*yawn*

I got home around 9 tonight, as my plane out of Atlanta was delayed by bad weather in the southeastern US preventing the plane from landing. Alas, this means I missed the season premiere of House, as they've moved it to 8pm this year. I hadn't realized that they had changed it. Space has completely changed around their schedule, too - I'm not sure whether "The Hilarious House Of Frightenstein" is really something that should be on at midnight, though I guess it's more appropriate for the nostalgia than for the educational portions of the program. (I'd forgotten how funny Vincent Price could be, too.)

The late boarding and subsequent arrival made for a very long day - since I had to check out of my hotel at noon, I was at the airport by 1:30 despite stopping at Starbucks and actually sitting to have a Cafe Americano, which is basically watered-down espresso. (They were out of the bold blend, and offered me the Americano gratis - and who am I to turn down free coffee?).

I actually unpacked everything tonight, which is something I don't normally bother to do right away when I get home from a con. It's a good thing, too - I had to go out and buy shampoo, as I'd managed to forget a two-thirds-full bottle in my hotel room. And Pantene 2-in-1 for coloured hair isn't cheap. :(

For the first time in a long time, I was wishing that the flight had been longer, though. The in-flight TV and movie system was one that was individual for each passenger - and I started out by watching the Doctor Who S2 episode "New Earth". I was about half an hour into X3 when they shut the system off for landing. :(

Oh, one funny thing about the flight home - I was wandering around the terminal when I ran into the same group of people who had been on my flight down. I said to the guy I had chatted with on Thursday, "Don't tell me we're on the same flight again!" and he struck up a conversation with me. It seems that they're dealers who sell reproductions of media costumes. I asked him if he'd considered getting a table at TT, and he said, "I think someone gave me a card in the dealers' room. Some guy with blond hair and glasses." It's good to know that Stephen Christian is on the ball even when working at another con. ;) (By interesting coincidence, these guys are actually from Newfoundland, which is where Stephen is originally from, IIRC - though they didn't have the accent.)

Sleepy now. I haven't read my friendslist since Thursday or Friday night, I think - I don't know if I'm going to try to get caught up or just go to bed. I'm leaning toward going to bed, though I might read a little bit. TrekBBS and the TTMB can wait until tomorrow (ye gods, I haven't logged onto the TTMB since before Worldcon).

I only had one phone message when I got home - from a new headhunter. I couldn't make out part of the message, but was able to decipher the phone number and extension, and left the guy a message to let him know that I had just gotten home from an out-of-town trip and will call tomorrow. The headhunter who's trying to get me into ADP emailed me today as well to ask how I enjoyed the weekend, and to ask if I'd heard from ADP yet. I responded that I hadn't, but I had told his boss (the one who called me in the Mickey Rooney line) that I wasn't getting home until tonight, anyway, so it's possible that they're holding off on contacting me until tomorrow. If I don't hear anything by mid-afternoon, I figure I'll call just to see what's going on.

And completely out of left field... has anyone else seen this new Mini-Wheats commercial on TV with the jingle that goes "Mini Wheats, wheats, wheats" to a catchy tune? Is it just me, or is the voice being done by Rob Paulsen, who did Yakko Warner's and Pinky's voices on Animaniacs?

Hee,

On the TV behind me, Amanda Tapping is explaining how black holes can be used for converting matter to energy, using tons of technobabble. And it's not even a Stargate episode.

Talk about typecasting.

Wish me luck.

I got a call around 6 this evening from someone at ADP who wants to interview me. This is a technical interview, which usually comes after the general interview, so I guess that's a good thing.

The catch is that he wants to meet me at 9 tomorrow morning. There was a possible out - he asked me if the agency should be notified first, and I said that if he wanted to talk to them first, I could conceivably wait until later in the afternoon, or Friday. But he figured that since they had told me that he would be in touch about a technical interview, they don't need to actually be notified that it's proceeding. It's a good thing that I'm kind of tired after my weekend at Dragon*Con - I should be able to get to sleep at a reasonable hour tonight, though I guess catching up on TrekBBS will have to wait another day.

The office is right at Yonge and King, which is nice. Of the three places I've worked in Toronto, I preferred working in the financial district to either Jarvis/Bloor or Warden/Eglinton. (Yeah, I know what those of you who know Toronto are thinking. "He didn't like working near Church Street?" Well, Church/Wellesley was a little too far from Jarvis/Bloor to be a convenient lunchtime walk. Not if I wanted to actually get food.)

In other news, bovil has set up a community for discussing Hugo Award recommendations - which happens to be at hugo_recommend. Go ahead and join if you're interested in discussing Hugo-worthy work, or even if you want some suggestions about what to read or watch. Note that only members of the most recent or upcoming Worldcon are actually eligible to nominate and vote, though that includes supporting memberships. Membership information is available here - I assume that the dollar rates refer to USD, though it's not explicitly stated and I can find no CAD or AUD rates.