Here's a link to the blog for my writing class at Mount Royal University. If you like fancy word-writin' I suggest you take a peek. It is by far my favorite class this semester. There are some super talented writers in my class and you should check them out.
Class Blog
Showing posts with label Me. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Me. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
A link pour vous
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Gettin' Edumacated in Photochoppin'
Learning textures and other tricks. I believe I am now familiar with 0.0001% of Photoshop.
Wednesday, January 07, 2009
Belated Xmas with Mom and Robert
Mom and Robert before the present opening bonanza.
Chris showing the best cookie reaction ever. I love getting and giving homemade food. As a receiver, nothing makes me more happy than knowing someone wants to feed me. As a giver, it brings alot of joy knowing that someone enjoys the treats I made especially for them. Food = comfort = love. Fucked up, but yes it's true.
Me and my mama.
And now,
Some of the mega awesome things I got for christmas:
as seen here:
The amazing Amy Sedaris's book:
Shreve Stockon's Daily Coyote book
Plus an insane amount of kitchen stuff. If anybody had told me last year that I would be cooking 6 times a week, and absolutely loving it no less, I would have laughed in their face then ordered a pizza. Pretty strange how one year can make all the difference. Three cheers for acknowledging that some stereotypical feminine qualities and traits aren't a bad thing!
Monday, January 05, 2009
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Sodomized by a ski hill in Panorama, BC.
I spent Christmas in Panorama skiing with a group of people and I had a great time. My ass; however, is beyond sore. I feel like my failed attempt at snowboarding caused me to be punished by the hill. This punishment? Sodomization. Luckily I could recover by walking around taking pictures and drinking an obscene amount of alcohol. Plus the perogies..mmm perogies.
I thought the different textures of the trees looked cool.
River Walk
These are some horsies, I think they do sleigh rides.
That's one hot sniffer.
From the ski hill.
Snowy cold day.
Stubbs the snowboarder extraordinaire.
The ski chalet on the mountain.
Random hut along the river.
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Outta Touch
I've been without the internets for 3 weeks now. I should be getting it back on Friday and then next week I'll be able to update this blog that noone reads!
Actually it's been kind of liberating not having cable or internet. Wait, I take it back Shaw...hook a girl up!
Friday, August 29, 2008
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Bad Girl
Damn August has been flying. After 4 months of total unadulterated slackdom I had to find a job and an apartment, and make some stupid adult decisions. I feel like I haven't had enough time to hang with those I love but I'm so glad it's almost over. I move into my new shoebox sized apartment next week and it's so tiny it looks a little something like this:
Ok, it's a little bigger than that but the rent is cheap and the neighborhood is nice, which is really all that matters.
I'll be back next week with more posts after everything has settled down a bit.
Friday, August 08, 2008
McBusy
Ima bit manic right now with the new job and apartment hunt but I'll be posting again next week.
Wish me luck on finding a decent non-murderville place under 900$...f'ing edmonton.
Friday, July 25, 2008
Monday, July 07, 2008
Back to reality
Two interviews this week, and for once I actually want either jobs. I have had other interviews since the job hunt started but I've generally had a fairly "take 'em or leave 'em" attitude which needless to say, isn't cool and hasn't been very effective.
I realize that the pay offered for an entry level job in a new field will be low, but at the same time, this is Alberta. With employers so desperate for staff there definitely needs to be some give on both sides, and I was shocked at the low salaries offered by companies seeking bilingual employees. With a fully bilingual population of only 17% in Canada, you'd think some employers would be willing to offer more than just above minimum wage, regardless if the job is entry level or not. In fact, only 9% of Anglophones outside Québec can communicate in French. I don't mention this to brag by any means, but if I compromised grades in a fully french immersion high school for the only benefit of being able to put "Bilingual" on my resume, then I feel it should pay off at some point.
With most companies complaining of a skilled labour shortage, it seems as though the majority of these companies aren't taking matters into their own hands. If they aren't able to find employees that already possess the skills needed to perform the job they are advertising, then why not reach out and train intelligent but under-educated people to perform those jobs? I'm sure it boils down to money, and training new hires is a huge expense, especially since today's society and attitudes about company loyalty have changed dramatically since the baby boomer age.
Basically how I see it, is that in the workforce today there are still Baby Boomers (born post WWII), Generation X'ers (mostly born in the 60's-70's, ie: My parents) and Generation Y'ers (Born in the 80's-90's). Baby boomers and Gen X'ers were typically more loyal to companies as they were raised with the belief (and experience) that if they spent 20+ years of their life at the same company, then they would be rewarded with raises and eventually a pension that would keep them comfortable in retirement. Due to massive layoffs and cutbacks in the 80's-90's, Gen Y'ers saw their parents' loyalty to a company rewarded with job loss and total instability. I think that resulted in the now more common and younger attitude or suspicion that large companies don't really care about their employees, regardless of loyalty. Most Gen Y'ers now have a more selfish perspective on the job market, and if their current job doesn't offer the pay they are seeking, they will very willingly "self-promote" by jumping ship to a better paying job.
Basically, we don't have much to lose; we have a booming job market and a lack of responsibilities (families and mortgages). Instead of waiting for their jobs to become redundant and then promptly laid off, most are jumping ship preemptively to get the salary and benefits they feel they deserve, and most importantly, they know they can get.
So what's a giant impersonal company to do? They could start by offering more money of course, but I honestly doubt that would increase company loyalty if the job itself isn't good enough. I personally would sacrifice a huge paycheck for a job that I find challenging and rewarding on other levels. Some companies have realized this and offer alternatives to increase company loyalty, like RRSP contributions, profit sharing and better training programs.
I guess I feel sort of stuck in the middle. I've made a very minimal attempt at a post-secondary education, so I totally accept that I won't be making 65,000$+ a year anytime soon. But at the same time money doesn't actually motivate me, but instead the opportunity to increase my skills and experiences (I think a result of not being in post secondary).
So really now I'm at a crossroads. I don't know if I should spend 4+ years and 20 grand in university to prove to other people that I can be committed to something for that long, or if I should just go ahead and invest the same amount of time in an entry level position to work my way up to that salary.
Basically, I'm confused. I'd regret not going to uni or college right away, except the traveling and experiences I had by not going to school are what have made me who I am today.
To sum up: This post has no point and I need to get motivated to do something I'm not sure of :P
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
No pride, No shame.
Turn your volume down for this video, it was a windy day.
With all the grace of epileptic bird.
Monday, September 12, 2005
An awkward introduction:
I am :
Michelle
Listening to Be Good Tanyas (www.begoodtanyas.com)
Eating calabrese soppressata salami, brie and triscuts, and wondering why in the name of all that is holy and sacred it cost me 14.64 for all 3?
Enjoying my new view (giant machine came and ate 4 of my neighbor's houses....I smell an apartment complex)
Because I'm a procrastinator, lazy and a childish, childish girl, I refuse to post anything about myself quite yet (short of my fat cat Sophie of course). But fear not dear reader(s?), for I promise that the future will hold posts filled with deep, dark blackmail-baiting secrets of mine, or least lists of things that I think make me look cool.
Thursday, September 08, 2005
RandomVoyeur...coming soon
Test to see if I can post and am not actually as retarded as I once thought...trying to fancy up this cookie cutter blog template, but its just like putting lipstick on a whore.
EDIT: Based on that last line, probably not a great place to put my picture but whatever.
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