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So my second interview with YetUnnamed, Inc yesterday went really well, by my reckoning (and I reckon we’ll use my reckoning). I met with my boss and the two other people I’d be working closely with (the other web production persons). They all asked me a lot of questions, and I took a really long time to eventually provide answers that were in some way peripherally related to the questions asked. About halfway through I realized that I’d somehow slipped into storytelling mode, which mean every answer had a narrative. For whatever reason, it was parable day in RobbyLand or something.

After the Q&A, my Future Potential Boss gave me the TOU&R of the premises. I got to see lots of offices, some featuring expensive computers and others expensive cameras and still others expensive power tools. Do you see the pattern? That’s right… things requiring electricity. A blackout could bring productivity in this place to a grinding (or a cessation of grinding) halt.

During the tour I got to smell lots of fragrant aromas and see lots of pretty… visages? Whatever. It was a good tour. At the end of it, FPB guy pulled out all the stops and contrived to have the CEO’s father stop in for a visit. And then he ~really~ went all out and had the President of the United States drive by as a gesture of goodwill (or is that a threatening gesture? I suppose it depends on one’s country of origin). I snapped Photo Above as he sped by. Well, as his driver did, anyway. I’m pretty sure the Prez Proper was just sitting in the back, sipping on some Hennessey and tapping his boot heels to a mix tape heavy on the Beastie Boys. That’s why being the President rocks.

Towards the end of the tour, FPB guy mentioned that they had had a bet going as to what I’d end up wearing to the interview, and that I lost out when I cut my hair short. Makes me wonder if the tie was a bit superfluous. ;)

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And then, today, FPB guy called back to offer me the position! And I accepted! Exclamation! Which I guess means I can drop the whole mystery bit: starting on May Somethingth, I will be a Web Production professional for August Home Publishing. Which promotes FPB guy to FB guy (until I have permission to call FB by FN (First Name)). I’m very happy right now. :) Though I’m having a little trouble concentrating on that whole “prepare for the oral defense” thing, what with all the good news adrenaline I’ve got pumping right now.

And now that I know I’ll have a job, I think one of my first orders of business will be to start looking for a new(er) car. I’m going to be driving around two hours every weekday: I’m going to want something luxurious. Something flashy. You know… something with cruise control and an air conditioner. I don’t want to show up to work every day this summer stanky and sorefooted. As such, I’ve spent a bit of time online looking at local dealerships, and found one or two I’d like to test drive. Of course, by the time I actually have the time and finances to get a new car, they will have been sold. I don’t know why I torture myself so.

JOB!