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38 faxes later

posted on Saturday, May 15, 2004 by

Okay, I just rolled out of bed, it's "noon-thirty" and I have to be at work in less than two hours, so bare with me on this post.



I spent three hours last night standing at a fax machine. Well, that's not completely true [but my neck is still killing me]; first I spent about twenty minutes going through the six pages of fine print and highlighting the internship post that only left fax numbers [and not emails], then I grabbed a tall stack of 'cover sheets' and started filling them out as neatly as I could with my hand-writing. Then, an hour later: using two fax machines at once, I dialed number after number, sending resume after resume. I was actually quite impressed with my speed and efficiency, I had marked a check by each of the 'intern' postings that I had made a cover sheet for, and when it went through the machine, I circled the check and organized the conformation print-outs, all before the fax machine even finished dialing.

I was afraid that the people within earshot were going to snap and strangle me, I think the only noise that filled the room for an hour plus, was the sound of two fax machine dialing numbers one after another, followed by the random beeping and humming of the line being picked up on the other end. Besides that; it was dead silent.

My plan was to wake up today, and finish what I started last night, by emailing the rest of listings, but I slept in, I'm sure getting back at two in the morning and then laying wide awake in bed for three hours didn't help. So I guess I will have to pick up where I left when I get back from work.



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