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There are only a few companies I've ever felt devoted to. Swan Technologies in State College. DNP in San Marcos. And Nintendo in Redmond. DNP, despite a very rocky start and a near rage-quit, ended up being one of the best places I worked for.

The people at DNP quickly went from employees to friends. And it was small enough that the CEO knew my name. They even were willing to accomodate my personal life with comics. My boss had a framed picture of Carrie on his wall. I was allowed to use our photo grade dye-sublimation printers to make professional prints with (as long as the DNP name was on the back!). Vacations were accomodated, with even just a few days notice. The Japanese folks who worked there were impressed with my incredibly novice anime-learned Japanese and wanted me to keep the practice up.

I left DNP with a really heavy heart. Emily and Vancouver beckoned, and neither ended up happening. I came back every year and visited for at least one or two days. Occasionally I was offered temp work for the few weeks I'd be down in Texas. But I was always remembered and welcomed back into the family.

Coming down from Seattle for good, I asked about possibly getting a job with them. That's when I found out the DNP was moving to North Carolina and closing up shop in Texas. Many folks have already left. That hurt. I still consider DNP to be more family than job. I went to the going away party.

One of the things about being transgender in the workplace is that I try to be the best employee I can be in order to get over any misconceptions people may have about me (or all of us, in general). When I transitioned at Kinko's, my attitude was "I won't be able to hide than I'm transgender, let's show them what the best trans girl can do."

This leads to an odd side effect. People remember me. :)

Seriously - my main goal in my professional life is "Don't Screw This Up." I don't expect or want accolaids - just be good enough that my badge works the next day (sadly, an issue that's come up so often it's become a anxiety inducing phobia).

I was really amazed at how many people remember me, even the ones I saw for all of three minutes over the two years I worked at DNP, or only spoke to in haltingly bad Japanese. I just try very hard to just be good at my job...I never really expected to end up so close to these people, even after being away for five years.

I've missed y'all. Like we all said when Swan Technologies went away in 1997: "Keep the spirit alive...the bird will fly again."

Silly Jenn Trivia: The recurring date in Wishworld's "The Chase" (April 28th, 1997) was the day befo

Silly Jenn Trivia: The recurring date in Wishworld's "The Chase" (April 28th, 1997) was the day before the big layoffs and shutdown at Swan Technologies, one of those "felt devoted to" jobs was announced.

The story even takes place in and around State College.

My dad said he'll show you this one simple trick if this gets 1 gazillions likes. 95% of you won't r

My dad said he'll show you this one simple trick if this gets 1 gazillions likes. 95% of you won't repost this. Will you? Have a heart. Like if you agree, Share if you don't, ignore if you might.

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Up late to visit with old friends. Up early to visit with more old friends. Sleep is for the weak.

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Last month, on Unemployment Theater:
”I'll call you with arrangements for a second interview!”

And now the conclusion:
”Sorry, was out of the office all month. We found someone else.”

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Food is wierd. I calculated 22 servings of empanadas to fit my diet. When the pastry dough went south on me, I recalculated the filling without the pastry sheet. 22 servings became SEVEN. The dough supplied a HUGE number of the calories, fat and carbs. O_o;

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No comic tomorrow. Doing a LOT of housecleaning. Whodathunk one person could get this place so dirty in two months?

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Frying garlic is VERY disturbing to stare at.