Well, fuck.

How 'bout we start off my day by ruining all my hopes and dreams, huh? Well, that's a little melodramatic (melodrama? ME?), but it still sucks:

So, I've been interviewing with this company, a competitor of my current company, for over two months now. They're slooooow. But I've been making progress and getting GREAT feedback at every step. NOW, it seems, there is a new technical manager at their MA headquarters, and he's not sure if the position should really be in Chicago or if it should be in MA. So everything is up-in-the-air all of a sudden. BLAH! IT'S A HORRIBLE MESS AND NOT EVEN BABY HIPPO CAN FIX IT! Okay, that's not entirely fair. Baby hippo can't fix it, but he can help me on the road to emotional recovery.

( My all-time favorite baby hippo photo )

Edited to add: INSULT TO INJURY! I just bit into the world's largest and toughest piece of gristle in my McDonald's Steak and Egg Bagel. It was like having a tire from a Geo Metro in the middle of my damn breakfast sammich! GRR!

The birds and the bees.

I think my kitty is getting to the age where she's confused by sex, so I sat her down and had "the talk" with her last night. "Sometimes," I said, "when a man and his hand love each other very much, they want to be close..." And so it began. It was a good talk, though. I think she's starting to understand why daddy needs all those magazines by the bed.

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Also, I stole this from passenger86 who cites bunsen.tv as the source:

Hey kids, let's play the "Courtney Love or Westminster Dog Show Entrant?" game!!!

1. Pranced around in circle with tongue hanging out as trainer tugged leash.


2. Interrupted performance to squat and take a poop.


3. Drove musical genius to blow his head off with a shotgun.


4. Spent 10 minutes preparing for show by having stylist removing nits from hair.


5. Two best albums written by Kurt Cobain and Billy Corgan.


6. Bit shar-pei on the ass backstage at show.


7. Answered journalists' questions with ten minutes of incoherent barking.


8. Hit doggy-style by Ed Norton.


9. Described by television host as "incredible bitch."


10. Threw up in Drew Barrymore's purse.

Answer: Only 1 and 8 are the Westminster entrants.