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May. 22nd, 2010 12:21 am...yup, that's about right. LARP has pretty much been the only thing worth talking about in the last month or so.
Writing the new guy's backstory is, unfortunately, boring, which hardly bodes well for the character itself while being a fairly good indicator of what he'll be like to play alongside. Conversation with well-informed individuals has led me to examine what I consider the salient points of a fest character, and it turns out that pokeability rates fairly high on my list. Alantha was as deep as they got, got poked more times in twenty four hours than the rest of my CP characters put together, and had a lot of roleplay driven as a result. Lorne is (and, ironically, I used this description the last time I played a character with this name) as deep as a puddle in a sahara, and had to initiate every conversation he had, bar one (to have someone approach him and address him by name actually came as a surprise - Franchesca got a slightly jumpy Lorne as a result). He's pleasant and friendly, and that's probably the best I can do with it. Hopefully a few conversations with a few people will at least make him less of an amorphous blob in a greatcoat.
It does mean, however, that after nearly five years, I get to have an IC conversation with my fiancee that won't end up with one of us (IC) storming out in a huff. Emma and I have a history of our characters hating eachother's guts. It started with Sorin and Afina an awfully long time ago, and has been going on ever since. Lorne and Rega have a fair amount in common, and are both polite conversationalists. When he does (what is for him, at least) his big reveal to her, I'm reliably informed she might even be impressed.
That was never intended to be as dodgy as it sounded. Meh.
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In the last month at work I've been rated "Unacceptable" in my annual performance review, due to my lack of successful referrals to the sales staff. In spite of this, I was asked to sub in for the operations manager (two grades above me) when he went on holiday. If anyone cares to reconcile why my company has allowed these two seemingly mutually exclusive situations to interact, answers on a postcard. I know the qualitative answer, but given that performance ratings are all about the numbers, there is no way in the world I should have been let near the role.
Indeed, the entire management seems to be wanting to get rid of me. The second I apply for a role internally, they're all over it, talking to the HR contacts and bigging me up. The senior branch manager is contacting every sympathetic head office ear in his little black book and asking if there's anything in the offing. When I get back to work tomorrow and tell them I have an interview up at Nationwide House on tuesday morning for a job which would all but double my salary, there is a legitimate possibility that the customer service manager will climax on the spot. You'd almost think, between them, that they actually care for my future within the company.
I can't say I'm disappointed. Surprised, slightly incredulous, but anything but disappointed. It does mean that when I fail the interview and nothing comes of the more nebulous ear bending I'll have let down more people than myself this time, but having more than one person in my corner is most gratefully received for as long as they're there.
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I've had the last three days off on holiday, as they were the only days available to me and if I didn't take them, I'd lose them, and I have managed to do precisely zero cleaning. Lots of laundry, a smidgeon of tidying, a few job applications, and the successful location of my degree certificates so the RSC don't think I'm a fraud and might consider giving me membership, but no cleaning. Instead, I've managed to sit at my computer and play EQ2 for almost two days straight.
I really, really need another job. One that doesn't leave me thinking this is how I want to spend my holidays.
Writing the new guy's backstory is, unfortunately, boring, which hardly bodes well for the character itself while being a fairly good indicator of what he'll be like to play alongside. Conversation with well-informed individuals has led me to examine what I consider the salient points of a fest character, and it turns out that pokeability rates fairly high on my list. Alantha was as deep as they got, got poked more times in twenty four hours than the rest of my CP characters put together, and had a lot of roleplay driven as a result. Lorne is (and, ironically, I used this description the last time I played a character with this name) as deep as a puddle in a sahara, and had to initiate every conversation he had, bar one (to have someone approach him and address him by name actually came as a surprise - Franchesca got a slightly jumpy Lorne as a result). He's pleasant and friendly, and that's probably the best I can do with it. Hopefully a few conversations with a few people will at least make him less of an amorphous blob in a greatcoat.
It does mean, however, that after nearly five years, I get to have an IC conversation with my fiancee that won't end up with one of us (IC) storming out in a huff. Emma and I have a history of our characters hating eachother's guts. It started with Sorin and Afina an awfully long time ago, and has been going on ever since. Lorne and Rega have a fair amount in common, and are both polite conversationalists. When he does (what is for him, at least) his big reveal to her, I'm reliably informed she might even be impressed.
That was never intended to be as dodgy as it sounded. Meh.
__________
In the last month at work I've been rated "Unacceptable" in my annual performance review, due to my lack of successful referrals to the sales staff. In spite of this, I was asked to sub in for the operations manager (two grades above me) when he went on holiday. If anyone cares to reconcile why my company has allowed these two seemingly mutually exclusive situations to interact, answers on a postcard. I know the qualitative answer, but given that performance ratings are all about the numbers, there is no way in the world I should have been let near the role.
Indeed, the entire management seems to be wanting to get rid of me. The second I apply for a role internally, they're all over it, talking to the HR contacts and bigging me up. The senior branch manager is contacting every sympathetic head office ear in his little black book and asking if there's anything in the offing. When I get back to work tomorrow and tell them I have an interview up at Nationwide House on tuesday morning for a job which would all but double my salary, there is a legitimate possibility that the customer service manager will climax on the spot. You'd almost think, between them, that they actually care for my future within the company.
I can't say I'm disappointed. Surprised, slightly incredulous, but anything but disappointed. It does mean that when I fail the interview and nothing comes of the more nebulous ear bending I'll have let down more people than myself this time, but having more than one person in my corner is most gratefully received for as long as they're there.
__________
I've had the last three days off on holiday, as they were the only days available to me and if I didn't take them, I'd lose them, and I have managed to do precisely zero cleaning. Lots of laundry, a smidgeon of tidying, a few job applications, and the successful location of my degree certificates so the RSC don't think I'm a fraud and might consider giving me membership, but no cleaning. Instead, I've managed to sit at my computer and play EQ2 for almost two days straight.
I really, really need another job. One that doesn't leave me thinking this is how I want to spend my holidays.
