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  • Back From Hiking

    Marcy and I just got back from an amazing hike. Despite returning to a job rejection I was really hoping for, the night hike was fantastic. Captured some awesome night shots of the valley—will share soon. We trekked the Kim Williams Trail, ventured up Helgate Canyon Trail, and made it to Sentinel’s peak. The top…

  • Hello From The Library

    I just got back from LC Staffing here in Missoula and yet another chance at help with my job search. This is the first place in Missoula that understood about Sikorsky's policy. I have been having problems convincing companies that Sikorsky does not allow any calls concerning job refrences. Here in Montana, if you cannot…

  • Stuart Peak Adventures & Pizza Celebrations

    Yesterday took an unexpected turn when my buddy Larry hit me up with a wild idea: tackle Stuart Peak on our mountain bikes, pushing all the way to the wilderness boundary before taking on the peak itself. Fired up by the challenge, we set off at 12:30 p.m., racing against time to make it back…

  • Discipline

    The alarm went off at 6 a.m. but I figured, why should I get up. No job, no possibilities, no interviews except one, and no money. What is the use? Today I am sending off a letter to you [link=http://www.youdictate.com]www.youdictate.com[/link] and some of my friends to see if they have heard anything new. Its Thursday…

  • This Mornings Interviews

    I just got back from meeting with a real nice woman named Debi at Work Force Inc. We had a good meeting and she said that they did not have any Computer Science positions but will work to find one. I told her that in the meantime I wanted anything. Let's hope.

  • Does it get any worse?

    Last night around 9p.m. someone started moving in upstairs. Ten o clock came around and they were still moving in. I wanted to go to bed but it was too noisy. I started listening to a Stephen King book and suddenly I started chocking and sneezing. My apartment was filling up with smoke. Someone upstairs…

  • Dear Friend,

    Embracing acceptance, I’ve realized that the art of letting go is a step towards serenity. If a relationship is meant to thrive, it will find its way without my forceful guidance. It’s not my role to steer its course. Acknowledgment dawns that what will be, will be. There’s beauty in the natural progression of a…

  • Laundry Done – Still No Job

    I’m back online after my trip to the laundromat for the usual Monday laundry. While one load was in, I headed downtown to visit Taco DeSoul. Let me tell you, real food tastes incredible when you haven’t had any for a couple of days. As I was leaving, a homeless person approached me and asked…

  • No Job, Tough Decisions!

    I was just online for a little while before I called VW of America. I was hoping for a job offer, but unfortunately, I didn’t receive one. However, I did get a couple of leads for roofing and office maintenance jobs. Still, with wages at 7 and 8 dollars an hour, I’m faced with the…

  • A True Monday

    Good morning from the Liquid Planet. I believe today’s blog should start with a nice picture to kick off the week. I woke up this morning, ventured into town for breakfast, answered emails, sent out resumes, and worked on my blog. The weather is pleasant, but my mood seems to oscillate between a sense of…

  • Just in Time

    There is a gift for everyone in each relationship that comes our way. Not just human relationships but our relationship with the world around us. Sometimes the gift is a behavior we are learning to acquire: detachment, self-esteem, confidence, setting boundaries, or owning our power in another way. Sometimes a hardship can be a gift…

  • Its Game Day

    Yesterday? Rough. Last night? Let’s just say I’m ready to leave it in the past. But hey, not all bad news, I did manage to squeeze in a hike and make some progress on my new blog app. Yep, I’m officially a hiking, blogging, web-coding machine these days. More updates on that soon. Sleeping, though,…

  • Injured Ribs

    It’s a dark, cold Friday morning, and let me tell you, I am dragging. You can probably see it, practically have “sleepy” written across my forehead. Last night was fun, though. Went on a night ride with Larry, and, well, most of it was great…until I smacked into his bike carrier. Now I’ve got bruised…

  • Up All Night – Elections

    Looks like the republicans have succeeded in scaring American into submission. How does it feel to be controlled. Here in our country of Montana we have decided to drop party labels and build a big fence to keep our neighbors (corporate America) out of our yard. Good luck Americans! I think Americans need to come…

  • Cant Sleep

    Oh man, I feel you! The night-before-interview insomnia is such a classic (and cruel) twist. It’s like your brain decides that 2 a.m. is the perfect time to relive every awkward moment from the last decade and rethink your entire life strategy, right? But hey, skip the head-bonking idea. Let’s try some non-head-trauma options: maybe…

  • Junk Mail Filter

    Oh man, that’s a classic rollercoaster of emotions right there. First, staying up late with mom venting (honestly, who doesn’t need that sometimes?), and then the realization that you’ve been ghosted by your inbox filter of all things, it’s like a slap from the universe. On the one hand, though, it’s a relief that people…

  • Hello To No One

    Hello from the Public Library. There are no freeking jobs in Missoula. If fact there isn’t any freeking good job in Missoula. A description for $5.50 an hour states that you must work real hard. Screw that – for that kind of money, living in a tent, they can go straight to Butte. What the…

  • Change

    Looking back on this post, I have to laugh a bit at how I almost turned into my own armchair therapist. I mean, let’s be real, diagnosing autism from a blog post? That’s about as effective as trying to fix a car by staring at the manual. But even as I wrote it, I could…