to excellent positions at interesting places. I am really hoping that I’ll get an interview at the Pioneer Village and the Science Centre, I’ve also got two group interviews lined up.

I shall leave that as my first post.








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