Popularity Contest

Apparently if you google "Yard Sael", my blog is the second entry in the list. This is ok with me because if you google my real name, nothing comes up at all for me other than my Twitter page, and I took steps to fix that. But going back to this blog's namesake, which if I haven't explained already, was borne out of my fascination with the signage posted by some member of the proletariat (or maybe someone with dyslexia). Apparently, this is not as unique as I first thought.

Ok, that last one is the picture I took. But still, it's not exactly a tricky word to spell and yet the misspelling delights me to no end.

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I've only been here six days and already interviewed for a job. Feeling somewhat nervous about it, and was especially nervous on the phone but I hope it didn't come across that way on the other end. The person said I'd have another chance to speak with another person who works at the company soon, so at least it's not an outright rejection. I'm a little superstitious though and I feel like the more I talk about these things before they actually happen, the higher likelihood of me not getting the job. So I'm gonna pipe down now.

So what have I been doing in my abundance of free time here? Mostly looking for work/housing and wasting the daytime hours at coffee shops, libraries, or other places with free wifi that don't mind me spending hours at a time doing work. I <3 Mountain View for the free internet, can't emphasize that strongly enough.

Of course, the downside to public locations is that I have to endure people falling asleep at their laptops and proceeding to snore loudly. Thankfully, I've got headphones but still... damn.

EDIT: I started writing this on Wednesday, but had a second interview for the job today. This one went a lot better for the most part, and it seems like I'm in line to meet with the people face to face for an extended set of MORE interviews (yay?) sometime soon. The stress is aging me horribly, but the prospect of being gainfully employed again should be a rewarding payoff. After that, things will calm down considerably and my biggest worry will be what to do for dinner. That's a problem I'm plenty happy to have. :)