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ETA: I.am.SO.scared.

Date: 2011-02-18 10:25 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] stabbim.livejournal.com
AWESOME!!!!!! Don't be scared. Be THRILLED (and scared). ;)

Yeeeeeah....

Date: 2011-02-18 04:18 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hmpf.livejournal.com
Working on it. ;-)

Date: 2011-02-18 11:59 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dashan.livejournal.com
Das ist so T O L L !!! :D

Natürlich bedeutet das Veränderungen und viel Neues und Unbekanntes, aber hey, die wollen DICH für diesen Job! Ist das nicht ein tolles Gefühl?

Ich freu mich so für Dich!

Lachendes/weinendes Auge

Date: 2011-02-18 04:17 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hmpf.livejournal.com
Im Moment sind meine Gefühle wirklich kompliziert - so kompliziert, dass ich mich auf die Freude nicht so recht konzentrieren kann. Als Allererstes hab ich erst mal geheult...

BTW, ich war schon wieder etwas länger nicht in Deinem LJ, aber ich habe... aus anderen Quellen ;-) die Info, dass es bei Euch auch bald was zu feiern gibt?! Herzlichen Glückwunsch also auch an Dich & Deinen Schatz!

Re: Lachendes/weinendes Auge

Date: 2011-02-21 06:16 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dashan.livejournal.com
Als Allererstes hab ich erst mal geheult...
Hey! Fühl Dich gedrückt. Das ist doch total ok nach so viel Anspannung und bei einer solch lebensverändernden Entscheidung. *hugs*

Herzlichen Glückwunsch also auch an Dich & Deinen Schatz!
Ich danke Dir! :) Einladung folgt. ^_^

Jan hatte auch die Idee, ob Du uns Ringe machen wollen können würdest (über die ich mich wahnsinnig freuen würde!), aber ich habe ihn gleich gebremst. Können klar, wollen wahrscheinlich auch, aber das hat ob der Kürze der Zeit eher wenig taug, denke ich.

Re: Lachendes/weinendes Auge

Date: 2011-03-08 09:41 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hmpf.livejournal.com
Hey, verdammt, wie konnte ich denn *diesen* Kommentar übersehen?!

Ringe...... ja, das ist blödes Timing im Moment. Bin mehr als ausgelastet an allen Fronten. Obwohl mein Gehirn die letzte Woche störrisch drauf bestanden hat, Fanfiction zu schreiben, müßte ich eigentlich schon voll an der Seminarvorbereitung sitzen. Plus den Umzug organisieren und dreitausend andere dringende RL-Dinge, die so anfallen, wenn man einen irgendwie staatlichen Job antritt - epic amounts of paperwork, sis! o.O - und dazu auch noch schnellstmöglich in eine andere Stadt ziehen muss. :-(

Kommt noch dazu, dass ich mit den Materialien, mit denen man bei Eheringen arbeitet (was schwebte Euch da vor? Gold? Weißgold? Palladium? Platin?) wenig bis keine Erfahrung habe und sie teilweise auch rein technisch nicht verarbeiten kann. (Gold ist unproblematisch, aber Weißgold ist nach allem, was ich höre, höllisch schwer zu verarbeiten und ich habe damit noch nie gearbeitet. Und für Palladium und Platin braucht man ein spezielles Löt-/Schweißgerät, das ich nicht besitze.)

:-((((

Ringe

Date: 2011-03-11 06:21 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dashan.livejournal.com
Kommt noch dazu, dass ich mit den Materialien, mit denen man bei Eheringen arbeitet (was schwebte Euch da vor? Gold? Weißgold? Palladium? Platin?) wenig bis keine Erfahrung habe und sie teilweise auch rein technisch nicht verarbeiten kann
Ich hatte ja schon geschrieben, dass ich das von Dir momentan nicht erwarten kann, auch wenn ich es wunderschön gefunden hätte, wenn Du unsere Trauringe hättest machen können. :) Mach Dir keine Gedanken, ich weiß, wie anstrengend Umzüge und Stellenwechsel sind!

Wir haben uns schon fast entschieden inzwischen. Und zwar für Edelstahl, vielleicht mit etwas Rotgold: http://www.trauringe-wiesbaden.de/katalog/edelstahl-trauringe/trauringe-e-3s-2-3.html
Das war einer der beiden Favoriten.
Der andere ist leider nicht auf der Homepage. :| Der ist nur aus Edelstahl, aber mit einer angerauten Welle in der Mitte.

Wir werden uns nächste Woche für den einen oder den anderen entscheiden.

Und Edelstahl ist wahrscheinlich noch schwieriger zu verarbeiten?

Ich freu mich auf morgen!

Date: 2011-02-18 01:00 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] beccatoria.livejournal.com
Dude, that is AMAZING news.

I understand you're scared. It makes sense to be scared. It's okay to be scared. But the thing is, you GOT THE JOB, which is a fantastic statement about your general awesomeness as a person and the impression you made and all that stuff.

So you know, be scared. But remember, the worst that can happen is that it won't work out somehow (even though I think it will). The best thing that can happen is AWESOMENESS.

I really am just so thrilled for you. Even though, I do completely understand the fear. ♥

Yes.

Date: 2011-02-18 04:14 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hmpf.livejournal.com
I know, I know, I know.

We'll have to find some way for you (and Kev?) to visit me. The town is one of those UNESCO World Heritage sites, you know?

But, oh, I miss Frankfurt and my friends here already. :-(

Re: Yes.

Date: 2011-02-18 05:10 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] beccatoria.livejournal.com
Absolutely! Money's a little tight rigth now but gatecrashing at you has been on the list of "things to do when not broke," forever. Which town is this again? I am ashamed to admit I've gotten a bit confused about where exactly you are/are going to be working.

Re: Yes.

Date: 2011-02-20 08:29 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hmpf.livejournal.com
(Answered in e-mail)

Date: 2011-02-18 01:06 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] unovis-lj.livejournal.com
Congratulations!

Thank you!

Date: 2011-02-18 04:12 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hmpf.livejournal.com
I'm all like, OKAY, LIFE, CAN YOU MAYBE STOP BEING SO EXCITING, FOR A MOMENT, NOW?!?!!!!!

Date: 2011-02-18 01:58 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dune-drd.livejournal.com
Hooray! Welcome to the world of PhDcomics. Don't worry, it'll be FINE!

Thanks!

Date: 2011-02-18 04:11 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hmpf.livejournal.com
I think I'm mainly afraid I can't take the sustained pressure...

That, and the teaching. I'd sort of forgotten about that for a moment... *faints*

Re: Thanks!

Date: 2011-02-18 04:22 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dune-drd.livejournal.com
Some pressure is good - too much of it not so much, but then you can always ignore that ;)

Date: 2011-02-18 02:51 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bimo.livejournal.com
Herzliche Glückwünsche! Das ist ja fabelhaft! :-D

Yeah, it is, rather.

Date: 2011-02-18 04:09 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hmpf.livejournal.com
But mostly it's scary. For now. ;-)

Date: 2011-02-18 03:29 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kimboosan.livejournal.com
CONGRATULATIONS! And, *HUGS*

Thanks!

Date: 2011-02-18 04:09 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hmpf.livejournal.com
They kind of want to send me to the U.S. for a while, sometime, btw... depending on where exactly, a meet-up may be possible. (Or not - the U.S. being as frelling huge as they are. *g*)

*hugs you back*

(God, I'm so scared, every sentence I write about the job sends shivers down my back.)

Date: 2011-02-18 04:13 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] diotimah.livejournal.com
Congratulations!!! That's awesome!!!:)

Thanks!

Date: 2011-02-18 04:19 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hmpf.livejournal.com
This comments thread here is like instant PMS. I keep breaking into tears. :D

Re: Thanks!

Date: 2011-02-18 07:35 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] diotimah.livejournal.com
That's lovely. As someone who may well have to say Farewell to the life of the mind, and spend my own life yearning for it, I really envy you.;)

Re: Thanks!

Date: 2011-02-20 08:32 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hmpf.livejournal.com
Well, it's impossible to tell, at this point, how much of a career this will turn into for me, too - I may well be in your situation exactly in a few years. (And also... I didn't expect getting this job, or any like it, even in my wildest dreams, so... you never know. You may yet get lucky.)

I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you.

Re: Thanks!

Date: 2011-02-20 08:43 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] diotimah.livejournal.com
I may well be in your situation exactly in a few years.

No quite, as you'll have had a 'proper', prestigious job, plus teaching experience, while I only have a funded PhD, some part-time tutoring and some publications under my belt. And it took me quite a long time. Actually, I'd be happy to do another PhD in a position like yours, if that would be a way to stay in academia. I'll keep looking for opportunities, and try not to lose hope, but I'm aware I also need to look for alternatives. With my 'qualifications' and uneven profile of abilities and limitations, though, there aren't many 'interesting' options, and a dull dead end office job would be a nightmare - as would school teaching etc.

I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you.

Thank you.:) I very much hope it will work out eventually, one way or another.;)

Re: Thanks!

Date: 2011-02-20 08:59 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hmpf.livejournal.com
>No quite, as you'll have had a 'proper', prestigious job, plus teaching experience, while I only have a funded PhD, some part-time tutoring and some publications under my belt. And it took me quite a long time. Actually, I'd be happy to do another PhD in a position like yours, if that would be a way to stay in academia. I'll keep looking for opportunities, and try not to lose hope, but I'm aware I also need to look for alternatives. With my 'qualifications' and uneven profile of abilities and limitations, though, there aren't many 'interesting' options, and a dull dead end office job would be a nightmare - as would school teaching etc.

Yeah, that is different, that's true. (Though there's still similarities, such as the fact that I only got that first, if prestigious job, at a rather advanced age and won't have as much experience etc. as many other people have at my age.)

You aren't that much older than me, are you? (I'm 34.) Have you thought about trying to get some practical museum experience? It's not exactly a field that's *easy* to break into, but I suspect it may still be easier to find a job in that field than it is to find permanent employment with a university. And it shares a lot of the attractions of university work, IMO. (Such as researching interesting stuff...) It's more difficult to find internships and traineeships at our age, but not impossible.

Re: Thanks!

Date: 2011-02-20 09:27 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] diotimah.livejournal.com
Have you thought about trying to get some practical museum experience? It's not exactly a field that's *easy* to break into, but I suspect it may still be easier to find a job in that field than it is to find permanent employment with a university. And it shares a lot of the attractions of university work, IMO. (Such as researching interesting stuff...) It's more difficult to find internships and traineeships at our age, but not impossible.

Yeah, I've been thinking about that. Probably, however, as my PhD doesn't have a 'material culture' aspect (which I'd be able to deal with, though), it would be easier to get an opportunity in an archive. A museum job would be way more interesting, though, as archival work is usually not much more than managing content - the 'proper' research work is usually done by historians, literary scholars etc. The 'solution' might be two or three part-time jobs. I'm not yet sure how that can work out, but I hope to be able to continue doing research, somehow. Everything else would mean giving up a crucial part of my 'identity'.

Re: Thanks!

Date: 2011-02-20 09:38 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] diotimah.livejournal.com
PS: I've had a few job interviews of postdoctoral positions myself, and at least once it was *really* close, so I still try to be hopeful this will lead somewhere. There are just not that many jobs around there where they need my 'expertise'. One option I've been thinking about is trying to get an internship with a publishing company, because, having done editorial work, that might still be possible (although it's a *very* competitive field as well). However, this would mainly be a 'business' job that might not really be suitable either. Ultimately, I just have to keep my eyes open and be hopeful I'll be lucky some day.;)

Re: Thanks!

Date: 2011-02-20 09:47 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hmpf.livejournal.com
Yeah. An internship is probably a good idea.

As for getting lucky... it took me more than a year and a half to get lucky the first time (and then, oddly, just another month to get lucky a second time). And it took a roommate of mine about three years - but even he found something interesting, eventually. So, yeah. It takes time. And random luck. Which is kind of depressing, but also means that, well, you *could* still get lucky.

Re: Thanks!

Date: 2011-02-20 10:04 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] diotimah.livejournal.com

Yeah. An internship is probably a good idea.


True. The problem is I'm not really interested in a 'business' job - but an internship with museum or possibly a newspaper would be interesting, if I can get one.

As for getting lucky... it took me more than a year and a half to get lucky the first time (and then, oddly, just another month to get lucky a second time). And it took a roommate of mine about three years - but even he found something interesting, eventually. So, yeah. It takes time. And random luck. Which is kind of depressing, but also means that, well, you *could* still get lucky.

Yeah. I keep telling myself that, and it's encouraging and depressing at the same time. Although, it's amazing, and quite sad, how these things determine your identity, who you are. I'm a 'failure', and looked down on for just studying something I was interested in, and to PhD level - although, had I been lucky at one of those interviews, matters would have been very different, and I'd have been a respectable, even admired person.

Re: Thanks!

Date: 2011-02-20 09:40 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hmpf.livejournal.com
Well, for what it's worth - the "Volontärin" at the museum where I did my internship had a degree in German literature. And the museum's focus was communication technologies... ;-)

Re: Thanks!

Date: 2011-02-20 09:56 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] diotimah.livejournal.com
Well, for what it's worth - the "Volontärin" at the museum where I did my internship had a degree in German literature. And the museum's focus was communication technologies... ;-)

Well, it might be worth a try, if I find a museum where there is at least *some* link to my expertise. Again, there's the 'age issue', though, so I don't think this is very likely in my case. Another option would be doing something *completely different*, and do some training which would allow me to become a freelancer. I wouldn't get rich, but still able to do something interesting and be 'independent'. This is still very vague, but it's been something I've been thinking about recently.

Date: 2011-02-18 06:08 pm (UTC)
kernezelda: (FS DRD blue)
From: [personal profile] kernezelda
Congratulations! Don't panic!

I try. ;-)

Date: 2011-02-20 08:33 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hmpf.livejournal.com
And, thanks. :-)

Date: 2011-02-18 07:06 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nick-101.livejournal.com
Aw, don't be nervous.

I'm trying!

Date: 2011-02-20 08:33 pm (UTC)

Date: 2011-02-18 08:25 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] anduranova.livejournal.com
Das ist einfach klasse. Ich kann verstehen, dass du jetzt super nervös bist, aber das wird alles schon klappen. :)

Ich sag mir auch:

Date: 2011-02-20 08:35 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hmpf.livejournal.com
wenn es *nicht* klappt, dann stehe ich sagen wir mal in einem Jahr nicht wesentlich schlechter da als wenn ich den anderen Job genommen hätte. ;-) Es beruhigt, sich das gelegentlich vor Augen zu halten.

Date: 2011-02-18 08:56 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jazzymegster.livejournal.com
Congratulations! *hugs* c:

Thanks!

Date: 2011-02-20 08:35 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hmpf.livejournal.com
*hugs you, too*

Date: 2011-02-18 10:48 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dunkle-feuer.livejournal.com
Yay! That is awesome! Congratulations!

I think it's perfectly fine to be scared. That job comes with a few changes after all and changes tend to be scary. But you should also be proud of yourself for getting that far and you should be thrilled and excited and just enjoy the moment!

I will keep my fingers crossed for you that everything will go well. (and I'm convinced that you will do wonderfully!)

Thanks!

Date: 2011-02-20 08:36 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hmpf.livejournal.com
I'm still in a really weird mood here, but I'm getting a bit calmer now.

Date: 2011-02-18 11:39 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] torn-eledhwen.livejournal.com
This is good, right? Yes, it's scary, but scary can lead to great things. Embrace the fear and overcome it. And enjoy. And congratulations. :)

Thanks!

Date: 2011-02-20 08:37 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hmpf.livejournal.com
Yes, it is most definitely good. :)

Date: 2011-02-19 09:41 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mjlaw.livejournal.com
Congratulations! That's great news

Thanks!

Date: 2011-02-20 08:37 pm (UTC)

Date: 2011-02-20 01:11 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] space-oddity-75.livejournal.com
As I told you in Frankfurt, I'm really happy you got the job. I understand how scary it may be at the beginning, but it's also a great opportunity you would have regretted if you had't accepted it. I'm sure the new job will be good and you'll eventually come to like the new city, too. Please keep me posted and let me know when you're settled down, so that maybe we can start chatting again.

Also, thanks for your hospitality and for taking us sightseeing in Frankfurt in the past few days. Hope to be able to put you up here at my place soon, so that we can poke each other again on our fic WIPs and exchange new ideas. :)

*hugs massively*

Hahaha, perfect icon!

Date: 2011-02-20 08:38 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hmpf.livejournal.com
Will definitely keep you all posted here.

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