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6.18.2008

****aaaaaaaaaaaaaahh!****

Ok, its a little hard to convey Mary's screams in print (although, unfortunately for everyone around me, I can do it pretty well in person). But HOT DANG! So You Think You Can Dance is back, and I am stoked!

I don't think the dancers this year are nearly as solid as last's, but then, that was my first season, and I was so absolutely impressed with everything I saw. I have to say, I am totally rooting for the hip hop and Latin dancers this time around (plus Kourtni, just because her audition was off the hook). Its not just because those are my dances, but because I feel like they are all a lot more real and passionate than the [way too many] contemporary dancers that they brought on this year. Seriously, all those contemporary guys? They're all the same to me, with the exception of Will.

My favorites: Twitch, Comfort, Kherington, Joshua. I'm on the fence about Katee. She's a great dancer, and I have definitely improved my opinion about her the last two weeks, but she didn't make a great impression on me at the auditions (fans will understand why).

Ugh to Marquis, Gev, and Chris. They all blend. Marquis is going to bring Susie down, who is my underdog favorite. Luckily, Comfort is strong enough that Chris just pales in comparison. And I love her Week 1 thing where she was like, "Nigel, I am wearing bras and beads!" in her southern twang.

Some kick ass routines from the last two weeks: Ooh, definitely both of Josh & Katee's routines, and the Broadway one with Twitch and Kerington (can you tell I LOVE Broadway?). The hip hop one last week was fun; this week's was a little uneven. The disco last week was the bomb! And my favorite of all is Comfort and Chris doing the jive.

Btw, what the f*** was Mary wearing tonight? Stevie thought she looked like she was a streetwalker; I actually think hookers have more style. She looked like a Long Island housewife who just came back from a sale at Strawberry's. Or, for you non-New Yorkers, Peg Bundy with money.

have edd, or just plain b*tchy?

If it wasn't for my recent (and clearly not yet demonstrable) opening of compassion, this might have been an "Aha!" moment. Even as is, it makes a lot of sense to me.

Empathy Deficit Disorder: Do you suffer from it?

P.S. Notice that EDD is also the acronym for the unemployment agency :-)

6.16.2008

getting back into the groove

Well, its been great and all to be brain dead for as long as I have, but I finally realized last night that I have to start getting back into my life. And the truth is, when I sit around for too long, I brood. I am, and will always be, a project person.

So, for one thing, I'm totally stoked about my interview schedule for this week!
  • Today: none but a phone interview. Phew
  • Tues: Another Autodesk phone interview in am, Adobe Round 2 in pm
  • Wed: Adobe CTO office phone interview in am, Pure Digital Technologies Round 1 in pm
  • Thurs: Adobe Round 2 wrap up in pm
  • Fri: Autodesk in person
  • Mon: Cisco Round 2
On top of that, I am finally getting around to spring cleaning my apartment. Its been beyond a mess this week, but even when it was clean, there has just been way too much accumulated junk. So I'm going to start tackling that. I guess I've been waiting for the decorator to come in and just make everything go away :-)

AND - personal training starts this week. Yay!

6.15.2008

shockingly poor quality

I downloaded the Amazon Unbox player today, as my wireless router is busted, and I have no way of getting vids onto my Tivo. (I missed Friday's ep of BSG, and its the last one before 2009.) I am shocked at how bad the quality of both the player and the video is! Seriously, the only way to get even halfway decent resolution is to have a screen that is smaller than the size of my palm. And every time I pause or resize the screen, it crashes, causing me to have to restart the ep from the beginning!

In these days of technological advance, its really quite surprising. I mean, I could get a better vid off of YouTube.

6.11.2008

on a roll!

WHOO!! I got second round with Adobe! I'm stoked - they are super cool - but I know its going to be tough. The next round will be with all the technical ppl, and I am neither technical nor experienced in this particular area. Oh well. I'll do my best and hope that's enough!

I also had a great time meeting ppl at Cisco today. I don't know if they liked me, but I felt good talking to them. On top of that, I'm scheduling some stuff at Autodesk, and 3 startups.

*Cross fingers*

6.10.2008

finally

I finally figured out the perfect way to capture where I am at right now: I'm finally taking my life off hold. It scares the sh*t out of me, but I'm excited and optimistic at the same time.

There.

6.09.2008

diving right back in

Welcome back to my life!

My re-entry to San Francisco, the job hunt, and the beginning of the rest of my life got off to a turbo-charged start. We didn't get back until 4am this morning, and when I finally crawled out of bed at 11, my apartment looked like it had vomited mail, clothes and random puppy stuff. Really, I should have been sleeping until 2pm and then had a leisurely day unpacking. Instead, I dived right back into the pool.

I wanted to start generating some leads on jobs, so this weekend, I applied to some new things on Monster, Hotjobs, and Dice. By this afternoon, I had had 3 calls from recruiters, one phone interview, and another one scheduled. I also had to go back into the old BEA building to meet with a recruiting agency, so I stopped by to visit some folks.

After a 4pm doctor's visit, I grabbed a quick bagel (the only thing I'd eaten was french toast this morning), rushed home, and then headed off to get my butt kicked at the gym. By the time I actually got around to clearing a small square on my kitchen table, I was half dead.

The frenzy continues: a 9am interview tomorrow, a 9am interview Wed, and meeting with the personal trainer on Thurs. Then, furniture shopping on Fri + drinks with the crew. For someone who, only 3 days ago, didn't even know what day of the week it was, this is quite a change of pace.

But I like it. Now that I've embraced my flaws and accepted myself the way I am :-D I can happily say that I just like being busy. Hey, calm and zen is great emotionally and at the end of the day, but I am nothing if not a whirlwind of energy. Oh, and I am going to hire someone to help me decorate. If I do it myself, I'll be stuck on the "slightly pink" or "just a little pinker" for 2 weeks because I'm such a freaking perfectionist.

Now I am going to eat some dog food. Seriously.
 

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