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Job hunting blows, y'all.  Urgh.  But apartment hunting is bound to suck less.  Once I have, you know, a job.

Fingers crossed for someone to actually call me back.  (And hire me based on a phone interview.  That'd be awesome.)

TNT "prime time in the daytime"

Man, y'all remember when ER was right up there with the best shows on television?

notes to self re: apartments.

Ballston - @700 sq. ft. (+?)
Charlottesville - @450 sq. ft.
Shirlington - @550 sq. ft.

So, yeah.  Just so I can keep things in mind with what I'm looking for.  The big +/-, though, is closet space.  Oy.

In other news, every time I have the TV on in the daytime and Judging Amy comes on, I have the same thought:  man, when did Tyne Daly puff up like the Sta-Pufft Marshmallow Man?

nibble

Phone interview scheduled for tomorrow morning with a company where I applied for a copy-editing gig, as I remember.  So, good; but they've also forwarded me a listing for another position, which they think might be a good match based on my education and previous work experience.  Nice of them.  But:  the other position is Associate Director of New Business Development.  The girl on the phone described it as a marketing position.

Bzuh?

From the description, it doesn't look like it's anything I can't handle.  Whether I'd want it or not is an entirely separate question, of course.

another application submitted

Here's a position for a Copy Editor that is right up my street.

• Ability to leap tall buildings and catch typos in a single bound
  
• Grammar neurosis -- you just can't stop thinking about it!
  
• Attention to detail
  
• Ability to work under extreme deadline pressure
  
• Ability to prioritize and organize multiple projects
  
• Ability to work well with Fools at all levels -- i.e., diplomacy
  
• Ability to roll with the punches -- and give a few, too
  
• Dependability and consistency
  
  
• Experience as an editor for a daily newspaper, journal, newsletter or website
  
• Comfort and familiarity with content written for the Web
  
• Ability to work well in a team-oriented environment
  
• Patience of a saint
  
• Sense of humor -- if you can't laugh at yourself, forget it
  
• Strong writing skills
  
• Willingness to do stupid human tricks
  
• Passion for the [company's]  mission

So okay, I put together a cover letter that I thought demonstrated all those things; I answered their question about a couple of times that my 'grammar neurosis' caused me to edit someone's work when maybe I shouldn't have; I answered their question about which famous personality I'd be, if I could be any one I wanted (Dorothy Parker, natch).  I'm supposed to hear from them within 30 days, but in the meantime I've got this auto-response e-mail to let me know my online application went through:

Thank you for submitting your application to [company].  We are a small team, but we try to respond to all applicants within 30 days.  If you don't hear from us you can send an e-mail to [HR e-mail address] and we'll get back to you as soon as possible.  Regardless, we will keep your resume on file for up to one year to see if you fit any of our future openings -- Really, we do. Best of luck in your job search and we'll see you at [website]!

I won't get into it until and unless I get an interview, of course, but if I do get the interview, am I allowed to come in with a marked-up copy of that e-mail pointing out the lack of parallelism between 'we will' and 'we do'?  Or would that be an example of the neurosis causing me to edit something I ought to have left alone?

TV meme

From sithdragn:  bold all of the following TV shows you've seen three or more episodes of in your lifetime.  Bold and italicize a show if you've seen every episode.  Add up to 3 additional shows (please keep the list in alpha order).

I added Sports Night, The Sentinel, and Law & Order, and I chose to interpret 'keep the list in alpha order' as 'alphabetize the list', which is to say it makes me crazy when titles that begin with 'the' are filed under 'T'.

( the TV meme )