Wednesday, October 27, 2004
A New Love?
A New Love?I think so!
Just got back from lunch with Rob and he took me over to a place called "Shy Giant." They sell frozen yogurt, ice cream, all those lovely treats. I have seen this place a few times but I have never stopped. Today we stopped. Oh Man! I found a new love!
White Chocolate Caramel Ice Cream.
It's the perfect mixture of sweet without over doing it. (Well, it would probably be over the top for most, but I like sweets to be SWEET) It's perfect. I savored every bite. And it would go great with coffee too. Yummy yummy coffee.
Tuesday, October 26, 2004
Tuesday…
Tuesday...I was thinking of jotting notes on all the things I have been up to - but that would just take too long. If you want the full story you can email me and I will send it to you - otherwise...Onto today!
I have written and written today - this is my 3rd try.
Blogger isn't working for me today - so I'm going to try again tomorrow - sorry :(
Friday, October 15, 2004
Things I have learned this week:
Things I have learned this week:squirrels are cute. They bite. I didn't get bitten, but I did get to pet one yesterday. How cool is that?
Beefeater Gin is not my friend. Especially when it is free and all you have to do is ask for another drink ticket to get another drink. Somehow I ended up with 8 tickets. I didn't drink 8 drinks, but I kept getting more tickets. Oh, it seemed like a good idea at the time...
Kickball can be really fun, especially if you are playing with a team from Evening Magazine and get to meet local celebrities. And then drink free gin. The gin part can be bad the next morning...
There's more I am sure... just in my slightly hungover and stupid feeling state I can't think very clearly.
Thursday, October 14, 2004
The Hilarity Continues…
The Hilarity Continues...I have mentioned the woman that sits across from me many times. She brings many hours of laughter and entertainment to me and surrounding cubemates. This morning was no exception.
Apparently it started while I was in a meeting... so I missed how it began. However, I arrived back at my desk to find her on a phone call to a helpdesk and cleaning her keyboard with that canned air stuff. I glanced at Lori on my way in and she was silently laughing so hard her eyes were glistening with tears. I knew I had missed something big. But I sat down to get back to work.
It continued. Whatever I missed - I still got all the entertainment I could handle!
She was on the phone with a helpdesk. I say "a" helpdesk because, as it turned out, this was not work related. Apparently she got a virus on her home computer and, instead of calling the helpdesk from home with her computer in front of her, she decided to wait until she got to work the next day to make the phone call. That's right. She called to see if they could fix her home computer while she was at work. I am assuming the conversation would have been even funnier if I had heard it from the beginning...
The conversation in itself would have been enough to push anyone over the edge, add to that the fact that Lori is sitting at her desk desperately singing to herself to try and block out some of the sound. I lost it myself when I heard the words, "Zippity do dah...Zippity Eh..." AND someone was playing some sort of opera music nearby, so every once in awhile the whole affair was punctuated with a high pitched trilling... Of course that would have pushed anyone over the edge, then Terry decides to IM Lori and I. He was making various comments on things the woman was saying:
Woman: Well, when I first got it and was installing the worm virus was infecting me
Terry via IM: Ewe she is infected with worms!
Lori via IM: EEEEWWWWWWEEEEE
Woman: You promise you will call me? Promise? tehehehe
Terry: He promises never to call her...
Elizabeth: "I was totally going to call, but I suddenly got ill and had to go home early..."
This went on and on for about a half hour, at which point we decided to call it quits and get back to work. We knew it was mean, but we just couldn't resist...
I think the woman is missing her other cubemates, she keeps trying to involve herself in our conversations. I am sitting with my headphones on trying to look VERY busy so she won't get the urge to talk to me. I know it is mean, but I am afraid that she is one of those people who take advantage of any kindness and suddenly become your best friend. I have a best friend. Actually I have more than one, but that isn't the point. I don't need another. Especially one that claims her cube is usually clean though I personally think there may be something growing over there...
Friday, October 08, 2004
Friday Re-Mix
Friday Re-MixIt's been a week... Here's the recap:
They Pyramid Lounge:
I went to the Pyramid Lounge for Belly dancing on Monday. It was very cool. There is something about the scent of hot leather, sweat and a touch of cigarette smoke that makes me feel nostalgic. Nostalgic for what you may ask... well many things. Many many things. There is just something distinct about the smell that hits a note with me.
shadows on the Wall:
I think my senses have picked up a bit, perhaps it is the coming of fall that causes me to notice things that I don't normally notice. On Wednesday night, during my dance class, I happened to be turning a circle and almost stopped. I found the shadows on the wall so intriguing. I wanted to stop and contemplate the movement and the effect. It helps that the studio is painted in yellow. A sunflower yellow that would drive me crazy in any other space, but fits my dance teacher so well that it's hard to argue with it. I continued to dance on, knowing that stopping to stare at the shadows would cause everyone else to stop too and then the shadows would stop the dance they were performing. It was beautiful none-the-less.
The Raspberry:
The crazy lady that sits across from me got some sort of promotion. There was another lady - we will call her B - that congratulated the Crazy Lady - it went something like this...
B: Congratulations on your new job
CL: Thankyou
B: Are you excited about it?
CL: I guess
B: Well, in the long run you know, that is all that matters. Being happy with what you do in life (turns and walks away from cube area)
CL: (Blows a raspberry at B's back as B is walking away, waiting just long enough so that B will not hear it)
Elizabeth: Trying REALLY REALLY hard not to break out in hysterical laughter at the fact that this just came from a grown adult. IMs Lori to see if she heard, she didn't hear but when told started shaking with her own barely contained laughter.
The Color Printer:
I am working on a Board Report. I think I can say that. I can't tell you what it's about or what is in it - but I am working on one. Well - to be totally honest - I myself am not working on the content. I am responsible for making sure the content is in the template and that the template and presentation look fabulous. The whole thing is in color. I have to print many MANY copies because every one and their brother's sister needs to see it, even though it is highly confidential and not supposed to be seen by anyone before the board sees it. What ever.
Regardless of who sees it, or what have you, the fact is I have to make LOTS of copies and they all have to be in color. Therefore I have spent a lot of time printing this sucker out. And, because it's so confidential, I have to stand by the printer and not let anyone else see what's coming out. This, combined with the massive amounts of printing I have to do, allows me to see behaviors that I would not see otherwise.
Standing at the printer...
RedHairedWoman (who is NOT nice): Whose print job is this? (Mine hadn't started yet)
SilverHairedGuy (who is VERY nice and lets me go in his office to look at the progress of construction any time I want): Well, it's so and so's...
RHW: They should not be printing to this printer!
SHG: Well, they have this report to do and it has to be in color
RHW: Well - they should get their own damn printer! I have important meeting materials printing for a meeting that is in 10 minutes and I can't get them printed because OTHER PEOPLE are using the printer!
SHG: Sorry (shrugs his shoulders. He is not taking the bait to start an argument)
RHW: Stomps back to her office in a huff mumbling to herself...
Elizabeth: Laughs silently to herself as her HUGE print job starts shooting out...
And Today...
I had to get 4 copies of the Board Report to Legal for a review. They were due at 1pm. The 1pm deadline is a "nice to have" that the lady who has to put it all together will gladly tell you. She doesn't believe for a second that the materials will be sent in on time. She's not that concerned about it.
So, at 12:30 I was again standing at the printer. I had the last of my 4 copies printing. I then had to print out 4 more for various people. That's just the way it works.
All of a sudden another woman on my floor comes running up to the color printer all in a huff.
Her: You're at the printer AGAIN?
Me: Yep
Her: Well - how long are you going to be?
Me: This should be the last one for a little bit
Her: Well it better be! I have to get 4 copies of a document up to Legal by 1pm and I JUST GOT THEM
Me: Yeah - I'm doing the same thing
Her: Well - you have HAD your documents - I JUST GOT MINE
Me: Actually I just got mine too
Her: Well... (walks away mumbling under her breath)
I finished my jobs, collated them, put them in a binder and delivered them. It was then nearing 2 pm and I figured I was all clear to start printing out the 4 other copies I needed. So I start up the printer again. The same lady is STILL trying to print out her 20 page power point. It's been almost an hour! What is she doing? I don't know, I didn't ask, but I tried to stay out of her way as much as possible as she threw fits at the printer - seeing that I was again printing out my document...
I won't be printing anymore today, but I don't thinks that today's the end of this issue. People were complaining all over the floor that I was hogging the printer. I just had to laugh. I mean really - who cares? They should be better prepared. The printer doesn't put me first just cause I'm me...
One more thing:
There is a lady pounding on the vending machine in the breakroom trying to get a snack. It finally worked - but she was banging for awhile...
Hope everyone has a good weekend!
As you wake in the morning
What do you feel?
Does a rush of happiness
wash over you when,
Suddenly, you realize you are alive?
