That's just ducky.

I have a strong suspician that Jamie Oliver doesn't have a lot of experience with being turned down for sex, and is therefore working with a faulty and limited dataset.

I can categorically state that I would have no trouble withholding sex from Jamie Oliver indefinitely, even if he were my only option.

Second day at new temp job.

The workspace is slightly surreal.

Our little cube-farm is directly under a huge skylight and two floors of open space.

See, originally this was the open lounge, kitchen area. But they needed the space.

Consequently there is a center stripe of cubicles directly under the skylight most of the day. Not only is it hot like a hothouse under here, but the glare is so intense that the only way to work is to have an umbrella up over your computer.

So. Yeah, all the desks in my section have umbrellas jerry-rigged over their monitors. I have a nice green and white golf umbrella taped to the monitor, with the handle balanced on an upturned tupperwear container.

One lady down the row has rigged up an entire canopy of binder clipped paper, trailing down from her high standing umbrella. Some people have two umbrellas. My row-mate gets completely under his umbrella at mid-day when the glare is the worst.

Also, there's open duct work and pipes and wiring.

It's like somebody through up a cube farm in a parking garage with a skylight.

The desks around the perimeter - away from the skylight - are about 15 degrees cooler.

Feh. My CSA pickup was supposed to start this week, but I just got an email that it's actually starting next week. No mystery veggies to figure out how to cook today. Mystery veggies are always fun. Even though I do know the name, I still really know nothing about them. The easy defaults are always "stir-fry with tofu and serve with rice" or "saute with some garlic and olive oil and put on top of pasta," but it's fun to find new ways to cook them, too.

I need to go grocery shopping. Do I go to Safeway, which is a short walk but overpriced and crappy selection; or Trader Joe's which is a medium walk and cheaper but mostly packaged stuff and no good tofu or produce; or Whole Foods which is a long walk and sometimes overpriced but has good produce and cheap good-brand tofu?

Our little cube-farm is directly under a huge skylight and two floors of open space.

oooh look. It's Survivor San Francisco!

(eta bc, um. geography?)

They should issue these: [link]

Or these: [link]

Although they'd probably be kind of warm.

oooh look. It's Survivor Los Angeles!

Do we have to eat rats?

They should issue these: [link]

And a Mai Tai.

It's weird. Random office umbrellas. It's vaguely Gorey-esque.

I've been going to a Bikram yoga studio this week and I'm finding all the water drinking I have to do to make it through class difficult to remember.

What's the hivemind got to say about sports drinks? I couldn't choke Gatorade down even after the triathlon in 100 degree heat. Any favorites out there? I'm intrigued by the idea of coconut water, but scared it might be just as foul tasting as the Gatorade.

Hil, it sounds like you go to Whole Foods, to me. The weather is still lovely in DC, so you might as well enjoy the walk before it just gets disgusting here (next week it looks like).

Although they'd probably be kind of warm.

Way too hot!

Not only do we lack privacy, but when the managers go out to the fourth floor deck to smoke, they can look down on us to make sure we're beavering away.