Day 15 of 107: It's Good to Have Friends
May. 5th, 2023 08:34 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jakebeSaw Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 last night with the boys. :) I think it says something about my Rabbit Empathy that I keep thinking about one of the experiments in Rocket's backstory -- this not-so-bright lop who named herself Floor. You never get too good a look at her, but it looks like one or more limbs were amputated and a robot-spider harness was fitted around her instead. I think they kept her in shadow because the idea of something that cute being subjected to modification like that would make people too sad and/or horrified.
But there was something about her that makes me tear up even this morning. She was so innocent and sweet. All of Rocket's cage-mates -- Lylla the otter of course, and a walrus named Teefs -- had this irrepressible nature in a truly dark situation that I find incredibly beautiful. So when Rocket's backstory comes to its inevitably tragic conclusion I just couldn't help myself. A BLOO BLOO BLOO, cried the bun.
The movie as a whole was a big swing from Gunn. You could tell that he told the story he wanted and left it all out on the floor. There were three set-pieces that felt like they had a movie's worth of story potential in themselves and he served the characters with their own mini-arcs that mostly worked. And his Rocket fandom is on full display here; the movie is basically all about him, though Star-Lord remains the protagonist, and the stakes are incredibly personal considering where the team is after Infinity War. Everything comes together like the end of an epic comics run; the characters have completed one phase of their story and move on to others, hinting at new situations that would be fun for different storytellers to pick up. It would be interesting to watch all three GOTG movies (and the Christmas special) to get a sense of the meta-story.
I updated my resume using the feedback I got from my "beta readers", and I have to say I'm happy with how it turned out. It looks a lot stronger now, and I even used it to apply for three different positions. Taking the advice of a colleague, I even found a hiring manager for one of them and pinged them on LinkedIn. They were all for in-office or hybrid roles, so it looks like my work-from-home time might be ending. I won't let it deter me from organizing the home office though. Hope springs eternal.
Also found a pretty neat Job Search Tracker online, which offers an automatic next step based on what you've already done. They recommend researching the company after submitting your resume, so I'll do a bit of that today too. One of the positions is posted through a placement firm, so I'm not sure where I'll be working. I'm not sure what kind of research I can do there, but I'll give it a go.
I'm still too nervous about writing to do it on a regular basis, though maybe I'm just learning that I only have enough willpower for one thing or another. I...don't think that's the case, honestly. I just haven't gotten into the habit of doing better. Today I don't have much of a choice. I'm running a D&D game so I'll need to be ready for that, and if I want to pick up the Patreon again I'll really need to get started on it. I don't think I want to spend too much time advertising for it just yet. Once I've got a solid buffer and feel a bit more confident about my ability to write regularly I can think about it. But I'd hate to ring that bell after all this time only for things to peter out. Again.
This is looking to be a busy weekend. I'm running the Heart & Soles 5K tomorrow morning. I haven't trained for it at all. I think it'll be more of a walk/run for me, but it will be good to be out there again. The old Rabbit Run Club is back together again for its first event in a long time! We're all not in the best shape, so it'll be hard for all of us and I'm glad we'll get to commiserate together about how much it sucked afterward.
After that, meeting up with H., another Mountain View fox, for drinks, musicals, and board games. That's usually a chill time, and I'm looking forward to it, but it does take some precious introvert batteries. R. is going to a gay bar underwear party in the evening and I'll be left to my own devices, so video games or Chernobyl and straightening it is!
Sunday, so far, looks to be a free day. I think I'll try to get started with a few things I haven't yet, like writing and better skin-care. We'll see. The world's my oyster, after all!
But there was something about her that makes me tear up even this morning. She was so innocent and sweet. All of Rocket's cage-mates -- Lylla the otter of course, and a walrus named Teefs -- had this irrepressible nature in a truly dark situation that I find incredibly beautiful. So when Rocket's backstory comes to its inevitably tragic conclusion I just couldn't help myself. A BLOO BLOO BLOO, cried the bun.
The movie as a whole was a big swing from Gunn. You could tell that he told the story he wanted and left it all out on the floor. There were three set-pieces that felt like they had a movie's worth of story potential in themselves and he served the characters with their own mini-arcs that mostly worked. And his Rocket fandom is on full display here; the movie is basically all about him, though Star-Lord remains the protagonist, and the stakes are incredibly personal considering where the team is after Infinity War. Everything comes together like the end of an epic comics run; the characters have completed one phase of their story and move on to others, hinting at new situations that would be fun for different storytellers to pick up. It would be interesting to watch all three GOTG movies (and the Christmas special) to get a sense of the meta-story.
I updated my resume using the feedback I got from my "beta readers", and I have to say I'm happy with how it turned out. It looks a lot stronger now, and I even used it to apply for three different positions. Taking the advice of a colleague, I even found a hiring manager for one of them and pinged them on LinkedIn. They were all for in-office or hybrid roles, so it looks like my work-from-home time might be ending. I won't let it deter me from organizing the home office though. Hope springs eternal.
Also found a pretty neat Job Search Tracker online, which offers an automatic next step based on what you've already done. They recommend researching the company after submitting your resume, so I'll do a bit of that today too. One of the positions is posted through a placement firm, so I'm not sure where I'll be working. I'm not sure what kind of research I can do there, but I'll give it a go.
I'm still too nervous about writing to do it on a regular basis, though maybe I'm just learning that I only have enough willpower for one thing or another. I...don't think that's the case, honestly. I just haven't gotten into the habit of doing better. Today I don't have much of a choice. I'm running a D&D game so I'll need to be ready for that, and if I want to pick up the Patreon again I'll really need to get started on it. I don't think I want to spend too much time advertising for it just yet. Once I've got a solid buffer and feel a bit more confident about my ability to write regularly I can think about it. But I'd hate to ring that bell after all this time only for things to peter out. Again.
This is looking to be a busy weekend. I'm running the Heart & Soles 5K tomorrow morning. I haven't trained for it at all. I think it'll be more of a walk/run for me, but it will be good to be out there again. The old Rabbit Run Club is back together again for its first event in a long time! We're all not in the best shape, so it'll be hard for all of us and I'm glad we'll get to commiserate together about how much it sucked afterward.
After that, meeting up with H., another Mountain View fox, for drinks, musicals, and board games. That's usually a chill time, and I'm looking forward to it, but it does take some precious introvert batteries. R. is going to a gay bar underwear party in the evening and I'll be left to my own devices, so video games or Chernobyl and straightening it is!
Sunday, so far, looks to be a free day. I think I'll try to get started with a few things I haven't yet, like writing and better skin-care. We'll see. The world's my oyster, after all!
