Various tidbits

I must say, I'm impressed by the lengths that the local Exxon/Circle K went to, in order to improve the restroom experience. It's still clearly an industrial public bathroom, but the carpet, tree, hanging plant, wicker basket over the changing table, and October-style garland around the mirror and on the door were nice touches. Also, the automatic toilet-seat-protector was just icing on the cake.

Weather's still crappy--lots of grey and rain, while my motorcycle sits forlornly under its waterproof cover.

Watched two more episodes of CSI with Christine last night, 109 and 110 (since DVD 2 wouldn't read). Also, Christine was thrilled with her influx of Beatles music--ezme9, you know what I'm talking about. :D

Today at 3, I have another interview with ADIC! I got a voicemail from Rob--first guy I spoke with at the July 20th career fair--while I was in Greenbelt yesterday, left him voicemail after I got back, and got a call later wherein we arranged an interview this afternoon with Arnie (whom I've met) and Dale (whom I haven't.)

Also, apparently one of the Oscar Meyer Wienermobiles is at a 7-Eleven in Manassas today--it called Elliot's show this morning--but I don't know where. It's touring the DC suburbs, it seems. :)

Nifty! I just learned (via kelwyn) that the obnoxious $12 fee for parking at the new Air&Space center (near Centreville, VA) is only collected until 4, and the museum is open until 5:30.

My roommate is a nut.

Nathan just called from work to tell me he's not crazy, just a little impaired, and to stay a while, and then maybe i'd see a different side of him. And then he hung up. :]

Two, count 'em, two!

Happy birthday, Misty!

Happy birthday, Tenoya!

=)

ADIC interview!

Here's what you don't want to hear from the radio traffic report: If you're on 95-northbound between [road A] and [road B], you're pretty much screwed.

Fortunately, I was on 95S, and bailed just before Fairfax County Parkway, where they correctly reported heavy traffic starting.

I was on 95S, see, after leaving 495S, from 7E, where I had my interview with ADIC. There, I talked with Arnie (whom I'd met before, at the Defense Tech Career fair a week ago), then Dale (whom I hadn't) and Rob (whom I had) from about 1500 to 1645. I learned about the kinds of systems I'd potentially be working with, the style of work and work environment, the organization, the people, the potential for long-term employment and advancement, and the like. They learned more about my background, both academic and practical. End result: I believe we all came away liking the prospect of me working with them, so the next step is that they pass their reviews on to HR, and HR makes their decision, within the next week or so.

If I'm hired, I'd start training immediately, mostly 8-5 in the Tysons office, with some training sessions in Colorado--perhaps in snowboarding months!--until they felt I was ready to work on call (could be 2 months, could be a year or more, depending on my skills), at which point it would be all over the DC area, mostly during regular business hours (with some night and weekend 4-hour-response work), at a salary approximately 15K/yr more than I made with RDR. Raarr. ;D

Update: The work would be as a field service engineer for Storage Area Networks (SANs), troubleshooting large data storage systems--we're talking petabytes here, in some cases--from both a hardware and software (OS/driver/control) side, in installations all around the area. (The company has six branches covering the country, but most of this division's work is in the DC metro area.)

Also, the Japanese have come up with a very efficient way to fold t-shirts. It really works!

DeusInnomen (13:10:31): heh. Seen in an IRC quit message:
DeusInnomen (13:10:37): <Quag7> I'd rather have pierogies than an apology
<Quag7> If some random dude came up to you on the street and was like, "You're a horrible cunt. Here, have some pierogies," you'd be well ahead of the game despite the insult.
CU Stryker (13:11:18): ooh. it all evens out with Pierogies, the great equalizer.