I feel pretty lost at the moment. I’ve had a couple of good interviews in the last week though, one in Des Moines and one with a company in Chicago, so maybe i’ll have some clear-cut options here soon. Portland seems strangely void of opportunity in the field of web design, so chances are i will have to keep on waiting for my chance to get back to Oregon one of these years.
I’ve been playing Mario Kart Wii every day for over a week now. I’m completely addicted, but i suspect i’ll grow sick of it in the next week or two and slow down quite a bit. This is my new alter-ego, Rosalina:
My character of choice, using the standard bike. Unstoppable. My next goal in life is to unlock Daisy and see if she measures up. The little girl in me still prefers the pretty princesses, and i swear i actually race better using them.
A new crop of graduates just took their walk this weekend, among them Nina and Karl (yay!!) who will probably not be moving to Chicago this summer after all. It’s only been a year since my own graduation, but i feel like the student life is very far removed from me. I never felt like school was where i wanted to be, and i’m thrilled to be firmly out in the working world now. God knows if i’ll ever go back to school, but if i do it won’t be for quite a while yet.
I’ll be getting some important calls this week, hopefully, so keep your fingers crossed for me. I’m still not completely sure where i want to be though, so i might keep sending out those applications.
I received three “no thanks” and one call for an interview today. I also applied for one more job, but there’s a drawback to these online job searches in that you can only send your resume as text to most of them. For a graphic designer that doesn’t quite cut it, and it takes some digging to find any alternative method of applying to most of the jobs i’ve looked at.
I think i need to re-write my resume and re-think my cover letter strategies. I suspect i just don’t have enough experience to satisfy most employers, which is a major drag.
Anybody know an easy way to print light colors on black paper? Embossing a stamp would be too craft-y, i think. I’d better call some local print shops.
I want to go buy things to console myself. I’m in need of a cute track jacket (i.e. hoodless hoodie with stripes on the sleeves) but can’t ever find one i like. I can’t figure out what the heck happened to the black hoodie i used to have… every once in a while i just LOSE an article of clothing–not just socks, mind you, but bigger things that i like and ought not to just lose track of randomly.
I’m looking forward to playing some Mario Kart tonight. Get my mind off things.