Sometimes I wonder if we are glad an old year is over more than we look forward to a new year. I don’t think I have experienced that until this year. New Year’s is usually a great day to be with family playing games at grandma’s house.
Don’t get me wrong; there were some wonderful things about 2009. I’m just glad we only have one day of it left. So in this final day of 2009, let me reflect on the good and bad.
Best movie: Inglorious Basterds.
Worst movie: Old Dogs. Really John? I can’t believe you were in this movie. Of course, yes I can, because you starred in Battlefield Earth, so it shouldn’t surprise me.
Best Twitter follower: @judywriter. Judy thought I was funny and recommended to one of her friends that she too follow me. Voila. That follower eventually became my girlfriend. To this day, we both thank @judywriter.
Worst Twitter follower: Any of the varieties of F*ck Britney. The avatars were enough to make me gag.
Best job: A two week stint at a company in January as their director of marketing. Two weeks because even though I showed my non-compete to the owners and they ran it by their lawyer, when my former employer somehow figured I was working there, he threatened a lawsuit.
Worst job: This job was so bad that I was more stressed working there than I am unemployed and out of money. I accepted the internet marketing manager position because I needed a job. And on day two, I found out from everyone who had worked there before that the owner got rid of employees before their three month anniversary. But the three months of income helped stretch my savings a little longer.
Alice Tully Hall
Best date: A walk through NYC ending on the steps of Alice Tully Hall at the Lincoln Center.
Worst date: none
Best job interview: Who gets to say they interviewed on Wall Street? Me. And I was glad to be able to take the subway to the financial district, ask for directions from a multitude of individuals, and go through an amazing security screening process. I had no expectations of actually getting the job, but the experience was priceless.
Worst job interview: The three month interview process that landed me in the final two candidates for the job.
Two days after the final interview I pretty much figured the other person got the job; which he/she did. But after three months, four-hour interviews and blistered feet from facility tours, one would think I could get a personalized call rather than a form letter from an assistant HR person.
So here is to 2009, the good, bad and ugly. Glad you are over and looking forward to a glorious 2010.
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I would have to say that you are right about wanting the old year to end more than the new year to start. And the four hour interviews for 3 months. How did you survive?
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