This weekend went well. On Friday night and Saturday I watched movies. On Saturday I gave blood, however a black and blue mark developed near the wound. I think they did it wrong or something. On Saturday night I saw "Fat Albert", don't ask me why. It was OK. They tried to do it Brady Bunch style and make it like the 70's meets the 2000's, but it just wasn't as effective. On Sunday I was busy all day. I went to Church, Sunday School, Fed the Homeless, sang and played spiritual songs on my guitar at a prayer group and then played sand volleyball. I signed up for the volleyball league. I actually had fun playing it. It took me back to when I was in junior high and we would play the coaches every day during the off-season. We would lose of course. I even took Monday off because well, I felt like it. I had a couple of phone screens for job prospects and I didn't want to take it at the cube. One of them was the second interview for the Cleveland job. I thought it was going to be another 1 hour tech screen. Instead it was a 15 minute personality profile. That was kind of odd. First they have me do a 48 hour coding marathon and then they ask what my worst trait is and what my best project was like, easy political questions that shoulda been asked before I took the 48 hour screen. Anyway, I'm pretty sure I answered them right so it looks like I will be headed to Cleveland on Friday for the final interview. I also aced another phone screen. This was for a 4-6 month contract here in Dallas. I think they are converting powerbuilder to c#. Anyway, all I really did on my day off was convert some of the old family VHS Christmas tapes to DVD. Christmas time was orchestrated very well by my mother. Every 15 minutes she would have us stop ripping up the presents and place the wrapping paper in the boxes. Of course I never listened, I wanted to play with my toys. I also converted the News tape that Melinda and I were on. It was when we were in the science fair. It was cool to see little 4th grade Brian, showing the world his animations on a computer and stumbling through an explanation, afterwords the announcer says ,"Aha, I think I got that." And seeing my sister in braces and really huge glasses explain how the Earth is sphere. In the evening I had my first date from eharmony. It seems like every six months I go on dates. This girl I actually liked. She has a certain personality trait that I like. She also is a Christian that likes live music and is not a teacher so she has that going for her. We went to the Blue Mesa Grill and then walked around. It was pretty good, so we shall see. Anyway, I actually have to wake up early and leave work early so I can go on other interviews. It is getting harder and harder to hide what I am doing, getting calls all the time during the day. They probably figured it out. But as long as I don't explicitly say something they can't do anything. For now I am going to dream of spiking the ball. Can you just picture it?

Thought of the Day
Ned: Do you have life insurance, Phil? Because if you do, you could always use a little more, I mean, who couldn't? But let me tell something - I got's a feeling
[whistles]
Ned: you ain't got any. Am I right or am I right or am I right?
Groundhog Day