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For those of you who have been regularly tuning in to “Where’s gconnor interviewing now?” you will be pleased to find out that we may actually have a winner this time! Today’s interview was at Shutterfly and think they like me, and more importantly, I think I like them. I’ll post details later. Brief overview, I met with 4 people, 5 if you count an almost-cameo appearance by the CIO. All of them seem very cool (well, I already knew ezray was cool). They have a real product to sell and they’re still a little bit startup-y but not as much so as the other place I interviewed last week. They have lots of servers and need more server-wranglers, which I am. Their group seems to be distinguished from other places I have checked out in that they have a strong role in finding technical direction, almost R&D like. ...

It’s been a month since New Year’s, when I told Miche that I really would like to make significant progress on “our problem” this year. I also said that rather than set a timetable and a deadline (because if we set a deadline, the terrorists win) I would instead just say that I would expect her to take some specific, non-trivial action at least every month. She said at that time that she wasn’t sure what the next step should be, and I said, if you don’t know what the next step is, I strongly recommend that the next step should be to go to a therapist and say “I need help” and talk about it. I said that I would gladly go with her. ...

Tomorrow: interview with Shutterfly. We shall see if “system engineer” and “senior sysadmin” are mostly compatible.

I haven’t blogged about the second interview with Netli. I should do so before I lose short-term memory of it, but I’ll be terse compared to the first round. There is only one person they would still like me to meet, and that is the CEO, out last Tuesday with a fever of 104F. I am not sure if they will still have me meet him but I told them my availability and the HR lady (closest thing to a recruiter I’ve seen) said she might contact me for another meeting. I was given information on their benefits but not given an actual offer. I believe the hiring manager was out last week so hopefully I will hear something from them this week.

Exercise log for February Thu 2/1: Fri 2/2: Sat 2/3: Sun 2/4: Mon 2/5: weight 276.2 raisin bran, milk, coffee, 2 splenda, cream (fresh choice) salad, dressing, eggs, veggies, tofu, iced tea/lemonade veggies, hummus chunky chicken soup, 1/2 chicken breast Tue 2/6: Coffee, sugar, creamer oriental chicken salad, 2 chicken wings, veggies, hummus, salami, cheese, iced tea, 2 splenda won ton soup (about 2C), 1/2 egg roll, Vitamin Water, 1 cookie (and when I say “1 cookie” I mean a cookie-sized bit of cookie dough :) Wed 2/7: Raisin bran, milk, coffee, 2 splenda, half&half (Indian) 1 plate (about 2C) of meat/sauce dishes (no rice), 1/4 nan bread, rice pudding, golub jamun Tortilla soup (about 1.5C), beef jerky Thu 2/8: Raisin bran, milk, coffee, 2 splenda, half&half Rest of Tuesday’s chicken salad, 2 chicken wings, veggies, hummus, salami, cheese, iced tea, 1 splenda Can of soup, 1 “cookie”, olives Fri 2/9: weight 271.6 Raisin bran, milk, coffee, 2 splenda, half&half (tk noodle) Won ton soup, taro cake Can of soup, dash of curry powder, bread, margarine Sat 2/10: weight 270.2 1C malt o meal, 2 eggs Chicken patty, mayo/soy dipping sauce, 1/2 ham sandwich, olives Soup, bread Sun 2/11: weight 269.8 (mc d) 2 mini-sausage burritos, coffee, cream, splenda 1/2 tuna sandwich, soup, iced tea, 1 splenda Chicken patty, mayo/soy dipping sauce, broccoli Mon 2/12: Raisin bran, milk, coffee, 2 splenda, half&half (Kapp’s) Half of steak sandwich, cottage cheese, iced tea Tortilla soup, 1 “cookie” Tue 2/13: weight 268.2 Raisin bran, milk, coffee, 2 splenda, milk (kabob place) adana wrap (minced beef&lamb, lettuce, tomato, wrap), iced tea Wed 2/14: Bagel, cream cheese (quizno’s) sm turkey ranch swiss, iced tea Pork chop, polenta, sauce, asparagus, mayo, iced tea, 2 splenda Thu 2/15: weight 266.8 Coffee Pork bits, polenta bits, veggies, ranch, hummus Salad, noodle mix, steak bits, iced tea, 1 splenda Fri 2/16: weight 266.2 Raisin bran, milk, coffee, 2 splenda (quizno’s) Sm turkey sandwich, diet coke, cookie 3 lg shrimp, breaded/fried, bowl of soup, rice. Sat 2/17: weight 265.8, bike 10-15 min (mc d) 2 sausage burritos tuna sandwich, iced tea, 1 splenda (party) bread, spinach dip, 3 cookies, coffee, cream, tortellini, cream sauce, broccoli, mayo, ice cream, more coffee Sun 2/18: 2 eggs, cheese, 2 aussie bites chicken/veg soup, bread (herbivore) falafel wrap, ginger ale, sm. cheesecake, coffee Mon 2/19: weight 265.2 Half bagel, cream cheese, 2 eggs, cheese, milk, 1 aussie bites Ham sandwich? Leftover pork, polenta, some chocolate Tue 2/20: 266.2 Coffee, n/d creamer, 2 splenda, raisin bran, milk Soup, pork bun, tea, 1 splenda Soup, salad, tea, 1 splenda, ham, cheese, olives Wed 2/21: weight 265.2 Food? Thu 2/22: weight 263.4 Food? Fri 2/23: weight 262.6 Raisin bran, coffee cake (bbq) 2 steak tacos, chips, avocado dip, hummus (kfc) pot pie, iced tea Sat 2/24: weight 262.0 (Dim sum) Uh, various kinds. About a plate of food, I think. Coffee, 2 splenda, creamer. Chicken noodle soup, left-over potato skin with cheese, iced tea, 1 splenda. Sun 2/25: weight 260.2 4 eggs, 2 sm tortillas, coffee, creamer, 2 splenda … Mon 2/26: weight 260.8 Tue 2/27: weight 261.4 Wed 2/28: weight 259.8

Hi again dear one I didn’t actually get in trouble for running my mouth off. I think she was just embarrassed more than anything else. She realized that she wasn’t really very mad about that, though clearly she *thought* she was. I told her I was sorry if I said something I shouldn’t have but that I felt it was something she had already said to you or at least thought she had. (At one point I said “you should really tell her how you feel” she said “I have tried” so that was my reason for thinking it wasn’t a secret, or at least it provides some cover) ...

I created a filter with just you on it. I made sure that group was selected before typing beyond the first line, and I will also double-check that it’s locked after posting. I will try to make sure there is a suitable tag on the post as well but this may not be 100%. Here are some of the things I would love to talk more about. Me and miche, you and miche, and helping her Church, religion, and belief systems SCA, The Dream, households, being part of something larger than oneself Other ways to be part of something larger than oneself Our life goals, 1, 5 and 10 years out Brains, thoughts, emotions, senses, beliefs, behavior ...

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I have found out the following about Netli (including just what I was told before signing an NDA): They have been around roughly 5 years and their business is providing speed improvements and local presence for companies dynamic web applications. Think Akamai, but geared to highly dynamic content/apps. Spoke with Michele. Reason I’m looking? Recent layoffs affected people I worked closely with, including several that I had trained. I enjoy my new team as well, but it hasn’t been quite the same since my old co-workers and former boss left. Also, due to reorg, I find myself doing less challenging tasks, and rather than “coast” through this period I would prefer to step up to a newer challenge. Finally, I miss working in a “production” operation; I’m currently working in IT which doesn’t really allow me to use my creativity to make the company more competitive – IT is not SGI’s core competency. I want to feel like I’m working on something that’s important to customers (not just internal customers). ...

I had another gout attack yesterday. Same site, base of left toe. The sequence seems to go something like this: Day 1 (all day): “Hmm, something’s up with my toe, did I bump it on something?” Day 2 (early morning): “SWEET MOTHER OF CHEESES! WHY is my TOE trying to KILL me? Where is the Advil!” Day 3: “OK, that still seriously hurts, but not as bad as yesterday. Advil? Yes please.” ...