San Antonio (Jump on it Jump on it!)

Wow its like 7 hours till fly time and I'm done packin 'cept for a toothbrush....but everyone knows mexicans don't brush their teeth! lol...no wait, thats the brits (sorry familia!)

Ok so I called the State Dept trying to find out where my offer letter was (i mean shit, I shoulda already got it) so they said "Mike Who?"...J/P! They expressed great excitement about me joining the team and had to pass my offer letter through HR and should expect a call from him/her. So cool, I'm down with that...I gotta grab my stuff from TeJas and then bring it back to DC! I found an Apartment in Shirlington:
http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/nva/apa/538201537.html
or
http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/nva/apa/538093750.html

...I'm waiting on the person to respond to me (if it's still available) on the 1st one...The second one is cool too and available (Gonna try and knock her down to $1375 and pay for 12mos...this way raising the rent may not be an issue :-))

I am really excited how things are molding together....My parents are like, take ur time...look around...is it that bad living at home? No it's really not...I got the best parents but fuck I need myspace ;-)(....ur welcome Tom!)
so yeah I'm trying hard and we'll see what happens....I love being it DC tho...It freakin snowed and I had fun playing with the dog outside! That was freakin cool! Ok I better get some sleep before seein Jen and then hopefully drunk dialin Kuwait sayin Hi to Will who is takin care of business their from Japan *ChIng ChAng Ch0nG*

Hoooo Hummmm

Ok so i'm takin a job with the state dept working on their exchange servers. I'm really excited about it but am also stressing over finding a place to live in the DC metro area! One side of me is like "Yes, lets rent their...1300 for 2/1 plus utilities sounds freakin tight"..but the *prissy* side of me is like...yeah um, WTF am i lookin at these dumps! So I'm trying to find something nice (DC is outta my price range) in Arlington, VA....I got a place to look at manana that is a 3/2.5 near the Shirlington Village (Yeaaaaaaaaaay!) for $1750 p/mo! If I can get the guy to give me one month free or drop it down to $1600 p/mo...I think we'll be in good business at least for that 1st year! ummmmm whoops! Says here the place isn't vacant till 8-Feb-2008! Well i'll keep an eye open then!

Ok so the weekend....I got really FUBAR on Th night! The job I accepted was 7k below what I was anticipating so my first thought was why the FUK am I interviewing for a job that I went 5K under my reqs and now they want another 7k!! *ahem* SHOT TIME! So I went to a bar and had some Capt n coke...then went on the Mari's place to carry on *APPARENTLY* I blacked out but the story goes (no pics no evidence) I missed the sink, threw up passed out and they put me to sleep upstairs. Thas kinda a shitty way to go out, but yeh thats kinda how it went down. So i found this out on Friday when I was chattin sayin sumthin bout "I think i need 2 barf!" with a reply "What??? U still got shit in you!"

w0w...so here we are, its friday nite and the weekends here...Mike is not feelin so haute! Met up wit Maricel (for some vegan action! w00t w00t!), went home...Napped and then headed out 2 TOWN. So I head to TOWN and am drinkin h20 cuz fuck you CAPT! And I love drag shows! Holy cow! It's fuckin awesome! Would i date one, no! But i do love the arts and watching them perform! It's freakin awesome to see them get into their roles! Fuckin Fabelhoff! Met up with my friend Sterl and sum of his friends (theres a lot of *dRaMa* there, but OK) and "tuffie" aka Cam was bartendin that night so he hooked me up with lite drinks cuz Mike was not tryin to get fucked up but I swear Cam! Cheap vodka??? EGHHHHH! I'll down absolute or even smirnoff if thats who it goes, but yeaaa....really cam? really.....

So a night at TOWN was haute....I got a lil push from someone tryin to be more than friends and i don't know if I see that happenin...i think this guy who wants to be more intimate has a lot of things goin on right now and I'm jus tryin to link up, make friends and have good times...if something comes out of it, FUCKIN awEsOme! If not then shit, boyz-4-la vida! w00 w00t

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Nuthin new...applied to 3 different jobs...waiting to hear from the 4day on 3day off one ~:-) Ahhhh tha would make dirty happy!

Right now im gonna grab sum taco smell (taco salad w/o the shell baby!) and then turn on the CBT nuggets (gotta learn learn learn!)

Then *POSSIBLY* look at taking another online college class with CTC ~:-/ who knows?

Job huntin

Alright so I had my 1st interview yesterday with iGov. They're a pretty cool company...the guy Francios was pretty cool too....I felt a little weak in some of my technical questions but thank goodness for CBT Nuggets! I'll have to study up on those again! So after the technical portion was done (and man I was ready to excuse myself) we went into the personality one...That one felt more like a breeze cuz i got to quiz him to since he would've been my potential boss....Well the job was gonna have some long days ahead of them. They are re-doing a HQ site, provide direct support to a site in Springfield, VA and aide Tampa, FL site whenever necessary...Plus act as the Desktop Support and Helpdesk whenever necessary...Potential 14 hour days, plus multiple deadlines. Now on the positive side if I were to have taken this job the education was unlimited and I would be learning and learning and learning! I already had a condo picked out that was 1.82 miles away from work. But I decided that since their IT dept has had a 'revolving door' (quit/fired) I wasn't going to settle for long work days over a stronger career. So I dropped the job and am still seeking work. I've had an interesting opportunity arise @ Ft Belvoir, 4 day work week - 12 hours...sounds like how I ended my contract in Kuwait! So I like those hours...well not the hours but 4 day work weeks I love! And it sounds like it has a lot to do with Exchange.

Alright I'm a lil under the weather right now but gotta work my abs and maybe do a light jog...How else am i gonna keep my stomache tight ~:-P

~laters

TOWN

ok so yesterday freakin rocked...My folks went outta town to pickup a vehicle and stayed the night leavin an empty 4/2/2 house plus HOTTUB to myself. MAAAAAAAN! I freakin had a blast! lol! Did the hot tub, then hit the gym up, went to the PX to get sum CAPT and then came the night

So yeah I'm suppose to meet these two guys up @ Nellies (Cameron & Sterling)...The fookin bar is more crowded flys on turd i shit u not! So Sterling meets me up and Cam stands me up (pendejo!)...lol! So me and sterl decided egh! Lets get the fook outta here and head to TOWN. So who do we see getting a ticket when we walks in???? YeAh! Cam! So all was good was once again in dirtys world ~:-D

I got to see my 1st drag show (and yes people, they love CHER and I think one of them was Whitney and a plump Madonna). Learned sum german - Fabelhoff! (Fabulous!) it was good times, good music...EXPENSIVE muthafuckin drinks ($36 for 3 patron shots! Hell NO!!!) but again, it was fookin awesome and I'd fuckin do it all ova again!

So going in 3rd person mode now....Dirty had A LOT to drink and ummm...ended up "crashing" at Sterlings place after raidin McDonalds ;-)....ummmmm yeaaaaah.....Dirty was FUBAR and u guys can get more details at 11! :-P

~ laters

Jamestown

Ok, now that i'm through bitchin i can say that I had an awesome day at Jamestown learnin what happened 400 years ago at the birthplace of our nation...The museum and people were fantastic (and good sports since it was freeeeezin!) and my dog loved the settlement area where he was able to run run run freely since barely any people were there

Good times good times! Next trip will be Williamsburg then Yorktown and who knows....maybe after the history lesson I'll drag sum peeps up to Busch Gardens or Kings Dominion! (Que Divertido! w00t w00t!)

~laters

Whoooo saaaaaaa

Ok so i've been back since 21DEC....guess how much time Mike has had by himself...? NOT A FUCKING DAY! Ok, here comes the rant....i love my family but when you live away from them and come back and its hard! I mean whenever i came for vacation they would be at work and I would do my thing...well Monday is finally gonna roll its ass soon enough so I can get some me time! Oh and I got an interview on Monday at Tysons Corner (The GAP, yey! JUST FUCKIN KIDDIN! LoL) for a job I'm not that excited about and am trying to get work in DC so that I can live there or commute there via METRO...ok maybe I'm using the word trying loosely...I mean I just got unemployment which wouldve been hella funner if I can get these people out of the house!

Ok, i feel a little better yet ungrateful and selfish at the same time. I need some space and by monday I'm sure I'll get it! BY HOOK OR BY CROOK I'M GETTING MY FREE SPACE BACK EVEN IF I HAVE TO RENT A PLACE!