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So I took the job
So I interviewed for the job, and then I took the job. I start training on Monday morning. I work at Google, but technically I am an employee of Astreya. I'll basically be the Geek Squad of GoogleTown. I get use of the Google shuttle bus (yay, wifi on the way to work!) and full use of the infamous campus full o' free goodies. Oh, and a nice ( Read more... ) -
New community fun?
Per a brilliant idea by tarq, therightwaye and I have just founded the new movies_in_six community/game. It's easy and fun, so umm... go join! It's like writing haikus, but not at all really cuz that's something else entirely. -
Hoorj~ for stupid surveys
Four jobs you may not have known I have had in my life:
Golf Caddy
Carpenter
Barrista / Frozen Yogurt slinger
Kitchen staff at a nursing home
Four movies I could watch over and over:
Army of Darkness
Airplane!
Ghostbusters
Real Genius
Four places I have lived:
Minneapolis, MN
Duluth, MN
Hayward, CA
San Francisco, CA
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Lilly's Mint Brownies
I don't really bake all that often, and when I do, I pretty much only bake one thing. My mom's (Lilly's) mint brownies. This is the only recipe I've ever asked my mom for, because when the need to bake arises, there's no point in baking anything else. ;)
Lilly's Mint Brownies
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Today's musings: Time Magazine, James Burke, and Social Networking
TIME
My roommate Ryan has a subscription to Time. Typically I will leaf through it, just to see what's deemed print-worthy these days. I gotta say, this issue is pretty abysmal. The cover story is about the worldwide spread of breast cancer. I am not attempting to mitigate the problem of breast cancer when I say this, but I greet the fact that ( Read more... ) -
D-WAR failed to live up to the hype I gave it in my head.
So, as a follow-up to this post, I will state for the record: D-WAR was not nearly the most awesome movie evar. Not even close. I would even go so far as to say it was supremely mediocre, despite having an extremely high potential for being the sort of campy fare I exalt on high.
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Never again will I take a car to Noe Valley Auto Works
I don't care if they're the closest and most convenient shop.
It turns out we did not (thankfully) need to rebuild and/or get a new transmission for the car. What had happened was the axles we had installed at NVAW were not installed properly, and they had disengaged from the transmission. This turned out to be a very simple $100 fix over at ( Read more... ) -
Car ownership is for suckaz
Sarah just called to inform me that the "new" Nissan died. She's currently stranded on the highway waiting for AAA to come tow her back to the city from somewhere out in East Bay. Probably a transmission problem. We just put a new starter and 2 new front axles in it a week ago. It was supposed to be a reliable, low-maintenance car. So far it's ( Read more... ) -
'Crisis' is just 'Opportunity' spelled stupid, or something like that
So, the turmoil at work has come to a head, decisions have been made, paychecks have been cut, and layoffs have been announced. Turns out I'm one of those layoffs. (How the hell IT falls under "non-essential personnel" I have no idea, but then again, management is a funny thing ( Read more... ) -
Life, Work, Visitors
Sarah n' I just got back a little while ago from seeing Avenue Q at the Orpheum (does every city have an Orpheum?) It was very entertaining. The puppeteering was sorta strange to get used to at first, but it wasn't distracting either. Overall it was very clever. The line for the men's bathroom at intermission was 10X as long as the line for the ( Read more... )