i like hot boys...
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posted by Lily @ 2:03 AM
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take it from me...
Thursday, November 30, 2006
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
i'm about to tell a really lame story...
The Tale of the Seven Interviews (told in the format of...bullets)Interview #1 - PR firm that advertised themselves as "small". When I arrived at the interview, I realized if I was hired, I would be their 4th employee, two of them were mother and daughter. They basically wanted a glorified secretary to answer phones and work Google Maps. Daughter interviewed me, seemed a little bitchy, lasted 7 minutes. Didn't get a call back. Really okay about it.
Interview #2 - Really great PR firm specializing in hotels. Woman who interviewed me was great, had a great conversation. Told me she'd mail me a writing exercise and then they'd make their final decisions. Occured last Tuesday. Haven't heard from her since. Write a follow-up thank you email. Nothing. Feeling a little hurt by it.
Interview #3 - Staffing agency. Very helpful. Took tests on Excel, Powerpoint, Word and typing. Kicked all tests' asses. No positions they could send me off in interviews for. Convinced me to try temping. Seriously considering it. Especially 'cause my bank account is dwindling. Must stop impulse buying.
Interview #4 - Unpaid internship at a reknown fashion PR company who's involved in all these glamourous things. Wasn't even considering taking it, but had a great interview with a really nice guy that completely drummed up my enthusiasm. Sounded like I pretty much had the position. Said he'd call this afternoon. Haven't heard from him. Will follow-up tomorrow.
Interview #5 - Paid internship for PR in magazine publishing department of huge company. Pretty good interview, did some sort of nervous giggle that I've never heard myself do before. Required at least 6 month commitment. Internship starts January. Will hopefully hear from them by the end of the week.
Interview #6 - Paid internship for PR department (one person, two including me) at an educational supplement company. Woman who interviewed me seemed nice enough, no one I could imagining being friends with. Got called back for second round interview with CEO of company. Also went well. Will expect a call from them soon, I would imagine, although saw an ad for my position on job finding list yesterday. Hmm...
Interview #7 - Full-time job at education-minded company. Really fun interview, got good feelings for it. Good starting salary with benefits and I got the feeling that I would be able to do a lot and get my feet dirty. Not exactly a PR firm, but very similar event planning type job. Hopefully hear from them by Dec. 12th for second round interview. Job starts January.
I'm hoping to hear back from the unpaid internship, the publishing internship and the education company. They all seem to start and different times and I don't understand how I can make it so that I'll know all my options before I promise anyone. If I get the unpaid internship, I'll have to start immediately, but I'll most likely hear from them before I even hear if I've made it to the second round interview for the education company.
How do people juggle these things?! I hope I get at least one of these positions. I'm tired of the job hunting process.
Bleh.
Labels: career, interviews
posted by Lily @ 6:38 PM
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Monday, November 27, 2006
for your viewing pleasure...
This weekend, amidst my random bouts of stomach pain, falling asleep in assorted furniture in my house, I have seen:
- Bend It Like Beckham - not as cute the second time around, and wow, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers is very flamboyant. Keira Knightley needs to be playing more roles where she's actually a young person instead of some hard-ass, period piece girl.
- Love Actually - love it. One of my favorite holiday movies. The scene with Emma Thompson in the bedroom breaks my heart every time.
- March of the Penguins - really cute, really sad. Little humans! In tuxedos! Right, sorry.
- Clue - very wacky. Entertaining, but I feel like I should think it was funnier than I thought it was. Maybe it's one of those things I should've seen when I was younger. I still can't appreciate Goonies like my friends.
- Reality Bites - corny. I want to identify, but I can't. Also, it's weird seeing Ben Stiller not being an exaggeration of himself, though I do see the makings of the Ben Stiller that I know now. Also, Winona Ryder's voice annoys me, and Ethan Hawke's teeth annoy me.
- Casino Royale - okay. I think Daniel Craig is oddly attractive, despite big ears and stocky build. I think it's his eyes. I didn't like Vesper Lynd's character.
The next couple of DVDs on my Netflix queue are:
- Layer Cake
- Saving Private Ryan
- City of God
- The Safety of Objects
- The World According to Garp
- Unscripted: Complete Series
- Accepted
- Paris When It Sizzles
- Me and You and Everyone We Know
- Heights
- The Squid and the Whale
I have four interviews this week. One at noon tomorrow, two Tuesday at 11 and 2, and one Wednesday at 2. I don't want to get back into interview mode, it makes me so tired. Someone just give me a job.
Labels: interviews, movies
posted by Lily @ 12:02 AM
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Saturday, November 25, 2006
i feel a headache coming on...
I'm feeling really blah today, having slept almost the entire day. I've also had stomach cramps since yesterday that don't seem to be going away any time soon. They vary with intensity and frequency, and I have no idea what's wrong with me. Unfortunately, I won't be able to see a doctor until Monday, which means another day of random cramping. Yay.I want to go back to Paris. Minus the stomach cramps, of course.
posted by Lily @ 11:31 PM
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Friday, November 24, 2006
i can't explain myself at all...
For whatever reason, I am incredibly tired today even though I got more than enough sleep. I feel like my body is giving out on me, even though I don't tax it nearly enough for that to happen. And I've been consistantly exercising, so there's no reason I should be getting sick. It's also not like I have a job that's exhausting me. Maybe my three interviews has wiped me out. Hah.
Lately, I've been very aware of the fact that on most nights, I sit at home, watching a movie or dvds. More than once, I've caught myself checking people's AIM profiles over and over again. I miss being at school and living with roommates and having friends that I could hang out with with one phone call and a short walk/bus ride away. I feel like I'm so far away from that life already and I've only been out of school for 6 months.
I've never been, by any means, a party person. Well, that's not true. I went through a year of hard partying freshman year, but after that, I kind of dreaded it. Alcohol usually makes me sick a couple minutes after I ingest it (I call it my ADD, Asian Drinking Disorder, it's been scientifically proven that many Asian ppl are allergic to alcohol. We simply don't have the enzyme to break down alcohol, so after we drink it, it becomes almost toxic. That's why we turn red so quickly, and in my case, there's also a lot of throwing up.) That's not to say, I don't like to have a drink once in a while, but my days of reckless binge-drinking have been severely impaired as the second I chug a drink, my insides feel like they're about to explode out of my body. So that has limited my desire to go out, get drunk, and dance/hook up. I've become quite the homebody, and I'm okay about that, but in attending one of the biggest party schools in the nation, sometimes it feels like everyone's out having fun but me. A lot of bonding is done whilst drunk that I've missed out on these past couple of years.
Now that I'm home, I don't usually feel like I'm missing out. Sometimes I get that twinge of jealousy when my friends visit each other and go out to party, but usually, I'm content in sitting at home and watching movies. I live in a completely different state than most of them and going to see them would require at least a 3 hour road trip. Of the few friends I do have in NYC, most live in different boroughs. To see a friend in Brooklyn can take upwards of 1 1/2 hrs to drive/take the subway to their house. Usually, we meet in a neutral territory, like Manhattan, catch a movie and have some dinner. And that's ok. Usually.
But sometimes I wish I was a more social person, that went out with friends a lot, to clubs and bars. I've always wished I had more friends at home, or rather, I had friends that would call me up and invite me places. In high school, I only had a couple close friends, and a bunch of casual acquaintances. Throughout the years of college, I've lost contact with almost all but two or three people. I always wonder what would've happened if I had made more of an effort to socialize with more people at school, or at least kept in contact with them.
Ugh, I'm having trouble forming coherent ideas, so I'm going to go watch Clue and zone out.
Lately, I've been very aware of the fact that on most nights, I sit at home, watching a movie or dvds. More than once, I've caught myself checking people's AIM profiles over and over again. I miss being at school and living with roommates and having friends that I could hang out with with one phone call and a short walk/bus ride away. I feel like I'm so far away from that life already and I've only been out of school for 6 months.
I've never been, by any means, a party person. Well, that's not true. I went through a year of hard partying freshman year, but after that, I kind of dreaded it. Alcohol usually makes me sick a couple minutes after I ingest it (I call it my ADD, Asian Drinking Disorder, it's been scientifically proven that many Asian ppl are allergic to alcohol. We simply don't have the enzyme to break down alcohol, so after we drink it, it becomes almost toxic. That's why we turn red so quickly, and in my case, there's also a lot of throwing up.) That's not to say, I don't like to have a drink once in a while, but my days of reckless binge-drinking have been severely impaired as the second I chug a drink, my insides feel like they're about to explode out of my body. So that has limited my desire to go out, get drunk, and dance/hook up. I've become quite the homebody, and I'm okay about that, but in attending one of the biggest party schools in the nation, sometimes it feels like everyone's out having fun but me. A lot of bonding is done whilst drunk that I've missed out on these past couple of years.
Now that I'm home, I don't usually feel like I'm missing out. Sometimes I get that twinge of jealousy when my friends visit each other and go out to party, but usually, I'm content in sitting at home and watching movies. I live in a completely different state than most of them and going to see them would require at least a 3 hour road trip. Of the few friends I do have in NYC, most live in different boroughs. To see a friend in Brooklyn can take upwards of 1 1/2 hrs to drive/take the subway to their house. Usually, we meet in a neutral territory, like Manhattan, catch a movie and have some dinner. And that's ok. Usually.
But sometimes I wish I was a more social person, that went out with friends a lot, to clubs and bars. I've always wished I had more friends at home, or rather, I had friends that would call me up and invite me places. In high school, I only had a couple close friends, and a bunch of casual acquaintances. Throughout the years of college, I've lost contact with almost all but two or three people. I always wonder what would've happened if I had made more of an effort to socialize with more people at school, or at least kept in contact with them.
Ugh, I'm having trouble forming coherent ideas, so I'm going to go watch Clue and zone out.
Labels: friends, loneliness, school
posted by Lily @ 10:12 PM
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Thursday, November 23, 2006
A traditional Chinese Thanksgiving...
I've always wished I had a normal American family, but I guess being 2nd generation Chinese really doesn't allow me to be that way. Most American holidays make that glaringly clear. My parents and I barely celebrate Christmas. They've long since stopped hiding my presents, or even buying me presents. They don't even give me money to buy presents anymore. All we do is go out to dinner, which we do 2 or 3 nights out of the week anyway. We've never done Easter, although I've had the pleasure of celebrating it with friend's families during the college years and it's always so great. Mostly it's because they're such typical American families and they're always so warm and receptive to me that I'm so jealous that I don't have that.
Thanksgiving is the only holiday that we celebrate well. It's not traditional, with the turkey, and the mashed potatoes, stuffing, sweet potatoes, etc. We usually do have turkey, and we'll have a big carved ham. We do a lot of asian-y dishes, which makes it a very uniquely Chinese Thanksgiving, which is nice. And most importantly, my parents and I get together with my aunt and uncle and my cousins and their husbands and it's like one big happy family, and even though it's boring because everyone's at least 15 years older than me and talk about politics and whatever, it's nice to be surrounded by people and pretend I have a great big family, which is what I always wanted and very rarely had the experience, being an only child and all.
It was ok this year. Since my cousin married a Canadian man, it's been a little awkward when he and his family members are there. My aunt and uncle don't speak English very well, and neither do many of my cousins, so I always feel really weird when everyone's speaking Chinese to each other and these three or four people are sitting there with bewildered looks on their faces. I wonder what it's like to be on that other end.
It always makes me think that I should marry a Chinese man, just so our families will be able to meld well, and family holidays won't be so awkward and stilted. And it also makes me want to have a lot of kids, at least 3, so that I'll never feel like there's no one around. I want my kids to have siblings, like a built-in support system.
But I'm not even close to that yet. As close as I am to being an adult, I'm still very far away from that life.
Thanksgiving is the only holiday that we celebrate well. It's not traditional, with the turkey, and the mashed potatoes, stuffing, sweet potatoes, etc. We usually do have turkey, and we'll have a big carved ham. We do a lot of asian-y dishes, which makes it a very uniquely Chinese Thanksgiving, which is nice. And most importantly, my parents and I get together with my aunt and uncle and my cousins and their husbands and it's like one big happy family, and even though it's boring because everyone's at least 15 years older than me and talk about politics and whatever, it's nice to be surrounded by people and pretend I have a great big family, which is what I always wanted and very rarely had the experience, being an only child and all.
It was ok this year. Since my cousin married a Canadian man, it's been a little awkward when he and his family members are there. My aunt and uncle don't speak English very well, and neither do many of my cousins, so I always feel really weird when everyone's speaking Chinese to each other and these three or four people are sitting there with bewildered looks on their faces. I wonder what it's like to be on that other end.
It always makes me think that I should marry a Chinese man, just so our families will be able to meld well, and family holidays won't be so awkward and stilted. And it also makes me want to have a lot of kids, at least 3, so that I'll never feel like there's no one around. I want my kids to have siblings, like a built-in support system.
But I'm not even close to that yet. As close as I am to being an adult, I'm still very far away from that life.
Labels: American, family, Thanksgiving
posted by Lily @ 10:48 PM
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Tuesday, November 21, 2006
it's only a matter of time...
As my title suggests, I'm a girl on the verge...of getting a job, that is. Well, at least I hope I am. I've applied to probably 20 jobs already, mostly PR Assistant positions and paid internships, although I do have two interviews next week for unpaid internships, but they're at really great agencies/companies so if I don't get anything better and they want me, far be it from me to reject them.
I've been on three interviews already. I have four more next week, and two that haven't been schedule yet. The only job I really want is the interview I had today. It's at this great little agency and the woman who interviewed me was so friendly, I could completely see me working with her and learning a lot. I thought the interview went pretty well. I said a lot of good things and everything came out right. But I keep thinking about it, dissecting it in my head and now I'm thinking, maybe it wasn't that great. I talked too much, a lot of it unnecessary. I came off as too immature. I repeated myself. I can't stop worrying about it.
I'm tired of being at home with my irregular sleep schedule and staring at my parents day in and day out. The only thing I'll be sad about when I get a job is that I won't be able to go to the gym when it's empty and have my pick of the treadmills. Right now, that makes my day. I'm really motived this time to work out and pursue it. So far, I've kept it up for about six weeks and it's been going really well. A couple of setbacks, which would usually get me down, but I'm so much more determined this time.
So I'm going to update more this go around and I'm going to be good about it.
I've been on three interviews already. I have four more next week, and two that haven't been schedule yet. The only job I really want is the interview I had today. It's at this great little agency and the woman who interviewed me was so friendly, I could completely see me working with her and learning a lot. I thought the interview went pretty well. I said a lot of good things and everything came out right. But I keep thinking about it, dissecting it in my head and now I'm thinking, maybe it wasn't that great. I talked too much, a lot of it unnecessary. I came off as too immature. I repeated myself. I can't stop worrying about it.
I'm tired of being at home with my irregular sleep schedule and staring at my parents day in and day out. The only thing I'll be sad about when I get a job is that I won't be able to go to the gym when it's empty and have my pick of the treadmills. Right now, that makes my day. I'm really motived this time to work out and pursue it. So far, I've kept it up for about six weeks and it's been going really well. A couple of setbacks, which would usually get me down, but I'm so much more determined this time.
So I'm going to update more this go around and I'm going to be good about it.
Labels: career, gym, interviews
posted by Lily @ 10:52 PM
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