Begging for Lattés

Another day, another interview. This one was a second, shortlist interview with the HSBC. It looks very much like I am going to get this one. Turns out their Notes development team lead knows a lot of the same people I do, particularly my two most important references, through the now defunct Pacific Northwest Notes user group. This definitely helps.

I made sure they knew I have other gigs in negotiation so I can hopefully get a response out of them sooner than later. It would be very nice if I could get a response today, but that probably won't happen and I'll have to make it through another weekend of not knowing.

And here is today's (somewhat topical) cartoon from my collection.

Does it make you dizzy?

Sit and spin

OK, it seemed like a cool idea, but this spinning animated head gets annoying quickly. I think I'll go back to a static picture.

Oh, man!

I did it again... got my ass out of the fire just in the nick of time. Here I was this afternoon wandering around the apartment looking for things to sell, wondering if Evilyn would be interested in buying the wonder wagon, and such things because I didn't have rent together. Then a small contact comes through and I will be getting exactly the amount I'm short by courier Monday!

And in other news: numbers were being bantered about this afternoon regarding the HSBC job so it looks like I will have a concrete offer on that first thing Monday. Perhaps that will light a fire under Telus' butt and my problems will shift from being broke to deciding which set of perks I like better (all in all I'm actually leaning toward the bank over Telus, now. I hadn't thought about until it was mentioned in today's interview, but one big perk of working for a bank is low interest loans... debt consolidation, new car - these are things I need!).

One way or another I'll be back on my feet in no time. Phew!