I think I may have accidentally bought something through my own astore link. Whoops. Hope Amazon doesn't get mad about that...
So, I need to write a curriculum vitae for that grant application (even though my friend Jim is helping me with it, he can't really write a CV for me.) I find I pretty universally have no ability to make myself sound interesting in a situation where it matters -- fellows I'm interested in, jobs I want to get, being interviewed for the local paper; they never see me at my best. I do best if I can just babble about whatever stupid crap I'm into this week, but situations where I need to impress people usually don't lend themselves well to such unfocused talk. I also have the trouble that a great deal of my tangible accomplishments have to do with hoodoo and occult practices, which doesn't always make a great impression on people if they're not already into that sort of thing -- saying "I cast magic spells" tends to be looked on about as well as claiming to be a vampire, at best. At worst you find yourself talking to one of those people who believes in nothing at all and gets offended if anyone else in their presence does, and who thus gets belligerent when informed of your "cowardly superstition" (or whatever term today's obnoxious loudmouth wants.)
Also I've got the trouble with a CV that I've had no schooling to speak of. (Two years of high school before I dropped out, and never got a GED.) Now, turning the tables, I'm the one who gets offended when people act like school is of importance and meaningful. And knowing that they tend to want to see lots of schooling, I wind up just getting angry attempting to even write the thing.
Thus I update my SG blog to avoid being about it.
So, I need to write a curriculum vitae for that grant application (even though my friend Jim is helping me with it, he can't really write a CV for me.) I find I pretty universally have no ability to make myself sound interesting in a situation where it matters -- fellows I'm interested in, jobs I want to get, being interviewed for the local paper; they never see me at my best. I do best if I can just babble about whatever stupid crap I'm into this week, but situations where I need to impress people usually don't lend themselves well to such unfocused talk. I also have the trouble that a great deal of my tangible accomplishments have to do with hoodoo and occult practices, which doesn't always make a great impression on people if they're not already into that sort of thing -- saying "I cast magic spells" tends to be looked on about as well as claiming to be a vampire, at best. At worst you find yourself talking to one of those people who believes in nothing at all and gets offended if anyone else in their presence does, and who thus gets belligerent when informed of your "cowardly superstition" (or whatever term today's obnoxious loudmouth wants.)
Also I've got the trouble with a CV that I've had no schooling to speak of. (Two years of high school before I dropped out, and never got a GED.) Now, turning the tables, I'm the one who gets offended when people act like school is of importance and meaningful. And knowing that they tend to want to see lots of schooling, I wind up just getting angry attempting to even write the thing.
Thus I update my SG blog to avoid being about it.
I'm glad my comment made you smile. Actually, my first serious girlfriend's nickname was "The Acid Queen" and it was not due to any association with LSD.