( It's a slightly long-winded update. )

So, I finally got the job with Dewberry, and they're sending me off tonight. To Sacramento. Aparently they had a little problem with some rain ( Read more... )

I hope all of my Pittsburgh friends reading this had a blast last night. I was rooting for you guys the whole time, with no regard for my safety being surrounded by a bunch of halfhearted "Seattle is the underdog so we're rooting for them" folks who got progressively more pissy when Seattle was losing ( Read more... )

Enduring echoes call out from his past.
Time ain't for savin',
No, time's not for that.
Chasing false echoes like a lost legionnaire.
He waltzes on memories,
While he fades like a flare.

--False Echoes (Havana 1921)

But now he's incommunicado ( Read more... )

If you're in Austin, Early Voting Locations are here.

If you're elsewhere in Texas, try here for your County Elections officer, or google for "_______ County early voting".

This is the link to the proposed legislation/constitutional amendments in our already horribly-inflated state constitution. The one I think the most of us will be concerned ( Read more... )

How 16 clicks can give a good guess to what you're like:


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I just remembered this. The DJ at the Bridal Extravaganza in Austin this last Sunday had an interesting choice of music to play.

I don't know how many of you all have heard that rap/R&B song called "Don't Cha", by the Pussycat Dolls. (link goes to Real Player audio file, in case you're interested ( Read more... )

So I'm officially employed, still awaiting my first assignment. I've started another LJ, cole_on_the_job, that will keep track of what I see down in Louisiana and/or Mississippi for anyone who wants to follow the rebuilding. It'll be public posts all the time, so friends of mine who are too lame for LJ (:D) can still read it. This journal will still be for my ( Read more... )

So I was informed by an xF friend that a friend of his works for a company that contracts workers out to disaster management companies/organizations, such as FEMA. They're hiring 800 people to work as property appraisers (and similar positions) so FEMA can figure out how much money to shell out to the families affected by that big swirly bitch two ( Read more... )

Well, I just received a pretty flat out no. No long distance relationship. I'm guessing this means it's done in the next three weeks or so - guess it's time to make the best of what I've got.