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Yeah, so I think the Malaysian girl doesn't want to date after all, just be friends. I took her out to dinner tonight, and when I tried to kiss her, I got the demure cheek thing, which is usually a pretty unequivocal "oh wait, you meant it as a date? I like you enough to not say anything, but still... no." She's still nice to...
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A friend of mine introduced me to rock-climbing today. It is incredibly fun, and all of you who are in shape should try it. Just be warned, you need a hell of a lot of forearm strength to do the hard climbs.

Also, I had my afternoon with the cute Malaysian girl (who is actually ethnic Chinese, not Malay). She's really fun, and actually pretty...
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Well... they probably don't need my testimony, since they're apparently pretty famous, but if you want to check out a jazz club in New York, the Blue Note is a great show in a nice atmosphere.

I was up in New York a couple weeks back (hence the plug above) to visit Esther. I timed the interval from when we hugged "hello" to the first...
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Still looking for work. Well, "looking." I think I'm approaching the point where I'd really rather not go back, to be honest. But I wasn't thrilled with the prospect to start with, so... whatever, I guess. I'm still going on interviews, although not a whole lot. Everything seems to be in Northern Virginia lately, and I'm sorry, but fuck that. I'd prefer to starve to...
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So, yeah. Didn't get that job. I have "excellent techincal skills, but insufficient enthusiasm." Personally, I think that's fucking stupid (I guess I'm biased, though), since the job about techical skills first and foremost, and also because according to the recruiter their major piece of evidence for this lack is that I didn't have a long list of features that I thought ought to be...
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So, I have a second interview with the travel site up in Boston. One might ask why it is that they're paying another $1000 for me to fly up again, get a hotel again, and rent a car again, when they could have just as easily had me meet a couple more people the last time I was there. I don't fucking know, honestly. They...
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An observation some might find interesting:seems to me like the second chance sets that make it to the front page tend to have the most attractive girls, but to be a little duller than the rest of the week's sets. Case in point: Elsie's set today. She's not really doing much of anything, and there aren't really props (or at least the book doesn't figure...
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Just got back from my serial visits! It was a lot of fun, but I'm kind of jet-lagged now. I'll write up a few things later. I also have a few photos! Very few, though, and only a couple that would be interesting to put up. For some reason, my friends just aren't picture taking types. I actually really wanted to get photos of Amanda...
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Well, the investment company in NYC doesn't want to hire me. But I already turned down the place in McLean. I think no matter what, I need a change of scenery. I've really gotten to like some people here, but one group--Dave and them--organize things enough that I'd see them regularly (if not often) even if I moved to NYC. And Christie and company is,...
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FREEDOM!










Anyway, yeah. No more work for a bit. So far I've just been tooling around, mostly. I had an interview in New York City on Thursday, which went kind of... eh. I didn't think I performed too well, but afterwards I talked to the recruiters who referred me to the company and said there were some good signs. They did spent a full 8...
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One more day of work! And then screw this, I'm out of here.

I got a formal offer from the place down in McLean today, for a 20% raise over my current salary plus bonuses and stock options and whatever. I also took a coding test for the NYC place. It seemed pretty easy, so hopefully it went well. God only knows what they'll pay...
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Well, it took me less time to find a new job than it did to finish quitting my old job. My two weeks' notice hasn't even run out yet, and I've already got an offer. The AI research firm down in McLean said they thought the interview went really well, and that I should expect a formal offer some time early next week. As far...
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