Random Rants 61

[SS-18 ICBM]

CFR, why not just cultivate the best talent at home instead of relying on other countries?

Other innovation challenges the report identifies include the United States' outdated and one-size-fits-all patent system, which gives rise to costly patent litigation, and a restrictive immigration system that makes it difficult for employers to hire the best talent from abroad.

 

[madviking]

rant: there doesn't seem to be a mac version of civ3 for download

 

[Lohrenswald]

You use mac?

loser

 

[Antilogic]

Weirdo.

 

[Lohrenswald]

touché

 

[Antilogic]

Nah, I was calling the mac user a weirdo. #dogpile

 

[Hygro]

I'm a mac user.

 

[Lohrenswald]

weirdo

 

[Arakhor]

Speaking of which, I have some unused Mac games on Gamer's Gate available to anyone with a GG account who games on a Mac (if they want them). Feel free to PM me for details.

 

[Antilogic]

weirdo

+1 broh.

 

[cardgame]

Macs are fantastic.

rant: I'm so tired all the time. bleh.

 

[Antilogic]

Weirdo.

 

[choxorn]

I would have offered you my place, if I had one.

Clearly, you should get a place so that Johanna can stay there with you.

 

[Tee Kay]

Clearly, you should get a place so that Johanna can stay there with you.

If only it were that easy bruh

 

[Phrossack]

I only have one idea left for what I want to do after I graduate in May. Not good. Should always have two or three escape routes.

 

[Antilogic]

I only have one idea left for what I want to do after I graduate in May. Not good. Should always have two or three escape routes.

A little vacay isn't a bad thing after school.

And you got time to get your resume in order for a spring career fair, right? You got plenty of time!

 

[Phrossack]

A little vacay isn't a bad thing after school.

And you got time to get your resume in order for a spring career fair, right? You got plenty of time!

Nobody's ever been willing to hire me, so my resume is pretty unimpressive, even with some volunteer work on there. And because I've never had a job, and am basically unable to drive, it's very unlikely that anyone will want to hire me between now and spring. Which prevents me from getting the job experience I need to get a job. As far as I'm concerned, a "vacation" is just more dead time on my crappy resume to scare off employers. I was considering grad school, but I realized that I have no idea how that would benefit me, what I would do involving foreign language there, or even where to begin looking for the answers to these questions.

 

[Mango Elephant]

rant: I'm so tired all the time. bleh.

Why do you think that is?

 

[sophie]

Nobody's ever been willing to hire me, so my resume is pretty unimpressive, even with some volunteer work on there. And because I've never had a job, and am basically unable to drive, it's very unlikely that anyone will want to hire me between now and spring. Which prevents me from getting the job experience I need to get a job. As far as I'm concerned, a "vacation" is just more dead time on my crappy resume to scare off employers. I was considering grad school, but I realized that I have no idea how that would benefit me, what I would do involving foreign language there, or even where to begin looking for the answers to these questions.

A jobs fair would help. Have you considered trying a Fulbright?

There's also Auxiliares or JET as I noted before. There are a handful of programs that allow you to teach English in Germany as well:

http://www.gooverseas.com/teach-abroad/online/international-tefl-academy/29139

http://www.gooverseas.com/teach-in-germany/fulbright-english-teaching-assistantship-in-germany/2758

http://www.young-germany.de/topic/work/jobs-career/finding-a-job-teaching-english-in-germany

Also don't worry about having a crap resume. EVERYBODY has a crap resume fresh out of college.

 

[Tee Kay]

So as some of you know I had a bit of relationship drama. Best friend (who's also my ex) fell in love with my long-time crush (for traditions sake let's call him "Orange"), et cetera.

See, we were friends and the problem with dating/crushing on a friend is you might have a lot of friends in common. And when they inevitably break your heart... well, things get awkward.

I've tried avoidance and I've tried staying away and isolating myself but in the end I still want to have my group of friends, you know?

Now I want to really have a talk with Orange Crush - like, a real, long talk to really sort things out between us to hopefully clear the bad feelings and move on - but I'm holding myself back 'cause well it's hard to talk about and he's in a relationship and all, and I don't want to be the wrecker. And also... I suppose I don't want to hear him say what he really thinks of me? What if I'm just getting my heart broken again when it's only just starting to heal?

Gosh, I'm in a mess.