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Title taken from an Honest Bob and the Factory to Dealer Incentives single, but it's pretty accurate. Yesterday, Brent, Jolene and I went to the local Target ostentaniously to purchase a two-wheeled travelling contraption for myself. This device, being entirely self-powered, is good for both locomotion and as a method of atheletic self-improvment. As I stood in front of it, I froze up. Not out of fear, or any such thing, but in a sudden realization that while a bicycle is a terrific way to get around when berift of other methods of transportation, winter is cold even in the mild northwest and given the option, I am just going to want to get up early for the ride to work and the walk back in the evening is something I would rather do then a bike ride back and forth.
Besides that, once aquired, I know that the bike will just sit around for non-work travel purposes because winter is the rainy season. So in my off time, I am going to look at my bike and say "I could ride to the cafe, but I don't want to ride in the cold and wet. I'll just stay in and make a cup."
So, I didn't get my chocobo. I'm holding out for the airship, Tenshi. ^_^
Still, you know, Holloween is this Friday and on Saturday, I'd like to go to the University district or run a game or something. On the way back, we stopped at the state run liquor store to pick up some supplies for the weekend, and I got a modest amount of vodka and gin, two liquors that form the core of my personal mixed drink priorities, and bought a little ouzo for that evening. Then I made stir-fry, played a little Capcome vs. Marvel 2 until my thumb started (horror of horrors) developing a blister that indicated I was terribly out of practice. Yesterday went really quick, dig? Generally, I was happy about it, though.
My energy has been picking back up again, which indicates that I'm kind of getting into the swing of things which, I suppose, isn't to assert that I'm actually great at my job yet. But I think it's moving along, and I can do a lot of stuff without sweating it anymore. Really basic stuff, but yeah. And I resolved a number of my calls without any real incident yesterday. That kind of thing is a real pick-me up. It seems that Brent and Jolene are some of the best analysts available at the moment, so I guess it benefits me to be able to ask them a bunch of idiot questions all the time, considering that sometimes I just need to know if I got the answer correct before just spitting it out.
This just means that I feel a lot more productive. And I got my coffee today, and my badge works to let me in the room, so I'm just enthusiastic about a bunch of small stuff going right and not messing up my day. And that's about the most I really feel inclined to talk about work outside of being in the office, well, and the fact that I'm at work waiting for my shift to start, I guess.
Besides that, once aquired, I know that the bike will just sit around for non-work travel purposes because winter is the rainy season. So in my off time, I am going to look at my bike and say "I could ride to the cafe, but I don't want to ride in the cold and wet. I'll just stay in and make a cup."
So, I didn't get my chocobo. I'm holding out for the airship, Tenshi. ^_^
Still, you know, Holloween is this Friday and on Saturday, I'd like to go to the University district or run a game or something. On the way back, we stopped at the state run liquor store to pick up some supplies for the weekend, and I got a modest amount of vodka and gin, two liquors that form the core of my personal mixed drink priorities, and bought a little ouzo for that evening. Then I made stir-fry, played a little Capcome vs. Marvel 2 until my thumb started (horror of horrors) developing a blister that indicated I was terribly out of practice. Yesterday went really quick, dig? Generally, I was happy about it, though.
My energy has been picking back up again, which indicates that I'm kind of getting into the swing of things which, I suppose, isn't to assert that I'm actually great at my job yet. But I think it's moving along, and I can do a lot of stuff without sweating it anymore. Really basic stuff, but yeah. And I resolved a number of my calls without any real incident yesterday. That kind of thing is a real pick-me up. It seems that Brent and Jolene are some of the best analysts available at the moment, so I guess it benefits me to be able to ask them a bunch of idiot questions all the time, considering that sometimes I just need to know if I got the answer correct before just spitting it out.
This just means that I feel a lot more productive. And I got my coffee today, and my badge works to let me in the room, so I'm just enthusiastic about a bunch of small stuff going right and not messing up my day. And that's about the most I really feel inclined to talk about work outside of being in the office, well, and the fact that I'm at work waiting for my shift to start, I guess.
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