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November 13 No update yet... First night off since last Wednesday so I am off to bed early. Will try and catch up everything, including book logs this coming weekend, or Friday night as I'm off Thurs and Fri this week. Chapters is going ok...feet are sore though! November 07 Chapters...II Just a quick update. Orientation went well and my first "shift" is tomorrow night. Off to bed now as I was out with some bookcrossers for dinner and I am exhausted. Will probably not catch up here til Sunday as I'm busy untl then..... November 05 Chapters Yes! I'm in. I go tomorrow night for orientation and then my first shift will probably be this coming weekend! Some info about working at Chapters November 04 Tarot Card for todayMy tarot card for today, perfect!Three of Chalices
The Three of Chalices card suggests that my power today lies in celebration.
I am not alone. I embrace the pleasure of the moment and share the
beauty and joy of a common bond within my sisterhood. I am empowered by
inclusion and my gift is spontaneous rapture. BOOK 91: The Jesus Family Tomb by Jacobvici Well, what to say about this book. It seemed like a rather long book to convince the reader that the statistical probability of so many names in Jesus' family being inscribed on ossuaries in one tomb and the family NOT being Jesus' family is pretty high. Does that make sense? Mostly, the researchers used mathematical formulas and probablility calculations to determine if the bodies found in the tomb "could" belong to Jesus and his family. Their reasoning was that although, Jesus, Joseph, Mary, James, Jose and Judah were very, very common names in the time Jesus lived, the chances of more than one family having all the same names is unlikely, therefore this must be "the Jesus" family as opposed to any other Jesus family. The book also touches on the subject of whether or not Jesus and Mary Magdalene were married and had a child, again, inconclusive, but the researchers use text from the bible and the Talmud to prove that Jesus and Mary Magdalene were more than Master and disciple and that Mary herself was a Master and that Jesus "knew" her in the biblical sense. The reason they hid the birth of their child, Judah, was that he would have been in danger after Jesus' arrest and crucifixion so his family pretended he was Jesus' younger brother rather than his son. Although there was some human tissue that could be used for some DNA tests, there is no known DNA to match to Jesus. Did the book convince me that Jesus' family tomb was found? I am not sure, I agree it would be a huge coincidence if it wasn't his family's tomb, but in the end, really what difference does it make? There is some argument that Jesus can't have a tomb as he ascended to heaven and did not die a mortal death, so there should be no body, ergo no tomb and no ossuary. However, if you believe that Jesus was a real person who had a message to impart and that he did die on the cross, mortally, and his body was removed from the tomb of Joseph of Arithamea as soon as possible, then his remains would be resting in his family tomb - in their rightful place. Chapters...and Bookcrossing....and baby showers. I got a call from Chapters this afternoon while I was on the way to Michele's (this is my friend Michele, not my brother Michele, also known as Mike) baby shower (more about that later), and I have a second one to one interview tomorrow afternoon with the General Manager of the store....so it looks like all is going well and most likely I should be in...but still keep your fingers crossed for me...it can't hurt. Second piece of good news when I came home tonight was that an article I submitted to BookCrossing has been accepted for their newsletter, here's the link: BookCrossing Article by me :) Michele's shower was lovely and she received alot of nice gifts, she is going to have the cleanest, loveliest smelling and best dressed baby for miles around :) She looked tired but happy and her family and Doug's seemed very nice. She only has 4 weeks left...I can't wait, I love babies :) November 03 BOOK 90: Friend of the Devil by Peter Robinson I have finished this but I'm not writing about it until my friend Shelley has read her copy so we can talk about it :) BOOK 89: House Among The Sunflowers by Ruth Silvestre It took me so long to listen to this and I'm not sure why as I love these types of books, not sure if they are travelogues or memoirs...or what to call them. British family buys rambling, rundown farmhouse in the south of France and spends holidays renovating it and becoming part of the community and absorbing culture. The story is narrated by the author, Ruth Silvestre, a British actress and singer. For a singer, her narration of the novel is odd, her voice fluctuates and breaks and it seems at some points she loses her breath while reading and has to stop to catch it. That aside, it wasn't until the 3rd CD, that I became really interested in the story and it would be more honest to say I was interested in the story of Anais and Alais and Bel-air rather than the story of Ruth and her family. When Ruth finds the hatbox of old letters and begins to delve into the history of the people who lived in the house before her talks with grandma about "l'autre fois" , I became fascinated with their stories. To be honest, I had become fed up of reading about one more "ramasser" of anything by the end, no matter how charming it seemed and how wonderful the meals afterwards were! All in all, this was an entertaining listen and I think a good insight into life in the south of France in the early 1900's (based on the hatbox letters and grandma's memories) and for me, this is what made the book come alive. November 02 Chapters Interview It was the strangest interview I've ever had. There were two interviewers and four interviewees. They asked normal interview questions and then we kind of did a round table of answers....I just found it odd because at some point it was obvious that someone didn't know what to say so she paraphrased what the other three of us said... I really liked the two managers who did the interviews, they seemed very personable and friendly. I think I did well on the questions and I tried to be very open and stressed my customer service skills and my love of reading and sharing knowledge about books. I also took a resume highlighting my customer service experience, which I didn't notice anyone else did, although they could have handed them in with applications originally for all I know. He said they would let us know this weekend and there would be another short interview with the General Manager and then we would start next week some time. Right now they are just promising seasonal til just after the New Year and we "may" be able to stay on after that, but they are not promising anything right now. Its a minimum of 15 hours up to 25 hours per week for the holiday season. He didn't discuss pay or benefits, but that is not so important as I really just want in. On Sat and Sun the shifts start as early as 7:00 a.m. and closing is at 10:00 p.m. and he said they are normally out of the store by 10:30 p.m. I wouldn't mind early shifts on the weekend, it would get me out of the habit of sleeping in and wasting the day and also still allow me to do stuff the rest of the day. So now I am going to jump all weekend every time the phone rings.....but I'll keep you posted. |
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