7/28/07

Capri Sun








You know, I have never been able to pierce that hole in those Capri Sun pouches without at least a little juice spilling out of the top. I have never had a "perfect piercing." Never.

The Phantom Job Offer








So I got a call from a placement agency a while ago, and my rep told me that a creative director I interviewed with in the area wanted to extend a job offer to me. I would be an art director for a local publisher, working on retail books and special projects. The job would not start for a few weeks, probably sometime in August. That phone call happened a month ago. For the past few weeks, I have called every week, to get updates on the status of my hire. I haven't received any new information, other than "I have a few calls in to her, and I'm waiting for her to get back with me." Hmmm. Not sure she sounds that interested in hiring me right away. My guess is that she's interviewing other candidates, probably from outside this placement agency, in the hopes to get someone qualified to do the job without having to pay the hefty agency talent fees that would come along with hiring me. In the meantime, I have 2 interviews lined up with ad agencies in the area, as well as a freelance gig with an architectural photographer to do remote photo shoots from time to time. It would be a good gig to fill in the gaps until something full-time comes along. I'd like to think that I don't have to interview anymore, and that I'll get a phone call from this placement agency, but I can't sit on my hands while the two parties play "whoever blinks first loses" game.