Made Up Self Interview

In the interest of making myself actually post something, I will now manufacture some categories to attempt to round up all the things I've been meaning to mention in this thing...

What's cheering me up: Work is really interesting right now as I have two projects that are finishing up before I leave for my three month "vacation." I really like to be busy at work.

What's bumming me out: I have pneumonia, or probably do, since there can be no x-ray to confirm it. I am getting better, though. I hate missing work when I am closing in on a big deadline.

Stupid thing that made me laugh: In the huge pile of dead computer equipment that had been cluttering up the hallway (and the feng shui, as my office neighbor pointed out) at work was a small printer whose explanatory post-it note declared, simply, "DIRTY PRINT JOBS" Heh.

Stupid thing that made me cry: Everything. No kidding. I'm up to fifteen times a day now.

Secret confession: I am a fan of the Gilmore Girls, and was genuinely sad when the show ended last week. Embarrassingly, see category above.

Bit of hilarity from Naomi: She named her baby doll (small, pink clad, with pink "binky") Clark. Where has she even ever heard this name before? Have I already mentioned her imaginary friend, "Dobo"?

I am now reading: Consumed (with some long important subtitle that I can't remember) by Benjamin Barber. It was my Mother's Day present from Jim after I got all pissy about the endless signs in the mall trying to make you feel like a loser if you don't spend some serious cash on your mom.

I have just finished reading: The Best Firefighters Ever, by Richard Scarry, in which Mr. Frumble, a little frazzled after having his pickle car flattened by a steamroller, pulls the fire alarm over a faint wisp of smoke in the next yard and summons Smokey, Sparky, Snozzle, and Squirty to blast the Greenbug family with water during their small-scale though still festive barbecue. At the end, all the named characters return to the firehouse, where the firefighters (who are all pigs) problematically grill sausages for their guests. Yikes.

OK, that's all the categories I can muster today. There is one (4-day!) week of work left before our Orcas Island Odyssey. You can bet there will be some photos from that! Happy Memorial Day!