as long as i can remember, i've been trying to get past post-modernism and post-modernity

hello, internautes! what's doing, what's happening?

my goodness, more than a year since i've updated this. i knew this would happen; i hate writing blogs. i should, however, get in the practice of writing more often.

i'm working at AINC at enjoying it quite a bit. i hope it will land me a sweet cataloguing job on campus during the school year and an even sweeter library job after. i've looked into the possibilities of working at a library in one of the territories, where they is quite a bit of demand for librarians who are willing to face the brutal winters and $10 boxes of spaghetti.

the other option is to take advantage of my EU citizenship and work there. Amnesty sometimes posts job listings which look awesome, even though the pay is quite low for living in London. my savings would be non-existent, but i would get to weekend in Paris and be able to receive dutch language radio stations and eat sandwiches at pret à manger and eat exotic crisp flavours and take the guardian over a cup of adult coffee every morning (a most welcome change from the maroon-coloured swill that passes for coffee here).

the other option is dublin, which would probably be easier with the whole EU thing, but its economy is wonky.

in other news, here are some new expressions i've learned since working at AINC:

"a dog's breakfast": a mess, a shitstorm, etc.

"a bun fight": a bureaucratic struggle for power or, frequently, a bureaucratic struggle to evade responsibility for a menial task (i.e. emergency preparedness)

"taberouette", "tabernouche", etc

"brouiller comme une vache": to bawl like a cow. how québécois de souche.

"you promise to faithfully accomplish the orders given to you by your hierarchical supervisor(s) as long as they do not expressly contradict Canadian and/or provincial law or the public interest": one of many promises I had to sign that almost certainly led to me wavering Constitutional rights.