Dancing
Engineer
Fierce
Creature
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Ah, What a Day!
[Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Sixty Eight] I ate dinner too fast and my stomach protests. A lot. But first the news: Coronavirus cases in hospital highest for six weeks, infections up by 16% Dutch curfew could shift forward to 10 o’clock; “Serious option” says Justice Min. Dutch government won’t relax coronavirus restrictions at…
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Twice Is Coincidence
[Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Sixty Seven] Last Saturday night I had incredible pain. Today I woke up with a cold. I’m thinking the weekends are when my body freaks out due to stress. What blows my mind is that I had seventeen interviews last week. And nine scheduled for the upcoming week. But…
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Community Is Everything
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Dear Past Self
[Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Sixty Five] Damnit. And also thank you. xoxo,~r. But first the news: New coronavirus cases soar to over 7,400, hospitalisations also rise Minister “optimistic” about partly opening higher education next month The Netherlands drank and smoked less throughout coronavirus Dear Future Self: Do not schedule more than four interviews…
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TOMORROW is One Year?!?
[Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Sixty Four] It’s hard to believe that the Dutch Lockdown started one year ago tomorrow. But first the news: Almost 46,600 coronavirus fines issued, 258 arrested for curfew riots Coronavirus average climbs for 11th straight day; 6,187 new infections EU coronavirus vaccination passport to be ready by the summer…
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Dear Girl Twin
[Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Sixty Three] Let’s talk about appropriate alarm clocks, shall we? Bringing me breakfast in bed. Bringing me chocolate in bed. Brining me English Breakfast tea with generous milk in bed. And now for inappropriate alarm clocks. Puke. Screaming from another room. Literally all other alarm clocks except for the…
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And Don’t Forget To Breathe
[Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Sixty Two] Yesterday I had three interviews, today I had three interviews, tomorrow I have three interviews, two on Thursday, and two on Friday. That’s a lot of extrovertin’. But first the news: Coronavirus cases up by 24% in last week, RIVM says situation is ‘worrying’ No events until…
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Officially Official Cover Letter
[Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Sixty One] Which, really, should reside over on https://rainleander.github.io/cv/ but I’ll get it going over here, eh? My bio paragraph that I typically use for conference talks and such is, “Rain is a systematic, creative, interdisciplinary community liaison with a Bachelor’s in dance and a Master’s in information technology.…
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CV and Writing Samples and Speaking Samples, Oh MY!
[Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Sixty] Regarding yesterday, I woke up in less pain, but more nausea. And since I didn’t actually throw up, nor did my temperature spike, and I was actually able to press on the painful spot without screaming, I still haven’t called the emergency line back. If there’s anything going…
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Cancelled Due To Pain
[Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Fifty Nine] Tonight I was supposed to do live stream Escape Room: UNLOCK! Around the World in 80 Minutes, but it’s $TITLE Would you like to know more? Last night I woke up to a stabbing in my gut. I breathed through the pain, adjusted positions a bit and…
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The Whole Glorious Story
[Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Fifty Eight] In January, DevRel switched focus from product to partners and didn’t assign any work to the product team except for documentation. It was utterly demoralising to some of us. We were never told why the focus switched. Nor what we were expected to do in the interim.…