Hmmm

Let’s play the “how desperate am I?” game.

Let’s say an employer wants me to work in Louisville, KY, for 6months to a year, at $40/hour, 40 hours/week, doing perl with SQL/Sybase stuff. As a contractor (hence, that $40/hour has to cover both employer and employee portions of tax bits, and all insurance costs). Let’s say it were starting about a week from monday. How desperate am I?

legal trivia

Debt pain

And for the last in my series of short little posts before I start cleaning….

I actually realized for the first time today that my debt load is such that I’m spending more than half my rent in debt payments alone. I’m considering going to the credit counselors with the whole ‘ripping up the credit cards’ game, but I’m reluctant to do that if I’m not sure if I can afford my life without it. Of course, going deeper into debt is beyond dumb and into the realm of the massively fucking retarded. But I’m holding out hope of getting mo/bettah work soon. Gah.

The kicker is I could probably make progress on my debt if I busted my ass on work, but I am so completely undermotivated for work. And if/when it runs out, I’d really rather not be fucked without lube, which is pretty much how it would go, if my job hunt stopped so I could shove my nose to the grindstone. And, on the gripping hand, there’s no fucking way I could motivate myself to work 60-80 hours/week on this stuff so….

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Roommates

And *poof*, like that, they’re all back. Well, sorta. Simon showed up wednesday, shannon showed up yesterday (and is going down to her mom’s in palo alto for a week and a half) along with Scott. Talked with Ro, he’s in abq, working on work stuff, he’ll be back on monday. I told him I got very little work done because I’ve been looking hardcore for another job. (well, as hardcore as I get about such things. I’d much rather hone my skills and hope someone stumbles across me than go out and sell what I already have. Guess, go ahead and guess, which one of these is more important in the jobhunt). He made no comment, but didn’t seem to get agitated. Which is good.

My room

So, I was looking for my checkbook, noticed my new, shiny passport, is the same color as my checkbook cover. Then I decided to do my laundry, because, you know, maybe it’s hiding out underneath there. No joy. I decide it’s time to clean my room. Then I think “before we get all radical, where else might it be?” Voila, it turns out it’s in my bike’s saddle bags.

I’m still cleaning my room. =)

Review of day’s accomplishments

Well, the berkeley job center was about what I expected, but there was one (and only one) job that really seemed suitable, and it seemed pretty perfect. It’s a contract web programming job thingie, php and mysql. It’s worth a shot.

And the search for consulting firms at the berkeley public library turned up about 50 companies to research (some in software development, others in computing services, and a few head hunter type companies). Didn’t check sf. Certainly didn’t check chicago (not sure they even have books for there here).

Two job hunty things today

I’m going to check out the berkeley jobsmart career center thing. I think this may be more of an “I’m homeless and need help getting a job at the corner store” kind of establishment, but at worst I will waste a little time, and I’ve certainly done plenty of that already. Then I will go to the library, and, as many ‘take control of your job hunt’ guides recommend, check out local listings for businesses that please me. Specifically it consulting type firms. Who knows, it might even work. =)