Archive for November, 2003
Wednesday, November 19th, 2003 | LiveJournal Archives | 1 Comment
I don’t know why, but I love these things. They’re at least better than the “what [blah] am I” quizzes.
Tuesday, November 18th, 2003 | LiveJournal Archives | 4 Comments
“Honeycombs big… yeah yeah yeah…
It’s not small…no no no…
Honeycombs got big big taste…
Big big taste in a big big bite…”
Tuesday, November 18th, 2003 | LiveJournal Archives | No Comments
Ack, stress. I need to go to the server room, but I can’t leave the lab. Crap. People can’t print as long as I’m here, but people can’t checkin, checkout, or get any other form of assistance if I leave.
Thank Heather for coming down and helping me.
We really need to find a way to be able to manage the pool from the checkin desk, or at least the lab.
Tuesday, November 18th, 2003 | LiveJournal Archives | No Comments
I really enjoy shopping for gifts and, unfortunately, tend to go overboard a lot. I love to give people things and as a result, spend more money than I usually want to on them. I was bidding on my dad’s gift on ebay and in the last 5 minutes, someone started upping my bid like crazy. I went about $11 over what I wanted to spend, but it is his birthday and christmas all at once, and I’ve been kind of lazy in the last few years so I hope he enjoys it.
Heather, this is about your gift, but there are no real spoilers, read at your own risk
Monday, November 17th, 2003 | LiveJournal Archives | 3 Comments
Well, no painting done today, but I got some shopping done and am eyeing something great for dad for Christmas/Birthday.
I watched Average Joe again tonight and I’ll be DAMNED if the big twist in this show is exactly what I predicted it to be from the first episode. I mean when Kathy Griffin announced the surprise, I was not shocked at all, only gloating with pride and glee that I was right on the money with this one. However, surprise or no, I’m actually more interested to see where it goes from here. I think that’s why I predicted it, it was the most interesting twist in my opinion.
RPGA activated the Master-Level GM test today. I failed it on the third question and can’t take the test again for 90 days. Bogus.
Aside from some problems late at night in the lab (thanks Steve), it’s been a nice evening. I’m going to bed.
Monday, November 17th, 2003 | LiveJournal Archives | No Comments
apparenlty today is the day of short updates. I’ve been sitting at my desk all day with very little to do other than wait anxiously for the phone to ring. When finally it did, it was at least good news, but it involved sitting here for 8 hours waiting. I was pressed for time to get this bid in as quickly as possible, so I didn’t want to miss the call, I wanted to hit the ground running, so to speak. Most of the day was spent trying to get other bids to see if someone could get them to me faster (of the four businesses I contacted, 2 contacted me back, sheesh), or helping a student with a media project. I probably wouldn’t have spent so much time helping him if he wasn’t a) a former lab attendant and b) I had other stuff to do than sit at my desk and wait for the phone or email.
Anyway, Heather’s here now and I’m going to go home and see if I have anything left in me paint. I’m pretty burned out right now and could probably just collapse on the couch.
For the love of…
Monday, November 17th, 2003 | LiveJournal Archives | No Comments
I’ve been waiting for bids on software all day, and there’s such a rush on getting this order in, I’ve been afraid to leave my desk for fear of missing a bid. As a result, I sat at my desk, in my chair, for 8 hours straight. I sat down at 8:00 and started calling for bids and didn’t get up until 4:00 when I finally got a bid in. I so need to not be here now.
FUCK YOU!
Monday, November 17th, 2003 | LiveJournal Archives | No Comments
“Don’t worry sir, we’ll be able to get you those quotes this morning, probably within the hour.”
Monday, November 17th, 2003 | LiveJournal Archives | No Comments
I keep waiting for this one faculty member to hypervetilate or explode. We’re doing things “as fast as possible,” but attempting to buy $5000 worth of software with government money doesn’t work as fast as going to the store and buying one copy with cash.
Hmm, maybe I should just buy one copy 55 times. That might be faster.
Sunday, November 16th, 2003 | LiveJournal Archives | No Comments
I spent another hour painting after Craig’s game and dinner. I feel like I’m getting nowhere, but I’m sure I’m actually making headway. If you can see in the photos above, there are some white stripes on his leg and a couple of pouches on his belt. the now match the lighter brown on his boots. Doesn’t really feel like an hour’s worth of work to me though. Anyone else out there who paints minis, what is your pace like?
