Things to Do - Friday May 29
May. 30th, 2003 09:27 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
talktooloose1. e-mail publisher with final proposed dates for first and final drafts - DONE!
2. fax list of references for Snake to Fucking Asshole College (Actually the College of Fucking Asshole Applied Arts and Sciences). Yes! Even though they've known him and worked with him on and off for a decade, they want REFERENCES!
3. Trim hedge in front of house
4. Perhaps buy tickets for Bjork on Toronto Islands
5. Buy tickets for Radiohead live broadcast at the Paramount IMAX
6. Have lunch with my brother
7. Practice my guitar/voice set in the empty house this afternoon
2. fax list of references for Snake to Fucking Asshole College (Actually the College of Fucking Asshole Applied Arts and Sciences). Yes! Even though they've known him and worked with him on and off for a decade, they want REFERENCES!
3. Trim hedge in front of house
4. Perhaps buy tickets for Bjork on Toronto Islands
5. Buy tickets for Radiohead live broadcast at the Paramount IMAX
6. Have lunch with my brother
7. Practice my guitar/voice set in the empty house this afternoon
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I have a question
Date: 2003-05-30 07:24 am (UTC)Regarding #3, if Snake is finding this process as frustrating as you are, maybe he shouldn't work for these people. Seriously. Job interviews cut both ways.
Just a thought.
Re: I have a question
Date: 2003-05-30 12:46 pm (UTC)But re: number 2. I hear you and so would he if he were listening. Snake has been teaching ESL for 12 years. He loves it. He kept saying that if he stuck around long enough as a sessional, they would eventually hire him. But the colleges continue to fill their ranks with sessionals so they don't have to pay any benefits, etc. His two week Christmas break is actually a lay-off. Furthermore, he can only be hired as a sessional 9 months in 24, so he teaches at Centennial every other year. China was a different job for the same college, so he could do that in half his off year.
He's been waiting for this a long time. He has every reason to think he won't necessarily be happier as an employee, but he's got to at least give it a try.
I had lunch with my brother and he says the college is big-time covering its ass so no one can sue for improper hiring practices. This includes the references. No claims of nepotism. As if it's a crime to hire someone you know well and trust rather than a stranger.
The hiring grunts have been hounded by the college and are ball-less wonders who can't tell sense from knee-jerk fear. So we persevere.
update 3:45
Date: 2003-05-30 12:49 pm (UTC)2. fax list of references for Snake to Fucking Asshole College - DONE!
3. Trim hedge in front of house - phase one DONE. About to do phase two. Pictures to follow
4. Perhaps buy tickets for Bjork on Toronto Islands - BOUGHT 'EM!
5. Buy tickets for Radiohead live broadcast at the Paramount IMAX - GOT 'EM
6. Have lunch with my brother - HAD IT!
7. Practice my guitar/voice set in the empty house this afternoon - DID IT!
THREE CHEERS FOR PRODUCTIVITY!!
Re: update 3:45
Date: 2003-05-30 03:15 pm (UTC)FYI, Snake has a cheerleader in Ottawa. I hope the madness ends soon.