GTA IV

As I have said before, I have so little free time in my life. So little time, that I rarely get anything done. (I start so much, and never complete it.) Well, today I shot myself in the foot, time-wise. I went out and got Grand Theft Auto IV. Great, just what I need, a 60 to 80 hour video game. Where the hell am I going to find 80 hours to complete this game? Ugh. I’m such an idiot! - Anyone else there playing GTA IV?

Can I Act?

My wife has often told me that I should have been an actor. She claims I have the skills, and I need the attention. Well, I dont know about that, but, I have always wondered what it is like to seriously act. Is it an art that has to be in you, or is it a skill that can be learned? I dont’ know. I’ve never really tried (I had bit parts in two plays; one in high school, and the other in college, that was it), nor have I ever had lessons. But, I am curious. So to find out, I think I am going to start a new project. So, ladies and gentlemen, I give you… “Can I Act?”

Here is what I have in mind… I want you, the people of the internet, to write me scenes to perform. Write a scene for me to act out, and I’ll do it. Keep in mind that I am just one person, so make it a monologue. And that I’ll just be in front of my MacBook emoting, so, please, no action scenes or stuff with multiple characters. Just write up a paragraph or page or two, give me direction, tell me my motivation, and I’ll see what I can do. Make it heavy drama or a light comedy, I don’t care, just write it, tell me how you want me to do it, and I’ll give it a shot!

Oh, and please, original material only thank you. I don’t want to “re-interrupt” a character that everyone already knows and loves. Nor do I want to get sued. Thanks for understanding.

Anyway, after I perform your scene, let me know what you think. Leave a comment on my site. Then tell your friends, and then tell them to leave a comment. I’m just doing this for the lulz, just to have fun. I am not a struggling actor trying to make it big. I’m just a guy trying to have some fun.

So, what do you think? Let me know. Or better yet, write me a scene to perform, and then tell me, “Can I Act?”

ROFLcon Pictures

Just a follow up to the post I just made. To see lots more pictures from ROFLcon, simply go to Flikr and search for the tag ROFLcon. Here is the link. Enjoy!!!

ROFLcon - Day One

OKay, so the day after i went to the Hospital for the flu, I was in Boston (actually, Cambridge) for ROFLcon. What is/was ROFLcon? It is/was the Internet, in real life. It was a gathering of Internet celebrities, meme makers, academics and people like me who spend too much time online. Speeches were given, discussion panels where held, shows were given, and people were met. It was a good combination of education and entertainment, about culture, technology, fame, fun and fads.

There was so much more when it comes to what ROFLcon was/is about, but I’m not going to go into that any further. There are others out there who are more articulate and more interesting and better writters then I who are discussing this. Just Google ROFLcon, and on Google News you’ll find a couple pages of articles.

Today, Im just going to write about my ROFLcon experience. What I did, what I saw and what I think. I’m not a reporter, so this is by no means a full report of the weekend, just my timeline of it.

OKay, so, Friday being a work day and all, we thought traffic going into the city would be thick in the morning, and as such, we left mighty early. Mighty early. 6am early. Well, traffic wasnt so bad, and we got to the M.I.T. campus about an hour or more before the 10 am. The worst part about the trip was that it cost me $70 to fill the gas tank. (As a side note, I have decided to start walking to work from now on!)

ROFLCON ON THE MIT CAMPUS

No problems going down, or getting there. Snacks were had, my fever wasn’t too bad, and the conversation was good. I went with my friend Roe. Roe is a talker, and normally people who talk alot bother the hell out of me. But I find Roe to be an entertaining conversationalist, so it’s like have a living talk radio next to you talking about things you are interested in, rather then being next to an annoying prick, which so many “over-talkers” can be.

Anyway, we get in line to register I think we are 10th or 15th-ish. Two guys in front of us are talking. One guy is a bit annoying (and oddly, this annoying guy will keep popping up around me all weekend, and all weekend I do my best just to ignore him. Sadly, I think he was there alone, and it appeared to me that he was trying to hard to make friends. Sad, sure, but I still found him annoying.). The other guy was a reporter. Turns out he was from Wired. After talking to the annoying guy he turns to us for our take on the weekend.

I dont really remember his questions, but I remember that in my answers I mention the long tail, the theroy of the 1000 “true fans”, and the saying that instead of everyone one being famous for 15 minutes, now we can all be famous to 15 or 15 hundred or 15 thousand people, and that is what this weekend was about. To cut forward a bit, the opening speech by David Weinberger was all about these topics, and every thing I had mentioned to the reporter, Mr. Weinberger referenced by name. This made me feel smart, and like I was in the right place for me! And I think Roe was impressed with my academic ability.

DAVID WEINBERGER GIVES THE KEY NOTE SPEACH

But back to the time line. We check in. We buy our t-shirts. I’m not cool enough to buy a lunch box. We get a goodie bag with a can of Brawndo, the official guide book for the weekend (which I have since lost. If anyone can spare a copy, please let me know!), and a crazy straw! We then go into the conference hall that will hold all 500 ticket holders, and where the opening comments will be held and the first panel discussion will be.

Now, it’s barely after 10 am. Things don’t start until after noon. We decide to leave and come back. But as we turn around to go, there he is, signing in like a mere mortal (but he is so much more then that!), there he is, the legendary Tron Guy!!! Holy Fuck, this Internet thing is real, and it is here in person!

TRON GUY CHECKS IN

Something about seeing the Tron Guy, ten feet away, well, it made us a bit giddy. Up until this point, we weren’t sure what we were in for. We didn’t know if this event would be a over hyped flop, full of faux academia and pretentious discussion, or if it would be something really cool. Well, when Jay Maynard, THE TRON GUY!, walked through the doors, then we knew it was on!

We said hello to Mr Maynard, and I had my picture taken with him. He was the only “celebrity” there I did this with. I didn’t feel comfortable walking up to other people, but there is something cool about a pot-bellied guy in a glowing spandex suit that makes you just have to go up to him and say hello and ask for a picture.

ME AND THE TRON GUY, MR. JAY MAYNARD!

After meeting Mr. Maynard, we couldn’t leave. We had to see who else was going to walk in! I saw faces I knew (Bre Pettis, Steve Garfield, Andy Ihnatko -all of who where there in the crowd, they weren’t even people on any of the panels!), and I saw people who’s sites I knew, but whose face were new to me. It was all very exciting in a geeky sort of way. Plus I got a free ‘Dead Meme’ T-shirt, for Snakes on a Plane! I love me the free t-shirts!

Oh yeah, and we met moot! Roe was giddy as a school girl! It was funny. moot was cool, but seemed amazed that two no-bodies like ourselves would want to talk to him. I bet he got over that by the end of the convention. Anyway, he was funny in very subtle way. (I wont tell you what he said about getting advertisers for 4Chan, but it was classic!)

Well, the standing around watching people did start to get boring, so we killed some of the the two hours buy running downstairs to Dunkin Donuts, and by counting the media. We saw press from BBC, The Guardian, USA Today, New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Rueters, Boston Globe, MSNBC, G4 and others. Downstairs, we sit outside, and are right next to Andre Baron and the crew from Rocketboom! They looked busy coordinating, so I don’t say hello. But I do sneak a pict!

ROCKETBOOMERS

Outside, we listen to a live DJ from some outdoor international festival going on, I feed a bird from my hand, and we watch little kids dance.

Then the event starts. Who kicks off the event? The MC was none other then LEEEEEEEERROOOOOOOOOOOOOY JENKINS!!! Damn, I couldn’t get my camera into video mode fast enough to catch his battle cry on video.

As I mention, gave the opening speech, about fame and celebrity in the Internet age, and how the power of the people online can now “make fame” in ways that we were unable to do only 15 years ago. It was interesting, smart and fun. Then the first panel began. The topic was about if people are able to make money in there online endeavors. Andrew from Rocketboom was up there (yes, he does okay), The Million Dollar Homepage Guy (Yes, but that was the point of page, and now that he made the money, no new cash is rolling in), the One Red Paper Clip guy (yes, he traded up from a paperclip to a house, and he got a book out of it), the Chuck Norris Facts guy (no, no money. In fact, he is being sued by Chuck Norris), one of the guys from Jib Jab (yup, big time money there), and the Marmaduke Explained guy (no money going his way.)

The discussion was interesting, but it really didn’t stay on topic once the crowd was able to start asking questions. People just wanted to ask about the projects these people do. This was a problem at other panels I went to during the weekend; they didn’t always stay on target.

So, after that ended, we had some time to kill during the lunch break. We ended up at a place called Cinderellas on Mass Ave, where we GIANT sandwiches for next to nothing. I couldn’t finish mine. But then, at this time, my fever was back big timr and I was feeling oddly, but I was trudging on.

Walking around M.I.T., or any big college campus always makes me mad. I’m angry at my parents, my teachers, my guidance counselors and all the adults in my life who let me slip through the cracks as a kid and who didn’t guide me along the path towards adulthood properly, like I feel adults have the moral obligation to do with the children under their care. I could go on about how I was an abandoned child, but i wont, but I will tell you that I get so jealous/upset/regretful when I visit big schools. Sure, i should have taken more responsibility for my own education, but damn it, at age 15 I was only 15 years old, so to all the adults in my life at that time, fuck you, you all failed me.

Okay, enough of that tangent. After the lunch break, we got in line for tickets for the ROFLcon Concert that was going to be held that night. In line, we heard our first rendition of Rick Astleys “Never Going To Give Your Up”. Before this weekend, I enjoyed Rick Rolling. Now, I’m sick of it, and I think this fad has to end. Ugh! Also, in line, I saw Leslie Hall and Matt Harding, from “Where The Hell Is Matt”.

After getting our tickets, we then went to the talk by historian Jason Scott, who gave talk about memes in the pre world wide web world. Apparently, where there has been communication technology, there have been memes. Interesting stuff, and an entertaining speaker.

JASON SCOTT

MATT AND JAY

After Jason Scott was a talk by Matt Harding and Jay Maynard about surviving internet fame. Matt said it has been easy for him. He has not had to face any negativity, because he is just a goofy guy dancing with a big grin on his face. His videos are just pure joy, and it would take some one really dark to try and crap on it. The Tron Guy, well, he has it a bit harder, as you would guess. He didn’t set out for the world to find him. He just put his picture on his site to share with friends and family, and to show the creation process. But, the world did find him, and at first, there was a lot of negativity sent his way. But like I said before, he over came this, and is stronger for it. Actually, Matt did say that “wacking morning dj’s” have been rude to him, but that’s about it. Jay said he had the same problems. And he said they’re not wacky, just assholes.

When talking about places where people gave him crap, Jay mentioned Fark. And funny enough, Drew Curtis of Fark was there in the audience. There was a funny exchange between the two, but it was all in good nature!

That was it for the academic side of the day. It was time for dinner, then we needed to kill some time before the show. We walked to Harvard Square and got some undercooked burgers. On the walk there, we decided we would be best served to skip the music show and drive home. If we stayed for the show, we would have left Boston until after midnight. This would have meant a long drive home only to have to turn around and drive back after only 3 or 4 hours sleep. Plus, we thought MC Frontalot was going to be at the show when we got the tickets, but it turns out he wasn’t going to perform, and he was the guy we really wanted to see. Plus, I was feeling really crappy at this time, and Roe was tired (he said only got 4 fours of sleep the night efore) So, we ate, and drove home. We missed a good show from what I understand, but, well, we just simply weren’t up for it. Ugh.

That was it. End day one. Day two, tomorrow.

What A Week

Okay, sit back and settle in, this is going to be a long story. Not necessarily a good story, but a long one.

So, it’s Monday now, and this story begins back on Tuesday night. I had the night off of work, as i do every Tuesday. Tuesday night is normally Girls Scout night (yes, I am a Girl Scout, and damn do i look cute in my sash and skirt! - Just Kidding. I’m actually just the assistant to the Troop Leader of my daughters troop.), but this week was a school vacation, so no girl scouts.

This is a good thing, because that night I starting to feel a bit “uncomfortable”. My back was aching. I had done some raking and lifting of heavy barrels of wet leaves, so I thought maybe I had just overdid it a bit. Anyway, when I went to bed, that’s when the pain really kicked in. I was up and down all night. I didnt sleep more then hour at a time. I was in some real pain!

Three years ago, I passed a kidney stone. It was the worst pain I have ever experienced in my life. It was so bad that I blacked out. Pain alone caused me to loose consciousness. Tuesday night, I was beginning to think I was about to pass another stone, but, the discomfort never reached that level of extreme “oh my gawd kill me now!” pain.

Wednesday, I get out of bed after not sleeping, and I trudge through the day. Now my head hurts, and I’m developing a cough. I make it through the day somehow, and go to work that night. After 45 minutes of sitting there, I just KNOW that I am not going to make it through the night, so I get up and leave. My jack ass of a boss isn’t amused, but screw him.

Thursday, the pain is so bad in my head, my back and my lungs, that I can sit up for a while, and yet I cant get comfortable lieing down. So, I go to the doctor. I get there to find I have a fever of 102.5 (don’t you die at 103?) and I’m feeling a bit delirious. (I don’t tell me wife this much though, because I don’t want to worry here.) The doctor sends me to the hospital emergency room for testing.

So, to the emergency room we go! The family gets me registered and then drops me off. See, my daughter had a birthday party to go to, and to a seven year old, that;s more important then a die parent. After an uncomfortable wait, they get me in. The poke me (blood is taken), they prod me (fingers are inserted in my back side), the make me fill a cup (always fun!), and I’m given a cold I.V. to cool me down. Anyway, after a few hours, it turns out I simply have the Flu. Though, the paperwork says “Influenza A”, which to me, is far more interesting then simply saying “The Flu”.

This is the first time in my adult life that i have been told by a doctor I had the flu. I’ve had some bad colds that could have been the flu, but this was my first trip to a doctor due to this virus. And I learned that the only thing they can do for you is mega doses of Tylenol and Advil and water.

Well, the drugs and the I.V. worked, and my fever was brought down and the pains resided and I was sent home, where I was finally able to ge some sleep. I cant wait to the see the itemized bill from the hospital, all for some over the counter pills and water. Thank goodness we have insurance!

Well, that was Thursday. On Friday was ROFLcon! Yes, i should have spent the next two days in bed, but instead, I went to the big city and saw the Internet in real life! And it was great. My fever kept coming and going, but I was running on caffeine and pure will power, and that made the whole event all that more interesting.

So, that’s me sickness store. I hope I get better soon. I’m close, but not quite there yet. Anyway, I have been that healthy this past month. Hopefully with the coming of summer, all these germs and cookies will die off and leave me alone.

Up next, all about ROFLcon!!!

The Uke

I’m working on a very long post about this last week and my ROFLcon experence, but while taking a break, I found this clip on Boing Boing.  I love when the ukulele, when it’s used in such a manner.  I dedicate this post to my old friend Mike Engeman, the best ukulele player I ever knew (and the only ukulele player I ever knew)!

Lots going on…

I was sent to the Emergency Room yesterday by my doctor because of a very bad case of Influenza A, and today i spent all day in Boston at ROFLCon. I’m probably killing myself by going to Beantown, but ROFLCon was AMAZING!!! Looking forward to tomorrow, day two.

Look for more details about all of this on sunday or monday, after I come home and sleep for a very long time, and then write for a very long time. Thanks for your patience.

Scary.

Yesterday, I was in the living room, reading some stuff online, while the kids are playing on the floor with the tv on. (In our family, the tv is always on. Even if no one is watching it, it’s on. What can I say, my wife and I and boobtubeaholics.) Then, the classic “Beeeeeurp Beeeeurp Beeeeurp” sound of the Emergency Broadcast System blared forth from the television.

I looked up, and instead of the normal red banner going across the screen stating that this was a test, this was only a test, instead I see a black screen with white writing. It stated that a “radiological event” had occurred in our county. Oh no…

But, the warning was off the screen in less then 10 seconds. There were no directions following the alert. There was no other alerts on other channels, and no new alerts occurred. There wasn’t any information online.

I guessed it was simply mistake, but for a few moments, I was a little worried. Turns out I was right, it was just a mistake. A local news stations reported that the mistake led to a flood of calls to 911 dispatch centers. Now I feel foolish, because I didn’t call someone (the cable company, the police, the local news, the army?). Should I have, or was my “nah, it’s nothing” attitude the right one to take? I hate the culture of fear we have in this country these days, but maybe I should have been a little bit more afraid. Oh well, too late now, and everyone is safe and sound.

PS - the phrase “radiological event” is now one of my favorite potential disaster descriptions.

Sad. Very Sad.

I’m not an “elitist”, but man oh man, why would they lower themselves to this level?  Ugh.

2 Meters!?!?

A bit documentary about the making of the original computer graphics in the first Star Wars film.  A bit dull, but interesting for a Star Wars dork like myself.

Ugh.

I feel like I have been ignoring this site.  And I have been.  Kinda.  First i was sick, then i was busy, and now this week is school vacation week, so I’ll have my hands busy with the kids.  Ugh.  Too much to do, and not enough time to do it.  But there is some good news…

ROFLcon is this Friday!!!!  Yeah baby!  I’m so excited!  I’m not excited for the event itself, but more for the excitement of doing something, anything, out of the normal.  It’s been so long since I’ve had a road trip.  Taking the kids to their grandparents (while a good time) simply doesn’t count.  Nor is it the same.  I just want some fun.  I have nothing fun in my life right now.

My goal for the summer is to have some fun.  ROFLcom is the the first step.  My attempt to get some interesting people talk to me on this site is the second.  My attempt to learn Final Cut Express, and then create some video, is step three. These are very small steps, but it’s been so long since I’ve had fun, that I need to take small steps.  Otherwise my fun-endix might explode and then I’ll need a fun-dectimy.

Anyway, I really hate blogging about blogging, but that’s what this post it.  I fall back on the theme of blogging about blogging whenever I have nothing else to say.  Which is all to often.  Sorry.

Family Slides

I’ve been spending the day scanning the old slides that belong to my in-laws.  They have all these pictures just sitting in their closet, unshared.  Now, we’ll have them online to share with the family, and we’ll print out hard copies to have, to as something more convenient to view then slides.

My wife is the youngest of five, and there is nearly ten years between her and the closest sibling.  So, she’s not in most of these pictures.  So, that makes it kind of weird for me to be doing this.  Yes, i know these people, but here I am, viewing their life waaaaaay before they knew me, and even waaaaay before they knew my wife!  I feel like a peeping tom, of sorts.  A historical peeping tom, but a voyeur none the less.

Anyway, this project is only one third done, and it has taken up my whole day.  Just wanted to share.

The Road To The White House

I found this to be a great article (though obviously Pro-Obama, but then, so am I) about this week in presidential politics.  Give it a read  HERE

Welcome Back!

Thank you, it’s good to be back!  After a long week of feeling kinda crappy, and then working all weekend long to make up my time lost from work (double shifts of hell!  Don’t get me started about how crappy a company I work for is.  But if you need to buy something from a catalog, don’t buy something from a New England catalog company, okay?), I’m finally back.

But of course, today, Monday, is my one “free day”, meaning I have about 5 hours to myself, my five hours for the week.  So what did I do with my time?  Beer and pizza!  So now, I’m full, tired, and not quite drunk, but not quite “with it” enough to write clearly.

But, I wanted to post something, anything, because I haven’t in so long.  But, as always, I cant think of a damn thing to say.  Nothing interesting anyway.  So, since I am not all that interesting, I think I need to find some interesting people to come on my site.  (this is an idea I’ve been brewing for a while now.)  I have decided to try and “interview” some people I find interesting, since I’m not, and this site isn’t.  Maybe by talking to them, and then posting the conversations on this site, I can then get more people to visit, and can make myself seem “more better” to the world online.  (Because, as you know, everything I do, I do it for you, you wonderful online strangers.)  I’m not going to tell you yet who i am trying to get on the site, but if any one knows the publicists of anyone even remotely semi-famous, please, let me know.  Thank you.

That’s about it for today.  Just a not to tell you I am here, and that I am feeling better, and that I have a new idea for this site.  Just “checking in”, if you will.  That’s all.

sorry…

I’ve been a bit under the weather the last few days, thus the lack of updates. More latter, when i have my strength back. Thanks for your patience.

What I Did Today

I spent too much time being unproductive, that’s what I did. I spent the day reading My [Confined] Space. An interesting image site. Just enough cool stuff to keep me interested for a few hours. Go, visit it, waste some time. Tell ‘em i sent ya!

Remember that scene…

…in Star Wars when Artoo Detoo had to shut down all the garbage compactors on the detention level? Well, here’s a record of his conversation with the Death Star computer. FUNNY!

Star Wars Rap Songs

The second one in an older tune, but the first is new (to me anyway). It also contains language that is of an adult nature. You’ve been warned.

Dave Hill: Jedi Master

I’m a Star Wars geek, but these guys who are real life “Jedi” kinda scare me!

from www.superdeluxe.com posted with vodpod

Lactaid

A fake add for lactose intolerant mice. Great!

Wendy McBurger Kingonalds

I, like many of my fellow fat and lazy Americans, I enjoys me the fast food burgers! Mmmm Mmmm Good! But, I’m getting older, and I know this fatty food will eventually kill me. Heck, we all die, but I want to leave behind a good looking corpse for all the girls to cry over.

Anyway, I decided to give it up. Fast food burgers and that sweat elixir of the gods, Coca-a-Cola. (Actually, all soda in fact.) I went cold turkey. My last trip to a drive through window was on January 1st. Well, since that time things have been realativley easy. Until…

Well, for the last three weeks, I have had this urge, this need, this craving… I need to gets me some junk food!!! I need some grease in my veins. I need that lump of heavy fat in my gullet. I need to loudly burp after gulping down the bubbles in an extra large Coke!

I’ll let you know that I’ve been a good boy. But, I almost wasn’t. In fact, my four year old son saved me from giving in. You see, after a long Friday of running errands and doing other busy woek, we were well over due for lunch. And I had a few dollars in my pocket. And there was a Burger King just two blocks away. And…

I turned to my son, and asked if he wanted some French Fries or Chicken Fingers. I told myself that if he says yes, we’d make the stop. And you no what he said… “No, I dont want any.” No? No!?! NO!?!?!?!!??

When have you ever heard of a kid to turn down a trip to Burger King? I hadn’t, until that day.

So, anyway, the moral of the story is don’t eat crap, you don’t need crap, and even little kids know this. I think. Actually, no, they dont know this, because the next day his mom took him to McDonalds.

Lucky bastard.

Stolen Links

Since I have nothing to say today, and since I want to post, I’m just going to steel some links from other sites.

Via Boing Boing - Stoners and Pizza. Best Craigslist Post EVER!

Via Boing Boing - Steampunk. I enjoy the look of Steampunk but I am starting to get sick of people who take it too seriously. However, this makes me laugh. (of an adult nature, but very funny)

Via Boing Boing - 2001. One o my favorite movies of all time. However, I’ll admit that it took me years as a kid to finally wrap my mind around it and “get it”.

Via Dvorak - Fast Forward. Major League Baseball versus Mother Nature.

Via Dvorak - Slow Motion. A bullet versus various stuff.

Via Geekologie - Legos. More specifically, famous photographs recreated with Legos. Legos are very big in our house right now. Plus I have a growing appreciation of fine photography, so this is a great combination for me.

Via Waxy - South Park: Battle of the Memes. I hope this doesnt happen at ROFLcon!

Via Digg - Mars. I’m a space nut. love this kind of stuff!

Via Digg - McCain. First Clinton wouldn’t release her tax records, now McCain wont release his medical records. I think if your going to run for public office, you should have anything to hide. You dont need to be squeaky clean, but you you should be willing to expose everything about yourself. But then, I’m not running for office myself, am I?

Via Digg - GTA IV. I can’t wait to play this game! (Please make a PC version soon! I cant afford a next gen console!)

This is all stuff I liked or found interesting. By viewing these stories, you’ll also get to know a little bit more about me (and what a nerd I am).

I want to post…

…but I have nothing to say.

Denied Before I Applied

It’s been a busy week, with lots of kid-orrient activities and duties. No time to myself. No time to write.

And, I’ve been a bit too bummed to write. Remember my post last week about trying to write a new cover letter? Well, here’s a recap…

On Friday, I found a job posting within my company that I intantly knew was for me. It was in a bette department, for better pay, it was a job I had done before, and was a job I wanted to do right away. Well, on Monday, my currently manager said I should send an informal email to the hiring manager, so introduce myself, and to let him know thay my letter of interest was coming this week. So, I sent a nice little email on Monday.

I don’t work on Tuesdays. So, I come in Wednesday to find a responce from the hiring manager. I’m going to paraphrase his reply here for you, but it basically boiled down to… “Oh, is that job posting still up? We’ve pretty much made up our mind, but if the listing for the position is still on the intranet, then your welcome to try.” Ugh.

Ugh.

Ugh. I just feel so deflated now. I made the misake of getting all excited for the job over the weekend. In my mind, I all ready had it and I was on to bigger and better things, (even as I stressed over my letter and realistically knew I would most likely not get the job.) But no- Ugh. (Yes, like an idiot, I’m still going to submit my cover letter this week, even though I wont even get an interview; told the guy I was sending it, and I dont want to tlook like the quitter/loser that I am.)

Well, that’s about it for now. I’m too busy this week to writing anything else. Sorry to be so distant. More next week.