nelson&company wish list.

at work, we conspired to come up with a fun and goofy holiday card. i modeled it after a department stores holiday toy guide or wish book. i thought it would be cool to rebuild the card with a simple flash interface so people who aren't on the company mailing list could see it as well:

nelson&company store

my boss, bill, and i then joked about making a "cartoon" starring the toy characters. then it became a reality. after a short bit of thinking on bill's part, we nixed the pg-13 version and replaced it with the pg rated version you can find on the page.

happy holidays!

hey! i'm on the internets!

in a press release from my employer, nelson&company, i get a ll bashful from the textual pats on the back. you can find these pats here.

no one dislikes public praise less than i do. a monosyllabic verbal approval such as "nice" in person is all i need for my ego. anything beyond that puts me into "aw shucks" mode.

and what's more, this same thing will be in the paper with a picture of me as a reminder i need to get more serious about this diet thing.

yippee?

jobhunt over, i killed a job!

after an interview for some freelance work with nelson&company the interviewees spoke of plans to hire a designer full-time somewhere down the line.

the very next day they called me to come in and interview for the very position that sounded like a pipe dream the day before.

had that second interview yesterday and received the job offer 12 hours later.

i have one interview to finish up at h.t.klatzky tomorrow afternoon. but all signs point to me reporting to nelson&company monday morning.

i am extremely relieved to be employed again. as i've stated repeatedly in these blogs, this was the first lapse in employment i've had since i was 16. so the malaise and discontent can finally subside.

i never thought my psyche would rely so heavily on being employed. the diminished funds never became a big issue, it's just not feeling accomplished that has been driving me insane.