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Right. So I'm a completely lazy bastard, having not updated my
site in a month and a half. I ought to be ashamed of me. Anyway,
I went back to Calgary for a week. I had an outstanding time (thanks
to the ShugahShack and the CPSC gang). It was hard to leave. Despite
all the bitching I did over the years, I enjoyed living in Calgary.
I miss them folks.
So I got back to Montreal, January 20th-ish. I was sick. I spread
my sickness. Then I got sicker. Bronchitis, in fact, and on one
nasty night a fever of 39.8 C. I was somewhat delerious, which was
a treat. We went to emergency, but my fever broke during the FIVE
HOUR WAIT to see a doctor. So we went home. I was given a mandate,
to stay in bed until I was fixed. So I did.
Then I spent a week or so futzing around, not really doing
anything. I sort of set up my apartment, sort of moved into it,
etc. Things looked bleak. But eventually I was prodded to actually
live there. So now I am.
I've never moved across the country all by myself before. I learned
some things. Like to not buy the cheapest futon you can find. The
frame will undoubtedly be warped beyond repair. And the mattress
will smell kinda like wet paint. Also, never ship all your personal
effects with Fedex ground to Montreal. Because they are going to
screw up the delivery and send some of your boxes back to Calgary,
then take next-to-forever to track everything down and actually
deliver it to the right address. Of course, you can't go pick it
up at the Montreal World Shipping Center, because the Montreal World
Shipping Center isn't actually in Montreal. It's 5 BLOODY HOURS
outside of Montreal. Convenient, no?
I still don't have a job. Not that I've done a lot of looking yet.
I sent out a batch of resumes on Monster.ca one day, and got two
callbacks. I lost the number for one of them (oops) and the other
was an internet gambling company. They advertised as an 'online
multiplayer gaming company'. Gaming. I was thinking Everquest-like
stuff. Apparently not.
Anyway, now I have an apartment and internet and a phone and a
bed. And some other stuff, you know, for cooking. And bathing. It's
good. No couch yet, so if you were planning on crashing here, hold
off until I get a job. Couches are fscking expensive. Who has money
for couches? Not me.
Oh. I need a job, in Montreal. Like, ASAP. I'm still working on
my resumes, but the one that focuses on my sort of web / general
programming skills (and is less focused on all that crazy graphics
stuff) can be found right
here. If you can give it to someone who might want to consider
hiring me, I would be extremely appreciative.
(And start emailing me at rms@unknownroad.com,
cuz who knows when they'll shut off my CPSC account.)
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