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| 12:22pm 15/06/2009 |
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So, I finally got the phone call that was a job offer instead of yet another interview request.
I'll be the master carpenter for the Walnut Hill School first as part of their summer program (starting next week) and then continuing as full time in the fall.
I've already given my one week's notice to Home Depot and everyone there's been happy for me (well, except my department head who is also sad to lose me. I told him if he could triple my hourly rate and make me full-time I'd consider sticking around... and he laughed)
Now I'll need to get used to working regular hours in a shop again. That will be lovely.
And now Jeff and I can finally figure out what we want to do about our housing situation. I'll be talking to the school about the possibility/ requirements for campus housing... That option would involve us being dorm parents (which basically means some responsibilities for keeping an eye on the students both during the week and trading off weekend duties with other "parents", but would provide a free apartment plus a small additional stipend payment). We're also going to have a better sense now of what our long-term finances will be so we can possibly think about buying a house (while it is still very much a buyers market). Many plans and details to iron out, but nothing that has to be decided right away. |
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| Odd Phone Call at midnight |
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| 11:45pm 07/06/2009 |
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mood:  confused
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So... apparently I'm selling a horse. in Auburn, WA. Um... except I'm not.
I got a phone call from a very nice guy trying to buy my horse. The one listed in the craigslist ad. With my phone number.
Adding to the immense confusion on my end of this conversation was that he was looking for "Taylor" which happens to be the last name of my old roommate in Seattle.
I did a quick search of Seattle area cragislist using my phone number and sure enough there's an ad:
http://seattle.craigslist.org/skc/grd/1200811400.html
And sure enough it has my phone number as the contact. I can only assume that the guy's number is very close to mine and he just typoed a digit somewhere. And I've emailed him to ask him to correct the ad so that hopefully the folks trying to buy his horse will call HIM instead of me. I'll give it about 24 hours then figure out how to contact craigslist folks to ask that they please pull the ad.
And I'm turning my phone off for the night since that three-hour time difference means folks might think it's still a decent hour to call when really... it isn't.
EDIT: As I suspected, the horse's rightful owner transposed two numbers in the ad's phone listing. So he apologized and it has been corrected and I can expect to no longer receive odd calls about his horse. |
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| looking for good luck |
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| 08:14am 06/05/2009 |
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I've got my in-person interview with Walnut Hill School this morning and I can use as many well wishes and as much good luck as I can get.
The job is Master Carpenter for their theater department and would be awesome and full-time with benefits starting in the fall which would be such a lovely thing. They tell me I'm one of the top five final candidates so I think I've got a pretty good shot.
But still, if you've got any positive mojo to spare, send it my way! I want to knock this one outta the park.
*crossing fingers and hoping for the best* |
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| I so rarely pay attention to the news |
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| 11:02am 30/04/2009 |
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So really... I get almost all of my news from the Wait Wait Don't Tell Me podcasts, and I'm waaay behind on listening to them. But the break room at work is usually scattered with newspapers so I sometimes catch a few tidbits of things as they're happening instead of the weekend after they've happened.
I'm very pleased with New Hampshire and Maine's recent tackling of gay marriage bills and hope they continue forward positively.
And also, I have to ask, am I the only one who's been giggling that since Arlen Specter has defected from the GOP folks like Mitch Mcconnell have been sounding a bit like Chicken Little saying that the party in power having almost complete fillibuster-proof control of congress is a Huge Threat to America (tm) and the World Will Fall Apart! Must be awful hard having the shoe on the other foot.
Although really, the thing that amuses me most lately is... (show of hands please:) How many people thought that the great future of the US Senate and all Obama's hopes and dreams would come down to just one man... And that man would be AL FRANKEN. I'm absolutely desperate to have him do a stand-up routine from the Senate floor at his swearing in. You know it would be bloody brilliant.
Okay. Back to my media-lite life now. I like it there in the quiet darkness. |
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| IMPACT and other news |
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| 09:41am 30/03/2009 |
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So, I spent this whole weekend at a very intensive women's self-defense class that was amazing and terrifying and totally worthwhile. I cannot recommend it highly enough to everyone. The company is IMPACT Boston and this chapter does work all over New England, but there are also chapters in other states so if you're elsewhere you should check them out. I am lucky enough to have a close friend from Carnegie who works as one of the suited instructors (the guys in armor that we learn to defend ourselves against and kick the crap out of) and that's how I became aware of the program. He was quite insistent that all his friends should take this course and I completely agree with him now. I won't say it was fun, because it was absolutely not. (Although there were certainly fun moments and a great deal of humor and high spirits to temper the fear and adrenaline) But it was amazing and empowering. Without telling anyone else's story, I think it was best summed up by this... there was a 15-year-old in our class. At the start she was only there because her mother insisted she should take the course and she was unhappy about losing her whole weekend and having to get up early and so on. But at the closing circle she said she felt that nothing that she could have done with her weekend could have been nearly as important as this class.
The company does offer classes specifically aimed at teens so if you're a teacher or staff member you should request information about bringing them in to your school and the variety of programs they offer. Having worked at a high school recently and seeing how sheltered those kids were, I can't think of a better way to give them some important skills before sending them off into college where they'll be responsible for their own safety in a way most of them have never had to even think about before.
In other news... Boston is treating me well. Now that I'm mostly unpacked (well, with the stuff I really need anyways) and am getting settled in I need to find time to catch up with all my cool friends in the area. So if I've talked/emailed/im-ed with you about hanging out sometime after the move calms down, I think now is going to be the start of my "making plans" phase.
As far as work... I've had an interview at Home Depot to do seasonal temp stuff (their garden department has the busiest time of year starting now apparently). A second interview is set for tomorrow afternoon and I expect it will go well. That may or may not become something more after the initial 90-days as temporary worker. I hope to find something better before it needs to, but it will be nice to at least have a little money coming in while I'm looking around. I've made a fabulous contact in the IATSE film local out here who gave me phone numbers to call and hopefully get on overhire scenic artist lists as well and find out the process for transferring my card out here. This afternoon will be all about making some of those calls and trying to get info on what I need to do to get some work on the numerous films being shot in the Boston area this summer. |
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| Boston |
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| 09:55pm 21/03/2009 |
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It appears I now live in Boston.
Drive here was long, but not too painful. I've still got most of my stuff in the truck outside, that will be remedied tomorrow. If any of you local folks (I'm looking at you Ben) aren't busy I'd love any extra hands in unloading. I really don't have that much stuff, and I won't make folks carry anything up all the stairs to the attic. :)
Okay. Time to let my papa know I made it in safe and then head to bed. |
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