Dear Diary . . . day by day

Wednesday, October 24th, 2001 - One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blowfish

Well, if you've already read Tim's journal, you know my news:
I got a job at A Certain Catalog. I'd applied back in August for a job as a shipper there, but I never heard back and had (correctly) assumed I hadn't gotten it. But they called me last week, a day after I'd accepted the Sierra Club job, and wanted to know if I'd interview for a job as their "General Office Assistant". I did a phone interview followed by an in-person interview in a cafe next to their office in the Mission. The in-person interview was a little exhausting, as I had to meet with every last employee (all 6 of them), not to mention a disturbed homeless woman who interupted for 5 minutes, screaming "I"m the coroner and your mama jus' got hit by a truck!" and other, more graphic things. Sigh. Anyway, I got along great with everyone in the office (and they're all Buffy fans, huzzah!), from Greta, their product tester (David, who has read their catalog with me and "knew" Greta from that said, "Of course you got along great with Greta; you like the same toys.") to the "conservative" bookkeeper (who was too thriled I'd done some bookkeeping before; he's thinking vacations) to my boss.
I was offered the job yesterday, and I accepted. My excitement at getting a full-time job that pays well and has great benefits (including a commuter check!) was somewhat tempered by the fact that I had to call the Sierra Club and tell them I couldn't work for them. At least they hadn't spent any time training me, but I felt just awful after calling them. They were all so nice and cool and my age, and I hope hope hope I'm not burning a bridge by doing this. But, when faced with a full-time job with "beneys" or a part-time, temp job with none, I had to go for the one that will help me pay off my debt.
Speaking of work, I have to go to it now. Yes, I'm insane; I told them I'd start the very next day!
Wish me luck!

Exercise log:
Lots of walking to and from BART. I am redeveloping callouses on my feet.
Writing log:
Made another go at "Goat Girl". Realized that once again I'm info-dumping with no real scenes. Got bored during "Total Asthma Management" convention work and wrote the first scene, complete with action, setting and character. Yay!
Check out my new Bibliography page.
Current Publications:
Indianapolis Guide at EGrad.com. Written by me, edited by someone else.
In the Shade of You a poem at Speculon.
San Francisco City Guide at EGrad.com. Written by me, edited by someone else.
I'm currently reading:
The Ivory and the Horn by Charles deLint
The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers
If There Were Wolves a poetry chapbook by Tim Pratt
The Strange Adventures of Rangergirl by Tim Pratt
Okay, so I'm just reading the very rough first draft of the chapters fresh off the 'puter, but damn, it's already good!
My PO Box is:
Heather Shaw
P.O. Box 13222
Berkeley, CA 94712-4222

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