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[waitingman]

Another mish-mash of various stuff, opinions, events & opinons

First... according to one of those quizzes that are always more time-consuming & annoying than you think they'll be, I am

Your result for The Remarkably Thorough Harry Potter Character Test...

Ginny Weasley

"Well, you seemed too busy to call him a prat, and I thought someone should."

You are Ginny Weasley, sister of Ron Weasley and Harry’s true love. Ginny is sharp, talented, and resilient. At the beginning of the series, we don’t learn much about her other than the fact that she is Ron’s little sister and is somewhat smitten with Harry. However, as the series develops, Ginny matures very quickly and we find out that she is armed with a biting, sarcastic wit. Her tongue-in-cheek humor and unwavering courage help her grow into a charming young woman who attracts a fair amount of Hogwarts boys. Despite the number of boys who are interested in her, Ginny’s love for Harry surpasses them all. She may be a little blunt sometimes, but her tough exterior is merely a façade that hides her true emotions. You and Ginny are similar in the sense that both of you are firecrackers. It is likely that you are the youngest of your family and have struggled to obtain your independence; either that or you grew up spending most of your time alone, which has made you a bit callous toward those with whom you disagree. Whatever your circumstances, there is an unmistakable aura about you that is captivating, yet smoldering and mysterious. It is this aura that draws people to you, but in actuality you don’t give a lick about what anyone else thinks. You are not one to be trifled with and the world had better watch out! No but really, you’re a sweetheart on the inside… ;)

In short, you are more:

Impulsive than cautious

Mature than immature

Modest than arrogant

Normal than weird

Extroverted than introverted

Your polar opposite is Dolores Umbridge.

Take The Remarkably Thorough Harry Potter Character Test at HelloQuizzy

Now... this latest shooting tragedy in the US. As I commented to a friend on Flickr earlier today... "It's a huge question... how much can you blame this terrible event on society, gun laws, games/movies/TV... & how much on the plain fact that we're not too far removed from animals ~ if we're mistreated, we react violently. I don't know the back-story of the young perpetrator, but that he killed his parents before anyone else, including himself, hints at a troubled home life, rather than a 'thrill kill' inspired by any form of violent 'entertainment'

Here in Australia, we tightened our gun laws after the Port Arthur shootings (don't follow the link if you don't want to) & we haven't had anything like it since... But we'd never had anything like it before either...

I think it's all too easy to assign blame to exterior factors like laws, games & TV, when it's really more of a psychological problem which speaks of much more troubling issues than just what videos we watch. I've seen plenty of 'action' movies & feel no compulsion to buy a gun & wreak violent havoc on the world...

My feelings & sympathies lie entirely with the victims & families of today's horrifying events. But I fear that the backlash will be misguided & will focus on easy targets instead of the real, hard questions we need to ask ourselves

Please take care of each other"

On the Work front, here's a quandary: If you were offered the role of Sales Manager with a company that's just starting up in your city & they wanted you to do two weeks work ~ which involved car travel & associated expenses & you didn't look for other work during that time, believing that you were 'employed', only to be told that you wouldn't be paid for what was termed a 'training' period, then had to take three weeks off, also unpaid, to start actual work on January 7th... & your salary was dependent on achieving a target, would you stay with the job??

A long question, but only a short answer is requested

Some background:~ The money's (potentially) good, the targets not unreasonable & it's a huge step away from accursed Retail Sales, which I've been stuck in for the last few years. My co-workers are the usual mix of enthusiastic-but-inexperienced, to completely & utterly unsuited, but we are headed by someone I'd consider a Master sales agent... confident, experienced... albeit a little overworked & whelmed by his task of setting up shop in a new territory (NSW ~ they are already in VIC & SA). I like him, have some confidence in some of the staff, but am a little rankled by donating two weeks of my time & scarce money for no recompense other than rosey-smelling prospects

It's a Leap of Faith, my dear Reader & I'm inclined to take it... in the absence of any other reasonable offer... but any input or opinion would be welcome at this stage, as I have three unpaid weeks to think about it


There... now you know as much as I do... Well, maybe not, but this is as good as it gets for now