And.... go

http://www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/2009/04/the_backlash_tracker_build_em.html

Easter Sunday

This morning, I got up early to go to church, then hit snooze. Thus, I ended up at the 10am Easter Mass... at 10am. As anyone who has ever gone to church on Easter Sunday knows, the church is always packed. Unfortunately for me, I'm dizziness/fainting prone, and such packed churches are, well hot. Last time this happened was in Singapore where I had an excuse - I was standing in 90' humidity - today was fairly cool and a little rainy, but the inside of the church was quite warm.

I am now at home, after two near misses hitting the floor. Such is life. I should have gone to the 8am, no one likes waking up at 7am to go to church.

Queen Noor and Stephen Colbert

I have to admit, when I first heard the President say we were going to get rid of nuclear weapons, I thought he was being *very* hopeful, rather than the average level of hope he typically projects.

However, I'm actually pleasantly surprised at the growing chorus of people trying to get rid of nuclear weapons. Queen Noor was on the Colbert Report the other day to promote her organization whose goal it is to eliminate nuclear weapons in a phased timeline.

I have to say, though, that the best part of the piece was that Stephan Colbert appeared to have been knighted by Narsil. :D Now, THAT I can believe in.

Cheery

I am wearing my favorite bright yellow swirly skirt today. It looks like a giant burst of sunshine, so I wear it when I am feeling in need of bright yellow sunshine feelings. :)


I think that this picture of L. is quite possibly the cutest, cheeriest picture ever.

Today, I finally find out how I did for the past year, as Amazon's three month long review process comes to an end. I don't know how cheery I will be after that.

Cheers!

Resume tips

I recently was privileged to speak with a controller at a large local non-profit near here, and I have been attending ongoing meetings with my Seattle U mentor, and have gotten a couple of good resume tips that I'd like to share.

If your primary value as an employee is your education, don't just list your degree; also list some of your coursework or activities. Under job experience, don't say that your responsibilities were blah blah, write a couple of "success stories." Under your "Expert in MS Word" list *exactly* what you're an expert in - can you write macros? are you a whiz with Pivot Tables in Excel? Are you good at calendaring appointments or setting up group mailboxes in Outlook? Above all, list only the most important, interesting items to get their interest. A too-full resume is just as off-putting as a thin one.

Both of them agreed that the most important factor to consider is that your resume is probably one of at least 100 sitting on someone desk or in someone's inbox, especially in this economy. Anything you can do to make yourself stand out should be included, such as sports awards, music, whatever makes you unique, you should include in your resume. Your goal is to get the person reviewing resumes to spend more than 20 seconds scrolling up and down your resume and actually hook them enough to want to give you a ten minute callback, and then hopefully an interview.

Job Loss graph - turn your eyes away quickly, it hurts too much

Job loss projections

I read recently that job loss projections for workers between 18-30 is supposed to reach 30% this year, and over 10% nationwide. Which is, quite frankly, really disturbing.

I'm thankful I have a good job right now, but you never know. Everyone keeps talking about how consumers shouldn't be so worried, and it's their worry that is slowing the economy - no spending. But, when you feel like you might lose your job next week, what in the world would induce you to spend this week?

I have the feeling I'll be eating a lot more rice in the coming months. Good thing I like rice. :)

Pachelbel's Canon in D

being sick....

...is super lame.

:(

At the Inauguration. Yes, those are people.