Okay, NOW I'm complaining it's hot.

[derien]

Why is it always like someone turned a switch, in Maine? Yesterday morning I put on a flannel, tonight I'm in shorts and undershirt, sweltering.

It's much cooler in the bathroom, so I sat on the tub for a while and read the most recent "Coyote" story (Allen M. Steele - settlers on another planet in conflict with other settlers who follow them, basically) in Asimov's. I think that series has jumped the shark. This one character - Zoltan, what a great name - had himself grafted with bat wings and now he thinks he's a god. Dude, if you got bat wings grafted on, you're a Dark Lord - just get honest with yourself about that.

I'm just full of complaints tonight. A bug bite I got weekend before last is acting up because of the sweat, so I put hydrocortizone and a bandaid on it. And I have a headache - probably from exhaustion. I'm drinking peach vodka, and am not even through the first shot and my face is feeling numb. Yeah. I'm tired. Stayed up too late last night trying to update my resume. Because...

Our airport is going to be used for a testing ground, yet again. They're going to train a very few people to spot passengers who might be trouble, in hopes of getting rid of the Selectee system (or so they tell us). We'd be SO happy to see the Selectee system go the way of the do-do, it's a nightmare for us. So I signed up for the new training, as did almost everyone else. Interviews are being conducted to see who they want to train, and I had my interview today. Even had to bring my resume to it, almost like a real job change. I don't think it would mean a pay increase, though, which would bum me out, because apparently (so I found out during the interview) they will bounce people around on their schedules. The whole idea sounds interesting, though - learning to watch passengers and be able to specify which behaviors tell us that they are nervous and planning trouble.

During the interview they asked if I thought race or religion should enter into the assessment of a passenger when looking for potential troublemakers. I answered honestly that I thought it would be silly to do that - I've worked with a variety of people and you can't make generalizations based on things like that. But even though my answer was honest, I also knew that was what they wanted to hear. They said, though, that some people have actually told them not only that they thought race should enter into it, but they even had a Supervisor from Logan start doing derogatory impressions of Black people during the interview. I was dumbfounded, and (once again, honestly - hm, why the hell am I so honest?) said I couldn't imagine someone would be so stupid as to actually SAY something like that during the interview. I mean, bad enough that they actually think that way, that's appalling, but that they actually think it will be acceptable to say such a thing... I'm afraid our country is going to implode though sheer stupidity.

I wish I had something interesting to write about. inscrutable offered that people could pimp their LJ's on his own, just leave a comment about why your LJ is cool to read. I commented that I can't imagine why anyone reads mine. I think I'm quite dull. I suppose people read mine because I read their's and they are just returning the favor. Either that or they might know me in RL and want to keep up on my take on things and events in my life. I have no idea. Anyone want to enlighten me? Or, if you want, you can pop over to inscrutable's journal and tell him why you read me.;)

Comments

[derien.livejournal.com]

Maybe nobody ever thinks they themselves are interesing, eh? I always thought I seemed like a background character, someone else is the protagonist of this story.

I go with the 'kai-OAT-ee' pronunciation, myself. Unless I'm doing the "Wile E. Coy-oat-ay, genius by trade."

[mizzmarvel.livejournal.com]

I just think that we see ourselves differently than the outside world does. Whether we or everyone else has the true insight is up for grabs.

I always felt sorry for Wile E. Coyote, in the same way I always pitied the Trix Rabbit. They always lost.