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12/27/2002 Archived Entry: "Ebay geekiness!"

I'm selling my current collection of UserFriendly schwag and stuff...Lost my job and want to store up some cash. please click here.

I have to say, working for UF was one of the best times in my life...and one of the most disappointing. At the height of the dot-com craziness it all seemed as if we couldn't fail. Then we did. UF is still going strong, but the layoffs were the most disappointing I've ever had to deal with. I really believed in what we were selling, what we were developing, what we were. No other job has captured me like that, no other job could ever have made me continue on as a volunteer. While I desperately try to avoid the negative sort of attachments that come along with keeping things just to keep them, getting rid these sorts of things is difficult for me. The 3rd anniversary party for the strip in 2000 was one of the days that stands out in my memory.

Other events in my history that stand out strongly:

• Hitch-hiking across Canada
  
• My graduation party
  
• Dropping $100 bills on a sleeping friend
  
• Giving the same friend the Worst Haircut In The World
  
• The drive home from Seattle with my (then) future wife
  
• My wedding night (admittedly only 5 weeks ago, but I doubt this is going to be a fading memory)
  

My work there became a defining period in my life...if the people I worked with ever read this, please take it as a huge compliment. I was touched.