Naked Booyah'ing instead!
And no solo nudity!
I wish the weather would decide if it's summer or autumn.Lucky you, getting a summer. It's gone straight from {cold} spring showers (& floods) to autumnal chill (& rain). It might change to winter soon (with lots of rain).
Oh did I mention the rain?
I'd be okay with that. Autumn is and always will be my favorite season.
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The job interview was not all that encouraging. The HR guy was great, and asked me good questions for which I had good answers.
The hiring manager, though, seemed utterly disinterested. In my meeting with him, he asked a few factual questions about my current work, talked about the job, and then sent me away. I have no idea how to regard that.
But...phone messages, like, can totally be full conversations! I mean, you should, like, have my number already, but I guess I can, like, leave it at the end and junk? I said it real fast; is that, like, okay?
WTF people? Am I miniblitzing all by myself here?
Keeps the pipes clean.
Just remember - Your mouths all very pretty. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
O.O
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I don't like the way the forums look in IE7 at work. The faction icons are above people's names, and for people with no subscriptions, the "like" button is right above their avatar pic in a weird way.
Otherwise things look good, though.
IE7. Giving E7s a bad rep...
There we go. Less than 900 now.
For the glorious 69k post?
Hmmm, the possibilities.
69 with a thousand pound person? Pass.
69 with KY? Nope
69 with a person named K? Yeah
Actually, the whole 69k series could be fun. 69069, 69690, 69869...
Hmmm,...
It seems I have a serious lack of skill points in Perception.
Because I'm looking for all of these 'changes' you all are mentioning, and I'm not seeing them,...
Hrm, I DO notice that the user tags like 'Founding Pathfinder Subscriber' and such are no longer here.
Or do I need new glasses?
(Trick question, I ALWAYS need new glasses!)
:S
RPG Superstar 2012
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The job interview was not all that encouraging. The HR guy was great, and asked me good questions for which I had good answers.
The hiring manager, though, seemed utterly disinterested. In my meeting with him, he asked a few factual questions about my current work, talked about the job, and then sent me away. I have no idea how to regard that.
Sorry to hear this, CH. Hopefully, it doesn't mean much of anything.
How are people today?
Good mostly. Hoping the new forums will catch up to the "X new posts" correctly soon.
That would in fact be awesome.
Still just sick enough to hate everything but not enough to call out from work.
This year's kicking my butt, mild but consistent health concerns-wise.
I've not looked at it, but I have a feeling that the Forum-rivals thread is a plot to make me and Aberzombie recreate our wrestling match for the favours of Matt LeBlanc.
It's not going to work.
Still just sick enough to hate everything but not enough to call out from work.
This year's kicking my butt, mild but consistent health concerns-wise.
Get better and try to infect a few kids until you do.
The job interview was not all that encouraging. The HR guy was great, and asked me good questions for which I had good answers.
The hiring manager, though, seemed utterly disinterested. In my meeting with him, he asked a few factual questions about my current work, talked about the job, and then sent me away. I have no idea how to regard that.
Hopefully it means the hiring manager is just the human resources-guy's puppet.
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Hopefully it means the hiring manager is just the human resources-guy's puppet.The job interview was not all that encouraging. The HR guy was great, and asked me good questions for which I had good answers.
The hiring manager, though, seemed utterly disinterested. In my meeting with him, he asked a few factual questions about my current work, talked about the job, and then sent me away. I have no idea how to regard that.
Usually HR just screens applicants and then the actual manager of the department chooses from among those candidates, so that is generally the person you have to impress.
However, I entertained the possibility that this manager just does not like interviewing and wants to hire whoever the HR guy recommends. That's the optimistic option, but not likely...
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Unfortunately, the one time I've had a disinterested interviewer (who showed up to the interview that way), it's because they'd already decided on someone and they were just going through the motions. I was a little peeved when it happened, because I wasted a lot of my time, especially considering I traveled some distance to get to the interview.
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But I feel a little better since I just got contacted by another firm! It's a smaller company, which is kind of nifty. (The interview yesterday was with a well-known, 150-year-old behemoth of an insurance company, not unlike the one I work for currently.)
Cool! Good luck with them!
Hopefully it means the hiring manager is just the human resources-guy's puppet.The job interview was not all that encouraging. The HR guy was great, and asked me good questions for which I had good answers.
The hiring manager, though, seemed utterly disinterested. In my meeting with him, he asked a few factual questions about my current work, talked about the job, and then sent me away. I have no idea how to regard that.
Usually HR just screens applicants and then the actual manager of the department chooses from among those candidates, so that is generally the person you have to impress.
However, I entertained the possibility that this manager just does not like interviewing and wants to hire whoever the HR guy recommends. That's the optimistic option, but not likely...
Plus, it might be indicative of what kind of manager he would be...
But I feel a little better since I just got contacted by another firm! It's a smaller company, which is kind of nifty. (The interview yesterday was with a well-known, 150-year-old behemoth of an insurance company, not unlike the one I work for currently.)Cool! Good luck with them!
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Unfortunately, the one time I've had a disinterested interviewer (who showed up to the interview that way), it's because they'd already decided on someone and they were just going through the motions. I was a little peeved when it happened, because I wasted a lot of my time, especially considering I traveled some distance to get to the interview.
That's somewhat my assumption, too.
One of his initial questions got to what kind of plans my clients have, and whether any of my plans are "X". I don't work on "X", and that apparently is 80% of their business. He said that was not necessarily a deciding factor, but maybe it was.
He also said they have a number of internal and external candidates. As in your case, I'm speculating they may have an internal candidate in mind, barring an external candidate who really impresses them.
Whether it's, "We are looking for experience with X even though we didn't address that at all in the posting or in your pre-screening," or, "We have an internal candidate in mind and this is all a formality," that would be a waste of my time.
But I feel a little better since I just got contacted by another firm! It's a smaller company, which is kind of nifty. (The interview yesterday was with a well-known, 150-year-old behemoth of an insurance company, not unlike the one I work for currently.)Cool! Good luck with them!
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Aberzombie's Really Grim Fairy Tales
The Princess Who Wanted to Learn Magic
Once upon a time, in the Kingdom of Forlandia, there lived the beautiful and wise Princess Betsy. Living in a magical land of high fantasy, she became enamored of the dark arts, and wished to learn magic from the great sorcerer Henry. Her father the king objected, saying the wizard was far too dangerous. But she defied him and
sought the spellcaster.
"I will show you great magic," said Henry, "but at a price. First, you must attempt three tasks for me."
Princess Betsy agreed.
Her first task was to convince the people that her father was old and foolish, and that Henry should take his place as king. Although she tried and tried, however, the princess was unable to convince her people.
"It matters not," said Henry, "What is important is that you tried."
Betsy's next task was to show the people that she was a great and skilled warrior by defeating the evil troll Porkrun.
"But I am not such!" she protested. Whereupon Henry said, "But if you just believe that you are, then that confidence will win you through."
And so Princess Betsy challenged the evil Porkrun to a duel. Sadly, she proved unable to slay the beast, and he left her terribly wounded.
"It matters not," said Henry, "What is important is that you tried."
The final task was for the princess to cast an actual magical spell from an ancient book. She went with Henry to his laboratory. Standing before the lectern, she read aloud from an ancient text. Nothing happened.
"I've failed.", she wailed, "But please, great sorcerer, don't cast me aside."
"It matters not," said Henry, "What is important is that I lied. The words you read are but the final component of the great spell I have worked. Words to be read by the sacrifice."
And so saying, Henry plunged a dagger into Princess Betsy's chest, sacrificing her to nameless power, consigning her soul to the burning pits, and plunging the entire realm in a darkness ruled by his infernal masters.
The end.
I approve of this tale, yeeesssss. Though that last phrase should say "demonic masters". Or perhaps "chaotic masters". Either is good by me, yeeesssss.
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Think about it! Zombies would be the perfect weapon against pod people. The podies are aliens, so we'd be able to tell the infiltrators from the normal humans. And we zombies would be immune to their insidious duplicative ability.
I like this.
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Aberzombie's Really Grim Fairy Tales
The Hero's Kiss
Once upon a time, there was a skilled young warrior named Albert who wanted nothing more than to be a hero. Unfortunately, he had no idea how to become a hero. And so, he went to the local wiseman to ask.
"Well," said the wiseman, "there are many ways to become a hero. You could slay a monster. You could defeat an evil wizard. You could go on a grand quest to recover a powerful relic. You could rescue a princess."
Albert considered those first few suggestions very unappealing. The last one he liked, however. So he asked the wiseman if he knew of any princesses who needed rescuing.
"Of course, I do. The Princess Yasmin was long ago cast into an enchanted sleep, and her body imprisoned in a tower deep in the Mystic's Forest. Only a kiss from a brave and noble soul can awaken her."
And so Albert journeyed through the land, battling monsters and overcoming challenges of wizard and weather. He found the Mystic's Forest, and braved its interior, at last coming to a great tower. Climbing to the top chamber, Albert came upon the beautiful maiden, fast asleep on grand bed. Parting the curtains, he bent his head and kissed her softly on the lips. As her eyes fluttered open and she took a deep breath, Albert collapsed against the bed post, clutching his chest.
"Oh, I'm sorry." said the woman, "Did you mistake me for Princess Yasmin? She's in the next tower over. I'm Princess Violet, the one who waits around pretending to be asleep, with poison on my lips."
And so, Albert died very painfully.
The End.