Re: i gots a job! (fwd)

[Noelle <http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg>]

Peter's Caltrain & bikes anger

 > From: Peter Smith <http://www.gmail.com/~psmithsf>
 > Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 17:29:43 -0700
 > 
 > yes, i want other jobs in this company - lol - but we'll have to see if i
 > can stick around long enough to make that happen.
 > 
 > going to the gym sounds awesome.
 > 
 > i have and generally do bike from caltrain up here to the office, but it's
 > really bad - just makes me angry. i want to do some civil disobedience --
 > crtiical mass-style stuff, but don't know if anyone else is pissed. my plan
 > right now is to start putting stickers on the seats of Caltrain just to
 > vent my anger about them asking to see my ticket -- i feel they should
 > leave us alone.
 > 
 > they don't hassle drivers on the road to ask for their licence and
 > registration every day, why should they stop us on the train? makes no
 > sense to me. it wakes everyone, causes all sorts of stress among the
 > riders, etc. it's bullshit.
 > 
 > --peter
 > 960-467-3501
 > http://www.linkedin.com/pub/peter-smith/1/b16/85a
 > 
 > On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 5:21 PM, Noelle <http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg> wrote:
 > > On Wed, 30 Oct 2013, Peter Smith wrote:
 > >  > Whoo-hoo! You get to work from home, right?? That would be _so_ 
 > >  > awesome.
 > >
 > > yes
 > >
 > >  > I don't mind working in the city -- lots to see, etc. -- BUT...loooong
 > >  > commute. I got it down to less than 2 hours each way -- sometimes -- but it
 > >  > adds up. I have to be disciplined about going to bed on time.
 > >  >
 > >  > Job is not bad. Not great. I either am bored or will be bored soon. I'm
 > >  > still interviewing with some places, but my boss is going to start
 > >  > pressuring me to go fulltime soon. Originally it was supposed to be a 
 > >  > 2+
 > >  > month contract, but she loves my work, apparently.
 > >  >
 > >  > Boss is good, which is most important part. She only needs me to do 9-6 and
 > >  > i can be gone -- actually gone -- for the day.
 > >  >
 > > It's nice to have a good one! Cultivate that relationship & that can help
 > > you in the future(a former boss back in Boston has always been a good
 > > reference, but it's been a long time since I worked with her)
 > >  I wonder if
 > > the company has other jobs that are more interesting?
 > >
 > >  > I'd been trying to find a closer place to SF to stay, but now I'm tempted
 > >  > to find another job -- higher-paying, more challenging, etc.
 > >  >
 > >  > But don't want to leave this job too quickly. I need time to work out. My
 > >  > health is just not in a good place -- I have family heart problems, and I'm
 > >  > getting a little too close to 'actually fat with serious-type heart
 > >  > problems on the not too distant horizen' rather than just 'pleasantly
 > >  > plump'.
 > >
 > > yeah, something you can't ignore. Probably hard to bike from Caltrain to
 > > work, but are you biking to the SJ station?
 > > Robert's going on lightrail w/ his bike, then biking 3 miles to farmerinthedell. Also
 > > he goes to gym early morning a few days a week. He is so disciplined!
 > >
 > >  > So we'll see.
 > >  >
 > >  > --peter
 > >  > 960-467-3501
 > >  > http://www.linkedin.com/pub/peter-smith/1/b16/85a
 > >  >
 > >  > On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 9:27 AM, Noelle <http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg> wrote:
 > >  >
 > >  > > Hey, how's the job going?
 > >  > > My laptop is getting delivered today so will be ready to work soon.
 > >  > > Noelle