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Seeking employment. No, I'm not joking.

Question: does anybody still reading this journal/medium have a job opening that might consider me?

Background: I hold an undergrad degree (bachelor's) in Network Communications and Management. I have two and a half years of formal "leadership" (management) experience in the networking industry (2011 to present), with an added year (2010 to 2011) of holding a "lead engineer" title before that. I was a senior network engineer from 2005 to 2010. I speak Juniper ScreenOS as well as Juniper Junos and the industry-standard Cisco IOS. I worked daily in routing and switching, BGP, security and architecture.

Other useful data: I would like to try and retain a position in the Northwestern suburbs of Chicago. Lisle, Downers Grove, Oak Brook, Addison, that vicinity. A management position is not a requirement. I'd be happy to be back in the technology if that's what was asked of me. All my certifications have lapsed but I have a plan to get back on board with my Juniper certs. I am currently managing a team of 11 colleagues (two senior engineers, two associate engineers, seven mid-level engineers). Travel is negotiable. Domestic partner benefits would be a requirement.

I'm not sure what else I can say here. Questions? Ask 'em. Please.

Sorry for being so quiet.  Usual disclaimer about work consuming my life applies, but that's nothing new.  The big thing thath as come up in the last week has been Jazz getting sick.  Jazz is the 14 year old tabby girl that belongs to my girlfriend.  You've seen at least one picture of Jazz in Yawn Apex.

The full details can be found in this entry in my LiveJournal.  The short story is that Jazz lost 4 of the 11 pounds she was, bringing her to 7 pounds and change.  We took her to the vet, had blood work and a urinalysis done, and found out she's sick with Chronic Renal Failure, a disease that is ultimately terminal but can be treated in such a way that she may have months or even years with us still.

It's a lot of work and the prospect of losing our little girl takes a lot out of me.  Paired with my job I simply haven't had very much time to do any photography or even be online.

Sorry for the dump-and-run, but I have to go get her next round of food ready.  I hope everyone's enjoying spring!

Wow.  I'm surprised and pleased to share some news about , a photo from the set I shot a few years ago at the abandoned farm in Bolingbrook.  

On December 11th put together a collection called "Abandoned Places," with some execellent narration and some stunning photographs of ruin and decay.  Missing Door was one of those photos!  I'm honored and incredibly pleased to be featured there.

A little boost to the ego is good to have once in a while, you know?

The collection can be found at news.deviantart.com/article/64…

Posting some photos of decay and ruin from the parents' farm, where I spent Thanksgiving this year.  I'm about halfway through right now, and I hope to have the remainder of the uploads done by Friday night.  Sadly there's really only three or four subjects I'm happy with sharing, but I've got plenty of shots of them to post -- for better or worse.

For the last few weeks I've been pretty busy both around my home and at the office, so I ended up taking an impromptu hiatus.  It's hard to believe but I actually do miss the time I spend doing post-processing and posting -- probably because it was such a great way to relax each Friday night.  My usual routine is to get home from work, have a spot of dinner and then plop myself in front of the computer to drink a few gin and tonics while I fire up LightRoom and do my processing.

I'm hoping that after the 7th of July I'll be able to get back to a more regular schedule again.