I rocked out at the interview. The testing was really interesting. There was a test on Word, Excel & Powerpoint. The Word test was like a word problem - you had to draft a letter to an upset customer and they gave you some bullet points, but I enjoyed that one the most because of the creative leway. The Excel one was a bit trickier. I couldn't ( Read more... )

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So Matt's parents insist that calling your grandparents anything other than "grandma and grandpa" is a "southern thing" (said with disgust.) I take this as a swipe to my folks, who are "Nana and Pop" to my nephews and to my son. I myself called my grandparents "Nannie and Grandpa" and "Granny and Pa".

What do you call your grandparents?


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Low: Only being able to fit two pairs of pants that I own, and one pair are jeans that I can't wear to work ( Read more... )

Ok, my friend Jill's boyfriend got accepted for a medical residency at Yale. It's a big deal and a great hospital, however Jill is not thrilled with the prospect of living up there. I admit this may be partially my fault because when she asked me about my year and a half of living in New Haven, I told her the truth about it mostly being a ghetto ( Read more... )

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Hurricane Katrina really made me rethink what a bad day is in my life. I heard today that no one has heard from my dad's cousin, so we're assuming he's dead. When I look at the pile of gifts under my tree, and realize that it took my parents 3 car trips to get all our gifts here from Virginia Beach, I feel pretty guilty. Do you think all those ( Read more... )

Right now, it looks like Butterstick (the baby panda) has OD'd on bamboo.

http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/GiantPandas/

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Ok, so there are 4 movies I really really want to see, but I suppose I will wait for the DVDs. Any reviews, thoughts would be appreciated.

Rent

Harry Potter

Walk the Line

Pride and Predjudice

I can only be away from the baby for 2 hours, max. I've gotta figure out this pumping thing.