Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now

March 24th, 2006 • Random Musings

I was looking for a job, and then I found a job
And heaven knows I’m miserable now

As I’ve mentioned before, I’m out and about talking to people about jobs so that I have something to do after graduation in May. So today I was interviewing for a job. I emphasis “interviewing” because I’m not sure that what I do qualifies as interviewing in the common sense of the word. I haven’t really “interviewed” for a job in nearly ten years when I first got out of Georgia Tech with my undergrad degree. Today’s “interview” was pretty good especially since I was able to guide the conversation away from any open requisitions they (no, I won’t say who “they” is) have. Instead, I had a lot of discussions about my own custom created position where I can do what I want to do and be left (mostly) alone so that I can be unencumbered by the bureaucracy. Could be fun. I just don’t want to be miserable.

For those of you don’t know where the above quote (and the title of this post) come from, it is from a song by The Smiths (the band that launched the solo career of Morrissey). I’ve been in the mood to listen to them lately with the dreary rain in Atlanta and I happened to still have it when I left the interview today. This song, “Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now” (updated: click to play for free on Napster!), just happened to play as I drove home.

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