09/09/09

Well, it's the ninth day in the ninth month of the ninth year of the new millenium and I suppose all I need to really cap the day off is to be listening "Revolution #9. Since I was never fond of that ... oh let's be generous and call it "song," I'll probably just listen to Beethovan's "Ode to Joy" Symphony and call it good.
Still, it is kind of cool to be able to say that I've seen this day since it'll be 1000 years before it comes around again.
Well the job interview at Goodwill did not titillate me. I definitely got mixed signals. The general manager and her assistant manager co-interviewed me for about 45 minutes and, other than my blathering at times and blushing furiously, I thought it went rather well. However, towards the end of the interview the manager explained that they had a lot of people to interview and that the entire Goodwill Organization was always looking for talented people. Further, that if I didn't get hired there that my skills would be put forth and that another Goodwill store might decide that we were a good fit for each other. I took this to mean that she wasn't impressed but would send forth my name into the ether to see if anyone was interested in me. At least that was positive.
Then she said to call her in "a few weeks to see what was going on." Now, I've been brushed off by companies and beautiful women too numerous to count and I've developed a sixth sense as to when I'm being politely (if inexorably) being shown the door. This is what that felt like. maybe I'm being paranoid ... it's certainly not the first time.
In other news, I'm fighting off a brand new cold that Julie and Scott picked up from their forced confinement with their ... acquaintance (?) Veronica during the Labor Day Weekend. (Sigh.) Like I wasn't still getting over the last chest cold. Oh well, not their fault. They'll just pull a Typhoid Mary and hand it off to me.
Did NOT accomplish much today: cleaned some in the kitchen and my room. Bought some groceries and more anti-candida medicine. It seems to REALLY help quash the cravings for carbs and sweets. That's going to be imperative if I'm to get back on track to drop more of this weight. Very frustrating to have lost 20+ pounds only to gain 8 of it back 2 weeks after surgery.
Had a very nice Labor Day weekend despite the cold rain. Nice to have some quiet time around the house with Julie and Scott gone. Spent a lovely afternoon with my friends, Carolyn and Steve, having an early dinner at The Olive Garden and then going to Half-Price Books in Redmond. I picked up several tasty items that I'm looking forward to reading sometime soon.
Speaking of looking forward to something: I'm most anxious for Windows 7 to come out in October. It's not that I've embraced computers at last, it's just that I currently have the beta version of 7 on my machine at present and there are few compatibility bugs that crop up from time to time. Most notably while I'm playing "Bioshock." (For those who aren't familar with this game, it is undoubtedly one of the top three creepiest games I've EVER played. [The other two being "7Th Guest," and "The Undying."] The premise s that you're the sole survivor of a small plane crash in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean in 1960. By some miracle you notice a concrete structure jutting up from the depths and realize its a stairway that leads to a bathysphere that takes you down MANY leagues under water to a fantastic city that was built in secret in the 1940's-50's. The city was created and built by a genius who wanted the freedom to continue with genetic experiments to "upgrade" people via mutation. So, you have untold hundreds of crazed mutated "splicers" wandering around muttering to themselves in the gloom of this dying city and trying to kill you. Your objective is to find this one man named "Atlas" who says he'll help you escape if you help him find his family. The only problem there is that "Atlas" is just a voice on a P.A. system that guides you through. You find weapons and money to buy upgrades and inject yourself with DNA-altering chemicals to gain super powers to help keep you alive. While all this is going on, eerie, 1940's-50's music is playing in the background like a lonely jukebox. Creepy but very cool and compelling game.)
Right. That's all the news for now. More as events warrant.