good morning

morning

done

fast...

it doesn't look difficult

ya, definitely straight forward

hi all

done, definitely easier than yesterday's and didn't' need any marks to complete

hi leslie_ann

hi jerkface

done

Quite a leap, from yesterday's to this one!

hi all

had a bit of a thick day took too long to do that easy

hi all

Hello

hello

that was easy finish

I must be the only one having problems... and thinking yesterday's was a breeze :/

Yo all people in Sudoku Land!

Hello... Apparently we're not very talkative this morning

Try using the keyboard.

Try using the keyboard.
*grin*

stupid computers

stupid computers

gee whiz, that a nightmare with this server!

Ha

Nailed that puppy!

Rank me, baby!

No green or red

Cue theme music!

Hi!

howdy

wow, that was nice and brainless. even better after yesterday's puzzle.

Bye!!

go

and they're off! it's helen in the lead by two lengths...

hi hursh

hi helen

fortnum and masons is a fancy carpeted grocery store with chandeliers and glass cases

ahhh - you read & you remembered, thanks - i really, really like their tea - black & strong & flavorful!

they have many many different teas

probably expensive too

atalante bought some whilst we were there

she has good taste :)

it was jasmine, for a friend.

i guess a lot of americans get tea from fortnum and masons through friends :)

i will go look at the kind i have - the good thing is it seems to last a really long time - so strong, don't need to use so much

ahhh

i tend to drink fruity herbal teas

i guess i'm just fruity

and done!

wow

lol - brb

even with me distracting you

that's very good.

well compared to yesterday's - a snap

yes

the tea i drink is called royal blend - blend of indian & ceylon teas, huh, i guess they don't want to tell too much

still, it makes me feel i need to hone my distraction skills.

LOL - okay - you can put them to practice over at babble :) wait,

nah, there are PLENTY of people to distract you there :)

i read part of your conversation with babbler yesterday & not ever having met you personally, the personality you project through cyberspace makes me think

off the cuff,

that jobs that may suit both your personality & your skills are:

*holding breath*

writer - really, i think in any area you care about, you would excel, because you have excellent verbal skills & are exhaustably knowlegeable - which leads me to my other suggestion:

lab researcher - such as you find in doctoral or post-doc studies - again, whatever area you find interesting, i think you would do well, because you are concerned with correctness & exactness - these things are important to you & also crucial to good research - i'm thinking maybe

oh, well, hmm, the trouble is i don't know what i would find interesting enough to do all the time. i do like to write, but have not had much success when i've tried to submit some pieces.

& i'm not really sure why this comes to mind when i think about you - i don't know that you've ever displayed any indication these areas are of particular interest to you, not that i recall - but something in the way of biological sciences or medicine - maybe that's just my desire coming through because i think these areas are the most important for the 'good of mankind'

okay - let's take one at a time - what kind of pieces have you submitted? and where?

no i'm not crazy about science. i majored in psych, i find that reasonably interesting.

well i've had one piece published, it was joint authorship although i wrote the main draft, it was about a point of greek translation in first corinthians...

i tried to publish an essay about forgiveness but couldn't really find the right venue for it i guess...

the main thing is, whether it's publishing stuff or just applying for jobs, i submit info and then i never hear back from people

i seem to have a black hole thing going on

while you answer that - i will tell you another reason either of these two areas may be good for you - that is they are both more or less solitary pursuits, which i think may suit you better because then you don't have to put up, tolerate, dealing with too many other people. i think you have a fantastic ability to be singleminded & really exhaust a point of interest, in other words, you are not the 'jack of all trades' type, you strike me more as wanting/needing to be master of whatever is on your plate

i don't want to be too solitary though. i don't want to be a salesperson or anything, obviously, but i do like to work with people.

and usuallly people like you tend to have difficulty in large/medium & sometimes small group settings, because too much time is spent on getting everyone 'up to speed', that would be 'your speed'

unless of course, you truly enjoy teaching & find it rewarding enough to be able to dedicate the majority of your time too - however i suspect . . .

i tried... i noticed there was a new learning center in town and i went in and told the guy i was interested in doing some tutoring this summer and about what i could do and he seemed really interested and told me to send him my resume, so i did, and i would be a really ideal person for that i think, but i never heard back. i dunno if it's because then i had to tell him i'd be away in europe for 5 weeks or what. but i just don't get it, why couldn't he at least reply and say, oh, sorry, we can't use you?

that unless you teach on an advanced level (i'm talking phd here) sooner, rather than later, you would become bored going over the same stuff again & again because you are a very curious individual

i think you think i'm curiouser than i am, maybe. or maybe my curiosity is satisfied in seeing different students and their different natures, how their minds work and how their personalities are all so different

lol - please don't forget that not having met you face to face really puts me at a huge disadvantage, so i may be totally off on everything i am saying, BUT, i must say, that, again, off the cuff, i think you would completely suck at being a salesperson - i just can't see you getting anything rewarding from that line of work

but actually, the jack of all trades thing...combining that with the curiosity question... i am moderately interested in a lot of things but not passionately interested in anything.

i am a lukewarm renaissance woman.

yes, i definitely would suck at sales. this is clear.

ah, same problem i have - the not passionately interested in anything part

huh, interesting, psych, huh, how come you didn't pursue it?

maybe there just aren't that many people who are truly passionate about anything

i majored in psych because it was interesting and easy. i didn't pursue it because...well...i just didn't know if i wanted to.

i didn't really feel like doing intensive study on anything. i MIGHT find law school interesting, but how do you know if you haven't been?

no hursh - i disagree, i think most all people have the capacity to be passionate about SOMETHING - however, i believe the problem is that most of us do not get adequate exposure combined with encouragement & opportunity, at the exact time/place we need it - kind of like pushing your boat off the shore & catching a really good current - sometimes the wind is there & sometimes it isn't; sometimes the season is right - like spring, with run-off, making for high water- or the season is wrong, like winter, with patches of ice blocking your way down the stream

well. at this point, i think, i expect my life to be... not amazingly wonderful, just hopefully not too bad. and if it turns out better, then, ok.

i don't think i'm the kind of person that things go right for.

OMG hursh - law?!?!?! unless you are going to take the academic approach there, i just can't see you practicing law - one of my best friends is a lawyer - she used to have her own practice, i did her a favor & filled in for her secretary when she had to take an extended leave &

i found, in all seriousness, that her clients were crazier, or, no, over all i would stick with that - her clients were crazier than mine!

lol

i probably wouldn't do it anyway, it's a lot of debt to go into for something you're not totally sure you want to do!

i don't think you would like practicing law - really, you want to deal with constant contention?

i dunno, it just seems so interesting on law and order.

or "laranawda" as they say it in rhode island.

okay - back up here sister - two things are jumping out at me - one is the statement you made about things not going right for you - positive mental attitude REALLY is important, which leads me to the $$$ thing - don't let that deter you - and don't let it drive you crazy, you will make money, unless you are born wealthy, we all have to do that, so it's a given: you will work, you will make money, & you will pay off whatever debt you incur - loaners, esp. those who loan money to students are going to bend over backwards to make a good payment schedule for you, that's because they get so many defaults

honestly though, the fact that people just don't reply is a HUGE discouraging factor to me. i think i could handle rejection, if people actually emailed and said, "sorry but no", but to just never hear anything... it just... takes the wind out of my sails.

for some people it takes actual work -in the head work- to maintain an optimistic outlook - attitude can leak out in all kinds of ways, if you don't watch out

well i was very optimistic and confident when i went in to see that guy at the learning center and when i sent him my resume, i was feeling really good at the time

i thought i would email him again when i got back from europe, but i haven't cause i'm like, "ok, take a hint".

okay - you have to remember, when it comes to submitting written stuff - it's alot of foot in the door - so this, what you're sealing with, the not getting responses is pretty par for the course, unless you have an established relationship - you ought to look at that as your goal, not so much as getting the piece published, but getting to 1st base - just meeting someone who can do somethign for you - there's a tremendous amount of competition

*dealing*

why would someone seem all interested, tell you they'd probably have work for you, ask you to send your resume, and then when you do, never reply at all???

you MUST follow up, always follow up

and make it as easy as possible for whoever you are submitting whatever to, to get back to you - enclosed self-addressed, stamped envelopes with your submittals, you can also run a footer (or header) with your basic stats - name, address, phone - never hesititate to call & follow up

ok but for this guy it WAS easy, i emailed with attached resume. i emailed again about my availablility dates. he never emailed back at all.

however, i am going to email him again now. can't hurt, right?

hurshy - there are tons of reasons why someone might not reply - why are making yourself crazy over that? - first, i'll say this, if i were looking to hire someone for the summer, uh, duh, yeah, the fact that you are going to miss 1/3 of it would impact my decision - in those 6 weeks, this guy could have simply misplaced your resume, esp. if he's overworked, the place is new, he is hiring/training other people, paying his business bills, doing billing for his business, dealing with parents, dealing with student who probably would rather be swimming, etc -there's a ton of reasons why he didn't get back to you - i believe the one you are afraid of - that he didn't like you for some reason/or think you weren't going to work out - well, i bet you that one is way down at the bottom of the list, if it's even on the list!

oh, okay - you didn't give him anything tangible - e-mails are a snap to delete, if you are rushed it's hugely possible to delete things you don't mean to & never realize it until it's too late - NO, OF COURSE, IT CAN'T HURT!!! IT CAN ONLY HELP YOUR CAUSE - oh, &

you may want to joy a little something about how now that you are so well traveled, you are even smarter than you were before!

no not joy *add*

& when i said 'run your stats' on a footer, i literally meant on every page of your manuscript - people lose things all the time

ok i just emailed him

i know an e-resume isn't tangible, but it's what he'd asked me to do...

funny, you hesitating about being persistant - that does not sound like the hurshy i've gotten to know

i am an odd and contradictory creature

yes - it is good to follow directions - if he doesn't respond to your e-mail, give him a call

LOL - yep, that you are!

Yeah, no arguement there! *grin*

what if they fired the guy i spoke to since then? sigh. i hope they haven't.

ooh limer!

Hey beautiful sudokuer!

*blush* don't judge a girl by her cat... marty is much better looking than i

did you ever take one of those interest-matching tests? the kind where you say i like to gamble - t or f, & then you get matched to a group with similar interests?

I love cats. I live next to a grain elevator. Lots of vermin.

mmm, i can't remember, i've taken so many different kinds of tests

uhoh

funder

Do blood tests count?

well, i've taken 'em

hurshy - if you are truly whole-heartedly interested in working there, comb your hair & get your butt over there, resume in hand - this tells people you are serious & you are one step ahead of those that only e-mailed

i REALLY don't want to shut down the computer, i have 17 windows open but... ACK gotta go bye!

bye hursh - gl

ps - i will send you my bill :)

Cu babe!

MY advice is free.

^_^

i'm going to babble - that there was just like a regular 50 minutes session, :)

i guess my advice is free now too :) bye

yay, no marking today :D

It was a super easy one

My god I suck

New to sudoku

Hang in there, Emry.