i'm a pixel here, myself

Only four days left to sign up for rpfremix! If you're still on the fence about it, why not give it a go? It looks like it's going to be a lot of fun. And if you're already signed up, how about convincing someone else to endure the pain enjoy it along with you? Remember, the more signups we have, the more overlap there will be, and therefore the more interesting matches that can come out of this.

Right now, we have a surprising lack of CWRPS people -- where are you all?

This has been your challenge-related announcement for the day.

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Got a call this morning from ANOTHER recruiter at the company I've interviewed at a lot (CIIAAL). This time, the person wanted me to know SQL, which... I don't. But I will! I hedged his questions sufficiently to wrangle a "worksheet" (aka "test") out of him and when I send that back in, they'll let me know whether or not I've done well enough to continue with the interview process. I have five days and an SQL for Dummies book and my SAS database knowledge; I should be fine. It's just a question of the particular syntax, which really? They should be asking me about higher-level analytics than "what's the command for _______". The recruiter for the job with the other company called me to let me know that she likely won't know anything until Friday, as the department is in the middle of a worldwide conference and personnel matters are less important at this time. Oy.

For pi day (3/14), Roommate E and I are baking a pie. Naturally. Hopefully it will help me concentrate on SQL things!

Tomorrow: oil change for the car, gym, rehearsal, work on that job thing. Friday: sekrit recording project for my a cappella group! This unemployment thing is actually rather fun, if you don't bother sweating the details of actually, you know, getting employed. And, well. The weather is cooperating :)