What in the name of All The Bravest was this game? 😅

Yes. It was cold AF in Jacksonville.

I missed the playoffs by one game this year, and I’m now competing for a small trophy with an actual bronze toilet on it.

Zest la viss, as the French would say.

It could be the final out at number 1?

Zac Brown is the specific target because he doesn’t praise and worship the current regime.

Correct. And they remind colts fans, every single year.

Hurts < 12, Gadsen > 25, and 3 players combine for 40. Creates a 3 way tie that gets me in.

Unless you were the drunk jackass in row B of my section yesterday, screaming pregame at Colts players taking a knee, about how God can’t save them from Trevor Lawrence - then looking for Colts fans to fight in the second half… then I don’t know you 😅

Hope you enjoy the upcoming game in Indy, man.

It was 50 degrees and monsoon-ing the whole game. Rain started in the 1st quarter and kept falling until well after dark.

Jags fans were feeling themselves, to the point they got *mean* in those stands.

Jags played well and stayed classy on the field, though.

What in the name of Spencer Rattler are those options?

I was at this game, in a rain poncho and a colts sweater (matching my partner’s fandom).

That game was cold AF and twice as wet.

Jags fans are mean when they drink. And they drank a LOT by the end of this.

Woof.

Be kind to yourselves.

Tell the people you love, just how you feel.

And never sell yourself short. Y'all motherfuckers are priceless.

Moral of the story - follow your dreams, don't let anything punch you in the eye, go to the doctor when you need to...

and hire me while you can, cowards. The chance to make a career pivot and ditch my 80 mile round trip commute is so close, I can fucking taste it. 😅

I've been on steroid eyedrops for 4 days now. I only just started getting relief tonight.

Completed my python studies using PTO, despite anything light mode causing massive headaches.

But the interview was a success. I made a really good impression. I'm super hopeful on this one. 😀

So anyway - in the course of the weekend, something hit me in the eye. Myself, family member, a pet. No clue - but my vision got blurry Monday. Woke up in severe pain Tuesday morning, and learned the optometrist at the LensCrafters DOES take medical appointments.

I can't tell you which was more demoralizing - trying to code a rest controller with my keyboard doing pubbbbbbbbbbbblllic void striiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing, or the fact that was my only interview from July to November.

You just can't break through when every job on linkedin has 5,000+ applications

This particular company's posting is for a language I've used, but it's not the main language my work experience aligns to.

Can I do it? Fuck yeah, I've been an engineer for 2 decades.

But the last time I tried to produce code on command, my bluetooth keyboard suffered a catastrophic failure.

When you're a software engineer, a lot of job interviews expect you to produce code on the spot. They'll give you a problem and some time, and expect a working script or application.

It's 100% not how work experience goes. Most SWE update and edit existing code - almost never write from scratch.

In college, I used to marinate my chicken in A1 sauce. It worked out well for me.