Who knew that sending a somewhat poorly constructed, nearly needy email to a temp agency at 7:00 pm on a Wednesday would result in a frantic phone call from that agency at 10:00 the next morning and a position for Monday?
But then, I've never temped, so maybe this is the usual procedure. They must be desperate for qualified candidates. I am very, very qualified for office jobs...but it remains to be seen how I will fit in with the hose-n-heels crowd that I have observed in the temping pool in the past.
No matter. I have old friends in town this weekend, through Tuesday, so I'm on "vacation" from my unemployment, job search, brokeass-ness, etc.
Other odd jobs I have queued up:
Freelance copy writing for my old job
Large data project for my old job
Apple harvesting ($50 a day, plus lunch and all the heirloom apples I can cart out, w00t)
Temping is the reason why I'm not starving with both a BFA and an MFA. My first temp job made it possible for me to now have a decent paying part-time job that I can tolerate while I teach and make art the other 20 hours of the work week. You can make some awesome contacts temping, though it may seem totally lame now. Embrace the temp job (if only for a short while.) Offices love "artsy" folks. They break up the mundanity of water cooler talk about HBO shows and "The Office". You can regale them with stories of deviant lifestyles and a punk rock past (or present and future.) I'm determined to turn a few of the malleable new office hires to the dark side by taking them to dirty dive bars. Also, fuck the dress code. I get more compliments on homemade skirts than most people do on expensive shit from Macys. Don't bow to the pressure to dress boring business casual. I don't get called "Le Grand Orange" at work for nothing. Wear the weirdest shit possible in the loudest colors possible, as long as it's still within the dress code policy. It makes the workday less monotonous and seems to make people give you more creative projects. Consider yourself a peacock. That's pretty much all of the lame temp advice I have. I'm just constantly amazed that I have an office job (part time... it's not a career!) and function in normal society on a daily basis. Thanks temping! You've really helped me soar beyond the subsistence level!