Time of my Life

This is a photo taken by Ron Niebrugge pulled from incredimazing.com. The bears seems so incredibly human to me. Amazing.

A while back Dan posted about a conversation he had with a friend years and years ago that taught him to see the colors in people's skin. I had a similar memory of a conversation while trying to fall asleep tonight:

In college I was studying for a physics test with my friend Carly Greto when the conversation turned away from the terribly boring physics to a much more lively topic; our dating lives. She was explaining to me that she had been seeing the brother of a friend of hers and now when she's around her friend she sees traits of the brother in her and when she's around the brother she sees traits of her friend. She also explained how it weirded her out a little and I found this peculiar but couldn't relate in the slightest at the time.

I'm not sure how long after that conversation it started happening but if I were to ever meet the siblings of a girlfriend (or spouse) I couldn't help but notice their similarities. At first it was a little unnerving but now I think it's amusing and can't but help smile when I see the similarities between my wife and her brother and think of my friend Carly.

I'm not sure what Carly is up to these days but I hope she's doing well. Last I heard she moved to NYC. If it weren't for her I don't think I would have ever made it through that physics class.

Thank you Carly. Thank you for the passing physics grade, the DC cap, the brownies you made me and altering my view of the world!

I just purchased my first stock! How exciting!

I purchased 35 shares of United Microelectronics Corp. (UMC) which manufactures semiconductors for electronic equipment (including the iPhone). A year ago when the first iPhone came out they had a good jump in share price. I'm hoping it will happen again.

Yay stocks!

And my wife is the cover girl! Apparently I was in the TV news trailer. Thanks Dan!

If you haven't been over to my other website yet I urge you to do so. Anything cool that happens to me here in Los Angeles I will be posting there.

I had a cool post today about someone I met.

Nicole and I have been in Los Angeles a little over a week and we're totally loving it. Moving was one of the best things we've ever done!

We made it!! Nothing eventful happened on the drive out but that's a good thing. When we arrived at our apartment to sign the lease and get the keys they informed us that the elevator is temporarily out of order and our apartment is on the 4th floor!! Shitty! Luckily the guy felt bad and gave us $500 off next month's rent and then told us the maintenance guys would help us move all our stuff. Six of them showed up to help and we moved everything in about an hour. Our apartment isn't all that small and we can actually see the US Bank Tower from our living room window. We're in the middle of Koreatown but strangely there isn't a single Korean person in our building. Our neighbors are mostly hispanic but all the shop signs a street over are in Korean. All the neighbors are really nice and love Oni and there are these produce trucks that park out on the street right in front of our building where you can buy cheap produce. I'm really beginning to love this place.

I started my job today and I already can't believe how amazing it is. They told me I can't tell everyone our list of famous clients but I can tell you one of them is a big green angry monster and another recently got out of jail because he accidentally filmed some under age college girls taking their tops off and made a lot of money from selling the tape or tapes or series of tapes.

I'll try and post more often since I've got so much to tell. Keep checking back!

Nicole and I are set to move this Sunday. Hopefully we can get all of our belongings packed and loaded into the truck by the time our party starts on Saturday. Then the plan is to leave the party, catch some Zs and then start on our 15+ hour journey to Los Angeles.

I need to finish a side project before I leave and it's making me a little uneasy because there's a lot of work that still needs to be done. Also, I feel like half of our house still needs to be put in boxes.

I'm hoping to be worry free by 4:00pm on Saturday. If you'd like to attend our going away plus many other celebrations party just show up at: 2730 Downing St., Denver, CO 80205 US any time after 4:00pm on Saturday. There will be food and beer for everyone!

Hope to see you there.

I went, I drove, I interviewed, I got sick and returned.

Waiting for the calls back is pure agony. I received one offer but it was actually for less than I'm making here in Denver. What assholes. It's offensive!

Anyway, I interviewed at an interior design firm in West Hollywood and it was by far one of the best places I've seen to work. The people there were actually real people! The interview was pleasant and informal and I really took a liking to the few people in the small office. Also, the firm is located in West Hollywood which is really nice and the rent is expensive but not absurd.

Hopefully I will hear back soon.

I am currently sitting in the car near the intersection above and in the perfect spot to get full signal free wifi. Crazy, so I thought I would post since I've got three hours to kill before my next interview. This interview is for a really high end interior design firm in a prime LA location. I really like the area and think it would be a really awesome place to live.

Anyway, I'm hungry so I'm going to get something to eat.

Wish me luck.

I don't think I've ever wanted a job more. It's perfect!

The office was amazing, the work was amazing, the PEOPLE were amazing!!

I think my interview went well. I wasn't nervous once the interview started and they listened intently to my little presentation on the projects I brought with me and I was able to answer all of their questions. I think I asked appropriate questions and spoke with clarity.

I was a little overdressed however. The interviewers were both in jeans and we sat in a very informal meeting space with a large, round coffee table and short, white contemporary chairs. I'm glad I kept my jacket on because I sweat right through my dress shirt.

Well, one down and two to go. I'm off to Hollywood.