Wanted: Employment
It’s been a while, but there has not been a whole lot new for me to talk about lately. Been looking for a job, full time, and not really found myself doing much of anything else. I have a slew of photographs to edit and upload, been trying to do the photo 365 project, though there seem to be some holes in there what with job hunt being that difficult and that time consuming.
Admittedly, the matter of employment has become a rather difficult thing. There is very little in terms of IT related jobs, especially around here. I’ve watched it since I became unemployed last year and while it improved marginally in the fall when I started job hunting again, I’ve also noticed that its gone downhill again here.
Terrible news for me at least, and I am trying my best to remain optimistic despite the fact that unless I have some money coming in right soon, bad things are going to happen.
Leatherworking and mask making
Over the past couple of months I have had the opportunity to actually learn some proper techniques and had access to leather working tools. It has been something that I desired to do for years so I am very thankful for the opportunity and rather pleased with the results of the work that I did. It is likely to be something that I shall continue to work with for many years to come.
While I created a few leather arm bands, and a choker, the most interesting items were the masks:
Beyond that, not a great deal is new, been doing plenty of reading, a fair bit of sketching, and just taking the time to enjoy the free time I have.
Some time now…
Well it has been some time since the last update, and while I did have desire to continue updating all I really had to talk about was my ever growing family.
As it is, I still have need to share my two newest additions, Sponges and Deca:
Sponges is an amel motley corn snake, a few years old, and about four feet long. I adopted him from a friend who was unable to make certain he was getting the proper care he needed. Decarabia is my little baby black stripe ball python, only a few months old, and about a foot long currently. Already in the past month she has seemingly plumped up a bit. Both are very cuddly and friendly, and fairly constricty with their cuddles too!
Also, in the past few months I have been doing some manner of studying. Been working towards getting a couple IT certs, including redoing my CCNA (and likely continuing on towards the CCNP) and a CISSP certification. As such I now have this sitting alongside my desk:
And then of course, last but not least – given that this is the season for Halloween – I have an outfit to show off. Made by Kathleen, it is Silhouette from the Minutemen:
More family additions!
Yay!
I rescued these lil fire bellied toads from a friend who wasn’t able to take care of them anymore today:
After some tank cleaning, and water changing and feeding they seem to have calmed back down. The kitty has sure taken an interest in them – though it seems that she is more keen on the surviving minnows in the tank ^^;
Hopefully in the next few days I’ll manage to get some rearranging done to keep them all happy~ I’m super excited though. They are really cute :D
Other than that, I’ve got a bunch of photos that I am slowly working through from the summer here. With any luck I’ll have something to show in a week or so. It’s been a very busy, crazy summer for me this year.
Canada Day 2009 Fireworks and Spring Walks
This past week found me out and about taking photos at the Canada Day parade and the fireworks celebration in the evening. I’ve yet to get through all of the parade photos – yet the firework photos can be found on my flickr here:
Canada Day 2009 – Edmonton
Also earlier this spring I took a few afternoons with my camera to walk about the river valley and other parts of the city. I’ve got one of those sets posted on myflickr as well at:
Spring Walks 2009
Other than that, I’ve been going through a great deal of my older unprocessed photos – albeit rather slowly. Hopefully one day I shall manage to catch up on it all.
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Was waiting to see waiting for Godot on opening night, but he never came! They told us we could see it another night. [djorgensen]
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Waiting for waiting for Godot. No power, hmm. (@ Westbury Theatre / Transalta Arts Barns) http://t.co/PomLGst4 [djorgensen]
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I'm at Sweet Mango (9120 82 Avenue, Edmonton) http://t.co/e3UGqRsS [djorgensen]
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Listened to ... But Nothing Is Lost - Shpongle.
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Listened to Shnitzled In The Negev - Shpongle.
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Listened to Just One Of Those Things - Ella Fitzgerald.
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Listened to Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love) - Ella Fitzgerald.
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