… Beefing up miscellaneous skills, especially because I became permanent recently at a company doing php/mysql. Would like to beef
up even more php-specific design pattern knowledge, mysql, unix, etc…
… Bought a TV finally, since moving here to Seattle a year ago, and then went ahead and bought the second (and last) season of Dead Like Me, Season II of Lost and Season 2 of Stargate SG-1 (something I didn’t realize i liked so much until somewhere in the middle of season 5, but then had to stop watching after that).
… Looking for another place to live. . I must have been, in a past life, in a war where I continually heard bombs and other noise, above me. Because I absolutely can’t freakin stand my upstairs neighbor’s occassional noise, even though he’s not an especially loud neighbor. In this current life, I just absolutely can’t stand noise above me..
I”m not sure why I chose this unit. I guess I was so stoked when I found a brand new apartment building, just built, with nice washer and dryer, oven, etc.. so I didn’t think it mattered that anyone was going to be living above me. So .. the major duhhh was in signing a one-year lease.
On weekends, the obnoxious noise factor kicks in though. He’s relentless in his decluttering, vacuuming routines. I need to start planning something out of the apartment for today as a matter of fact. — I might just plan to purposely get nothing done on the weekends and just take bus rides, and see movies or something, just to avoid the noise at home, until I find another place.
… Starting a new blog, very anonymously, where I’m going to talk about, comment, complain about, etc.. the job search process and other factors associated with the technical field. Mostly about recruiters though, and the painful interview process.. But the thing is, I’m going to focus MOSTLY on the poor attitudes of job searchers, that I see in various forums, (including the dice.com forum) where people whine about not being able to find a job. It’s all about what the world owes them, and not about them maybe making an effort to makes notes about what their atittude was like during the interview and then improving on them.. and maybe reading a self-help book on reducing anxiety, etc.. I have a lot to talk about.. as you can see.. this is the longest paragraph so far in this blog post.
… Books and more books. I buy a lot of books about the mind and the subconscious, and how beliefs shapes your life, and just a lot of metaphysical stuff that goes beyond the mind. I didn’t realize how many I have been buying but not reading. Even reading on the bus, doesn’t allow you to catch up sometimes.
.. Eating better.. And this requires work, because you need to chop vegetables, and plan shopping and make stuff beforehand.. etc.. it takes time, unless you’re Oprah and you hire someone to do all your healthy cooking
