ChiKat, actually, in this case SHE is the one who needs to be gone. She was hired to fill in for a gal who is about to go out on maternity, so we are kinda stuck for a couple of months - but after that - SEE YA!

BUT, in "Suzi needs different work" news, the forecast is not good. That opportunity is fading. The initial response is that the Program Manager of that contract is hesitant to have me take over since I'm so far away. He is in Seattle and both the accountants are in Oregon. If I took it, there would be one accountant in Oregon and ME....how is that SO different? I guess the concern is that I'm not located right next to the other gal...but that could be worked with - right?!?!?

Now, you need to hope that he comes through at a lunchish time so that you say "I'm going to grab some lunch, want to come?" but not in a porny way. Save that for the second date.

I'll definitly do that if he comes through at any time that's remotely near lunch, if he's eaten then we can maybe schedule something for the future.

Yay, askye flirtage!

vw, sorry the interview didn't go well.

I'm at Mom's. I've got everything done except the rough draft. There is no way I am going to get a rough draft finished in less than an hour and a half, and I have to leave here at 4 so that I can be home and ready to (hopefully) sign apartment paperwork. I'm going to write my professor and tell her what has been happening with my internet connection, but since she wrote the "no excuses" rule, I'm just going to kiss those 5 points good-bye.

Tea:

Double what I just wrote in the last post, since my stepfather just walked in and put the radio on full blast. I know it's his house, so I really can't object.

I've already gotten my first rejection from Match.

There is something great about a system that circumvents the whole time-wasting aspect of trying people on.

Despite not yet being able to tear myself away from reading profiles, I have a feeling I'm going to weary of this trifle by this afternoon...and then just look at it when I have a message...should one ever materialize.

As the hours wear on, I'm becoming more and more aware of the symbolic nature of 'moving on' for me.

Besides, I have to plan what I am going to do with the faux-son for the four days his 'rents are out of town. The suggestion of crafting macaroni necklaces garnered a hilarious reaction, but now I've really got to think of some stuff that keeps us from staring at each other awkwardly...or allowing him to drift into an xbox coma.

Speaking of Match, has anyone heard of chemistry.com? I keep seeing ads for it in magazines. It seems to be geared as a sort of anti harmony.com because the pictures are always of people "rejected" by harmony for whatever reason.

It seems to be geared as a sort of anti harmony.com because the pictures are always of people "rejected" by harmony for whatever reason.

I saw a hilarious commercial for it, with a guy looking intently at a Playboy centerfold from various angles. After a while, he said "nope, still gay", and then there was a VO talking about how he wasn't a candidate for eHarmony, and then the chemistry.com logo.

Cereal-

I'm not really a Rachael Ray fan but I ended up buying this week's People to read during lunch and I read the article and I like her a bit more.

She was very frank about the fact she and her husband have no plans to have kids and motherhood isn't for her. She also addressed some rumors about her , including one that she's barren and her response was something like "then I've been wasting a lot of money on birth control."

I still find her overly perky and a bit annoying but it was a refreshing attitude to see.

A brief stint on eharmony a few years ago sent me screaming for the door. Which really, really surprised me considering I think I know which personality inventory they base their selection process on...but that whole 'we rigorously screen' thing didn't end up being so much true.

I finally had to block some guy from SF who vowed, after 2 emails that I was his dom-mistress-dreamlover and that he was going to fly to DC post haste. And then there was the fellow who didn't mention that he lived in Japan.

Why am I doing this again?