I wanted to get to work early this morning so I can leave early to help someone move. Getting ready to head out the door, I remembered that today was trash day, so I grabbed the trash and recycling and hauled it to the curb.
So, off we go, and as I needed some cash, I stopped at the bank. Stuck my debit card in the drive-thru ATM, punched in my number, made my selection, got my cash, and then headed on to work. Only to turn around to go through the drive-thru again and get my ATM card OUT of the ATM machine.
So, off to work! I'm just about to head up to the security gate, when I realized I forgot my badge. So it's all the way back home, pick up my badge, kiss the wife while I'm there, and head off to work again.
Made it! I plop down at my desk, break out the laptops (I brought Gail's in to try and get all the drivers properly installed for her)...and damn if I didn't go and forget the power cord to both laptops. Gail's laptop, the battery is already dead, so I can't use that one. And my G4, I'm already at half life left. So I thought I'd write this down before it died.
We have a new project to start on at work. The good news is it means we'll all keep ourselves employed for awhile longer. The bad news? I don't want to be a QA type person right now. Oh, I'm sure I'll change my mind as early as tomorrow...but right now, I want to be something else.
A cat burglar.
Or an international spy.
Pirate sounds fun.
Yes. I'm bored. QA means testing the same thing over and over and over and over and...I have a small section on the client we're testing now, and it takes me all of 45 minutes to run through my test case, and because it's a small part, it's pretty much complete...what I've written bugs against, they don't plan on fixing before GM.
So I spend my days trying to break other parts of the client half-heartily; spend it writing/reading journal entries; reading Fark. Surfing.
What amused me most was the "Top Ten" tips posted by a gal named Jordan, who being a Page 3 girl (nsfw), apparently gives her an expert's insight to foreplay.
One of her "tips" was this: "4. Think cow in a field, not bull in a china shop - gently does it "
Ok, I think cow in the field and you now what I'm picturing? A cow chewing her cud.
Why is that women's lingerie, when there's barely any material there, costs an arm and a leg, yet regular cotton or synthetic underwear big enough to sleep under costs so little?
Where is the rule that says less costs more?
And the only reason I'm wondering is because myself and several co-workers were talking about it when we went down to breakfast....isn't that what everyone talks about during breakfast?
Bowing to the Pirate obsession that's been proliferating amongst my LJ friends jettdelirium, seanachie and paivacakes (who has the sexiest damn LJ icon), I was thinking about Halloween, and, naturally, going as a pirate.
So I did a search on Pirate Costumes. This was the second on the list, and this was the fourth. This one was the eighth (see a trend here?) and here was number nine.
Now, it may be just me...but I don't think women pirates dressed up like that.
Apparently there's something that says that if an adult woman wants to dress up for halloween, it has to be short, skimpy and sexy. Which, naturally, being a member of the pig male species, I find rather appealing...but there's one thing that does disturb me.
These costumers, these people out to make a buck, they're over looking one simple fact: No, it's not that women wearing this might degrade themselves, nor is it the "double-standard" between costumes (any men's costume you might find will be long pants/long sleeve/all covering). No, I think these retailers are forgetting something far more important. That being, Halloween is at the end of October. It's DAMN COLD that time of year in most parts of the country (Around here it can be!). These poor women are going around practically naked, freezing their (pirate/english speak ahead) bloody arse's off!! And who has to give up his Buccaneer jacket? Me!
Geez...what a worthless entry this has been :)
By the way, if you haven't yet seen Pirates of the Caribbean, do so. It's a blast. Sure to spawn a sequel as well (Though I guess it's rare when a movie doesn't spawn a sequel nowadays... ).
The dogs were in an interesting cycle last night...they'd drink a bunch of water (nothing like listening to dogs drink water in the middle of the night; almost as bad as listening to them lick themselves), then 30 minutes later have to go outside to pee. As soon as I brought them back in, they'd head to the water dish. It wasn't like it was hot inside the house or anything. Naturally, I got zilch for sleep.
So now I'm looking for Doggie Diapers and seriously considering just making them wear them.
My windows machine was offline all day yesterday because of the winupdater virus. I just now got my IP released so that I'm able to get back on the network.
What a pain in the ass. Stuff like this makes me love my mac though...
Obviously the planets are all aligned properly today. That, or I had a good horoscope. Why you might ask?
I didn't hit a single red light on the way in to work. Not. One.
If you know the area (Suburbia D.C.), you know that's saying something. While pondering my good fortune at getting me to work earlier than normal (or maybe that's misfortune), I began to wondering what it'd be like to go directly to work, every day, never having to worry about lights. That in turn got me to wondering how I'd be able to do that. Well, I could bike to work. That's good for the environment and good for the heart. But you're still subjected to lights, not to mention car exhaust. So I thought the best way would be to get above it all...what I need is a rocket car!!!
And check out what I found. I want one of these! It's just a matter of time before we'll all have one. But I want it now.
Recently, I've been reading a lot of movie scripts, mostly to movie's I've seen, though I did read the script to 8mm, which just sounded like a creepy movie, so I'm not sure I'll watch it now. There are a couple of different script sites I've been getting the scripts from: Daily Script is one, and Drew's Script-O-Rama What's cool is you can see how the movie might have been. For instance, I just read the 4th draft of the Back to the Future script, and it's quite different than the movie was.