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It's SELF EVALUATION week. Oh God good.

They've added a new feature this year: goals. For every aspect I'm expected to rate myself on (Thirty in all, divided into five categories) I have to not only provide a rating and leave comments but set at least one goal. Not to sound arrogant or anything, but I'm pretty sure some of these don't really require comments or goals.

I've had to take frequent breaks from all the evaulation, because I can feel myself turning into a self-destructive smartass if I work on it for too long. But honestly, Telephone Etiquette is not something I need to grade msyelf on. It's half of what I do and I'm damned good at it or I would have been fired by now. (Under comments I put "I believe I've reached the apex of possible telephone skills.")

It was very hard not to comment, under Staff Leadership, "I rarely laugh when people try to open the entryway door the wrong way."

I also got my agenda for the second interview for this new position, which was awesome for about ten minutes until the stomach-turning fear returned. It's an all-day interview including two separate tests. Not that I think a writing test is going to pose me a major issue, but tell that to the terrified lizard hindbrain.

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Okay, that was an extreme case of delayed gratification, but I finally read Terry Pratchett's "Making Money".

Don't get me wrong, I love Pterry and his books, but the last couple I've read have either been difficult to follow (Thud) or just plain not my thing (Monstrous Regiment) so I've been putting this one off. I really enjoyed Going Postal, though again I had some difficulty following it, so Making Money was a relief in that sense -- it was quite light on plot, or at any rate more straightforward on plot than the last few have been. Or maybe I'm just less tired than I was in grad school.

Anyway, I don't really have a review other than "Enjoyed it!" but I like to at least make a post when I finish reading a book, because then I have a record somewhere. There's a lot that's happened in the past eight years that I don't recall in the slightest until I read about it in my journal.

Talking of, it's rather outdated now -- missing at least a few books, I think -- but if you're interested in getting into the Discworld novels, for GOD'S SAKE, don't start with the first two. Check out my Guide To Reading Discworld instead! :D

( Two quotes I especially enjoyed. )

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After a long string of boring folds, today's origami calendar fold (the Blue Whale!) was actually pretty interesting.

It's more of an orange whale, really, though. And I added some improvements.

Well. "Improvements".

And then I got the phrase "A whale with a Y for a tail" stuck in my head for about two hours until I could remember where it came from. GOD DAMNED RAMONA.