as Squeakygriffy, not sure how to link directly to my name with one of those @ symbols, sooooo:

@squeakygriffy

whatever ;)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110103/ap_on_re/us_rel_apocalypse_soon

Where do they get this?

Yeah, Correspondence is like a dialogue, need to have a back and forth.

Well, at least the latest batch of resumes I sent out actually got an (albeit automated) response. Which is a far cry from any of the other companies I've applied to.

This, of course, discounts the headhunters who have called me, since I didn't send them my resume.

Have no plans for New years, right now, trying to ponder what to do. No invites as of yet.

In other news, just made some cookies! nummynum. I love it when chocolate chips are at that perfect temperature to maintain their shape, but when you touch it they turn into cream :)

Ouch, working on foaming up my project today , cutting and nipping here and there, with a box cutter, and sure enough had to cut thruogh a seam I made with a glue gun, sure enough slipped and lacerated my left ring finger right at the tip towards the fingernail, bad enough that I went to urgent care at PAMF and had it looked at ( Read more... )

What will downloadable books be called when we've eliminated paper media and gone completely over to e-readers ( Read more... )

Still working diligently on my project to get my degree. Been having some snags with documentation, not to mention getting the designs onto everything. Most likely huge factor in not getting jobs ( Read more... )

I'm sick of posting about my mood being depressive and sad, I want to post happy things again, it's been too long. Didn't post anything for awhile for a year, and now just dwelling on my negative emotional state.

I want to talk about happy things again.

watching the West Wing season 5 episode where they just made a trade deal that sends a bunch of White Collar, skilled labor jobs away from the US. Yeah, it's fiction, but in this case it was based on fact (not sure which came first, WW or RL). 'Course, back in 2008 (3-4 years after episode aired) companies were mentioning IRL that they were ( Read more... )

Two weeks down, two headhunters call, and both decide to drop my bid without even presenting me to the company, I guess I'm the "In the hole" guy, where you have one at bat, one on deck, and one ( Read more... )