June 17, 201214 yr Congrats Dinny on the Anniversary! I moved all my large items and packed everything in boxes to go to the new place today. Glad to stay busy, I am not looking forward to having wisdom teeth removed later this week.
June 17, 201214 yr boiled a fuckton of crawfish, then came home, pealed 1/4 of them to freeze, and packed for 2 weeks in wyoming.
June 17, 201214 yr Went out with my in-laws to La Casita Restaurant in Calle 8 for fathers day. We consumed a carafe of Merlot … good times.
June 17, 201214 yr Forgot to check the hours of the store we were going to pick up my scooter. Checked the internet: closed Sundays. Stupid me. Stupid store.
June 17, 201214 yr Mike, that looks like fun. Dan, ditto on the safe travels to you! I pretended I was going to get around to cleaning today. Apparently, i'm good at pretending.
June 20, 201214 yr i rocked to and fro in the dark northern corner of my bedroom, while the cow creamer and wax lion talked existentialism in basic verb-object.
June 20, 201214 yr I clerked for a federal judge for a year after graduating from law school. Tonight was the annual clerks dinner with our Judge. The judge for whom I clerked is still one of my all time heroes and clerking still my favorite job I've ever had.
June 20, 201214 yr 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.
June 20, 201214 yr I still prefer general honesty; maybe just hold back on some facts (like the amount of years since using Java), but never oversell. Having been interviewing lots of people over the past weeks, I am constantly finding examples of falsely upgraded resumes with work they have little or no clue about when pressed. We went through the hassle/work to get a contractor in, and within a week knew he wouldn't work out. It was almost like a different person landed in our office compared to the one who interviewed. Definitely brush up on the latest, but IMO never oversell yourself without being confident you can do the work. Everyone will be happier in the end. Once established in a company, opportunities should come. And good luck!
June 20, 201214 yr Sorry they built your hopes up Dusty! I agree with the general honesty approach without stretching or overselling your qualifications. I'm sure it would not take very long at all for you to brush up since you were quite good at it in the past. Being too honest can cost you; I've done Java in the past would be honest enough, particularly since you were good at it.
June 20, 201214 yr Author Sorry for the false hope Dusty. Me: In the car on the way up to Madison for the tumbling and trampoline Nationals.
June 20, 201214 yr Author Damn Jim looks you've turned into quite the tumbler and trampoline expert! It would be good for the comedy effect!
June 20, 201214 yr it should be just a matter of getting back into the (ahem) swing of things. that's a terrible joke.
June 20, 201214 yr Thank you, thank you. Returned license plates. Sat in hot-as-fuck traffic for hours. Fuck! (<-- See? The heat made me say that.)
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