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I’m Feeling Chatty Tonight …

My Horoscope for Today*:
You may feel as if you are coming and going today. Perhaps you and someone you want to see just can’t seem to get together. If you get into a conversation, particularly an important one, be absolutely clear on what you mean. Misunderstandings are possible now. Geminis with partners could pull it all together and spend a relaxing evening with their mates. Home is a haven today.

So, what have I been up to for the last three days … well, quite a bit to tell you the truth.

Friday, I got word that I got the job if I want it. There a few little things before it’s officially a signed deal, but as far as everyone is ooncerned, I start in three weeks. I’m basically waiting for the paperwork to be faxed to me which will detail the terms of the package they are offering: basically my salary, my stock options, and all the other stuff. I already know what is in it, but I have to wait for the paperwork. After signing and returning it, I’ll give notice to my boss. Acckkkk!

Now if changing jobs isn’t like the most stressful thing in the world, I dont know what is. The name of the company is Snowball.com, formerly Affiliate Networks. The run ChickClick.com, IGN.com, PowerStudent.com, and a host of others targeting the I-Generation, 12-29 year old. In all senses it’s a startup … they don’t have the office space yet, so I’ll be at a random desk until the new office space is acquired. The exciting part is that I’ll be doing web stuff as an Associate Producer and that feeling really starting something from scratch. If nothing else, it should give me some good stuff to journal about.

Friday night was a thank you dinner for the wedding party that I’m a part of. We went to a place called Outback Steakhouse, new in town. Lately I havent been able to eat all that much, so I picked at the appetizers, and ate the chicken I ordered. It was all very good, even if we had to wait an hour to get in … and they don’t take reservations … go figure.

I’ve probably said this before but I have no idea why I’m in this wedding … and especially the best man. Here I am standing up for this guy I met a year ago, and hardly know. And it’s not like I’m best friends with the girl either. She is the person who one of my random thought stories is about. And most of the time she is annoying to me … but how do you get out of a wedding party. They don’t have many people to stand up for them, its kind of sad. So I’ll be standing up in front of the family saying all these wonderful things about people who are friends, but not that special to me.

As if the Friday bonding was enough, Saturday was the date we set for the combined Bachelor/Bachelorette party. Besides not having all that many friends, they also aren’t the type to want the night of bars and strip clubs, so between the four of us in the wedding party we chose a place called Entros, located in The City.

There is one in Seattle and the newer one in San Francisco. It’s designed for larger parties, because of the game-like atmosphere. There are a series of games and challenges that you can play, located around the restaurant. For example, the game show pits everyone in the restaurant against each other with a series of trivia questions. The teams of three or four, have a panel of buttons to choose the answers that correspond to the questions. Another requires you to build wooden hamburgers as quickly as possible on a conveyer belt. They need to be in a cetain order and you have a limited amount of time … it’s crazy.

Anyhow, I’d recommend it to anyone with a large party of people visiting the city, and looking for something to do some night … you can always go clubbing afterwards. The fun does have a price, for the six of us dinner came to $400. I dont think I’ve ever seen that number on a dinner bill before … but we came prepared and paying wasn’t a big deal … surprisingly. Dont you hate the moment the check arrives and it’s time to split it up. UGH! That’s when all of a sudden everyone gets cheap, and in the end you’re missing about $50 or more and nobody wants to cough up any more money … luckily this $400 dinner bill was paid in full.

I’ll be eating Taco Bell for the rest of the month.

Today was a more calm day. I’m very tired as I type this … and even woke up tired. A six year old birthday party for my cousin Kaila … complete with jumping thing and clown. Now our family only gets together about twice a year, Christmas and Thanksgiving. The rest of the year, nobody exists, and so anytime we see each other during the summer months, well, it’s a little strange. But always fun … of course those times come when you have to come up with some small talk, which I hate.

you know trying to talk to people about absolutely nothing just to fill time. With me it usually lasts about five minutes then I run out of things to talk about … you know what happens next..the awkward silence. I actually prefer for people to ask me questions, because I’ll usually answer anything just to avoid that silence. What’s worse is trying to break the awkward silence by trying to say something and all that comes out is “So … ” I wonder if there is a class in how to keep a conversation going.

That’s about the time I head for the kids table. My cousins Steph and Kristin are the most adorable. They are also very grown up, so although they are like 9 and 12 it doesnt always seem like it. I tend to spend most of the family gatherings with the kids in the family … the grown up usually ignore them, so they need someone to pay attention to them. If I could be guaranteed to have kids like them, I’d probably be all up for having some … well, of course, first you have to find someone to have them with.

The other morning, I got an ICQ from Tim of I Wasn’t Built To Get Up At This Time. Now, although I’ve been getting ICQ messages from Beverly, I was still an ICQ chat virgin. But thanks to Tim, I’ve been deflowered. Okay, this is getting a little strange, even for me … let’s move on. Anyhow, for those of you who don’t use ICQ, there is this elephant button and if you push it makes an elephant noise. What is that noise called … like for a dog it’s a bark, cat its a meow, horse it’s a whinnee … what does an elephant do? Anyhow, you use it to get the other persons attention … I like it.

Thanks for the quick lesson, Tim! For those of you out there reading this, hint, hint … you can ICQ me and I’ll talk to you. Actually I just want to press the elephant button again … but I’ll talk to you too.

Click here for a RealAudio entry related to this journal entry. Basically, it’s some of the duties I have as best man and how to make a toast … stuff I found on the web.

Question of the Day:
I’ve given up on the question of the day for now … no one seems to be answering it anyhow, and its too much work for m to think of them.

Tags: work, internet, wedding, birthday, icq

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