It's been so long since I've interviewed for a job (13 years)

Huh. It's been exactly 12 years for me....

I don't remember if I snail mailed my thank-you note or faxed it....

I either email or snail mail. Sometimes I have been interviewed by a panel and didn't catch everyone's names, so I send one thank you note to the head person, and ask them to pass on my thanks.

I just got the greenlight to start work on a new project for Griffith Observatory.

Does it involve Sal Mineo?

Or a chickie-run?

Do you send thank-you notes via e-mail?

Last year when I interviewed for the job I mentioned above and for the job I ended up taking I just emailed.

I usually email in order to strike while the iron is hot.

I typically hand-write thank yous in the lobby of the building and drop in the closest post office box, which usually means they get them the very next day. I've gotten jobs because of my thank you notes, so I won't be e-mailing any time soon. I find that a personal hand-written note goes a LONG way and can make the difference between two good candidates.

Suzi, will those just be things the new owner has to deal with, or do you have to fix 'em?

I don't know. Am meeting with the real estate agent on Saturday to review the reports and come up with the plan. I don't have the cash to do the roof, which kills me since once we sell the house I would have the cash, but I probably need the roof fixed in order to sell the house and pop goes the weasle.

I have a feeling we might do the smaller stuff, so just the list isn't overwhelming, but even then - I have limited resources and have been holding onto them in case the house doesn't sell and I have to pay mortgage and rent. But if I don't spend the cash now it might not sell and back on the merry go round we go.

Can I say how much I HATE this?

I know it's not a drugstore brand but I don't use anything but Blinc's Kiss Me now. So great!

Where do you buy it? There are no retailers near my zip code...is there a preferred distributor?

Also, in looking at the blinc site, am I seeing it right that they recommend brushing the product on the reverse side of the lash? Like closing the eye and sweeping downward? Have I been applying mascara wrong all this time?

I try to send them snail mail the same or very next day. Though I've been known to send a few personal and one group ones, since in this industry you usually interview with like, fifteen people. Usually your boss, some coworkers, some people from other departments, your boss' boss...

One of them is "I'm not a subcriber, how about a gift subscription?" How tacky is that?

Very tacky.

I thank everybody, by email. Except for the last round of interviews, when I met with seven or eight people for one job in one day, five of whom were completely peripheral people I'd see maybe once a month; there was no possible way I could make myself grind out eight individual and charming thank-you emails to people who weren't even part of the hiring process, so I just thanked their supervisor but made sure to name-job-and-one-personal-detail-check each of them in that note. The entire process was so loathsome, I may have to stay here until I retire.

How-some-ever, loathsome though it may be, HUGE YAYS TO AIMS for rocking it! I'm vibing hard for you and that job.

Gorgeous cut, Stephanie! You look somehow simultaneously younger and more sophisticated. Neat trick for $20!