Thursday, April 11, 2002

How cool is this? Futurama, the great Matt Groening cartoon that FOX treats like a redheaded stepchild, is finishing up this season with a special Star Trek-themed episode called "Where No Fan Has Gone Before." Even better, the entire surviving cast of Star Trek lent their voices to the show (with the exception of the ailing James Doohan). The episode bows a week from Sunday. Should be a hoot.

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That movement on the job front I mentioned last week stalled out on Monday, but I hope to see it revive itself this coming Tuesday. More on that as it develops.

In the meantime, I've started temping. This was something I wasn't particularly keen to do, but push has come to shove and I'm doing what needs to be done. Like talking in vaguely manly clichés.

I certainly can't complain about my first assignment. I'm currently office-sitting for a company. The entire staff is hosting a client conference out of state, which means I'm completely alone there. My only duties are to answer the phone (most folks just ask to go to voice mail when I explain nobody's around), collect faxes as they come in, and pick up the mail every afternoon.

That's it. Most of my time has been spent on the Net, either playing around or continuing the job search. Essentially, I'm getting paid to do what I'd be doing if I were at home. Well, no Civ III, but you can't have everything.

If I can just swing gigs like this one until I finally snatch my next permanent job, I'll be quite happy.

Posted @ 7:57 PM

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