I got there a few minutes late from difficulty of finding the place, but they weren't ready for me, anyway. There were a few people scheduled for an interview before me who were still waiting. 1 of the boys sitting there was drinking cups of water so he could take the drug test. The lady at the counter asked if I needed a cup, too, but then said that we had better wait to see if I even pass the test or not. I asked the boy and his friend what they were applying for, and they said they were both there for Symantec as well. I finally got called for an interview and in the lady's office, she sat down and asked me to tell a little about myself and where I got my computer experience from. I said that in high school I was the aid for Mr. Osborn, who was head of the media center, and whenever a kid would go ask him a computer problem when he would normally go fix it, he would send them to me and say that I know more about computers than he does. I was also in the network administrator's little team of 3 people (Greg, Randy, and me) and would go fix teachers' computers that weren't working right and I also set up accounts for students on the network. I said that I'm in charge of fixing the computer at my dad's home business and I set up a home network at my house. She was like, "Oh, so you have some knowledge, then." She asked me what the registry was, obviously as some random question that lots of people wouldn't know. I said it stored all... or most of the settings for everything on the computer. She paused a little and said that she heard it had all the programs and hardware on the computer and was basically agreeing with me. I said it has all the settings for all the programs and hardware on the computer.

She told me that the job would consist of sitting at a computer with a headset on and answering technical support questions that customers called in with. I would get 2 weeks of training that would be Mon-Fri from 8-5. After that, I have to work 8 hours Mon-Fri within the range of 6am to 6pm. It pays $11 an hour and I can have up to medical, dental, life, and something else insurance. I only chose the dental one since we don't see doctors, but rather rely on God to heal us. The difference with dental is that we do it to our teeth by eating sweets, so we can't very well ask him to relieve us of any problems with our teeth that might arrise if we're just going to keep doing it on purpose. She said I'd have to take a technical test to better prove my skills. It had 33 multiple choice questions and they all consisted of Windows 9.x functions. The person who interviewed me brought me up to the front desk and the lady behind it graded my test. They said something to each other that I didn't hear since I wasn't close enough, and then the lady who interviewed me said to me, "Oh, she's just impressed." The lady who graded it handed it back to me and said, "You're the only on so far to score 100%."

I had to fill out several papers and then had to take the drug screening test. Good thing I already had to go to the bathroom! After the results, the girl said that she'd like to offer me the job and orientation starts this Friday and she'll call me to tell me what time it starts.

At home, Randy called and asked if I got the new software for his BIOS yet. I said I did and I'd come over. It started snowing really hard on the way there. After I found his house, I went in and popped in the disk with the BIOS (basic input/output system) upgrade. It showed that the software on his was from 1998 and the one I was replacing it with was dated for 2002. After that, it booted from the Windows XP CD! Yay! I started up the installation process and then put on Muse's first CD, since he hasn't heard much of them. After that, I put on 2 They Might Be Giants CDs. The installation kept having errors on both hard drives we tried and from using both Windows XP CDs he had. My conclusion is that his motherboard is bad and not sending the signals between the CD-ROM and hard drive well. He got his motherboard used from someone anyway.

His sister, Jackie, and her boyfriend, Chris, invited me to stay for dinner and have homemade tacos. ^_^ I showed Randy how to play Uno with my rules, and after that we all started a game of Monopoly on the PlayStation. I kept landing on properties that were already taken and ended up with only 4 on the board. Randy called Jamie and talked to her a little until she asked to talk with me. I talked to her a while and ended up just telling them to take me out of the game. I always end up talking for a long time whenever I'm talking with Jamie. It's safe to say that she's by far my favorite person to talk on the phone with. I find it easier to talk than online. Good thing I have a job, now, so I can pay for it, hehe. Maybe I'll save enough money to go visit. That would be way cool. Oh well, laters!