quester, check into taking the state civil service exams, too. Many colleges/universities are state agencies and you have to pass various exams before you'll be considered.
Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.
Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Spike's Bitches 45: That sure as hell wasn't in the brochure.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
SailAweigh - Jul 13, 2010 12:39:12 pm PDT #25338 of 30000
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
sj - Jul 13, 2010 12:46:43 pm PDT #25339 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Congrats, Hil! Moving-ma and apartment hunting-ma to you!
Zenkitty - Jul 13, 2010 1:00:41 pm PDT #25340 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Congratulations, Hil! Sounds great.
quester - Jul 13, 2010 1:07:46 pm PDT #25341 of 30000
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
Thanks, Sail, I'll look into that.
sumi - Jul 13, 2010 1:25:31 pm PDT #25342 of 30000
Art Crawl!!!
Congratulations, Hil!!
JZ - Jul 13, 2010 1:50:53 pm PDT #25343 of 30000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Congratulations, Hil!
Everyone else has been plenty wise about the logistics of moving -- though IIRC, a handful of Buffistas have managed to move to new places sight unseen; the trick for all of them was having someone local they trusted completely (usually but not always another Buffista) who could scout for them with a budget, wish list and dealbreaker list in hand.
But all of that is secondary to -- you got an offer you like, in a place you like! That is so completely awesome!
billytea - Jul 13, 2010 3:15:28 pm PDT #25344 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Congratulations, Hil! That's fantastic news.
lisah - Jul 13, 2010 3:50:11 pm PDT #25345 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate
I moved to SF sight unseen! I was very young.
Dana - Jul 13, 2010 3:50:55 pm PDT #25346 of 30000
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
We bought our current house sight unseen.
sj - Jul 13, 2010 4:12:49 pm PDT #25347 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I can't imagine moving into a place without seeing it first. I'm so picky.