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Theodosia - Jul 23, 2007 5:07:35 am PDT #9480 of 10001

'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

Well, I've got a couple nibbles asking to see my resume, so that's encouraging. I was able to whip out my networking-specific business cards yesterday when some SF-fan acquaintances said their companies are looking, too. And I've registered for Unemployment (severance runs out next month) so that's starting through its bureaucratic process and should be up and running by the time I start needing the money.

The most difficult part lies ahead -- it looks more and more to me that I'll have to find a non-Notes job, which seems a shame because I'm (not modestly) very good at Notes, but on the other hand, I like mastering new things, and thinking through problem-solving on applications and programs is what I do best, regardless of platform. I have to be able to convince just one little company that I'm worth hiring, can that be so hard? :-)

amych - Jul 23, 2007 5:10:23 am PDT #9481 of 10001

Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

Hey Theo, I hear Librarything is hiring...

Tom Scola - Jul 23, 2007 5:19:42 am PDT #9482 of 10001

Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500

Is Lotus still located in Cambridge?

shrift - Jul 23, 2007 5:28:08 am PDT #9483 of 10001

"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

I am horribly tired. This is what happens when you stay up too late reading old school Harry Potter fic, man. UGH.

I'm still wanting to rip the spine out of the crazyperson who claimed she once confronted me about what a big fat liar I am and I backed down.

I wonder: does gravity work on her imaginary planet? Are there shrimp? I mean, I haven't seen delusions of grandeur like this since a friend in high school took me aside and confided that he was one of the X-Men.

Pix - Jul 23, 2007 5:44:17 am PDT #9484 of 10001

We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie

I feel like I'm 12. I'm in the backseat of my mom's car fighting for a square foot of space beside the piles of cardboard boxes stacked up. My mom is being annoyed by my gram (who's the other front seat passenger). Yep, just like old times.

Steph L. - Jul 23, 2007 5:47:44 am PDT #9485 of 10001

Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

Actually, I'm drunk.

Woo hoo!

Call your parents now!

I endorse this plan.

(Though everything I say has no credence because I'm back in therapy and not ready to talk about the why, but just felt the need to mention that my Crazy, oh my Crazy is big and technicolor.)

I just skipped ahead about 1300 posts to tell all you Wednesday childrens that my dentist's office had it, "Wednesday's child is in the know."

WOOT!

Not that I'm nagging you or anything, but how's the job hunt going, Theo?

Dude, where are your Craigslist links? You're slipping, Scola....

Dana - Jul 23, 2007 5:54:32 am PDT #9486 of 10001

I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Tour de France! No spoilers, no coherent thoughts, but dude.

Theodosia - Jul 23, 2007 6:06:30 am PDT #9487 of 10001

'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

amych, don't think I haven't been obsessing about it, especially as they're hiring in BOSTON!!1! I'm supposed to go to Tim Spaulding's parents house for an LT cookout on Saturday, and I'll have my business cards along. Worst that can happen is that I can pick up some tips from Tim about how to go about learning PHP and MySQL. It turns out that Abby is ex-Houghton Mifflin, so I've got some possible networking ins, there too.

Tom, Lotus has mostly moved out to Rt 128 at this point, since the IBM takeover. I drive past the old buildings in Cambridge and occasionally sob. ;-)

Sophia Brooks - Jul 23, 2007 6:12:51 am PDT #9488 of 10001

Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

I don't know if you are still reading Bobbi-- but I work for nurse educators! And their aren't very many of them because! and Welcome!

Also, that Pooh/piglet quote is one of my favorites-- I still have a card from my high school best friend with it, and it still makes me happy to think of her, even though I don't see her to often (she is currently in Turkey!)

Also-- does anyone have any suggestions for book cases/storage. I used to have all these wooden pear crates that I used, but they are starting to fall aprt (I have had them since 1991, so no real surprise). They don't really make crates like that anymore, so I think I am going to have to spring for bookcases, but I have a lot of requirements, so I don't know if I can:

1. I hate laminate.
2. I don't want to spend a lot of $$$$
3. I have to order on-line or take a cab as I have no car.
4. I live by myself on the second floor, so I have to be able to drag it up there.
5. It has to be fairly easy for one person to put together.
6. I have A LOT of books

I have been thinking about trying to build a bookcase with bricks/boards as that seems a) cheap and b) sort of neat, but I am not sure how sturdy it would be. I am also not above repurposing things (I have a shoe rack that used to be a mail sorter), but nothing I find seems to be able to be repurposed

amych - Jul 23, 2007 6:21:55 am PDT #9489 of 10001

Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

I figured you might be, Theo -- I mean, I keep obsessing about it, and I have a house and a job umptyhundred miles away.

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