All right. I am part of the way through Margot at the Wedding which so far seems to be one of those generic quirky dysfunctional family movies that keep getting made. Dan in Real Life, anyone? Something has to happen…
Okay, I have to confess, I’m getting a little bummed about not working. I used to tell my family everytime I applied for a job. Last year, I applied for a volunteer position as a spider collection assistant at the Burke Museum at the University of Washington in Seattle. You know, the old cover letter and curriculum vitae to nowhere. I never heard back. Did they find someone else who wanted to sit in the basement and catalog spiders?
The sad thing, is that my kid, Axel, reminded me the other day that I was unable to even get a volunteer job as a spider collection assistant. Yeah, rub it in kid. Just remember who gets you to volleyball three or four times a week and makes sure you have clean clothes.
I did actually try volunteering a couple of other places. I have a background in health sciences (graduate degree, post-grad work), so I looked at the list that the UW had for research opportunities for undergraduates and sent out a feeler (a little spidey feeler) to a researcher. No luck with that either.
Is it any wonder my movie queue is up to 355 movies?
Tags: Burke Museum, job, Margot at the Wedding, movies, spider
