I’m tired. Neither in a good way or bad. Just wore out. Combination of working hard, riding my motorcycle in heavy traffic while it’s hot, allergies, and all the parental duties that have to be done wether I am tired or not.
I just upgraded the version of wordpress that I am running. Let me know if you see any weirdness. 
One of those chained thought paths took be back to a conversation I had some time ago.
Thinking of a person -> remember a conversation with this person -> remember conversation with similar topic with another person -> think of that person -> then think of another conversation-> etc…
It was mentioned recently in conversation by someone else other than me, that I “was a ho in high school”. Yep, I was. And well after too. I don’t consider myself a player. I’m not nor have I ever been out to sleep with every woman on the planet just for the sake of sleeping with them. I just learned early on that if there wasn’t a “No” or “Stop” (which, btw, are perfectly OK) then the answer was yes.
But I revealed in conversation with someone else some while ago, that “More women should have told me no.” I found the strength of that much more attractive.
Reading this post made me think.
For some reason my friends, even my best friends, are scattered far across the planet. So when I get the chance to spend time with them I try to make the most of it. Because of the one “what if” that haunts me the most “What if we never cross paths again?”
But there are a lot of other what if moments. Most are just passing thoughts. But to think that I may never see someone again who has had a large impact on my life sometimes bothers me.
If you are a big fan of tea you should check this out
http://www.seattle.gov/parks/parkspaces/japanesegarden/Tea.htm
I’ve sent two different cover letters over the years.
My Standard Cover letter:
“You should hire me because I’ve worked on some of the largest software engineering projects in the world.”
The cover letter I customized for a popular search engine company:
“You should hire me because I have a Google Dilbert mug. I’ve also worked on some of the largest software engineering projects in the world.”
I’ve never failed to get an interview. Granted my resume lists summaries of the projects I’ve worked on to back up that statement, but I think my cover letter is what gets them interested.
Four Jobs you may have not known I have had in my life:
1. McDonalds Cook.
2. one hour photo clerk (trust me, some people should not be allowed to have a camera).
3. Forest Fire Fighter
4. Wood Gluer at a saw mill.
Four movies I could watch over and over:
1. Star Wars
2. Blade Runner
3. 2001 Space Odyssey
4. Fifth Element
Four TV Shows I love to watch
1. Myth Busters
2. Star Trek (any series, current Enterprise is playing on the SciFi channel)
3. Whose line on comedy channel.
4. Anything on Discovery channel
Four places I have been on Vacation
1. Hawaii
2. San Francisco
3. Japan/Okinawa
4. Washington (the state: road trip all the way around it)
Four favorite foods.
1. Salmon (I’m probably giving myself mercury poisoning I eat so much of it)
2. Ahi
3. Fillet Mignon
4. Salad with red-wine vinaigrette.
Four place I’d rather be right now:
1. Hawaii
2. Europe
3. Asia
4. Really, just anywhere with friends, even here.
Four places I have lived
1. Chatan Okinawa
2. Colville, WA
3. Spokane, WA
4. Seattle, WA
Four favorite candies
1. Chocolate Truffles.
2. GobStoppers
3. M & Ms
4. Nestle Crunch
Your turn
Today I had the realization that the statement “I don’t know what I want to be when I grow up.” is no longer true. A better statement would be “What can I do to buy the toys I want so I don’t have to grow up.”
And the are some expensive toys.
That’s not to say I’m not happy. I could live without any of those things. But it sure would be nice…
Sorry for no posts lately. Been quite busy. I’m back in that mode where I get my fill of computers during the day. I’ve also got quite a bit going on outside of work.
But I still manage to stumble on something kind of fun once in a while. The link takes you to an image transformation page that takes a picture you upload and lets you see what you may look like either of a different race or if you had your portrait done by an artist.
http://morph.cs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Transformer/
My impression of my new employer was already high from what I had read, researched, and experienced in the interviews. But still I did not know what to expect.
My first day I showed up at the scheduled 10am to meet with my now coworker. He’s a very nice guy and a personal friend of the founders of the company. But, while he is a Configuration Manager (CM) the job is now at a point that he cannot handle it alone. The only drawback so far to working with him is that he doesn’t want to overwhelm me. He is approaching my training as though I am new to this. I’ve been gently trying to nudge him into giving me more information at a faster rate. I’m used to trying to drink from a fire hose. I do best under that pressure.
What I am really excited about is that the current system is incomplete. It was not put together by a build engineer. It was cobbled together by several people putting small tools in here and there to patch things up as minimally as possible. There is enough work here to keep me busy for a long time to come. I’ve got a page full of notes and questions just from the last couple of hours of reviewing the last bit of information I got today.
A very gratifying moment came yesterday when I was talking with the CTO (Chief Technical Officer) and co-founder of the company when I heard my name shouted out. It was Joe who I had worked with about 5 years ago. When I told him what I was doing there he looked at the CTO and said “Jesse’s the MAN when it comes to this stuff!”. Can’t get any higher praise than that.
I’m working on a very cool technology. I’m doing something I am good at. I am working with great people. I’m also working with someone who I enjoyed working with in the past. I have a great challenge with lots of accomplishment in down the road.
It’s been a long time since I’ve been this excited.