Current mood:	contemplative
Current music:	孤单的人总说无所谓

Job hunting and various considerations
It's halfway through June and I don't have any promising job prospects, nor do I really know what I want to do in my career-to-be.  All I know is that I would really love to move to Hawaii.  And in order to do that, I need to have a job there, a job that pays enough for me to live there.  Of course, no matter how qualified I am to get a job in a hotel or travel agency in Hawaii (between Japanese, Chinese and extensive customer service experience), there is still the insupperable difficulty of a potential employer's unwillingness to even schedule an interview with a girl from Albany, NY.

And why do I even want to live in Hawaii, anyway?  I don't know...it's a whim.  I want to break away, definitely have some time on the West coast, and sort of make a change from all the familiar scenes of my life.  I know I don't want to stay here anymore.  And Hawaii has excellent graduate programs, and it's closer to Asia.

So now, I'm thinking...what if I just move to Hawaii at the end of the summer?  It's much more likely that I'll get an interview if I'm living in the state...I could find a cheap apartment in need of a roommate, and start looking, first for a subsistence job, and then for a career.

Of course, the move would be frighteningly expensive.  I wouldn't be able to take more than the two bags allowed for a flight, I'd have no car, I wouldn't know anyone...

It's a horrifying and thrilling prospect.

At this point, this is all idle speculation.  I'm sending out new job inquiries every day, and ten to one but I get at least a decent job offer by the end of the summer.  However, if I don't, maybe I'll set out on one hell of an adventure!

Hmm.

It doesn't help that I've grown much fonder of Chinese than Japanese over the years.  That just means that I need to hit the Japanese books much harder in these coming months.  And this winter I'll definitely be taking the JLPT.