In half an hour's time I walk out the door and get in the car to go to my new job for the first time.

I'm excited and nervous all rolled into one.

Wish me luck...

I'd like to send this one out to amothea, who is moving from Houston to Anchorage. I'm going to miss you!

Not really looking forward to going to work tomorrow. No real reason... just would like an extra day to spend in bed.

Just got back from walking the 1.1 miles around the complex. Feist's album "The Reminder" is good exercise music.

amothea, I will bring your Dr. Horrible CD to work tomorrow.

My workplace is featured heavily in an article in today's New York Times.

(Yeah, we're right down the road from NASA... if you take the West Loop to the South Loop to the Gulf Freeway to NASA Parkway.)

It's unusual for me to remember dreams. That makes the night before last unusual because (a) I remembered my dream, and (b) it was very very weird ( Read more... )

I could sure use a back and shoulder rub right now.

My mysterious height-changing chair can never stay adjusted to the height I'd like it to stay at. So my posture changes throughout the day, and it occasionally gets uncomfortable to type.

At one time at Metro Dallas, we had a reporter who was also a licensed massage therapist. And she was good. ( Read more... )

I think I'm finally recovering from last night's promo shoot for the troupe. The skit was called "Geek Fights" and I played a gamer who got killed with a sword. Pictures allegedly exist. My final pose was on the floor with a Generic Golden Snack Cake sticking out of my mouth ( Read more... )

The last time I got to work from home due to a bomb threat, that is.

I work in a high-profile building, 40 stories up. If it were a different building, or lower to the ground, I would have considered staying. But my boss told me today would be optional to come in. And who can resist working in their jammies? (Thank goodness for PCAnywhere, so that ( Read more... )

Could this SQL query hurry up and finish already? There are only 9759 rows to update.

Hearing this really really fast paced song isn't helping.

Monday: travel day back from OGWW '05 in Toronto. Which meant a 2-hour drive from the Austin airport back home, after a full day of flying. (My sister, when bringing my car to he airport for me to drive home, parked in the $9 lot instead of the $2 garage. Thank goodness I still had some US money left ( Read more... )