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Oh So Subtle is a simple store where I offer one of my prints for $20 with the prints rotating periodically. Every print comes signed and will likely include a small, personal note from me or possibly a separate print that I have laying around my house. In a very temporary, web-based culture, I think it’s important to surround ourselves with things that are permanent, things that are believed to be good and true. Art prints serve that purpose in my life. I hope you enjoy what I have to offer.
The first print available on Oh So Subtle is a photograph I took of the Brooklyn Bridge this past winter.
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Status Update
1. I’m moving to Chicago at the end of June to be with my girlfriend, near my family, and to seek new job opportunities in the church. I am very excited to live in Chicago. I’m incredibly sad to leave Seattle. I love my friends here and this wonderful city. I will miss it all very much.
2. I’m selling most of what I own, which isn’t much. I have a very nice bed, mattress, and duvet that I am going to sell by the end of the month. I bought it 2 months ago and my dog has only slept on it one time. If you want it, I will sell it to you. I also have a loveseat that doesn’t get much love. It’s in great condition. I will sell it to you as well.
3. My car, Fezzik the 1990 Honda Accord, finally died today. Fezzik has 257,000 miles, most of which are mine. He’s been a good car and I’m sad to see him go. I was thinking of driving to Chicago and camping along the way, but now it looks like Jack & I will be flying. Shannon said, “It’s a good thing it died before you drove cross-country. You would have been stuck in Yakima.”
4. June will be busy as I pack, ship my things, clean my house and turn 28. I’m starting to get grey hairs on the sides of my head. I am not surprised by this.
5. There is a lot of newness ahead of me. Thank you for reading what I put on my blog. I promise it will continue to be inconsistent.
6. We’re all going to be ok. Except for Fezzik. RIP buddy. Thanks for all the miles.
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Chicago
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Ryan & Holly Sharp, my very good (looking) friends, are opening their own winery, Enso Winery, located at 1416 SE Stark St. in Portland. Their grand opening is Memorial Day Weekend, from noon to 10 pm every day from the 27th-30th of May. Stop by, say hi, and drink some great wine.
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I’ve spent a fair bit of time interviewing for jobs over the past few months (all of the interviews have been at religious institutions). Here are some things that I’ve taken away from those interactions.
1. Smelling good helps. “You smell very nice,” is a great thing to hear in the first minute. Tom Ford makes very good colognes. Brut makes colognes that smell like your grandfather, which could be good or bad depending on how much attention your grandfather gave you. Mine gave me a nickel for combing his hair, introduced me to Laurel and Hardy and watched UHF starring Weird Al Yankovic with me as a kid, so I’ll wear Brut any day.
2. The interview goes two ways; they interview you and you interview them. If they don’t fit you, you walk. If you don’t fit them, they walk.
3. You only get one chance. Let’s say you have negative experience in the interview, and afterward they say, “You can’t make a judgment on an entire corporation based on one interaction.” This is not true. That is exactly what an interview is: you each get one chance to make a great impression on the other person. You absolutely can make a judgment on whether or not you want to work at a corporation based upon your interview experience. This is true for both the church and for corporate America.
4. Language is important. Be mindful if you have to do a lot of work interpreting each other’s words and meanings. This is a good litmus test of possible trouble in the future.
5. With every interview that passes and no job surfacing, I keep telling myself, “I’m exactly where I was yesterday except with a bit more interview experience and data. That is good.” Then I eat lots of food ‘til I hate myself.
6. In an ideal world, they should want you as much as you want them. I realize that reality doesn’t work like that, but it’s a good thing to look for. Sometimes you just need a job, and that’s ok. But if you’re looking for a career job, and you can afford walking away from some job offers in order to find something you really want, then have the courage to do so.
7. Make sure you look at your interviewer’s bookshelf in their office, nodding and “Mmhmm”ing every so often as you scan the titles. Then make a joke about how you can’t read and stare into your interviewer’s eyes without breaking your gaze.
It should be said that I still don’t have a job, so the above could all be a load of crock.
I wish you decent luck.
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The Opiate Mass
Volume 3: From The Belly of a Woman
Boom
It is a very, very good musical experience.
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I love Brueggs.
