NSFW
I was at work on Friday when I got an im from my friend Jack. It contained a link to a video on a website. Just as I was about to click play on the video, he said I might like this artistic nudity. Is he sending me a porn link while at work? So I im back, NSFW? (Not Safe for Work?) And he said only if your work doesn't allow artistic nudity. I mean, seriously, how many of you work at a place that allows naked pictures of people on your desktop? And then he ims back, "Then it's NSFYW." (Not Safe For Your Work.) I closed the browser link and then closed his im box.
Office Space kind of day again
There's been a recent shift in management the past couple of months. We engineers are now asked to make convergence charts for projects. We don't like them. In fact, we hate them. So much so that only 3 has been put together out of 20+ projects since inception. It helps us in no way for processing. It's just another way for higher ups to review our projects. Although they have 9 other sources they could use. Most easily being, check the log book! Anyway, they were initially called Process Execution Success Tracking Sheets. (PESTS) Very unpleasant. We voted to rename them to Tracking Process Success Reports. (TPS Report). Gosh, I love that movie. But it doesn't make these reports any less anal retentive.
Rock Band again
Yeah I think I am going to be Rock Band. Check out this story.
How Rock Band saved my marriage
I want to play game
I took Andrew over to Mandy's sister's somebody's 7-year-old birthday party. I watched in delight as the boy's father lugged in a huge box for his son. He happily pried it open to find Rock Band inside. Lucky kid! I immediately wanted to join in the game but held back for propriety sake. Andrew, however, leaped in flailing his arms. For the next 20 minutes I watched sadly as he screamed over and over again, "I want to play game." Now, when I was 7-years-old and a kid half my age wanted a piece of my Nintendo, I ignored him. It's my birthday present no one gets to play except me! I tried to hold back Andrew but nothing I did could calm him down. So I watched waiting for the inevitable crying to my arms that he wasn't allowed to play. Oddly though after 5 minutes of rejection. He didn't cry. If this was home and he didn't get what he wanted he would be wailing almost immediately. Odd. He seems to be able to keep himself in check outside. Still, watching him squirm into the group of 10 other kids all much older than him waiting desperate for a turn to play made me wish I could do something for him. Mandy said this was a life lesson he needs to learn. He won't always get what he wants. It struck close to home for me because I envisioned myself back then when I was kept out of things and not allowed to be part of the group. I wanted so much to do something for him but I know I can't. As an uncle, I can't baby him forever. As it turns out, these are the least selfish kids I have ever seen. I did not once see any of them take the drum sticks from each other. No one hogged an instrument for more than one turn. They each waited patiently for their chance to play. Boy, was I spoiled when I was a kid. Andrew eventually got his turn to play. Even more surprising, he relinquished the drum sticks after it was over with no fuss. Imagine that? i think my nephew deserves an award. Maybe I should go buy Rock Band. That game is fun.
Mother's Day 08
We celebrated Mother's Day this past Sunday. Our family is very flexible like that. We forget society's schedule and follow our own ways. I'll buy those leftover mother's day cards on clearance. Well actually I won't because my mom prefers cold hard cash. I took my nephew out for indoor rock climbing in the morning. His performance was way under par but it was a good experience anyway. My sister's decided on springs rolls for dinner and we merrily wrapped our rolls, It was a quiet and unassuming day with little fanfare.
EHarmony Update 1
So EHarmony matches you up to people. You don't get to browse. Everyday they send you up to 6 potential soul mates. Then you can choose a guided introduction or jump straight to asking them out. I always chose the former of course. Out of 40 matches this week, I was closed by 10 people almost immediately. I would find it insulting but most of these women didn't even bother to look at my profile. They must already be pursuing a relationship. The ones that did look were a little older than I would like. And of course there were a couple of incredibly gorgeous ones that took one look at my mug and clicked the close forever button. I only closed people that lived outside the Bay Area. I see no reason to close someone forever based on their profile which if like mine was hastily written. I mean
we were matched based on 29 dimensions of personality. That's not a match that should be taken lightly. <\sarcasm> So basically, I sent an introduction to 20 ladies and got back 3 responses. Pretty awful except who knows how many of these are actual subscribers. EHarmony doesn't want to tell you that most of your matches are bogus. Otherwise, why would you join?
So what's my goal? I bought a 6 month membership and my goal is to meet 2 people. This is based on reading success rates of bloggers about their experiences. Let's see if I wasted my $135.
Up and Down
Up
I came home this Friday to find, oh!!? It's a letter from Charlene. I had thought she had forgotten about me. See, the last contact I had with her; I had to write her three times. I think one letter got lost in the mail. Then I found out she had ... how shall we say... an epiphany. I don't want to divulge too much so I'll just leave it at that. Epiphanies like this usually means I won't be hearing from the person for awhile. I was kinda bummed for myself but happy for her. I haven't heard from her since December or so. How delightful to get a letter!
Down
Another wedding invite and another lonely number ONE spot available for me. I have to say, this is a the cruelest thing to put on a wedding invite. I mean we're there to be happy for you that you found your soul mate. And then you rub our faces in it and only give us one spot. Us being the single people in your guest list. I almost wish you would just leave me out of the whole thing. Ack... I sound really bitter. I know. I'll try to understand that it's a privilege that I was asked to witness such a wonderful event. I should be thankful that my friends want to include me. I'm trying to keep that in mind. But I am really tired of people ushering me up for the umpteenth time to catch the garter. Yeah I'm single. Everyone knows this already. I'll shut up for now before anyone calls me grumpy.
Company Swag
I am a simple person. Very easy to make me happy. Want my compliance? Buy me food. The best way to my heart and just about everything else is through my stomach. And of course company swag is always appreciated. Not sure what I would do with something like this though. Still, it's nice to have.
Pretty girls have low self esteem too
I never could quite grasp this simple sentence. For me, beautiful people are the luckiest people in the world. They can get whatever they want. Men or women just need ask and there would be a world of peons at their beckoning call, me included. So what is the big deal? What are you so sad about? That kind of thinking probably comes from my self loathing. I blame most of my inequities on my ability to attract the opposite sex. My track record with women proves that conclusion and thus I arrive at envy towards the physically attractive subset of the population.
So last night, an extremely attractive female was lamenting her low self esteem. She moaned about how she doesn't think she is worth anything. Meanwhile, she is doing that girlish giggle voice that just screams cute. No, she wasn't here to visit me. She was conversing with my roommate. I've seen her at work a few times. I don't work directly with her but I sit in on the occasional presentations she gives. I generally thought that she was a very intelligent and organized person. But then gain, I base too much of my experience on outward appearance.
On a side note, I've made the plunge and signed up to Eharmony. I'll let you known how things pan out.
