GuinevereStar

A bit of an insight into my world...

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Location: Birmingham, United Kingdom

little odd, little funky (apparently), just a little me.

Saturday, October 25, 2008

A good week for awesome literature

Not only did John Green get onto the NYTimes bestseller list, but so did Stephanie Pearl-Mcphee!

Two awesome authors, Two awesome people (from what I can tell), Two great entries!

:~)

Friday, October 24, 2008

Back in the game...

...at least temporarily.

I have a great little temp job starting on Monday - PA at a local hospital.
Also had a few other good job related phonecalls so today has been a good day.

I also may have a new car!:~) My friend has bought a new one and is giving me her old one, if we can sort out the insurance etc. Hooray!

All of which *touch wood* won't go wrong.

:~)

Thursday, October 16, 2008

Jobhunting Rant

What really bugs me about jobhunting is the amount of posts that say they need a graduate.

Now, I didn't get the chance to go to university - having lived on my own since I was 16. But I know that a lot of these jobs - I could do!

Yeah, I don't have the peice of paper that says I spent three/four years studying, but I have double that in work and real life experience, yet I don't think that gets counted a lot of the time.
What confuses me is when the job is really low paid (as in, you wouldn't even start to pay your student loan back low) and something easily learnt.

In some cases I don't think it's the degree they're asking for, but someone of graduate calibre - which I am, overall. I learn constantly, I teach myself things that I need/want to know, but that self-directed learning doesn't seem to count unless you have a scraggy peice of paper to prove it!
I've applied for something that I have the experience and passion for, but I don't think I'll get because I don't have a degree, and that annoys me!

I completely understand that some roles you need a degree for - scientist, teacher of most subjects etcetc, but what about the people who want these interesting, challenging, rewarding roles that didn't get the chance to go to uni? or even do ALevels? It doesn't mean they're not intelligent enough!

Despite what I think a lot of the time, I am intelligent, I know a heck of a lot of things, I am clever and capable, and frankly, in a lot of things, I am of a graduate calibre, if not more. I just don't understand why people don't realise that you can be those things without a degree.

/Rant Over

(The jobhunt isn't going so well)

Wednesday, October 08, 2008

Hobbits

Is it wrong that I've now listened to this 4 times in a row?

(And possibly recorded it on my phone to use as ringtone/alarm sound?)

*geek blush*

Sunday, October 05, 2008

Struggling

That's what I am.

I've suffered from depression for a long time, and am getting somewhat overwhelmed by the world at the moment.
The loss of my job, and my now-ex moving out have hit me hard, and I'm struggling.

I keep trying to immerse myself into my christmas knitting, but find myself OCD counting and doing maths into space instead.

*sigh* let's try to keep going eh?