Week of 5/8 Chat

[rainbowbridge14]

I live in the center of crunchy liberals but grew up near trump country.

Today I passed a big milestone in my grad school program which is super exciting. I have some awesome women of color mentors and I feel super lucky to have them in my corner.

[puffandstuff]

I live in a liberal area, but I work in Trumpland. The guy that works next to me is so racist.

[Deleted]

@miawallace I'm sorry to hear about your niece. You must all be beside yourselves with worry. Thats too much for a little munchkin. Sending healing thoughts

[rainbowbridge14]

@miawallace I am sorry for your niece's conditions and everything she has had to go through. It is scary when such a young baby has to go through surgery let alone so many.

[puffandstuff]

Sorry about your niece, @miawallace.

[gratefulandthankful]

@miawallace, Prayers for your niece are going up. May God bless the hands that will help heal her & may God rid her body of all sickness 🙏🏾

[gratefulandthankful]

I'm so sick of seeing people coming to my job for interviews and testing looking like they are running to the mall. Folks just be coming in looking sloppy as hell. I don't understand it!

[lioness13]

May 9, 2017 17:22:30 GMT -5 gratefulandthankful said:

I'm so sick of seeing people coming to my job for interviews and testing looking like they are running to the mall. Folks just be coming in looking sloppy as hell. I don't understand it!

Some people truly have no idea what it means to look professional. I am always surprised at candidates' attire. It's unfortunate that we don't dress up to go anywhere anymore.

[lioness13]

@miawallace - T&Ps going up for you family.

[gratefulandthankful]

And let's not talk about the emails on the resume..... [e-mail] 😳 It's hard to decipher whether people truly don't care or truly don't know any better.

[gratefulandthankful]

May 9, 2017 19:50:38 GMT -5 @pineappleoranges said:

I try to look at the content of resumes before I look at emails. To remove any potential bias.

I figure they're not using the email for work anyways so what does it matter.

I think it's unprofessional. You are using that email in a setting for potential professional opportunities as a point of contact.

[lolo918]

I just finished up with one teaching job on Monday, it will start up again in August. After the 24th of this month, I'll be down to just my retail job though I'm hoping that finally something will work out with a full time teaching job. I'm kind of kicking myself for not believing in myself way back when I could have chosen this path and followed something different. Then another part of me kicks in to remind myself that I'd still possibly be in the same place right now just trying to get out of teaching instead of trying to get in.

Also, I live in trumpland. It was depressing driving around my area during the election. It's still depressing, what am I talking about.

[shemarie82]

I also live in Trumpland. There was actually just a big meeting to not have a community next to mine become a Welcome City. What shit is that? You don't want to be welcoming?! Fuck you!

[lolo918]

@miawallace, your MIL sounds like a real peach. I'm sorry that you have to put up with that.

On a happier note, that is awesome that your niece's surgery was a success!

[ttcbabyj]

May 9, 2017 18:45:55 GMT -5 gratefulandthankful said:

And let's not talk about the emails on the resume..... [e-mail] 😳 It's hard to decipher whether people truly don't care or truly don't know any better.

Oh the email thing is so unprofessional. Email addresses are free. You can create one for personal use and one for professional use. We were recently searching for a tenure track Psychology professor position and you will not believe how many people submitted resumes with a picture of themselves. Really?! This isn't a modeling gig.

[Deleted]

I know we are at time in television history where there are more leading black characters than ever with a variety of story lines and genres.
I feel terrible that this child is totally eliminating my TV watching.
I've never seen Blackish
I am so lost on Scandal, I know Liv and Fitz broke up but I don't know why.
I have NO IDEA what happened with Ghost
I do know that Tamar had a miscarriage but I dont know what she has to say about the biting incident.

I DO know that there is a new puppet on Sesame Street who has autism, named Julia

[lioness13]

I live in a mostly black area and work with all black people so I'm mostly in a black bubble. Lucky or nah?

[lioness13]

I LOVE Blackish! It's so funny and so real!

One of my favorite scenes was Dre crying when he realized he had to say bye to Obama.

[Deleted]

Ive had the worst head cold. And Im being so so baby about it. Actually my baby is much braver. I cant think, cant breathe, cant sleep right. The good news as the result of of me actually "wimping out" and caring for myself, I think Im not going to get the annual pneumonia that usually results from this ( I have asthma, so it gets out of hand quick) The take away is hey self care works! I should try it more often.

Im glad that your niece is doing well, miawallace.

Im here, just laying so low and coughing, and sneezing. Im glad I cant spread germs on the internet.

Also binge watching Dear White People and Queen of the South on Netflix. And Comey ...