My fabulous mom gifted us with a lovely new/refurbished laptop, on which I have spent the last 3+ hours working on resume creation for The Man (and there’s still 34%/1.5hours’ charge remaining! woohoo!). So, no longer looking for a laptop but still looking for a techie job in the Portland area. Y’know, in case you have one lying around. (That’s a joke. Mostly. Probably wasn’t funny the first time, and likely a little pathetic now.)
Plus side: I now have a laptop, available to me during the day, on which I can compose and finish blog posts (of which I have many drafts sitting in my queue). Down side: all my screen-time energy is likely going to be going in other directions for a while.
Here’s where I’d ordinarily put in some in-lieu-of-content links, but I’ve also fallen ridiculously behind in my blog reading the past week or two as well. So instead, teasers: posts I have partially written, or want to write, or am considering writing:
- Of babies and big boys: toddlers and the language of age identity
- Anything that moves: sex and sexuality on Torchwood
- Review of Whipping Girl (need to finish reading it first!)
- Probably male, but definitely straight: thoughts on race and transexuality from a cissexual white woman raising a boychild
Plus I have thoughts on the adorableness of my child singing “My kitty cat and I love her!” (music and lyrics by the Boychick, 2009), female techie geekitude, when a “tv-free” child knows both the Doctor and the TARDIS, and so much more. And if any of the above jump out at you as something you’d be especially interested in reading, let me know. But right now, my head is swimming with phrases like “results-oriented”, “extensive experience”, “superior technical services”, and so on and so forth, and I’m not sure anything I write now would be fit for public consumption. But soon, I promise. For a relative value of soon…
Support, encouragement, and mild harassment prodding always appreciated.
Yay for the laptop!!! Your mom rocks..bless her heart for keeping Arwyn plugged in!
Good luck with the job hunt! Bigger and better things are headed your way…and as I always say, don’t forget to look outside traditional work, if his skills can be sold look into freelance or self employment..you never know..the world has changed incredibly lately with tons of opportunity…
Breeze
So sorry about the job situation. We went through a similar situation several years ago, which is when we started our home business(es). It was scary, and adventurous, and scary. And the moment crystallized in my memory is of me standing in Big Lots, wondering if I have enough money to buy new socks or if I should just make do with my holey ones. And then thinking, Dang, I’m poor. But here we are, and feeling comfortable again (still poor but not feeling the pinch so much), and enjoying our working/family life together, so don’t lose heart. Many things are possible.
As to what I want when you have time to write, I want the babies and big boys and the probably male but definitely straight. I’m intrigued. And I need the lyrics to “My kitty cat and I love her!” because it sounds like a song my kid would appreciate.
Best wishes to you all!
Oh, we’re definitely putting up with the holey socks at the moment! Well, darning them if The Man ever gets around to it. ;)
I really need to get the babies/big boys one up. The idea is mostly there, I think I’m just waiting for an impetus, the right “hook”, to show up. Maybe I’ll do it without…
And the lyrics are pretty much just “My kitty cat, and I love her!” ;) But dang, it’s cute. He’ll pull out his guitar, and start strumming and singing, or will just randomly sing. Must. Get. On. Video!