I’m in Washington now, narrowing what I’m looking for in a job. Hopefully policy. Hopefully with numbers in it, because I miss numbers. And… that’s all the narrowing I’ve done so far. But more decisions will (hopefully) be on the way.
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Men’s dress clothes look pretty interchangable, but, as I’ve determined, this is a lie. Sure, [...]
Archive for October, 2008
what’s new
31 October, 2008
working
19 October, 2008
Wellllll, that title may be a stretch, since I still don’t have a job. But hypothetically, like, if I were to have a job.
Speculation, basically. I’m rife with it. What should I be looking for? What’s the right mix of idealism and pragmatism to have when looking for employers? I’ve touched both extremes of “I [...]
history is important
11 October, 2008
And with that in mind: the SinoAmerican Times, a Chinese-language newspaper sitting on my grandma’s table, has not only a four-page adulatory spread about Wen Jiabao’s visit to the UN in late september, but also two full pages describing the controversial 1876 Hayes – Tilden election. I just wish I could read it.
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The local news [...]
digression
10 October, 2008
I may be intending to work in NY or DC, but this weekend I’m in Boston visiting family. Primarily, I’m watching Boston sports with my grandma. Her advice:
“Look for a job. But if you don’t find a good job, next year, you should go back to school. You went to college for four years, but [...]
coping strategies: capitalism
7 October, 2008
So, as a young person who had to deal with a for-serious budget for the first time last year, I found out just how intense the desire is to buy crap all the time that I didn’t need and/or couldn’t afford. I think this was especially pronounced while I was in Hong Kong, but, really, [...]
one thing about the VP debate
3 October, 2008
When Sarah Palin asked Sen. Biden to stop talking about the past, because Americans would prefer to hear about the future, I cried a little inside. As a history major, this is a personal blow (History Majors Against McCain/Palin). But more than that, it was like, why do you think we’ve had all these problems? [...]
