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I'm not very happy right now. My wife's out of town until Saturday, and has been since Sunday, so I'm fucking lonely. I miss her so much. I've been in training all week at work, and my head asplode. The dog destroyed the hallway carpet in one day while I was gone, so now I have to crate him and rush home at lunch to let him out instead of enjoying my leisurely hour-long lunch at work. I gave the ferrets baths tonight, and noticed that Callidia's fur is falling out on the tip of her tail to the point where the very tip is practically bald. My first thought was "adrenal disease", but I've been doing some reading, and it may just be seasonal shedding or blackheads. Adrenal disease hair loss on the tail typically starts at the base of the tail, not the tip. Anyway, if it spreads any more or beyond her tail I'll know she needs the vet. There are only a few diseases that cause major hair loss in ferrets, and none of them are pleasant. Adrenal disease isn't even fatal in and of itself, but it massively degrades their lifespan and quality of life.
On top of that, I got pissed off and quit my guild in World of Warcraft tonight when some guildies were openly discussing their suspicion -- based on nothing -- that a friend and guildmate I've known for more than a year on there was just "making up a story" about his best friend getting into a horrible car accident last night to "get attention". This friend had signed on briefly this afternoon to tell everyone why he hadn't been on in a few days, and to ask everyone for their prayers and good thoughts. Then he signed off. When I stuck up for him, they started ragging on me for my feeling that some of the people I've met in WoW are "real" friends even though we've never met. So fuck them.
And even more on top of that, Rebecca (my wife) is mad at me because I was such a downer when she called home last night and I was a total buzzkill. She calls home all happy, having a great time where she's at and not worried about a thing, and I've got this litany of misery that just burst her bubble. Probably because I'm a dick and was pissed off that she was so happy while I was miserable. Also sort of mad that she was more upset at me for "harshing her mellow" than sympathetic of what I was dealing with. She's been borrowing her friend's cellphone to call me, and I called it tonight to ask her to call me, but she hasn't yet.
I'm ready for this week to be over and normal life to resume again.
On top of that, I got pissed off and quit my guild in World of Warcraft tonight when some guildies were openly discussing their suspicion -- based on nothing -- that a friend and guildmate I've known for more than a year on there was just "making up a story" about his best friend getting into a horrible car accident last night to "get attention". This friend had signed on briefly this afternoon to tell everyone why he hadn't been on in a few days, and to ask everyone for their prayers and good thoughts. Then he signed off. When I stuck up for him, they started ragging on me for my feeling that some of the people I've met in WoW are "real" friends even though we've never met. So fuck them.
And even more on top of that, Rebecca (my wife) is mad at me because I was such a downer when she called home last night and I was a total buzzkill. She calls home all happy, having a great time where she's at and not worried about a thing, and I've got this litany of misery that just burst her bubble. Probably because I'm a dick and was pissed off that she was so happy while I was miserable. Also sort of mad that she was more upset at me for "harshing her mellow" than sympathetic of what I was dealing with. She's been borrowing her friend's cellphone to call me, and I called it tonight to ask her to call me, but she hasn't yet.
I'm ready for this week to be over and normal life to resume again.
Party at my house tonight!
So why am I still sitting here on the internet when I should be frantically cleaning house?
Good question!
So why am I still sitting here on the internet when I should be frantically cleaning house?
Good question!
So, regarding the job I was telling you guys I applied for last week. I got another call-back yesterday, and went in for an interview this morning. I felt that the interview went as well as could possibly be hoped.
The interviewer took me on a tour of the building, which is very interesting -- their server bank doubles as decoration, its twinkling lights sparkling behind polished tinted glass in the lobby -- and then we talked for a while. I feel that I managed to be especially "on", which wasn't hard because the guy was my age-ish and we seemed to hit it off. So I was totally comfortable.
He asked why I wanted to work there, and what my worst job was, what I planned to do in the future, told me about the history of the company and what they do, and what my job would be like, etc.
To be honest, the way he was treating me and talking to me was like I already worked there, so it was really frustrating to hear the "Well, nice to meet you Keith. We'll give you a call." at the end. But I guess now they have to check up my references and stuff.
The funniest part was that in tailoring my resume for this company, at the very end I had included in my small "Hobbies" section a reference to my character in World of Warcraft. It was just a hunch. I figured a software company would have some players. Well the funny thing is that the guy asked me about it in the interview! "What server do you play on??!" He said that there are a ton of guys who play there, and they'd all gotten a kick out of my putting it on my resume. He said he himself just cancelled his account because his wife just had their first baby.
Anything to stand out from the crowd!
So now I'm just waiting on the call. It's funny. I'm getting mad at people who call me who aren't them! If you are not calling to give me a job, stop calling me!
The interviewer took me on a tour of the building, which is very interesting -- their server bank doubles as decoration, its twinkling lights sparkling behind polished tinted glass in the lobby -- and then we talked for a while. I feel that I managed to be especially "on", which wasn't hard because the guy was my age-ish and we seemed to hit it off. So I was totally comfortable.
He asked why I wanted to work there, and what my worst job was, what I planned to do in the future, told me about the history of the company and what they do, and what my job would be like, etc.
To be honest, the way he was treating me and talking to me was like I already worked there, so it was really frustrating to hear the "Well, nice to meet you Keith. We'll give you a call." at the end. But I guess now they have to check up my references and stuff.
The funniest part was that in tailoring my resume for this company, at the very end I had included in my small "Hobbies" section a reference to my character in World of Warcraft. It was just a hunch. I figured a software company would have some players. Well the funny thing is that the guy asked me about it in the interview! "What server do you play on??!" He said that there are a ton of guys who play there, and they'd all gotten a kick out of my putting it on my resume. He said he himself just cancelled his account because his wife just had their first baby.
Anything to stand out from the crowd!
So now I'm just waiting on the call. It's funny. I'm getting mad at people who call me who aren't them! If you are not calling to give me a job, stop calling me!
Internet's been cut off at home due to us not having enough to pay the bill. Will return on Tuesday.
AUGUST 2006