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[mabel]

Posted: 11/30/05 at 3:35pm

I LOVE the one of the hat guy w/ the had on! I wish he had it on in that picture where he's totally freaking out. That would have been perfect.

And I suppose none of the pictures with me are too terrible. There are definitely people in there that got snapped at more inopportune moments than moi. Though, I would freak out if they did release a video of it. Especially Mysterious Ways! I'd hate to think how ridiculous I looked for that bit where Bono was standing right there and I was going in for the kill to get brought up. It wouldn't be pretty, I'm quite sure of that.

Sorry Mesopotamiax4 wasn't so hot today. I suppose you had that coming after yesterday. I suppose that's still easier than having to try to actually teach a regular course for the day. While popping in a movie doesn't help you in the teaching dept, I know we never listened to subs, and I'm sure a 21 year old would just scream "I'm not doing a damn thing today!"

I had the Queer Eye interview today. It went fine. I guess they're going to have two different positions: production and casting. Both sound interesting, but they said they'd send you out on set about once a week if you were in the production internship. That'd be fun! We'll see what happens. The morning interviewee never showed up, so that's good for me!

[Type_A_Tiff]

Posted: 11/30/05 at 7:10pm

Yay Mab! So does this one seem promising? Production would be so interesting! I'd love to get a make-over from Carson (and maybe try to get Kyan to bat for the other team!).

You wouldn't believe it - Sarah Bonner from the legislative called me today and asked me for a second interview in Victoria next Thursday! I was so stunned, I actually went, "Are you serious?" Wow, they must've REALLY been scraping the bottom of the barrel if I've been given a second interview. And none of that "Oh, you must not have done as badly as you thought." crap. I did do as badly as I thought, and I'd convinced myself that there was no way on hell anyone would give me a second interview, so the fact that they did isn't a testament to my interviewing prowess - just a sign of our provincial political desperation!

"On Mesopotamia"...I feel like I've watched that before. Do they talk about ball games and all that drivel?

[mabel]

Posted: 11/30/05 at 7:47pm

I'm in desperate need of the Fab Five to give me a little TLC and mini-makeover. Shopping w/ Carson=GOOD TIMES!

And congrats on your "call-back"!!! Fine, have it your way. It was indeed a mosterous train wreck, and those sadists just want to make you drag your ass into Victoria so they can see in person just who had no clue that whatever it was was a private issue...and all that business about your "favorite" legislative officials that you had ready, on tap! Might want to brush up a bit more this time, as you won't be allowed to have a crib sheet handy! Good luck though!!!

[Type_A_Tiff]

Posted: 11/30/05 at 8:04pm

You know, I've always wanted someone to sign me up for a Queer Eye/What Not To Wear-type of show. I'm convinced that I have a good fashion sense, just without a budget to fund it, so given an unlimited amount of money/$5k, I could be a glam queen! So whatdya say, Nic? Sign me up if you get hired for Queer Eye? (Surely they'll throw a bone to the poor women out there?)

I had this rush of horror at the prospect of having a second interview, this time in person. You mean, I have to remember all those ministers off by heart? Psh. I seriously wonder if she only called me in after hearing so much about the monstrosity of my initial interview, just so she could see The Disaster: In The Flesh. I think this is worse now - at least over the phone, the interviewers don't know what I look like. Now, if I made a total fool of myself again, I'll have to still look her in the eye and leave, sans dignity, and never show my face at the legislative again. Oy.

[mabel]

Posted: 11/30/05 at 8:46pm

Watch out, Tiff. They're going to greet you by snapping a Polaroid to post on their Wall o' Shame, where they all gather around when times are tough to point and laugh at the sad, wanna-be interns!

Sorry...that was mean. Don't freak yourself out. You'll never be able to pull this interview off if you psych yourself out before even getting there. Even if the phone interview was a mess, I highly doubt they'd both to waste your time (and theirs) by dragging you out there to have a 2nd interview in person. They must have liked something about you. Maybe they said "Hey, her resume looks great, maybe she was just nervous on the phone. Let's bring her in and see what she's like in person." No matter what you'd like to tell yourself, I'm sure they've got better things to do than call you in for an interview just to F*CK around with you.

[Type_A_Tiff]

Posted: 12/1/05 at 2:09pm

I truly think it was more of a, "Oh geez, we've gone through the other 7 candidates and none of them can start right away. Here's the scraper. Here's the barrel. Give 'er." And then once they grudgingly give me the job - or, dare I say, a third interview - they'll be like, "Can you come back on Monday?" and I'll have to say, "Sorry, I'm leaving for a vacation tomorrow. How about the end of December?"

I'm totally psyching myself out about this. It's not healthy. I've GOT to bone up on my current government events. I know US politics and international affairs better than I do about what's going on in my own province! I cannot make an asshole of myself again. Is this a change of karma, you think?

And any word from Queer Eye? Or the second indie place?

[mabel]

Posted: 12/1/05 at 2:36pm

C'mon. You're setting yourself up for failure thinking/talking like that!

And no word from either yet, but both said they were interview at least through next week, so I shouldn't expect to hear anything before then. No panicking on my part just yet. And I've got an interview w/ MTV on Monday. It was MTV Networks, but they're sending me in for Development at MTV/MTV2. I'd rather have been sent in for VH1, but beggars can't be choosers. Doing research for Best Week Ever or something like that would be much more fun. Oh well.

[Type_A_Tiff]

Posted: 12/1/05 at 3:04pm

Well, MTV isn't too bad, is it? (I only know bits about it as a pop culture phenomenon, but up in Canada, we get MuchMusic instead.) Which channel does, "The Fabulous Life Of..." and those hilariously catty, "The most awesomely bad career moves" lists? Did you try for VH1? What's on entertainment-careers.net lately? You'd think there'd be a lot coming up now for the new year! What's the diff between MTV and MTV2?

Off to start taking notes in today's newspaper. I wish I were joking. Parents left for the trip last night so I've got the house to myself and my bro for a week!

Updated On: 12/1/05 at 03:04 PM

[#1Elphie]

Posted: 12/1/05 at 3:29pm

yay Tiff! I knew you couldn't have done that badly on your first interview! Don't worry too much. Good luck to both of you on your internship prospects. Listening to you guys makes me so nervous about getting one this summer. I'm completely awful at interviews, I have no previous experience...ugh. By the way, high schoolers are really not very pleasant people. My voice is hoarse from yelling at them to be quiet all day. Why do I want to be a teacher again?

[Type_A_Tiff]

Posted: 12/1/05 at 3:39pm

I totally respect you for going the high school route. You must have the patience of a saint - I could never do that. If I was ever to go into teaching, it would be for young elementary school kids or college students, who I could scare and manipulate to behave on a daily basis. I'm just not good with kids any way it's cut though - "living, breathing forms of birth control" are what I call 'em.

What were you subbing for today? Do you have to do an internship in the summer or are there summer school positions open to you? I guess everything's union, right? So you may be at the tail end of the seniority list?

[#1Elphie]

Posted: 12/1/05 at 3:47pm

Today I had high school sophomores and juniors; I had to switch between American Studies and Chemistry because they were short of subs. And they don't listen! It's so frustrating! I think (hope) that they don't treat their regular teacher so poorly.

This summer I'm planning on doing something kinda unrelated to teaching (there aren't many teaching-related jobs to do in the summer, and I wouldn't be able to get anything because I'm not certified as an actual teacher yet). I want to do something theater-related in the city. MTC has a cool internship program and one department is Education, which I really want to get.

[mabel]

Posted: 12/1/05 at 3:52pm

MTV seems to have more of those deliciously catty Fabulous Live of...-type shows. MTV just has lots of trashy dating shows, etc. I'm definitely more of a fan of VH1's variety of trash-TV. And I'm not sure what the deal is w/ MTV vs. MTV2?? For some reason, I think MTV2 has more music than the standard MTV.

Sorry subbing didn't go as well today, Claire! No fun there!

Oh, I don't know what time TRL is on MTV, but I read that they're showing the new video for OOTS on it today. It looks rather frightful to me, from the little clip I saw on U2.com. It's got that freaky computery bald headed child that they use on the curtains for the song in concert...except the video has the demon child spewing plants and flowers and stuff out of its mouth?? Weird. Everyone on interference seems to love it (saying it's their best video yet)...I'm sure it's got to be better than COBL (lame, lame, lame) but from the clip I've seen...doesn't look like it's going to do it for me.

[#1Elphie]

Posted: 12/2/05 at 4:38pm

4th page! eek!

Did anyone catch the video on TRL? I didn't get a chance to watch.

[mabel]

Posted: 12/2/05 at 6:23pm

I didn't catch TRL either. I was working on a paper, and I meant to put in on in the background, but I totally forgot about it. Oh well. I'm sure I'll catch it around sometime. I need to see what all this hype is about on interference. I think it looks freaky, personally.

Nothing else new here. I have to catch up on a SH*Tload of reading for my film class. Boooorrrinnnng. But, what can ya do. That's what I get for not keeping up with it all semester.

[Type_A_Tiff]

Posted: 12/3/05 at 3:49am

Crap, I missed the video too. (Dunno if MuchMusic was premiering it today - but they DID air Vertigo Chicago this afternoon!)

Nothing new here today - just hosted a pretty successful potluck and lamented my inability to lose weight before my trip. Also trying to put off reading the newspaper and, god forbid, learning about the provincial government in preparation for my interview.

Sample sale shopping and Canucks event tomorrow. Hope it's fun!


ETA: Are you (Claire) and Nic going to be directly competing against each other for internships in the summer??? MTC sounds like a great opportunity!

ETA2: I'm about to have a genuine anxiety attack over this Victoria thing. If I don't get the job, I'll feel like a total failure and wonder what the hell I'm going to do with my life. And if I DO get the job, I'm going to be terrified at the prospect of relocating by the beginning of the new year.

ETA3: Is it sad that part of my reluctance to work in Victoria next year is due to the slim-to-none chance that I could be Chris Columbus's (or Ben Stiller's) assistant in an upcoming movie shoot in Vancouver? I would KILL to be Chris Columbus's assistant. KILL.

Updated On: 12/3/05 at 03:49 AM

[mabel]

Posted: 12/3/05 at 11:04am

When's your interview again, Tiff? Was it this coming week (for some reason I'm thinking you said Tuesday, but I don't remember, and I'm too lazy to look).

ETA: Are you (Claire) and Nic going to be directly competing against each other for internships in the summer??? MTC sounds like a great opportunity!

I'm not really sure what Claire is going to be looking for for internships this summer. And in mabel-land, we won't have to be competing for internships this summer, because I'll have gotten my internship at Plum (or Queer Eye) and they'll end up just hiring me (menial position or whatever...I don't get overly ambitious in mabel-land) by the end of next semester, so I won't have to be internship/job hunting.

ETA2: I'm about to have a genuine anxiety attack over this Victoria thing. If I don't get the job, I'll feel like a total failure and wonder what the hell I'm going to do with my life. And if I DO get the job, I'm going to be terrified at the prospect of relocating by the beginning of the new year.

Good Lord, Tiffany. Don't beat yourself up over this. If you don't get it, you're certainly not a failure. Sure, you can wonder what the hell you want to do with your life (I do that every day, whether that particular day involved getting turned down for an internship or not), but don't consider yourself a failure if you don't get it. I obviously don't know your whole back story on what you studied exactly and how you expect to use that for your future career, but I was never under the impression that Canadian goverment was necessarily the top priority. I'm sure it would be a great internship, but was this really what you want to do/studied to do/are prepared to do? Obviously that doesn't mean that if the answer to any/all of those is no, that you shouldn't take it. But if the answer to any/all of those is no, you certainly shouldn't consider yourself a failure for not getting it. Not only is it not what you really want to do (which these days is sounding more and more like something in film), it's also not something you've been devoting the past several years of your life to be savvy about.

ETA3: Is it sad that part of my reluctance to work in Victoria next year is due to the slim-to-none chance that I could be Chris Columbus's (or Ben Stiller's) assistant in an upcoming movie shoot in Vancouver? I would KILL to be Chris Columbus's assistant. KILL.

Well, you certainly shouldn't go into your Victoria interview with that at the back of your mind! Take one thing at a time. Though I certainly know what you mean about being torn between to potential options. Though for me, I don't know why I'm fretting about what I'd do committing to, say, Plum or Queer Eye, when chances are I'll be lucky to get one of them at this stage of the game...When would you find about about getting a position on the Chris Columbus film? Would it be possible (time-frame-wise) to go in and interview for both and have all your options on the table before making a final decision?

[Type_A_Tiff]

Posted: 12/3/05 at 12:09pm

The interview's on Thursday in Victoria (which I like and all, but it's a 4 hour shuttle/ferry commute EACH WAY and since I'm leaving for Miami the next day, I don't even get to spend the night there so that sucks).

When do you hear back from Plum? Does Plum or Queer Eye give a stipend or is it totally unpaid? Woman, you need to finance your Vancouver trip! Did they say they'll hire you at the end of next semester, or is that a best/worst case scenario? Is Plum the one that wanted people to start in December when you were already gone?

Ugh, but I feel like a failure if I don't get it just because - in light of my whole "karmic" enlightenment - it seems like some karmic god is all, "Okay, I've been bad enough to you already, don't screw up the second chance with this interview, or I'm gonna drop a tree on your house." I've got a week to prepare and I know what I did wrong last time. Basically, if I get a second chance post-interview-from-hell and I bomb it, what does it say about me?

Canadian government has actually been a fairly high priority, but not provincial government. I know my federal government stuff pretty well, but I find most provincial issues to be pretty dry (hence the reason I totally screwed up those current event questions). I think the worst part about this is that it's not an internship - at least, with an internship I could take it as a learning opportunity, and I won't beat myself up if I don't get it. Since the title is "Executive Legislative Assistant", it's actually a full-time, permanent career. On one hand, most law students would kill for this opportunity (and really, I just lucked out to get an interview since the politician I'm interning for is the one who passed on my resume) and if I got this, I could put off law school indefinitely since it wold be an unnecessary means to the already achieved ends, then. On the other hand, as you mentioned, government hasn't ever really been the highest priority (relative to film) so I feel like I'm closing myself off from something I really, really like (not to mention law/criminology) if I get the job - and I guess if I hate it, I could leave, but it's one of those opportunities you'd be really dumb to do it.

So are you saying I shouldn't walk in and when they ask me to tell them why I applied for the position, go, "Well, I kinda like politics, but really, I'm just biding my time until a better opportunity in Hollywood makes me a star!" ?

Okay, enough about me - you? How are ya? When do you go back home? I haven't mailed out your care pack yet, so it looks like it'll be more of a Christmas/New Year's deal that I'll have to send to your home instead.

[mabel]

Posted: 12/3/05 at 12:26pm

Neither of the internships are paid (from what I've seen paid internships are few and far between). QE sounded like it'd have a lot of running around, so I'd like to think they'd at least buy me a MetroCard. And neither seem to have any particular prospects for a job being any sort of "given" after the semester's done (hence the whole "mabel-land" business).

I didn't realize this Victoria position was a full-fledged job. Even if it's not something that you're 100% thrilled about, it sounds like a hell of an opportunity. It's not like you'll be strapped into that job for the rest of your life, Tiff. If it does happen to work out, (and this personal assistant position falls through) I'd say you'd be a damn fool not to take it.

And yes, I'd say going in there and saying "Well, I kinda like politics, but really, I'm just biding my time until a better opportunity in Hollywood makes me a star!"...that'd be a bad thing! ...Though when I was talking about that, I was saying more in a "don't have that in the back of your mind, drawing your focus away from this interview" type of thing.

Oh, and I was going to tell you that if you hadn't gotten the care package out you'd be better off sending it to my home, as I don't exactly trust the mail people to not lose a package that would arrive between semesters! They'd probably just end up mailing it back to you in Vancouver or something foolish like that.

[#1Elphie]

Posted: 12/3/05 at 10:54pm

Have y'all seen/heard this? http://www.keepachildalive.org/index.html
It's Bono and Alicia Keys' duet. I like it!

[Type_A_Tiff]

Posted: 12/3/05 at 11:04pm

Haven't heard it yet, but I'll download it on iTunes once I figure out how to buy music on there.

Thanks for the words of wisdom, O Magnificent Mabel! I'm trying to chill out in the mean time, relax, pack a bit, and figure out what the hell I'm going to do. There's still that icky pit in my stomach but I'll manage. (Doesn't help that I'm trying to quit smoking...again.)

Have you followed up with Plum yet?

[#1Elphie]

Posted: 12/3/05 at 11:08pm

Tiff, you can hear the song on that website if you watch the video.

Sorry, I kinda skimmed both of your novella-sized posts about jobs. Tiff, good luck on your interview; I'm sure everything will work out and you'll end up where you're supposed to be. Actually, that goes for both of you!

I finally saw Harry Potter! I was bummed that my two fave characters, Snape and Sirius, didn't have bigger roles. But overall I thought it was good, even though they cut out a lot. And, to weigh in on your poll, I prefer Cedric over Victor.

[Type_A_Tiff]

Posted: 12/3/05 at 11:27pm

<-- I concur. *swoon* *girlish giggle* To only be a couple of years younger...

I'm disappointed along with you about the serious lack of Snape nad Sirius. (Especially Sirius because he's sort of unlikeable in book 5, so this book was really his chance to develop his relationship with Harry and I'm afraid his death won't be as emotional in light of this.)

[#1Elphie]

Posted: 12/3/05 at 11:44pm

I Brandon Flowers. I just listened to him singing "In a Little While" with Bono and I'm dying here. That's one of my fave songs, and with two of my fave singers singing it...it just kills me. I wish I had been there!

I'm in the process of downloading videos from Interference that someone took at MSG on 11/21. This guy had an AMAZING view. Most of the files are huge, but it's definitely worth it.

[mabel]

Posted: 12/3/05 at 11:46pm

Thanks for the link, Elphie...I also caught Edge's PSA for Music Rising. J'adore Edge.

[Type_A_Tiff]

Posted: 12/3/05 at 11:47pm

Link me to the Brandon/Bono clip! I'm on the Audio/Video site right now and I'm trying to find anything of Arcade Fire opening in Montreal. Did they perform Wake Up to introduce the boys? (I would seriously die. DIE I TELL YOU.)