Job Applications - Fall 2006
Jobs applied: 2 | Interviews: 1 | Rejections: 1 | Updated: May 26, 2006The List:
- Special Projects Assistant - Regional Municipality of Peel, Executive Office, Brampton
(Interview on June 5, 2006)- Research Assistant - Defence Research and Development Canada, Department of National Defence, Toronto
May 26, 2006
Sweeeeeeet. I got the interview. :o) It's on June 5th, which is a remarkably light week for me, which means I can prep well (praise God!). I can even find out the functions of the regional government, as Pennie warned me to.Alright, gotta plug away at Personality Theory. I have a paper due on Monday, and I haven't read anything in the text since the beginning of the term. Another fun weekend ahead!
SONG OF THE MOMENT
And what�s that saying again?
They're only words and words can't kill me
Well, I can't even spell them
And cadence to what she says is wellLet's talk about spaceships
Or anything
Except you and me
Okay?Let's talk about spaceships
Or anything
Except you and me
Okay?
OkayAnd don't look now
But there�s a spider crawling on the wall behind you
I should have paid attention in algebra"Let's Talk About Spaceships," Say Hi To Your Mom (From Numbers and Mumbles)
Ahh... the ultimate avoidantly-attached individual's anthem. I'm so avoidant sometimes, it's sick.May 25, 2006
Day one of the lead-up to the Global Day of Prayer on June 4th, which is Pentecost Sunday. How cool is it that people all over the world are gathering together to pray for the same common causes? Cooler still is that the movement started out of Africa. I really wanna visit that continent one day.Please join in. Let's just see how powerful our God can be. :o)
The prayer schedule is as follows (the site has specific prayer items):
Day 1 (May 25) - The Kingdom of Christ
Day 2 (May 26) - United Prayer
Day 3 (May 27) - The Spirit of Christ
Day 4 (May 28) - Repentence
Day 5 (May 29) - The Peace of Christ
Day 6 (May 30) - The Coming Generation
Day 7 (May 31) - The Call of God
Day 8 (June 1) - The Glory of Jesus
Day 9 (June 2) - The Healing of Christ
Day 10 (June 3) - The Blessing of ChristThe Global Day of Prayer (June 4) - A Prayer for the World (a specific prayer is available on their website > Prayer Info > 1 Day)
On another note, I am completely hooked to the band Say Hi To Your Mom. I found free stuff by them on Amazon.com. Then I found a few more songs on their website. I think when my scholarship cheque comes in, I'm going to buy all 3 of their CDs. I really like their material. Has an awesome blend of mundane/randomness and thoughtfulness matched with acoustic guitar, synths, drums (I dunno how to adequately describe). Reminds me somewhat of The Postal Service, but even more random and mundane. Beautiful stuff.
SONG OF THE MOMENT
Let's say the world was a legal pad
And everything was two dimensional
But somehow you were the third coordinate
And you were towering over our college rule
Would you draw me with your pencils and your pens?
Make me much prettier than I really am?
And could you draw us with some picture perfect friends if I chipped in for the ink?Let's say you spilled all your coffee on us while you weren't looking
And all our world was stained, awake and drowned
And all your doodling looked pretty foul
Would you draw me air bubbles so I could breathe?
Or at least some chlorophyll making trees?
If I got erased would you even still love me?
Or would you just draw yourself another he?"Dimensions And Verticals," Say Hi To Your Mom (from Ferocious Mopes)
Possibly the only song in the world that uses the words "legal pad" and "chlorophyll" and still makes some sense. I would love to be able to write a good song with a mundane topic. My new goal in life. Sweet.Hey, anyone know something about home recording devices/software/equipment, give me a shout. I'm looking into things...
May 24, 2006
No DRDC again. Oh well. One less interview to worry over now.Went on a downloading splurge on Amazon.com yesterday. Got over 40 free tracks, and now I'm going through the songs now. Haha, download now, delete later. I quite enjoyed the stuff from Carbon Leaf and Say Hi To Your Mom. Apollo Sunshine is cute, and it was good to see Ella Fitzgerald available. Bright Eyes and Elliott Smith are not bad. Didn't like Interpol, Modest Mouse, or The Librarians too much. Still have Wolf Parade and Yo La Tengo to go. Good times!
Actually, I still need to produce an essay for cults by 11:59:59 tonight. I think I'll make it...
May 20, 2006, part b
I've written something for the bio. We'll see how long this lasts this time.May 20, 2006, part a
Yesterday was productive. :oP A half hour nap spiralled into a 2 1/2 hour one, then after making dinner (I am perfecting the stew - curry chicken the day before, beef yesterday), I plopped down to 3 distracted hours of CSI on Spike (distracted by trying to actually read This Jesus). The dialogue on CSI reminds me of the dry, witty humour of The X-Files. I likee it! Well, at least I got through all 4 gospels by yesterday and read all that I needed from This Jesus.Time for Victoria's random thoughts of the moment:
- I think I'm avoidantly attached. When people get close, I get the hostility ready to make sure there's a safe little bubble around so that I don't get touched too much. If you are anxiously attached, the bigger the reaction. It's quite fun to observe, in a detached, third-person kinda way. I like analyzing myself, but find it hard to do anything about it. Darn that psychology training. :oP
- Ooo... "Simply" by Pillar is playing - gotta figure out an acoustic version of it in time for next winter.
- If you had a severe injury, and the doctor has hooked you up to a morphine machine, and if you had a choice of its delivery, would you push the little button everytime you felt the pain, or would you hold out and see how long you can "take it?" Just a thought from reading chapter 21 and 22 of Paradox. BTW, I love how Catherine gets referred to as "mother hen CSI." Goooood stuff, as Mr. Laudenbach would say.
Okay, me am done. Me need to finish reading Paradox, maybe The Common Cold, than it's onto my date with John Dominic Crossan. I heard things from Katie about his stance on Jesus (namely, he's part of the Jesus Seminar), so I better arm myself with some prayer and then dig into his views.
May 15, 2006
Whoa - I discovered a productivity streak today in one of the PAS labs. I read 3 chapters of Intimate Relations in one sitting! Freakish! Okay, that was a lie. I read one chapter, then read Glass Skies, then resumed. Now that I'm home, I'd rather check out some new bands (like the current Run Kid Run - not bad, but not too memorable on the first listen) rather than listen to the lectures for the same course. :oPWent to The Embassy tonight. Grace fed me again - with Chung's farm fresh eggs! I seriously need to reimburse her for all the mooching I've committed. Anyway, the message was pretty good tonight. Pastor Dom was saying how people keep asking questions, which is a really smart ploy of avoiding the responsbility of taking the information you've gathered to synthesize an answer. Also, it's interesting to comtemplate Jesus' question of "who do you say I am?," even for a long-time Christian like myself. Perhaps the Jesus course will help clarify and solidify my view of Jesus. On a completely random note, if I saw Pastor Dom on the street, I wouldn't figure a) that he was a pastor, and b) that he is a book geek. But anyway.
So Chung was driving me home tonight, and he was like "man, we have like, very little interests in common." Something to that effect. And I was like, "seriously, I have yet to find someone who has my exact interests - and I mean someone real." Something to that effect. Yeah, seriously, what's up with that? How did I pick up this stuff that a lot of my friends don't do? Here are the major ones:
In grade 7, I start listening to Christian music (after dabbling in country and R&B). My first album was Michael W. Smith's The First Decade, bought from Columbia House, and traded subsequently for MWS's I'll Lead You Home, a decision I still regret to today. Did I mention no one else I knew listened to Christian music then? Well, there was Nathan R. in grade 8, and Avideep, sorta. Wonder where they are now. The situation is better now, I must say. But my interests have shifted to stuff on Tooth & Nail and BEC. So maybe it's my fault.
In grade 8, I got the internet and discovered fanfic. To this day, I still have yet to meet a real, live fanfic writer (heck, reader!) face-to-face. And I don't count Ceci, who I dragged into the venture, I think. Where are the fanfic readers/writers, I ask you?!? Anyone wanna be my beta? Oh dear.
Throughout my life, I watched shows no one else watched (again, among people that I knew). Due South. Sliders. Harsh Realm. Roar. Freakylinks. UC: Undercover. Psi Factor. Once A Thief. Jack & Bobby. Twitch City. Lonesome Dove (remember Newt? anyway...). Yes, these were real shows. And again, I don't count Cecilia, who watched stuff cuz I made her. Or at least I think so. Well, maybe she enjoyed them. Eventually. I really wish I could say something like "sweet Brigit" or "your kung-fu is... quite good," and someone would get what I'm talking about. (whine whine whine, haha)
Not sure if there's anyone I know that enjoys sites like Purevolume.com as much as I do. Anyone get as excited as I do when I get to listen to indie bands? Even bad ones? Anyone own any Waking Ashland's CDs? Anyone also check out Making April, one of the featured bands of the week? (kinda whiny, kinda like me right now).
Okay, I'm done. I better get back to lectures, lest I want to kill myself.
May 14, 2006
Happy mother's day. :o)Okay, I've decided to take a leap of faith and apply to only 2 jobs for this first posting. That's what Pennie told me too, which at first I was like "are you nuts?!?" But then again, I know what I want to do, and I don't see those kinds of jobs on JobMine.
And I've decided against applying for tutoring again - at least for now. I guess if I'm still unemployed in July, I'll probably apply to a tutoring job. Hopefully the one at Sheridan will still be open at that time of desperate need. Oh, and I'm not gonna work in Ottawa. It's just too far, and I do want to get involved with the PDL campaign at home in the fall. I really hope I can work in the GTA this coming term.
But we'll see where God takes me.
May 12, 2006
The job choices on JobMine are okay. I need to verify whether one posting is the one Pennie referred to when she did my field visit.Also, should I tutor again? Or be a research assistant? Or live in Ottawa?
I can't believe there are only 3 postings this term. I wish there were paid social work jobs on JobMine. Europe dictates that I need to find a paid position this time!
The choices so far, in no particular order:
- Research Assistant - HRSDC, Knowledge and Research Directorate, Ottawa
- Special Projects Assistant - Regional Municipality of Peel, Executive Office, Brampton
- Research Assistant - Department of National Defence, DRDC, Toronto (I got rejected from them several times)
- Project Assistant, Health Reports - Canadian Institute for Health Information, Toronto
- English Tutor - Sheridan College, Brampton or Oakville (mainly because the bus to one of the campus runs right by my street!)
Gotta mull over most of these positions before I actually apply. Thankfully, I have the entire weekend to ponder before posting.
May 11, 2006
*sigh*Encapsulates things quite well right now, don't you think?
Should I run? Should I go back? I'm not sure. I think, honestly, I prefer the former. But my humanity tells me I should pursue the latter. However, I think God wants me to straddle the line. I can't. Not without His strength and grace.
SONG OF THE MOMENT
You try to run just as fast as you can
But hurry they're getting close
You run out of breath from you fighting their hands
They're tearing at your clothes
You try to look for a place you can hide
But there's no room left in your mind
You see a friend who's just standing in line to help you get out in timeWaiting, watching over you
Just leave all your things
To take you away from the things that you knew before
Beautiful boy, carry the weight of the world
Beautiful girlWe'll turn your nightmares back into dreams
First you've got to close your eyes
Then you'll get another chance to redeem
But they'll recognize your disguise
We'll have to back to that moment in time
When you couldn't see the light
The night it took over your body and mind
Without an end in sightYou're tired of running so you turn to fight
It's you up against yourself
Now you can see in your eyes there's a light
A love that you've never feltTake you away from the things that you knew before
Beautiful boy, carry the weight of the world
Beautiful girl
Nothing's the same as before
Beautiful boy"Weight of the World," Sense Field (from Tonight and Forever)
May 6, 2006
Happy birthday, Angela!!! :o) Hope you enjoy your birthday!Marianne's visiting this weekend. It's been nice, although rather chilly. The CCF BBQ was nice, but got a little too cold by the end. The two of us headed home afterwards for a warm cup of chocolate cream tea as we watched Igby Goes Down - talk about a dysfunctional family! Susan Saradon was excellent as the evil mother, and I thought Ryan Phillippe was pretty evil himself. Kieran Culkin was not bad as Igby. Bill Pullman did a good schizophrenic. I wish the plot was a little more developed than it was, though.
I've been thinking how broken and silly and selfish humans are lately. It really is a wonder that Jesus would choose to die for our many sins, and heal our many wounds. Never ceases to amaze me how big the love of God is. I wish I could possess a sliver of that love He has for others. However, I must say that despite being such broken people, I am also amazed at the love we can show each other. I guess that sliver is in all of us somehow.
SONG OF THE MOMENT
When I close my eyes to this paradox place
I�ll fly away, far away from here
I�ll get away and dream
Dream of you
When it�s all said and done
And the night has come
I�ll disappear
Take flight on the wind of wishing you were here
Fading light like a star whose life has been gone for yearsAnd I'll fly, fly across the sky
And I�ll leave, leave it all behind
If you�d be here, here with me tonight
I�ll be fine, I�ll be fine, I�ll be fine"Awakening," Mae (from Destination: B-Sides)
May 3, 2006
In times of upheaval, life surprisingly still moves forward.For a person who's been rather unhappy about Waterloo, it's actually been nice being back so far. I got to catch up with a lot of friends already, and it's good to see familiar faces.
Take for example Monday. I have this 6 hour gap to kill in between my 2 classes. So I get up and go to class at DWE, and there I find Grace, Katie, and Steph. The class seems pretty interesting too, unlike what I expected. Afterwards, I got to hang out with Grace at her apartment and she fed me lunch and gave me a good conversation (thank you!). I head over to the SLC after that where I saw Lue (who prayed with me), Eric, and Chung (who reminded me about The Embassy). Finally, it's class time, and the prof doesn't show up so I decide I should go to church. I give Chung a call, have dinner at Grace's (man, talk about mooching food!), find out that Karriane is Grace's housemate, then we all pile into the car and eventually end up at The Embassy. So, all in all, Monday was a good day. I can exist and be happy in Waterloo. I'm gonna enjoy kick-starting my week with The Embassy again.
The term looks like a good one. I just hope I can handle living in the basement by myself. And taking 6 courses. Oh, and I don't have internet yet, so if you're trying to find me online, I won't be there. I will however use the PAS labs to check things.
On a brief note, please keep my sister, my family, and myself in your prayers. We're going through some challenging times right now as a family, and I'd love to have your prayers.
Praise God for the Christian community.
SONG OF THE MOMENT
When this water flows down from the side of only you
Can you take everything that I am holding on to tightly?
And all this love it will crash just like you say
Cause your love it will wash hearts away
This time the world hurts, we're looking for words to sayShow me your meaning of love
Show me the secrets to life
And I'll crash in the rain
Your love is all I needCan I change all I am?
Can I build a legacy when I see everything that it was was never what I needed?
When, when you take
Will you take my heart away?
Cause I need what you just have to say
This time the world hurts, we're looking for words to sayWhen the window's closed, but the curtains blow
And the paintings done, you still see through
So will search my heart, I can rest my eyes
All this broken sight, just to see You
When the window's closed but the curtain blows
And the paintings done, you still see through
When they stand surround, they all fight the rain
But I will see it's just a frame"Arafax Deep," Falling Up (from Crashings)
This song was inspired by a person who endured through the death of a loved one, but still held on to God tightly despite the pain. Sort of fitting for the circumstances I'm in right now.