Excelsior, True Believers

It's been a while.

My job is still awesome.

Very happy, I just went out drinking, lots of fun there was a guy there doing the music thing, I bought two of his cd's cause he was soooo awesome.
Of course I don't recall his name. And I have the Hiccups, lame.

Any how, later after I've put the cd's on my iPod, I'll let you know how awesome it is.

Damn hiccups -- c1150

Movie review and so on

I just watched the Bourne Ultimatum. Very good, but then I've liked all of the Bourne movies. I'm kind of bummed the books are so old, and the movies are nothing like the books. I'd read an updated version, not mired in the cold war 80s. Another bummer, I don't think they'll be making more movies in the series.

One thing I really liked, they really tied it to the Bourne Supremacy in a way that surprised me. And, Julia Stiles is really cute, so that's nice too.

In other, even less exciting, news I want to upgrade/replace all of my computers. But I have to wait for some one's lawyer to get in touch with my lawyer before I can start budgeting.

c1150

Good news/Bad news

Or maybe it should be Great news/Kind of bad news.

Great news: I love my new job. I've been here a month and there is already talk of promotions.

Kind of bad news: The Pats lost the Superbowl. But that's nothing to get bent out of shape about.

Happy, happy c1150

p.s. I may need to register happycarl.com

Ooh, technology

I've added a link to the side bar for my schedule. In case anyone cares.

Busy c1150

Oh, update, my update

What's up with all my non-commenting readers?

Things have been fun here. My new job is progressing nicely, the Pats beat the Chargers last Sunday, I am actually happy for the first time in a long time, it seems. [I'm probably exaggerating]

I am enjoying my new job. I think there is a great possibility for me to excel, and move up in the company. It is NOC work, but it's going to be much more interesting that what I was doing before.

The Pats and the Giants meet in the Super Bowl on the 3rd. Let the hype machine begin! I can't decide if I want to try and have some friends over or go to a bar and watch the game there. Having people over could be fun, but I'm a lazy person and don't want to play host.

On the happiness front, I feel good. I'm still kind of lonely, but there are times when I really like being alone. I guess I need to find some one who is in the same boat as far as getting together some time but also liking time away from each other. Especially with my wacky schedule for at least the next 6 months.

Anyhow, how's by you? Good, yes? [it's best to imagine that in a funny accent of your choosing]

c1150 -- Go Pats!

So much stuff going on

I start my new job tomorrow, I'm very excited.

The Colts lost to the Bolts, hee hee, I'm thrilled.

The Cowboys just lost to the Gmen, I'm a little indifferent, but I do love that the Pats and the Packers are the only teams that were "supposed" to win their games, and of course the Pats did.

Next week the Pats will beat the Chargers, and I sort of wish Green Bay would win so the Pats could avenge their loss from 11 years ago. But either way, the NFC isn't going to be able to beat the Pats.

c1150 -- 4 in 7 years is pretty good

Caloo Calay

I think I spelled that wrong. Never the less, I think I have an awesome job come Monday. I'm really excited. I think I'll be able to pay off my [soon to be] ex wife. And then I'll be my own man. After a fashion. I went out celebrating, so this may count as a drunk blog. Those of you that I have email addresses for can expect to get an email. and those that I don't will have to read it here.

c1150 -- really over celebrated

Another fairly recent movie review

So a friend took me to see I am Legend yesterday. Having seen Omega Man in all of its Chuck Heston glory, I had some idea of what to expect. I was hopeful it would be a good film but I wasn't really expecting any great shakes.

I was wrong, it was much more affecting than I would have thought, much less of a horror movie than it first seemed to me. I really enjoyed it and it poses some interesting questions that invite discussion after the movie.

I would love to get into all of my theories, but I don't want to spoil the movie for any one that may see it. Maybe in a few weeks I'll start another thread to talk about it.

c1150 - Chuck Heston hates hippies

Belated Feliz Navidad

Everybody loves Jose.

c1150 - Joyeux Noël et bonne année

Oh good, another quiz

I'm not one for all the silly quizzes &c out there. That's one reason I'm not on the Facebook or the MySpace and so on. However this one appeals to my nerd and I liked the result I got so what the hell? Here it is:

Take the quiz at dicepool.com

That is all.

c1150 - with 8 sides

The good news just keeps piling up

Yep, that's sarcasm.

As of 06:00 Friday, I no longer have a job. After sticking with a job I hated for 9 months, with the understanding that my agency would look out for me as I was doing them a favor by putting up with all the bullshit there, they still haven't found me anything, and my contract didn't get renewed.

So we're all smiles here.

c1150 - I guess antidepressants don't keep you from getting angry[ier]

That time of year

It looks like it's that time of year where this little blog turns into my endless bitching about the incompetence of the various state and municipal agencies responsible for dealing with snow on the roads.

We are not off to a good start; all week I've been hearing on the weather, "chance of snow showers this weekend." Did the turnpike commission see the same information and say, "well, it's only a chance, why worry?" They must have, because there was no pre-snow preparation, and there where no salt truck out while it was snowing.

It boggles the mind after what happened here last February, no one thought "hey, this year lets look like we know what were doing, instead of the usual messes we have."

My taxes and tolls hard at work.

c1150 - why, no, the new meds haven't kicked in yet. Why do you ask?

Nope

"No news" does not equal "good news." I just got a call that they are going to pass on me for that job. Disappointed, [insert TMBG line here]. Not sure what I'm going to do now.

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No news = good news?

So my hope to hear something by the end of this past week was not fulfilled. But, I am sticking to cliches and assuming no news is good news. We'll see how long that lasts. Other than that, there is not a whole lot going on here. I'm looking forward to the long weekend over Thanksgiving, though I don't have any plans. I just like the idea of 4 days of not thinking about or have to go to work.

c1150

So Far So Good

So I had my phone interview, I think it went very well. Now I'm waiting to see if they call me back for a face to face interview, but I think I'm on the short list for that. I should hear about it next week.

Of course now I'm too wound up to get some sleep before I go to work. Oh well, c'est la vie.

c1150 - en français

The good news/bad news

So the good news:

I have a phone interview Thursday for a new position. I'm excited, it's the sort of thing I like to do, it's closer to home, and there's a pay bump.

The bad news:

The phone interview is at 15:00. I work nights, so this is very much like 03:00 to me. I don't know how lucid I will be. And then after the interview I have to get more sleep so I can go to work.

It's not exactly a catch-22, but it's something. Is it ironic? Where's Alanis Morrisette when you need her? Unreliable Canadienes. So is like "10,000 spoon when all you need is a knife?" or is it like "a free ride when you're already late?" Maybe it's "some good advice you just can't take"

Help me out here, please find a name for my dilemma, and get Alanis out of my head.

Thanks,

c1150 - I could forgive her if she wasn't from Ottawa, all the good provinces are east of Ontario

Less happening

I was grocery shopping earlier and I thought to my self, "I should buy my ungrateful kitties a brush, as I cannot find the old one and the grooming glove thing has holes in it." So I did.

See, much less happening.

No news about jobs.

Not much of anything going on really.

Except yesterday was Jean-Luc Petards birthday, Happy Birthday!

So there's that.

Uneventful c1150

Happenings

So so far this week is looking up. Saturday I won 9$ in the lottery, so I think I'm only down like 50$.

I have yet another line on yet another job, I hope to have an interview some time this week. I'm hopeful about this one, it matches my skill set, it's much closer to home, it's day shift, and it's a bump in pay. Adding the bump and the closer to home, I'll actually be pretty happy, if I get it.

I was on call this weekend, and it was actually pretty quiet. Still annoying and pointless, but at least I wasn't hassled too much.

I think that's it for now, time to laundry. Yeah!

scrubbing c1150

Oddly sexist York College radio ad

York college of Pennsylvania is running an oddly sexist ad on the radio these days. Transcript and audio file here. I mean it's not horribly sexist, but the bit in the last paragraph about being "addicted to applied research like a woman to chocolate" is just bizarre. I mean what's next for YCP, women driver jokes? Oooh, those women sure do love to shop don't they? It's like the guy writing the ad copy is a failed stand up comic from 1982.

I honestly want to know who approved this ad. Now, I'm not saying all women are or should be offended by this. But as a chocolate addict, with both an X and Y chromosome, I just think they could have come up with a better simile. I don't know what exactly, everything else I can come up with is more offensive, but there's a reason I'm not in PR.

Pass me the Snickers -- c1150

Some actual random thoughts

1. I may be in line for a new position. One more in line with what I like/am good at. This pleases me.
2. Lawyers are fun. Mine is keeping me apprised of things via mail. I feel so olde timey. I keep picturing him in a dimly lit room wearing sleeve garters and a green visor. However, I think he's younger than me.
3. I've said it before, commuting 2 hours a day is no fun. It truly seems like people are intentionally getting in my way. And why can't people keep a constant speed? Why must people alternate between 15 under and 20 over the posted limit? Particularly in PA where one can fight and win against any ticket where one is up to 10 over the limit? Seriously, I want to know.
4. My health plan changed, I went from paying a reasonable amount for an OK plan to paying nothing for a lousy plan. It may be time to move to Canada.
5. Google Reader is a nice RSS aggregator, if you're into that sort of thing. One stop for checking stuff you want to keep track of.
6. The days are getting short. Back around the solstice it was still fairly light when I went to work, and the sun was up as I left work. Now, it's dark when I leave home and dawn is just breaking when I get back. Where's Deacon Frost when you need him? Or at least Lucien De LaCroix?
7. So Apple did release a phone-less iPhone. My friend nano was right. And then he bought one. It's very nice, I need one.

I think that's if for now. I numbered them to make commenting easier, if anyone does.

random c1150