If it's any consolation, I hates that rascally rabbit too.

Okay, so yesterday was quite good. I had the interview for the technical writing position, and it appeared to go quite well. This pleases me. The work environment seems very positive there, and the work promises to be interesting. I don't have the job yet, but I should know by the end of the week. Needless to say, I am quite excited. The only downside was that due to the aforementioned car accident, my own vehicle was out of commission, so I had to make do with Ryan's car. It, unlike Samwise, is a somewhat temperamental beasty, so I had to make the drive downtown with my fingers crossed. In many ways, I see that car much like the Millenium Falcon, in that I can see why Ryan likes it, but at the same time it really is a hunk of junk. All the way down Division, I felt myself saying "hold together, baby" in my best Harrison Ford impersonation. It was definitely harrowing. However, I made it with only minor incident (it died at an intersection. I was able to restart it though), and the interview went quite smoothly, as related above.

In other news, I finished Elizabeth Kostova's The Historian the other day, and I have to say that it is one of the most satisfying pieces of vampire fiction I have ever read. Indeed, I might go so far as to lump it in a category all its own so as to further delineate it from its lesser cousins. Unlike many tales of Dracula, The Historian has such a feel of historical authenticity to it that one could almost believe that the events related actually occurred. Furthermore, Kostova's conception of Dracula is far more sophisticated than the usual goth industrial metal-head who lives only for physical pleasure. Kostova's Dracula is an aesthete of the highest order, who is highly intelligent, and is all the more menacing for it. His minions are not idiotic teenagers who spend their time in trashy night clubs, but rather diligent scholars in their own rights who are in turn pursuing immortality for themselves. Upon reading the novel, one is immediately aware that Kostova has done her homework, as she delves deeply into the realms of history with a practiced ease that only comes from long research. So yeah, check it out. I haven't spoiled anything for you, so you have no excuse to miss out on this one.