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Jobs, exercise, books, crazy bread
I have still not heard back from the people who interviewed me for a job and it's been 3 weeks. I can conclude from this I have not got the job, but at least I thought they might send me a letter! Unless they are just incredibly slow. Sigh.
I've not been cycling to Rivendell recently, because my knees started to hurt. They calmed down now so I think I might start again, but this time maybe not quite so violently.
Also, I had a tendonitis flare-up in my arm, which has largely gone down. My method of self-treatment, for those interested: I switch my mouse to the other hand; stop using my laptop in silly positions like balanced on my leg while I'm slumped on my side on the sofa; slather on liberal quantities of ibuprofen gel; and use an ice pack as much as possible over the afflicted area... 10 minutes on, ten minutes off, then another ten minutes. It's tedious but it works. I tie my cool pack on with a tea towel. Doing this last thing at night seems to be benefical.
In other news, I finished Beyond Black. I loved the main character, Alison. I think it's partly because she has to live such an odd life, half in and half out of reality. Also that Colette her hatched brained assistant doesn't let her choose the garden shed she wants. I'd like to read some more Hilary Mantel.
Also on books, Matt gave me a copy 1000 - which describes month by month what life was like during the year 1000. It's not bad, and goes into some detail about technology and religion. Apparently, July was the hungry month, and people would make bread with all sort of things, including ergot-infested rye, hemp, ancient dried peas, poppies or basically anything they wouldn't eat at any other time of year. Then it was all ground together to make flour for bread. The resulting bread was called 'crazy bread'. "It was as if a spell had been cast on the whole village," one monk wrote.
Umm, to sum up. I know where my towel is. And my tea towel!
ETA: more cravat tying instructions!
I've not been cycling to Rivendell recently, because my knees started to hurt. They calmed down now so I think I might start again, but this time maybe not quite so violently.
Also, I had a tendonitis flare-up in my arm, which has largely gone down. My method of self-treatment, for those interested: I switch my mouse to the other hand; stop using my laptop in silly positions like balanced on my leg while I'm slumped on my side on the sofa; slather on liberal quantities of ibuprofen gel; and use an ice pack as much as possible over the afflicted area... 10 minutes on, ten minutes off, then another ten minutes. It's tedious but it works. I tie my cool pack on with a tea towel. Doing this last thing at night seems to be benefical.
In other news, I finished Beyond Black. I loved the main character, Alison. I think it's partly because she has to live such an odd life, half in and half out of reality. Also that Colette her hatched brained assistant doesn't let her choose the garden shed she wants. I'd like to read some more Hilary Mantel.
Also on books, Matt gave me a copy 1000 - which describes month by month what life was like during the year 1000. It's not bad, and goes into some detail about technology and religion. Apparently, July was the hungry month, and people would make bread with all sort of things, including ergot-infested rye, hemp, ancient dried peas, poppies or basically anything they wouldn't eat at any other time of year. Then it was all ground together to make flour for bread. The resulting bread was called 'crazy bread'. "It was as if a spell had been cast on the whole village," one monk wrote.
Umm, to sum up. I know where my towel is. And my tea towel!
ETA: more cravat tying instructions!
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That sounds dirty.
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They may really just be incredibly slow. The people at my current job took longer than that to get back to me - by the time they called, I'd forgotten I'd ever applied. And then they wanted me to start by the end of that week. ;-)
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Hope your arm gets better quickly. I greatky dislike anything that keeps you from writing!
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I should ring the HR person. Also, the interview feedback would be really good to get.
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Erm, maybe not ergot then!
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Also, hmm over here... those that advertise job vacancies, and due to stiff competition for jobs, they always say that only 'those that have been shortlisted will be notified' and then again some don't even have the courtesy to say so. I hope the Brits haven't picked up on this trend!
I'm hoping that this isn't the case. SO I do hope you hear from them soon, so's not to keep you from hanging. *crosses fingers for you!*
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Yeah, it would be nice to know either way. It's quite common not to get notified if you haven't got an interview, but if you've actually had an interview and are waiting, it seems to be still the done thing to let everyone know, either way. I don't really know what to think, but I will ring them. :(
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The 1000 book sounds interesting.
Cool! Not that any of us will ever use it, but I'm definitely looking forward to reading what you do with it...