sometimes there was just too much tutrle for the bunny to handle

[kitsunegari]

i am so tired. this stupid job. i don't mind it so much, it's mindless and i can mostly turn my brain off in order to do it, which is nice, but it's the insane hours! getting home in the wee hours is not exactly my idea of a fulfilling day at work, nor is the getting to sleep at hours near dawn only to be awoken by the Sprog at an hour or so past dawn (it feels like an hour or so past dawn, but it's usually around 8am). I'm currently existing on about 5 or 6 hours of sleep per night, doing stuff during the day (rarely getting the chance to nana nap) and then working between 3 and 6 hour shifts at night EVERY night unless i tell them otherwise.

i'm so sick of this not getting enough sleep thing, that i've started applying for new jobs that are available DURING THE DAY! So if anyone out there has or knows of any decent paying ($18.50ph minimum) part time jobs, could you point them in my direction. upsell me like there's no tomorrow. tell them they HAVE to have me or else they'll go bankrupt, or something. just tell them i'm neccessary to their existence and that they barely survived before they employed me.

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in other not so 'grrrr' news. i've been looking at my study options for next year. i've missed the first round of early year enrolments, and doubt i'll have had enough time to seriously decide which path to take in order to apply for second round, so i'm looking at mid year enrolments in a BSc. Finally (yes, an uppercase 'F'). deciding which subjects to study (with at least 2 of them almost guranteeing Pots being my tutor) is sooo difficult. i can't decide between getting involved in something i know i can get paid bucket loads for post doc, or something i know i can get paid a pretty damn decent amount for. do i want to be a geneticist or a pathologist? that is the question. i know the geneticist part is due mainly to the influence of Pots (who is a geneticist and statistician), and i've always had some kind of macabre interest in pathology. the whole cutting up things and dealing with goop is quite appealing. then there's the whole 'research' aspect of science (which tends to be where the 'bucket loads of money' part is). i'd like to be earning a slightly more than comfortable income in the future, and i want to be able to provide Monkey with a more than comfortable future (as well as a juicy trust fund), but i know i shouldn't make the dollars my main motivation for choosing my major. i still can't decide between the two. and when it comes to genetics, there are so many different aspects to that as well.

also, do i wanna just be a biol pleb and minion and be a lab tech or some such other menial position, or do i want to run a lab and be in charge of plebs doing research into all kinds of funky things. but really, do i want the pressure of writing grant applications?

do i even wanna go post grad? i don't really think there is much chocice there. if i want to be in a decent position, i need a PhD.

guh! i gotta stop looking at the big picture and refine my search somewhat: what subjects do i want to study. but first: what focus do i want to take? Genetics or Pathology.

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i've also managed to refine my search for monologues down to three, with thanks to the inimitable ghymoreid. I have Rumours monologue in Henry IV, Tamora's guilt trip from Titus Andronicus, and Lady Bracknells Algy monolgue from The Importance of Being Earnest(Oscar Wilde).

I'm now trying to decide whether i should do two Shakespeares of a contrasting nature (Rumour/Tamora), or if I should do one Shakespeare and one Wilde. If the latter be the case, then i have to decide which of the Bard pieces to use. I tell you what, things just don't like coming easy do they?

til next....
~Kits~ (brain melty)

Comments

[quiz-slut.livejournal.com]

hmm, about your monologue dilemma - definitely do Titus Andronicus. That monologue is fantastic. But I never really liked Henry IV, or any of his historical plays... so I'd go for the Wilde. I think it would suit you a lot more as well.

I don't know if you'd want to scoop ice cream, but I believe we have some job openings.

[haruko-fixation.livejournal.com]

if BSc is anyting like arts (hah!) won't you be able to do a double major in one and a single major in the other?

[frazicus.livejournal.com]

did you check out the qpac ones yet?

[kitsunegari.livejournal.com]

i've emailed HR and have been waiting for a reply. it's three days hence....

til next....
~Kits~ (guh)

[frazicus.livejournal.com]

well, hopefully theyll reply...though, i've got a feeling the applications closed today....or will on friday. maybe you should just apply. you dont have to accept it.

[kitsunegari.livejournal.com]

all the positions have a closing date of October 20, so i've still got time.

til next....
~Kits~

[frazicus.livejournal.com]

they must have changed it. it was the 5th, i double checked the notice board today.
by the way, two more jobs have come up....you might wants to look at em.

[kitsunegari.livejournal.com]

of course, i could also be horribly wrong and notice there is a 9th of the tenth closing date. grrrr.

til next....
~Kits~

[sum-pisces.livejournal.com]

Do some subjects of both and see what you prefer

[tahitianlime.livejournal.com]

Hullo from Dublin.

If money weren't an issue, what would you be doing with your life?

That's what you should pursue.

To be a pathologist you need to do medicine....then specialise in pathology....that's a lot of years study....a lot of years.... like... four years undergrad, four years medicine, 2 years house officering, 5 years pathology training.....

[kitsunegari.livejournal.com]

my uncle is a pathologist, and he never had to study medicine. he just did is Bachelor, scored a first class honour and moved into a lab... i never stated what KIND of pathologist :P

til next....
~Kits~ (i just wanted to say goo) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant_pathology) ()

[tahitianlime.livejournal.com]

pathologist by definition has done medicine.

You can do a bachelors degree that will allow you to work in path labs doing various things from micro, haematology, forensics etc....but not actually a pathologist. To be a pathologist you need to have a fellowship from the royal college of pathologists (www.rcpa.edu.au).

BTW...fanatastic JAzz bars here in Dublin. Lots of live music...maybe you could come perform here? When are we going to see an EP from you?