Cruenti Dei Progress Report 6 and Other Things of Import

Cross-posted from all and sundry.

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In other news, my iBook appears to be slowly dying. The monitor is starting to flicker, and the 3, e, and d keys aren't working. This is not quite as horrible as it sounds, as I have a plug-in keyboard, but it is kind of annoying when I'm on the go.

Comes from dropping it one too many times, I suspect. Laptops should come covered in shock-resistant foam.

So at some point, I'm going to have to hoof it down to the Apple store for the 500,000-keystroke tune-up.

Wedding paperwork continues to roll-in. Fun!

Oh, and thanks to the Archdiocese's arcane contracting system and multiply dysfunctional layers of bureaucracy, I still haven't been paid for August. On the other hand, the folks for whom I'm actually working are doing their darndest to get me paid. On the third hand, the might of mere mortals is insufficient to overcome bean-counter juju.

The fourth hand, as we know, is the dummy.

(... and therefore I believe the President and Vice President of the United States must be impeached.)

Criminologist?

Seen everywhere:

1. Go to http://www.careercruising.com/
2. Put in Username: nycareers and Password: landmark.
3. Take their "Career Matchmaker" questions.
4. Post the top ten results


1. Anthropologist

2. Professor

3. Historian

4. Music Teacher / Instructor

5. ESL Teacher

6. Foreign Language Instructor

7. Computer Trainer

8. Criminologist

9. Actor

10. High School Teacher

Leaving aside for a moment the fact that I have no ability in music or foreign languages (not to mention the fact that this list looks suspiciously like an enumeration of my Call of Cthulhu characters), I'm amazed at the sheer number of teaching positions on my list.

To the above, I must add

11. Elementary School Teacher

12. Special Education Teacher

13. Teacher Assistant

16. Early Childhood Educator

18. Corporate Trainer

Another huge chunk are related to film (14, 15, 21, 24, 34, 40). Writer comes in at 20, wedged between Comedian and Political Aide.

Clearly, I'm destined to be the next James Lipton.

*shudder*

(... and therefore I believe the President and Vice President of the United States must be impeached.)