DHL.com tells me that my new mini mac is "with delivery courier." It does not tell me where the delivery courier is.

This is like when I was a kid on Christmas Eve, calling the Santa hotline every 15 minutes to figure out where the fuck he was already.

They talk a lot about the lighting and film color-correction based on which sun/s are in the sky at what angle. (Commentary track).

Do they talk about where the backlighting is coming from in the scenes where the only light sources are the candles the characters are holding in front of them? Or why there's light spilling onto the vehicles and reflecting off the rain in the scenes which supposedly give the film its title?

God that movie drove me nuts. So, so sloppy.

The better electrician is working in the kitchen now. There is no yelling. Hopefully he'll be done quickly so I can go get some lunch.

D&D for Dummies [link]

I like the flowchart on page 2.

hmmmph. at the paceing stage. I can't settle down and do anything.

UPS.com tells me my TiVo is sitting on the front porch. Now I get to worry all afternoon about whether it will still be there when I get back.

people thinking things in my direction and then forgetting to actually tell me.

That would be my mom, yes indeed.

Yay Sophia!

I just got email from the hiring manager I sent my resume to. He wanted to let me know that the team is currently swamped under a very ugly deadline, but that he will look at resumes & contact people next week.

Aaaaaand a recruiter called & left voicemail on the home number about a position she'd like to talk to me about. I guess I should go update my six-months-out-of-date resume on Monster.com if recruiters are calling me out of the blue.

Today = very odd.

Now I get to worry all afternoon about whether it will still be there when I get back.

That's why I'm working from home today. I was afraid they wouldn't leave it. Or that they'd leave it and I'd never see it again.

In other random news, I was just telling Allyson that I never understood the lure of the camera phone. Until now. Because I was driving past one of those high end furniture stores on Melrose and, featured in their window display, was a very large ceramic rabbit. Like an Easter Bunny looking ceramic rabbbit. It's probably 2-3 feet tall. And I suddenly thought, "Oh god. I wish I had a camera so I could show all my friends. Right. Now."

I also really want to go in and ask how much it is. So I can laugh and leave.

That's why I'm working from home today. I was afraid they wouldn't leave it. Or that they'd leave it and I'd never see it again.

I wasn't expecting mine until Monday. So, yay extra-fast TiVo for the weekend. But boo, distracting thoughts of porch thieves.

I lucked out. I happened to go to freeminimacs on Wednesday to check on the status and it suddenly said, "Order shipped." I figured it would take a few weeks for them to get it to me.

I'm feeling a lot less skeptical about these "crazy, free stuff pyramid scams" right now.