But they were on sale!
24
Sep
2005
I went shopping. I was only going to buy sensible things that I can wear to work.
And I looked at shoes. Sensible shoes.
I guess I just don’t like sensible shoes.
So I bought cute heels instead.
Oops.
Here in Katie’s Head
Props to the suit
24
Sep
2005
I got the job.
I’ll be working at the Spokesman-Review in Spokane, Wash., as a web intern over semester break.
Now I have to buy more grownup clothes.
I survived the evil suit
16
Sep
2005
By the way, the interview went awesomely, except for the part about having to wear a suit. I have to do a site critique as part of my application, and I won’t know if I’ve got the job for at least a couple more months.
The light at the end of the tunnel: If I do get the job, I won’t have to wear a suit again for a long time.
Please don’t make me do this
14
Sep
2005
Because the career advisor lady told me I have to, I bought a suit jacket today.
I have an internship interview tomorrow.
And I look retarded with a dress jacket on.
I look like a man, or a very executive lesbian, or Katie-playing-dress-up, or maybe I just look dumb.
Take the jacket off and — ah! — there’s the Katie I’m used to seeing in the mirror. The collared shirt, the dress pants, the nice shoes — they all look fine, normal. But the jacket, oh, you might as well put a dunce cap on me.
I think it’s the hair. Or the lack of makeup. Possibly the sinister-looking glasses. But something about my head says, “I am not a person who belongs in a suit.”
I’m interviewing for a web job at a newspaper. I am interviewing for a geeky job. Geeks never look right in suits. They look like someone told them they have to wear the damn jacket if they want to look professional, but geeks don’t “perform” the way business people do. They impress people with their output, not their professional ensembles.
I am scheming for a way to show up in the jacket, thereby proving that I own and am technically capable of wearing one, then I hope to immediately make an excuse about it being hot and take off the jacket. Except that the building is notorious for being cold. All the time. Freezing.
It’s a nice-looking jacket, I think. It fits. It has stylish pinstripes. It looks good with my pants and shirt.
But it doesn’t look good with me.
I am afraid this jacket will assassinate my personality while I am sleeping.
Comments of encouragement will be deleted. I don’t need encouragement. I’ve seen my resume and it is sufficiently awesome. Here, I’m only looking for other commentary on the tyranny of suits, and possibly ties as well. Die, suits, die.
New iPod (aka “Since you don’t care about my job”)
04
Sep
2005
Because I felt compelled to spoil myself this week, I now have a new 30 GB color-screen iPod (yay for Apple refurbs).
I’ve finally started checking out podcasts, although I’m finding it hard to find casts that keep my attention. So far the only ones I really love are all from NPR, particularly On the Media and Science Friday (not that this should come as any surprise given my geeky background). I’m broken-hearted that This American Life is only podcastable for Audible.com members.
I’ve a long history of soliciting recommendations of what music to listen to, and now I’m asking for podcasts. Bring on the tips.
Coding makes me hungry
04
Sep
2005
This week, I officially inherited the web development position for KUJH-TV News. We had the site redesigned (and reprogrammed to an extent) last month, meaning that my shitty old design is happily retired.
(How I ended up designing the original site is another story, because I was very careful to ensure I was not on the design team.)
My big task is to redo the admin side of our content management system, a rather ghastly task since the current interface has become increasingly clunky and broken since our launch in January.
I spent a couple hours this weekend squashing a few of the smaller bugs, and although I’m still a total PHP n00b, I feel like I’m improving quickly.
(Sadly, my plan to morph my boyfriend into a 1337 programmer/slave didn’t really go anywhere. And since I don’t have a programmer/slave to implement all my brilliant schemes, I’m having to learn how to do it myself.)
Thanks for keeping it real, Anderson
02
Sep
2005
“Ray Nagin for President, Anderson Cooper for Secretary of Take No Shit.”
They’ve got my vote.
Especially with President Bush on CNN right now, making cracks about all the times he used to get wasted in New Orleans.
