Ah. Today, tomorrow, the following day, the day after that, and the day after that; all to me. My formula for success: Or-C=hC. Office ratrace - Chewbode = happy Chewbode. So, I have the next three business days off from my crazy IT job, and what's the first fucking thing I do? Jump on my PC and write in my blog. I'm a crazy beotch. However, I'm not going mention my day job for the next five days. My plan is to focus on the things I need to focus on right now (probably in this order): Relaxing Reading some great comics (I'm going to go get the last two weeks of subscriptions from the comic book store right after I'm done with this blog.) Playing some video games Watching some movies / TV Working out Doing some work for my side-business. I think Millard's got some free time on...
Author: Chewbode
Hot dogs!
Wow
I wonder how many households had a Star Wars DVD playing last night? Mine was one. I went to Best Buy and picked up my copy and as I stood in line, I scanned over all the other customers waiting, and I noticed that every single one of them had a copy of the Trilogy in their hands. There must've been about 30 people waiting in line. Crazy. I also picked up my pre-ordered Battlefront game. I popped that in at home and played it for about 15 minutes last night. That game is amazing looking. Wow. Of course, after that Millard, Shauna and I all sat and watched Episode IV, saw most of the things on the bonus disc, and listened to about half of the Episode IV commentary track. Wow. I tip my hat to the Lucasfilm team on a job well done. The movie looked fantastic. Sick...
The Force Is With Us
I'll be leaving the office today around 2:30pm to go down to my father-in-law's house to help him run some errands. After that, I'm gonna go to Best Buy and pick up the Star Wars Trilogy on DVD. I'm also gonna stop off at EBGames and pick up my pre-ordered Star Wars Battlefront for the PC. Millard, Shauna, and I are gonna watch Episode IV at my place over some cold sodas and some hot popcorn. Excellent. My side business will suffer the next few days, until I've filled my Star Wars quota. I recently purchased City of Heroes and have been playing that a bit. Really cool game. Schunk came over last night and I showed it to him, and he got pretty excited about it, which is impressive, as it takes a lot for a video game to impress him. It's definitely a game I'll play for a...
The Winds of Change
My old colleague, Vicky, stopped by the office today. I haven't seen her since February sometime. Since she lives in the Big Apple now, we only chat via IM anymore, or the occasional phone call. It was nice to see her. While she was here, we went in to see her old boss (who is my boss), and all three of us we talked for a little bit. Then, my boss stands up, closes his office door and starts in with "since I've got both of you here...". He then goes on to tell us that he's resigning from the company essentially. Well, actually, he's moving on to another part of the company, but won't have any association with our office anymore. I think Wednesday is his last day here, as he ships out to that other division to help get them up to speed (that division was recently acquired...
Long Ago…
As of now, Ivan looks to be veering off to the west a lot more. What a difference 24 hours can make. As much as I'm bothered that it's hitting the Florida panhandle, I'm glad it's missing us. Star Wars fever is in the air: I'm starting to get excited about the Star Wars Trilogy coming out on DVD next Tuesday. I think I'll be watching a lot of it in the coming weeks. It just so happens (no... I'm sure it was planned) that Star Wars Battlefront is also coming out that day. I'm gonna go pick up a copy at EB Games for the PC. Also, Schunk came over and we FINALLY finished a the last level of Rogue Squadron III on the GameCube. Man, that level was really friggin hard. After watching Star Wars: Empire of Dreams on A&E last night, Millard and I both got inspired....
Fantastic Friday
I met with Dave last night from TriBridge at 5:30pm at Applebee's near where I work. He ordered a big burger and I got boneless buffalo wings. For about 50 minutes we sat and talked about the job position and I told him that I thought that the technology they're using is exciting and that I really see it being the wave of the future for companies. I got a very good feeling about the interview, and I get the impression he did too. So, he went ahead and thanked me and told me that Monday I would either need to go on another interview with them, or I'd be getting an offer, depending on how everything went. I left him with the bill (which he offered to pay). Mil came over and we sat around for a while talking about the Matrix and how much I didn't care for...
The Last Mile
I heard from Dave at TriBridge today. We're gonna meet for happy hour around 5:00pm tomorrow (August 27th) and discuss my potential employment. I guess we're skipping Round 2 and going straight to Round 3 of the interview process. Wish me luck. Sick Thought of the Day: Beans Above The Frank
Goodbye Charley, Hello Tony?
It's been just over a week since Charley hit South West Florida. Fortunately, it missed Sarasota entirely. Unfortunately, it hit Punta Gorda and Port Charlotte (50 miles southeast of here) and devastated them. A friend of mine, Naser, lives down there. We finally got word from him that he, his wife, and the kids are all OK and he's moving them up to Tennessee for awhile until everything gets back to normal. So, fast forward to today; I get a phone call today at 2:20pm from my recruiting agency. They tell me that they have a possible job opening with a company, TriBridge in Tampa, who outsources web and Visual Basic development work. They were in a hurry to set up a phone interview with me and the company, so we scheduled it for 2:30pm. Sure enough, my cell phone rings at 2:27pm and I spend the next 20 minutes...
Something Wicked This Way Comes
The time is almost upon us. I live in Sarasota, FL, which currently lies smack-dab in the middle of the path of hurricane Charlie. Yeah. Great. Shauna and I will most likely weather the storm at home, even if it's in the bathroom in the middle of the building. Currently, it looks like Charley will be knocking on the front door around 8:00pm Friday, so we have a little time. I expect I will make a definite call tomorrow morning if we'll stay here or get in the car (me, Shauna, our two cats, my mom and sister, and their cat and dog) and head East towards Lake Okeechobee. They say the storm will be a strong Category 3 by the time it gets here. Needless to say, there are a lot of people that are nervous over this one. A hurricane of this magnitude hasn't hit the Suncoast since...
The Grindstone
I wish I could say I had an interesting weekend, but I spent it at the office. 53 hour week this week. And that's with taking Monday off because I was sick, and having to leave 3.5 hours early on Tuesday as well. Yuk. The only fun thing that happened was that my wife and I went to the dollar theater last night and saw Around the World in 80 Days. It was a fun movie. It really helped get my mind off work for a couple of hours. Sick Thought of the Day: Shit Moustache
