November 30, 2001
The End, Good-Bye
Wow. Last day. I've been here for two years and four months and ten days, give or take. I've had a lot of fun here. The people I work(ed) with here are some of the best I've ever met. They were always fun, even in submission mode, even working 12-hour days and weekends. They are all smart and intelligent. They are funny. I will miss them all. Who knows, we may all work together again someday. Hahahahahahahahaha.
Yesterday afternoon, I got a call from DP, who used to work with matabang kalabaw at Genentech. She called to wish me luck and to express her own regrets for my departure, but she understands. But the main reason she called was to suggest that I put one more nail in matabang kalabaw's coffin. She asked me to send a full copy of my resignation letter to the Pres. of R&D. He has had a mess of time with the Veep and his incompetence. He doesn't really know the whole story of matabang kalabaw because no one has really given it to him. So DP thought it would be a good idea to give it to him in my words. Of course, my story is only mine, in my words, and it is far from the whole story. Still, she thought it would do him good to hear it from the worker bee who dealt with matabang kalabaw on a first-person basis. So I did. I won't be around to see the result of this action, if there is any at all, but it was fun. As soon as she suggested that, I jumped up and said, yes, of course I will, and thank you for the suggestion.
That's all. Some funky lunch today and then I can leave and never look back, unless of course I see the building in flames one day and then I would go and roast marshmellows or something. But honestly, I'm not bitter. In fact, I'm liberated. Change is good. I've been here long enough. I was on my way out in May anyway. It's not like this was the career choice of my dreams either. All good things must come to an end...or something.
I'm really excited about the future. I'm quitting a job that gives me, unquestioningly, a regular paycheck, benefits, vacation time, and a 401(k) (and have I mentioned business trips to London??) for an uncertain prospect that, in all likelihood will become a pot of gold at the end of my rainbow, but could just as easily not work. I don't think that will happen however. I know the people, and they're solid workaholics, and they want this more than I do. It's all a little overwhelming but exciting and fantastic. I can't wait.
Now I have to fix this template. I just don't know what happened here. I must apologize.
