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KSena

July 2018

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This is KSena

Usually a friendly sort. Be nice to me, and I am nice to you. Here I ramble on about me, life, work and fandoms. I am a fan of Robin of Sherwood, Xena: Warrior Princess, Buffy: the Vampire Slayer, Pirates of the Caribbean, Tokio Hotel and Sons of Anarchy. I don't apologize for anything I write here. This is my mind. And you entered it. Welcome.

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OMG!

These two days have been INSANE! I am not even joking. o.O

I started my new job yesterday, which was fun and interesting. The need for a librarian at that place is HUGE! Not even joking. There's been this lady there that's not a librarian, and she's pretty much just made sure students can borrow books. Nothing more. That's not even half of what a school-librarian does!

The teachers are ecstatic that I'm there. The students are curious at me (librarian with tattoos and piercings, what? really?). And it's a nice place to be. Really. I think I could enjoy it there.

But.

Yesterday when I was going home, I got a call from a colleague of mine I used to work with. She is now head over all culture work in one part of the city. And they needed a librarian at another school. Full time until the end of December. She wanted me.

o.O * shocked *

Thing is, that offer is HUGELY better then the current one, let me tell you. At my current one, I am only guaranteed 4 hours a day. And they can only hire me a month at a time, and it'll probably end come summer. The other offer, I'll have a full time job until December. It's a no-brainer, really.

Still I feel shitty leaving the school I am currently at without a librarian. They haven't had a proper librarian for 3 years! THREE YEARS! That's NUTS! I am a bit at a shock as to why they haven't hired a librarian as a temporary replacement for the one that is ill in such a long time. Crazy, crazy...

We'll see what happens now I suppose. Going on an interview on Thursday for the better job, and after that? We'll see.

Keep your fingers crossed?

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A bit of a story behind it to!

This Friday I decided to take Alexandra to an Open Preschool we hadn't been to so much but that she loved just to make sure she had some activity to go to. It's good for her and makes sure she sleeps good at night. A goal that, considering the troubles we have at bedtime here...

Anyway!
Off we went, taking two buses, and when we arrived we found out it was closed on Fridays... CRAP! What to do? Back on the bus we went to go downtown, and then we went to the optician to get my glasses fixed and on whim went to the Big Citylibrary.

Alexandra loves it there to, and they have a singalong for kids all ages every Friday, so why the hell not?

I was sitting there and the librarian responsible for the kid-section came over to me and wanted to talk with me after the singalong, since she said she might have good news for me. So sure, after the singalong (which Alexandra loved! she loves being at libraries), I went to find her again.

And sure enough. She told me that the one of the biggest schools in town lacked a school-librarian. And had lacked for three years (!). Apparently their hired one was long-term sicklisted, and they never knew if she could work, when she'd come back and... yeah. And they had this extra hand that helps anywhere at the school where it's needed that just makes sure the kids get to enter the library and borrow a book.

Let's just say a librarian does a shitload more than that.

Anyway, I called the school talked to the woman responsible (apparently) and she asked me right away if I could get there right away? At that point I was home alone with Alexandra who was getting grumpy for food. I had to decline and say that my hubby was getting home any min, could I come then? Which I could (thank heavens!), so as soon as [livejournal.com profile] peting73 came home, I ran out the door and went to the school for an impromptu interview.

Which was very impromptu. o.O I got to talk to responsible lady and one of the three headmasters (!). Both were very nice. They asked me a bit of leading questions about what I'd like tod do IF I got to run the library and how to get kids to read more and how to incorporate the internet in classes... etc, etc, etc...

They also gave me a bit of a tour of the school... And then when I was alone with the responsible lady, she suddenly said, well... You need to be here for a meeting at 3pm on Monday, so if you could work until 3:30pm that would be great.

.....

Wait, what? Apparently they gave me the job on the spot. o.O I don't know what I said or what I did, but they must have liked it. So now I'm hired to work 4 hours a day, until the last of March. There MIGHT be an extension on that, but they can only extend it for one monthy at a time, what with the troublesome librarian they used to have.

So tomorrow I'll be presenting myself as the new librarian at that school. Where they have 700 kids or so.

Holy fuck. o.O

I don't know if I should be happy or terrified.

Life is going to be interesting from now on for sure!


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... I created a LiveJournal.

Had I only known how much it would change my life, ups and downs, I would have thought twice about it.

I even named my first entry First Entry... It's HERE if you wanna see. I was writing much shorter entries back then. Short and quick. And I remember I shared a TON of memes and tests.

What happened to all that I wonder? It's not 'cool' to do anymore?

I wanted to do something special for my tenth year anniversary. Like... I don't know. Offer to write a ton of drabbles or something. Or... Maybe even do a giveaway or something...

But I really don't feel like it.

Lately I've tried to figure out why I don't want to post that much anymore. And the other day, I think I figured it out.

It's not LJ's fault. They've done nothing wrong in my book, just tried to develop the site to the best of their ability, and keep it alive and thriving.

But it's the negativity that has spread though the sites users like a plague. Because as soon as I say that I like LJ, I get negativity. As soon as LJ is doing anything, I see negativity. It seems like no matter what, there's negativity. No one even wants to give any changes a chance. And that makes me sad. Bottomless sad. :-/

LJ will continue to be my home though.

Ten years. I created my LJ in December 2003. Just months before, in September 2003 I meet [livejournal.com profile] peting73. I've had this LJ for as long as our relationship has lasted.

I've written about my struggles with the Sexmaster's society, the Student Union and it's pub, and writing my national masters thesis at the University here. About my friends and family. About the loss of my father, even if it happened before I got this LJ. About my struggles getting a job. About the job's I've had and lost. About the vampire-LARP and how I've been doing there. About my mixed feeling's about moving in with [livejournal.com profile] peting73, and later the fact that all went well. About losing my old friends that I grew up with. About becoming an aunt, and the joys with that. About my disease, Endometriosis, and the struggles with that. When we got engaged, right out of the blue. And my journey to get pregnant, even if I kept it very vague since we wanted to keep it a secret... And when we told, and I've never gotten that many comments on one single post... Birth of Alexandra, and my struggles being a new mom bottle feeding my baby girl...

Just... life. I've shared my life here. Every single detail. I've always been an open book, even in real life. Honest like few others. It's a warning I always give. Disgustingly honest person here. It goes both online and in real life that warning. My RL friends enjoy it, likes it, seem to want it... And I hope that those who have stuck around here on LJ do to.

I'll be here. Seems like nothing can drag my away from this place. I hope someone might take a moment to give me a comment here... Because I miss the discussions I've had in comments like I don't even know what. Used to get 5-15 comments a post... Now I'll be happy if I get two.

Things change. Life moves on.

But one thing's for sure. I'll be here. And continue to be here until the site finally closes down, if that ever happens...

Oh! And I changed my layout to what I can remember being the closest to what I used when I started using this site... Not exactly, but close enough.

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I know I haven't been around in a while, and I do apologize for that. Or maybe I shouldn't. If you've stuck around, I suppose that is a good thing. Am a bit down tonight, but I'll try to make a sorta update anyway.

So much has happened since last, I think I'll make it into a bullet-list instead, because otherwise this post will be a fucking novel, and I wouldn't wanna do that to my dear friends on my f-list.

  • LARP is still good and a lot of fun. I was a bit behind on things like plots and stuff, but apparently my partner in crime there, whose character I play a servant to, was a bit behind on things as well, so together we got caught up and now we are ready to make mischief again. Fun, fun!


  • My brother, who as I've mentioned before, had a divorce, is doing SOOOO much better! He misses his kids terribly those weeks they are with their mother, but drowns himself in work then, so he can spend more time with his kids when they are with him. He really is doing his best, and is a great father, I swear! And a hardworking farmhand to, definitly.


  • Been visiting my brother, since he had his birthday not to long ago, and damn... That was A LOT of fun! Now when he is doing a lot better after said divorce, he is pretty much back to what he was like when we grew up. At least the bickering between us, according to our mother. X-D Hilarious!


  • My mom is doing good to, she is as crazy as ever. You heard about the operetta The Merry Widow? Dude, she got that one beat. *LOL* She is out dancing and hanging with her sister and her friends, and she is knitting like crazy for her three grandkids and... How the hell she has time to work, I have no idea. But she is happy, healthy and... slightly nuts, so who am I to complain? :-) Oh, and she's 60 years old. If it hadn't been for her white hair, you wouldn't have been able to tell.


  • On that note, I found one white hair in my forehead. Only one. I am apparently getting old. I give it 20 more years, tops, and I'll have as paper white hair as my mom.


  • Fandom wise I have slacked off a bit with going through the members list of [livejournal.com profile] tokiohotelslash. Which I feel bad about. I have kept up posting on [livejournal.com profile] gs_daily pretty well, which I feel good about. And I think the pimp-posts I do at [livejournal.com profile] tokiohotelslash are appreciated. I haven't gotten much feedback, but I do hope so. There has been a bit more posts in that community since I took over and started them pimp-posts, so I see that as a positive thing. When I have the energy and talked to mods of other big communities, I have another plan for said community I want to kick off... Will have to finish going through all them members first though. :-P


  • I've started up another RP with my darling friend from New Zealand. Damn that woman and her brain. Who knew a crossover between Pirates of the Caribbean and Supernatural would work out so fine? And that Dean Winchester and Captain Will Turner of the Flying Dutchman would make such a great, if doomed, pairing? :-) The RP I do with [livejournal.com profile] snowstormskies is still going very strong as well. Torg-strong. *LOL* I love it to bits, and she being a fic-writer from start, she sure keeps me on my toes, taking a whole other take on this RP-thing! I have a ton of fun with it. :-D Much love on you two girls for giving me such a gift as being able to play with you. Honored. Really. :-)


  • Alexandra is doing really good. Goes to the daycare center Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday ever week. 8am to 1pm. Gives me some time to myself looking for work and being a bit housewifey. If I get hired by the hour though, the hours she's there changes or days changes if needed. The staff is really great there, even if I it does take a bit to walk there, something I am not to fond off.


  • Talking off... I did work this week. Wednesday and Thursday. For the first time since I had Alexandra. At a school-library at a school with a lot of troubled kids. Helped a bunch of kids. Had to throw out a bunch of loud rude kids. Got questions about my piercings and tattoos. Got called a racist. I felt right at home. :-) I really hope I get to work there again or at another school-library. I love working with kids, any age. Seriously. So awesome!


  • When not working I am trying to make sense of the websites for the unemployment fund AND the employment office, since I have to report on to both continuously . Their rules have changed since I was unemployed last. Both for the better and for the worse... I think I have figured it out now though. :-) If I do one thing wrong, I'll be cut off from my unemployment benefits. Fair, but damn... that is a lot of stuff to keep in mind to make sure of that. o.O *has a list*


  • My best friend, [livejournal.com profile] spicehobbit and I are still working our way through Supernatural. We have the last two episodes of season 5 to watch before we can start up on season 6. Our current amusement is to guess how much more angsty it can get... The show still keep surprising us with upping the angst even more. *LOL* We truly enjoy it though, I gotta say. A show that I thought was worse than it was. Keeps proving me wrong. Well done, Supernatural!


  • I also preordered Sons of Anarchy Season 5 and since it arrived I keep working my way through that one again. I did watch it without subtext at one point, but there's one character with a pretty thick accent... *cough*Chibs*cough* ... that I just can't follow or understand without subtext, so now I actually understand the plot of the season much MUCH better! Can't wait to see season 6, seriously... That show keeps throwing me curve balls...

And so it ended up a novel anyway. Points to you if you managed to read through all that. Now I am going to bed since we'll be home both me and Alexandra tomorrow. She has a bit of a cold right now, so nothing to exiting for us.

Laters!

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It's been a BUSY day today... o.O Wednesdays will be very very busy for us from now on out.

Because during the day, Alexandra is at the daycare center from 8am-1pm. Then home, and pack and prepare dinner. And then we leave for baby-swimming class at the swimming bath downtown between 4:25pm-4:55pm... She likes it, but damn is Alexandra exhausted after such a day.

Apparently, so am I. Because I am absolutely exhausted today. And let's not forget that my period started today bringing with it my menstrual cramps from HELL!*collapses in a pile*

While Alexandra has been at the daycare center yesterday and today I've been doing paperwork. URGH! I've ignored these piles of papers for too long, and much of it needs to get done ASAP if I am to get any help from the unemployment fund. So yeah. No choice. And it's A LOT!

But to make it a little bit more fun I've been watching movies. I borrowed two movies from the library that I watched yesterday and today, and I can whole heartedly recommend them both.

The first one that I watched yesterday was heart wrenchingly sad. And very beautiful. Boy in the striped pyjamas. I HIGHLY recommend it.

Boy in the striped pyjamas trailer here! )

The other one, that I watched today was Searching for Sugar Man. And all I have to say to that one is... What an incredibly life story! And it's all true to! WOW!

Searching for Sugar Man trailer here! )

I've been listening to that mans music all day long...

Which is still a good but sucky day. Try that on for size. :-P

My menstrual cramps are fucking me over like no tomorrow, but it's been fun to. Even though paperwork is seriously boring, it is still nice to sit there with your cup of tea by the TV with all them papers scattered around you without my daughter destroying them... Peace and quite. My cats, my papers, my phone and my TV. Until I get hired by the hour or get a more permanent job, that will most likely be what I'll be doing while Alexandra is at daycare. And maybe some housework to, who knows? :-)

I am still working on that mod-work for [livejournal.com profile] tokiohotelslash. I have started to go through all 900+ members in the members list. To check if there's any suspicious journals there. I started at... 968 members, I think? I am now down to 930 members. I send a PM-message (or comment) to each and everyone that I delete as members. ONE has asked to be a member again, since her empty LJ was only used to read fic. :-) Which is fine! But hard for me to see when I just check the journal. ;-) Anyway, telling that it has just been one. :-P I've gotten halfway through the letter C. This WILL take time. But I am confident I'll finish it now when I've started. It's not hard since it's easy to find all info needed on LJ's profiles. It's just dull work. :-P

Currently I am the only mod/owner of the community. But I might have a mod in the making. If she got the time for it. We'll see. It's always nice to have someone to discuss with. I don't mind doing the dull/heavy work after that. :-)

Anyway. Exhausted, so I'll just skip the mod-work tonight, and go to bed, I think... *HUGE YAWN*

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