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xylie1) Refi continues to drag along. Got a call from Wells yesterday trying to upgrade my account and insisting it was necessary. Talked to Bob and it was not necessary as we have our mortgage with them. Really tired of all of this.
2) Business account. My sole proprietorship now requires a business account. Went to Chase first as they have been "my" bank as opposed to Wells (which is more "our" bank), but Chase wanted a minimum of $7500 in the account at all times or else $15/month. As I have no idea if I will continue to take contracting money. I said no. Went over to Wells and used my existing account status (IRA+mortgage+investments) to set one up without such restrictions. Isn't it fun to know that the more money you have the less money you are charged. Nice "boot strapping" system we have isn't it?
3) Interviews continue. Have to find something new. Latest interview was in an old Informatica building, which was just weird. Liked the folks, hope things turn out. If they don't there are other jobs. At least the economy doesn't suck, but expectations of Mary Poppins seem to abound. Why do people want me to kick ass and smile and have bluebirds sing around my head? Surely no one ever asked this of Sarah Connors or Snow White. But that could make a great Buddy Cop movie now that I think about it.
4) Finished Eureka, and feeling down because of it. The finale episode crammed in an entire season's worth of possibilities and resolved them at the same time. It felt rushed and weird. I agree with Wil Wheaton's take that SyFy doesn't know what they're doing. Period. At least there is Warehouse 13 to watch on Hulu.
5) Network problems continue with the Wii. I've even manually set the Wifi connection. No DICE. Taken down the firewall. Still no dice. WTF, Mate? And that means I'm watching Hulu on Jim's computer, which gives him fits. Because. I am. Touching. The Computer. Touch. Touch. (I swear I don't yank his chain all that much, but this one is all too easy.)
6) Have been informed by Sean that I shouldn't swear. He is right. But when Jim says he needs a laptop for his Mt. Tam talk and then chews me out because I suggest one that won't play Everquest (it is in our budget, and I could use it for my business) I tend to get, well...heated and colorful. Have to watch that. But honestly who throws a fork and stamps their foot like a little kid at 300 pounds? It's just inviting a tirade about how one will behave at the dinner table and not d*ck with me about unnecessary expenses before we decide what to do about the car.
7) Trying my best to help Seanie finish up his Tiger badge. Last night we dragged his pet poster to Tiger cubs. And I showed up at the wrong park. It was okay. We missed 20 minutes but came in on game time. Sean played, made a puppet and had a blast. And presented on how cats drink water, not milk.
8) Got to help in a small way with Jake's science report. I love his teacher's ability to get him to do the work himself, but his data was a mess. Had to explain that saying "4 M&Ms melted at 60 seconds" was useless when there are 5 categories of centers. Spent awhile piecing the data together. Also not happy that he was allowed to just guess a hypothesis and not forced to back it up by anything. However, there will be other science fairs. One day, I'd like to take one of them to state. Having had three projects that qualified and always having Dad in my way (he went to USC, didn't want me there) pissed me off more than I realized. Still bothers me into my twilight 30s so yeah. Definitely want to help one of the kids get there, but if not Jake, that's okay. Just need to get the data recorded properly!
2) Business account. My sole proprietorship now requires a business account. Went to Chase first as they have been "my" bank as opposed to Wells (which is more "our" bank), but Chase wanted a minimum of $7500 in the account at all times or else $15/month. As I have no idea if I will continue to take contracting money. I said no. Went over to Wells and used my existing account status (IRA+mortgage+investments) to set one up without such restrictions. Isn't it fun to know that the more money you have the less money you are charged. Nice "boot strapping" system we have isn't it?
3) Interviews continue. Have to find something new. Latest interview was in an old Informatica building, which was just weird. Liked the folks, hope things turn out. If they don't there are other jobs. At least the economy doesn't suck, but expectations of Mary Poppins seem to abound. Why do people want me to kick ass and smile and have bluebirds sing around my head? Surely no one ever asked this of Sarah Connors or Snow White. But that could make a great Buddy Cop movie now that I think about it.
4) Finished Eureka, and feeling down because of it. The finale episode crammed in an entire season's worth of possibilities and resolved them at the same time. It felt rushed and weird. I agree with Wil Wheaton's take that SyFy doesn't know what they're doing. Period. At least there is Warehouse 13 to watch on Hulu.
5) Network problems continue with the Wii. I've even manually set the Wifi connection. No DICE. Taken down the firewall. Still no dice. WTF, Mate? And that means I'm watching Hulu on Jim's computer, which gives him fits. Because. I am. Touching. The Computer. Touch. Touch. (I swear I don't yank his chain all that much, but this one is all too easy.)
6) Have been informed by Sean that I shouldn't swear. He is right. But when Jim says he needs a laptop for his Mt. Tam talk and then chews me out because I suggest one that won't play Everquest (it is in our budget, and I could use it for my business) I tend to get, well...heated and colorful. Have to watch that. But honestly who throws a fork and stamps their foot like a little kid at 300 pounds? It's just inviting a tirade about how one will behave at the dinner table and not d*ck with me about unnecessary expenses before we decide what to do about the car.
7) Trying my best to help Seanie finish up his Tiger badge. Last night we dragged his pet poster to Tiger cubs. And I showed up at the wrong park. It was okay. We missed 20 minutes but came in on game time. Sean played, made a puppet and had a blast. And presented on how cats drink water, not milk.
8) Got to help in a small way with Jake's science report. I love his teacher's ability to get him to do the work himself, but his data was a mess. Had to explain that saying "4 M&Ms melted at 60 seconds" was useless when there are 5 categories of centers. Spent awhile piecing the data together. Also not happy that he was allowed to just guess a hypothesis and not forced to back it up by anything. However, there will be other science fairs. One day, I'd like to take one of them to state. Having had three projects that qualified and always having Dad in my way (he went to USC, didn't want me there) pissed me off more than I realized. Still bothers me into my twilight 30s so yeah. Definitely want to help one of the kids get there, but if not Jake, that's okay. Just need to get the data recorded properly!
