I’ve got super, super intense motivation problems. I feel like I’m tired all the time and that most things aren’t worth doing. It’s a thing. For example, I’m forcing myself to write this entry just like I forced myself to swim tonight. The shit I don’t get is that when I got home from swimming I made a relatively elaborate meal consisting of a stove top popcorn snack, and a 45-minute-taking-free-style-”ranchero”-sauce-reduction-matched-with-two-”huevos” meal that I didn’t even think twice about whipping up. Considering my struggles with listlessness, I could have just made a peanut butter sandwich. But, I didn’t.
Never one to let a good thing go to waste for too long, with synthetic motivation in hand, I decided to hop on The Nagwitch’s back and drive the shit out of her handsome ham hocks. Someone’s got to keep her in shape and I’ve got work to do.
Questioning Standard Interview Questions
A childhood blanket or toy? How about your house or car? What about a loved one or best friend? Would you want it to be a broken heart or an unrequited romance? A long lost friend of mine always had fun interview type questions to ask and that exercise is now something I like to do in my head during the work day. Since the chances of me ever becoming someone worth interviewing are so slim, answering these silly questions can be kinda fun. They’re good mental exercises.
Note: I’m thinking about creating a Twitter account that’s a call and response type setup for asking and answering pretentious interview questions. I’m not sure what the Twitter name will be. Something ironic I’m sure.
The reason I bring this interview question nonsense up is because I’m going to start interviewing people for a position I need to fill at work and I don’t want to ask typical questions. Since I’m young and hip, work at a startup, and am already an eccentric, I’m totally into semi-torturing candidates with ridiculous questions and solution-less puzzles. Now, just so we’re not confused about my intentions, the job will require people to be super creative and insightful. Not that I’m particularly either of those things; but, I do know that I’d be better at my job if I were gifted with a few more points in either attribute. Besides, I want someone under me that is going to push me to be smarter and more clever while also making me look like I know how to hire winners. We all want that, right?