I did an excellent job on some voicing assignments yesterday, including a job interview I hadn’t been warned about. I knew the client was a difficult one to voice for, and I was hoping the “work meeting” wouldn’t be too interactive. When I learned it was a job interview for an internal position, I was worried…but not for long. To my own amazement, I aced the voicing. I always worry about job interviews, because I’m afraid any mistakes I make will reflect poorly on the deaf applicant. But even though my signing was a little below par (I was struggling with whether to go for concepts or exact translations) my voicing was superb. The client is extremely intelligent, and I had to match her level of professionalism. I used all the right phrases one uses in a job interview to make one sound good - in fact I probably did better interpreting that interview than I’ve ever done on any of my own interviews!

I also stopped at the library on the way home because there was a problem with my card that was preventing me from reserving books in the online catalog. It turned out they need to update their address data every two years, but the representative on the phone hadn’t been able to do the update so I gave it to the librarian at the desk. I also checked out three books - Alaska by Cruise Ship, Cruising Alaska, and Fodor’s Alaska Ports of Call. My experience working as the book geek for Rand McNally led me to feel Fodor’s is not the best guidebook series for me - I prefer Lonely Planet, followed by Frommer’s - but that was what the library had. I also put myself on the waitlist for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince…I am #601 on the list. When I got home, my package from S. had arrived (thank you!) so I also had The Corset: A Cultural History and The Complete Idiot’s Guide to the Pentagon to look through. And I bought a copy of Out Traveler magazine the other day because the cover article was on gay New York City…so I have got plenty to read now!