Week in Review # 1: Interviewing Taco Seizures & BBQ Computers

One of my more hectic weeks of the summer, though overall, May has consistently been an active month for me over the years. I began on Monday simply waiting for Tuesday to come because I had an interview at Undergraduate Education for a better paying job. Tuesday’s interview  was of course a bit nervewrecking but I am positive that if I don‘t get the job, no one will. Directly after being grilled, I had a grilled chicken burrito at Taco Bell, where sometime during a conversation with Alan and Mansur regarding the merits of the Terminator franchise, a man sitting across the way lapsed into an epileptic seizure and  began rolling on the floor. I jumped to him and reacted by dialing 911 on my iPhone, and it’s times like these where I really wish the iPhone had touch feedback because I missed the keys a few times. If anyone is wondering: when you call 911 from a cell phone, you will get directed to the regional 911 facility in the area code you’re in, something I’ve always wondered since my cell phone is tied to 619, the better San Diego area code.  By the time the fire department arrived, the man was back up on his feet and I was on my way back to work.

Wednesday I went to  have wings with some old co-workers from SCS. Well at least some of them were old, some I didn’t even know. Since that was kind of a boring and awkward experience I’ll just sum it up in one broken up sentence. Helen ran away once everyone showed up; I got hit in the ass with a door; and Dean STILL had a penis on his car window.

Thursday to Sunday is best summed up as me preparing for a BBQ/LAN party, everyone coming over, then me collapsing on my bed, then waking up to find that Briscoe shat on my couch.  It’s always hard coordinating any type of party, but throw in a bunch of networking hardware, different PC configs and pirated games, and LAN’s turn into a second job with less pay.
Benefits of a LAN:

• Great way to spend time with your friends, if you like games anyways
• Good way to test the capacity of your wifi network
• Great test audience for new recipes, or in this case, 3 different chicken marinades.

Con’s of a LAN:

• No less than 80 chickens were killed during the making of this LAN
• Finding out that your WIFI network supports only like 4 connections.
• Jonestown-like atmosphere the following morning.

They do also cost a lot of money, though that is mostly due to my choice. I like to make sure food is there and ready, drinks are provided, and injuries are minimized (thus the extra padding on my dinning room light fixture).

Next week I’ll try and come up with a more clever way of ending my articles.