Update: Climbing From A Descent As An Empire Falls (Part VI)

The last of the three references who my prospective future employer requested had reached out to me and said they recently talked and it seemed a good discussion. I know by this point, some would say this is a sign of hope or that I have the job already. Because of how things have begun this year, though, I have that egging voice in my head saying: don’t give me hope. Just in case, I already had looked at some housing and picked ones I would really consider.

Lo and behold, now we are undergoing salary negotiations.

I do not know, of course, if my ideal homes will be available if I ever get an offer by the time I need it, especially with my salary under discussion still.

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Update: Climbing From A Descent As An Empire Falls (Part V)

This past week had been quite a ride. A week and some hours before I made this post, I had an impromptu interview in-person as a finalist for a position in central California and adjacent to the Bay area. At the given time, this position did not rank number one on positions I want to live. California’s cost of living is no small renown (or notoriety) for the reputation of the state. I still am sure I could never find a house in the place if I had the position.

Arriving in the area, everyone was serendipitously nice.

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Update: Climbing From A Descent As An Empire Falls (Part IV)

I want to start this post with something one of my favorite artists said on her Facebook, something I no longer access except through messenger for various reasons.

“Never Again is happening on our watch.”

Azam Ali, who works with the bands Vas and Niyaz and one of the most compassionate artists I know out there, speaks truth to power. She made a statement condemning atrocities done in Gaza; none of which have anything to do with hunting Hamas. Someone in response echoed what people told me when I condemned the war in Iraq: “go back to your country from which you came if you don’t like what we are doing.” This, does not show a care for free speech at all, yet people say we in the United States are in ‘the land of the free, home of the brave.’

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