Sharon, you know, that might be the ticket. I'd have to wait two weeks, because the majority of my whole crew of people who'd be invited will be busy with an SCA event next weekend (as many of them are this weekend. But if I can get enough leeway to get from now until then, I can probably pull that off, or at least try. It wouldn't garner me a lot - maybe fifty or sixty dollars, since I can't fit more than about a dozen people into this place to begin with, but it might help a little.
It's something to think about, anyway.
(Eeep. Looks like I'd make in one month at that part-time job roughly what I used to make in just over a week on my last full-time job. Well, it's something, anyway. But there really do need to be some full-time admin assistant jobs in Cleveland soon.)
And you can tell where I was interrupted. "requiring schedule availability me anytime" should not have that "me" in there.
Carrie, 233: Yes, I know about Etsy, and have been in the process of setting up something there.
Meanwhile, it occurs to me that I can link to a photo of one representative sample of my work, should anyone here be interested: A jewelry set I call "Peacock Dream" for the colors involved.
Raphael, 235: And I'm afraid that's where my thinking has, indeed, led me. Remaining where we are for the moment in terms of residence is crucial; we haven't another place to go. But if we are short the money for this round of rent, that may not be feasible, and so I worry.
SeanH, 239: I generally only have one cup of coffee most days anyway. Less than that and I have problems with focus (suspicion of a touch of adult ADD), more and I run the risk of insomnia. Alas, I have no prescriptions of any sort that might alleviate the stress reactions - my only ongoing prescription drug is Allegra for my allergies, taken only on those occasions when I am sneezing my head off from mold or pollen.
Cygnet, 241: And that worries me, too. Though in reading on, I agree with what Lee @247 and Diatryma @ 248 have said.
Lori Coulson, 242: I've already set up such programs with the utilities. The problem is that, this month, I lack the funds to completely pay the plan amounts this month. I really, really wish that one of the job interviews I had last month had worked out. Living in the Rust Belt is annoying enough when job-seeking; doing so in the midst of a depression/recession is moreso by several orders of magnitude.
Bi-weekly rent? Hmmm... I can ask. No guarantees, but perhaps. And I am not a member of a local church - I'm a Unitarian/eclectic Pagan, though I don't attend the nearest UU church (from which we actually did recieve some help several years ago when both D and I were laid off; can't really go to that well again, by their own rules). The UU congregation for which I have the most affinity is in a suburb way on the other side of town, and I hardly ever get there.
Wyman Cooke, 245: Yep, I feel you. I'm signed up with at least seven different employment agencies at the moment. Not a one of them has any assignments available, save one who keeps offering to send me on a call-center gig a 45-minute drive distant for a wage just over the cost of gas and wear on our 15 year-old car, and requiring schedule availability me anytime between 8 AM and 10:30 PM, thus effectively leaving D and my dad with no vehicle available to them should an emergency arise during the evening while I was working. I said no repeatedly, then when I wavered and consulted D, he told me in no uncertain terms that "no" was indeed the correct answer, by his lights. (By contrast, the restaurant job I just interviewed for is downtown, just a short bus ride from home. We live within spitting distance of the Cleveland business district; you really would think these agencies could find me something there.)
ETA: while typing this, I did receive a phone call from one of my agencies regarding a possible opening in a nearby suburb, part-time. It pays less than I need and far less than I have been accustomed to making, though in these times, that really can't be allowed to matter (and boy, do employers around here seem to know it!). I'm following up, but I have no idea how soon they will actually start someone.
Lee,
Actually, if I want to get counseling (and the though has been in the back of my mind for a couple of weeks) I do have coverage for that via the benefits package from D's employer. He doesn't get paid a lot, but the benefits for both of us are decent. I may well avail myself of that once I get things sorted enough that I know I can make and keep an appointment (read: once I know what my own schedule is looking like, and have also had time to look through the coverage to see who I am able to go and see.) Because I definitely do need to get some grounding on whether or not I can or should trust my own inner compass anymore, or whether it has come completely unstuck.
Other than knowing who Steven Swiniarski is, and having enjoyed what I've read so far of his books set in a Cleveland that is not quite my Cleveland, I'm confused.
Which is, of course, nothing new for me.
Lee, 194: I just re-read that book recently. Diane Duane did indeed place the branch-off point somewhere around the time of ancient Greece. I remember thinking I didn't much blame "our" Picard for avoiding that Bible.
More like, "The Sun pours far more than enough energy on the earth in a day to power every human need and then some. It's clean, inexhaustible* and practically free**. So why are we still using fossil fuels?"
* For all intents and purposes. The Sun will continue to bathe the Earth in light for longer than the Earth will remain habitable by humans.
** Once the apparatus to capture and convert raw Sunlight to other types of energy has been set up, it will pay for itself in a relatively short time, after which the only ongoing costs are for basic maintenance. No need to continue purchasing fuel.
Bill, I've been known to quote that line about Oldsmobiles. You see, I currently drive a 1994 Oldsmobile Achieva originally purchased new by my father, which came to be mine after Dad stopped driving a few years back. (Among other things, I now chauffeur him around in it.)
It's become something of the in-joke among my family and friends.
Jonathan,
Maybe Spock was afraid Kirk would trick his way out of the brig in much the same manner as he'd gamed the Kobayashi Maru scenario.
(In other words, it's been there before. I should buy stock in whatever company actually makes that brain bleach.)
Erik,
Sadly, no. After all, this is *my* mind we're talking about.
Jay,
Please pass the brain bleach. You do *not* want to know where my mind just went with your last sentence.
Twiki, JarJar - either way. Though to be fair, the common thread with JarJar here is that we're talking about an ostensibly sentient alien who is - to at least some extent - marginalized and/or objectified. Twiki was an artificial construct (who may or may not have possessed true sentience).
Heresiarch, 145: I would have loved seeing that treatment of Scotty and his discovery!
As for Scotty's sidekick, all I could think of when he/she/it turned up onscreen at first was, "Uh-oh, they're not going to do what I think they're going to do with this character, are they?" And then when that same creature resurfaced later in the engine room, in uniform and apparently there to stay, I knew I'd been right. It seems that Scotty's buddy is none other than a redesigned JarJar Binks. Because apparently you can't have a modern SF action flick these days without a JarJar Binks analogue.
Dave Bell, 157: Indeed.
Bruce: glad she is doing better. Here's hoping the improvement continues, and that they find out what it was and how to prevent it from happening again.
Terry: best of luck to you!
Lori: get-well wishes to Tuppence!
Abi, 776: Damn. Now I almost want to see your version.
Xopher, 780 & KeithS, 774: Well, I'm a dyed-in-the-wool, canon-preferring, from-the-cradle Trek fan and a feminist to boot, who was bothered by the miniskirts and a few other items, but nevertheless, I thoroughly *did* enjoy the movie just the same.
Bonus: my hubby, who is *not* really a Trek fan, nor even a fan of SF in general, and who rarely goes to the movies due to a pronounced tendency to fall asleep when placed in a comfy seat in a dark environment regardless of what is on the screen, enjoyed it as well, giving us something new to talk about. ;-)
Anything more I will save for the new thread.
Mary Aileen, most-to-all of what's been in the clear is, AFAIK, stuff that anyone who'd watched the trailers or TV ads for the movie would already know or have at least guessed at. Or have I missed something?
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