Today my boss got a call from a recruiter looking for any "Industrial Engineers" that he might be able to send his way.

His question - "What the hell is a "Industrial Engineer"?"

After consulting Wikipedia (and we were proud, we're trying to get him to realize that the internet is a valuable resource...), we discovered that we could be defined ( Read more... )

 Horrible, hopeless mood swings today.  My co-worker is a saint - he noticed me tearing up over something stupid + gently steered the conversation around until he found *something* that *didn't* have the same effect.  And that took a LOT of steering today.

"In politics, we fight like tigers for freedom, for the right to elect our leaders, for ( Read more... )

 The past few weeks have been a whirlwind.  I got to go to NYC and take two days worth of workshops from the FCBD ladies - amazing!  They totally explained a few things that I hadn't understood about the style.  So much experiance!  It was amazing.

I still don't understand *why* people live in a huge city like that, but I think I'm starting to ( Read more... )

 Today was my 32nd birthday.   The last few haven't been anything to write home about, and it's another year without having accomplished some of my goals, so I expected it to.. kind of suck, actually.

The plan had been to go for sushi + eat it outside (Smith's Gardens are a favorite spot of mine), but the weather was inclement (90s + high humidity ( Read more... )

I just want there to be a family in my family's future. 

 I kind of failed at dinner, but at least I had green beans (from the farm share!) with my frozen pizza!

however, I made up for it with the strawbverry-rhubarb-apple-pear crisp.  I was a little worried about the apple-pear part, but I think they worked exactly like I'd hoped - maybe next time I'll cut the sugar down even more.  This was the first ( Read more... )

I haven't posted in a while - I'm trying to teach myself to be less wordy, and keep it down to a facebook status update (twitter is beyond me).

My grandmother has let the surgeon know that she intends to be at her granddaughter's wedding in August, and then she needs to find out what happens when the Mayan calendar ends.   I guess they think she ( Read more... )

Not that he didn't have a good long life- I thought I'd heard he was 97 a few years ago, but now I'm hearing that he passed away at 96. Although the Raddings aren't actually my ancestors, it's interesting to me that they settled in Springfield, MA ( Read more... )

I think I really need to STOP doing solo bellydance performances. I can never get my act together until the last minute, and it stresses me out + is NO FUN. And, I'm pretty sure my performances are not, therefore, nearly as good as they could be. Even aside from the adrenal-fatigue induced "arms full of lead" bullshit ( Read more... )