| 28 nov 2001 SHIT. i bought the new issue of _entertainment weekly_ and read the harry potter article. they had this section where they had a Q&A about harry potter plot twists. and they basically RUINED book three for me, which i started over the weekend. shit! they gave away the secret of ron's rat scabbers, which... ARRGH. yup. ruined. heh. they're showing the episode where rachel kisses winona ryder. funny, because in my past, i've had major crushes on both of the actresses. although now, neither of them do anything for me anymore... jennifer aniston got scarily thin, and i just haven't seen any recent movies with winona... but when i went to japan back in 1995, i did bring along a picture of her on my clipboard. yeah. sketch, right? so at 3pm today i had my interview with greenfield networks. pretty cool, i must say. there's something about startups that just excites me. yes, i know that i've worked at two of them, and so far, i've gotten no financial sh-bang out of it, but still... it's the chance of a big payoff that keeps me going. and in a way, i'm kind of unlucky, because of all the guy pals that i had that left teralogic, all of them were bought out. except me. *sniff* i want to experience that! but anyways, greenfield is a long way away from establishing itself. they're only like 20-30 people large, so there's a lot of work to do before they finish their products. but, they're funded by sequoia, which is like a famous VC firm or something. so whatever idea that they have (that they won't tell me unless i go in for a second round and sign an NDA) must be at least somewhat attractive. we'll see. i talked to three guys today, and the last one told me that they'll probably get me in for a second round. yay! oh, and i got an offer from cisco today! yup. the salary is a 5% decrease from my salary at the time of leaving vivace, but it's not bad... and the stock option package is not bad, i guess, given that cisco is a public company and all... so i guess i'm pleased with the offer. i'll just see how it goes with greenfield and take it from there. i realized last night that i worry way too much about stuff that's not happened yet. i'm not going to fret about choosing a company until i've gotten the offer in hand. i got a letter from emi yesterday. yup. all the way from japan. i was wondering if she had received the _buffy_ tape i sent over (_buffy_ is her FAVORITE show), and she got it. too bad that she doesn't have a tv at her place, much less a vcr, so i hope she does get to watch it somewhere. how depressing if i took all that effort to tape the show and mail it over, and she can't even watch it! ha. but yeah, i was so nice to hear from emi. i really miss those sunday night chats i've had with her ever since last summer. it was like one of those things that closed the week out and made me happy. yeah. i love this girl like a sister. and, she and shoji are coming back next june, which means i'll get to see her again! yay! although i have this feeling she'll be settling in los angeles (blech), so that kind of bums me out. oh, and i got an e-card from kevin yesterday for my belated birthday. kevin was my best friend in high school. we visited colleges together, and we both chose stanford, although kevin deferred for a year and spent that year in japan. sadly, we kind of grew apart even though we were both at the same college. but he's one of the friendliest greatest guys i know, and getting that e-card from him really made my day. i was supposed to have another interview tomorrow, with 3pardata, but for some reason, they cancelled it indefinitely. hm. in a way, i'm not too bummed about it, because even though from what i've read, i know 3par is a good much-hyped company, i think i would have a hard time being convinced to work there, because of that whole fremont thing. while i was driving down the 101 to greenfield, i thought more serious about how it would be commuting across the bridge, and honestly, having to do that 10 times a week would just ruin my week. *sigh* my parents are still reading. my dad sent me an e-mail saying that he and my mom were worried about me badmouthing cisco and what would happen if they found out. you know, first of all, i wasn't dissing cisco. i just stated my concerns, and it's not like i think they're a bad company or anything... they're a friggin' powerhouse of a company, and i know that i would learn a great deal if i worked there. it's just that the place is a little quiet for my tastes. and maybe i'm wrong about it, because i interviewed during thanksgiving week. so *shrug* i just don't want my parents to worry to much. i know as a parent, you want to watch your kid and make sure he doesn't fuck up in anything he does, so i get the fact that my parents are watching my back. but i just hope they let me make my own mistakes. i do listen to them, and i do thank them for reminding me that i shouldn't write anything derogatory about people or companies. i bought shrimp chips today. i LOVE shrimp chips. i'm hesitating on opening it, because i invariably eat the entire bag in one sitting. i literally pour the chips into my mouth. kinda gross, but they're so good. some of my friends don't think so. they hate the smell, and the idea that they made chips out of SHRIMP kinda of grosses them out. i find that my fancy for spicy pork rinds is also greeted with the same distaste. recent girls' names that i've come to like lately: leah, elise, alyson. not that i know any in real life... i was watching _celebrity fear factor_ last night, and that whole thing where they pour millipedes, maggots, and scorpions on your head is just really disturbing. especially the idea that they get in your hair and your clothes. and when you extract your head from the glass box, a lot of the little nasties fall on the floor and probably get crunched by your feet. just gross. i just to love stepping on bugs like cockroaches (back when i lived in boston), but nowadays, just the idea of crushing something like that makes me sad. and disgusted. cold and rainy days. don't like it much. i got this e-mail from a reader named betsy that said i was "wholesome." really? after all the stuff i've written about shower romping and stuff? hm. i guess i've strayed away from that kind of topic in the recent past, but "wholesome" isn't exactly the kind of adjective i'd use for myself. it reminds me how one of my friends alex labelled me "harmless," and i objected and bitched about it for a while, but in the end, he remained firm in calling me that. *shrug* i'm watching _seinfeld_ george's parents are a proverbial nightmare... his mom just found a condom wrapper on her bed, and after george admitted to having sex on his parents' bed, he got grounded. ha. ok. not much going on. hopefully i'll get my 2nd round in with greenfield, get an offer, and make my decision from there. no worrying! 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