Jobs and the car

Every once in a while, thanks to my resume being on Monster since forever, I'll get a random e-mail from someone concerning employment. Most are just kind of looking around. It's the same thing I'm doing. Sending something out to hundreds in hope for a single catch. Recruiters are the same way. The first time I was searching for a job, I came across the concept of a recruiter. I thought it was great. Go to one person, give them all the work, and sit back. No. I still haven't heard from that first guy, and I think they're all pretty sleazy now.

So yesterday I get an e-mail from a guy in Jersey. It's a recruiter. Can you call? Sure, why not. Might as well be entertained. He tells me about a vague position that I'm not really qualified for. He realized that I'm not qualified for it. So then he asks me if I know anybody who might be. No. Well, could I call him if I think of someone or if someone might be looking? Uh, sure. Sleazy. So he basically turned the whole thing around on me.

The other thing that I realized this morning is that, if I really, really wanted to get out of work for a few days, I could lie to the people at work and tell them that I was in [another] car accident. Just call from the highway or something. Then drive home. Take a few days off. When I returned -- since my parents are abroad now -- use their car instead of mine. By the time they got back, I'd "have the car fixed."

Desperate, but intriguing nonetheless.

Nearly as ugly

And with that, the look of the site has changed. I figured I'd do that to appease all three of you who complain. And as most of you who know who are e-mailing me regularly, I am actually busy this week at work. Ain't nothing like a pause for the cause. Hope you like the green.

The Truth

Thanks mainly to Adam, I'm updating this site. Adam basically e-mails me every day, every hour, to harass me about updates. Well, here you go Adam. No photo. And probably no new photo of the baby until the middle of March. Nay, probably later than that. Hard to say.

As per what's been happening. Maria and I have been busy like, going to the gym and getting in shape. Great fun. Well, maybe not too much in shape, but hey, we're going and that's all that matters. I've noticed that the stair climber thing is rather evil and that I can't watch Pitt basketball games on the television while getting my treadmill on because the pace of the game dictates the pace of my steps, which may or may not result in my tripping and falling off.

Anyway, the parents are planning to leave for Pakistan the day after tomorrow. So once again we'll be left home alone. While that may seem like an excellent time to party, it'll also be a nice little wake-up call as to what it'll take to vacuum and keep clean a house for a few weeks. Maria is still planning on going to Pakistan on March 19th through the beginning of May. So I'll have some completely alone time. I plan on taking more photos, developing them by hand and getting them some decent frames so this little hobby of mine can start paying for itself.

Maria will most likely be taking the digital camera, so there will be less than zero digital photos on this site for some time. Unless I buy a new digital camera ... hmmm... an interesting idea indeed. But nay, I shall stick to old-school methodology and try to scan some black and white artwork instead. And I'm sure I'll stick to that ....

Anyway, we watched, over this past weekend, Garden State and Napoleon (sp?) Dynamite. If I weren't so bloody lazy, I'd link both of those up. Whatever. I'll post my thoughts on them later. Hope you liked that lengthy diatribe, Adam.

Oh, and Brandon complains too, once in a while.