A better day

Today was certainly better than yesterday. I filled out paperwork at a second temp agency and set an appointment for a third agency this thursday. My first temp agency got word I applied for a position at my recent assignment and they told me they would push for me (of course they got their own reasons, but that's reality). I applied for a couple of positions at University of Michigan which would suit me well. I got some replies to one of my posts at IRB forum. And someone called me back from this office where I want to apply for a database administrator position but their notice lacked submission directions. Hopefully I impressed them with my attention to detail. In short, I was acknowledged today and that's always a good ego boost. I'm sure I'll be in the dumps tomorrow.

American Idol was pretty lackluster tonight. David Archuleta has a really good tone to his voice, but his performances are so robotic. Fortunately he appeals to a very easy to please audience, but unfortunately, his audience is also very fickle and most of them will outgrow him. I hope Jason Castro leaves--he has a genuine persona (especially in comparison to Archuleta) but I get the feeling he wants out of there. But I suspect it will be the end of the road for Syesha, but I've been thinking that for a month now and she manages to hang on.

Well going to get off the net now and finish up Arthur Hailey's novel Hotel. Haven't read it in years--still a good story and now something of a time capsule of what hotels were like in the 1960's. Given my taste in popular fiction, I swear I must have been a mid 20th century American housewife who died far too young and immediately took possession of my baby soul because I sure like my Arthur Hailey, Harold Robbins, Grace Metalious, Sidney Sheldon and Jacqueline Susann!