I love all of our friends here in the Triangle (or “The Gang” as we and our mailing list refer to us), but we seem to have this problem: when we schedule a Game Night (i.e. board games, CatchPhrase, etc.) we never actually get around to playing the darn games. That’s OK, though, because the company and conversation is good. Last night, me_not_you, wildmouse, thebroomecloset, and Thomas and Sherry came over and we cooked up some burgers and had other yummy stuff. I tried making hamburger buns for the first time and I can safely say that while they were quite tasty they were not worth the 3+ hours it took to make them.
So, what else is going on? Not much. The job possibility I had Northlake, IL has gone down the drain (not a big surprise), and the one in Cleveland is fading as they seem to have settled on a candidate. So I keep looking through all the usual places. Of late it seems like there are even fewer jobs for me to apply to – lots of possibilities in pharmaceuticals, consumer products, and continuous film processes, though, none of which I qualify for. Gnar. I have a recruiter who’s trying to shop my resume to a company in Elgin, IL, which would be nice, but apparently they don’t have any openings, just “would be interested if the right resume crossed their desk”. You’ll excuse me if I file that one as a low probability too.
I found out yesterday that plans for the get-together in South Carolina on the weekend of the 16th aren’t going to work out, so we’re rethinking things. Maybe we’ll get some folks together here in Apex? It’s a bit more convenient for some (sorry Rasslor and Brophey). Not sure what we’ll do, maybe just hang out, eat some good food, and hit a couple of places in the Triangle. Low-key sort of stuff. We’ll be in touch with folks to make plans.
Finally, we’re slowly doing our part to become part of the digital age and as of today we have test messaging on our cell phones! Yay! You can use LiveJournal’s thingy (Friends only, sorry) or send a (short, less than 987 characters – signature counts!) e-mail to [my cell phone number]@messaging.sprintpcs.com. Oh, and if you see me online on AIM (duncanhusky), it’s probably from my cell phone. @whee!
: shakes the economy in frustration. 🙁
The last time I had a gaming night things turned out similarly. Good company is good regardless, but I may try doing a more open invite-ish sort of thing once my schedule opens up again.
As for the weekend of the 16th, I’ve scheduled time away from work around that time to stumble around in the woods somewhere, but in case those plans get force majeured in some way that still leaves me free on the weekend, I’ll keep an eye out for Net Saver fares to RDU…
Eh, these things just take time. A lot of time, sometimes, but we’ll weather it somehow.
A bit of weirdness happened this morning (this gets complicated, but bear with me). My resume went to the company in Elgin, who faxed it down to their subsidiary here in Raleigh, which used to be a joint venture with my former employer. My father has been doing some consulting with this subsidiary; the guy who got the resume showed it to my father’s contact (himself a former cow-orker from a few jobs back) and asked if I was Chuck Brady’s son. He confirmed I was, and went on to say what a great worker I am and what a good addition to the company I’d be (hey, I’ve been using the guy as a reference anyway 🙂 I have NO idea where that’s going, but the only way I’d even consider it is if there was some kind of out that would transfer me up to Elgin in the reasonable future.
As for the 16th, well, hot damn! You know we’d love to have you, but I also know the logistics can be prohibitive. If things work out right, though, give us a call and you know we’re ready to pick you up at the airport!
Er, basically just wanted to say Ditto to what the ‘coon said. Hang tough!