I checked Facebook and all of a sudden, Kim "The Hammer" Martin has a six-month old baby. I was not aware that she was pregnant. I knew she got married, and that felt like six months ago, but most likely it's actually been around two years. Crazy. Her husband is Mozambican, and she managed to get his ass here in a timely manner, unlike me ( Read more... )

Me and Tobi, we're gonna conquer the world. I signed up for Live Mocha today. Midway through my first French lesson, an English composition popped up about someone's family trip to a Greek Island. It thrillingly brought me back to my brief months as an English teacher. My baby students had trouble with the verb "To Be", no matter how many friggen' ( Read more... )

Ok. What the fuck. I applied to Macy's, and I got a call from the worst HR rep ever telling me to go online to schedule an interview. She literally just said, "Hi I'm from Macy's. Go online to schedule an interview". I was confused, because it was so vague and I'm an idiot. I eventually realized that she meant "at your earliest convenience" and not ( Read more... )

These tattoos blow my mind. I love the abstract art ones, but some of the modern ones are so mind-bendingly beautiful. I would honestly consider getting a tattoo if I could afford this woman (which, I suspect, I can't). Amanda Wachob's shading is unbelievably rich, and so unlike most conventional tattoos.

You know, my friend recently broke the news ( Read more... )

Susan and I went to a Russel Tovey event, hosted by Who York. It was fun, and low-key; q&a and then signing. Most of the people there knew him from Being Human, a BBC show about supernatural creatures that Scyfy is threatening to Americanize soon. I swore that I'd stay away from that sort of thing, but Russel Tovey is so darn cute and everyone ( Read more... )

AppTec finally hired someone for the job, who wasn't me. That's ok, the hour-long traffic-filled commute would've gotten old really fast. I'm not really seeing an end to my unemployment if I want to stay with science. There is not much going on out there. I am still applying to every lab tech/assistant position that I can find. If I were to expand ( Read more... )

Well, nothing new to report on the job front. I'm still unemployed. There is still one job for every 100 bio grads, and no one is responding to my resume (which is awesome, due to Peace Corps). C'est la vie. I will keep trying until someone realizes that what I lack in laboratory skills I clearly make up for in my ridikulous life skillz. What the ( Read more... )

I received an e-mail from an HR rep at a company called Epic in Madison, Wisconsin. They develop software for the health care industry. They are, apparently, willing to relocate me there if I get a job. Weird, and awesome at the same time. Probably because not many people are willing to work in Madison, Wisconsin. But, for the salary that a Project ( Read more... )

The Universe heard my call, and Custodio contacted me today. He has completed my recommendation. Though, still the Princeton guy is ignoring me and I have a feeling he's already staffed the position. So, I toiled away time today applying to every lab tech position that I could find in a 50 mile radius. Someone will be impressed with me. I am ( Read more... )

One of the upsides of being unemployed is that you have time. Loads of time. The internet is a cheap thrill these days. Two years with limited access and now I'm researching everything from cars (which I have no intention of buying) to dog and cat food. Yesterday's curiosity was the later. We've been passively feeding our animals with grocery-store ( Read more... )