Some good news
Well, on the flip side, I do have some good news. As I mentioned yesterday, I’ve gone on a couple of job interviews recently. It’s not that I hate my current job, but I’m at a point where I really think I could find something better. Anyway, I had an interview yesterday that I thought went pretty well, and I guess I was right, because they want to bring me back in to meet the rest of the team. It’s moving quickly, so the second interview could happen as soon as tomorrow.
I’m excited.
Update: And it’s scheduled for Monday!
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There are times when I’m tempted to post her real name in this blog. It’s a pretty distinctive name, so if I posted it, people who Googled her could read my back posts and find out what she did to me.
I’m not going to do it. I’m not that guy.
But I’ve never been as tempted as I am right now. Her next serious boyfriend has a right to know that she thinks that betraying his trust isn’t a big deal.
“Not a Big Deal”
I got together with her tonight, for the first time in a while, to see “Sweeney Todd” and have dinner and get caught up. It was really nice, and we sat and talked like old friends.
But at one point I made some reference to the fact that I’m still tormented by mental images of her and him together. (Which I am. Every day.) And she said, “It’s not a big deal.”
Not a big deal? The worst pain I’ve ever felt in my life, and it’s not a big deal?
I pushed her on what she meant, and she said that it’s not that she doesn’t think of it as a big deal, but that I shouldn’t think of it as a big deal.
I loved her, and I trusted her completely, and she betrayed me. I’m sorry, but I do think that’s a big deal.
If I take her at her word, then she was trying to tell me that my feelings aren’t legitimate, that I shouldn’t be feeling the pain that I’m feeling-pain that she herself caused. If I don’t fully believe her, then she could also have managed to convince herself that betraying me wasn’t really all that bad.
Either way, it hurts like hell.
Statements like that actually make me glad that we’re not together anymore. I don’t want to be with someone who thinks that such a fundamental betrayal of my trust isn’t a big deal.
Dating and Job Interviews
Dating is pressure and tension. What is a date, really, but a job interview that lasts all night? The only difference between a date and a job interview is that in not many job interviews is there a chance you’ll end up naked at the end of it.
“Well, Bill, the boss thinks you’re the man for the job. Why don’t you strip down and meet some of the people you’ll be working with?”
-Jerry Seinfeld
It’s funny because it’s true. I’ve been going on dates and job interviews in the past couple of weeks, and the similarities are striking. In both cases, you’re trying to reveal the good parts of yourself, to make the other person like you, while avoiding revealing the less appealing parts of yourself. And you know that the other person’s doing the same thing, so while you’re doing all of that, you’re also trying to sniff out the other person and figure out what they’re really like.
It’s exhausting, quite frankly, especially doing both at the same time. The interviewing would be easier if, at the end of it, I could come home to someone who I could be completely open with. It’s all the harder because I’m really pretty shy, so I have to put on my “un-shy” act when I’m getting out there on dates and interviews.
It’ll be worth it, though, if it lands me a new relationship and a better job.
Personal, Quote, Work | Comment (0)Bad Billboard
I just went past a billboard for Bud Lite, promising “Endless Refreshment, Superior Drinkability.” Not exactly “Tastes Great, Less Filling,” is it? I think they needed another round of rewriting on that one.
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Quote of the Whenever:
Agnes:Start over! I want everything in one bag.
Bag Boy: Yes, ma’am.
Agnes: But I don’t want the bag to be heavy.
Bag Boy: I don’t think that’s possible.
Agnes:What are you, the Possible Police? Just do it.
-The Simpsons
Quote | Comment (0)Finally, a movie rental option!
Longtime readers of this blog will remember that one of my few gripes about my neighborhood is that I don’t have anywhere to rent movies. Well, except for Blockbuster, but I refuse to patronize them for reasons that I’ve previously explained. Short of Netflix (which I wouldn’t use often enough to justify the cost), I’d pretty much have to get on a train to rent a movie, which is why I haven’t rented one in a while.
Well, now Apple has added movie rentals to the iTunes store. The pricing is perfectly reasonable, and it sounds like the movies come to your machine pretty quickly. I’m excited–if I’m ever home for an evening, I’m looking forward to giving it a try.
Of course, what I really want is for Sony to do the same thing. If I rent movies through iTunes, I have to watch them on my computer (or buy an AppleTV), whereas if Sony offered movie rentals through the PS3, I could watch them on my plasma TV. Come on, Sony, step up!
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