Well! Today was especially nice.

I got to spend the afternoon with my keen littler big sis, ldy, and met penguinboi face to face, too. My eyes are all puffy today, not sure of what caused that. I look forward to Ldy & p-boi’s shots of the time there. God gabs, and a tasty lunch of enchiladas and margaritas… I’m still pretty full from a 2pm lunch. We had a nice walk down by the new river, and experienced city parking.

In the mail from JKG when I got home tonight –

That’s exceptional news, too. With any luck, I’ll get installed over there shortly.

But, until that is solidified, my first 8-8 shift is tomorrow.

Up by 5:30 tomorrow, do the 3 S’s
leave 6:40 on Rt 31 n to Atlantic and 441, get to TAG by 7:45.
South to Southgate, west to TAG.TAG 1/4 mile down

I got this Email today…(links added by me for ease of ref)

I look forward to seeing how it’s evolved. I know that they suffer a labor of love…I should swing by before they paint it.

Hmm… No word yet about my sponsored links. I’m going to have to write Natalie, and find out. Usually I get paid promptly on the 28th.

Maybe it means I’ll be getting more! 🙂

I quite like getting some bucks in my paypal account… it’s like an excuse to bid on something on ebay!

[update – 7:41]

Got my payment, I think they just forgot.

LL is here, and talking with the bro right now. I *really* hope that they can come to a good situation for everyone, though I think odds are poor.

I’ve discovered that Meredith out front is just about as opposite to me as can be. (in the six-year old terming of it, anyhow.)

I’ve a cat, She has a dog. I do database programming, she’s a graphic designer. I’m the first “first born male” in my family’s recent memory to not serve in the military, She was in the navy.

I’m looking forward to at least having a nice long lunch with ldy tomorrow, even though I’m fairly sure that a Friday night hangout session isn’t going to happen.

4/3/03 12:53 pm
more trouble between bro and the landlord. Brother owes considerable back rent and the landlord is finally tired of it, but to make matters worse, the ll seems to think that bro owes about twice what the receipts indicate… And is demanding double rent this week or bro gets 3 days eviction notice.

That wasn’t what was initially agreed to… They had previously settled on 1.25x rent to catch up – plus the remainder when he gets his settlement. I don’t know for sure, but I’d lay odds that bro didn’t keep his side of the bargain first, judging from how he hides out whenever the ll comes by.

He woke me this morning at 7am to make phone calls. set up drug deals even though I told him expressly no. As soon as I heard what he was doing, I told him to hang up and get out.

My brother causes me undue stress. I try to do tough love withholding loaning him money, and instead of doing without, he hustles, and borrows $$ from other folks who get pissed at him for not paying back when he says he will.

He owes Francesco money, but goes out to primo’s subs for dinner, rather than eating in.

Dang… I don’t know what to do with that kid.

Fresh out of the shower, and I think I have a little sunburn, rather than just “color”. I can feel the skin is very tight, and just a little tingly.

Kforce called me back, and really really wants me at TAG. I warned them that I’d be jumping ship as soon as anything superior came along (such as JKG, or the other gigs), and the guy was understanding about it, but wants to make his money back for my drug testing, etc. So, while I’m not crazy about he timing, it looks like I’m starting over there this weekend, and may end up missing a chance at hanging out with ldy 🙁

I guess I’ll have to do laundry on Thursday, to be ready. Dang it. Grump, grump.

What I’d really like to happen is for a big gig to call me back tomorrow and ask me to start next week.

Iraq-o-meter – about it

There you go… clear and to the point.

Take a break from not laughing at the many unfunny April Fool’s Day “jokes” on the web, and check out the 100 greatest April Fool’s Day hoaxes of all time.

Frodo, Gollum, Sauron, Jennifer Lopez what do these have in common?

JKG went very well, they want me to meet with the CIO tomorrow at 10 am. I’ve got a strong, positive vibe there. Mark over there is a swell guy, very engaging, and knows how to sell his company. I’m very enthusiastic about the upcoming meeting.

If all goes well, it’ll be programming, light management (3 people) and building a software / hardware system of the company to use with its existing web control program.

I’ve got a hankering to watch the Disney version of 20,000 leagues under the sea. I think I’ll just synch the book to the palm, instead.

To the powers that be….

*THANK YOU FOR THE LACK OF APRIL FOOL’S JOKES*
Wow… my Photoshop skills have gotten better in the last couple years… from two years ago…

A fun meme… these answers may and can change at any time.

If I were a

scottobear.com email is back up. good thing, though I missed a couple of decent mails from last night I’d have preferred to have acted on then.

ah well, all better now.

oh, man.. apparently my scottobear.com email has been down since last night, as has my website. I honestly hope that if any email was sent to those addresses was lost that it can be restored… I’ve got about a gazillion resumes out there with that addy on it. It’s supposed to be back up and fixed within the hour, though, so I’m going to hope for the best.

Stupid errors… bah.

Ok… Where’s my web page… more to the point, Newtcam? It’s been down since last night.

I can tell it’s still down, because I don’t have my delightful background installed on the LJ page.

Today shall be a day of rest, though I’m planning on spending 8 hours of it doing little chores here and around the place.

Not too interested in LJ lately.. my mind hasn’t been one of journaling. My creative juices need a shot of B12.

I want to do something self-indulgent today.. eat fatty food, spend the day playing arcade games or the like… I doubt it’ll happen to the degree I want, but it’s entertaining for me to think about.

Maybe just writing about the history channel is enough self-indulgence?