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- d'Zhuoy is a 41 year old woman from Ex-Urbs, New York, USA.
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"All my thoughts, they come in pairs. / I will, I won't, I doubt, I don't, / I'm not surprised but I never feel quite prepared." --Bright Eyes ...---... "When you see yourself doing something badly and nobody's bothering to tell you anymore, that's a very bad place to be. Your critics are your ones telling you they still love you and care." --Randy Pausch, "Last Lecture"
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Before I became a teacher seven years ago, I was in a managerial position in publishing. The last press I worked at called me and asked me to come back (see Apr 6 & 25 entries). I went the day before yesterday to have a sit-down with the guy in my job and the VP. Everyone I know at the scientific institution where the press is said that the VP is easy to get along with and I'd enjoy talking with him. Okay, I thought, I'm looking forward to meeting him.
I don't know whether he was nervous or bored, but he kept looking out the glass wall of his office, and at one point he even started cupping his hands together to make a series of almost-farting noises. And although it seemed like he couldn't bear the conversation we were having -- including my very good (if I may say so) answers to his questions -- he and the guy in my position kept saying things like "when you get here..." and "you'd be able to -- er, the person in that position will be able to..." So it was a strange interaction.
I put them in a position of convincing me to come back, since I already have a job and these guys gave off a stench of desperation (the guy in my job is leaving on June 6 to move to another country). And that stench repelled me to some degree. As I put it to one of my friends, it was like a drunk popular guy striking out on a booty call as he goes down the list of likely suspects, and in desperation he calls the ugliest girl on his list because he knows she'll jump at the chance. (How's that DBT working, findtheriver?)
I remained interested but noncommittal the whole time, citing my selling points but keeping my options open.
The upshot is that, over the next week, the VP is going to press the finance office for approval of the two positions he wants to fund in the press. At that point we can talk about salary & I'll try to negotiate some other stuff. If they play ball, it's possible that I'll go back, if only for a cushy place to park myself for a while. But frankly, I no longer have a passion for publishing.
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