Random babbling with no coherent focus

[judecorp]

I think the cutest thing ever is having technodyke IM you with housing listings in Portland. No, really. It is quite adorable. I highly recommend it. (Not to mention the houses are absolutely adorable and cheap.)

I'm going to a party tonight to show my support for being_homeless. She's going on a trip with the Green Party VP candidate and she needs to raise money. I don't have money, so I'm going to lend her my backpacking sleeping bag. It was kind of surreal to stuff the backpack into the stuffsack so I can bring it to her. I haven't packed it up in a long time. I WANT TO GO CAMPING AND BACKPACKING!! (Now I miss Philmont.)

I did not eat lunch today, and I was a distractible basket case because of it. I went to a job interview this morning for a Mental Health Clinician position with AIDS Action Committee and, get this, they made me do ROLEPLAYS. In a group interview. No, really. They took turns pretending to be clients and made me act out treatment. It was the most unnerving thing ever and I will never get this job in a million years, because I couldn't stop laughing. (I love the organization, though. They won't hire me for the MHC job, but I wish they would mysteriously call me about another position or something.) So the interview (with ROLEPLAYS, did I mention that?) ran late, and I got home at like 11:07 or something, then had to change clothes (so as not to look suspicious) and run to work. I had a 12:00 home visit and a 1:30 home visit. I was going to go home and eat lunch after, but Coworker Veronica asked me to do an assessment with her from 3:00 to 5:00, and I need the productivity hours. So I went.

I promptly came home and ate Daedalus. Okay, that's not true. I had an entire can of tuna fish. And some Cool Whip. But not together, you freaks! SHEESH!

(p.s. Happy birthday, baab!)

Comments

[thatpatti.livejournal.com]

oh lord, i HATE roleplaying. i always laugh, too. it's just so SILLY.

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

It's one thing to, like, act things out with people you know... but not in front of strangers. In my interview clothes.

And I swear they were TRYING to make them funny. Not fair!

[vorpalbla.livejournal.com]

Role-playing while interviewing for a clinician job? Damn, that is high pressure.

I don't think it's a good test, anyway, because it is out of context. In real life what you do in any given session is based on your knowledge of and relationship with the individual client.

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Yeah, and I totally tried to say that a lot in between roleplays. Like, "Well, I would hope if this were a real situation, I would know what kind of services we offer," or "well, I would hope if this were a real situation, I would have some background about this client."

It was very pressured, and quite intimidating. I don't have the faintest chance at getting hired based on that. Aah well. It was definitely an experience!

[lemur68.livejournal.com]

I promptly came home and ate Daedalus.

NOE! EVIN TEH NOT LOFE KIND OF KITIES ARNT FOR SAMICHES!!1

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Daedalus is 19 pounds. He can spare a sammich or two!

[folkyboy.livejournal.com]

it's funny reading this after us talking about it on the T. it's like we both read our ljs aloud to each other...

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

We're just totally cool like that!