Wait- what?!

This morning I received a call at 9:40, it was from Ken Anderson at WSU. I thought he was calling to discuss why I had decided to not attend this fall, like some kind of exit interview or something. I wasn't in the mood to have that conversation while I was at work, so I let it go to voicemail. When my phone showed that the message was waiting, I gave it a listen.

I could not have been more wrong. Ken was calling to offer me full tuition and a stipend as a teaching assistant. I sat, bleary eyed. I had spent the last hour and a half fuming about some random crap at work, and here (finally) was my way out-- but I was in shock. The key issue is that classes start on the 22nd (in 10 days!) and the mandatory orientations are on Monday- as in after this weekend.

Of course this puts the kaibosh on the $300 Job offer, and completely shifts my focus to being a student. What a day!

The $300 Job Offer

Today I begin the next phase in my search for a new job- I enlist you, 'netizen. The successful headhunter will receive $300. More details are at BrainBottle.net/300dollars.html

General Updates...

Just a few quick notes:
* AlchemyForge.net has been revised yet again. I recoded the site by hand and all of the updated pages work. There are still a few pages from the old site that have broken image links, but I intend to revise them significantly.

*AlchemyForge.com still directs here to the blog. I think it will stay that way for a while as this is updated more frequently than the website.

*Forge repair- I may do a quick photo essay about repairing the forge and prepping it for more welding.

*Tomahawk pics will be added showing the steps for doing a very (very!) simple wrapped-head throwing tomahawk. The resulting piece will be shipped off to Joel Runyon of Blog of Impossible Things who got all excited about 'hawk throwing becasue of The Art of Manliness. I hope his inner adult tell his outer child to be careful with the sharp thing. Fingers are crossed that it will go out on Monday the 8th (but it sort of depends on how well the forge responds to the repairs.) Worst case scenario: fewer pictures, and I use an oxy/propane torch to finish the piece.