Interesting sights and snotty comments - who could ask for anything more?

Hello, gentle readers! It's a rainy, gloomy Friday here in the DC metro area, and I'm on the last day of a three week temp assignment that I'm actually glad to get out of. Can't comment on it too much until I'm safe at home in my own little "beehive of cynicism" so there ya go.

However, I had a really intense, brain-stimulating job interview yesterday in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of DC. If you ever come to visit this great city, ya HAVE to go here! It's really eclectic, with a mix of new and old architecture, and refreshing to walk through after living in the burbs and seeing mini-mall after mini-mall. It was a nice walk and I only had to stop and ask for directions twice (this is a major step, for those of you who don't know me and how I operate). The interview was, as I said, intense...and that's a good thing. I was interviewed by three different people, and had to do role-playing with one of them (and get your head out of the gutter, folks...it was more a matter of what kinds of questions I would ask about planning meetings or doing research). That guy looked like the actor Ed Harris ("A Beautiful Mind" and "Pollock"). The other two folks were good interviewers too, and I was asked some of the regular questions ("Where do you see yourself in five years? " Well, hopefully working for YOU!) and stuff like that. I'm not going to get all uptight about whether I get the job, but it was a really good interview because I didn't feel like I was reciting the usual drek like a robot.

I came out an hour and 45 minutes later, and my head was kind of spinning but in a good way, like I'd been to a good lecture or did some meaty research. I was able to find my way back to the Metro without too much trouble, I got home, and I felt better...again, I wasn't pinning my hopes and dreams to the job, but for the first time in a while I felt challenged. Whether or not they thought I rose to the challenge adequately is their decision, not mine. It'd be nice to get the job though...I could ride the Metro every day without any trouble and it would be a nice change from evil, right-wing metamorphosing MENC. It's in God's hands as well as The Segal Company's.

I have another interview on Monday, June 6th at The Kellen Corporation (a corporation that manages certain aspects of associations, like membership processing, dues, etc), and it sounded like another interesting facet of business that I'd like to learn about. We'll see what they're all about. In the meantime, Manpower will be working to find another assignment for me so I'm not left in the lurch for too long...they're really great folks over there.

One weird thing, though...on the way back to the Metro station, I did see a guy holding a big wooden sign saying "Vatican hides pedophiles". I wasn't sure if that was a statement or an offer, but maybe my impaired interpretation occured because my brain was spinning from trying to sell myself for an hour and 45 minutes. I didn't get involved...it's better not to in these cases. Just walk by, realize they have their right to speak, and don't comment on the syntax.

This place I've been assigned to is truly...interesting. I've really tried cutting down my swearing, but this place is full of swearing! I'm not a prude, but it's hard to take appointments for people and act professionally on the phone while someone is talking about how someone else is a "worthless son-of-a-bitch", etc. I'm not trying to put on airs and make like I'm better than anyone else, but I thought I got away from stuff like that when I moved here from Iowa. I think I'm learning that it's not a geographical thing, just a way of life.

Well, folks, I'd better run and look productive...will write more very soon, I promise.

Son-of-a-bitchingly yours,
Sudiegirl