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i blogged, a while ago about my habits. i've also told you about my favorite local restaurant. well, i ordered from them last night. and i have this weird way of stating my intention by which the gal who answers the phone has come to know me.
me: "i'd like to order a sandwich for carry out please."
her: "is this bekee?"
me: "yup!"
her: "okay, see you soon!"
i don't even need to say what i want. omg.
house buying, i stumbledupon this gal's blog a couple weeks ago (fash and jill, i think you guys will enjoy her... make it part of your daily blogread). and her most recent entry frightens me away from housecrap.
so, things come in threes, right?
at the beginning of the month, i applied for a different position at work. one which will afford me the time (hopefully) to learn some skills that i really should have known to carry my current title, but was never afforded the opportunity to grasp; today i learned that i got the job. it's good news, really, but i'm kinda weird about praise (or compliments of any kind... not sure why; i'm working on it though), so it's actually hard for me to believe that i got it. matter of fact, it was taking so long for the bureaucratic part of it to get worked out that i had convinced myself that they were just waiting to figure out how to tell me that i didn't get it.
also, this morning, the company also learned that we are, in fact, getting bonuses this year. it's always been rumor that we won't, right up until the biggest lady in charge tells us that we are.
and, i finally saw a house on the internets that i want to go see. to you homeowners, this might seem like a silly thing to get giddy, excited, nervous, weirded out about... but to me, it's a strange, new adventure that hadn't even occurred to me until 6 months ago. so cut me some slack.
things are certainly turning up bekee, and i'm uneasy about it. it's the pessimistic optimist in me.
so i bought this thumb drive cuz i thought it would be a good idea to get some stuff off my tower (which i neglected to do before yesterday :/ ). i can run firefox directly from the drive; leaving no trace of personal info on other people's machines. not really a big deal, since i don't use other people's machines. so, basically, i bought it cuz it's orange.
i think i have some games on it... and openoffice, which is a non-microsoft office app (word, excel, etc.). the first one i bought died, so i RMA'd it to kingston and they sent a new one without question. i kinda like having it for transferring stuff; if the need were ever to arise.
my tower took another crap. i had just finished recording rumpelstiltskin to edit for my first podcast, loaded them onto the machine, deleted them from the ipod when the machine spontaneously restarted. which reminded me that one of my memory sticks hadn't been showing up and was probably bad; so i spent 40 minutes switching them around, in case one of the slots was bad, only to determine that it acts the same with one, both, or none of the memory sticks. it posts but doesn't beep. i don't have the patience today to deal with taking cards out one by one. maybe tomorrow.
this means you won't hear rumpelstiltskin for at least a week.
about 6 years ago, i broke my little finger on my left hand about 1/4" of an inch from the knuckle attaching it to the rest of my hand. this morning, it hurt so bad right in that spot. i think it's because of the cold, wet weather ahead.
i order a lot of stuff. a lot of stuff gets delivered to our apt. the UPS guy knows us. the mailman knows us. i think even the FedEx guy is familiar. but i never know which company wants me to sign for what thing shipping through what place. anyways, you'd be listening to hansel and gretel right now if my buddy, the UPS guy, had been able to leave the griffin italk without a signature.
those who know me know that i have an orange problem. i like orange things. it's weird. i have a workmate whose job it is to tell me when i've gone overboard. this includes, but is not limited to: an orange car and all orange clothes worn at once.
a month or so ago, i found this accessory, and was immediately drawn to it on account of its color.
the practicality is lost, though.. it's supposed to keep your lap from getting too hot while using it for long periods, but it's really not necessary. so, it sits on my desk, holding my notebook (and presumably protecting it from dust) until i unplug the notebook and go surf on the couch without the belkin sleevetop.
next time, i'll tell you about the orange 2g usb thumb drive that i bought. :/
i have no idea who or what i'm voting for tomorrow. all i know is the phone is ringing off the hook with prerecorded messages of people who want my vote. i find it kinda annoying.
i set up a google adsense account for my blog. i doubt it'll bring in any money at all.. but if this podcast thing takes off, it just might.
i guess this'll also force me to come up with more better content.
i figure if i get a $100 check in two years, that'll cover my webhost costs. i still don't know if i have to claim the income (if there is any) as taxable income. i suppose not if i don't make more than $600 in a year. we'll see.
a workmate just described my voice as a "verbal hug"! rofl. so we decided that i'd start a podcast reading public domain stories/books a chapter per day.
maybe i'll get discovered and do radio commercials, or replace the woman who says "the number you have dialed is no longer in service. if you feel you have reached this recording in error, please check the number and dial again."
so, i'm now researching the iTalk as a tool to record my readings.
i was gunna put this in dreamy, but it's more about work. i had a work-stress dream last night that involved several work people. it had to do with too many emails, emails being deleted, questions staying unanswered, people not getting the information they needed, lots more meetings, bigger meetings with more people, circular table arrangements, commentary from people who shouldn't comment. needless to say, i didn't wake up very smiley.
the awesomest boss* has been a member of la la for a while and finally convinced me to check it out today... so i weeded through my ipod looking for music i rarely, if ever, listen to or enjoy; and still retain ownership of the actual disc, and added those to my "have it" list. immediately, the number of cds requested from my "haves" started adding up... out of the 25 haves that i'm willing to part with (after a 20 minute scan through my music library), 10 of those will be going to new homes. this means i am qualified to receive 10 cds from my "want" list, if available, for $1 per disc plus $0.75 shipping.
so, i cleaned up my amazon wishlist, and (if i do get the 10 cds that i want) i'll have saved over $75 or something crazy like that. omg.
*he doesn't read my blog, so this is not considered sucking up.
i frequently joke about "going to work at the coop", especially since my car will be paid off soon. i also mention to kurt, every once in a while, that i want to be a cook somewhere.
i just remembered the coop has an offsite kitchen. O_O
it must seem like i'm a boring, old fart based on the blog schedule i've been keeping. truly though, i've been kinda blah. not really doing much of anything specific or particular.
except, i'm trying to learn javascript and dom scripting cuz i applied for a new position at work. it's an associate user experience designer. so basically, what i'm doing now, plus more stuff which i have yet to learn.
i need to learn it anyway because if i don't get the job (there's maybe a 10% chance that i won't), i'm probably not staying very much longer. don't fret, you workmates who read this! by "not very much longer" i mean, no more than 2 years, during which i will hone skills that will either a) make me marketable to another company or b) afford me the empowerment to start freelancing.
or c) open a yarn store and knit all day. which, you might be thinking, "wtf? she hasn't knitted in like 2 months." and to that, i say, i don't feel like it :(
that doesn't mean i don't like looking at my stash.
so, it's been over a year since i've ordered from edo. they kept forgetting stuff, taking over an hour (which is ridiculous for food that isn't cooked), and generally being low-quality.
fast forward a little bit to the end of 2006 when kurt and i discover 'oriental wok' delivers both chinese food, and a small assortment of maki. imagine our pleasure. well, oriental wok is across the street from edo. they make the chinese food and then run across the street and pick up the sushi order(s) and deliver them together.
conclusion: i've ordered sushi the last two nights in a row, even though i said i never would again.
sorry i've been so boring lately! things have just kinda been 'blah' for a while... i have low motivation for just about everything. up to, and including, the dishes; and vacuuming.
i haven't picked up knitting needles in over a month. though, i had a thought this am while walking jones that i should probably make a hat. it's f'ing cold out today; and tomorrow night it's supposed to get down to like 20 below with the wind chill.
jones, however, doesn't seem to mind one bit. he sticks his head in every snow pile that isn't already dirtied by other dogs. right now he's whining at us in the ferret room cuz i won't let him in while i've got the laptop in here.