And I Really Have Enjoyed My Stay, But I Must Be Moving On

...or not. My landlord was kind enough to send me a letter this week reminding me that my lease is in fact not up until the end of June. Wow. Six weeks stretching out in front of me like that makes moving seem not quite so harrowing. I do have an enormous amount of shit, mind you, but now I have some breathing room. The to do list is daunting. I need to pack and clean the kitchen, empty out one more closet of nicknacks, clean the bathroom, pack up my computer, pack the rest of my clothes, pack up my art, pack up my cameras, and now I’m tired. At least I have more than two weeks to figure out where I’m going to live.

And today is my last day working for the Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication. That kind of sneaks up on you. I’ve got to go turn in my keys pretty soon. It will be weird not having that great bronze hunk of metal stretching out my pockets from now on. I did make it to the library this morning to interview for an assistantship position, and I discovered that I’m not under qualified for the position. No, I’m under trained. In case you’re wondering, that’s not just a semantic distinction. It’s also less deleterious to my sense of self-worth. All kidding aside, I can use Photoshop, I can use Imageready, I can use Dreamweaver and I can use Flash. I may not be an expert, but I can teach myself, and I can do it pretty quickly. That’s how I roll, yo. And the position will require a hefty amount of graphic design and some programming.

Still, though, it was a new experience for me to keep repeating “no, I don’t know how to do that, but I can learn,” or some variation, over and over during a job interview. That’s usually the kind of verbiage reserved for a third date. So, they didn’t offer me the job on the spot. Heaven only knows why they might want to interview someone else. I left with a positive feeling, but we’ll see. I did put together some quick graphics afterward to showcase my design skills. My mad skillz. My /\/\4D L33T S|<1LLZ!!!!1

Sorry. I offer my apologies in shirt form.