Hibernation

I have definitely been in hibernation since graduation. I keep to myself and have little interest in socializing. When I do feel like having company I am drawn to my old friends, not Haas people. In fact, Haas people have been driving me a little nutty of late. Not all of them, for sure (for example, how would I have survived the past few weeks without Jenna!?). All I know is that the great friends I was supposed to have made at business school, well, I need a break from them. Maybe that's normal. I mean, Rocky said that when she graduated from school all she wanted to do was hang out with her non-school friends. But from what I can see, all the Haas people mostly want to hang out with each other. So then I feel bad and I feel, once again, different. Well, I only hope the feeling goes away. Maybe I just need a job to feel like I want to be around people again.

Job Hunt
I continue to be in the thick of the job hunt. Things are looking up - there definitely seems to be some momentum, though towards what remains to be seen. I am most excited about the one opportunity that developed this week, but I cannot be too excited because I have no clue what the job is and I am definitely not a shoe-in, though I appreciate that I am definitely in the running! Then I had a decent interview on Friday. It was the second time in the last month that I have been called for a job for which the hiring organization thinks I am not necessarily a fit. So why do they call me? Well, a better question I suppose is why do I apply for these jobs? In truth, I usually post my resume for these kinds of jobs - the ones for which I am definitely not a good candidate, I probably wouldn't even really want it if it was offered for me, and it doesn't matter anyway because they aren't going to call me because I am not even qualified - on the days I am most struggling with my unemployed status. So i see a job that sounds interesting enough, one that I think I could do if (1) someone gave me the chance and (2) I accepted such an offer. And I submit my resume and write a kick ass cover letter. And then I move on, never wondering if I will hear from them, but feeling like I was at least productive by applying - I get to fill out another line in my "job tracker" Excel spreadsheet. Anyway, all this is to say that I interviewed for one of these jobs on Friday. And I guess I am supposed to feel all kinds of grateful that they called me and "proud of myself" for the fact that even though I don't have the right experience, they called me anyway (there were 60 applicants!)! And I can't understand why they tell me this, why they tell me that my resume is unlike those of anyone else they are interviewing but it sure looks "interesting." And then they tell me I did a great job, "especially considering." What kind of backhanded compliment is that?

New Friends
Given that I am taking a Haas break, I am excited that I am also making new friends. It's not easy at this age but the way I see it, there is no reason to stop making friends (ever) and as more and more of my friends get married, I really do need to be hanging out with other single people.

The grey-haired dude of Hungarian descent from the Canada party was quite handsome. Not my type, I don't think. I can't put my finger on why. But he sure was handsome!

Brief Movie Review
Tonight I saw The Devil Wears Prada with Heidi and her friend whose name I can't remember. It was not as terrible as I suspected it was going to be. But it was not particularly good either. Meryl Street was her usual brilliant self, and in this movie she was also her very beautful self. She was absolutely stunning in this movie and she really did a wonderful job with the character. So, I didn't particularly like the movie but I did laugh out loud and I would tell other people (certain movie-goers) to go ahead and see it.