Persnickety Things

Okay but why, in Infinity War, did clothes turn to dust too? Thanos’ snap was to get rid of half of all life in the universe. Clothes (and metal arms) aren’t living things, so shouldn’t the empty clothes have just like flopped around a pile of dust? An argument could possibly be made for clothes that come from organic matter, but not synthetic fibres...

Anyone else remember when MTV created 2ge+her, the greatest boyband ever?

Hocus Pocus is brilliant and the regular go-to Halloween movie, but lest we forget this epic 80s masterpiece! 

Sometimes a (hilariously brilliant) parody account can effectively put things into perspective.

So I’m facing a bit of a conundrum. I’m unemployed at the moment. I’m a teacher by trade, but I want out of the profession (burnout, depression, anxiety, and just plain old realizing it’s not the career for me). Anyway, a local private school found my resume on Indeed and contacted me, asking me for an interview. Even though I know I don’t want to teach, I’ve been out of work for 3 months, so I went. It went well - I was honest about how things ended at my last school (someone quitting on my behalf) and about my depression. Then I went on my way. Cut to a few days later, and I still know I don’t really want to be in the classroom. But the school emails me, asking me to do a trial run/shadow day with the class I’d have. Again - 3 months unemployed, so I say sure.  And it goes fine, but reinforces that it’s not what I want to be doing. Now I get an email from the principal asking for my references. So clearly they’re interested in me for the position, which feels great, even though I don’t particularly want it. But I have the rational part of my brain telling me that I need income, and would it be so bad to teach for another year? So there’s the problem. I don’t particularly want the job, but it’s a potential job!!! !Do I let them know I’m not interested? Do I keep going with the hiring process? If offered, do I accept because I need the money, and I’ve not been having much luck finding work?

Just need to vent, even if nobody reads this. So I rent a unit in a new (4 years old) condo building. The sound insulation between units is horrible (I can sometimes hear the people above me peeing). A few months ago one of my neighbours, with whom I share a common wall, got a piano. And the piano is played for HOURS each day. And not played well at all (I actually wouldn’t be surprised if they were giving lessons). I haven’t complained about the noise from the piano (and occasional attempt at opera singing) because they practice/play at decent hours (between 9am and 10pm - an hour or two in the morning, and 4 or so in the evening), but it’s just so loud that unless I have the TV on, I can hear them clear through the interior walls to the other side of my apartment (and it’s even worse with the windows open). I also think it may be a case of them honestly not realizing how loud it actually is. I plan on speaking to the building manager for help in solving the problem. And hopefully the residents are not angry - they could close the top of the piano, or put carpet down, or hang blankets on the wall for insulation, but I just need the quiet! I’m not asking them to stop playing, I just want the sound muffled. What makes it worse for me is that I’m battling depression. I’m not currently working and here are days I just want to lie in bed all day long and it’s a struggle to get up (I sometimes debate whether I really need to go to the bathroom, or if I really need food). Then the piano starts (one favourite is ‘Pop Goes The Weasel’ on repeat). I don’t want to be *that* neighbour, but after 4+ months, I’ve kind of hit my breaking point!

So a few weeks ago I posted a rant about someone quitting my job on my behalf. At the end of the school year (which is in about a week) I am unemployed. To top it all of, just an hour ago I got an email from my landlord. When my lease is up, they’re moving back into my apartment. So in just over a month, I’m also homeless, since with no proof of income, no building or landlord will approve my apartment applications. YAY!!

Have to say - the Mean Girls performance made me not want to see the show. Conversely, the performance from Spongebob made me kind of want to see it, despite how ridiculous I’d thought a Spongebob musical was..

So my job is contracted on a year-by-year basis. I’m not happy at my job, and have been looking elsewhere, but never 100% made up my mind as to whether or not I was planning to leave. In any case, our boss is having contract talks this week, and when I went in for mine, she said “we’ve heard you aren’t planning on coming back, so I don’t have a contract for you.” SOMEONE QUIT MY JOB FOR ME WITHOUT MY PERMISSION!! I mean, I don’t like my job, but that does not give someone the right to tell my boss that I don’t want to renew my contract, and for them to accept that and make my decision for me, WITHOUT TALKING TO ME FIRST!! They said there may be room for me outside of my department area, but there is no guarantee. So in a month, I’m likely out of a job, because someone else decided to share what was said in confidence, and my boss decided to roll with that without discussing it with me first.