Last days, first week and some tv
So, that other job did increase their offer (not as much as I would have like, but enough). I left my old job and have just completed my first week at the new one.
First, leaving the old job. I was really sad to leave since I had a lot of friends over there. I still wasn't sure it was the right move since there was still that potential job interview for a much better position pending. I figured that a bird in the hand was better than two in the bush so I gave my 2 weeks notice. My boss was rather surprised; she knew I'd applied to that other department but didn't expect to lose me as a potential reference by my leaving the university completely. There was much scrambling to pass on as much knowledge as possible. I really pity the girl who took up my work. She has to do what I did on top of everything else she already did. Oh well, not my problem anymore.
Then, the first week at the new job went well, I think. I didn't have a computer at first. My first job was to buy one! That was wonderful, I love shopping for gear! *g* While waiting for it to be delivered, they had me put together a desk for another employee (the accountant that's there once a week). Didn't enjoy that much, but it certainly wasn't routine. *g* Next day, I brought my laptop in so I could work. Unlike the old job, I'm looking for ways to work rather than ways to pass the time; wonderful change there. Got the new computer on Wednesday afternoon, great little machine with a nice big screen. I installed Linux on it right away. Awesome that I can do that! I asked them if I could get a new desk (current one has no storage and is too low) and chair (current one's back is too inclined and not adjustable) and they said yes right away. I'm going to shop for those next week. Woot!
The only thing that's not fun about the new job is the person who had my job before. He left 5 months ago (or something) and has kept working for them at 5 hours a week to help out. Except it hasn't worked out great. So, there's work he was supposed to do that hasn't been done and there's work he did and hasn't been paid for yet. Now the boss owes him $2.5k (apparently) and won't pay it until we get the passwords to everything (which the company should have had in the first place) and the guy won't give the passwords until he gets his money. I can't do much without those passwords... I can't wait for this to all be resolved.
And you know what I heard this Friday. That other position that I was going to interview for at my old job, they retracted the job posting! Am I glad that I took this job or what! lol
Now, on to the important stuff: TV. *g*
I'm really liking where Dollhouse is going. It's great that it apparently gets even better in the next few episodes. I'm really hoping Fox doesn't fuck it up again. When FBI-agent-man was shirtless with his neighbor, I was like "If he doesn't plan on sleeping with her, he's being incredibly cruel." *snerk*
So, Battlestar Galactica ended this Friday. Ok, I've been growing more and more disappointed with BSG as the seasons wore on. But since it had an end date, I figured they were working towards some answers to the questions they raised. Since I wanted to see where they were going (and some of the male cast are easy on the eyes), I stuck with it. Just like the last (half-season) finale they kept their answers for the for the very end. I wish they had spread them out some more. It would have allowed them to explain them more and maybe made them - both the episodes and the answers - better.
And now the finale. First hour was actually good. They had a great space battle. Some nice robot-on-robot violence. (I can't remember the last time the show was actually scifi and not a soap about who was sleeping with who and who got their memory back and whatever.) I was heartened.
Then they found Earth. Don't get me wrong, I somewhat-liked that. The nuclear-wasteland-Earth they found before was old-Earth; this is new-Earth, our Earth 150,000 years in the past. I'm okay with that. But the rest, gah! Awful!
Everyone without exception decides that technology is bad and they should now live like primitives, sending their ships into the sun. Stupid.
Adama goes off with dying Roslin to never come back, okay. I figured he was going to go into the sun with his ship as she died, but no, he just builds a grave for her and is going to live like a hermit next to it; leaving his son and his friends behind for no good reason. Stupider.
But then, angels and God are behind the whole thing. That's the big reveal! That's what you've been holding out on us for years?! Stupidest! Resolution! Ever! Starbuck came back from the dead way back and you've been wondering why? Poof, she disappears because she's been an angel or a ghost or whatever since then. Baltar's been seeing this chick in his head since the beginning. Angel. Signs and prophecies since the beginning, God. A planet-full of primitives that are DNA compatible with the fleet so they can breed the new human race, God. Gah! At least give us some alternate possibility. Someone time-traveled and set this up maybe; you had a singularity right there! Something. Anything. Talk about a Deus Ex Machina.
I think Babylon 5 is one of the only scifi shows that has ever handled religion right. They used the show to explain religion, usually very respectfully, always letting you chose what you believed. There was a spiritual answer if that's what you were looking for or a scientific one. Take your pick. BSG went the exact opposite way and used religion to explain the show. EPIC FAIL.
Then then the little add-on at the end in present day New York with Angel Baltar and Angel Six talking about the cycle happening again, our building robots that will eventually turn on us. And the series ends on a montage of cutesy-creepy japanese robots. Lame upon lame.
First, leaving the old job. I was really sad to leave since I had a lot of friends over there. I still wasn't sure it was the right move since there was still that potential job interview for a much better position pending. I figured that a bird in the hand was better than two in the bush so I gave my 2 weeks notice. My boss was rather surprised; she knew I'd applied to that other department but didn't expect to lose me as a potential reference by my leaving the university completely. There was much scrambling to pass on as much knowledge as possible. I really pity the girl who took up my work. She has to do what I did on top of everything else she already did. Oh well, not my problem anymore.
Then, the first week at the new job went well, I think. I didn't have a computer at first. My first job was to buy one! That was wonderful, I love shopping for gear! *g* While waiting for it to be delivered, they had me put together a desk for another employee (the accountant that's there once a week). Didn't enjoy that much, but it certainly wasn't routine. *g* Next day, I brought my laptop in so I could work. Unlike the old job, I'm looking for ways to work rather than ways to pass the time; wonderful change there. Got the new computer on Wednesday afternoon, great little machine with a nice big screen. I installed Linux on it right away. Awesome that I can do that! I asked them if I could get a new desk (current one has no storage and is too low) and chair (current one's back is too inclined and not adjustable) and they said yes right away. I'm going to shop for those next week. Woot!
The only thing that's not fun about the new job is the person who had my job before. He left 5 months ago (or something) and has kept working for them at 5 hours a week to help out. Except it hasn't worked out great. So, there's work he was supposed to do that hasn't been done and there's work he did and hasn't been paid for yet. Now the boss owes him $2.5k (apparently) and won't pay it until we get the passwords to everything (which the company should have had in the first place) and the guy won't give the passwords until he gets his money. I can't do much without those passwords... I can't wait for this to all be resolved.
And you know what I heard this Friday. That other position that I was going to interview for at my old job, they retracted the job posting! Am I glad that I took this job or what! lol
Now, on to the important stuff: TV. *g*
I'm really liking where Dollhouse is going. It's great that it apparently gets even better in the next few episodes. I'm really hoping Fox doesn't fuck it up again. When FBI-agent-man was shirtless with his neighbor, I was like "If he doesn't plan on sleeping with her, he's being incredibly cruel." *snerk*
So, Battlestar Galactica ended this Friday. Ok, I've been growing more and more disappointed with BSG as the seasons wore on. But since it had an end date, I figured they were working towards some answers to the questions they raised. Since I wanted to see where they were going (and some of the male cast are easy on the eyes), I stuck with it. Just like the last (half-season) finale they kept their answers for the for the very end. I wish they had spread them out some more. It would have allowed them to explain them more and maybe made them - both the episodes and the answers - better.
And now the finale. First hour was actually good. They had a great space battle. Some nice robot-on-robot violence. (I can't remember the last time the show was actually scifi and not a soap about who was sleeping with who and who got their memory back and whatever.) I was heartened.
Then they found Earth. Don't get me wrong, I somewhat-liked that. The nuclear-wasteland-Earth they found before was old-Earth; this is new-Earth, our Earth 150,000 years in the past. I'm okay with that. But the rest, gah! Awful!
Everyone without exception decides that technology is bad and they should now live like primitives, sending their ships into the sun. Stupid.
Adama goes off with dying Roslin to never come back, okay. I figured he was going to go into the sun with his ship as she died, but no, he just builds a grave for her and is going to live like a hermit next to it; leaving his son and his friends behind for no good reason. Stupider.
But then, angels and God are behind the whole thing. That's the big reveal! That's what you've been holding out on us for years?! Stupidest! Resolution! Ever! Starbuck came back from the dead way back and you've been wondering why? Poof, she disappears because she's been an angel or a ghost or whatever since then. Baltar's been seeing this chick in his head since the beginning. Angel. Signs and prophecies since the beginning, God. A planet-full of primitives that are DNA compatible with the fleet so they can breed the new human race, God. Gah! At least give us some alternate possibility. Someone time-traveled and set this up maybe; you had a singularity right there! Something. Anything. Talk about a Deus Ex Machina.
I think Babylon 5 is one of the only scifi shows that has ever handled religion right. They used the show to explain religion, usually very respectfully, always letting you chose what you believed. There was a spiritual answer if that's what you were looking for or a scientific one. Take your pick. BSG went the exact opposite way and used religion to explain the show. EPIC FAIL.
Then then the little add-on at the end in present day New York with Angel Baltar and Angel Six talking about the cycle happening again, our building robots that will eventually turn on us. And the series ends on a montage of cutesy-creepy japanese robots. Lame upon lame.