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Oct 30
2009

So tonight I’ll be attending my first basketball game. I’ve never seen the sport played by professionals.

Of course, as with all things I do, I’ll be seeing it through the dark tinted lenses of a clone trooper helmet.

Cartoon Network is doing a promotion at the game tonight for Clone Wars. I’ll be there along with several of my strikingly similar looking friends doing… whatever it is Cartoon Network wants us to do.

Should be a fun time. There’s a chance we may go out on the court at some point. It’s only standing in the middle of 20,000+ people… nothing to be nervous about, right? ;)

I hear that there will be a green screen photo op area set up for kids to get pics with us.

In other news, the 501st was on the Today Show again this morning! I did not attend this event, mostly due to the previously mentioned Celtics game. Plus they already have a Rex, and it would have been too much work to whip up a plain white suit for the occasion.

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Oct 26
2009

Every year the 501st and the Rebel Legion in New England go nuts for the Woburn MA Halloween parade.

This year was no exception.

General Grievous in his Droid Truck:

Leia and C3PO on the Endor float:

Yoda:

Ewoks:

A bunch of new clones:

For my part, I designed the droids and led the build crew for them. I built Yoda, and the big part… I sculpted the clone trooper armor / helmets that the clones in that last pic are wearing.

We had a blast! The parade went really well, people loved us, and nothing exploded!

Next up, a troop Friday night at the Garden… Cartoon Network is doing a promotion with the Celtics. I may even get to go out on the court!

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Oct 12
2009

i’ve been so bad about posting. stupid facebook and twitter… microblogging takes so little effort. the lure of the dark side is hard to resist!

at work i’ve been interviewing people for a helpdesk job. it’s going less than impressively thus far. i have 4 interviews this week i believe. yay. i’ve got high hopes for a couple of them. at some point, once i have someone, i’ll be doing a “how not to get a job in IT” post. for now, a sample:

  • send the hiring manager your resume with no subject, text in the message or attached cover letter.
  • send the manager an email asking how to get him/her a copy of your resume. you are applying for a tech job. if email attachments are beyond you…
  • tell the manager that the job looks boring and beneath you, but times are hard and you’ll take what you can get.

on the nerd front, the clone army is going well. we’re at 9 completed kits (myself excluded, so 10 total if you count me), and we have 3 more that are more than 75% finished. the next armor session should finish those three up.

it takes about 3.5 – 4 hours per suit, so do the math ;)

this is just the raw plastic. each person then has to put in the hours to trim / fit / assemble.

we are getting close to our big halloween parade, which is always fun. i’ve got a bit to do yet for it, but nothing big. i’ve got the minimums done for my own stuff, so anything new i make / do is gravy.

october 25, woburn ma. parade kicks off at 1. you should go. yes you. i know, it’s a long flight, but still… it’s fun. it’s worth it.

this time of year is always super trooping. i did a dk/lego promotion at the natick mall on saturday. this coming sunday is the boston autism walk. after that is the parade and a boston celtics game appearance (yes, mr. nosports will be trooping a celtics game!). i think there’s a week off, then it’s megafest in framingham. then it’s thanksgiving, with a parade that weekend.

oy. nerding is pretty hard core. you certainly don’t get bored…

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Oct 1
2009

Bumping this up for the new week. We’re looking for an IT helpdesk person. 4 days a week contract through the end of the year, at which time we’ll re-evaluate and see about going full time with it.

Windows / Linux / Mac mixed environment, in Waltham MA.

Let me know if you or someone you know would be well suited to this.

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