... Yay?

[evilhippo]

That actually went rather well. Phew. I'll know if I get a real face-to-face interview in a couple of days. Here's hoping... Fingers and toes crossed and all that... and I rather much do want this job now, because the person doing the interviewing was really nice and the company, despite the fact that it's like, home decor catalogs, sounds rather fun. (Perhaps it's the appeal of working around people who have to live off of being at least somewhat creative.) Of course, if I get the job I have to move to the north side, because it's in Skokie. And that's a more-than-two-hour commute from here... which I can survive for a few months, but don't want to continue for more than that. And... and... publishing experience! It'd actually be a useful job.

And, so unrelated it's not even a tangent, but I checked my e-mail a second ago and there it was... I must go to the Hideout Block Party in September, and people should come with me because it's good music (mostly because of Saturday, and not just because of Andrew Bird). And in case I haven't mentioned the free Decemberists concert in Millennium Park with the Grant Park Orchestra on the 18th, that's also going to be awesome (and free)... yeah. Omg. I actually would've held it against my friend who's getting married if I'd had to be back home during that. And I honestly just nervously checked when it started in case, on the off-chance I was employed, it was at a time I couldn't make it. Because it's the Decemberists for free with the orchestra. That is important.

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[evilhippo.livejournal.com]

I'm definitely keeping my fingers crossed. The interviewer said she was only calling back three or four people for the next round of interviews, so percentage-wise my chances are probably kind of scary... but I made sure I sounded interested, and I'm pretty over-qualified for what the position actually is, so... hopefully maybe they'll call me back. (-;

Oooh, offering to go to concerts with me is dangerous. I rope people into it and drag them everywhere. I'm going to have to double-check though and make sure it's not 21+... I forget to check those things now that it doesn't matter for me, but a lot of the small concerts I go to are. (And I think the Hideout is particularly silly like that.) Chicago is wonderful for music, though. Andrew Bird is sort of our native indie (sweetheart? bicycle?) dude, and he's absolutely transfixing live. Though he's kind of moved to having a backing band now, so you get less of the one crazy-looking guy with a violin and playback pedals thing... which is a shame, because omg. He's insane.

[rsiasta.livejournal.com]

Don't worry about being over-qualified. I'm over-qualified for where I work and they still hired me. The only downside is I get to lament that my office and art skillz are going to waste as I spill orange soda on my uniform when I take out the trash. Freaking hate taking out the trash.

Dammit, I didn't think of that. And looking at the page, beneath the table, it says all shows are 21 and over. D: I keep forgetting I'm not 21, which is odd, but pretty much all the people I hang out with are that age or older. But even if I can't go to the concert, you can drag me around Chicago anyway. Despite my not going out much here, I do indeed enjoy getting sunshine every once in a while and forgetting to be a hermit.

[evilhippo.livejournal.com]

I hated that at my theatre job, too. Getting covered in pop syrup... accidentally breaking the bag on the way and having to clean the parking lot. Urgh.

And oh, there will be dragging around Chicago. I always love when people come to visit, because I get to act like a tourist, and usually that ends with me discovering something I hadn't seen before, or going someplace I've heard of and haven't been to. We'll need to go to the zoo. The zoo is free, and awesome. Because it's a zoo. ^_^

[rsiasta.livejournal.com]

God, I know what you mean. It's bad when you have that happen just filling up the damn drinks (and ironically, I hate the orange soda one the most because it fizzes like nothing else). I'm kind of happy though that it wasn't the tomato juice stuff from the kitchen. That substance smells particularly vile.

Oh yes, we have to go to the zoo~ I love the zoo, free or not, but that's a bonus. I'm looking forward to Dar coming soon for that reason amongst many. All my friends are from this area so I haven't gotten to drag them anywhere, and I finally get to do that with someone from out of state. It's going to be exciting.

[evilhippo.livejournal.com]

I'm counting myself lucky that there weren't many food substances I had to deal with at the theatre. The butter wins for vileness, though, on account of not being butter at all.

That's kind of why I'm glad I got out of where I was. Not only was there no wonder to being a tourist there, but now I can bring my friends from home here and drag them around.