Thursday, June 16, 2005
Thursday
A small group of people are standing on the other side of my cube.
One of the guys is bouncing against the wall of my cube. It’s actually shaking my entire cube. I’m trying to decide if I should say something or if I should just let them be. They are gossiping about work stuff, it might be interesting information sometime in the future, so I will be quiet for now.
I can see the guy’s head who is bouncing against my cube wall. It kind of makes me wish I had some slime or something to throw on him. That would be fun… (evil laugh)
I woke this morning suffering from lack of sleep and allergies. It took awhile for my prescription to kick in; once it did I was okay. But until that point I sneezed and sneezed and, well, sneezed.
I had weird dreams last
I have a new addiction. It’s called “Dancing with the Stars” I didn’t mean to fall into this addiction, it just happened. And I love it. I’m kind of sad that I will miss it next week. Okay, more than kinda, really sad. If I could, I would have someone tape it for me. I LOVE this show. LOVE IT.
Wednesday, June 15, 2005
Stuff
Every Morning
Everyday I order the same thing from the same person at Starbucks.
Everyday. I get a grande drip with extra room and a chonga bagel with cream cheese. Everyday. I’ve been doing it for almost 3 months now. Everyday the guy looks at me and tries to figure out what I am going to order. Everyday he gets it wrong.
Yesterday Morning
The conversation went something like this:
Boss Lady (BL): Let’s have a staff meeting! I’m on vacation the rest of the week!
BL to Co-Worker 1(CW1): CW1, what are you working on?
CW1: Oh I have lots to do, I writing processes, procedures and standards!
BL to Me: AG, what are you up to?
Me: Nothing really.
BL: Nothing?
Me: Nope
BL: What about X?
Me: Well, they can’t decide what the requirements are for X. Until they decide I can’t do any work on it.
BL: Hmmm, what about Contractor set-up?
Me: Oh, well, you determined that someone else has to set up the location, access and computer stuff, so really there isn’t anything for me to do. Except billing, and since they aren’t here and we haven’t decided how to track billing, there isn’t anything for me to work on.
BL: What about Y?
Me: The contract for Y hasn’t been signed.
BL: Huh. (Turning away from me) So, Co-Worker 2, what are you working on?
And that was that.
Parade
The Fremont Solstice Parade is in 3 days. We practiced for 2 hours last night. It’s finally starting to come together and getting really exciting. It cracks me up though; I have the same nervous jitters in my stomach as I did last year. Oh, this is going to be FUN!
Monday, June 13, 2005
Life now…
I’ve talked quite a bit about the horrors of my new location downtown. The homeless on the street, begging for money, begging for food. I’ve mentioned the horrible smells of summer time (if I haven’t, I meant to, it terrible.) The city is not the most pleasant place to be.
Except on certain days at lunch time.
Days where people stand on the corners with big bags of free stuff and willingly hand it out to you. Even hand you extras if you ask.
Free stuff like gum, candy bars and, of all things, Starbucks cards.
I’ve received countless samples of eclipse gum, one of my favorites. I passed 6 different people with bags one day! Each was handing out 2 samples. That was a good one. Lately the m*azing people from M & M have been out. My total candy bar count is up to 6! Today, while coming back from a short noon walk, I received a $3 Starbucks card. Yippee! Breakfast tomorrow is paid for!
So, while working in my new building is a pain most of the time (beggars, foragers, various questionable characters) the chance of free stuff does come as a nice surprise!
Thursday, June 09, 2005
The horror…
Suckered in by the “Buy 1 get 1 Free” sign at the store, I purchased something I would normally never purchase.
And, silly me, I neglected to read the box to see exactly what it was I purchased.
Apparently, I purchased some tasteless cardboard food that goes by the name of “Ultra Lean Pockets”
The “Ultra” is for the fact these are made with whole grains and extra fiber. They actually put that on the package “Extra Fiber!” As if that is a great reason for eating something that tastes like cardboard.
I knew I was in trouble when I opened the package to find they didn’t even have one of those crisper pocket things that come with the normal hot pockets. None the less, I charged on, putting the pocket in the microwave and waiting patiently for the outcome.
It was horrible. Terrible. I almost spit it out. Then I thought, maybe it’s not all a loss, perhaps if I put a little Ranch on it…
Side note – I have the best Ranch Dressing. It’s ultra cheesy Chedder & Parmesan Ranch. It’s yummy, creamy and has actual chunks of cheese in it. I love it.
It didn’t help. Not even in the slightest. I think the pocket actually tasted WORSE with the yummy dressing on it.
Now I have 3 of these horrid things left in my freezer. I’m not really sure what to do. Do eat them anyway so as not to be wasteful? Do I throw them out? Do I attempt to donate them to some unsuspecting person?
Wednesday, June 08, 2005
Sorry about that…
Apparently, in my last entry, I put the text in the wrong spot…
Sorry!
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?
