Blind Prophecy

I can’t believe I’m actually about to say this…

So, I’m heading out to meet some guys from the team at the bar.

Now why do I suddenly feel like a stock character in some fat-guy-skinny-wife sitcom?

Of course, the difference is that (almost) everyone on my amatuer hockey team is a big burly homo and we’ll be in the gayest part of the gayest city on Earth. Still.

The whole job thing is just confusing. They don’t know if they want to offer me a) a part-time contract for a few weeks where I could keep my current job and help them in the evenings with editing their summit materials, b) a full-time contract for a few weeks where I’d have to leave Compass immediately and I’d help them with their summit material and press/media work (press releases, arranging interviews with various press outlets), or c) a full-time staff position that includes all of the above responsibilities and a lot more. If we go with options A or B, then option C remains on the table and they don’t have to “rush into it” since they were burned by the last guy they hired. Of all these, option B is the least comfortable for me. I could have medical and dental insurance for the first time in years beginning next Tuesday, unless I quit to take a freelance gig that could lead to a better position I’d be happier with.

Oh, I know they want to hire me for the position, but they’re super cautious after the guy who only lasted 3 months and left them in the lurch. I told Dave on the phone that I can completely understand, then I put my foot in my mouth… “I’d understand if you were cautious about hiring me because here I am telling you that after two weeks I know things aren’t going to work out in my current position…” Why? Why did I say that? He sounded genuinely surprised, as though he’d never thought of that before! Oh, well, I always walk into employment situations trying to be as frank and honest as possible. It’s my theory that if I don’t exxagerate my talents and skills, but answer their questions in a competent way, they’ll discover that I have all the skills they really value… plus, they’ll know that they can trust me to be honest about things I don’t know rather than get overwhelmed and pretend at something I don’t really understand.

Tomorrow isn’t going to be much of a day to rest. Gym, lunch and plans with Jennifer and Daniel, meeting my Burning Man companion Nicole midafternoon, etc. The team was also trying to put together another practice at the public skate in Oakland tomorrow, but there’s no way I can fit it in.

Sunday is the Dore Alley Fair.

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