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edenfallingIntended to sleep in today and run errands in the afternoon -- it being my day off -- but GS is apparently sick with a fever, etc., and PM (the manager) called me at about 9am to ask if I could cover for him. So I was at work from 1-6pm, and there went my lovely naptime. *pouts*
On the bright side, at least one of my tax refunds seems to have come in, because otherwise there is no way to explain the sudden jump in my checking account balance. Yay! Now I can pay my rent for April and May, which was, for a while, looking like it might be damn near impossible.
I really need a better-paying job.
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Do any people out there need editing advice on essays and whatnot, and if so, are you willing to pay me? I'm actually a very good editor -- I'm exhaustively thorough -- even though it drives me batty if I indulge too often.
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In a completely unrelated question, does Japanese ever use the consonant combination TS in front of any vowel other than U? Because I see the syllable TSU a lot, but I've never seen TSA, TSE, TSI, TSO, TSAO, etc.
ETA: Thank you to everyone who explained pieces of the Japanese syllabic system! (That stuff about appending Y syllables is absolutely fascinating, for example.)
On the bright side, at least one of my tax refunds seems to have come in, because otherwise there is no way to explain the sudden jump in my checking account balance. Yay! Now I can pay my rent for April and May, which was, for a while, looking like it might be damn near impossible.
I really need a better-paying job.
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Do any people out there need editing advice on essays and whatnot, and if so, are you willing to pay me? I'm actually a very good editor -- I'm exhaustively thorough -- even though it drives me batty if I indulge too often.
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In a completely unrelated question, does Japanese ever use the consonant combination TS in front of any vowel other than U? Because I see the syllable TSU a lot, but I've never seen TSA, TSE, TSI, TSO, TSAO, etc.
ETA: Thank you to everyone who explained pieces of the Japanese syllabic system! (That stuff about appending Y syllables is absolutely fascinating, for example.)
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Date: 2006-04-15 03:15 am (UTC)Are you acquainted with any members of your own congregation who work at the university, or in local industry? I understand there's been a big biotech explosion in the area in the last 15-20 years. I used to do a lot of work for tech companies, and I didn't necessarily understand the technology--but I understood the English language and could tell when a sentence just didn't make sense. (One of my most-used marginal comments was always "Will audience understand?") And every freelance editing job I ever got, I got through someone I knew. Would it be too weird for you to mention that you're looking for editing work during your congregation's "Joys and Concerns"? Or you could just mention it at coffee time. If people who know you in real life are even half as impressed with you as I am, I think there's a very good chance you'd find something that way.
I really want to encourage you to pursue this, because (a) you're gifted at it and (b) you can make a lot more money in a lot less time doing editing than you can working at the smoke shop. Not that there's anything wrong with working at the smoke shop; in fact, I think it's really good for a freelancer to have a regular job where you go in and deal with people on a regular basis. But editing is fun; it lets you make the world a slightly better place by reducing the amount of bad writing in it; and, for me at least, it doesn't take a lot out of my soul, leaving me with enough emotional energy to do at least some of whatever is really important to me at the time. And it can help you make enough money that you don't have to worry so much about whether you're going to be able to pay the next two months' rent.
And now I will stop giving you career advice so we can return to our regularly scheduled program of fanfic and life complaints. Hope you don't mind--sometimes I just have trouble containing my enthusiasm for what I think is a really fabulous idea.