fourteen hours and counting

here is what i have done to prepare for tomorrow's job interview:

• removed the scraggly nailpolish from my fingers.
  
  


• printed out my portfolio (consisting of a screenshot of the company website before they hired me; screenshots of the sites i have built to replace that site since then; the cover of the online newsletter; printouts of the three articles i wrote for that newsletter; three copies of my resume; the company calendar, which was my baby last summer.
  
  


• fretted about how to do my hair and makeup
  
  
• prayed to all that is good and holy that whatever evil cold thing is brewing in my soul will hold off until after the interview.
  
  
• dug out my suit.
  
  
• looked up sample interview questions and general tips for acing interviews on the internet.
  
  
• practiced the answers to the questions i'm sure they're going to ask ('why do you want to leave your current job?' 'what is your greatest weakness?')
  
  
• tried to stay calm.
  
  
• gotten a pep talk from the Boy, the Biscuit, the Owl, Stuart , Kate and the head of my company's IT department.
  
  
• had a glass of whiskey and three cigarettes.
  
  
• looked at the website of the company where i'm interviewing and tried very hard to think about what it is that they could possibly be wanting to do with it.