an RL update and a meme
Apr. 14th, 2006 09:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
floatingleafI was praised by my supervisor today. She had been checking my work for the last week, pointing out errors - and today the only one she had to mention was actually her own error, not mine. She thought I had skipped a certain document while scanning - while in fact there were two identical copies in the file (though they looked different at a first glance). She didn't actually notice they were identical - but I did. She seemed impressed.:)
Yeah, you have to be an absolute anal freak to perform well at a job like that. And I am.;D
So, I think there is actually a chance I might stay there for longer than three months. In fact, there is another woman there from the same agency as me, also on temporary status, who has already been working there a year. And she told me that the agency "kept her busy" for the previous two years as well.
That means that even if they don't hire me permanently, the agency is likely to find me another similar job pretty soon after this assignment is over. Which is a comforting thought, of course. Especially that if you keep working for the same agency for many months, you finally earn certain benefits. Like a paid vacation... or health insurance. I have none at the moment, and I could really use a chiropractic (or a good massage... lol). My spine is seriously fucked from sitting at a desk most of the time...
Anyway... change of topic. This meme has been all over my flist, and I couldn't resist the temptation to join in.:)
001. Leave me a comment saying, "Interview me."
002. I will respond by asking you five questions of a very intimate and creepily personal nature. Or not so creepy/personal.
003. You WILL update your LJ with the answers to the questions.
004. You will include this explanation and an offer to interview someone else in the post.
005. When others comment asking to be interviewed, you will ask them five questions.
I have been asked some interesting questions by![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
carynita (who used to be Melacita not so long ago :D).
1) Where did you grow up and when did you move to the Chicago area?
Okay. That one's easy.;) I grew up in a small, boring town in the southern part of Poland. But I identify to a much larger extent with the magical city of Krakow, where I studied and lived for over ten years (I feel like my life didn't actually start until I got there... lol).
I moved to the United States in May 2002. I still miss Krakow like all hell - but life is life and here I am. It's really a stereotypical Eastern European immigrant story (no job, no money, no perspectives, and most of your family is already abroad anyway - so sooner or later you pack up your meager belongings and follow... *shrugs and pretends to be really tough and unaffected about it, but fails again*)
2) A/L or V/O? Why?
I read both, but I only seem able to write A/L. They are closer to my heart, somehow, and more inspiring.
Why? Probably because I'm a fantasy whore.;D The farther from the likeness of my everyday reality, the better. Even with V/O, I most greedily devour the totally otherwordly fantasy AU's. Give me elves, kings, warriors, wizards and fairies any day.:P
3) Who is someone in fandom you really admire or wish you had the nerve to friend, if any?
Hmmm. I admire many people, but if I want to friend someone, I usually just do it (or ask them if they don't mind - depending on how eager they seem to add others to their friends' list).
My personal LJ-idol isromi, but she has been on my flist for so long I don't actually remember how and when she got there.:) And I don't think it matters anymore.
4) What is the worst tourist attraction you have ever visited?
The worst? Lenin's Mausoleum in Moscow, probably.:P
5) Name one thing you wish you were good at that you are not.
Inventing plotlines for fanfic!!! I SOOO want to write it hurts, but somehow my inspiration inevitably dries up after a few paragraphs. That's why I have only so far produced a bunch of drabbles.:(
Ooofff... that was a long post - even for me. So long it made me hungry... lol. So I'm off to have some supper - and probably read some bedtime slash.;P
Yeah, you have to be an absolute anal freak to perform well at a job like that. And I am.;D
So, I think there is actually a chance I might stay there for longer than three months. In fact, there is another woman there from the same agency as me, also on temporary status, who has already been working there a year. And she told me that the agency "kept her busy" for the previous two years as well.
That means that even if they don't hire me permanently, the agency is likely to find me another similar job pretty soon after this assignment is over. Which is a comforting thought, of course. Especially that if you keep working for the same agency for many months, you finally earn certain benefits. Like a paid vacation... or health insurance. I have none at the moment, and I could really use a chiropractic (or a good massage... lol). My spine is seriously fucked from sitting at a desk most of the time...
Anyway... change of topic. This meme has been all over my flist, and I couldn't resist the temptation to join in.:)
001. Leave me a comment saying, "Interview me."
002. I will respond by asking you five questions of a very intimate and creepily personal nature. Or not so creepy/personal.
003. You WILL update your LJ with the answers to the questions.
004. You will include this explanation and an offer to interview someone else in the post.
005. When others comment asking to be interviewed, you will ask them five questions.
I have been asked some interesting questions by
carynita (who used to be Melacita not so long ago :D). 1) Where did you grow up and when did you move to the Chicago area?
Okay. That one's easy.;) I grew up in a small, boring town in the southern part of Poland. But I identify to a much larger extent with the magical city of Krakow, where I studied and lived for over ten years (I feel like my life didn't actually start until I got there... lol).
I moved to the United States in May 2002. I still miss Krakow like all hell - but life is life and here I am. It's really a stereotypical Eastern European immigrant story (no job, no money, no perspectives, and most of your family is already abroad anyway - so sooner or later you pack up your meager belongings and follow... *shrugs and pretends to be really tough and unaffected about it, but fails again*)
2) A/L or V/O? Why?
I read both, but I only seem able to write A/L. They are closer to my heart, somehow, and more inspiring.
Why? Probably because I'm a fantasy whore.;D The farther from the likeness of my everyday reality, the better. Even with V/O, I most greedily devour the totally otherwordly fantasy AU's. Give me elves, kings, warriors, wizards and fairies any day.:P
3) Who is someone in fandom you really admire or wish you had the nerve to friend, if any?
Hmmm. I admire many people, but if I want to friend someone, I usually just do it (or ask them if they don't mind - depending on how eager they seem to add others to their friends' list).
My personal LJ-idol is
romi, but she has been on my flist for so long I don't actually remember how and when she got there.:) And I don't think it matters anymore. 4) What is the worst tourist attraction you have ever visited?
The worst? Lenin's Mausoleum in Moscow, probably.:P
5) Name one thing you wish you were good at that you are not.
Inventing plotlines for fanfic!!! I SOOO want to write it hurts, but somehow my inspiration inevitably dries up after a few paragraphs. That's why I have only so far produced a bunch of drabbles.:(
Ooofff... that was a long post - even for me. So long it made me hungry... lol. So I'm off to have some supper - and probably read some bedtime slash.;P
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Re: Interview Me
Date: 2006-04-15 07:51 pm (UTC)1) What's your favorite color? (silly, I know - but I think that the favorite color says a lot about one's personality)
2) If you could choose one place to spend the rest of your life in - where would that be?
3) Have you ever had a crush/intense fascination with a woman? Not necessarily of erotic nature - just someone you greatly admired, or someone that made you wonder if you could possibly be bisexual?... (sort of like Viggo makes ME wonder now... LOL)
4) Name a book or a movie that influenced you most (apart from LOTR, since I figure this would be the obvious answer :D).
5) Who is the next most handsome man in the world after Viggo? (and don't say Orlando!... LOL)
Re: Interview Me
Date: 2006-04-16 11:34 pm (UTC)>>Dark green, like a forest green (emerald green).
2) If you could choose one place to spend the rest of your life in - where would that be?
>>I love the ocean, so perhaps a beach house so that the sound of the waves crashing against the shore would be my welcome call every morning.
3) Have you ever had a crush/intense fascination with a woman? Not necessarily of erotic nature - just someone you greatly admired, or someone that made you wonder if you could possibly be bisexual?... (sort of like Viggo makes ME wonder now... LOL)
>>I find Taylor Cole very beautiful (she was recently on Supernatural). I had always admired Princess Di and Kate Winslet (you could say I am very gay for her...LOL). There are women in my real life whom I admire and find facinating...anyone (real life or celeb) who would make me think if I were bisexual? Hmm yes..does Kate Winslet count? LOL
4) Name a book or a movie that influenced you most (apart from LOTR, since I figure this would be the obvious answer :D).
>>Hmm perhaps tt would be easier for me to name an author. Edgar Allan Poe, H.P. Lovecraft, and early Anne Rice have influenced my way of writing. Also Margaret Weis and Tracey Hickman for their beautiful fantasy series, Dragonlance.
5) Who is the next most handsome man in the world after Viggo? (and don't say Orlando!... LOL)
>>Damn! Those are my first choices (Vig/Orli) LOL!! You know me too well...hmmm *puts thinking cap on*
I know!! Hands down: Leonardo Dicaprio.