Today was one of those weird days that I don’t entirely like.
The two coworkers I generally tag along with were both out today, one on vacation and the other with the flu. Fortunately, I wasn’t a lost as I used to be on these days and actually got things done.
The new zoo director started yesterday and the mandatory employee meeting introducing him was today. He seems like a nice enough guy, but there are a lot of changes he wants to make ASAP. And he wants to meet all of the employees, find out what we do at the zoo and why we’re here of all places. I’m left wondering what I’m going to say. “I’m here because my best friend got me a job in gift shop and I’ve since landed this IT job, and I’m too lazy to find a job anyplace else”? He wants people who are there because they love the zoo, so I don’t think that’ll fly very far.
Another brilliant move by the construction crew the zoo contracts with: hitting a major gas main that prompted the evacuation of several areas heavily populated by guests at the zoo. And it was at the exhibit being built next door to the building housing IT. It was a lovely smell to deal with for an hour and a half.
I’ve found a couple of quirks with my Blogger blog being on my own domain now, like vanishing lists. Luckily it didn’t take much to rebuild said lists.
I took advantage of a Borders coupon for 40% off any two box sets and a couple of surviving gift cards from Christmas, and picked up Heroes Season 2 and the Red Curtain trilogy of Baz Luhrmann films. I like Moulin Rouge!, but am pretty ambivalent about Romeo + Juliet, and had never even heard of Strictly Ballroom. I've started going through all the movies, starting with the one I hadn’t heard of. I know most of my dancing friends (gee, like I have any other type of friend anymore –__-;; ) would probably hate this movie, but I think it’s my new favorite of the three. I finished Romeo + Juliet tonight, and was reminded by how much it annoys me; it could have been better, if the actors said the lines more naturally (Benvolio was the worst, I think, and it’s made only more painful by the few actors and lines that make it work) and the ending to the play has always bothered me (they act like such idiots!). Moulin Rouge! is tomorrow, I think. We’ll see if I still like it as much as I remember.
I haven’t looked into this issue, but every 5-10 minutes, I have to restart my Mac’s wireless connection/AirPort. I can’t think of anything that changed a couple of weeks ago or any programs I added that would screw that up. Some day here I’ll settle down and fix it.
2 comments:
Funny thing.
Why I don't know, but I clicked on the little red annoyed mood devil on your sidebar. Suddenly, the keyboard synth left and behind me played a minor-key dirge. FREAKED ME OUT. I never had a website play my MIDI keyboard before.
Turned out the cat, out of sight and behind me, was creeping up the lower keys.
No, Steve, it's a special program designed to creep out people who click that link. Or at least drive cats to do strange things (not hard to do at all). ;)
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