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I use the same password everywhere, so of course I forget my login
by doyce at 01:43 AM on March 26, 2003
So I got a new computer -- all my favorites are back, but all my auto-logins are gone.
That's not why I haven't posted here lately, but it's one of several viable excuses.
Went to England for awhile; that's a pretty good reason to not post, I guess (since I couldn't remember the arcanely-nested address for the MT.cgi directory on BadSam even if saved my own mother's left hand). The trip was good; better was the fact that while I was in England I was getting email from someone who wanted to give me a job. A different job -- one that doesn't involve the people I'm currently working with -- not that there's anything wrong with the fact that they spy on my website and hold every goddamn thing I write against me as a personal slight.
So, new job = all good things.
Got back and had an interview. Nailed it.
Week later, had another interview. Wow them again.
Then, nothing... nothing but my persistence to make sure that the Slow Beast of Large Company Cogs keeps plodding along towards the inevitable conclusion where I get my offer letter. I email for the next step; I find out it's supplying references. I supply them, wait another week. I'm preparing another 'what's up?' letter when I start getting mail from my references about being contacted and blowing my horn for me.
[Is this boring yet? Well, barring talk of blizzard conditions, my kid's broken wrists, and my wife's sunburn, this is all I've got, and I don't want to be a non-posting schlub, so bugger off.]
If things went to plan, my final reference should have gotten a call today. Unfortunately he's having a lousy day, so while I feel for him (like a good samaritan) I more importantly hope it didn't queer the conversation (like a proper Bad Samaritan).
That's where I am: new computer with lots of memory and no internet cookies, a potential job, and not enough sleep.
But at least I'm getting caught up on reading and posting to my blogs. There is that. God knows I've got my key obligations -- gotta keep MG happy -- lord knows that man is dead sexy, and those are the kind of connections a person has to cultivate.
comments (15)
Always good to see you. And you don't know how much I envy you w/ your spiffy new computer. Here I am dealing w/ constant error messages and noisy dial-on service. Argh.
by Anna at March 26, 2003 7:52 AM
If it's any consolation, I managed to get an out of memory error within 4 hours of putting the thing together :)
I'm sort of demanding in my multitasking.
by Doyce at March 26, 2003 9:10 AM
"I'm sort of demanding in my multitasking" -> [DECODER] -> "I want to see YOU try to download several GBs of man-horse lovin' videos AND at the same time Photoshop fake tits onto Britney AND at the same time IM with a young hottie from Malaysia AND at the same time search for used underwear on EBay Japan... and see if YOUR computer doesnt fucking throw its hands up in defeat."
by Eviltom at March 26, 2003 9:58 AM
Actually, it was more like:
"Wow, this new machine has two cd readers, the front USB port open, and my DSL hooked up, so I should be able to simultaneously do two CD installs, run another one off my portable USB drive, and do a 145 message combine/decode from alt.binaries.* at the same time, right? If the hardware is THERE, I should be able to use it all at once..."
Sort of the computer version of "I can't be overdrawn, I still have checks left."
(* - and of course that's alt.binaries.ebooks :)
by Doyce at March 26, 2003 10:17 AM
Hmmm... do I believe Eviltom or Doyce??....
This is a toughie.
by Linz at March 26, 2003 10:55 AM
I guess England is the only place an American should be right now. Um, good to hear from you DOYCE. And I'm very happy that you have a potential job offer. THANK GOD, Subtract ONE from the Initial Claims number tomorrow at 830am est. Talk about INSIDER information. I'm gonna kick ass. Seriously, that's incredible that you have a new job offer. How the ass did you pull that ass out of your ass? And MG is dead sexy in an Erotic Feline way.
by LOCKHEED at March 26, 2003 3:57 PM
The situation arose out them needing a very ecclectic set of skills and job experience that I happen to have acquired through a deft series of... dumb luck.
The real shocker, with the skill set being so weird, is that they had to go looking for applicants that fit the profile and actually contacted me. Timewarp to 1998 or something.
by Doyce at March 26, 2003 4:08 PM
It's true, I am a stone fox.
PS: Does anyone want to hire me?
by mg at March 26, 2003 4:42 PM
I'll hire you! I have just the job for you, my white-skinned friend. Give me a ring tonight and we'll talk about the details.
by Osama at March 26, 2003 6:03 PM
What about me? I'm an expert marksman and am cold-blooded as hell. John Lee Malvo got nuttin' on me!
by Anna at March 26, 2003 6:16 PM
Lockheed too. Me like Employment. Me can work nights. Me have a short day as it is. Lockheed will do anything for security money. Yes. Do I have to come right out and say it? Do I have to come right out and ask you to be mine?
by LOCKHEED at March 26, 2003 8:15 PM
FUCK SHaq. I hope YAO rips him a new arsehole, ShaQ get's to eat rice covered in chocolate and get paid by NESTLE GDPx10, while young YAO can only eat rice with soysauce, just a boy he is, and has to give his money back to the Communist Party. No disney contracts for this soldier. ESPN 9pm EST. tonight. Be there.
by LOCKHEED at March 26, 2003 8:54 PM
Ah Lockheed, I can use a smart young man like you. I want you to join my team. Do you know how to launder money?
by Osama at March 26, 2003 9:44 PM
Well, OSAMA, I Know how to MAKE money the FREEMARKET way, and of course, I know how to LOSE money, the Freemarket way. But if you give me SOME MONEY, I'll trade the shit out of it for you. JUST tell me if you're going to do something HEINOUS, so I could buy every fucking BOND in the U.S. Treasury's sorry Arse. And Sell every fucking super leveraged ass stock in the sorry S&P. Then, I'll give you 1 percent of the net.
by LOCKHEED at March 27, 2003 4:47 PM
Well, I'm still waiting for your response to my potential EMPLOYMENT in your Syndicate publicly traded company, Osama... Hmmm.... I got the skills to pay your bills...
Put it this way, who sang PEACE TRAIN, ah, Cat Stevens... Oh, what is he now? Ah, a militant muslim.
by wellOSAMLOCKHEED at March 28, 2003 5:56 PM