Update On Not Being A Bum

I was talking to friend, saying that my full-time job has become interviewing for a full-time job! Here's the last 24 hours, after my screening with Microsoft and technical interview with Cantor Gaming in Vegas (both went well)...

• 7:00pm - Technical interview with Mike at Amazon.com. It's technical. I pass with flying colors. Every one's happy, next up, "team fit" interview, to be scheduled.
• 8:00pm - A mix of watching Olympic History and Pirates of the Caribbean, At World's End
  
• 12:00am - Go to bed. (I know! Feeling a bit under the weather, want full 8 hours of sleep.)
• 6:30am - Wake up. That's what I get for going to be at midnight. Brush teeth, go back to bed.
• 8:30am - Get up anyway, do some OJ therapy with a NYC plain bagel. It's delicious.
  
• 8:44am - Michigan State calls, my transcripts are updated with my new name, but they won't send me one unless I send them $5 first.
• 9:00am - Alarm goes off
  
• 9:35am - Arnie from Amsterdam calls with two possible job opportunities with TomTom and Backbase. He's a recruiter, so it's still early in the process, but finally, some international leads!
• 10:01am - Ram, the VP from Digitas calls for a technical interview. They're a pretty impressive digital advertising company with some high-end clients, some of whose products I actually buy and use! He's happy, wants to schedule a personal interview. Funny note: while surfing their site, I actually came across this quote:
• 10:27am - Debriefing call with Mark, the recruiter who set thing up with Digitas
• 10:32am - Arron (another recruiter) calls with good news. Bravo! wants to do an interview! Brava!
• 10:40am - Jenna (another recruiter) calls from a Utah-based consulting firm ... this is the freelance job, $50/hour, doable anywhere. They want to hire me for work now! Brava! Brava! A JOB!!!
  
• 11:04am - Jason, a developer from Joost calls for a pre-technical interview. He's happy, tells me about the company and the role I would be playing within it. Wants to schedule an in-person interview with the CTO in New York soon. Brava!
• 11:13am - During the interview, Nick (another recruiter) calls letting me know he's submitted my resume to an undisclosed company.
  
• 11:14am - During the interview Tobias (another recruiter) calls letting me know about two possibilities, one with NBC (possibly relocating to LA) and another with Desihits.
  
• 12:20pm - Joe (another recruiter) calls and wants to set up an interview with Rockstar Games. Brava!
• 12:30pm - I type this blog and consider a celebration lunch. Hmm... maybe I better wash my face first!
  
• 2:00pm - More emails from Amsterdam, a few opportunities freelance with a Florida company, dealing with the fact that the job previously offered was only $10/hr in the fine print, (!!!) and the possibility of another role at Microsoft.
• 5:00pm - Nap. Seriously! This stuff is exhausting!
  

So... things are looking up on the job front, and we remain upbeat, for once that's settled, finding a home will be easier.

Life is good, even when it isn't! :)