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First the upbeat stuff. The Thousand Natural Shocks was nominated at the Fang Fetish Awards a new Spuffy award site. So go check out that site if you haven't seen it yet (not because I'm nominated, just cause you should all go see it). Although I don't see Shocks winning Best Spuffy. It has it's moments sure, but it's sort of about Buffy being suicidal. Still I'm thrilled that someone nominated me.

Also congrats to everyone who won at the VK awards! I'm way too lazy at the moment to make a list, but you know who you are. There really were some great fictions there (including ones that didn't win) so you should be very proud.

In the mean time, not that I'm the most active LJ person, but I think I'll be less active for the next few days. It's not that I'm terribly busy, I'm just. . . well slumped. All that energy I had when I first moved got eaten up by the wait for the movers. Plus I'm looking for a job, and that's never fun.


I'm really trying to figure out why I went to college. All of the jobs that are available either require trade skills such as plumber and electrician. Or are jobs that I didn't need a degree to get. Plus right now employers can be picky, and almost every job has a minimum of 2 years experience required.

Okay, so I do believe in knowledge for knowledge sake, the problem was I chose a major that was an area I'd been interested in for years. So I'd read lots of books on the subject. In the end, I think only two of my classes in my major actually had any information I didn't know. Kind of the reason I don't really feel like going to grad school, although my dad constantly says that grad school is different. I'm sure it is, and as much as there's tons of stuff I'd love to learn, I just don't think it's for me. Besides, my dad's the guy who decided he liked installing storm windows more than teaching college, and abandoned his PHd right before he was done, so I really don't think he gets to push me to get mine.

In any case, I'm going to a huge job fair in a couple hours, and hopefully that'll be better than searching online, and through the classifieds. The worst thing about looking for a job, is that it's so hard to tell from ads what the job really is. If I can meet the people face to face (without running all over town) I can both impress them with more than just my resume, and I can figure out what they are really looking for.

All that said, I do know why I went to college. My plan for many years was to finish my enlistment in the Navy, get my degree, and then join the FBI. The problem is, all of the parts of the USPATRIOT Act I have problems with, have to do with giving agencies like the FBI more power to dig into people's lives. In the current political climate, working for the federal government would be too morally uncomfortable for me. (The irony being what a huge patriot I am).

So. . . I have a new plan. I think.

I'm thinking of becoming a police officer. After all, when you get right down to it, that's what an FBI agent is. My only real problem, is the process to get accepted is kind of long. In other words, I probably need a job in the mean time. There's a whole series of tests you have to take, and then you have to wait till there's an opening at the academy, and be the most qualified person for that slot. Now I'm really not too worried about that last part, but the point is that I need to earn money in the mean time.

So I'm off to this job fair today, and who knows? Maybe I'll find a great job that works for me. Or maybe something I've never thought of will turn up. After all my philosophy in life has always been, that if you embrace the unexpected instead of complaining about it, you'll be a lot happier. Or something like that. It's not a very well though out philosophy.

Anyway despite the long ramble I just wrote out. I'm having a hard time writing fiction right now. So there may be a slight delay on updates. Then again, I may go into a typing frenzy tonight. Who knows?

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Congratulations on your noms! :)