I woke up this morning hurting a lot. It's a miracle to me that people did not just all slaughter each other in the era of no dental care and no analgesics. sil pointed out that the reason and benefit of me having two jobs is that I can, once in a while, take a day off. This is novel and exciting ( Read more... )

Like l'amour. Just about as aggravating. Every bit as inexplicable ( Read more... )

I finally realized that the reason everyone knows who I am when they see me is because I could not possibly be anyone else, as I am female ( Read more... )

I am in California, in a spare cube, my brain FULL of high-hardware and deep-crypto. I am very happy.

The boulevard trees have white blossoms. Now. In October.

I am quite smart, in case I hadn't mentioned it.

No one checked me from grown-up-osity while getting my rental car. It was all much easier than I imagined. fairoriana says that the entire system is ( Read more... )

Today was a totally ordinary Sunday. We went to church, and Baz overdisclosed to the entire congregation. I sat next to Sue, whose partner Donna needed prayers for health. We came home and daddy made lunch. There was quiet time. I made dinner. We watched a movie (the new Charlie and the Chocolate Factory). I did dishes and talked to LT. She's going ( Read more... )

That was the easiest job interview ever ( Read more... )

Tomorrow, I have an informational interview, a lunch, and an outprocessing interview. Oh, and Jane Austen tea in the evening, I think ( Read more... )

Near-term
Get desk in office ready
Figure out how to keep laptop cooler
Discuss tools with IK, determine if I need to buy new Office before I leave MS.
Find tech writing books and put them in office
Buy more flannel pants and long-sleeve t-shirts
Sign family up for Chore Wars.
Make security icon for lj

Slightly longer-termInvest in decent office ( Read more... )

My last day on this contract at Microsoft is the 28th. Yeah, next Friday. But i am not worried.

On August 10, I sent fanmail to a company in Los Altos named IronKey. In this email, I explained how cool I thought their product was (it is), and that since it looked like they were still a startup, and not to the hiring-a-writer stage, they should let ( Read more... )