I had pumpkin pie w/ freshly whipped cream, tapenade and ricotta on crusty bread, salt and pepper potato chips, and chocolate chip cookies for lunch. A co-worker brought in the leftovers from a party he had over the weekend. YUM!

After washing all the windows inside and out and washing the walls, they better fucking give it back, is all I'm saying.

I heard that.

I made broccoli/bleu cheese soup last night. It is completely of the yum.

Time for lunch!!

I apologize if this was already posted here, but I don't usually click on YouTube links: Wake Up Cat.

What are you going to name him/her?

Sue. No mortal can resist the retriever eyes. It's a law of nature.

You are doomed...in a totally good way.

I, on the other hand, am so glad the shih tzus are going home tonight...after 8 days!...love 'em like pancakes and very glad to see their adorable, fuzzy little faces heading out the door. They are so sweet/passive aggressive...and just plain aggressive...they make me love Bartleby even more...as if that is even possible.

Love that cartoon!

It's that time of the year again--I just had to send my boss my list of training I took this year (unfortunately, just the one class on the new in-house publishing system) as well as my goals for the upcoming year for my review at the end of the month. Oh, joy. I included a bunch of potential classes I wouldn't mind taking (an in-house one for our editing tool, a web-design class at the JuCo, reapplying for the MLS program at UofI and possibly Dominican).

OMGWTF Walkstations?

I remain unconvinced.

I can't walk and chew gum at the same time; there is no way in hell I could walk and TYPE at the same time.

I forsee a lot of workers' comp claims.

I saw the Walkstation in a profile of Dr. Levine in Runner's World - as long as I also had the option to sit down when I'm doing graphic design work, I'd be all over using the thing. (My usual position when designing is as close to the monitor as I can, scanning for minute imperfections/imbalances.)

Right now I wish I had some kind of exercise-something built into my cube right now...or a napinator that let me nap while performing the same mindless task repeatedly (including entering a mixed case password a million times). sheesh

My landlord said he had never seen a cleaner place. Some people must be so bad that any attempt looks better in comparison.

I've watched a bunch of episodes of "How Clean is Your House?" on BBCA in the last few days and it certainly makes me feel better about my level of filth! and also makes me want to clean the hell out of my house NOW NOW NOW (with white vinegar and baking soda and crumpled up newspapers! and maybe some essential oils)

Well, Sox, she's working on it.

That's good erika - I hope it's not too stressful for you.

ION - headdesk - the stage production:

"hi Sox! we're switching service providers for x and y ... here's all the information you need..."

"Cool... what's the timeline on the shift and do we have the same level of services with the new x and y ?"

"Uhm... we're switching today. And... no idea if we have the same stuff - you can figure it out. Have fun!"

::looks longingly at the power cord for the server::