Apologies for the eardrums

[grammarwoman]

If only all Mondays could be this cool...

The husband called me earlier today to let me know that the company that he submitted an application for almost a freaking MONTH ago finally called him to set up a helpdesk aptitude test for later this week. He would be so perfect for this job that it's just amazing. Plus, he hasn't been this excited about a job opening since I can't even remember. Please send out the good juju for him on Wednesday.

I should mention that aside from a few assignments for a crappy consulting company (who still owe him a goddamn paycheck from last year), he's effectively been out of work for 4 years. If he were to get this job, my life would be about 3000 percent better. So yeah, wish him/us luck.

To add to the excitement, I just found out that Ben Browder is planning on attending the Stargate Creation Con in August. In Chicago. So I don't have to fly to Burbank in November to see him in person. (Which would make flying to Maryland in July to see David Hewlett at Shore Leave financially possible. Con slut, baybee!) And yes, I am fully aware of how lame I am that this news makes me just as happy as the former. (Getting the job will, however, rank above getting my hands on Ben Browder. So please don't fuck with me, Fate.)

So yeah, I'm sorry if I ruptured your ears with the SQUEEEEEEEEs that involuntarily escaped me today.

Comments

[michaeldthomas.livejournal.com]

Sweet!

Are you going to WisCon this year?

[grammarwoman]

I'm tentatively planning on it -- I haven't registered yet or gotten a hotel room, as I'm still angling to get other people to go.

[miniglik.livejournal.com]

REALLY! AH!

If I'm still here then I wanna go! (I live three hours away.) I never really want to see actors at cons (just writers, mostly). But he's, like, both!

[grammarwoman]

That would be so freaking sweet - we could fangirl SQUEE together!

I'm still negotiating with the husband about buying one of the upgraded ticket packages, for the quality face time at the dessert party and such. I'd rather pay for that than airfare...

[barefoot-chick.livejournal.com]

(Which would make flying to Maryland in July to see David Hewlett at Shore Leave financially possible. Con slut, baybee!

Ooo! Ooo! Me! Me! *dances and hops up and down* I wanna go to Maryland! I only live three hours south of there. How hard would it be to get a pack of rabid fangirls together? Eee!!!!

[grammarwoman]

Rabid fangirls FTW!

(I have this totally impractical dream of taking DH out drinking after the con. Because I bet the only thing funnier than him at a con would be him drunk and rambling. *Grin*)

[sapphireone.livejournal.com]

Sending luck for the DH - retroactively, if necessary!

[grammarwoman]

Thanks!

Hooray!!

[(Anonymous)]

So, so, so, so, how'd it go?
what did husband think? when does he find out?
more importantly, who do we have to kill/threaten/beat/bribe/cajole/harass in order for him to get the job?????

~kazudi

Re: Hooray!!

[grammarwoman]

It went kinda eh. It was more of a Windows certification test than a generic help desk test. Two other people tested at the same time; one walked out after an hour, the other thought it was as hard as the husband did. So we officially don't know. *sigh*

What's really ridiculous is that, according to husband, anyone who could have had an easy time passing the test should be pulling down a lot more money that this job offers.

At the very least, this should kick his butt into pursuing other work possibilities.