As I mentioned before, today was going to start with an interview at the marketing/design firm. The company has actually existed in several forms, the earliest being quite large and a great example of dotcom excess. I interviewed with that company back in 1999. It grew, disintegrated, merged, failed, and was reborn with the current owners. I talked with them again in early 2006.
This morning I met them in their new building, a beautiful old converted mansion. There are 18 people there, and they manage some very nice online brands with certain food companies in particular. I learned a little more about their marketing efforts and have a better, if not complete, idea of what they've got their hands in.
It was less of an interview and more of a discussion. The co-owner remembered me pretty well, and filled in the gaps with the experience on my resume and talking sheet. They described the kind of position they wanted to fill, I said it was the kind of work that I wanted. I left being generally impressed, which isn't something I've been at any of the places I've visited the last few months.
From there, I made a Target run to pick up some junk. I got some neat LED-based flickering faux candles. And cat litter. And TP. Can't go too many blog posts without mentioning poo or cat urine, I guess.
Then I met Randi for lunch, one of my ICOM friends. I was early, so I had a Christmas Ale. I didn't really like it. But wow, it fucked me up really quickly. Glad I had some time for it to metabolize. At the end of lunch I asked Randi if anyone from the old gig would be hanging out at the watering hole, and sure enough, tonight was just such a night.
Once I got home, I had a flurry of e-mail to deal with. I talked to our awesome rep at the hotel in Ft. Myers about rooms. I messed around with an arrogant recruiter for awhile too (thanks Walt!) who seemed representative of the local staffing firm scam. And I got the flickery faux candles in place.
When Diana got home, we headed across town to the alley for a drink and to see my former fellow insurance nerds. I really miss a lot of those people. Regardless of my frustrations there, they were all good people, even when I didn't agree with them.
We went to Stir Crazy for dinner. It was super yummy as always. I love it when you can have brown rice. Other than a soda snafu and too much of a good sauce thing on Diana's dish, yummy.
We stopped into church briefly. I keep forgetting that I have a gift card for it that Kara got me last birthday.
Upon arrival back at home, I logged on to find that my Xbox has been repaired and shipped, and I have a new job as a technical architect. It's about time I had a good day.