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Quick update on consulting life

I haven't done any egotistical bandwagon jumping in a while.

Since becoming a consultant, I've:

• Flown from Toronto to Halifax and back 12 times.
• Flown from Toronto to Seattle, by way of Denver, and back once.
• Been delayed, missed my flight, been upgraded to Executive Class, and been upgraded to Economy Plus, once each.
• Read 12 novels. Most recently:
  • Alex Garland, The Coma
  • John le Carre, The Constant Gardener
  • Joy Williams, The Quick and the Dead
  • Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five
  • Mark Haddon, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
  • Sebastien Japrisot, A Very Long Engagement
  • Mario Vargas Llosa, The Way to Paradise
• Completed 80 hours of training.
• Passed Exam 070-315: Developing and Implementing Web Applications with Microsoft Visual C# .NET and Microsoft Visual Studio .NET.
• Replaced my unfortunate laptop with a much better laptop.
• Drunk more red wine than ever before.
• Started working out.
• Made a concerted effort to expand my musical comfort zone. Most recently:
  • Sigur Ros
  • Fall Out Boy
  • Franz Ferdinand
  • The Go! Team
  • Kaiser Chiefs
  • Motion City Soundtrack
  • My Morning Jacket
  • My Chemical Romance
• Worked on the weekend only once.
• Posted 0 useful articles on my blog, including this one.

Colin

07:11 PM | Colin