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1/23/2008 6:19:09 PM

so I've got 7 days left at Home Depot and still looking for a job. Huge budget cuts led to reorgs and I was not interested in applying for the position my director created for me (thou it would have been a title and pay bump). the VP of Advertising keeps asking me to come work for him, but my bitterness towards this place is going to carry me elsewhere.

Looking forward to taking most of Feb off (have enough money saved to get me to the summer if necessary) any cool happenings around Atlanta? I've got the time to get out and see them

1/24/2008 3:32:08 PM

what do you do goalielax - i'm sure you've posted but i forgot - maybe someone that posts here regularly could help

1/24/2008 4:44:00 PM

i am (for the next week) the head of the marketing effectiveness team at home depot (senior manager level)....analyzing marketing/advertising campaigns and promotion results...I advise the CMO and VP of Advertising on what products sell well when, how to spend the marketing budget, etc...kind of straddles marketing, finance, and statistics

i'm currently applying for positions at Intercontinental Hotels, AT&T Wireless, Coke, etc

1/24/2008 7:42:33 PM

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you are so easy its hilarious

1/24/2008 8:15:25 PM

it's just really sad, that's all

1/24/2008 11:24:27 PM

can we ban aficianado from this thread?

can't help with marketing goalie - good luck tho

1/24/2008 11:34:01 PM

so i used to listen to 99x in the mornings during the commute - i was a bit upset to find out they are gone earlier this week but the replacement show The Bert Show from Q100 is actually really good - i have a feeling though that the mornings are the only thing that the station will be good for and i'll wish 99x was still around for general music listening

1/25/2008 9:25:08 AM

yeah - going to miss 99x

but I mostly listen to sports talk radio now if and when I have it on

1/25/2008 10:18:19 AM

well they re-org'd my compensation, so feel free to give me a loan goalie. i'm broke as a joke now

1/26/2008 5:25:30 PM

yeah they just reorged my dept for the better - i'm pretty happy about it - i thought the only people that got screwed were these people http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5j6jYt1-Lad9IgulSckdU2O489zeQD8UBM9L00 and i didn't think you were in that group

1/26/2008 5:44:33 PM

Nope - not affected by that. But they changed our commission plan to where we only get 80% of base salary and earn the rest back and commission. It's good in the long run, but not when they don't announce it until you see $texas less in your check. We don't see our first commission check until the end of april, so until then - it's gonna hurt

1/26/2008 5:48:07 PM

Ouch - that does suck

I'm looking at the Market Intelligence division at IBM for my next job. I talked to them a lot coming out of grad school, but ended up at the Depot. Have a friend who works there now and is putting my stuff out to the people hiring, so we'll see.

1/26/2008 10:42:48 PM

how do yall like the atl?

i may be moving there sometime and i don't know too much about it.

1/26/2008 10:48:46 PM

reverse commute, live ITP and you will love it

1/27/2008 2:24:16 PM

hell even if you work downtown still live inside the perimeter

trying to get past 285 going out on any highway is a nightmare, especially gwinnett

1/27/2008 3:43:39 PM

yeah, i reverse commute to vinings from inman park...drive to work takes maybe 20 mins tops...drive home usually takes 30-45 due to the shitstorm that is the downtown connector (where 75 and 85 are together)...you can usually bet on 85 south being backed up from 400 down to 20 at night

the worst places for driving that I've exerienced are:

400 going with traffic (it goes from 4 lanes to 2 lanes in about 5 miles and is very heavily traveled...we're talking hour plus commutes just to get 10 miles)

75 going with traffic (not uncommon to see 75 solid from 285 in in the morning and out to 575 at night)

top end of the perimeter (285/85 intersection - used to commute there when I was doing an internship
at the perimeter mall area...not uncommon to have an hour commute for 15 miles)

just check out http://www.georgia-navigator.com/maps/atlanta sometime during rush hour and see how bad it can be

[Edited on January 27, 2008 at 4:04 PM. Reason : .]

1/27/2008 4:04:04 PM

I live and work in the city (my condo in midtown is less than 2 miles from my office downtown). Most of the time I just walk, and occasionally drive. The drive down PTree isn't bad at all.

Sometimes I have to head out towards Marietta to do some lab testing, and the reverse commute is awesome. I love seeing 75 southbound jammed while I'm cruising along at 70 miles an hour northbound

400 is awful, especially once you get outside of 285.

I go to Duluth a lot, but mainly in the afternoons, so I get stuck in that traffic. Where P'Tree Industrial and 141 split off there in Norcross is terrible.

1/27/2008 6:06:17 PM

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"I love seeing 75 southbound jammed while I'm cruising along at 70 miles an hour northbound "

haha yup.


I live in the middle of Buckhead and did work in Smyrna and it was about 20 minutes, now I work in Duluth and its about 20-25 minutes but I am pretty much able to drive 80 the whole way in the morning and afternoon (little more congested in the afternoon).

For the next few months I will be working on a project down at the Traffic Management Center down south of L5P. It will be a lot closer but will probably take about the same amount of time

1/27/2008 6:49:27 PM

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"Wag the dog: On Smith Street, a 32-year-old woman said she and another woman argued over money. She said when she stepped into the street, the other woman struck her and her dog, "King Gangster." The 32-year-old woman had minor injuries. Medics arrived, but she refused treatment. An officer noted: "King Gangster suffered lacerations to his right leg and paw." Apparently, the woman got upset because hospital medics wouldn't treat King Gangster. "Fuck off," she allegedly told police and medics. "[The woman] refused to secure her extremely large pit bull when asked to by police." She got a ticket for aggravated assault."

1/28/2008 11:37:13 PM

client took me to Las (or El, or La, whatever) Casitas the other day for lunch, good stuff, I was impressed

1/29/2008 7:22:49 PM

^ yes! i went there for dinner last friday, loved it. i'm sure it's even better when the weather's warm and they can open the deck.

1/30/2008 10:49:28 PM

yeah, seems like it would be a good place to chill out during the summer

1/31/2008 2:40:52 AM

is that the mexican restaurant off of morehead just south of 20? ive been there before, pretty good food.

1/31/2008 8:03:14 AM

Yeah see right now i live in charlotte similar to how joe numbers lives.

I live in downtown and walk .5 miles to work

1/31/2008 10:24:27 AM

^^ yeah, I was really surprised how good it was


^ what?

1/31/2008 1:16:21 PM

he was referencing earlier posts but since he didn't make that clear it's a little confusing - he's thinking about moving to ATL

1/31/2008 1:48:27 PM

nice...because Home Depot made a 10% layoff at HQ today, my leaving got picked up in it and I get full pay and benefits through April! woohoo!

1/31/2008 2:51:33 PM

just in case you didnt hear about it already, 14th Street bridge/ramps will be closed starting today for a long time... and there will be a lot or work on the downtown connector from now until Aug., even going to have to close it down completely at times on the weekend

2/9/2008 4:08:55 PM

^found out about that the hard way today

went to this place called manchester pub down in college park last weekend. it was actually really nice, although not very busy. apparently its busier in the summer.

2/9/2008 5:41:52 PM

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"just in case you didnt hear about it already, 14th Street bridge/ramps will be closed starting today for a long time... and there will be a lot or work on the downtown connector from now until Aug., even going to have to close it down completely at times on the weekend"

so fucking shitty now trying to get from my apartment to tech

2/11/2008 2:24:48 PM

I bet... but this might cheer you up... any of you fools Braves/baseball fans? They have a pretty sweet deal this year for season tickets in the 2 sections. Buy 2 season tickets, get 2 free.

I am talking to my work to get them to buy in but if they dont (or maybe even if they do) I might be interested in splitting this with some of you... it would come out to about $3600 to $4300 total for 4 seats to every home game, which comes out to $11-$13 a game... anyone interested?

2/11/2008 3:33:41 PM

the 14th st bridge sucks and needs a lot of work done on it. i really like what they did w/ the 17th and especially 5th st bridges

2/11/2008 3:38:06 PM

why do they have the lights on the east side of the 17th street bridge

is that for the new ramp that they are building?

2/11/2008 7:51:25 PM

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"I am talking to my work to get them to buy in but if they dont (or maybe even if they do) I might be interested in splitting this with some of you... it would come out to about $3600 to $4300 total for 4 seats to every home game, which comes out to $11-$13 a game... anyone interested?"

i wouldnt mind hitting up some of the games but i cant float $1k right now...i dont get paid enough in grad school

2/11/2008 8:04:49 PM

I like sitting in the 400's, so for me it's cheaper to use my student ID and get each ticket 1/2 off.

If anyone is interested in registering for a 5K/10K on Sunday, March 16th, let me know!

2/11/2008 9:23:50 PM

do I actually have to run in it?

2/11/2008 9:39:54 PM

^^ wife and i are doing a 5k in nashville 2 weekends before that with a lot of my family - let me know the details on the one here

2/11/2008 9:48:31 PM

http://www.shamrocknroll.org/10k/

Here you go - the Shamrock n Roll is held by the Junior League of Atlanta and you can run or walk it - you can even bring your dog!

Let me know if you need help signing up or have any questions!

2/12/2008 11:41:13 AM

there are an assload of badass shows coming soon:


MSTRKRFT - one I am looking forward to the most
Ministry
Radiohead
Spoon
Son Volt
Meat Puppets

2/17/2008 2:49:17 AM

ha, I think Radiohead sold out in 9 minutes hahah


Spoon was supposed to go on sale Saturday but it hasnt shown up online yet, at least it hasn't every time I've checked.


and add Flogging Molly to that list

[Edited on February 17, 2008 at 6:19 PM. Reason : d]

2/17/2008 6:19:02 PM

I've got tickets to Radiohead!

2/17/2008 6:24:40 PM

tickets plural eh?

2/17/2008 6:30:31 PM

Yep, 4 seats. Selling two, but at $Texas, so don't ask

2/17/2008 6:32:14 PM

suck ass

2/17/2008 6:38:14 PM

went to the oysterfest today down at east andrews - a bit overpriced i thought but the oysters were good at least

2/17/2008 6:51:04 PM

I walked by it on Saturday when I was getting some lunch, had thought about going but it was $15 to get in, I dont like oysters, and the music sounded horrible

2/17/2008 6:56:43 PM

Kevin Rathbun and his brother won the Iron Chef Sat Night at Kevin Rathbun Steak...looking forward to seeing it when it airs

for those who do go to Rathbun's, I highly recommend the Eggplant Steak Fries appetizer...that's some good shit I had not seen there before

2/26/2008 3:39:35 AM

have not been to rathburns yet, but have been to krog bar a few times. its fun and cheaper if you want to save some money but still have some good food

2/26/2008 7:39:13 PM

a good cause, and some good food:

http://www.refugeefamilyservices.org/

3/5/2008 12:50:59 AM