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Jun. 14th, 2007 09:10 pmDear universe:
You are still in the dog house thanks to my personal life, or lack thereof, but today you really came through on the hilarity and ability to live my life in the style to which I have become accustomed fronts. So, thanks for that. Don't think you're getting an overall positive performance review for the quarter unless you shape up in other areas though.
Looks like this bout of joblessness is about to end, which, while I'm of sort of mixed feelings about, is probably for the best. I was hoping that I'd have my mental landscape a bit more tidied up by the time work came calling again, but I don't really seem to be going anywhere fast with that, and I have a nice offer letter sitting here from (can you guess?, can you guess?), the exact same company that laid me off in November. And that I quit at a couple of Augusts before that. Oh, the wacky hijinx of the tech industry. They really do never get old. So, basically, instead of getting laid off in November, I got a 7 month semi-paid leave of absence, and a not even vaguely insignificant raise. Heeeelarious.
I've got another interview tomorrow, but even if it goes smashingly, I doubt they'll make a competitive offer (Game industry. Nuff said), so I expect it's back to Emeryville for me in a couple of weeks. Tra la.
Ok. I don't really have the momentum to make a long and epic "What I've been doing in the past two weeks" post at the moment, as I'm sick, and despite having one aspect of my life suddenly ironed out, am pretty damned crotchety about all the rest of it, so I think I'm going to go chew on cough drops some more now.
You are still in the dog house thanks to my personal life, or lack thereof, but today you really came through on the hilarity and ability to live my life in the style to which I have become accustomed fronts. So, thanks for that. Don't think you're getting an overall positive performance review for the quarter unless you shape up in other areas though.
Looks like this bout of joblessness is about to end, which, while I'm of sort of mixed feelings about, is probably for the best. I was hoping that I'd have my mental landscape a bit more tidied up by the time work came calling again, but I don't really seem to be going anywhere fast with that, and I have a nice offer letter sitting here from (can you guess?, can you guess?), the exact same company that laid me off in November. And that I quit at a couple of Augusts before that. Oh, the wacky hijinx of the tech industry. They really do never get old. So, basically, instead of getting laid off in November, I got a 7 month semi-paid leave of absence, and a not even vaguely insignificant raise. Heeeelarious.
I've got another interview tomorrow, but even if it goes smashingly, I doubt they'll make a competitive offer (Game industry. Nuff said), so I expect it's back to Emeryville for me in a couple of weeks. Tra la.
Ok. I don't really have the momentum to make a long and epic "What I've been doing in the past two weeks" post at the moment, as I'm sick, and despite having one aspect of my life suddenly ironed out, am pretty damned crotchety about all the rest of it, so I think I'm going to go chew on cough drops some more now.