IMG_2434 Originally uploaded by meherenow. Kei and I joined Jordan, Adam and Helene for the late night soap opera spoof Crescendo Falls. We stayed after to hang with the cast at Theatre Schmeatre. It was a very funny show with an even funnier cast.

If you’re like me and don’t have a bike computer, you can go to the gmap pedometer to find out how far you went. I plotted my commute up there, but you could use it for walking, running or any other trip.

Bikes by a fence Originally uploaded by meherenow. It took a while but I threw some photos of Kei and my hilly ride through orcas to Rosario up on Flickr.

My first week of work is rolling to a close. I’m done with the paperwork side of things and have a cool rolly sit/stand desk. My project doesn’t officially kick off til’ next Tuesday, so I’m getting up to speed on the documents, learning where the coffee machine is and the meeting lots of friendly…

There are two kinds of people in this world. The employed and the unemployed. The employed wish they had more time, and the unemployed wish they had a job. Unless your The Dude of course, as in, “The Dude abides.” (Speaking of his dudeness, the Lebowski fest is occuring right now if you’re into bowling,…

I spent this morning sailing on Puget Sound. I wrote about it here. In other news, Friday was my last day of work. We had a bunch of the developers, those laid off and those staying on, come to Seattle for meetings and one last get-together. It was fun to see them, and really a…

I was sucked in to an hour long pyramid scheme pitch at Tully’s. Don’t get me wrong, the guy was nice and all. But I thought he was starting a company and needed someone to manage his development team, or his eCommerce site. Turns out it was a pitch to work from home to sell…

The job hunt is picking up. I’ve posted my resume and am getting responses from Excell data and a few other recruiters. These are positions primarily at Microsoft. I also started reading Kei’s book “The Unwritten Rules of the Highly Effective Job Search” a book by Orville Pierson, a career services professional, and his methods…

Look, a wagon wheel… I used to love this bizarre yellow blob. He would show up on Saturday Mornings between bugs bunny and the muppet babies.

I was notified today that I’ll be laid off on March 2nd, 2007. After 7 years of working in the same job, that’s a little scary. I have severance, COBRA, can collect unemployment and all of that, so it could be much worse. But it still feels unlike any “end” I’ve ever experienced. With school…