Divisions and Precisions

New job! And writing and stuff

Just a few words, before I throw myself into the weird, ageless yet somehow historical world of my cheesy novel. Gotta try to make up for not writing last night, after all.

Today was my first day on my new job. Well, technically, yesterday was, but it was just orientation so it doesn't count. All I can say is... remember in The Shawshank Redemption (or Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption, if you've read the story), how Red talks about getting out of prison, but still having an institutional mindset? Yeah... that's me. I'm so used to having to account for EVERY SINGLE MINUTE of my time at my old job, and having to take lunch precisely at X time and having my phone calls and computer usage monitored... that the comparatively freeform academic world is a little (okay, a lot) weird. I kept thinking I should be reporting my every move to somebody.