--Update-- first job interview in.......
So I killed it in the first interview 
But after a few days of no contact, I started to get worried. I can never tell whether or not I've crossed the line from aggressive to needy. I waited until Thursday, one week after my interview to contact them.
I left a message.
The next day I got a call back asking me to come in for a second interview.
I just got home.......I'M EMPLOYED!
I start a week from tomorrow!
Thank you to everyone who sent the good vibes my way, it was and still is very much appreciated.
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Well done! 
Love your tag line......
you have to establish the ground rules. Go in there, put your feet up on the desk, assign someone to screen your calls, send somebody else out to pick up your lunch, start dropping hints about a raise.
Don't let them take advantage of you, fNord!!!
Congrats!!!
to grab anybody by the, well, you know, DOWN THERE!!!
Congrats
Having been unemployed (2008) and trying to change jobs without my current employer at the time finding out I know how you feel.
Well keep it under wraps 
And I try not to "smoke" wile unemployed. Not because I'm afraid of being tested, in my line of work that's never an issue. But I don't want the lack of motivation.
Now, on the other hand, I'm going to have a celebratory bowl!
And also break up the occasional fight.....
happy work!
I told my boyfriend earlier "I feel like I could fly!"
Btw, that was a great movie 
It was a for a basic mailroom job on Wall Street -- his school sent about half a dozen kids there, and were given an aptitude test. Within two days, four of the six heard they got the got the gig, he didn't. But a about a week and a half later, they called: he didn't get the job because he did so well on the mathematical part of the aptitude test, they put in him a training program!
Congrats!
rocktivity
there is a light at the end of the tunnel!!
Tikki
A bottle of peaty single malt and a tattoo of Hunter S. Thompson's gonzo fist. Had my eye on both for a wile........
Had a job as a video editor right out of high school and the "higher ups" "changed the roster" so that the position I had been hired for no longer existed.
I found a job a month later, then went to college instead....
When the Goddess closes a door, she lets up the blocker on the doggie door. It's harder to go through, but in my experience, always worth the squeeze.
I wish you the bet of luck.......I'll be keeping tabs, and you in my thoughts liberal N proud 
Congrats
Maybe while it fresh in your mind, share any advice you think is helpful:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1119
I didn't even know that page existed......I'm still digesting this bitchen moment, but when my head settles, I'll definitely post what little advice I have. Thank you again for the link....I feel like I'm overflowing with good Juju, and I'd love to spread it around wile I'm erupting. 
Glad you're doing better.
Knowledge is power. 
I remember once I was in a supermarket and saw something billing itself as "100% recycled toilet paper". I thought no job could be worse than recycling toilet paper.
I've always loved that joke
But after 10 months of no work....it didn't sound half bad if they were hiring.....
Glad to hear you're doing well 
Smile!! How could they resist you? Why would they want to? They knew it would be their loss to let a great thing like you slip through their fingers. Just be careful, don't trip over them while they are touching the hem of your garments. And never, ever refuse a foot washing.
Congratulations my darling fNord.
Thank you!
Sorry this took a bit for me to reply, but I've been in a state of sublime...and...is danciness a word?
Truth I've been opening old boxes trying to find work clothes and my old swagger, both of witch I need to work. Found some, had to run out and find the rest.
I'm good now....but could always use another foot washing
I am so happy for you. 
