Oooh, Lee. That's pretty. Though I tend to want to actually try on things before buying, because clothes tend to hang funny on me.

Kalshane, what they all said. Is the 1.5 hour commute total or one way? Becuase that's about what I've got (with wiggle room for catching buses and off-schedule subway trains) and it leaves just enough time for an hour or more of reading time per day. I call it reclaimed fun time.

One of the most important things in an interview is to realize that you're interviewing them, to make sure they're good enough for you to work with them. Check for signs of asshat management (though goodness knows an asshat manager can come into a job at any time) and job satisfaction among the present workers. Especially nice to see, given the type of job you're looking for is retention of workers who started in your job slot and have advanced/been kept around and happy.

I will say, when you become a parent, that time lost to commuting becomes more precious. If only because the partner at home with the small person needs you home sooner so s/he doesn't go kablooey. Just something to take under advisement, though I think you should definitely go for the interview.

Definitely do the interview for practice, and then see what happens.

Is it "(I wanna) Sex You Up"?

It is not -- it's "All 4 Love." (Or something like that.)

The Top Chef whitefont kills me, but going to bed was totally worth it.

Kalshane, put me in the go-interview corner. As you say, you don't have to take it, but if you decide you want it, you've taken the step, and it's good practice.

flea is right about commuting, but on the other hand, I know sometimes dh enjoyed his train commute, because the time between home and work (and work and home) gave him a chance to decompress. Being a parent is wonderful, but it eats up lots of your you-time. Now granted, being on a train with a train full of commuters isn't exactly alone-time, but it's something.

Are the hours of this potential new job more standard?

Hey, wait a minute, it's winter!

When did that happen?

Seriously. It's hilarious how all of New York City is like WTF???

Sometimes winter is a shock But in January, in this hemisphere, in a northern climes, I guess one should expect it.

Oh, god, I hate Keanu. Just remembered which one that was. I enjoyed Point Break but deleted it off the machine without a second though.

Point Break is best viewed with the sound off, at which point Teh Gay ratchets way way WAY the hell up, surpassing even some episodes of Smallville in HoYay.

shrift, i will fight you for Saracen, though when I lose, someone please give me a Coach Taylor of my very own.

I'd take Coach and Mrs. Coach, too.

I need opinions on this coat. Is this a look I could pull off?

I like it, Aurelia! Somebody clearly needs to wear that coat. It'd probably drag on the ground if I tried to wear it, so it can't be me.

I imagine it's just hard to get used to sudden-winter, in January. This past weekend, it was 70ish degrees in Boston. We'd had a dusting of snow right before the New Year that actually meant we had to clean the steps, and clean off the cars. We'd maybe had one mini-dusting (the put your windshield wipers on once, sort), but winter never really set in.

In one way, it is nice, and we haven't been freezing our tushies off, but it feels so wrong. The grass is still mostly green, like it is in early October. We haven't had to mow it, but...almost. I think the New Yorkers have had it even milder than we have. As much as winter can be a pain, I really don't like this winterless winter. It feels so off.