All play and no work is astoundingly dull to write about.

I'm still looking for work. So far I've arranged one interview, Tuesday afternoon. While the firm produces amazing domestic spaces, there are a couple of things that make me think that as fun as it might be to work there, it isn't going to work out.

1. They are based in West Van... the western half of West Van.
2. They are alarmingly susceptible to flattery and far too laid back about arranging interviews.

The distance thing isn't a real problem, if the firm is good enough. I can handle the bus/seabus/bus commute if the work day isn't too long, if I can arrange a car pool and if the people and work suit me. I'm also prepared to move in September, as I know that there is reasonably priced rental housing in North Van and it would really minimize the commute. But I don't want to move until after the end of the summer because I like living near my friends right now.

Re: the flattery and laid-back-ness... If this firm is as interesting as it looks, they should get tons of applications. This is clearly not the case. Why is that? Why have I never heard of them before? Why are they in the wilds of West Van? I get that it's a small firm and so they are flexible about when they want to see me. But the approach they have taken to the interview makes me wonder if they are planning on paying me, or if they want me to work for free. Or if there is some other kind of hitch that will be immediately obvious when I arrive, that I'll spend the interview politely trying not to mention. Are they perhaps an architectural firm of Saskwatches? From Saskwatchewan? If I don't post after Tuesday, you'll have to assume that they've had a delicious meal of archigeek and are picking their teeth (I'm stringy).