When I was little I remember being very impressed by my sister. Anyone who knows me is aware that not much has changed except for the fact that no-one would call me little anymore.
I remember looking into her room and her sitting at her desk doing something really important. I used to think it was always homework or study, but now I realise that the hand-written Red Hot Chilli Peppers and Marcy Playground lyrics that were stuck up on her wardrobe were of her own doing too.
Being so intelligent and grown up, as she appeared to me at the time, was something that I thought I too would achieve when I started at high school and got homework to do. Nevermind that I was in primary school and had primary school homework to do, which I diligently ignored.
Above her desk, in a simple black frame, was a cartoon picture of a stork or some other long necked big beaked bird. The stork was swallowing a frog, or rather trying to. The frog, whose body was clearly depicted bulging out from deep down that bird's skinny neck had its arms outside the birds beak with hands wrapped tightly around the birds neck, strangling it.
Underneath it said 'Never, ever give up.'
In the past week I got offered a job and then had it taken away from me in 5 minutes. I had about 35 calls not returned to me and I harassed HR til they were at wits end. I then got told I didn't get the job. I probably should have given up at that stage, but because I have no other prospective job on my radar I decided to continue pursuing it, and whaddaya know?
Tomorrow I have my interview for that job at 2:30, because via a slightly morbid stork/frog cartoon fusion my mama taught me and my sister to never, ever give up.
I may not have grown up to be serious or studious like I hoped, but at least as well as being slightly annoying i'm both persistent and stubborn.
I'll keep ya'll posted after my interview tomorrow, at least if I don't get it i'll know I tried!
