Updates

School: Has been going fine for the most part. Both classes are online and involve me doing daily readings. The cataloging class started out as a complete mess and 2 weeks ago the proff dropped out. Ya, she took a leave of absence. We have a new prof and things are progressing. We've put together a local group to go over homework too, so I'm not worried about this class at all at this point.

Knee: For the first time in a week it feels like it might have healed up. I'll see about starting to exercise again probably starring on Saturday.

Work: I'm still unemployed, but with prospects. I had applied for two jobs at the Portland Art Museum. I kind of knew I was under qualified for one and over qualified for the other. I heard back and PAM agreed with my findings. Ugh, the under qualified position was actually my local dream job (Curator of Photography), I suspect I'll need a second MA if I ever really want to land this sort of job. The other was working in PAM library as a page. Honestly I'm over qualified and as soon as I could find job I'd have left. I don't blame em. If anything I'll see about doing an internship this summer. But onto prospect #2.

Work pt II: So last November I was woken up at 8am by rather odd call. It was actually wrong number call. They asked for someone I used to work with in previous job and when I told em they had the wrong number they asked what number they had called. It turns out they were recruiter for animation study in Connecticut. And by Connecticut I mean this sliver of land jets into suburban NYC (Westchester). Anyway, they were in town and wanted me to come in and do an interview. So a day later I sit down with them and find out that they had been look for an archivist much earlier in the year. Unable to find one, they had closed the position. After going over my work history, they were pretty excited that I might be perfect should the position open up again. OK, so I just interviewed for a position that didn't really exist and I'd have to move to one place I'm really iffy about ever living in. Why? because I used to spend part of my summer's as kid in NYC and hated it. Actually I hated it mostly because I had to live with my dad. As an adult I've avoided entertainment work there for nearly 20 years. But after living in Portland for the last 3 years, NY actually looks inviting to me. I won't actually be living in Manhatton (too expensive anyway) since the location of the studio is out in the Burbs. I'd be in the Bronx area, but more likely White plains or Yonkers.
Down sides would be that I'd still need a car (the place is not on any train routs) and I have no idea how I can store the scooters. Oh ya, if they do open up the position again I'd have to wait till February. Well it's February and I hadn't heard from them, so I dropped them an email last week about prospects of employment mostly since I wanted to start looking for internships locally. Anyway, they were happy to hear back from me and I was told that they should be reopening the position very soon. The plan would be to go out there and do a proper interview and get a feel fro the place in about a month. Of course nothing is written in stone at the moment, I have no idea what they will pay me either. Ugh. Anyway, that's the job front.

Not much else going on in life, other then too much mediocre photography.

Very Possibly

I might, and that's a "might" have an up coming job interview.
Suburban NYC here I possibly come?

Zoo

Now it's been about 2 years since I last visited the local zoo, which wasn't that much fun. But since it's $2 Tuesday, I'm cheap, I wanted to snap a couple of photos and I'm bored, it seemed like it was high time for me to go back.

Now I knew to expect a lot of children so I thought I was ready for that. Well I wasn't. Lots of little kids, but also lots of not so little kids, who I would have expected should have still be at school, but oddly enough the $2 Tuesday zoo attracts lots of 8-16 year olds. Who would have known? I for one am not that fond of kids I suspect it's my rotten childhood, but honestly I tend not like being around kids.

ANyway, they as a whole were not really that bad, it was the adults among them that I think I had the most contempt for. What is up with people buying the largest possible strollers they can possible find, then not totting their kid in it? I think my favorite was some woman with a double wide stroller and her one kid in tow and expecting everyone else to get out of her way and open not one door, but double doors for her. I bet she parks the SUV well too. The last time I was at the local zoo, I saw by far so many bad tattoos that I gave up on getting anymore myself. Fortunately while i was sunny it wasn't that warm so I didn't have to see everyone in wife beaters like last time.

The exhibits: The last time I was at the zoo about 1 in 5 exhibits was closed, which sucked. This time, I'd have to say that 1 in 4 was closed, which sucks too. The amount of unfinished construction is astounding and a real turn off.

Picture taking: I forgot to pack the two rolls of 35mm film I pulled out of the fridge. Ugh, my mistake.

Animals: I like seeing wild animals i as close as you can get them to being in the wild. But to be honest, the closer you get them to being back in the wild, the easier it is for most of them to hide. As such, many natural exhibits tend to be small and as such the animals more often then naught hit me as really bored. It's rather self defeating I guess and who knows what the real answer to it is.

I got my $2 worth, but not much more.