I promise I have SEVERAL updates waiting in the wings to be transliterated from paper to screen, but for now I feel compelled to share a couple choice ads from the “Jobs” section of the Craigslist Rome: ——– Cercasi Musa (internet) (translation: Seeking Muse) why not help a poet while helping society as well? do [...]
Posts Tagged ‘job-hunting’
seeking WHAT?
Posted in humorous, summer, year 1, tagged job-hunting, the absurd on Thursday 31 July, 2008 | 1 Comment »
one-month mark
Posted in autumn, regular, year 1, tagged food, job-hunting, students, Vignola, work on Friday 28 September, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
We have now been in Italy for one month, exactly thirty-one days. It feels like about five. Considering exactly how much we’ve accomplished in this first month (compared to what I had anticipated), we’ve done quite well for ourselves. We have an apartment, two private students each, friends (absent though they are), and, most importantly [...]
in bocca al lupo
Posted in autumn, regular, year 1, tagged coincidence, firsts, job-hunting, joy, work on Friday 14 September, 2007 | 2 Comments »
So, the big news. I have a job! Today was that interview that I mentioned before, the one set up by the woman who called me on the train. I did a little googling online and found out that the school is called Circolo Leonardo, and has lots of different types of classes, including art [...]
the stress builds
Posted in autumn, regular, year 1, tagged apartment-hunting, culture shock, job-hunting, stress on Wednesday 12 September, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
All right. Culture shock has officially set in. I know what it is; I know that it’s essentially equivalent to a psychological cold and will pass. But it still manages to make life difficult in the meantime, making even the easiest of tasks seem insurmountable. It feels like the entire Italian system is working against [...]
