Heya just wanted to let everyone know I'm now in dallas safe and sound. I started my first day of work today and man it was pretty nice. I never had the words utter to me "just show up when you want and get something around 40 hours in".
If people every relocate to dallas bring soap, it took me forever to find freaking soap. Walmart didn't have any I could find. Tons of shampoo , but no soap. So finally after some confusion I went into this organic store (Whole foods) and had to chuck over 6 bucks for a bar of organic soap which later made my skin itch. I asked the cashier if there were any normal grocery stores
Her response: You must be from up north
Me: Yes, but they kicked me out, then I moved west, and now I'm here
Her : Ummm...l
Me: So how about that recommendation on a grocery store
Cashier: I can't tell locations of competitors
Me: It isn't, I'm asking to buy some food that contains processed sugar in it and soap that doesn't smell like lavendar. You don't market yourself to that group ... so your good
Cashier: Ummm...
Me: Fine here I need this soap
Needless to say
Cashier:1 Me: 0
, but I did find a target today today and was every so happy.
My new job is pretty sweet. I ended up getting a pretty nice laptop and docking station to dual monitors when in office. I also got approved to spend what I need to on upgrading and organzing the system. A dream to hear for any IT Tech. If people every want to visit me I'm right next door to the match.com headquarters too, which has proven to be a very nice area. Anyways hope all is well anyone who read through this!
- Me
Sumul
Mon, 08/13/2007 - 11:56pmWow, that's a great story, Brian! :-) I'm really glad to hear you're doing well. I have to admit, I didn't even know you were moving. Where do you work now? Your recap of your exchange with the cashier is hilarious.
Excalibur
Tue, 08/14/2007 - 4:42am[soap on a rope] zzz
N8
Tue, 08/14/2007 - 7:08amYou didn't like San Diego??
Also the reason the cashier was giving you problems was bc you weren't wearing a cowboy hat- duh!
Brian
Tue, 08/14/2007 - 1:05pmActually interesting enough , I haven't seen one person with a cowboy hat. Though the local fry's is decorated to resemble an open range with lots of cattle. It's odd picking out a kvm switch and having a plaster statue of an ox stare right at me.
I loved SD, though I was laid off with the rest of my deparment (thank you outsourcing). So in turn I knew I couldnt afford the rent in my place for long and had to relocate to a much more affordable area. I got hired in IT Security , my exact title is IT Manager. My main job will be to handle all windows exchange and blackberry server actions.
Tigue (not verified)
Tue, 08/14/2007 - 1:17pmSilly Brian, don't you know that Texans don't wash? Why would they ever need soap?
Enjoy living in a city the size of my home-state's neighbor-state. :D
Fap
Tue, 08/14/2007 - 1:51pmHEY! I'm from Houston and I'm relatively clean!
Also, welcome to Austin, the place you will be spending your weekends! Austin is so awesome. I envy you living in close proximity to it. I would move there again but I can't make myself move back to Texas when I finally escaped after like 16 years.
famonia
Tue, 08/14/2007 - 2:15pmagreed. austin is rad. i just went there over the summer and had such a great time. the nightlife borders on ridiculous, and there's a ton of cool stuff going on there all the time.
fam.
Ariwyn
Tue, 08/14/2007 - 7:14pmHi, Welcome to Dallas!!! I'm home and I will show you all the places to buy soap. I'll even show you where they hide it IN the walmart.
-Amy
WhisBOOM
Tue, 08/14/2007 - 9:02pmYeah, I've noticed that they seem to put soap in a really weird aisle in a lot of grocery stores. Like nestled in among the toilet paper instead of with all the other personal care products. I have never understood this.
For some reason it seems to be appropriate that the headquarters of match.com would be located in Texas. Their commercials seem too damn wholesome to be in some more heathen place.
15
Tue, 08/14/2007 - 11:23pmI'm going to road trip down to texas this winter. Everyone between there and the oregon coast should give me their contact info and stuff so I can you know, chill or something awkward like that.
Qyn
Wed, 08/15/2007 - 6:27amGlad you're settling in Brian. :)
And Josh, you need to come to FL! It's not a long drive, srsly.
Mike
Wed, 08/15/2007 - 10:34amMaybe it is an american thing. In canada, you can find soap AND shampoo side by side. Brian, you should have moved north, not east. IDK what is with this, "we dont tell you where our competitors are" thing. I was looking for a bike pump the other day and the store i usually buy my bike supplies sent me to Canadian Tire.
Furiouso
Wed, 08/15/2007 - 10:43amDoesn't anyone remember the lessons from Miracle on 34th Street? You get the real Santa to come in and tell people at Gimbel's to go to Macy's and vice versa so everyone learns the value of decent customer service!
Tigue (not verified)
Wed, 08/15/2007 - 10:54amI thought it was: If you leave your flower petals in your dad's pocket he won't jump off a bridge.
Ariwyn
Fri, 08/17/2007 - 8:22amHey, I haven't seen you on AIM in the last 24 or so hours. Do you want to meet up this weekend? I have to do a dinner thing tonight for a friend who's moving away, but it shouldn't run too late, and tomorrow night the gang is getting together for gay bingo. None of us has ever been so I have ZERO idea of what to expect. If it's horrible we can leave and go do something else. Should I email you details?
Tigue (not verified)
Fri, 08/17/2007 - 8:29amOooh, if you guys go to Gay Bingo I request LOTS of pictures.
Brian
Fri, 08/17/2007 - 8:44pmYea sorry about the lack of being on here, but they brought me in during a crucial growth spurt.
I walked into there internal network with over 30 workstations cabled through the place, but no labels and a closet full of wires tangeled. Not to mention I have to seperate the IIS web sever from the exchange to help prevent a possible denial of service attack.
I'm thinking though of helping one of the other residental programmers in creating a honeypot to help filter the crap before it hits the main servers. Either way it's a lot of work.
So far Dallas is treating me pretty good though, and I'm liking it every day more and more.
Vasya
Sun, 08/19/2007 - 8:15amWow, that sounds like a networking dream/nightmare. It sounds both really fun and really fucking frustrating at the same time :).
Also, your mom had a honeypot for me, if you know what I mean. To filter my penis.
Brian
Sun, 08/19/2007 - 9:57amHey , no wonder she stopped bugging me. I should thank you for keeping her company =P.
Yea though it's quite frustrating, I know it provides job security. I love the fact I can basically design a network for this company basically any way I want.
John
Mon, 08/20/2007 - 3:25pmThis must be hell for someone with your level of ocd!! :) Kind of like putting someone with arachnophobia in a room full of tarantulas.
I'm glad to hear that you're getting settled in, and your job sounds promising. How are your coworkers?
Vasya
Mon, 08/20/2007 - 4:59pm*shudder*
Tigue (not verified)
Mon, 08/20/2007 - 5:13pmVas's hell would be tarantulas made out of messy cables.
Brian
Wed, 08/22/2007 - 7:24amThat would make a sweet sculpture.
My co worders are actually pretty laid back, but highly professional. 90% are ex military dealing with anti-terroist information. Needless to say I'm a tad intimidated
Qyn
Wed, 08/22/2007 - 11:20amJust don't make off-hand comments about bombs and you'll be fine.
Brian
Wed, 08/22/2007 - 3:00pm"I'm the bomb!"
3 hours later after waking up in a daze.... "Where am I"
Looking around to only see a dimly lite area , cinderblock walls, and one chair with a tray of water.