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Is it really Christmas time???

Hello everyone. I am just sitting here at work waiting for my manager to tell what work to do. I guess there are several pressing items that must be completed today. Note: today is the last working day before practically 95% of the company takes the next week and a half off due to the holidays. Of course these items can't possibly wait until next week, because next week there are several other pressing items that will need to be completed while 95% of the company is not working. My job is not to ask why, it is merely to do what I am told. Kinda sucks. I didn't save any vacation time because I thought I just would get the two days off next week, boy was I wrong. But now I'm glad I didn't save vacation time because I would have to work on those days anyway. Yes, it is annoying when you manager is a work-horse and you are not.

Anyhoo, I'm looking forward to the weekend. Sleeping in, eating tons of food, hanging out with friends and family, opening presents, etc. i should have plenty of time to finally start book 6 of Harry Potter. Something I should have done already but have not because I have been sucked into that new TV game show, Deal or No Deal. I'm not sure why I find myself drawn to these shows. This new one isn't even exciting, no trivia and no challanges, just people picking random numbers in hopes of being offered a lot of money. I find many people are very greedy... Isn't that a deadly sin? People gamble away guaranteed amounts of money (over $100,000) because they want even more. Unfortunately, nobody has been screwed yet, I'm hoping that happens though. It's fun for me to laugh at morons who lose out on a good thing because they want to be greedy. Ha.

Hey, does anybody have any clue what the story is behind serving hard-boiled eggs at a bar? I've searched online with no luck. I ask because I went to a new restaurant in Somerset, Bon Vie, to get a gift card for my boss. They had several racks of hard-boiled eggs sitting on the bar in place of where the bowl of pretzels should be. I did not ask the bartender because I really just forgot to. I was mesmerized by the woman next to me peeling and salting one of the eggs while sipping her Dirty Martini. It is a French-American bistro - anyone have a clue???

Well, I should go. I want to be ready when I find out what work needs to be done so I can do as quickly as possible.

Order of the Phoenix

Alas, I have finished book 5. Soon I will be in the same ranks as all of you that read all 6 books.
The death, although sad and unecessary, was not as dramatic or shocking as I expected. I was happy when the character was first created, but with the lack of creating it as more of a main character, I was never able to grow attached to it. I do wish the character was more profound, at least like McGonngall or Snape. I'm sure, however, that the movie version will have me crying.

Anyway, I should go to sleep now. Good night...or rather good morning since that's when you will most likely be reading this.

Deep Breath

It is now 5:30pm. The presentation is 10:00am tomorrow morning. I have been working on 4 slides since Monday and my manager decides to tell me now that she doesn't like them and wants to change them. Please note: it's not that I worked on them for 3 days and just showed them to her and she didn't like them, no, she has seen them at least 4 times every day and has requested changes every time she saw them! This is my life. I thought I coul;d be anal and annoying about some things, but man, she has got me beat! Good thing I have no life and no plans and can stay here for the next hour while she makes up her mind...

Peek-a-Boo

Hello, I am here and breathing. Just haven't had much to say lately. I have been in my own little world lately. Thanksgiving weekend was nice. Family, food, friends, etc. The usual. Nothing annoying or exciting going on at work, just day-to-day operations. I did go to the bar (Waves) with Sarah last Saturday. It was actually fun - probably because I was drunk and we met up with a group of people; it also helped that I knew the ex was out of town and had no chance of running into him with his new ho (I really shouldn't say that, I don't know her, I'm sure she's nice and smart or whatever even though I don't think she's really that pretty and she's 37 or something old like that...) ANYWAY - Waves was fun until the end of the night when I finally mustered up the courage to talk to this guy I had been staring at all night. I walked up to the bar and started a conversation. He was nice, but claimed he was shy. We talked for a few then he suddenly had to go the to restroom. I knew right then that he had no interest in talking to me. Then the questions started in my head... Could he tell I was a little tipsy and that turned him off? Did he think I was ugly? Was he really just shy? Was he really a jerk with a girlfriend but didn't want to say that? I thought guys were typically impressed with confident women, but I'm starting to think that is an urban myth. Mayeb guys really think girls are desparate when they resort to walking up to guys at the bar. I think it is a sign of weakness; that a girl is "on the hunt" or whatever you want to call it. If that's the case then that is bullshit. Anyway, that kind of bummed me out and I was ready to go home and sleep the rest of the weekend away. I can understand why guys say it's hard to talk to girls because of the fear of rejection. Rejection totally sucks, especially when there really is no reasonable explaination for it. But I do think it is a lot easier for guys to meet girls if they want to. Seems like guys can fall into relationships as easily as they fall out of them. That's just my opinion.

Anyway, I hate traffic and I hate winter.

This weekend we are headed to K-zoo for Gayle's wedding.

I can't wait for the holidays - well, really I can't wait to have the time off work.