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February 18, 2005

weekly wrap-up

So, the third interview is done and the company should contact me monday or tuesday next week. Blah! I'm so sick of waiting. I was under the impression that the third interview is normally with the "department heads" to make sure I fit in with the company, personality-wise, however, MY third interview was with a small group leader, to see if I'll fit into his group. He also mentioned a 4th sort-of-interview, with the rest of the group. So, does that mean 2 more meetings before they give me an offer? C'mon already. 5 interviews?

Secondly, everyone I meet from this company asks me what stage I'm in of job searching. Honestly, I'm sending out resumes at least weekly, and just waiting for responses, which seem to be few and far between. Also, when I started interviewing with this company, I was so confident that the weekly resumes started slowing down. So, what am I supposed to tell the interviewers? That I want this job so badly that I quit applying for others? If I tell them I haven't had much luck with other companies, does that make me look bad? If I tell them I haven't been job-searching really hard, do I look like a slacker?

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I started a new quilt this past week. It is the next "quilt of the month" from J@Ann's, but this time I'm actually using the colors suggested. I'm still cutting my own pieces, because I found the machine-cut ones just don't measure up. I started block 4 today, and I think I have nearly all the fabric I need. I might need a few more fat-quarters, but I don't know yet, since I'm cutting blocks as I go.

Also on the craft-note, Make a Blanket day for Project Linus is tomorrow. Hope to see everyone there!

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American Idol was so blah this week. I can't believe they had an entire hour long episode without anyone auditioning. Seriously - we're supposed to watch this why?

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Let's see - what else - I hung up a pic in our living room, even though we're not supposed to put holes in the walls without prior approval. This place has so many holes in the walls already, I'm surprised the ceiling isn't falling down into the floor.

Decorating this new place is coming along slowly, except for the couches and the beautiful shag rug. Budget-wise, mostly because I have no job, but also because someone keeps spending my decoration money on stereo equipment.

Our receiver's infrared receiver died, rendering the remote useless. So, we had to buy a new one, then the new one is so much better than the old one, we had to buy new speakers, and because it is 6.1 instead of 5.1, we need a totally new speaker directly behind the audience. So, I've been doing alot of smiling and nodding this week.

Oh, and someone stole the Fry's ad out of the library newspaper so he could get a better price on said speakers. And this person is supposed to be a role model.

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Oh, valentines day! I nearly forgot - We successfully quartered a duck, and cooked it in hot oil for about 6 hours. It was excellent. So good in fact, Jason ate way too much and spent the night in the bathroom. I too ate much duck-goodness, but not so much that I needed to build an extra room in my stomach.

We couldn't find any fresh fava beans, so we had rosemary couscous instead, and the kick-ass raspberry white-chocolate creme brulee. All in all, very good. Not to mention the cardboard hearts filled with chocolate candy goodness.

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Last but not least, today on the ferry ride home, I saw sea-lions sunning themselves on the buoys. Very northwest. Very cool.

Posted by Sharon at February 18, 2005 07:06 PM

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