lizbee | Improvements

Re: the job, I've decided to email the HR guy I've been dealing with, let him know that I don't think I achieved the minimum standard on the typing speed test, and ask if I can be considered next time a vacancy arises. I'm just trying to explain why I did badly without sounding like I'm complaining or blaming the company. Because I don't.

Tonight I'm going to the Amanda Palmer concert at the Forum, which is a definite mood-improver. I've been kind of avoiding the thought of it for the last couple of weeks, what with the Evelyn Evelyn controversy and all, but now the day is here, I'm properly excited.

She's known for staying back to speak with fans, so I'm thinking of hanging around after to say, "Um, yeah, you didn't intend to cause offence, but you totally caused offence, and also the whole Evelyn Evelyn idea is tacky".

As for the controversy itself, I've been staying out of it, because while I agree with the FWD posts and posters, I've seen a lot of journals that I previously considered safe spaces for feminists descend into misogynistic name-calling, and that's a bit upsetting to me. (The bad behaviour of some people obviously doesn't invalidate good arguments presented by others, but red mists of anger do impair my ability to approach things reasonably.)

Now I am going to try and write, although there is a TV Tropes window open, so who knows what will happen?

In conclusion: HEY KIDS, DON'T MIX TEQUILA AND WHISKEY.