We are far too young and clever
And things won't ever change.
03 July 2004
2:27 a.m.
I've been doing some reseach on internships...the news isn't great though. They either want an assload of experience that I don't have, or they want me to give a presentation of my work in a seminar setting, or both. I just hate hate hate public speaking. And I'm bad at it. I'm not just saying that to beat myself up, I really do suck at it. I'm going to email the internship coordinator at the botanical garden of a local university to see if I can't wrangle myself an internship. I know they'll want three references, and I can only think of two of my old university instructors who would really want to write me one. It would be nice if I actually had employment experience in a greenhouse/nursery so my boss could write a letter. Maybe I should work at something like that for a while first. The only thing is, I don't know how much hiring greenhouses do in the fall. Maybe if they grow poinsettias or something. I guess if they turn me down I can figure out when they do hire and work some crap retail job til then.
Ultimately, I guess I'd like to get a few years experience working with plants in a greenhouse and then either stick with that, if I like it, or go back to school and get my master's in botany or horticulture or something. Then a research job, I guess. I feel better having a plan, anyway. I'm a compulsive planner and lister, which you know.
I was just born in the wrong damn decade. If this was the fifties I wouldn't be expected to get some stupid job. Fuck you, equality.
So my eating today was horrible and I saw Spider-Man 2 instead of going to the gym. Tomorrow, for real.
Now that I have this rough plan laid out I feel like I could actually sleep, so toodles.
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