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January, 2006

  1. Employeable

    January 30, 2006 by elenamary

    I applied for more than one hundred fifty jobs yesterday. Really. The past two months I think I’ve averaged twenty applications a day.
    You’d think I bilingual economist with a backround in IT support and health care management could find a job somewhere, but nope not yet, not even an interview or call back.

    I still want (and will go to med school) but since I am down to the last sciences school is pretty much part-time now. I have completed two degrees in Economics (International and Labor studies) and Spanish (Linguistics) with a minor in Latina/o Studies. I should be somewhat employeable, no? I have work experience in IT support and health care management, and have managed a staff of 300 employees…and yet here I am with still no job.

    I’d also like to complain about job postings like this:

    Looking for candidate no older than 32 years-old with 15 years of experience. Must have 10 years of working knowledge of a software application that has only existed for 4 years. Must have experience with software program X that was developed by our company for our company and is not used anywhere else on the planet.

    Sometimes, when I spend all day applying for jobs, like I did yesterday, I begin to wonder if I really am applying. When I am applying online (which is 100% of the time) I’ll fill out the application, hit submitt and then wonder if it actually went to the employer. I know the email confirmation that the application was submitted means nothing. As far as I know my application and time have dissappeared into nowhere.

    Being unemployed/underemployed is depressing.

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  2. “You don’t look Spanish”

    January 27, 2006 by elenamary

    I interpreted today at a Doctor’s office.
    After finishing interpreting for the receptionist but before leaving, the receptionist while giggling and with a big smile on her face said to me “You don’t look Spanish”.
    I was confused by her statement and gave a stare of puzzling bewilderment.
    Still with a big smile in what felt like the tone of compliment, she repeated “You don’t look Spanish.”
    I told her to have a nice day and left.
    I just didn’t get it. I still don’t. I hate the term “Spanish“.
    Any ideas anyone?

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  3. Say It Loud, Vatican!

    January 24, 2006 by elenamary

    Vatican Paper Hits ‘Intelligent Design

    The Vatican newspaper has published an article saying “intelligent design” is not science and that teaching it alongside evolutionary theory in school classrooms only creates confusion.

    That’s Right! Say it Loud!

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  4. Generation S.L.U.T.

    January 23, 2006 by elenamary

    I just finished reading Generation S.L.U.T. I got it from the Columbus Public Library (ranked #1 library in the nation!). The library has multiple copies of the book and even so, I had to get on a waiting list to get a copy. I first read about the book at salon.com. And what could be a more interesting topic than sexuality and youth? The book is great albeit disturbing at points. His book gives me a similar feeling I had when watching Bowling for Columbine and Marilyn Manson was interviewed (you can see the interview here) that feeling of “Oh my you are the only person who gets it”.
    I probably could’ve done without the rape entry in Generation S.L.U.T. but other than that I give this book a “good summer time reading” rating.

      An aside The author Marty Beckerman has his own livejournal blog!

    My sister has only commented on my blog twice. The most recent comment to let me know she was disappointed in me.

    Nena I can´t believe you ate Chicken…que mala …pobre pollito..recuerda que somos luchando por algo mas profundo que solo nuestra libertad…pero algo que deveras es digno y que es una libertad…para la mujer, gay, pobre, persona de color,.,,,y los animales.
    I feel sad you are chicken :(

    Well, now my brother commented for the first time ever on my blog. And he like my sister seems disappointed in my eating habits:

    Come on, fried candybars. WTF?! That’s sick as hell. Do you have a death wish money pit or something. You are soooo much better than that. Go fast boil some water, dump in whole broccoli shoots, drain once to remove external chems and reboil, add rice till done, cut up, add soy sauce, eat and store. FAN-FRICKING-TABULOUS. Peace grrl, from your anonymous bro!

    Oh my! The pressure of having both my siblings be Vegan. Charles keeps telling me that “Vegans are unhappy people”. Maybe obese unable to move with ease people are unhappy. Don’t tell anyone but I really should become a Vegan…we all should.

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  5. Frying Candybar Emergency

    January 16, 2006 by elenamary

    Charles and I just tried to fry some candybars.
    We used an online batter reciepe we chilled both the batter and the candybars but when we put the battered covered candybars in the deep fryer the batter seperated from the candybars and fried off and the candybars melted. Anyone have an idea of what happened?

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  6. Cafe ta who?

    January 15, 2006 by elenamary

    I saw a picture of myself last night from right after Christmas. I was fat. Really fat. It was horrible. I visited my doctor a couple of weeks ago to find out I had gained 14lbs since August. I haven’t been going to Capoeira. I haven’t been exercising and I miss it. Time to start-up again and lose that weight I’ve gained and a bit more. However, last night all I could think about was how fat I looked and felt. I didn’t want to go out. I was embarrassed to be seen in public. So, I did what good fat Americans do to numb everything, I turned on the TV.

    I was flipping through the channels when I heard before I saw. I heard Café Tacuba‘s song Ingrata. I had been flipping throw the channels so fast I had to flip back to the song and there they were Café Tacuba on my local PBS channel in concert. The concert was filmed in Austin and I would swear that I saw El Mas Chingón in the crowd.

    The concert I most regret missing in my life was a Café Tacuba show back in 1994. I was in 9th grade and living in Taxco. Every year Taxco has its Feria de la Plata and every evening for a week bands play. I only recall two other performers that week Yuri and Los Mestizos. The night Café Tacuba played I was exhausted and while I “liked” what of Café Tacuba I had heard didn’t know their music and so I went home. Their songs carried all the way to my home and I listened to Café Tacuba and the crowds that night.

    The next year when I would return to the States La Macarena was all the rage (one of the Mestizos big hits) and no longer cool in Mexico. And a couple years later Cafe Tacuba had also taken off big time in the States.

    And now? I watched Café Tacuba on local TV in Columbus, Ohio with their box set sitting on my desk.

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