Honest-to-goodness although I know it sounds silly, do research on what to do. I always look up what kinds of questions are typically asked during an interview for the particular position, and if I know people in those positions I ask them. Also come up with questions to ask the employer, to show you know a little bit but are interested in the position enough to know more. My favourite question to ask is "What do you like about working here?" as it gives me an idea of what's good about the job and what I can expect/look forward too. My current manager (who conducted my second interview) said it was the best question he's been asked, so I think that adds some cred to it.
Rant VII: Now With 25% Less Drama
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makare
Thanks those are good suggestions. Right now I am trying to figure out what each of the places I applied to actually does. Lol I know it seems backwards but a legal internship is a legal internship. There are two I really want and one I would still be satisfied with. Im not really thinking Im going to get either of them because I have no experience. But ah well.
I have to admit I'm a little jealous. I'm not even in law school yet. ONE DAY I WILL BE IN THE SAME NERVOUS BOAT!
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makare
Just remember that, at least for the people I know, there is a point in the first year where your soul just plain dies and you lose hope in all humanity. But you are then reborn as a lawyer-pupa and will someday mature into a fullfledged lawyer leaving your old life and existence behind.
My soul and hope in humanity died so very very long ago.
North_Ranger
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My appendix staged a revolt this morning. Luckily its plot was thwarted before it became serious. Enjoy your trip to the medical waste incinerator, you evil little bastard!
So I get an overnight in the hospital and I feel like someone kicked me in the gut. Bleargh. At least the room is really nice.
So I get an overnight in the hospital and I feel like someone kicked me in the gut. Bleargh. At least the room is really nice.
Feeling pretty down lately.
I mentioned over in the Win thread that I had a date. We went for dinner, where we had some pretty good conversation. Though, admittedly, she did a lot of the talking. I've been feeling really discombobulated, with school and all, and my life has been incredibly uninteresting lately. It's been just reading, reading, reading for school. Anyway, she mentioned how she's only had about four hours of sleep two nights in a row and was really tired. We had plans to see a movie after dinner, but being a nice guy, I said I wouldn't be offended if we called it a night early, since she was so tired.
She wound up taking me up on the offer.
I don't know. Getting the feeling she won't be interested in a second date. I felt like such a schlub compared to her. Here she is, 28, career in place, volunteering, playing sports (Ultimate and ball hockey) and I'm...32, still working on my Bachelor's and working at Blockbuster. I lead such a boring, uninteresting life and I didn't know what to talk to her about.
So yeah, feeling down because of the whole "32 and feeling like I've wasted my life" thing that crops up often when I get down.
She mentioned wanting to go to this new cafe in town called Snakes & Lattes (coffee and board game spot). Might see if she wants to join some friends of mine next week. Expecting a no, though.
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What happened to the little guy?
I mentioned over in the Win thread that I had a date. We went for dinner, where we had some pretty good conversation. Though, admittedly, she did a lot of the talking. I've been feeling really discombobulated, with school and all, and my life has been incredibly uninteresting lately. It's been just reading, reading, reading for school. Anyway, she mentioned how she's only had about four hours of sleep two nights in a row and was really tired. We had plans to see a movie after dinner, but being a nice guy, I said I wouldn't be offended if we called it a night early, since she was so tired.
She wound up taking me up on the offer.
I don't know. Getting the feeling she won't be interested in a second date. I felt like such a schlub compared to her. Here she is, 28, career in place, volunteering, playing sports (Ultimate and ball hockey) and I'm...32, still working on my Bachelor's and working at Blockbuster. I lead such a boring, uninteresting life and I didn't know what to talk to her about.
So yeah, feeling down because of the whole "32 and feeling like I've wasted my life" thing that crops up often when I get down.
She mentioned wanting to go to this new cafe in town called Snakes & Lattes (coffee and board game spot). Might see if she wants to join some friends of mine next week. Expecting a no, though.
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D'awww! Poor little kitty!
What happened to the little guy?
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makare
well had my first interview. I have no idea how it went and it was completely not what I expected.
Lol
Lol
He posted on halforums.D'awww! Poor little kitty!
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makare
Obviously the cat couldn't cut it in law school so they fucked him up.
I've seen it happen. Poor kitteh.
I've seen it happen. Poor kitteh.
Did you drop trou and say "This is why you should hire me!"?
Because I do that for every job interview.
*sighs, puts his hands behind his head* I've been banned from so many places with that method.
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makare
Did you drop trou and say "This is why you should hire me!"?
Because I do that for every job interview.
*sighs, puts his hands behind his head* I've been banned from so many places with that method.[/QUOTE]
Im not sure my pink flowered panties are job getters. Maybe that is where I've been going wrong.
North_Ranger
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D'awww! Poor little kitty!
What happened to the little guy?[/QUOTE]http://www.halforums.com/forum/t13813/
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makare
aw I just did it one time... grumble grumble
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makare
aw have you lost it?
Ive been really trying to be upbeat about my sister's girlfriend moving into my parent's house and taking my room, but I am starting to not be able to.
I love my room I have always had a master bedroom and now Ill be in a little tiny room and the door doesnt even lock.
I know that I am living at school so it won't be a constant issue but one of the things that is a constant consolation to me at school is knowing my room and my home is waiting for me. Now it is different.
Ive been really trying to be upbeat about my sister's girlfriend moving into my parent's house and taking my room, but I am starting to not be able to.
I love my room
I have always had a master bedroom and now Ill be in a little tiny room and the door doesnt even lock.I know that I am living at school so it won't be a constant issue but one of the things that is a constant consolation to me at school is knowing my room and my home is waiting for me. Now it is different.
Not to mention the complete unwillingness to do a goddamn thing for themselves. "I can't find this book." "Oh, it wasn't on the shelf?" "Uh..." "Did you check the shelf?" "How do you do that?" "Well, what's the call number?" "The what?" "When you looked up the book, and it said 'call number' in the catalogue." "Um... could you just show me where it is?"Bah. Surrender. Whiny, youthful, premature surrender. It's all I see on a college campus.Youth in rebellion? Youth hiding in a hole in skinny jeans when the professor says something "mean," more like. CHRIST.
The umbilical cord now lasts until after college, with parents holding their children's hands through school to protect them from grades, teachers, judgment, achievement, and life in general. Too many college students, living miles and miles from their parents' home, need to text in or call every couple of hours with status updates--and do so of their own volition because they've been raised to be incapable of doing things on their own.
Turning a child into something of dependence and no will may make him/her easier to raise, but it makes for a poor adult.
I've had parents come in who wanted to get their kid's student ID and books... without the student even there. Now, the student ID is a photo ID, and yet one helimompter couldn't see why it was a problem to make the ID without the student, and she got rather rude about it, calling me incompetent and obstructive. I said, "Well, unless you plan on going to classes for your child as well, they're going to have to come here to get it done. If you ARE planning to go to class for your student, I don't really see why you're paying for them to come here in the first place." To which she said, "Because if they're a student they're still covered on my insurance."
*facepalm*
*facepalm*
North_Ranger
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The umbilical cord now lasts until after college, with parents holding their children's hands through school to protect them from grades, teachers, judgment, achievement, and life in general. Too many college students, living miles and miles from their parents' home, need to text in or call every couple of hours with status updates--and do so of their own volition because they've been raised to be incapable of doing things on their own.
Turning a child into something of dependence and no will may make him/her easier to raise, but it makes for a poor adult.[/QUOTE]
Luckily it's not that bad over here... Though I admit my mother showing some helicopter parent tendencies the first year I moved out. We had some fights about it, and she and dad agreed to back off. I still do call them a few times a week, but that's because I genuinely like talking to my mom.
In relation to the topic, however, I sometimes fear for the reading comprehension skills of my pupils. In one of the two exams I held today was an exercise I had to explain fifteen times in the classroom because the students (fourth-graders) could not understand what they were supposed to do in that exercise despite the directions being there in writing, in bold font and clearly understandable. Granted, they're fourth-graders but come on! Plus, there was this girl who kept complaining about how they should not do a reading comprehension exercise IN A CLASS INTENDED FOR TEACHING LANGUAGE SKILLS.
Your charger itself might be dead. It happened to my laptop just a couple months ago and I had to go out and get a new one.Crap. My computer stopped charging and is now running off battery. Approximately an hour and a half remaining, and I have no idea why it won't charge. I've checked the cord and there is no breakage, the wall socket has power, and everything seems to be connected. This is bad news
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Could be the battery overcharged or no longer working too. Power off the computer, remove the battery and attempt to boot the computer up without the battery in it's socket and with the power cord attached. If this fails, see if you can take to a computer shop and have them attempt to plug it in and verify if the power cord is working. It's possible it may not be that big a deal with the charger.
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Why does one repeat customer feel he can ask me technical questions and not be charged for it? I finally had to lay down the law on it today, as his computer was in and out yesterday and I got it working fine.. for him to fuck it all up again and ask me for help (expecting a freebie!) through email (he's deaf). And on that note, I have communicated very well in the past with deaf people before, in fact one of my friends a few years ago was deaf... but this guy - caveman can communicate better!! ARRGGHH!!
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Why does one repeat customer feel he can ask me technical questions and not be charged for it? I finally had to lay down the law on it today, as his computer was in and out yesterday and I got it working fine.. for him to fuck it all up again and ask me for help (expecting a freebie!) through email (he's deaf). And on that note, I have communicated very well in the past with deaf people before, in fact one of my friends a few years ago was deaf... but this guy - caveman can communicate better!! ARRGGHH!!
Ok, now think I know why it stopped working. While I was in the garage, I dropped the power cord, which hit the cement pretty hard. I'm hoping that is the cause of the problem and the fix will be fairly cheap in comparison to what could be the issue. Since it is a laptop, digging around in the computer isn't really an option. I'll still try to power the computer up without the battery attached and see if that is the issue. 'till I get the chance to do it, I'll use my old brick of a computer.
Thanks for the advice fellas!
Thanks for the advice fellas!
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Jena
I just have to say that this week could possibly rank as one of the worst work weeks I have had in my entire career. My immediate supervisor could possibly be the smartest book smart person I know, but she has absolutely no common sense nor people skills. 75% of my coworkers are ready to change jobs because of the lack of organization and the total chaos we have had to put up with since she was hired. I have absolutely no respect for her at this point. I have never been so happy for Friday to come in my life. But was really put out to realize I don't have any more bubble bath to help take the stress away!
Cockroach factor, man. The more societally worthless you are, the closer to indestructible you become. Sounds like he could survive a Napalm strike to the face. You, well, I'd be extra careful on stairways in your case.
The stairways (and maybe his brother) better watch out.
He knows kung fu.
He knows kung fu.
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I love KUNG FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU....
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