Wednesday, August 09, 2006
But! I got to stay with newly inherited in-laws (no not MINE) who have FOUR CATS
I walked into the assessment centre, and I was the person whose name wasn't on the list. Hi.My eyes flicked over the candidates.
2 boys, out of 30 of us. All had that dark spikey hairstyle. One looked like he wanted to be at the football. The other kept fiddling with his tie. Skinny girl, blonde French plait, wide smile. Looks like a jockey, I thought. I imagined her summering in Devon with horses. Girl with hair worn down in somewhat reluctant manner, if that's possible. Slightly boyish. Token stunning girl. Waist length brown hair. Tanned. Very nice suit that I saw in Monsoon. Well-behaved fringe.
She also, unlike me, did not pour coffee over counter.
Me? I am wild-haired girl. Glasses. Ballet dancer's walk. Very bitten fingernails. Slight geekiness concealed by girly black and pink suit.
Written exercise: Frighteningly law-based; some of the candidates having studied the question for their coursework. Someone got 74 on said coursework. I fought the urge to start talking about eighteenth-century women because they are not important or relevant nor are they directly related to, well, the real world.
Group Presentation: Fine. I said the word corporate merger. I was then smug and tried not to look it. Hoped recruiter heard and saw my name tag. Also hope she did not judge me for not having 9 middle names.
Individual Presentation: Mental note: They really do stop you after 5 minutes. Second mental note: disadvantageous. You got that? Disadvantageous. NOT disadgkhgkhg.
Critical Thinking Exercise: May I pose a question to you, oh blog readers?
Regard this statement as true:
A muscle soother works by sinking into the skin and muscles.
Does this conclusion follow logically?
A woman was giving a demonstration of the soother using a leather shoe. Does the fact that the soother sank into the leather prove that it is an effective muscle soother?
I changed my yes/no answer six times. Furious rubber-using ensued.
I find out in a week. And I just found out I have another of the buggers to get through.
by billygean.co.uk at 6:13 PM |
14 Comments:
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I think it doesn't show that it was an effective muscle soother 'cause the properties of tanned leather would not be the same as that of skin and muscles...so, that fact that it sinks into leather does not prove that it would sink into skin and muscle so we don't know if it would be effective. I think.
an IP address is an international pony address - hasn't Tony got one?
I would've said yes, I can't imagine the properites of leather (we don't know it it's been tanned or if it is just raw hide) being that different to skin, if anything it'd be less porous, but who knows - you should obviously stop reading the business pages and start watching QVC...
i would say no - it just says that that is how the soother is applied, i see no proof that it is actually soothing anything, this just proves it can be applied to the skin...
although last night when i read it i got so confused i switched my laptop off...
I say no.
do you really have 9 middle names? That's impressive! And I thought I was cool with me two!
Wah lots of people I don't know!
Dab - hello :). I believe Mike answered your question.
Kilburina - But it says it works "by soaking in" and you have to regard that as true. Oh God I don't know!
Mike - you are made of leather :)
Katrix - see Kilburina and very good blog earlier! i would like to go to work in an ice cream van for a multitude of reasons.
angelina - how's life?
Raquela - read again, slowly... i have no middle names :)
BG
I should update my blog. I will go and do that now, and then you can see how, in fact life is! (I'm glad to be one person you know!)
How did you get on with finals etc? I've not had a chaqnce to get online properly for over two months, til this week, that is.
Ho;e you did ok; good luck with job stuff! :)
I'll add you to my new journal on lj- oxoniana
:)
Kylie (vasovagalvegan)
Hello! Glad to see you're well again and also glad about the pain management, I think it can make all the difference.
I got 69.5% in final year! So I got 67%ish overall. Dissertation got 75 so was deelighted :) Feels like moons ago now though. Thanks for asking, hope you're looking forward to being Dr Kylie sometime in the not-too-distant future!
BG
I would say no, for the same reasons Kilburina said - leather probably doesn't have the same properties as skin, especially since a) they're talking about muscles, and I hope at least that any leather I own doesn't have any, and b) it's a leather SHOE i.e. it's been treated.
I miss your random conversations Gilly. We need to meet up so we can stupid together. Keep it in the hat. xxx
Hooray! I knew you'd be brilliant. I'd love to read your dissertation some time if you want to email it to me- I bet it was AMAZING! :)
Kylie/VV- I'm adding you to my flist on my new journal, Oxoniana.
And DONT USE THE CREDIT CARD, THEY ARE EVIL
If you look on the left of my blog, all the way down, you can view a lot of essays!!
BG
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