so, I'd like to apologize for not posting again earlier. I've decided that Sunday is a better day than today (thankfully I posted it at least a day in advance). I don't know where to suggest we go, but if the weather is anything like it is today, I can't see the park being overly busy. (actually, isn't it supposed to get rainier?) So... perhaps we should meet near-ish one of those picnic shelters just in case the rain starts to threaten.

The first shelter in the park... past the humongous parking lot has a fairly decent open space near it, a nice sized parking lot and some of those rusting fire pit things. Like I said, I'll bring frisbee and marshmallows. I may even be able to find a football, but no guarantees. I'm thinking 2:30pm or so would be good... that way we can hang out for a bit and if people decide going out for food is a good idea, well then we can do that too.

so...
Hawrelak Park,
Sunday,
2:30 pm
near the first picnic shelter (just follow the road around to the back side of the lake)
bring your own sporting goods and food/beverages if desired

hope to see you there

Oh, and is anything going on tonight or should I resolve to finally doing dishes?

Hey Al, will it be harder for you to find an engineering related position after taking time off doing unrelated stuff? Would a company hire you over a freshly graduated eng if you did this job for a year or vice versa?

my email:

Eric,

We received an email about the vice dolls from you at the end of May. It appears we left out the word service from customer service but hey all is not lost we found your email again.

We’re about 6 weeks a way from receiving the first shipments. As soon as they arrive I’ll send you an email with information on where they’re available locally or on the web. If you’re one of those people that just can’t wait (that ADD thing) you can send us a US Money Order for $15.oo plus $5 for shipping and we’ll send you one of the first to arrive. All 4 will set you back $60 plus S &H.

Al, if that (jerkoff) dude CAN actually get you the job, i would say go for it even if you do like your current job. it's all about getting your foot in the door right? put up with at maximum two years of BS and then go look for something more satisfying. at least at that point you'll know you're ahead of the other freshly graduated mechies.

taylor: did you compile a list of all the stuff your archived? i'm thinking of trying to get a bunch of people to organize their libraries and have like a central archive... i dunno. (terrabyte server anyone?)

that is all.

A bit late, but good effort on landing that job, Al.

On a much less positive note, Firefox is really pissing me off right now. After seizing up and crashing the computer yesterday, I've started it up today to find that every single bookmark I had has disappeared. All of them. Gone. Now, earlier I was getting some sort of issue regarding user profiles, so could it be that they still exist, only on another profile that I can't access right now? Anyone?

haha sweet! I was mostly joking par, but I'll be good. Fear of plonking... you know.

Al, follow it through anyway - if you get a good job out of it great! if not then you've lost nothing. If it's a crappy job but you get it anyway you can always turn it down. No harm in trying.
As much as you may like your new job it's not worth the time, effort, and money you've put into getting an education. Honestly $9/hr is not great, it seems like it because you have minimal expenses, but you can do much better. If you have any desire to get out on your own you're gonna need more than that. Trust me. I know it's also not all about the money, but what's the point of getting any kind of education just to do grunt work that you could have gotten 8 years ago if you dropped out of high school?
Think about it... you're an engineer - go forth and... uh... engineer.

Well after thinking about it last night I think that guy is offering more then he can deliver on. I think he can put a word in for me but can't actually get me a job. Just your typical adult bull, when they try to sound important in front of other people. Unlike my dad who doesn't bull and lives up to his word. Guess thats why I'm the way I am. So no non-Daytona for a while, we'll see I guess.

And Euro-trip group why the hell are you still lurking on this board? Aren't you suppose to be duck walking around town or something? (Sorry about that nazi reference) If you have some free time do you think you can find my internet buddy? He lives in Germany, I think Berlin and goes by the internet name dfacto. He says he is your typical German urbanite, whatever that means. I mentioned what Par looks like so he'll be looking as well. Hope this add some fun to your life.

-Strictly for my ninjas

You abuse it, Beck, I kill you. (Not literally of course. Just, you know, a reasonable sounding plonk on the head.)

Congrats, Al. That's great news. Can't wait to get a ride in the new not-Daytona.

Holy shit it's cold in Edmonton. I don't think we've had daytime highs here less than 28. Paras is sweaty.

Can't think of anything else. Too hot. Oh yeah, I guess I really like Magritte. Who knew?

nite.