Thursday – 01 February 2007
I was apparently very tired last night – I hit the rack before 2:00.  I noticed that I was getting tired while patrolling Paragon City.  I wound up turning off the alarm this morning and staying in bed for another… hour, I think.  Despite the iPod pumping out The Crüxshadows in the kitchen.  *shrug*  No big deal.  I was still in the office – granted, it was the SLC office – a little after 8:30.

The race with the monkeys wasn’t bad, with one exception: One “I should have left ten minutes ago” monkey decided that the best place for him to be was two feet off my rear bumper.  Oh, well.  When I got out of that lane, he zoomed past me… only to be slowed by a much larger vehicle.  Poor monkey.

When I got in, I fixed a pot of coffee.  While I was waiting for it to brew, a couple of coworkers came into the break room.  For the fourth day in a row, I’m wearing a tie.  Coworker #1 finally decided to comment on this:

Coworker 1: You must work at a Wal-Mart in the morning before you come here….”
Me: No.  (very blank, calm expression; level tone of voice)
Coworker 1: Interview…?   (the typical office half-joking tone and expression)
Me: No.
Coworker 1: Just looking nice?
Me: Change of pace.
Coworker 2: Eastern upbringing.  (We’ve talked a bit about where I’m from and the East/West Coast differences.)
Coworker 1: Ohhh….
Me:  *mental facepalm*

And the morning rolls on…

Random Access
Last night,  and I were talking and the topic of politics came up:

[19:26] : Sup.
[19:26] : Not a whole lot here. You?
[19:26] : Watching Chapelles Show.
[19:26] : Just ate.
[19:27] : I need to eat.
[19:27] : So tell the servants to fire up the hearth, and slaughter one of your finest lambs.
[19:29] : But lamb is getting to be so… gauche.
[19:29] : Well, you could always order a pizza.
[19:29] : There is that option.
[19:30] : Not to change the subject, but what do you think of this Obama dude.
[19:30] : I was actually leaning towards either a burrito from Barbacoa…. or a Teriyaki chicken combo from Edo.
[19:30] : Honestly: I am not entirely sure that he should run.
[19:30] : No?
[19:30] : He doesn’t have the chops yet.
[19:31] : He’s been a senator for what…. five minutes?
[19:31] : lmao.
[19:31] : Honestly, I like Hillary more than I like him.
[19:31] : And really…I just cant see President Barack Hussein Obama.
[19:32] : I don’t have anything against him. I just think that he should get a little more political clout – and know how – under his belt first.
[19:33] : Right, I think that is how I feel. Nothing against him, but nothing really FOR him either.
[19:34] : The best thing, for both of them, would be to run as a joint ticket.
[19:34] : Yes, they will most likely lose….
[19:34] : Hmm. that would be historical.
[19:34] : …but the experience for both of them would be phenomenal.
[19:34] : The first female president with the first black vice-president.
[19:34] : And, it lines them both up for a run in 2012
[19:35] : Frankly, they will split the Dem vote if they run separately.
[19:35] : But they would still be running aginst each other.
[19:35] : I could support a ticket with him as Vice.
[19:35] : Actually, Edwards – Obama wouldn’t be bad.
[19:36] : That would be better.
[19:36] : But unless she screws up, I really see Hillary being the Dem candidate.
[19:36] : Not sure.
[19:36] : There’s still a bad taste in some peoples’ mouths, no pun intended, from Bill.
[19:37] : Oh yeah. He couldnt show his face anywhere NEAR Hillary during her campagn.
[19:37] : I need to run. Can we pick this up a little later?
[19:38] : Sure.
[19:38] : Exactly.
[19:38] : Albatross Bill.
[19:38] : Lster.
[19:38] : Namaste.
[19:38] : Later.

Stray Toasters

  • Every morning should start with a conversation with .
    “I’ll take care of this.”
    I’m still laughing about this one…
  • By way of : Don’t Shoot the Puppy
  • Coworker Matt was running into a problem yesterday.  I deployed Cthulhu Assault Shocktroopers to handle it.
  • By way of : Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?!?   “Try to break this record?!”
  • X-Men artwork
  • …speaking of the X-Men:  Below is a copy of the cover of Uncanny X-Men #141: The Days of Future Past (great alternate future storyline…. that has since been bastardized and abused).  Take a look at Wolverine’s hair.   Then, take a look at the poster behind him and Kitty, find Beast and look at his hair.

    They have the same hair.  Notice also that while Mr. Logan is running around – claws out, no less – Dr. McCoy is listed as “slain.”  My money says that Wolverine saw that Beast was trying to cop his style – and styling products – and had him offed.  Or did the deed himself.

  • Derek showed me The Plain White T’s Hey There Delilah video.  Not bad.

Time to go pick up and put down heavy things.

Namaste.