so, what's this new job like eh?

i don't think my system has fully adjusted to the fact that i only have one job now, i still find myself planning things out around my "spare time" so that i get everything done when i'm not working.

the good news aboot the new job: first, it's only one job. second, it's close enough to home to ride my bike to work (although it is only a 15 minute bike ride).

crappy news aboot the new job: no messenger at work - msn and googletalk are now off the list. also, internet use is highly discouraged. AND, they expect me to be there for the entirety of the business day regardless of how busy i am. for some reason, they have this "we pay you to be here, so be here" philosophy. who does that? that's so 2004.

coming up on sunday is the Ride for Heart. i've noticed that with the exception of Hänni my internet sponsorship has been way low. get sponsoring eh! i promise i'll post pictures of my seriously out of shape arse sweating out 75 km on my bike. it'll be awrsome. normally i would have been able to train a bit more, but with the two job thing and now the new job thing, i haven't had the time for any distance training. so far the furthest i've gone in a single shot this season is about 20 km. sunday's ride will be that nearly 4 times over.

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best wrong-number call ever.

me: "hello!"
woman who called me: "hello?"
me: "who is this?"
woman: "is this Joe?"
me: "no, there's no joe at this number"
woman: "is Joe there?"
me: "no, there's no Joe - you've got a wrong number"
woman: "oh, is this a lawyer's office?"
me: "no, this is my cell phone"
woman: "is this a lawyer's cell phone?"
me: "no, this is a software developer's cell phone"
woman: "ugh. asshole"

then she hung up. how was i the asshole in that conversation?

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four shalt thou NOT count

four days. that's it.

i've been training my replacement at job number one for the last while, and although i'm not quite convinced he's 100% ready, he'll have to do. i am far too excited about the fact that my trip to work will no longer be ridiculous like it was this morning.

it took me more than 90 minutes to get gas and drive the 45 km from door to frickin door. I've also estimated that based on the current price of gas that it's going to cost me between $44 and $50 this week to get to and from job number one. when taking multiple transit systems becomes more cost effective than driving to work, you know you've got a problem.

but that problem will be short lived. only a couple more days to go. i'm looking forward to being able to ride my bike to work on a regular basis. i've literally put less than 100 km on my bike since the start of the warm weather because of the commute and 2 job thing and am going to need to get some major riding in to be able to finish the 75 km in the Ride for Heart on June 1st (Martini - you should totally switch and do the 75 km instead of the 50 - all the cool kids are doing it. and by all i mean me).

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should you choose to sleep late

should you choose to sleep late and you have dogs, this could happen to you...

this is all that remains of the thirty dollars that was in my pocket yesterday. i'm not sure how the dogs managed to pick my pocket, perhaps it fell out of my pocket while i was sitting on the couch last night, but there it is - my thirty dollars.

i suppose i could follow them around with a plastic baggy for the rest of the day to wait for the rest of it, but that would be kind of gross. maybe i'll have to just accept my losses and learn from this - never trust a dog with your money.

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cactumus

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a busy couple of weeks ahead

but really, does it matter if the next two weeks are busy if i only have 2 more weeks with 2 jobs?

the answer is no. i wish i could start my new job now, then it wouldn't have taken me an hour to get to work this morning. no, i could have ridden my bike for 15 minutes to get there and stopped for a coffee at the Tim Horton's across the street.

Iron Man is now out in theatres, and although I wasn't happy with the stance that he took in the comic books when it came to the Civil War, someone had to be the bad guy.

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they made me an offer i couldn't refuse

the official announcement is now: i have officially handed in my notice of resignation to both of my current employers. why? because i have found a new job. and not just any new job, but a new job that is less than 6 km away from my home.

no more two hour commutes. no more assholes in german automobiles cutting me off on the highway. no more 16 hour days.

now, the only way my commute will last more than an hour is if i walk there. slowly.

i start on tuesday after the May long weekend, but i wish it could be sooner. i do feel a little bad that i couldn't give more notice, but honestly once you start dragging that out, then you start questioning what you're doing, then you end up screwing yourself out of a super awesome job that's only minutes from your home.

rocking switch has officially be set to the ON position.

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