They bought it.

[digitaldiscipline]

Nepotism at its finest - despite suffering from a bit of foot-in-mouth disease [mmmmm, shoes] during the interview yesterday, angel_renewed held sufficient clout to say, "You want the gig? You got it."

So, yeah... I'm becoming a Tampax (Tampon? Tampan? Tampisto? Tampud? Whatever the collective noun we choose ends up being).

I start on 6 July. I'm giving notice on Monday, and will presumably be taking advantage of Sil & Onebob's generosity of crash space while working though the home/apartment procurement process.

Spent yesterday afternoon, post-interview, running amok with a realtor through our target neighborhood - seven houses in two hours, only one of which was OHFUCKNONASTYHOOD - and two of which looked really nice, at least mid-afternoon (the sage advice of Sil is to swing by again at 11pm on a Saturday night to confirm area behavior, hence tempering my optimism at how nice the houses themselves are).

I then had to forsake axissilverhand mid-sentence to pee in a cup. ;-) Rehydration was pursued during a very pleasant means - park, peruse Ybor City watering holes (mmmm. . . Lambic on tap one place, and a waiter who endorses corporal discipline of unruly customers after sharing a shot with another - featuring good, in-house beer, and coasters that say BEER IS YOUR FRIEND) around dinner, featuring fun and far-ranging conversation about fish, C11, housing plans, and, yes, even a subthread about "Friends," of all things. I was exposed to the well-chilled niftiness that was a near-vacant Czar, as well as meeting Steph, a very nice friend of Axis, at The Castle - hooray for making a new friend in a new city, even if the Happy Places of near-complete strangers are not safe (but, really, nobody needed to see The Asscheeks of Doom, so he needed the ridicule).

It's been a productive visit, even without the successful job hunt - as we discussed at IHOP, simply making positive movement to improve things for myself and aishlynn has been theraputic - like an old faucet caked with hard water deposits meeting a bucket of heated CLR, I can feel large chunks of unpleasant stress and inertia breaking off and dissolving, and it feels damn good.

Comments

[ladysoleil.livejournal.com]

awesome.

I am so freaking happy for you guys.

Okay, so you'll still be in a roach infested swamp, but it'll be a nice roach infested swamp with friends and equity, so it can't be that bad.

big big congrats!

[baobh.livejournal.com]

woot!

grats!

*happywiggles*

(Dammit. Now I really am going to have to visit FL. Too many cool people in one place to avoid it.)

Re: How about...

[theonebob.livejournal.com]

... Tampolian, Tampolitan, Tampanese, Tamporiginies, Tampoline, Tampster, Tampite, Tamporian, Tampi, Tampy, Tamperial, Tampillini, Tamper, Tampack, Tampish, Tampartian, Tampitizen, Tampartisan, Tampiet, or Bloody Belgian Bastards.

Re: Bartender, a round of w00ts for everyone!!

[aishlynn.livejournal.com]

(much happy-joy-jumping-around dancing should be inserted HERE)

WHeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!
Congrats to you! YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAY!!!

uber-thanks to the ever venerable and always loverly Sil, for the opportunity!

Does this mean I should start pilfering all the good potential packing
boxes from the office?

and btw...you had lambic -AND- IHOP??? damn, now i am -so- owed a breakfast. so, nyah!:P

(i'm still dancing around)
great, as i so often encounter with you, now i can't wipe the stupid smile off my face...
[{}] ...but you already know that.

Re: How about...

[theonebob.livejournal.com]

or Tampod, Tampingo, Tamputz, Tampasian, Tampaq...

OK. I'll stop now.

[lil-m-moses.livejournal.com]

woohoo! congratulations!

Re: How about...

[theonebob.livejournal.com]

... Tampalopes

[geekers.livejournal.com]

Awesome! Congrats!

Re: Bartender, a round of w00ts for everyone!!

[angel-renewed.livejournal.com]

And I showed him a house 2 streets North of Bob and I that's under 90K, too. While I know Florida isn't your first choice, I hope you will learn to enjoy the benefits of Lindemann's on tap and other Tampa perks.

Write me privately with any questions or if you want to pick my brain what I know about local animal places. Florida takes the environment *very* seriously, so you have a strong emphasis on animal protection and the associated services. Especially when it comes to the endangered ones - manatees, Florida panthers, Sea Turtles, etc.

Re: Bartender, a round of w00ts for everyone!!

[kungfugimp.livejournal.com]

Would you know of any organizations or lawyers who specialize in animal law? Or professional negligence?

When you called me and said my full name, if I sounded hesitant - I was just having a bad 2 weeks w/ my cat and a certain vet.

-Nicole

Re: How about...

[etcet.livejournal.com]

Tampaq = singular
Tampax = plural

or

Tampax = singular
Tampaxen = plural

Inquiring minds have too much free time on their hands.

Re: Bartender, a round of w00ts for everyone!!

[angel-renewed.livejournal.com]

Would you know of any organizations or lawyers who specialize in animal law? Or professional negligence?

Nope, but I'll check around. No worries. It's awful what happened :-/

[scarecrow-23.livejournal.com]

woot!
congrats...but isn't there something in the tenents of the apocalypse about you and angelsil living in the same city? or do alcohol distributers merely have to invoke emergency supply lines?

[trystbat.livejournal.com]

Big-time congrats! I don't know what the hell job you are getting, but as long as it doesn't actually involve feminine hygiene products, it's *got* to be better than yr old one ;-) I'm wishing good house-hunting mojo at ya too!

[ashbet]

YIPPEEE!!! Phwoarrrr, and all that good stuff :D

And the dream-spider RAID was to keep you from having icky dreams in the meanwhile ;>

-- A, seconding aishlynn's w00t!!