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• Does William Shatner overact?
• Are Klingons quick to anger?
• Do Vulcans have pointed ears?
• Does the Enterprise boldly go where no one has gone before?
• Has Mr. Scott really "given 'er all she's got."?
• Is Leonard H. McCoy a doctor and NOT an escalator?
• Are tribbles born pregnant?

Yeah. You could say that it is a case of being overly tired mixed with the bleach fumes at work. Or you could say that was some brilliant, albeit, Trek-centric comedy.

Know Yourself, Know Your Skills

I had a bad job interview, a cattle call for insurance agents. The last thing that I was asked in a group setting was, "How do you handle rejection?" I said what I was supposed to say thinking that he meant what will I do when a potential client opts out of what I have to offer, "They aren't rejecting me but an opportunity. It's their choice." Since I was dismissed from the cattle drive there are things I wish that I had said.

"Well that's what ice-cream and Dove fudge topping is for."
"Who's got a 5th of the Cap'n.?"
"Let Calgon take me away."
"Cry, mope, sigh and enjoy the week long party of one that is my Pityfest."

So, in the spirit of the GHI team I told myself "Onto the Next." And I cried a little. Sweetie took me to Jimmy John's for supper and then we let it sink in. That was Monday. Yesterday I baked a cake. Well three. Two mini rounds and a rectangle cake. So I guess what I do in the face of rejection is the same thing I do for every experience in my life... I create.

It's what I do. Sure, I can process things like laundry. But the process is most enjoyable for me when it is a step in creating a thing and not the thing itself. I need to get out of laundry and into something where I am using all of my skills. That is the know yourself part. Skills? Well that is a horse of another color.

I am good at a lot of things. But what skill is going to be the one I need to focus on to get me to the point of financial stability? I am an entrepreneur at heart. I am always going to be working on something so it isn't like I am looking for a quick retirement from whatever comes next in my life. It is just finding that next thing that I can do and do well enough to be paid for it. If the job interview showed me anything it is that I am not hungry enough for what I need. But I guess I am hungry enough for this Raspberry Zinger Cake.

And yes, it tastes just like it. But I like to think that it is better for you because it is homemade.

Time after Time

Well it is time to do something with my skills or resign myself to mediocrity. I finally am with people who bellieve in me. Not just the new boyfriend (Hi, Sweetie) but with the friends I have reconnected with on facebook. The people who wandered away when I was distracted by the shiny new personalities haven't left me to the fates. Now that I am not distracted they have returned. I have the emotional support that I need to get things done. So there is no reason not to.

But I am scared. Everything depends on what I do next. They say you only have to change one thing... as though that makes it all ok. But that one thing they say... is everything! And the fear is right back where it was. I've also been told that if you aren't hungry enough for something you won't achieve. It is the primary motivation for being in sales. As I found out last night in a cattle call for new insurance agents. I have the right heart but not the hunger. My reserved nature isn't going to let anyone make money off of me. I don't do the hard sell. But I can get out and get my stuff in stores.

I am going to invest in a jewelery display box. I have great clothes for interviewing so that means I have great clothes for being my own rep. If I take my stuff to the shops now, get them on to the stores before Christmas I might make enough of a name to keep people coming back next year. If not it is there before the shopping season hits full swing.

And as my art goes? I have the connections. Why am I not making them?