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[arisbe]

Had my interview a half block from the Lafayette Grill. Note I do not say the Lafayette Grill and Bar, though neither interviewer mentioned the Code of Conduct policy against drinking. Or smoking. Or social dancing. (Nothing against unsocial dancing. Or watching others. Perhaps an oversight.)

I found the interviewers charming, though each rather inclined to give me Significant Glances whenever the other mentioned the college's Faith Commitment.

I have some hope of work here, adjunct for now, but who knows?

And thanks to one of you on this list, whose boss drove down from Rockland to interview me. I did see another list member there, teaching her music class, but I won't mention that, as she never seems to be on LJ any more.

In other news, back when I was in the hospital my last regular employer finally admitted that they owed me a small retirement fund. I have now opened an account with TIAA/CREF for them to roll it over into, from which I can withdraw or borrow enough to settle the landlord, who is getting rather difficult, and sent in the paperwork for the rollover to be executed. (I qualify for a TIAA account because Maya has her retirement with them.) I am looking into the Pax World Funds for a moneymarket account and any future IRA, but I needed somebody in town I could work with immediately and in person. Anyone who opens any account anywhere is under suspicion of being a terrorist moneylaunderer, but the man who walked me through the paperwork is one who notarized my signature when it was needed on Maya's account.

Srsti took us to a preview of the new Producers film, but I can't tell you about it, neener, neener, neener. At least until I see it again officially. Which I will, no doubt about it.

I mentioned it at church and got some typical responses. I didn't see the first one, said Edwin proudly. I did and it wasn't funny, said Barbara, prouder still. Nobody could replace Zero, said Marty the Tenor's wife. That's what I thought, I replied.

Must tutor math again tonight.

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Not. Just got a call. Neither of the two younger children has math homework tonight. So I tutor on Wednesday. And another call before that from the Bank of You Know What, who did receive my paperwork, but need three more forms, which I can send tomorrow, after both John and Jane (Hancock, that is) are notarized. After which it will take them -- Are you ready for this? I wasn't. -- six weeks to cut a check. Six weeks. Of course it took them fifteen months to acknowledge that they owed me anything at all. I'm telling you, from now on I will change my ten dollar bills into fives so I won't have to look the Founder in the face when I open my wallet.

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[benkilpatrick.livejournal.com]

What school?

[arisbe.livejournal.com]

Perhaps I'd better not say for now. But tomorrow is another day.

[joffridus.livejournal.com]

Of course, if you work for Nyack, I believe you'll have the option of putting some into your TIAA CREF acount from that, too.

Since AH was in manhattan today I have not spoken to her in person - so I have not gotten a "feel" for how she thought the interview went. And I won't see her tomorrow, as I'll be working from home. But I'll let you know if I hear/read (via e-mail) anything. Or you may hear about it before I do. Although any teaching confirmation memos (which used to be called "contracts") come through my office....

Anyway - as for the "Significant Glances", I don't know about CH so much, but AH certainly is a broad-minded person in these regards. Every Monday I'm telling her about my visits to such-and-such a Ukrainain Catholic Church or such-and-such an Orthodox Monastery or such-and-such a Roman Catholic church.... never been a problem for me.

Interestingly, when the dancing rule is discussed among us (and it's only ever been discussed, in my experience, in mocking fashion), "social" has always been put in opposition to "cultural" or "choreographed." Which of course, is absurd. ALL dancing is "cultural" - so maybe there's a loophole there. Or, if you're actually doing a step (rather than the randomness that my generation calls dancing) it could technically be considered "choreographed" so there's a loophole there.

What it comes down to is that my former student-worker (an sophomore at the time) got busted for dancing at a club when a fellow student turned her in, but students who are from various ethnic backgrounds are somehow allowed to dance their dances, because it's cultural.

[arisbe.livejournal.com]

I was told to expect to hear tonight or tomorrow, which I took as a good sign. My tongue was firmly in my cheek when I mentioned dancing, because you told me the policy was about to change. Anyway, my link was to tango night at the LG, which is certainly cultural and probably counts as choreographed. I did not link to the Middle Eastern night, which is both, though perhaps somewhat controversial in other respects. (For the record, I have never been there on a Friday night.)

[arisbe.livejournal.com]

Well, I see the back comments are getting mailed.

I think a student might still get busted for dancing at the Lafayette. Even if she were an Arab...