[This article has been retroactively posted from my Kuro5hin Diary.]
Hello, again, Kuro5hin. It’s been a very long time since I’ve participated. How have you been? With my last diary entry being over two years old, a lot has sure happened.
In June 2001, I quit my job at CoreComm in order to start a position at Webexcellence, as their systems administrator. Things weren’t so bad, for the most part, but my frustrations and stress came to a climax in November 2002, while dealing with a server outage, when I told the customer, “I don’t get paid enough for this.” Little did I know that one of the owners of our company was there and heard me say it.
Subsequently, I was brought into a meeting with both owners on the next business day and was told they were considering firing me, basing their decision on the meeting we were having and the way I responded. I simply said, “lets just do that,” and resigned my position right there.
I absolutely regret the way it ended because it was not the way I wanted to leave the company, nor did I enjoy the significant unemployment period, but generally I am much happier not working there now.
Currently, I’m at Cummins in Columbus, Indiana, working on a project which has me packaging software using the Marimba Castanet Tuner. It isn’t the most challenging job, but it is paying better than my administrator position and it’s steady work, at least for the next month or so. I can’t complain.
Other events happened, as well. I was in a serious relationship with a man named Devin which ended in July 2001. It was only a few months later that he decided to date again, which was suprising and pretty difficult for me. In the end, I think I made a fool out of myself and eventually had to stop communicating with him (which I should have done much sooner). But it finally allowed me to move on.
The silence ended about six months later, with me coming to New York City for H2K2 (hacker conference put on by 2600 Magazine). I went with a friend and visited Devin at the photography gallery where he works. I hadn’t seen him in a year and it was absolutely wonderful to get to spend a little bit of time with him.
I wish we could be friends, but now he seems very distant and unwilling to talk about anything beyond the usual pleasantries. Oh well. I just hope he is happy with Bryan and at some point we’ll be able to have a normal conversation.
The last significant happening has been my living situation. The lease at Oaks of Eagle Creek ended in May 2001 and I decided to move back with my parents. I stayed there for about nine or ten months and then moved into a small apartment in the downtown area (Indianapolis).
I’ve been living there by myself for nearly a year now and absolutely love it. I live in a district called St. Joseph which is just northeast of downtown proper. At the end of this month, I will be moving to another apartment on the other side of I-65 in the Old Northside neighborhood (a few blocks away), but this time I’ll be in a bigger place and with a roommate, which should save me quite a bit of money. I’ll be living with my good friend, Andy, who is also wanting to save some money.
So, it has been a pretty interesting ride. How are things going with you?
