I saw something pretty keen today, for upwardly mobile IT professionals;  translucent plastic business cards!
http://www.plasmadesign.co.uk/pricelistus.htm

500 dollars for 1000 business cards (1 ink).   it's expensive, but certainly a way to make a memorable first impression on a prospective employer.

Speaking of employers, it's my last full day of work today.   A contractor came in and he's taking apart the desks (I guess to move them to Chicago).    I went with some co-workers over to the Slow Club to have a last lunch. 

A recruiter called me today and asked me if I'd be willing to commute to Sebastopol to work for <established publishing firm>.   I think it would be pretty cool to work at <epf>.  But I'm a bit undecided as to whether I'd be enthuasiastic about driving 45 miles one way each day, for a job.   I guess it's something I'd have to think about.  While it would certainly would be good to add a "major company" to my resume, I have to consider whether I want to work to live, or live to work.   I know I'd be be more inclined to drive 45 miles one way, for a gaming company.  *grin*  

Tomorrow will be a short day at work, and then I'll be heading over to my mother's house to help her with the final housecleaning/packing stuff before she moves to Cambria on Saturday morning.    My mother was nagging me about going to medical school (ugh).  No matter how many times I tell her I'm not interested in medical school, she loves to bring up how her friends/co-workers went to medical school and how they're really happy with their lives.  I guess it's just the Asian parents want their kids to go to medical school/law school thing.   

It's been four years since I graduated from college.  I think I've worked for for 3 years, 2 months of that time.   It took me six months to find my first job, and around October I was studying for the GRE and thinking I'd be applying to grad school.  I never did end up taking the GRE, even though I rescheduled it twice, and ended up forgetting to cancel it, which cost me 235 bucks total, 155 bucks to schedule it, and 40 bucks per reschedule (doh). 

I think I'll enjoy having next week off.  I have so much to do next week, such as:

1.  Work on my PHP class.  I ordered the books online at Amazon but haven't received them yet.  I'd like to do the first assignment this weekend.
2.  Schedule an optometrist's appointment.  I haven't gotten an eye exam in almost four years.  
3.  Schedule a physical.  I haven't gotten a physical in almost ten years.  *gasp*
4.  Buy new glasses.

More stuff but I can't remember it right now.  I gotta finish up the SQL query then check my phone messages/e-mails.