So, the interview went well. Lots of standard questions, gave them as much lubbin' as I could. Next step is a panel interview if I "passed" this step. Should know more by the end of next week.
Honestly though, I'm almost more excited about the insurance gig. I figure if I own my own shop, then I don't have to put up with working with people that suck.
So anyway, after the interview and the ridiculous drive home in rush hour traffic, I get home and promptly get very sick. Haylee's been sick since Monday night and is just now getting better. I think she brought the plague home from preschool. Bennett started spiking 104 degree fevers on Thursday, and I started my journey into the Abyss on Friday night. Fevers, chills, the shakes.. awesome. Woke up around 2am and felt semi normal and hungry, so had a bowl of cereal before starting to feel crappy again and passed out with the kids on the couch. Today, lots of coughing, aching and general blah but at least the shakes are gone.
Yay!
Saturday, March 05, 2011
Friday, March 04, 2011
Wow, awesome news Enron. The show stars April 17th, so this is probably a big factor in this damn book finally coming out. Can't wait.
Loved the Windows video. I remember most of those iterations. I remember thinking DOS Shell was the shit and it being totally superior to the first version of Windows, ha.
Goodluck with all your job stuff Art!
Loved the Windows video. I remember most of those iterations. I remember thinking DOS Shell was the shit and it being totally superior to the first version of Windows, ha.
Goodluck with all your job stuff Art!
|
GRRM
Holy shit, GRRM has promised a publishing date for the fifth book:
"A Dance with Dragons will be published on July 12, 2011. Let the celebrations begin! And everyone was worried that he was going to pull a Jordan." -Poster on Slashdot
With regards to pulling a Jordan, well, we all know that is still quite a possibility if he is still on track for two more books. Let's see, two more books at an average of 5 years apart. Uggg...
fArt, I saw that video yesterday. Probably on the same site... What a trip back. Good old DOS. My memories of DOS are usually pretty fond, until I think about IRQ and memory management and multiple Autoexec.bat/config.sys files. Those sucked. I don't miss Win 2 or 3 though. What dogs.
D>M>
"A Dance with Dragons will be published on July 12, 2011. Let the celebrations begin! And everyone was worried that he was going to pull a Jordan." -Poster on Slashdot
With regards to pulling a Jordan, well, we all know that is still quite a possibility if he is still on track for two more books. Let's see, two more books at an average of 5 years apart. Uggg...
fArt, I saw that video yesterday. Probably on the same site... What a trip back. Good old DOS. My memories of DOS are usually pretty fond, until I think about IRQ and memory management and multiple Autoexec.bat/config.sys files. Those sucked. I don't miss Win 2 or 3 though. What dogs.
D>M>
|
Dude upgrades Windows from 1.01 to 7
LOL, figured you nerds would find this funny too. Even tests out Monkey Island on every version.. haha..
|
And on the eve of my big interview...
Bennett is running a 104 degree temp, Haylee is throwing up, Michelle is not feeling well and I'm up at 1am feeling like I'm having an asthma attack. LOL.. what the hell!?
I'll have to get a coffee or something on the way to my interview tomorrow.
I'll have to get a coffee or something on the way to my interview tomorrow.
Thursday, March 03, 2011
|
And this just in...
So, Oblivion.
I'm tooling around the first main road that circles the city. Having a blast going through those ruins! I am ridiculously out-classed by most of the dungeons, only surviving by employing some serious tactical strategy, lol. First things first, had to break into the bow shop and get myself a nice bow (that I can't nearly afford yet!)
I also downloaded an Archery realism mod which makes things... tense. You can't really fire unless you are fully drawn, and that takes longer the more powerful the bow is. Also, getting hit while you are drawing breaks the action and you have to start over again.. so getting bum rushed is a problem. Also, having a distance fight with bad guys takes on a whole new level of challenge as you both jockey back and forth trying to disrupt the other guy. So fun! Also, adds critical hits for heads, center of mass and legs (fall over / trip). Penalties for moving at all, walking backwards makes you trip if you go over stairs, logs, bodies, etc.
I've run into a few areas / rooms where I have no business being that I've prevailed over (just barely, and only after a few attempts). And there are some that are just too crazy and will have to wait (notes made in journal).
Overall, absolutely loving it. Forgot how tense it is to sneak around and hide. Better Sneaking mod makes it even harder! But also adds the possibility of them losing you if you break line of sight and then re-hide.
At one point I was being chased by a necromancer who was trying to nail me with ranged attacks (that I was side-stepping some of the time). Dude chased me all the way back to the local inn, where I dove through the front door and hid behind the innkeeper's desk, lol. The necromancer charged in after me and found himself in a room full of adventurers who promptly whooped his ass. YAY! That was good fun.
I'm tooling around the first main road that circles the city. Having a blast going through those ruins! I am ridiculously out-classed by most of the dungeons, only surviving by employing some serious tactical strategy, lol. First things first, had to break into the bow shop and get myself a nice bow (that I can't nearly afford yet!)
I also downloaded an Archery realism mod which makes things... tense. You can't really fire unless you are fully drawn, and that takes longer the more powerful the bow is. Also, getting hit while you are drawing breaks the action and you have to start over again.. so getting bum rushed is a problem. Also, having a distance fight with bad guys takes on a whole new level of challenge as you both jockey back and forth trying to disrupt the other guy. So fun! Also, adds critical hits for heads, center of mass and legs (fall over / trip). Penalties for moving at all, walking backwards makes you trip if you go over stairs, logs, bodies, etc.
I've run into a few areas / rooms where I have no business being that I've prevailed over (just barely, and only after a few attempts). And there are some that are just too crazy and will have to wait (notes made in journal).
Overall, absolutely loving it. Forgot how tense it is to sneak around and hide. Better Sneaking mod makes it even harder! But also adds the possibility of them losing you if you break line of sight and then re-hide.
At one point I was being chased by a necromancer who was trying to nail me with ranged attacks (that I was side-stepping some of the time). Dude chased me all the way back to the local inn, where I dove through the front door and hid behind the innkeeper's desk, lol. The necromancer charged in after me and found himself in a room full of adventurers who promptly whooped his ass. YAY! That was good fun.
|
JJERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRBBBSSS
So I looked up the national and local average salary figures for the position I'm interviewing for tomorrow. About double what I was expecting to find, wow. LOL.. going to take this one a lot more seriously than just a 'tune up interview'.
|
Jerbs
I got a call from Great American Casino company here in Western Washington. They want me to come in and interview for the General Manager position. Assuming the pay is pretty swell, but not sure I want to move North of Seattle. At any rate, I got my suits pressed and got a get-a-job haircut, so I think I'm prepared. If anything, at least I'll get some of the ring rust off of me by doing an actual live in-person interview.
In other news, I keep talking to the recruiter at Nationwide who says someone else is going to call me back to complete a phone interview, and then the other person never calls me. That's happened like three times now in the last couple weeks. Bizarre.
In other news, I keep talking to the recruiter at Nationwide who says someone else is going to call me back to complete a phone interview, and then the other person never calls me. That's happened like three times now in the last couple weeks. Bizarre.
Wednesday, March 02, 2011
|
Eric's Sad Panda
I laughed out loud at the combination of your post and profile / avatar picture. (LOL)
Rood:
Will have to check that out.
Have to be honest though, I thought the Hurt Locker was pretty mediocre. Absolute ridiculousness that it got Best Picture. Bu then, the runner up was Avatar, so I guess that says something about the state of movie making. LOL
A movie I heartily recommend: Ip Man.
True story of one of Bruce Lee's mentors. KICK ASS martial arts flick but an awesome story to boot. I caught it on Netflix streaming not too long ago, still should be there.
Will have to check that out.
Have to be honest though, I thought the Hurt Locker was pretty mediocre. Absolute ridiculousness that it got Best Picture. Bu then, the runner up was Avatar, so I guess that says something about the state of movie making. LOL
A movie I heartily recommend: Ip Man.
True story of one of Bruce Lee's mentors. KICK ASS martial arts flick but an awesome story to boot. I caught it on Netflix streaming not too long ago, still should be there.
|
Restrepo
I watched this really intense documentary on Netflix streaming the other night called "Restrepo". It was one of the docs nominated for an Oscar this year. A journalist and a photographer were embedded with this small unit in the most dangerous region of Afghanistan for about a year, and it's just about this tiny little outpost in the middle of the mountains there. They took fire every single day and it's just really intense. Similar to "The Hurt Locker" in that it shows you how people can get addicted to adrenaline and it just makes me wonder how anyone can come home to civilian life after being shot at constantly! It's really good.
I thought of that because I'm hooked on Battlefield Bad Company 2 like you guys are hooked on WoW. I put in maybe 60 hours into the 360 version of the game. Sold it. Then rebought it for $6 bucks on Steam and have put in close to 30 hours! So good.
I thought of that because I'm hooked on Battlefield Bad Company 2 like you guys are hooked on WoW. I put in maybe 60 hours into the 360 version of the game. Sold it. Then rebought it for $6 bucks on Steam and have put in close to 30 hours! So good.
|
7:30
For a couple of minutes at 7:30pm you were online. It's no surprise that AT Members of our caliber were not online at that time, yo, movers and shakers NEVER log on to WoW until at least 9pm, son. :)
Aaah the precon trash talk.
8 inch inseam? only if your 5'3
I got an anaconda that would crawl, turkey boy! And bring the Pillsbury sausage boy along for the ride.
btw, you are totally hooked on Wow crack and just don't know it. I wouldn't worry about only leveling to 30 as you'll probably get to 85 soon. Mr. sad panda, i went online for a bit last night and didn't see anyone online! wtf pwned.
8 inch inseam? only if your 5'3
I got an anaconda that would crawl, turkey boy! And bring the Pillsbury sausage boy along for the ride.
btw, you are totally hooked on Wow crack and just don't know it. I wouldn't worry about only leveling to 30 as you'll probably get to 85 soon. Mr. sad panda, i went online for a bit last night and didn't see anyone online! wtf pwned.
Tuesday, March 01, 2011
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)