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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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Today starts “summer hours” at work… The office closes at 1! Add to that the Monday holiday and this is a good weekend indeed!

A busy one too. A zombie musical, a wedding, a drive-in and a parade (marching, not attending).

Speaking of… I can’t remember the last time I watched a parade. I march in a number of them every year but never watch. Which is sad sometimes, since I don’t get to see the other groups.

Zombie musical… yup. You read that right. In Waltham even.

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Today was a fun day… we marched in the Arlington MA Patriot’s Day parade, our first time at that particular event.

It was a very tame crowd. Families, kids, the usual. After St. Pat’s any parade where sobriety is the norm comes as a surprise.

I’d say there were around 20 of us. A small group for a parade, but it was a smallish parade, so it worked. With R2-D2 and the landspeeder it was a good size!

It was my first time out with the latest set of armor revisions. The new belly armor looks good, though I need to adjust the fit a bit more still. I’m trimming little bits as I go, rather than cutting too much.

There will be tons of pics coming soon. I’m sure I’ll post again for that!

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