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Wednesday, September 29, 2010

a hodge podge

I'm sure that I could stretch this out to 4 or 5 boring blog posts, but I might as well bore you all at once.


This would be a blog post about a piece of art I just bought. However, my camera doesn't work. A new camera is just one of many things on my wish list. Anyways, I was at my local VV Boutique looking at Halloween costumes when I spotted the print. I saw a man looking at the "art" section from about 40 feet away. I knew what I saw. An Inuit painting. (Yes, again my fixation with all things Nunavut.) Well the print is similar in style to this one:



Except mine is white, black, red and yellow. No hunting theme for me, it shows a community loading traditional sleds called qamutik's. It isn't signed, so I have no idea who it's by. Anyways, I watched the guy, and as soon as he walked away, I pounced! I was watching him so hard, he probably left because he felt uncomfortable.
You might be thinking that I should just move there since I'm obviously obsessed. So far I have applied to a couple postings, but haven't been called for any interviews. But now is not the time of year to move up there as the barges have stopped running for the year. Next spring, I may start applying again. For the last little while I have grown weary of working two jobs to make ends meet. For a long while I had only been applying to jobs that I felt I was well qualified for. I've pretty much given up on that and have started to apply to anything and everything.
When I was first starting college, I wanted to take social work. I was talked out of it, as there weren't a lot of jobs in the field at the time. This is a decision I regret making. I am tentatively planning to apply for social work school in the new year. In the meantime, I discovered that the Ministry of Children and Families doesn't require a social work degree. I always thought they did, and so I never applied for any social work positions. Not any more! A job posting came up in Nelson, and I was on it! I would love to move back to the Kootney's. We'll see! Think of all the hippies. I bet I'd be considered normal with my Celiac disease!
Okay back to VV boutique... I started looking through the clothes when I started thinking about bed bugs. Believe me, bed bugs are an epidemic in North America. Every month I sit through a health and safety meeting, inevitably the agenda includes bed bugs. This job is going to make me a germophobe. A house full of communicative diseases and absolutely no client awareness of how to stop the spread. Anyways, once I started to think of the good possibility that the clothing had come into contact with bed bugs, I didn't really want to shop anymore. So either stop shopping at thrift stores, or follow bed bug safety. Do at least one of the following:
1. the freezer- a couple of days oughta kill the buggers
2. the dryer- wash all clothing and put in the dryer on high heat
3. boil it- if you can't freeze or cook em, then boil for a least one minute
Also be suspicious of anyone giving away nice furniture. That's my public service announcement for the day.