hrm. so i'm in los angeles, but i'm looking for a job in san francisco. the long and short: my last company laid me off on 3rd april (no april fool here--they waited an extra day just so we'd know they meant business, i suspect ... and even after laying off nearly half the company they still lost $0.08/share), so i'm looking for a new gig again. i haven't (in six weeks) had an interview yet--the first is next tuesday at uc berkeley, which could be fun ... returning to academic computing wouldn't be such a bad thing.

a little job i was doing as a favor for a friend wraps up next week ... and then my days are truly free. i already spend way too much time in starbucks while i'm not at work--this may only get worse before it gets better.

so, anyway, i'm in los angeles visiting with my friend marc ... last night we saw dame edna do her things ("Hello, possums!" is now stuck in my head), and today we saw a taping of "The Weakest Link," in which we saw the second weakest link win the pot, although it was hardly a pot of money to brag about--they failed to bank even ten percent of the possible dollars. i guess i learned that watching a game show is much more fun than watching it be taped, but it was still fun.

don't know what's yet on the pipeline for the rest of the weekend, really ... still chasing down jobs, but i don't know what marc's planned for the weekend. i head back home on sunday ..

and, since i just made this public, those who have no clue who i am can go to http://www.verve.org/henry/ for basic details and http://www.verve.org/henry/gallery.html for pictures.

so here's my first entry ... boring, i'm sure, but more will follow. for now, it's back to "queer as folk," where brian is about to "betray" his "best friend" ... or, is it a betrayal at all?!?