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I had my not-interview this morning. It lasted a whole of 15 minutes. I think basically the lady wanted to see my face once before they hired me. Unless something serious happens, I do believe this is just pro forma and I'm going to get an offer by the end of the week. I still say this is weird as hell, considering I'm ALREADY WORKING THERE, but hey, what do I know.

Spent the whole afternoon fixing a computer for a staff member of the project. Her laptop had been acting wonky and she decided to do a complete re-install. Imagine the situation. A pristine installation of XP and Office XP, on a fixed IP on the McGill network with no firewall or anti-virus… It took me 5 hours to get all the shit cleaned out of it. We're talking 5 viruses, which aren't too bad, but 487 (!!!) spyware-related files. Every time I got one out, a bunch would pop out of the woodwork. Anyway, she's happy and that's extra money for me, so it's a win-win situation.

In the beginning there was a Plan.
And then came the Assumptions.
And the Assumptions were without form.
And the Plan was without substance.
And darkness was upon the face of the Workers.
And the Workers spoke among themselves, saying,
     “This is a crock of shit, and it stinks.”
And the Workers went unto their Supervisors and said,
     “It is a pail of dung, and we can't live with the smell,”
And the Supervisors went unto their Managers, saying,
     “It is a pail of excrement, and it is very strong, such that none may abide by it.”
And the Managers went unto their Directors, saying,
     “It is a vessel of fertilizer, and none may abide its strength.”
And the Directors spoke among themselves, saying to one another,
     “It contains that which aids plant growth, and it is very strong.”
And the Directors went to the Vice Presidents, saying unto them,
     “It promotes growth, and it is very powerful.”
And the Vice Presidents went to the President, saying unto him,
     “This new plan will actively promote the growth and vigor of the company with very powerful effects.”
And the President looked upon the Plan and saw that it was good,
And the Plan became Policy.
And that, my friend, is how shit happens.

Yoinked from wtf_inc: http://www.divine-interventions.com/index2.html

Not work safe!

I'm in one of those moods:

Rc says: say hello to your mum for me
Katy says: i will
Katy says: and my dad?
Rc says: him too
Rc says: my bad for neglecting one of your parents
Rc says: it's like lefty and righty^†
Rc says: there needs to be balance
Rc says: parents are like boobies that way
Katy says: bad mental image
Rc says: and that last sentence is wrong in soooo many ways
Rc says: I'm quite happy about it :D

^† As background, those are Katy's boobs, and they get jealous if they don't have equal amounts of attention :D

I was chatting with blacksquiggles on MSN. It went like this:

Rc says: hey, do you have drill bits that could pierce metal? the equivalent of a toonie?
little miss doom and gloom says: probably, a good set should do, but it might ruin the bit trying
Rc says: see, Katy left me a two-pound coin and i want to drill through the middle to put it on my chain
little miss doom and gloom says: *nods*
Rc says: but i think i'd need a drill-press
little miss doom and gloom says: probably worth it to go buy a proper bit
little miss doom and gloom says: I'm getting a drill press for christmas
little miss doom and gloom says: I'm SUCH A GIRL!
Rc says: oooh
Rc says: girls with power tools
Rc says: SEXAY!
Rc says: heehee! i tried google for “girls with power tools” to see if I could find some sort of porn on it
Rc says: imagine that, none
Rc says: we could corner the market!
little miss doom and gloom says: :O
little miss doom and gloom says: insanity
little miss doom and gloom says: not even right ..
Rc says: want to start it up?
Rc says: i'm serious, we could make big money
Rc says: but then, you'd have to tell your kids you're a porn queen. that's always some sort of taint on the soul
little miss doom and gloom says: :) though I like the title.

So now, I truly want to start a project for girls with power tools. I figure we can all make some good money. Anybody interested? :D

Had a nice chat with Katy earlier tonight. Poor thing, she's really getting knackered with the time difference :(

Quote of the night:

I feel I should be in a Disney movie, like Winnie the Pooh. I'd sit in the corner, offer wisdom and have only one line: “long days… yes”.

Hang in there sweetie, only one more month to go and we'll be in the same timezone.

Receiving random IM kisses from someone special just makes we want to wiggle my toes and let out happy sighs.

Click on the picture to see a bigger version.

And now for something completely different. I just found out earlier today that human resources has accepted the paperwork that the department submitted for my position. This means that I should be hired as permanent staff shortly. As soon as HR convenes me for an interview… for a job I already have. WTF?

Most of you reading this will already know about it, but for the few stragglers who might want to jump into the fun, here's the story.

Lady Jane (emjayne) has started a confessional post, where anonymous posting is encouraged and logging is disabled. Bare your soul, laugh at or with others, say things you'd never dare say in the open. So far, it's up to 700 comments, and it can be found here.

Have fun :D

first off:

Also, I realized that some of the pictures from Katy's trip had been deleted, and I had others that weren't on there, so that's fixed. You can go have a look at the pictures from Pointe-à-Callières online now. There are some really funky ones, like: