easier than writing by hand…

first day.

as i drove to work and then home again over the last few days of my employment at boeing, fighting despair at the prospect of another 45 to 60 minute commute, the only way i kept from going apeshit, hopping the median and driving north in a southbound lane was by consoling myself with the knowlege that today, finally, i would be able to enjoy the glories of only working 10 minutes from home. and then i had to drive to freakin bellevue this morning (on the otherside of the lake across the perpetually clogged WA-520 floating bridge for those of you not from seattle) to go to the HR company that ventripoint contracts with to handle payroll and benefits.

i figured since today was my first day, i probably should try to make an effort at a good first impression and not, for once, show up in my regular jeans and a t-shirt ensemble. with this in mind, i went downtown yesterday and bought some new dress shirts and pants. when i materialized today in a brown button down shirt and charcoal pants, i think there was a mild bit of well disguised shock and later when all 5 of the ppl in the office (i.e 71% of the current company) were standing around kinda joking about it and i was basically told not to dress like that again. i just looked to damned good i guess. but seriously, this is a start up after all and we are in seattle. if you show up to work in a dress shirt and slacks, you either work at a bank or you’re a pretentious bastich and i dont think anybody in this town owns a evening jacket that’s not made out of goretex.

sorry for the lack of updates. i shall try and be more regular. or rather, i shall try to post more regularly, lest there be some confusion there.