Open Bar MMXIV^2: Solace of Quantum

[trippinprincezz13]

So I don't want to go out and fuck with canvas and counting spaces and all that cross-stitch might be fun to try but I don't want to dive into a new hobby in the middle of the night.

But I think I could make a basic, fairly interesting throw blanket type thing . . . with a little more work. Hmmmmmmm. Bwuahahaha.

I love cross-stitch, though I would like to get back into crocheting.

This site makes me smile http://shop.subversivecrossstitch.com/collections/pdfs

But I really need to learn/work on designing my own

[Q. G. Pennyworth]

Someday, PD. Someday I will make waffles for all of you. Then you'll be sorry.

I dunno. You started a thread asking for terrible ideas, and then kept rejecting those ideas.


Not scared.

I made the quinoa waffles!

OMG really???? Were they tasty?

Really really, recipe's in the recipe thread. I didn't get a chance to try them, unfortunately, but I have been assured they were better than the radish waffles.

[Freeky]

Went to interview.  They don't want me.  The disappoint is strong in this one.

Condolences! Did they give you any useful feedback about why? Sometimes if you ask, interviewers will give you pointers about what you need to change.

As far as I can tell, my first big mistake was admitting I was tired (this bit went "Hello, how are you today?"  "I'm doing pretty okay!"  "Just pretty okay?"  "Well, I'm a bit tired..."  "Not a very good way to start an interview, is it?"  "D:"), and my other mistakes were being honest about flaws I used to exhibit, and finally I only have volunteer experience that I've been at for six months or more. 

Very discouraging.

[Freeky]

So it looks like I may have some big decisions to make pretty soon. I was informed today that I will have first crack at interviewing for the KM position at the brand-spanking-new Mountlake Terrace location that will be opening sometime around the end of the year or early 2014. It's gonna be even bigger than the one I'm at now with a banquet room for catered parties as well. Should be quite the interesting challenge and if the money is right it might be hard to turn down, except I'm not sure I wanna keep doing this for a living at all and I was starting to get serious about the idea of going to school to learn something completely different. So I guess I need to figure that out. I'm hoping it will all be made a moot point and that either my old Chief Engineer will call me to tell me that the new Phoenix gig is a go or that my old Captain has been playing phone/facebook tag with me for a week from Africa because there's some need for my particular skill set in Ghana.

!!!   I envy your multitude of choices!  Good luck with choosing!

[Freeky]

I think I've figured out why I keep on being followed by the Italian police.

The tan chinos, black polo-neck t-shirt, sunglasses, panama hat and high-powered camera look probably has half the spies in the country confused as to who I am and exactly what nefarious plot is taking place in the Basilica de St. Marco de Venice.

[Junkenstein]

Found new sucker client.

Company not in great shape, mainly due to 3 long term employees.
Initial recommendation of "Sack them" - ignored.
Secondary recommendation of "Isolate them and use them solely for 3 stooges sketches" - Ignored.
Demand of "These fuckers come nowhere near any project I am involved in" - Accepted.
Current projects - Clusterfucks
Upcoming projects - None.
My Consulting invoice - Paid.

Probably got enough to keep me around for at least 3/4 months. Guessing I make it to around 2 before it just becomes unbearable.

[LMNO]

Well played, sir.

[Junkenstein]

I hope so. Bit of a sketchy situation. Company will either be quite profitable or bust within 3 months. Current projects have severe financial issues that need sorting. As far as I can see at the moment all are over budget and their clients have been ignoring interim invoices for work for months. I suspect I may have been lied to regarding the exact payment schedules agreed and their ability to prove it.

Fuck it, I'm getting paid again. Silly bastards.

[EK WAFFLR]

I HAET Burpees.

The seed company?

The exercise routine. It's the devil.

Ahhhh

I wondered why you would have such vehement feelings against these guys http://www.burpee.com/

I'd love those guys, I'm certain!

I think I've figured out why I keep on being followed by the Italian police.

The tan chinos, black polo-neck t-shirt, sunglasses, panama hat and high-powered camera look probably has half the spies in the country confused as to who I am and exactly what nefarious plot is taking place in the Basilica de St. Marco de Venice.

[Doktor Howl]

If anyone decides to post or something, someone let me know.  I'll be over at FG, where they actually have traffic today.

And to everyone who is only here to look through the bars at the cute monkeys in the zoo, eat my shorts.

[Cardinal Pizza Deliverance.]

So I don't want to go out and fuck with canvas and counting spaces and all that cross-stitch might be fun to try but I don't want to dive into a new hobby in the middle of the night.

But I think I could make a basic, fairly interesting throw blanket type thing . . . with a little more work. Hmmmmmmm. Bwuahahaha.

I love cross-stitch, though I would like to get back into crocheting.

This site makes me smile http://shop.subversivecrossstitch.com/collections/pdfs

But I really need to learn/work on designing my own

This site is amazing.

[McGrupp]

Went to interview.  They don't want me.  The disappoint is strong in this one.

Condolences! Did they give you any useful feedback about why? Sometimes if you ask, interviewers will give you pointers about what you need to change.

As far as I can tell, my first big mistake was admitting I was tired (this bit went "Hello, how are you today?"  "I'm doing pretty okay!"  "Just pretty okay?"  "Well, I'm a bit tired..."  "Not a very good way to start an interview, is it?"  "D:"), and my other mistakes were being honest about flaws I used to exhibit, and finally I only have volunteer experience that I've been at for six months or more. 

Very discouraging.

Damn, that sucks. Sounds like they were downright evil. Seems to me volunteer experience should be a positive as it shows you took initiative and want to work in the field. I hope you keep at it and find a good place.

[McGrupp]

Finally got around to reading Machiavelli's 'The Prince' (been on my reading list for a while).  Absentmindedly left it on my front porch last night, got home from work today and found that someone stole it. It seems so appropriate that I can't bring myself to get mad about it.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

If anyone decides to post or something, someone let me know.  I'll be over at FG, where they actually have traffic today.

And to everyone who is only here to look through the bars at the cute monkeys in the zoo, eat my shorts.

I'm aroundish. I'm feeling a little more musically inspired right now.

[Freeky]

Went to interview.  They don't want me.  The disappoint is strong in this one.

Condolences! Did they give you any useful feedback about why? Sometimes if you ask, interviewers will give you pointers about what you need to change.

As far as I can tell, my first big mistake was admitting I was tired (this bit went "Hello, how are you today?"  "I'm doing pretty okay!"  "Just pretty okay?"  "Well, I'm a bit tired..."  "Not a very good way to start an interview, is it?"  "D:"), and my other mistakes were being honest about flaws I used to exhibit, and finally I only have volunteer experience that I've been at for six months or more. 

Very discouraging.

Damn, that sucks. Sounds like they were downright evil. Seems to me volunteer experience should be a positive as it shows you took initiative and want to work in the field. I hope you keep at it and find a good place.

Not evil, a call center.  The client in particular I was interviewing for was a utility company.  I volunteer at a hobby game store.