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Tooth Fairy

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The Dutch have a saying that goes: ‘Hij weet van voren niet dat hij van achteren leeft‘ which literally translates to, ‘His front does not know that his back is alive‘. Yes I know… we have some odd sayings *hehe* It means: ‘He doesn’t know whether he’s coming or going ‘ in simple words: one is extremely busy… I have felt like this ever since I had the interview with the recruitment agency Friday the 22nd of February. I have been busy all week designing a print portfolio and a web portfolio both in pdf format. So I’m sorry I’ve neglected you out there!

I thought I could do things the easy way, which was in Photoshop, but of course I found out that the easy way never ever works. [Note to self: girl, you should know by now… tut tut!] When I had the files ready to export to pdf, it wouldn’t change into that crispy pdf format, it was blurred and probably caused by a compression issue. No matter what I did, I couldn’t solve the problem not even with my 18 years of experience, yes that is kind of embarrassing. So after three days of trying, I had to do it my way; the complicated way and rebuild everything in InDesign this time. Thursday afternoon it was ready and online.

Over the weekend I have been busy finishing the web design version. I’m almost done, all it takes is a few more tiny adjustments and then I can put that one online as well. Ready to be send out to potential clients by the recruitment agency. I must say my recruiter is one impressive woman, we’re the same age and she’s got a drive that makes your head spin! I’ve had to call her several times last week to discuss roles so hopefully this will bear some fruit. I might have an interview this week so I need to stay focused on important things like seeing the dentist tomorrow *hehe*

I’ve broken a tiny piece of my tooth over night, don’t ask me how but it happened… I even woke up the moment it happened. So I immediately called this morning and arranged an appointment tomorrow to have it fixed, the dentist fixed it last year but it broke off again. And since I’m very aware of it and constantly ‘playing’ with it, with my tongue -which will be raw by the end of the day- I need to have it done asap. How am I gonna smile my toothpaste commercial smile during an interview if I’m too aware of a dental problem [although tiny…]?

Call it vanity… I call it ‘anything to change my future for the best and get out of my current situation asap‘… After all £45,- is only half the price of the cheapest Botox injection but at least my tooth won’t cause any facial paralysis or a droopy lip. For those who are not aware of things: Botox is something 14 year old girls give each other for their birthday in this country… Yes twisted! But I guess that’s a whole different post one day. I don’t have any wrinkles and I don’t look my age [so I’m told many times] but even if I would, I would embrace it and age gracefully, instead of trying to hide. Who are you fooling after all?

:mrgreen:

I’m Addicted

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I think I’m addicted… to games and coffee… You see, I have this new game and I have to play it each and every day for an hour or more. It’s relaxing in a way although I still need to use my brain and think hard *hehe*. It’s Sudoku, well actually it’s Sudoku Master and it’s for my Nintendo DS. I just had my New Super Mario Bros. phase but I gave up on it because I can’t get to the next level. I’m stuck each time at the first four worlds and keep jumping into an abyss, so for the moment I can’t be bothered to eat mushrooms, kick Koopa shells or climb into clouds and jump through hoops. I’d rather use some brain power and logical thinking, it’s challenging and relaxing. I’ve finished 80 easy ones and 10 of the normal ones… I must say, the normal ones are hectic and at times it takes me 25 minutes to solve one. So if you ever need a mental challenge and you own a Nintendo DS I would say: go for it! 😎

So I ended up playing games because I really needed to relax a bit over the last week: I have been busy contacting recruitment agencies, writing emails and adjusting my CV. I also designed and built a separate online portfolio in Flash that I could show when needed. And in between jobs, I’m trying to help out Farfallina from ‘A Roam to Rome’ with some problems she ran into. Today I was called by one of the agencies and I have an appointment with them next Wednesday. They sound like a nice bunch of people so I’m happy that I can go there for a chat and register with them. I hope things will be picking up soon now and I have to admit it’s not as easy as I thought it was but I’m getting there. I guess my patience is tested once again but it feels good so I trust the process to work out just fine.

I also received a really cool gift from Christiaan and it’s sitting on my desk right next to me within reach. It’s another amazing gadget: an awesome USB cup warmer slash USB hub. I don’t know what made him think of this but I remember when I was still working at the Rietveld academy we had rules and one of them was that the students weren’t allowed to bring any kind of food or drink in. This was to avoid having to clean up the mess after them and to protect the IT facilities that we were managing. It also meant that we had to set an example so often I would have to leave my coffee at my desk, help out a student and by the time I was finished my coffee would be cold.

I have the same problem here because I just tend to forget that it’s there when I’m busy. I guess Christiaan knows me too well… 😛


Finally I can have hot coffee all day! *yay*