I've never officially quit a job before today...

[dr4b]

March 23, 2004

To whom it may concern:

I am writing this letter to announce my resignation from the position of Programmer Writer at Amazon.com, effective at the end of the day today, March 23, 2004.

While it has been a wonderful learning experience working here, I feel that my growth and productivity as a technical writer does not sync up with the current aims and objectives of the Technical Documentation and Training department. I wish them and the company all the best in the future.

Regrettably yours,

[scribbled signature]

Deanna Rubin

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Oh, what's next? Good idea, I should tell y'all.

Well, I'm going to Japan with nykkel from March 31 - April 12. That was the "insanity" I talked about a few months ago.

Then I'm going to Spring Carnival. I'll be staying there as long as dvarin will let me :) Okay, not really. But I should be around for longer than just the Fri-Sat-Sun I'd originally thought was happening.

Then I'm going to Sakuracon, probably working for damienroc in guest relations, although we have to work out those details. I may also have a particular PP-celebrity houseguest for a couple days around then as well.

In the middle of May, I'm going to Philly for a week or two for my cousin's Bat Mitzvah, and to spend some significant time with my family for once and eat some cheesesteaks.

Infact, I'd like to do a lot of travelling while I have the time. So here's a proposal for you guys -- if I can find a plane ticket price that I can afford to where you are, and you will provide me crash space and drive me around, I will come visit you. At this rate, the sky's the limit, pun intended. Heck, I could even go to England or something :)

I plan to actually go look for a job sometime in June or July (hopefully tanuwa will still be a recruiter then, heh). Yes, I've saved up enough money that I'll be okay for a couple months, I'll just have to actually budget myself a little better.

Comments

[ohsochewy.livejournal.com]

Heh, I quit my RFP-writing job about four months ago... and what do you know, I'm quitting my "new" law firm job any day now. (Having the boss yell at you for, oh, I don't know, doing things LEGALLY instead of the way he wants gets old.)

You and me, babe. Takin' on the world. If you are looking for some Japan tips, my family has been there three or four times. (My family... sans me.) Otherwise, you are welcome to visit beautiful-- and I'm not being sarcastic here--Madison, Wisconsin any time. Let us know beforehand, though, so we can clean feverishly. It'll be good for us. We're going to buy a new air mattress and everything, so you'll be very happy here! We live on the lake, and there are many fun things. So, as my mom says, "come on-ie!"

[nykkel.livejournal.com]

Is that the job where they couldn't manage to cover your paycheck? Or have I accidentally confused you with someone else who posts to Deanna's LiveJournal?

[ohsochewy.livejournal.com]

The new job is the non-covering-paycheck doohickey. The new job is the job where the boss shouts at me because he wants me to do the twenty-twelfth revision on a client letter and send it out TODAY, but I dared to cross him by saying that I had to go to the courthouse and file three separate sets of papers because otherwise our clients would have reason to sue for malpractice. Then he said I couldn't leave until he had checked the letter over again, and he promptly went into conference for the next two hours, rendering court stuff impossible unless I simply walked out. So I did.

[noonereally.livejournal.com]

OMG.

You know, I was thinking of saying something like "You should come crash Madison... I could dig up some couch space"

AND NOW SOMEONE ELSE SHE KNOWS LIVES HERE?

Deanna, get yer butt to Madison. *_*

Seriously though, if you wanna come by, I'd love to hang out. Give me a little warning so I can take a couple days off work.

[dr4b]

Yeah. I just realized, I've never been to Madison. I should look into it. I mean, I've never even been to Wisconsin at all. This could be cool :)

[dr4b]

Oh, heh, this is my third trip to Japan. The biggest thing I have to watch out for is not annoying the crap out of Nyk in the time we're there :)

Hm. I have never been to Madison, and I have several friends in grad school and other circumstances there. And it looks like there are cheap flights there too. Wow! I wonder if I could catch the Berryman pair playing a concert sometime - I know they're either from Madison or play around the area a lot, and I admire their songwriting a lot.

Of course, I think I'm still terrified of your husband :)

[ohsochewy.livejournal.com]

Wow, you know who Lou and Peter Berryman are? That's getting up there for national obscurity. They're still kicking around-- my mom has taken some master gardening classes with Peter's wife, and I think both of them live a few blocks from me on the near east side. I've seen them quite a few times at various events, though admittedly more often when I was younger and got dragged to various festivals and folky concerts. They're not bad at all.

And everyone is terrified of my husband, which we both find hilarious. The only thing you should be afraid of is that if you are a fairly quiet person (like poor Sugarpie) the Homullus/Thusnelda comedy routine can and will monopolize the conversation, as we find each other very funny indeed. The guy BOUNCES, for heaven's sake. His favorite method of playing this week involves wearing his new motorcycle goggles around the house -- never mind that he can't use them for real yet because he hasn't gotten his prescription in them yet. How could you be afraid of a guy like that?