Lisp! Whooo!

I just sent off an introductory email to someone who posted a want ad on Craig's List for a Common Lisp programmer.

Yep, that's right. There's someone looking for Filipino CL programmers. (For the non-geeks and/or non-CL-aware people: it's funny because most Filipino code monkeys don't even know what Lisp is, let alone know how to code in it.)

Just in case whoever posted the said ad went to check my blog, I wanted it to have a reference to my interest in the job. Because s/he might think I'm crazy. Or stupid. Or not be who I say I am.

Well, we all know I have a few screws loose, but what I did might be considered both crazy and stupid...

I promised to put about four hours a day of work, five days a week, for two weeks, if they'd buy me a copy of a book I can afford to buy for myself. Oh, and it's available for free online.

This for the opportunity to work on an actual Lisp project. It doesn't matter if it's proprietary, or if it never ships, or if it's going to power an uber-advanced pr0n site (free pr0n!). It's Lisp.

Oh, I probably won't get the post: my email reads too much like one written by an entirely crazy person. I'd rewrite it, except it's almost 3 in the morning, and I doubt I could be less enthusiastic about the job enough that I can write coherently (heh, that'd be a first).

Anyway, Anonymous Craig's List Lisp Ad Poster Person: I really did send you an email saying I'd work part-time for the price of a book (plus shipping and handling!), and, yes, I'm quite serious.