Good interview and bad weather

[annathepiper]

Just got off the phone from the screening interview for the potential contract at Real. That went well; they want me to come in for a face to face either tomorrow or Monday. So go me!

Got my treadmill workout of the way before the call, so that's done now. And I took my thank-you letter to the Luna editor down to the mailbox to get that out. Which got me rained on, because we're having absolutely craptacular weather today: gray, rainy, and COLD. Fortunately, my plans for today involve staying in and writing like a mad writing thing. I've had my obligatory night of sulk about the (admittedly damned good) rejection letter; now I need to get back up on that horse.

The craptacular weather is very possibly also going to play havoc with the impending arrival of ravyngyngvar, who should if all goes well be arriving this weekend for take two of his visit to the Murkworks. Yngvar, spazzkat says that you'll be here just in time for the most "Seattle" of Seattle-area weather. solarbird says you may get here just in time for the first major windstorm of the season! Are you flattered we're scheduling this just for you? ;)

This will be wreaking havoc with several of my thoughts about nifty touristy things to do next week, though. Foo. Currently under consideration: the Seattle Underground tour, Pike Place Market, the Seattle Art Museum, the Asian Art Museum on Capitol Hill which is also right next door to the grave of Bruce Lee, possibly a viewing of Mirrormask, and anything else that keeps us out of the weather.

Comments

[angelina-zooma.livejournal.com]

I was in Seattle this summer.. it was sunny :)

[annathepiper]

Which is how it gets around here during the summer! Our summers are fabulous, which is one of the main reasons I put up with the craptacular weather during the winter. :)

[angelina-zooma.livejournal.com]

ahh! That explains that :) I thought it was supposedly crappy all the time and we just lucked out *L*

[annathepiper]

That's one of the Seattle area's best-kept secrets, actually! Our weather isn't crappy all the time, just during the fall and winter. :) It makes a stunning difference. The first time solarbird and I came out here, for my interview with Microsoft way way back in 1991, Seattle was in crap-weather mode. But when we actually came out here to live, we arrived on a brilliantly sunny day and did not recognize the city at all. We actually got lost on our way to the house we eventually moved into, because we couldn't figure out where the heck we were!

[solarbird]

shut up shut up shut UP you're TELLING! Not supposed to TELL!

[ii2none59.livejournal.com]

I'm going to send some of our weather YOUR way!

It's 72 right now with a beautiful fall day and I think everybody deserves that.

[annathepiper]

Oh, that sounds delightful. :) I'd kind of hoped to go biking on the Burke-Gilman and Sammamish River trails while Yngvar is here, but we'll have to see how the weather holds up!

[ii2none59.livejournal.com]

Sounds -- regrettably -- like you're having typical Northwest weather *sigh*

I was so happy that it rained only about 3 times while I was in England, and a couple of times it was for a couple of minutes while the sun was still shining, and then it was gone. Then that Thursday night (I think it was) in Portsmouth, it sounded like we were rounding the Horn for a while, but considering I was airing out that infamous, hot, odd smelling hotel room, I welcomed it! Too bad Jack Aubrey didn't get blown in with it. LOL

[annathepiper]

Yeah, and we're going to be having it all throughout this next week too if the weather forecasts are any indication. Welcome to the Pacific Northwest in November!

And yeah, it'd be loads more entertaining if the windstorm blew Jack in, indeed. ;)

[ii2none59.livejournal.com]

Well it would have made me forget that first room I was in at the Holiday Inn in Portsmouth! LOL THAT in itself was an adventure. (More about that in my journals)

Well, while you all are being washed away, we're getting warm weather pushing nearly 80, which is not all that weird for Louisville this time of year. So far though, I haven't really needed the AC or the heat, so that'll save me a bit of utility money!

[annathepiper]

I need to go back and read your various trip entries, perhaps after I get done with the madness of Nanowrimo. :)

And let's hear it for saving on utilities, especially at this time of year.

[ravyngyngvar.livejournal.com]

"This is your captain speaking. Due to bad weather we are unable to land in Seattle at this time, and will return to Amsterdam. Be aware that due to Northwest's financial difficulties you must purchase a new ticket at full price if you wish to make your trip at a later date."

But I live in Bergen. We've gone from snow to tropical nights the last two weeks. Rain has been pouring down to the point that I think I really need a new rainjacket. It takes a lot to surprise me.

[annathepiper]

And of course our weather behaved mostly, while you were here. Except for the Friday!

(Hi, I'm getting caught up on my backlogged LJ comments!)

[ravyngyngvar.livejournal.com]

Hi, thanks for your comment dated November 20th and inexplicably not appearing in my mailbox until today.

You do realize, of course, that you're causing the collapse of civilization as we know it with this comment of yours?

By answering this old, very dumb gag comment of mine you've given a clear signal that no message must be left unreplied to. As the word spreads, and nobody leaves friends LiveJournal posts unanswered, the number of comments posted will grow exponentially. And every comment becomes another post that others must reply to. As time passes, people will spend more and more time on their LiveJournal accounts. They will stop working, forget to sleep, forget to eat, all while posting and posting while trying to make some headway into the ever increasing avalanche of posts they must reply to. Not one can be ignored, because, you know, that would be rude.

Eventually, all of humanity will end up collapsed over their PCs, mouse finger twitching, mumbling "must answer that Indian engineer." "I've got six friends to alert about Egyptian building opportunities." "That farmer from Montana is full of dung, and must be told so."

[annathepiper]

Oh, the delay is totally explicable. :) LJ has been backlogged trying to slog through comments ever since the data center that drives it got moved down to San Francisco. They've finally fixed the thing that broke, so now all these old comments are finally getting sent out.

Snickers to the rest. And for the record, I sometimes do let a comment slide, but not often. ;)

[howlinhobbit.livejournal.com]

If you come to the Pike Market on either Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday I will be the fella sitting behind the hand-painted sweatshirts and jackets (mostly floral-themed but with a really spif "picasso" one as well).

Hmmm... can't see the other comments whilst posting one but I concur with whoever said "Not supposed to tell!" ;-)

HH

[annathepiper]

*snicker* Okay cool, we'll see maybe about Tuesday or Thursday!