Aura

Thanks everyone, sure would be nice to have money sometime soon . Jim - as Allison always says, "I'm an 80 year-old trapped inside a 20-something person." Good luck with the end of the trial Al. May the decision be swift and in your favor!

Found out yesterday from my recruiter that I've made it to the third (and final) round interview for a business systems integration consulting position at Accenture. I called one of my friends who's worked for them since December and he said that this is the easiest round and that you basically chill out at the office for a day and get free breakfast and lunch. The caveat - the position is for Minneapolis. My friend said that it's weird because my recruiter exclusively handles Chicago-based hires, so at the last interview I'm going to talk to her in-person and ask about the possibility of staying in IL even though she had clearly stated it was for MN when I first talked to her. If I can stay in Chicago and they make an offer, I'll lean heavily towards accepting. If they would force me to move to Minneapolis... well, that's a bit of a problem since I am 75% moved into Allison's apartment with the extreme hope that I would be able to live with her once finding work. I have another preliminary teleconference interview with a guy from Chaucer Consulting tomorrow morning that I'm really looking forward to. They're more niche consulting with managerial/strategic focus along with project management, which is exactly what I'm looking for. Can't keep all my eggs in one basket.

That must have been a shitty walk back to the apt

Hoboken bitches round 3. A new comrade enters the fray.

Hoboken bitches go for round 2. Some random merlot and Weyerbacher Blithering Idiot.

Cheers from Hoboken bitches. Starting with Weyerbacher Heresy.

More Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout.

It was just okay, not as strong in the scotch character or notes as I guess I'd have expected... Then again I've no idea how long (or if) this was barrel aged.

It got dimmer in this bitch. Rohrbach Imperial Scotch Ale.

Custom Brewcrafters Imperial Breakfast Beer (aka "Mabel") on cask. Allison tool the pic so I could toast ya fools.

At Tap and Mallet in Rochester, pretty nice tap list for me to work with for the next few hours. Starting with a Custom Brewcrafters Double Dark Cream Porter.

Happy bday Brent! Eat some cinnabuns for us.

Happy bday Jin .

Bought these yesterday at Beers Of The World in Rochester. Added the Nugget Nectar solely because of Emelius. I like how you can't find Bourbon County Stout anywhere in Chicago, where it's brewed, but multiple stores have cases of the stuff over here (and 2009 vintage nonetheless).

Definitely CAN'T get this in Illinois.

Congrats Nate, awesome news!

Count me in.

Have a great bday Chris!

Sitting in a crowd of 900 undergrads at my graduation commencement. Wish I had eaten breakfast.

Happy birthday Justin!

Real nice grab on the flossmoor's Jeff. Lmk what you think of hi-fi v. BA hi-fi.

Bell's Oberon. Good shit.

Have a kickass bday ari!!

So so very happy to discover that my local place still had some of these in the reserves, albeit with a 1 bottle limit. Also bought a single bottle of Bell's Oberon just because.

Thanks everyone, I don't feel done quite yet, just hasn't hit me. Amazing amazing news Al, really happy for you.