Dusty Chalk

Thank you, thank you. Returned license plates. Sat in hot-as-fuck traffic for hours. Fuck! (<-- See? The heat made me say that.)

I just listened to a friend of mine's recently -- I had forgotten how comfy those things are!

Man, that's like my short term wish list.

Yeah, absolutely, I want a job I can keep.

Foxy might be my favorite character in a book that I want need to see in a movie, evar. I misplaced my copy of Redemption Ark. Argh!

I got an email from one of my recruiters saying that the phone interview I had on Friday wants to follow up with a real one in person. Yay! Then he called and said that the recruiter on the company side misread, and they don't want me in for an interview. Drat! I'm having a tough time being angry at either one of them, but man, couldn't they have just gotten it right from the get go, rather than raising my hopes first then dashing them down? (I threw a temper tantrum in the car like Detective Matthew Sikes at the beginning of Alien Nation the TV series at the end of the opening credits as soon as I hung up the phone.) ... (calmer) Also, I still want to work for them. I'm going to brush up on my Java tomorrow, that's the main reason I didn't get the interview, I answered honestly during the phone interview that I haven't done Java in like 15 years. But I was so good 15 years ago, it should be just a matter of getting back into the (ahem) swing of things. It's just a matter of catching up with the tools and libraries! I tried to convince them of that, but ... well, I've been told before that my honesty will be my demise.

Happy Birthday! (party favor noise)

Sort of. Someone did it in a non-Miyazaki style. Also: seriously? You are asking me?

I am so posterizing that.

Oh, my, that's pretty funny, but they forgot The Icehole (pees with lid down). Steve Niles (30 Days of Night, multiple monster stories, etc.) posted this today:

Aw, man, condolences.

Save travels, Dan.

Happy Father's Day to all the pop casers and pops of casers! Woo!

Huzzah!

Got my car Virginia safety & emissions tested. It passed. Test drove a Lancer Sportback while I was waiting. Daddy like. I'll probably still go with a Mazda3 or Nissan Juke (assuming I go new), as the Mitsubishi is significantly more expensive. Had a phone interview. It was fast. I'm hoping that's a good sign. Finished moving out, 3 months later. ! Remind me never to do this again (move myself while doing other things).

This. It is so good.

Damnit, I really should catch up on news in the headphone world before I go off trying to make stupid jokes. </derailment>

Dude, you know how much I follow sports and even I heard about that. 'History', indeed! Me: I watched the nurse medicate my mom, so I could do it for the next couple months until my sister returns to the area in the fall to take over. I'm going to try my hardest not to take my sister for granted, home caretakers often get the short shrift. And she's giving up Alaska to do this. And the only reason I'm not doing it is that me and my mom don't get along well enough for me to be that person. Nor do we have the kind of relationship that she listens to me (and that's probably the more important aspect). I feel bad about that, but it's the truth.

Inkraktare, You Have Reached Your Destination -- new project from Dean Garcia from Curve. Downbeaty shoegaze. Pure bliss.

Iconic picture...PHOTOSHOPPED!

Yeah, I don't think there is an 1840, I think the highest they go is 940, 1840 isn't for another hundred? thousand? years...

And yes, there's a petition.

The culprit is obviously an herbivore. Hire a carnivore.

"Foods come fresh -- stay fresh longer, less waste." Baby food?